The Anvil (65 page)

The
man
jumped
down
“
The
Ilemart
are
waiting
for
reinforcements
!”
he
yelled
and
ran
into
the
keep
.
The
group
looked
at
each
other
then
ran
after
him
,
all
thoughts
of
food
forgotten
.
An
hour
later
the
Arstanian
army
was
preparing
.
They
planned
to
have
some
men
sneak
down
the
cliffs
then
circle
around
behind
the
Ilemart
camp
,
others
to
the
sides
of
the
camp
and
the
rest
would
come
straight
from
the
gate
.
Tom
and
Dejoni
spent
half
an
hour
flying
weapons
,
shields
and
people
down
the
cliff
behind
the
keep
.
Tom
then
flew
up
and
got
ready
himself
,
he
would
join
the
group
that
would
be
behind
the
camp
,
and
Dejoni
also
got
amour
on
,
Zack
and
he
would
also
be
in
the
group
Tom
was
in
.

A
few
minutes
later
they
joined
the
group
at
the
bottom
of
the
cliff
.
Dejoni
was
one
of
two
wyverns
in
the
group
,
both
were
apprentices
as
the
older
ones
would
be
too
big
to
sneak
all
the
way
back
.
Bryn
and
Madison
also
were
in
the
group
,
along
with
their
masters
.
Alex
was
leading
the
group
and
Tom
had
a
suspicion
his
master
had
arranged
to
have
the
friends
in
the
same
group
.

The
last
of
the
troops
were
flown
down
and
they
set
off
.
The
magicians
had
cast
a
spell
to
stop
some
sound
from
the
groups
,
but
they
still
had
to
be
as
quiet
as
possible
.
Up
in
front
Alex
motioned
for
them
to
stop
as
a
enemy
patrol
rode
in
front
of
them
.
It
took
another
hour
to
reach
the
back
of
the
camp
.
Alex
sent
the
signal
,
a
large
red
bird
flying
out
of
the
forest
towards
the
castle
,
and
they
saw
the
return
signal
,
a
blue
banner
being
raised
on
the
walls
.
They
ran
forward
straight
at
the
unaware
soldiers
.

Alex
led
the
charge
,
with
Tom
behind
and
to
the
right
of
him
and
Dejoni
with
Zack
on
Dejoni
’
s
back
to
the
left
and
behind
.
Tom
saw
out
of
the
sides
of
his
eyes
the
other
groups
running
towards
the
camp
.
By
the
time
they
reached
the
embankments
some
of
the
enemy
troops
had
put
on
armour
and
got
weapons
,
but
they
didn
’
t
stand
a
chance
against
the
army
attacking
,
which
had
not
hurried
to
get
armour
on
and
had
almost
all
their
troops
ready
and
attacking
.

Tom
spread
his
wings
,
following
Alex
’
s
example
,
and
along
with
Dejoni
they
jumped
over
the
first
embankments
.
The
other
five
Dragon
Guardian
in
the
group
did
the
same
thing
.
Tom
smashed
into
a
man
who
tried
to
put
up
his
spear
,
but
he
fumbled
with
it
too
long
,
and
sent
him
flying
back
into
some
other
enemy
troops
running
towards
them
,
creating
more
confusion
.
Tom
,
Dejoni
and
Zack
then
turned
towards
the
embankments
,
the
reason
they
had
been
in
front
.

The
three
quickly
destroyed
the
embankments
,
allowing
the
rest
of
the
troops
to
more
easily
get
into
the
enemy
camp
,
then
flew
back
towards
the
back
,
where
they
would
help
support
and
protect
the
archers
and
magicians
.
They
positioned
themselves
near
Bryn
and
Madison
and
waited
for
some
enemy
troops
to
come
near
.
Both
the
girls
kept
shooting
,
Bryn
with
her
bow
and
Madison
with
her
spells
,
and
eventually
Tom
and
Zack
added
their
own
spells
,
they
had
left
their
bow
and
crossbow
at
the
keep
as
they
would
only
get
in
the
way
.

As
the
first
man
to
break
through
got
near
,
Dejoni
simply
spat
acid
on
him
and
he
turned
screaming
as
the
acid
melted
through
his
armour
.
After
they
had
gained
a
foothold
in
the
enemy
camp
the
archers
went
in
.
With
a
group
of
about
twenty
archers
and
five
warriors
,
the
friends
entered
the
camp
,
heading
for
the
command
tent
.
They
ran
between
two
rows
of
tents
,
encountering
almost
no
resistance
,
but
those
who
did
come
at
them
were
quickly
shot
by
an
archer
.
Suddenly
they
turned
a
corner
and
saw
a
wall
of
shields
,
spears
and
swords
.
Two
enemy
archers
shot
and
a
warrior
and
archer
fell
.
Behind
Tom
their
archers
shot
,
but
most
bounced
off
the
shields
.