[Phervasaion]

Tom sprang up to his feet as he heard the cry of Estelle and he saw Madoc grabbing his club and rung down to the dog that attacked her. Toms weapons were in the wagon so he ran to it as fast as he could, and he could hear his friends screaming for help even before he reached his belongings. He took his bow and two arrows and put his knife in his trouser belt as fast as possible.

He turned and saw Ivy protecting Melody from one of the wild, vicious dogs but there was one behind her getting ready to pounce and Ivy didn’t notice it. Tom drew his arrow and ran nearer to get a clearer shot. Suddenly, while he was running he felt a sharp pain in his ankle and he fell to the ground. He shifted frantically and saw one of the dogs, which had blood pouring from its teeth, tugging at his ankle. He hit it in the face as hard as possible which made it back off slightly and it let out a whine. He pulled out his knife while he still could and, before the dog attacked again he stabbed it three times in the side of its body.

Tom looked round and could see the other dog was already on top of Ivy. He tried to get up to help her but he collapsed due to the dog’s deep bite in his ankle. “Stab it, Ivy! Quick!” He shouted desperately trying to help her. Tom looked round the deep snow for his bow and saw it near Melody. He crawled as fast as possible towards it and saw that Ivy had killed the dog and was now behind cover, luckily.

He looked at Melody and she was being challenged by two dogs, one in front and one behind, the one behind was ready to kill. Tom quickly picked up his bow again, drew the arrow and shot. It hit the dog straight through his neck and it did not move again after gently swaying and then falling to the ground with a thud. Tom looked for the other arrow except it was gone. He dropped it when the other dog attacked him and now Melody had to face the remaining dog or dogs alone as his wound prevented him from getting to her in time…