It wasn’t until they were nearly on top of the house that the golden halo was revealed to be a fire and it had burned for some time. Claskan dove, falling quickly from the sky. His scream started as a roar and changed as the red haze surrounding his body dissipated to a guttural scream. Claskan rushed into the smoldering building. Fire spread through the stone structure and most of the building was covered in ash with only a few fires still actively burning. What they saw from a distance was not the house burning, but the woods where Kail had emerged from the mountains, where the campfire lay previously. The brilliant flash of white-purple that accompanied Kail’s transformation appeared as he landed. Shock and awe filled the young dragons face as he rushed to the building. He paused only

