Will walked through the forest, pulling his cloak closer around him. He finally had gotten to his "special" place. The place he had spent numerus hours with his mentor, Halt. Practicing, riding, talking. His eyes filled with tears. Never again was he to see, hear, or talk to Halt. All that was left was memories. He sank down to his knees to the place Halt had first shown his weapons to him. Then he thought back to yesterday evening, because that evening, Will had been forced to kill his mentor.
"Halt? Are you there?" Will asked.
He had been waiting for 30 minutes for Halt. They were going to do something for Crowley. Halt had told him, don't be late, and yet, he was late.
"Hello Will."
Will spun around, relived to find his mentor there. Yet something wasn't quite right Halt seemed... different. His eyes shown red for a split second.
"Are you ready Will?"
"Yep. What took you so long?"
"None of your business. Now let's go."
Will said nothing, but did as he was told. He'd known Halt long enough to know when he'd reached his limit.
By the time night had fell they had camp set up and the coffee on. And of course they had honey to go with it.
"Will, tell me. What would you fight with?" Halt questioned him.
"My re-curve bow of course."
"Right, right. I should've known." Halt said nodding.
Will was nervous. Halt was never like this. Something was really wrong.
"So I could challenge you to do something, like hit a few targets, and you would use your bow?"(A/N: I never like that part. Sorry!)
"Correct."
"Well then let's go." Halt said, quickly grabbing his longbow and quiver full of arrows.
Will followed. But for some reason- one he couldn't quite figure out- he knew something bad was about to happen.
Then it happened. Halt turned on him and attacked with his Saxe. Will- already on edge- quickly got out his Saxe and throwing knife. He then realized, after blocking hit after hit, that Halt was set out to kill him. That brought tears to his eyes. The one thing he feared the most was happening.
"Halt, what's wrong?" Will asked, managing to pin him down and take his knives from him.
As he looked at Halt, he saw his eyes were burning red. Halt was being mind controlled! And then, in the first time in his young life, he saw Halt not only ask for help, but for him to plead for it. And that scared Will.
"Will please... Help me!" Halt's eyes flickered back to their original dark brown color.
"Halt please, snap out of it!" Will shouted, crying out in fear for his mentor now.
"Will, kill me. It's the only way to garrente you'll get away safe... From me."
Will was sobbing now. Kill Halt? Impossible. He was not only his friend and mentor, but a father to him. No, he couldn't do it.
"I, I, I can't!" he cried.
"Please Will. Do it for Araluen, do it for you, but most of all, me. Please." Halt pleaded.
Will raised his Saxe knife. He looked at Halt.
"I'll miss you Halt." Will whispered sadly, and then, closing his eyes, killed Halt.
Will got up from the place he'd been sitting. He looked one more time at Halt's silver oak leaf.
"I'll never forget you Halt. I promise you, I never will."
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Ranger Kiylie