Disclaimer: I do not own Ranger's Appprentice. That belongs fully to the amazing Mr. Flanagan. I only own the eight copies of books on my nightstand.
This takes place during book four after the reuniting of Halt and Horace and Will and Evanlyn.
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"Halt." Will whispered in to the older man's chest and smiled.
Halt put his arms around his apprentice and moved toward where Evanlyn and Horace stood embracing. His eyes were starting to water with tears and he did not want his apprentice to see him out of his grim cover up so he blinked several times and looked away from his apprentice. He remembered that time in Gallica that he had broken down in to tears in that dinner place. He thought Horace had not seen him but he could remember Horace giving him some sad looks whenever Will was mentioned after that and that had caused him to think twice about letting his feelings get out of hand in front of his two apprentice friends.
Then his watery eyes found the young woman and he looked at her approvingly. He'd never met her before, but he knew that this was the Princess and she was a figure to be respected.
Evanlyn looked over at the short man and smiled. She knew just by looking at him and he already did show some of his amazing skill for her to know that this ways Halt. This was Will's famous mentor that she had heard so much about.
"You must be Halt," She smiled.
Halt kept his arm around his thought to be adoptive son's shoulders as he moved to shake her hand. "And you must be Cassandra,"
Evanlyn flashed him a warning look and made a show of looking around the woods to make sure no one heard him. "Please, Halt, call me Evanlyn."
Halt nodded and looked at Horace. Horace had moved from Evanlyn and was trying to embrace Will but he was having some trouble because Halt still had his arm around him.
"Um, Halt?" Horace said.
"Sorry," Halt removed his arm and watched as Horace and Will gave each other that type of warm hug that came between two young males.
He gave a small sigh then surveyed the area for the best direction to move in. He was already planning in his head when Will and Horace started prodding him on where to go.
"So…Where do we go Halt?" Will's excited voice came to his ears. Halt took a few seconds to register that his apprentice's voice had deepened much since he had last heard him speak. Halt smiled to himself. He sure had a lot to be hearing about in this short time, he told himself.
"We travel south," He told his companions.
They all nodded and moved toward their horses but Halt stopped them before they could jump on them.
"Wait. We're going to need to conserve our horses' energy."
Horace and Will moved their hands and grabbed the reins, getting ready to lead them to wherever he wanted them to go.
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So, that's it! I know it's short and I'm sorry about that. But don't worry. More is coming soon! Tell me if there's any scene you want me to make for you. Thanks! –Alison
