Hi guys,
This is just a cute little one shot about Halt, Gillan, and Will. Gillan and Will want to prank Halt.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, and Rangers Apprentice is not mine.
It had been months since he had seen Gillan, they were in different fiefs and lived so far away. Will was super excited to him. Halt, of course, was always nearby, but he had left a day later to go the Ranger's Gathering so that he could spend some time with his wife.
Suddenly, Tug called out a greeting to another horse, regardless of the fact that there was no one there. Or at least to the untrained eye. "Gillan, it's good to see you." Will called out hoping it was the right ranger, as he could really make out which one of the 49 others it could be.
"You're late," Gillan responded, which in all fairness was true, just harsh. "A day late, might I add."
"I got held up, something to do with thieves." Will replied with a grim look on his face. It was sad to see such corruption in the world. "But, I'm here now, and Halt isn't so we can prank him."
"True true," The taller man replied. "What if we trick him into thinking that we won't do anything, but instead of giving him coffee in the morning we give him tea with cocoa powder. He won't know what is wrong with it."
"Should work." Will said, guiding Tug back to the main road, Gillan, and Blaze in tow.
Everything was set Halt, they were quite certain would never suspect a thing. Last night when he had arrived Halt had not trusted them to do a thing for him, but Gillan and Will felt confident that after they had been on their best behavior that the trust would be regained.
Halt strode into the clearing in the forest of tents to where Gillan and Will sat. Halt, unceremoniously, sat down on a log glaring at them. He snapped his fingers in an irritated way. "Coffee now, give it."
"How did you know we got you one." Will asked unable to keep the awe out of his voice.
"Coffee." Was Halt's response. With a small smile Will handed over Gillan and his horrible drink.
Halt took a big gulp, obviously expecting it to be his favorite beverage. Instead, all he tasted was this horrible drink. Halt spat it out before turning to glare at his two former apprentices. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" Halt screamed before throwing it on the two laughing boys in front of him. "CROWLEY! How did you manage to get him in on this? He was the one who told me that you two got me a drink of coffee."
"We have our ways" The young men replied in perfect sync before dissolving into laughter once more. Halt just walked away.