A/N Hello again! So the crazyness of my school play is over. And I'm an emotional wreck. There are a lot of people graduating, so they won't be back next year. And four of my best friends are with them. So last friday/saturday morning. We all cried, a lot. Me for like two hours. I had to leave early due to that I still have an energy problem because of that stupid hospital. And before I left they all started singing Mattie bedankt! (bedankt=thank you in dutch) And then I had to cry again. You'd think I would have run out of tears by now, nope I did not.

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Disclaimer: I still do not own anything you regonize from the Rangers apprentice. I wish i did.

Chapter 2

May:

I wake up in Gilan's arms. Why am I in his arms? I'm not complaining, but how? Then I remember last night, the nightmare, and how real it all seemed. I look up to Gilan and see he's still asleep. Not for long.

"Good morning love birds." Says Halt, while walking into the kitchen/living room.
"Not much good about mornings, now is there?" I say sarcastically.
"Not before coffee." Gilan mutters. Great now he's awake. That means I have to get up. I lay my head back on his chest, trying to look asleep.

"I saw you move May. I know you're not asleep. Now get up." Gilan says.
"I don't want to." I say.
"Really? You want to go there again?" Before he can continue talking, I jump up and sprint to where Halt keeps his coffee. I hold up an empty cup to Halt, and he nods. Signaling he wants a cup aswell.
"How did you do that Gil? I never seem to get my apprentice up!" He says those last word a little louder, so Will can hear them in his room. "With one sentence you got her up, and making coffee. How?"
Gilan sits up on the couch, his hair is sticking out in all directions. I turn around and laugh.
"Oh believe me Halt, it wasn't easy." He says.

A few moments later. Halt, Gilan and I are sipping from our coffee. Will comes out of his room and gets a cup aswell.
"So when will we leave?" He asks.
"As soon as Horace arrives here." Gilan says.
"Why would Horace come here?" Will asks.
"Who's Horace?" I ask. "And why would we have to wait for him?"

"ONE QUESTION AT A TIME!" Gilan says. "First, we need Horace because of the Celtic traditions. When it comes to messengers: One is unimportant. Two is suspicious. Three is conspiracy. Four is perfect. And horace is a friend of Will. He's a cadet at the battleschool." He looks defeated at Halt. "Please tell me travelling with three apprenteces won't be like this all the time?" Halt just smirks and drinks his coffee.

Soon after breakfast there's a loud knock on the door.
"I'll get it." I say before walking away from the dishes, which I was doing.
"Hey, Get back here!" Gilan says. He's drying the dishes next to me. I turn around and, very childishly, stick my tongue out to him.
"It's nearly done anyway."I tell him before I open the door.

There's a tall broad shouldered boy, Looking a bit confused. I have to look up to look him in the face. I'd guess he's a little younger than me. About Will's age. He's at least one head taller than me, probably more.
"Isn't this Ranger Halt's cabin?" He asks.
"Yeah, Why?" I ask him.
"Uhm... I was supposed to come here today?"
"Oh are you Horace?" I ask him. He nods. "Gilan! Horace's here!" I say over my shoulder and I let Horace in.
"So, battleschool huh?" I ask him. Again he nods. Is this guy affraid to speak or something? I'm not that scary right? Who would be affraid of a 17 year old girl with curly red hair? I wouldn't but hey, the world is full of strangers. I grin and walk back to Gilan to help with the remaining dishes.
"Good morning Horace. We'll be leaving in a moment." Gilan says.
"Good morning sir. Can I do anything to help now?" He asks.
"Ha! he calls you sir." I say to Gilan. He just shakes his head.
"No we're almost done. May, go help Will with tug, Blaze and Hunter." I nod and walk outside.

I run to the small stable behind the cabin and find Will giving tug an apple. I smirk and sneak up upon him.
"You know giving him too many apples would make him lazy." I say when I'm right behind him. He jumps up and turns around.
"May! Don't..."
"Walk to you very silently? I'm part fox dum dum. I'm always silent." I say. "Horace's here, we'll leave as soon as Gilan's here." Will nods and I go to get Blaze and Hunter.

"Am I scary?" I ask Will.
"You? No not really, why?" Will says.
"Horace couldn't speak to me, he just nods. Quite funny, but still I'm not that scary." I lead the horses outside and see Gilan and Horace talking about something. Will follows me and we walk to them.

"Oh here they are. Thank you May you're the best." Gilan says. He takes blaze's reins from me and kisses me on my cheek.
"Is everyone ready to go?" He asks. I climb up on Hunter and nod. I pull up my hood to try to hide that I'm blushing. I see Will mount Tug, And Horace a tall bay battlehorse. On top of that horse he's even further above me so I have to look up even more.

We ride in silence for a while. Gilan, Will and I are riding on one line with Gilan in the middle, and Horace is not far behind us. Gilan turns around in his saddle.
"Why don't you ride next to us. It's a lot easier to talk like that."
"Okay sir." Horace says. Will and Gilan make place so Horace can ride inbetween them.
"Sir eh? I like the sound of that. It's very respectful." Gilan says after an akward silence. "Maybe you two should call me that too."
"Wait Gilan what?" Will aks befor I can say something.
Gilan now turns around to look at Will.
"I mean Wait Gilan… ehm sir, why?" Will akwardly says.
"No, not Gilan sir, Just sir. Don't you think May?" It's really difficult not to laugh at this. I decide to play along with his little game.
"Of course sir." I say.

after another akward silence, at least akward for Will, Horace breaks it with laughter. Soon Gilan and I join him. And after a while even Will laughs.
"You set me up didn't you." Will says. His only response is three wide grins.

"Let's set up camp here." Gilan says. We've been riding all day but there's still about two hours of sun left. I was about to say that, when Will beats me to it.
"But there's about two hours of sun left." He says. Gilan nods, and then looks at me, I happen to be mid-yawn. Last nights nightmare finally caught up with me I guess.
"I know, but both Horace and May are nearly falling asleep in their saddles."
"I am..." Yawn "Not." I say.

Gilan just looks at me and raises one eyebrow.
"Really?" He says sarcastically. I throw my hands in the air in defeat, and dismount Hunter.
"Will get a fire starting, and make some of that delicious stew, Horace set up a few tents, May take care of the horses. I'm going to take a look around." With that Gilan's gone. We stopped at a small clearing in some forest. After I made sure all the horses are taken care of I sit down near the fire Will started. Horace sits across me and Will's busy cooking. In the corner of my eye I can see Horace staring at me. After a while I had enough.

"Like what you see?" I ask him.
"I didn't know Girls could be rangers." He says.
"Well they can. However I did know most of the knights, or apprentice knights, aren't the brightest. I thought it would be different with you, I gyess I was wrong." I say. I do not feel like doing this. Why is it such a big deal I'm a girl.
"Why wouldn't girls be able to be rangers?" I ask him.
"Well girls aren't as strong as guys. They can't run as fast as we can, and boys are just better when it comes to physical work." he says. I snort.
"You do not want a race with me, little knight to be. You'd lose, big time." I can hear Will laugh next to me, and I know I won the argument.

"True but that would be cheating May." Gilan says. I jump up and turn around to see him standing there.

"Damn it Gilan How can you be so silent?" I ask him. He just grins.
"Years and years of pracrise." He says.
"Why would May be cheating in a race against me." Horace says.
"Do you want to explain it, or should I." Gilan asks me.
"Why not, not tell him?"I say.
"Because he is bound to find out, one way or another." He says. before I can answer to that, Horace interupts.
"What are you two talking about? I don't get anything you say."
"Fine I'll tell him." I say to Gilan, And I sit down again.

"It's a long story..."

A/N So here's chapter two for you! Now I really gotta sleep. As always please review.