AN: Thanks for all the reviews! Also thanks for the ideas (you know who you are)
Halt and Will looked at each other. This was a new concept…
"My dragon shouldn't have left me… I can't even feel her!" Eragon cried, startled.
In fact, Saphira was out of range by several thousand miles. Saphira was desperate to know where Eragon was. She was, in fact, wondering if Eragon had died, or perhaps somewhere else…
Eragon came to a quick decision. He would stay here until help came.
"Is there anything I can do while I am here?" he asked Will.
"Of course," his to-be friend replied. "You can try to become a Ranger."
"A Ranger? What's that?"
"It's our job," Halt supplied. "Basically we watch our fiefs, and – Gilan! What are you doing here?"
Eragon turned around quickly and saw a grinning figure, wearing the same outfit as the other two… Rangers. Yes, that was what they had called themselves.
(AN: Um… what does Gilan look like again?)
"Wow… how did you get here?" Eragon asked, startled. "You weren't here a second ago, and my keen sense of hearing should have picked up your sounds…"
"Actually," a grinning-even-more Gilan said, "I was here the whole time."
"You… what?"
"I was watching you!" Gilan said cheerfully.
*cough* Both Gilan and Eragon turned around.
"There we go… back on track. So Eragon, would you like to be trained as a Ranger during your short – or long – stay here?"
"Definitely!" Eragon said immediately. He was excited because Rangers seemed so mysterious, and he also wasn't sure about any other tasks to keep himself busy.
"Come in then," Halt called as he and Will walked back inside.
"I'll be watching you.." Gilan said threateningly. Why? No idea. But it was ruined by his enormous smile. Gilan walked over to his horse and rode off.
AN: Training begins next chapter…
