A/N Hey hello hi It's my birthday so I thought I'd give you a small chapter. It's mostly the introduction to Freya. I just need to say one thing: I am going to see Lindsey Stirling live and I'm super excited about that!
namvd: Yeah she did. I thought it'd be time for a change. You'll learn more soon.
Someting like me: IT'S MY FAVORITE TOO! I was looking forward to that scene sooo much! Thank you!
ScbaStv: Yes, yes she did scare the crap out of Slagor! More's on the way!
seth 8627: Thank you very much. Enjoy.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN RANGERS APPRENTICE.
Chapter 4.
May.
Lucky us, we could leave two days after the incident. I've been trying to get back in my wolf form, but nothing has worked so far. Not that I had much time anyway. We still had loads of work. Again lucky us, we got back on the ship. Great.
I'm hunched over the railing again, my face has a green tint no doubt about that. The hood of my cloak covers my eyes.
"Seasick again?" A voice next to me says. I glance at my left and see it's Evanlyn.
"No, I was miraculously cured of this blasted thing." I say with just enough sarcasm.
"Well someone's on a bad mood." She comments.
"You would be too if you where me." I say back.
"In a few days we'll be on land again." She assures me. "Then everything'll be fine." I mumble something and turn my head away. I try not to think much these days. Yet with nothing else to do on this cursed ship, my mind often wanders from one tought to another. For some reason, they always manage to point me back to Gilan. I wonder if he misses me. I wonder if he came looking for me. Of course not, being a ranger means serving your country first, personal affairs later. With a war that just ended, there'd be a lot that has to be taken care of. I just hope he doesn't do anything stupid…
Three horrible days on the sea later we arrive in Hallasholm. It's a large stretched city, with a big dock. No wonder with all the sea wolves wandering around. The ship is docked and we're loaded of of it. We have to follow Erak through the narrow streets. It's difficult to keep up with the large man, but we manage to not lose him. He leads us to a large building. Larger than the other buildings. He leads Will, Evanlyn and me inside where Will and Evanlyn are split up into different sections. Evanlyn in the kitchens and Will outside. Erak signals me to follow him again. He leads me through the city again, this time to the other end of it. I don't want to leave Evanlyn and Will behind, but I don't really have much of a choice. At the end of the city, a little away from the other houses, A small cabin thet reminds me of home, we stop.
"Welcome, to where you'll be training." Erak says. Before he knocks on the door he stands up a little straighter. Just a little. I only notice it because that's kind of what i have to do day after day after day. Seeing things. He knocks and just a few moments later a tall woman with silver hair opens the door. She looks like she's about 30, with warm ember eyes. When she sees it's Erak she smiles.
"Jarl Erak, what a surprize." She says in a calm voice. "I wasn't expecting you untill tomorrow."
"Good to see you too Freya. We left a little early. Tension got too high with Slagor." Erak says. "And how many times have I told you to call me Erak. The Jarl makes me feel old." Freya smiles and steps away from the door to let us in. I've been hiding behind Erak all this time. I'm not overly fond of meeting new people. You can say I'm a bit shy when it comes to that. Erak steps in and I follow him. Inside the three of us sit on a table where a pot of tea's already ready to use.
"So this is May." Freya asks. I nod and look down at my glass with tea.
"No need to be shy dear, I won't bite." She says to me in a motherly voice. Again I nod, and I carefully look at her.
"You'll be living here. I already made you a room. In the morning you'll clean the house and prepare for breakfast. When you're done with that we'll train. After that you will cook and do the dishes. If there's time left you'll study the origins of our ability. Twice a week I want you to go into town to get groceries. Once a month We'll go to the forest for a day to make use our ability as best as we can. First off I want to know what your primary form is." She tells me. I look at her with a puzzled look. Primary form?
"The form you could shift into since you where born." Oh that makes sense.
"A fox." I tell her. She nods.
"That's a rare form. Foxes are shy, and have a calm nature. But when the people he or she cares about are hurt, you better watch out." Freya says. Erak lets out a booming laugh.
"That's May alright. She scared the hell out of Slagor on Skorghijl." He says. A small smile is on Freya's face.
"Oh so I've heard. And have you been able to shift into other forms aswell?" She asks me. I nod.
"Only once, I have a wolf form too." I tell her.
"The wolf and the fox…" She says carefully. "Now that's a combination I've never haerd of before. Or at least not in that order. Most foxes first discover a bird form before the wolf form. See you are a rare type of shapeshifers. You have the normal ones, Like Erak, the halfbreeds like me. And the multishifters like you." Freya says. "Before you ask. A halfbreed is a shapeshifter who has two, sometimes three, forms. Mine are a silver wolf and white panther" I nod again.
"We'll start training tomorrow with a lesson about what exactly you are." She tells me. "Now, I'll show you your room, and you can do whatever you like the rest of the day. To get used to the mainland again. Dinner's in an hour. After that you'll clean up and go to sleep." Freya says. I nod again. Sounds fair. Freya stands up and I follow her around the house. It's not big, yet also not small. It looks a lot smaller than it actually is. I'm led to a small room in the back. It reminds me so much of home. A small closet, a desk and a bed. Freya tells me to stay here, that she has some details to discuss with Erak. I nod and sit down on the bed. I open the closet and to my surprize it has a few clothes in it. A training outfit: dark pants and a green shirt, a leather vest and a pair of soft leather boots with furr. And a dress. I hate dresses. It's a dark green one with a black skirt. A white apron is neatly folded next to it. I guess this is my daily oufit. I close the closet and lay down. Travelling by boats makes me tired. I close my eyes for a moment. Again my mind wonders back to would he be?
A/N I apologize for the shortness. It's really late here, and I'm tired. I just wanted to post something today!
See you next time!
~Mattie