Chapter 6! Please read and review! And remember! Post character profiles to be used in the story.

Jackie

Jackie sat in Miss April's room, waiting patiently for the announcement of where he would be going on Apprentice Day. He had his fingers crossed that it would be somewhere good like Ringtown. He held his breath as Miss April began to call names.

"Adams, Spenser: Fall City, Buckley, Tara: Summerland, Evans, Joel: Ringtown"

And so the list went on. Cameron was sent to Summerland, Amber to Wintown, Elita to Ringtown, Belinda to Fall City. Jackie heard his name being called. As usual, it was last.

"Walker, Jack: Wintown"

Jackie's heart missed a beat. He was going to the same base as Amber! Imagine what could happen. A grin spread across Jackie's face but he quickly got rid of it. He couldn't look too happy or people would get suspicious. He stood up and walked over to Amber.

"Sooooo...How do we get to Wintown?"

"Apparently, we have to fly on a Staraptor"

Jackie's face went pale.

"Just kidding. We're going to be using an Abra. Spenser says they're not a bad way to travel."

Jackie let out a relived sigh. "Let's go then!"

Jackie grabbed hold of Amber and practically dragged her out of the classroom, getting an evil stare from Joel as they went by. Joel leaned in and grabbed her. "See you in a few days" And with that he kissed her. His eyes drifted over to Jackie and if it was possible they looked smug. Amber eventually broke away from Joel and followed Jackie out to the Abra.

Joel

Joel was furious.

He couldn't believe that Amber and Jackie were going to the same base. He knew Amber wouldn't try anything but Jackie could be very persuasive. Joel's mind filled with pictures that disturbed him very much. He walked over to Elita. "So, we're in Ringtown. I heard the leaders cool."

"Yeah, so how do we get there?"

"I think we have to join the line."

Joel and Elita looked over to the line for the Abra at which Jackie and Amber were at.

"Oh" said Elita, "That line"

Joel and Elita stood in the line and waited for five minutes before it was their turn.

"Where would you like to go?"

Joel and Elita looked around. "Who said that?" said Joel.

"I did"

Joel's head was feeling funny. It was as if the voice was coming from right inside his head, as if the words were being transmitted telepathically. I Joel had been in a cartoon a light bulb would have appeared above his head. He turned to the abra.

"So you said that!"

"Yes" transmitted the Abra. "Now, where would you like to go?"

Elita decided to stop the little conversation between Joel and the Abra. "We're going to the Ringtown Ranger Base in Fiore."

The Abra nodded (if possible) and Elita and Joel held onto it. If anyone had been watching, they would have seen a bright flash of white light and they were gone.

Elita

Elita and Joel landed on their feet at the door of the Ranger Base. They turned to the Abra. "Thanks" said Elita. "Don't mention it" transmitted the Abra. And with a white flash, he was gone.

"So, here we are"

Elita rolled her eyes. "Way to state the obvious!"

She then turned and walked into the base. A man with messy, long blue hair was standing with his back to them looking intensely at a computer screen. "Hi" said Joel. "We're the students from Ringtown."

The man turned and Joel and Elita were confronted by a much older, considerably taller but obviously Spenser.

Joel obviously had not caught on and was walking up to the man.

"What's up Spense? Aren't you meant to be in Fall City?"He and Spenser had eventually set aside their differences and were now close friends. And, like many close friends, they had a secret handshake. He walked up to the man and stuck out his hand and then sticking his other one out across it. The man looked quizzically at him before grabbing both hands and throwing Joel over his shoulder, smashing him against the big computer screen on the wall in the process.

"I see you've met my son, Spenser at the Ranger School. Most people say he is the image of me but I always said that he had his mother's eyes."

Elita looked closely at the man and noticed that he was right. Whereas Spenser's eyes were emerald green this man's were a dark brown.

"My name is Elita and my partner" Elita gestured toward the unconscious slump that was Joel, "is Joel"

"Nice to meet you Elita. My name is Winston, and this" he gestured toward the operator who had suddenly appeared behind the Operators desk, "is my wife and Spenser's mother, Autumn."

Elita stared at the woman who had raised Spenser. The only thing remotely similar between them was their eyes. As Winston had said, Spenser had his mother's eyes.

Suddenly there was a groaning noise from behind Winston and Joel stood up, scratching his head. "I'm guessing you're not Spenser."

Winston

Winston was happy with his apprentices. They had only been in Ringtown for the day and already were well known throughout the town. After Joel had been woken up, he had not been thinking and had mentioned, or as he said, 'it had just slipped out', that Elita was Spenser's girlfriend. Winston had pretended to be outraged that after only 6 weeks Spenser had already gotten a girlfriend but inside he was delighted. Imagine the teasing he could give Spenser when he returned. In fact, he had been so excited the he had called Fall City's leader, Chantelle, to arrange a meeting between him and his son. And so, this was the reason he was sitting in the café in Fall City, across from his son.

Winston took a long drink of coffee and ate a piece of Spenser's cake, before speaking.

"So, Spenser, how you getting on at school?"

"Fine."

"You got plenty of friends?"

Winston was laughing silently to himself, wondering what Spenser's reply would be.

"Yeah, well actually, I'd like to tell you something."

Winston nearly spat out his coffee. He hadn't expected Spenser to admit to Elita being his girlfriend so easily.

"Well, I haven't been doing too well at making friends and I was wondering if I could quit ranger school."

Winston knew there was only one thing he could say to stop his son from leaving the school he had tried so hard to get into.

"And leave your girlfriend!"

Spenser blushed as red as a beetroot. "What girlfriend?" he said in his most innocent voice.

Winston laughed a deep, husky laugh. "Don't act all innocent! Your little Elita is one of my apprentices!"

Spenser blushed redder than a beetroot, the blood becoming visible under his skin. "Oh. Who told you? She wouldn't do such a thing!"

"Joel."

"Oh" Spenser thought about all the ways he could kill Joel. Most of them could be described by the words, slowly and agonisingly painful.

Winston got up and slapped Spenser on the back. "Don't worry son. I think it's great that you're getting on so well at school."

Winston then walked out of the café, leaving Spenser with the bill.

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