Chapter 7

He pulled his cloak tightly around him. The wind was blowing hard and it started to rain again. His horse was very impatient and danced aside from the rain. He sighed in frustration and decided to wait until the rain stopped.

He dismounted Moonshine and led her to the shelter of the trees. He tied her up and decided to go hunting, because he didn't have much to eat with him, and he felt his stomach already growling in hunger.

He wasn't very lucky, one skinny rabbit. It was much harder to shoot at moving targets,he would have to train on that. He looked up to the sky and sat that the rain had stopped so he decided to continue his journey.

The sun was gone and the moon rose, he had finally arrived at Redmont. He was looking for a nice place to settle until his mission was completed. He stepped quietly through the woods and stumbled upon a path, he was a curious boy by nature and he decided to follow the path.

The path led to a wooden cabin. He frowned. Who would want to live here? He saw a man, just turning gray, sitting on the porch. A candle lit up his face. He stepped closer by, but his horse stepped on a branch. He froze and saw the man look up from his paper.
He looked straight at him.

The man continued to watch, but Will turned his horse around and galloped away into the forest.

He felt his heart in his throat. How did this man knew where he stood? It was just a small twig that broke.

Maybe he didn't look right at him, but he just looked for the source of sound. But that didn't calm his nerves, it only led him to his next question: how had he ever heard that?

Halt was frustrated. There were rumors about a camp which trained children to kill and of course Crowley wanted him to examine it. He had just returned from his last mission and his report wasn't even written. He was about to stand up and go to bed to sleep, but he heard a noise. He looked at the source and saw a shadow. Well, he saw the white mane, tail, legs and blaze; a horse.
Someone was sitting on that horse. Before he could do anything about it they galloped away into the woods.

What did that mean? He decided that following him wouldn't do any good, he would be gone tommorw and it was too dark to follow him right now. He stored the particular looking horse on in his mind and knew that as soon as he saw the horse again, he recognised it. He'd never seen such an amazing colored horse and he was curious as to who was riding her.

He blew out the candle, took the letter from Crowley and went inside to go to his bed.

As soon as the sun rose Will immediately steered his horse towards the village. He felt nervous. What if the man came after him? He shook off his thoughts from him and went in search of an inn, he hadn't looked for a camping place, who knows whether the man found him or not?

It was crowded, it seemed as if there was a market. That will probably mean that the inns are also loaded. He drove to the first inn he saw and tied his fullblood arabian to a pole, specifically made for this purpose. He patted her on her neck and said some comforting words to her.

He walked inside and saw that several people were eating, they looked a bit surprised when they saw him walking alone. That brought a small smile on his face. Sometimes he forgot he was this young. He walked over to the woman he thought would be the owner of the inn.

"Hello ma'am, are you the owner?" He talkes with his most timid voice, and the woman smiled sweetly at him.

"Yes, my husband and I are the owners. Can I help you with something?"

Will looked down and feigned shyness. He chewed on his bottomlip and looked up at her. "I was wondering if I could work here in exchange for a place to stay for me and my horse?" He put on his most adorable puppy eyes.

The woman looked a little surprised. "Where are your parents, boy?"

"My mother died when I was born and my father died when he helped at the birth of a foal. The mother was very aggressive and trampled him." He squeezed himself secretly and tears came into his eyes. "The only thing I own is the foal, the mother's been killed. I just schooled herself and a horse costs a lot of money and I don't have a place to sleep at night."

The woman pulled him into an embrace. For a moment he was paralyzed. He had never hugged someone. "Oh poor boy! Of course you can sleep here in exchange for work!" She rubbed his back and Will hugged her too. No one had ever embraced him.

After a while she let go of him and told him where he could sleep and she also told him where the stables were.

He took his little bundle of clothes, and laid it on his bed. Then he went back down and took Moonshine to the stables. He put her in the small, musty box and saw that she was dissatisfied.

"This is where we have to stay for a while, girl. I know you're uncomfortable and I don't like it here either, but we won't stay here long." He stroked her on her nose for a moment and then closed the stable.

Again he went up to his room and packed his belongings and folded his clothes neatly and put them in a closet. He picked up his notebook and stuffed him in his clothes.

Step one was completed, now obtain information about his target and finish the job.