Hello, readers! Here's the next chapter. As promised, it's longer then the last one. I did revise the chapter, because Will and Becca are just thirteen and still have two more years. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranger's Apprentice.

They reached Araluen two days later and immediately mounted the horses, heading to Castle Araluen. Becca looked around excited as they rode and Will smiled at her reaction. Gilan looked back at her and smiled also. Halt noticed and a smile came to his face. As they neared the castle, Becca's face to one of amazement. "Wow...This is better than the castle in Iberion..."

They rode through the castle gates after Halt and Gilan showed the guards their silver oakleafs. They all unmounted, and Will and Becca waited while Halt and Gilan put up the horses. The group then headed straight to Crowley's office. As they came in, Crowley was doing paperwork. When he looked up to see who it was, his face brightened and he dropped what he was doing. Will ran to him and hugged him. Crowley hugged him back, smiling. As he let go, he examined Will. "You're alright?"

Will nodded. "I'm fine."

Crowley got up and turned to Halt and Gilan. "It's good to see you all here. How was the mission?"

Halt stepped forward. "We successfully saved Will and the girl here, " He said motioning to her, "Her name's Becca. It turns out that it was Morgarath who paid for the Genovesans to take Will. He was in Iberion, making allies with the king. He already has alliances with Picta, Toscano, and Aslava."

Crowley's face showed a little surprise. Halt continued, "We found out when we went to save Will. Becca told us that the Genovesans had mentioned the name Morgarath and that he was in Iberion. We went there to investigate and Gilan went to the castle. Once he found out, he came back to the inn, told us, and we left immediately."

Crowley nodded. "Alright. I need to go alert King Duncan immediately."

He started walking to the door and was about to touch the knob when Shawn opened the door. When he saw Will, he smiled and ran to him, hugging him. "Will!"

Will smiled, hugging him back. "Hey, Shawn."

Halt looked at Crowley. "Shawn's been helping you?"

Crowley nodded. "Yes. He didn't want to stay in the Couriers office."

As Halt nodded, Pauline came into the room. "Crowley, I-"

Her eyes widened as she saw them then she ran to Will, hugging him tightly. "Will! Are you okay, honey? Did they hurt you?"

Will hugged his mom back just as tight. "I'm okay. The only thing was my wrists were raw from the rope they had tied around them. Gilan put some salve on them."

Pauline kept hugging Will for a few seconds then got up, turning to Halt. She hugged him. Halt smiled and returned it, kissing her cheek. Shawn went to hug his dad after his mom let go. Pauline then hugged Gilan with tears in her eyes. "Thank you for helping to save Will."

Gilan hugged back. "I would always go to save him."

Becca looked around at the family and looked down at the floor. Pauline looked over at her and she walked over to her after letting Gilan go. She knelt down infront of her. "What's your name?"

Becca looked up. "Becca."

"Where are you from, Becca?" She asked.

"I'm from Iberion. Halt and Gilan saved me from the Genovesans, "Becca said quietly.

Pauline hugged her. Becca blinked and hugged back. Crowley looked over at Halt. "Does she have any family?"

Halt shook his head. "She told us that she's an orphan."

Becca sighed and looked at the floor. Pauline frowned. "Is something wrong, dear?"

Becca nodded. "I didn't tell Halt the whole truth."

Halt frowned. "You're not an orphan?"

Becca looked at him. "I am. I just didn't tell you everything. I wanted to come to Araluen. My father is from here."

Crowley walked over. "Who is your father?"

Becca's gaze went to Crowley. "His name was Samuel. He was a Ranger here."

Crowley's eyes widened. "I remember Samuel."

Halt looked at him. "How do you know him and I don't?"

Crowley looked at Halt. "He was one of the Rangers that were banished while Morgarath had influence over the king. I didn't know that he went to Iberion."

He looked at Becca again. "Did you know that he was banished?"

She shook her head. "I didn't. Did he do something bad?"

Crowley knelt beside her. "No. He did nothing wrong. More than thirteen years ago, Morgarath and a group of barons were falsely accusing Rangers of things, so they could replace them with others who weren't really trained to be Rangers. It was one of the things they did to get rid of people who would of opposed them."

Becca smiled sadly. "He never told me. Each time I asked, he would change the subject."

Crowley frowned. "Wait. You're talking about him as if he's dead. What happened?"

Her face fell. "He was killed by the Genovesans...He was out doing work when they were riding with a man named Morgarath leading. He worked with the town prison to gather information. I was with him. He recognized Morgarath and turned around, pushing me and telling me to run home. I didn't understand why and didn't go at first. One of the Genovesans spotted us, and alerted the others. Morgarath looked at us and his eyes widened as if he recognized us."

Tears started to come to her eyes. "He yelled at them and they started coming after us . M-my dad grabbed my arm, and started running, dragging me with him. I ran, but they quickly caught up. He tried to fight them, but there were too many. They ended up killing him, and they took me to Morgarath. Morgarath ordered them to keep me prisoner and some of them split off to take me to Toscano. I was there for months until Will came."

She broke down, sobbing. Pauline hugged her tightly, and Becca buried her head in Pauline's shoulder. Crowley got up and walked over to Halt and Gilan. "Samuel was one of my friends in the Ranger Corps before he was banished. He was a good man."

"It explains how she was able to get so close to that rabbit she killed. He must of trained her," Halt said.

Gilan nodded. "Where is she going to stay?"

Crowley glanced at her. "She could stay with me, but I'm busy most of the time."

Gilan looked at her. "She could stay with me."

Crowley looked at Gilan surprised. Gilan looked back at the commandant. "She would make a good Ranger. I would like to have her as an apprentice."

Crowley thought about it. "How old is she?"

Halt spoke up, "Thirteen like Will."

Crowley looked at her again. "She can't be apprenticed till she's fifteen, but if she wants to, she can stay with you."

Gilan smiled and walked over to Becca. She still had tears in her eyes, but she had calmed down. He knelt beside her. "Becca."

She looked at him. "Would you like to live with me? You'll have your own room."

A surpised look came on her face, but then she hugged him tightly. "Yes! Thank you, Gilan."

He smiled wider and hugged her back. Crowley, Pauline, and Halt smiled. Will smiled also. Shawn was happy for her, too.

Becca let go and wiped away her tears. Crowley remembered what he needed to. "I better go to King Duncan. I'll see you all later."

He quickly left. Will put a hand on his brother's shoulder and Shawn looked up at him. Will smiled at him then looked at Becca. "Becca, this is my brother, Shawn."

Becca smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Shawn. I'm Becca."

Shawn held out his hand. "It's nice to meet you, too."

She shook his hand then looked up as Will walked over to the woman who had hugged her. "This is my mom."

Becca walked over and shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you, ma'am."

Pauline smiled. "You can call me Pauline."

Halt put an arm around his wife's waist. "Whose hungry?"

Shawn jumped up and down. "I am!"

"I am!" Will yelled.

"I am, "Becca said.

Gilan chuckled. Halt started heading for the door with Pauline. "Let's go eat in the village."

Shawn ran to catch up with his dad, but Gilan grabbed him and lifted him up. He set Shawn on his shoulders and Shawn put his hands up. "Whooo!"

Will and Becca followed after Gilan, talking excitedly. They all enjoyed the evening in an inn, talking and laughing. Shawn fell asleep, leaning against Gilan. Will and Becca were getting tired, so Halt paid the bill. The group got two separate rooms with Gilan and Becca in one and the O'Carrick family in another. They all slept soundly that night, happy that they were together and happy to have another member of the family.