AN: Thank you moniquebowman for this idea. Disclaimer: I'M NOT JOHN FLANAGAN! :( :( :(

Abbi and Ethan couldn't believe that the Ranger had given a note to Baron Arald about them. What did it say; why did the Baron ask Ranger Will if he was sure; what was the Ranger sure about? All of these questions kept going through the twins mind as they waited for the Baron to come to his office. Ethan had seen the Baron put the note in his pocket as they left his study. Abbi didn't notice anything she was just trying to get out of the room that the Ranger was in. He gave her and her brother, even though he would never admit it, the creeps.

"Sqeeaak!" The twins quickly turned around as they heard the floorboard. Baron Arald stood before them with a quizzical look on face. "What are you two doing here it's almost curfew." Abbi saw the note sticking out of the Baron's pocket. She knew what they had to do.

"Actually we were coming to see you," Abbi said quickly, as the Baron opened the door to his study "It's about our apprenticeship."

The twins also saw another note on the desk, Oh great, they thought, just great which one is the note the ranger wrote? There was only one way to find out. As they got close to Baron Arald's desk Abbi 'accidently' knocked a book off of the Baron's desk, and the note fell out of his pocket. The other note also fell off the Baron's desk when he put the book back on the desk. The twins quickly put one of their feet on top of each note, if the Baron saw the movement he didn't acknowledge it.

"We don't want to go to work at farm." They said.

"Well then what do you want" the Baron asked.

"We don't really know other than Battle School." the twins answered.

"Then there's nothing that I can do." The twins were crestfallen, or at least looked it they were really buzzing with excitement at finding out what the note said.

Finally the Baron ended the conversation, during which both of the twins had transferred the note from under their shoe into their boot without being caught, by the Baron at least. Then they saw the movement in the shadows.

Ethan gave the Baron a look that demanded silence while his sister quickly took a dagger from her boot and said "Whoever you are come out now." The Baron looked astonished, how could they have seen that I barely saw it and all I saw was a flicker he thought. The figure stepped out of the shadows with his hand raised, but the twins weren't fooled they saw the quiver of arrows, and the two knives at side. "Weapons on the ground." He started to remove the quiver but Abbi interrupted him before his hands cold even get close. "No, no, no. The knives first" they watched as he carefully removed the double scabbard, and placed on the ground. "Kick them over here." Ethan ordered. Ethan took the larger of the two and slid the other one to Abbi.
Before the twins even knew what was happening the figure had sent for arrows spiraling at them. The arrows pinned their sleeves to the post behind them, and at the angle they were buried in wood the twins couldn't pull free. Then the twins mentally slapped themselves and said "Wait a second, you're the Ranger Will aren't you?" He nodded. He came over and pulled the arrows out of the post.

"You can read the note now." Will said pointing at the twins boots.

The notes, one of which was a list of errands and the other which was the real note,read:

The boy, Ethan, and the girl, Abbigail, have the potentials to be rangers.

I will accept them as my apprentices.

AN: R&R