A/N I wrote one small last chapter for you. It's the fourth of may, and over here in the Netherlands it's like a national memorial day for the victims of WWII. Tomorrow is the day of freedom, also a national holiday here. So I thought I'd update on this day. This is the last chapter of the tale of a traveling fox. It's twice as long as the fox in the snow :3 I already started the sequel. (I have the title and 5 words.) You'll see it appear online in about a week. It'll be called: A fox among wolves. Yes I'm keeping the fox in the title!

something like me: Not that cruel, I wish some of my classmates dead every hour or so. Now that's cruel. And lucky you you don't have to wait an entire week! just an entire day! But sadly now you do have to wait an entire week. Sorry. Thank you for your review. Yeah I think it's a shame too, but lucky me, I go to France a lot maybe I'll get to see it someday.

Keesjan: Thank you very much. I like them too, but they're difficult to write. I'm trying to make them longer.

moniquebowman: what's banter... Google translate says it's a joke. I don't know I'm not a funny person. That last sentence was a must. It's like the best one ever! It usually is when the guy everyone doesn't like is proclaimed dead. I hope you like this last chapter.

DISCLAIMER: Seriously, on my last chapter. I don't wannaaaaa. *Sigh* I don't own RA.

Chapter 15.

May.

I have no idea what caused the distraction. All wargals who were guarding us just seemed to be confused for a moment. That's when Erak took his chances. With a roar he charged at the closest wargal, his men following soon. The battle, if that's what you want to call it, didn't last very long. In a few minutes all of the wargals are dead or unconsious. One of them managed to take down Nordel in the progress. Erak's kneeled besides him and I see my chance. I nudge Will and Evanlyn. They get my hint and follow me. Too bad luck is never on my side.

One of the skandians, I think it's Svengal, sees us. In one swift movement he grabs me and will by our collars. Evanlyn turns around and stands still.
"I don't think so." Nordel says.

"Let's go." Erak stands up and signals the others to go. Nordel lets us go, but doesn't let us out of his eyesight. We run away from the wargals and towards the sea. There's a swamp in between, but we're through that pretty quickly. At the beach a small boat lies, behind it in the sea a huge wolfship is stationed.
"We're not going on that, are we?" Evanlyn asks with disaproval.

"Oh yes we are." Erak proudly says. "That over there, is my beautiful wolfship. Get them in the boat." He commands. Out of nowhere someone picks me up and puts me in the small boat. Everyone else gets in and two skandians push tha boat into the sea. I thought I heard someone call out for Will and me. It's probably me imagining things. I look back one last time and see a figure coming out of the swamp. First I thought it was Gilan, but with a closer look I see he's too short. It's Halt. I feel a wave of dissapointment and immediatly push it away. Halt came that's all that matters. We can get out of here.

"Will, there!" I shout at him. Will turns around and sees the figure too.
"Halt!" He screams. Halt's nearly at the shore. He has his bow fully drawn and shoots. I hear a scream next to me and see Nordel's been hit in the shoulder. Erak takes over and we're nearly out of reach. We reach the wolfship and we're pulled in on the boat. I run to the railing when no one's paying attention to me. I nearly jump over when I see the sea.

I can't do it. I can manage swimming in a lake, but I'm terrified of swimming in a sea. I don't know why, but I just can't. I don't get a chance to make up my mind because two large hands grab me and pull me back on board. They rise the sail and the wolfship is leaving Auraluen. The figure standing on his horse in the sea gets smaller and smaller. All chances of escaping get smaller and smaller aswell. We're nearly gone when I see a second shadow coming out of the swamp. Even from up here I can see it's Gilan. I know it's him, but it's too late, we're already gone.

Gilan.

As soon as I notice Halt's gone to find Will I follow him. Morgarath's dead and I don't think anyone needs me there. Honestly I don't really care. May's somewhere over there and I'm going to find her. I finally catch up with Halt. He's kneeling next to a fallen skandian.

"They've gone that way." He says. Halt points to the swamp. I nod and lead blaze into the swamp. Now Halt follows me. Halfway through the forest blaze gets stuck. I get off of her and try to get her loose. No luck.
"Go on ahead, I'm right behind you." I tell Halt. "Halt, please promise you'll bring her back to me." I plead. Halt nods and continues to pull through the swamp. Halt's long gone when I finally get blaze free. I get out of the swamp and search for Halt. I can see him standing on Abelard in the sea, looking out over it. I scan the horizon and see a wolfship sailing away. I quicly ride over to where Halt is and look to the older ranger.

"Please tell me they're not on that ship." I ask him. I look at Halt and see tears in the corners of his eyes. His silence says more than a thousand words.
"NO! No, no, no, no! Please Halt. No it can't be. She can't be gone. Please." Halt turns his head to look at me.
"I'm sorry." He says.

"No! you promised you'd bring them back. You said… No it's ot your fault. If I didn't get stuck you would've been in time. I can't believe how stupid I've been. It's all my fault. I should have never even left them in the first place-"
"Gilan."
"If I didn't leave they'd be here and not on that ship.-"
"Gilan!"
"Maybe I should've been-"
"GILAN!" I finally stop my rambling and turn to look at Halt.

"WHAT!" I shout at the same volume.
"It's not your fault! You could have done nothing. And if you could, it's already done. This is how it is, nothing else. What we need to do now, is get back. When we're back I'll pack my things and go after them." Halt says.

"I'm coming with you." I decide.
"No Gilan, you're not. I need you to stay here. I can only go if I know that someone will look after everything here. Yes Morgarath may be dead, but that doesn't mean the war is over. I need to know someone capable will stay here."
"Halt's she's my apprentice." I plead.
"Yes and Will's mine. I'll get them back Gil." Halt says back.

"But Halt-"
"I don't want to hear anything else. Let's go back." Halt cuts me off. I glare at him, after a while I turn blaze around and head back. I'm not going to give up on leaving to find them. I'll never give up.

A/N So that's it. The end, Het einde, Fin, whatever you want to call it. I want to thank everyone who has followed and favorited this story:

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Thank you very much. And a special Thank you to ScbaStv and Something like me. You two reviewed almost every single chapter! Here's a digital cookie: (::)

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