I felt like putting a warning for Carter's mouth on this, he's a bit agitated. And sorry for the late update and stuff! I had things to do, well, maybe not but my laptop was slower than a slug with a ten pound dumbbell attached to its shell.

Chapter 8

Gatherings

"You're dead." June said, stuffing a quiver into Rose's saddlebags.

"No, you're just annoyed that I beat you." Carter said, smiled, saddling Smoke.

"I think I figured it out." Will muttered, unnoticed.

"You cheated." June snapped, getting up on to Rose.

"No, I used an unorthodox way to defeat you." Carter answered, hopping nimbly onto Smoke, who snorted and gave Rose a look.

"No, you cheated, you pulled my hood over my eyes, moved your piece and cheated." June snapped, still pissed.

" NO, I pulled the cloak over your eyes and readjusted your pieces to a better position and continued playing." Carter said.

"That's cheating." June said as they set off down the road.

"The rules were never set, now were they." He smiled.

"There are always unspoken rules you idiot. For example, during a feast at the King's palace you can't just walk up to the King and asked for a game of chess or something, there are protocols and processes you must go through in order to do something like that." June snapped.

"What If you don't understand or know of these unspoken rules and regulations. Do you have to go to an unspoken punishment for some unspoken amount of time?" Carter smiled, knowing he had won.

"…Crap…I hate you so much jack- never mind." June interrupted herself as Will opened his mouth.

"I figured it out." He said, catching Carter's attention.

"Figured what out?" He asked.

"Haven't you noticed that June's been more open, blunt and laid back recently, you saw here when she was in the Ward, not prim and proper, but she was nice and didn't swear or step out of line. Yet when every your around she's open, blunt and to be honest, quite vulgar in her choice of words." Will said.

"…No." Carter admitted.

"Epic Freakin Fail Carter Van no Smarter." She said.

"Case in point." Will said.

"So, what does that have anything to do with anything?" Carter asked.

"Oh, just something that I randomly caught on to. Did you also realize that she set three traps for you in the house, yet you avoided all of them subconsciously." Will stated, causing June to facepalm.

"I did? I thought that hammer was an ornament; I mean you lived there long. Thought you would know." Carter said, now musing over what other traps June might have set up for him.

"Will." June said.

"Yes June." He smiled.

"Go die in a hole." She said, bluntly.

"That's not very nice." He said, his smile not fading.

"Your face isn't very nice." June said.

"Burned!" Carter chuckled.

"Said the Ranger that fell face first onto the stove." Will said, casting him a look.

"Oi! In my defense…June tripped me." Carter said.

"You were eight, by then June was probably not even four yet." Will said.

"How old are you Carter ,you never told me and neither has Will." June asked suddenly.

"Secrets aren't secrets if everyone knows them." He stated automatically.

"So nobody knows you age and only four people know your name including your father." June said, raising an eyebrow.

"How do you think I've been able to stay here like fifteen years and not get caught." He answered.

"Then how is Will saying that you were eight when he doesn't know your age?" June asked.

"They're going off from my Choosing and when they thought I was fifteen." Carter explained.

"So how old are you?" June asked.

"Older than you." He stated.

"And let me guess, younger than Will." She said, clearly mad again.
"You're catching on June!" He said, taking the road on the left at an upcoming intersection.

"Go fall off a cliff and see it you can catch on to that." June said, smiling at her clever comeback.

"That was highly uncalled for and in appropriate." Carter said.

"Says the pervert who barged in on me when I was changing shirts." June said, her smile widening.

"You should have said something, dummy." Carter said, giving her a blank look.

"I said don't come in and go away right before you busted down my door pervert." June said, lifting her head up in the air.

"…Ack!, I really can't win now can I?" Cartergrumbled.

"That was highly creative and would you quit swearing! It's a bad habit and you need to snap out of it and you're not listening are you?" Will sighed as Carter glared at June with the intent to kill.

"So where are we goin?" June asked.

"The Gathering." Carter stated, pulling out a large cup with a lid.

"isn't that where I get tested…wait…I've only been training for and week and a half and I'm getting tested!" June cried, "and what is that?"

"One, yes you are getting tested, why do you think we had you shot at the target for seven hours straight and this is coffee with honey and sugar in it with lots of creamer." Carter stated, suddenly twitching.

"Carter, how many cups have you had today?" Will asked, casting him a look.

"…twelve?" He answered.

"it's only midday." Will said flatly.

"Shut up! I'm nervous da-ght!" Carter cut himself off.

"What was that?" June asked.

"The sound of Carter stopping himself in the middle of swearing." Will answered as they saw lights in the distance.

"What's that?" June asked, standing up in her saddle.

"The Gathering!" Carter smiled, urging Smoke into a gallop.

"What up master!" June called.

"WTF! I THOUGHT I SAID NOT TO…oh yeah…that bet…sh-nigafragnabit!" Carter yelled, still in a gallop.

"Fail." June said, running under a tree and throwing a rock up into it as she passed.

"Sorry, she has a high awareness and doesn't like people above her. If you're wondering as my apprentice about it (Rangers Randomness last chapter)." Will apologize to the person as they hopped out of the tree silently, sporting a small bruise on their head.

"That was mean…hey Will how's your wife?" The person asked, rubbing his head as he mounted his horse that was hidden behind so shrubbery.

"Good, better than most people would think, usually she's nice and if she's not then I have earplugs." Will said, smiling slightly.

Carter burst through a group of Rangers as he entered the camp and jumped off of Smoke and took off running towards the command tent. June came in right after him, sighing and apologizing to the Rangers as she got off Rose and walked after him. Behind her one of the Rangers mounted Rose, not realizing she was a Rangers horse. Let's just say he was grateful somebody caught him.

Will trotted in on Tug as the other person followed him in. The Rangers smiled and waved as Will dismounted and asked where the new arrivals went.

"Come on let's go!" Will called to the person following him as they both took off on foot to the command tent.

Inside the tent, June was beating Carter with a convenient frying pan lying on the desk as the Rangers in front of her smiled.

"So, this is our Ranger girl?" The one with a gray beard said.

"So it seems." The other replied.

"Can somebody help me?' Carter asked, covering his head.

"No," They both answered.

"Halt, Crowley, come on, let him up! He's already had to deal with her for a week and not to mention we had to track her down one day." Will said, entering the tent.

"Ah, Will! Did you bring the item?" Halt inquired.

"No, I left it on my desk, yes I brought it along with all the paperwork you gave me!" Will snapped, handing Halt a large crate.

"Thank you! Pauline has banned coffee from the house and I can stand it!" Halt said, and Will smiled, handing his former mentor a large cup filled to the brim with the dark liquid. "Thank the Lord!" He said, gulping the whole contents down at once.

"Um… a little help here?" Carter asked.

"In a minute." They answered, giving a blank look to the poor teenager (HINT FREAKIN HINT) that was being beat with a frying pan by June.

"So, I've heard that you solved some problems in Galatica Crowley? Something about bribed officials and the like, I'd love to hear that one!" The person said, walking in after Will.

"Gilan! Your late! I already got here by the time you set up!" Halt smiled, welcoming his old apprentice.

"Hey, you can rush perfection!" Gilan said smiling.

"Hello anyone?" Carter called.

"I'm not rushing perfection, I'm rushing the slow poke I call my apprentice coffee guzzler!" Halt snapped, a hint of a smile behind his seemingly evil attitude.

"Help?" Carter whispered as his soul left out of his mouth and June sat down, satisfied.

"That, is for running ahead of me and being reckless master," June nodded, smiling.

"I feel like a fat, perverted pig when you say that." Carter said, his soul returning to his body.

"No, master, that hurts!" June whined in a seductive voice.

"Now I defiantly feel like a fat, perverted jackass of a pig." Carter moaned. (A/N:I am keeping this line! And there is nothing u can do about it!

"June, quit teasing C- him and get over here, we have something to discuss." Will said.

"C? So his name starts with a C and ends with an R, and that's all we know." Halt said.

"Cancer? Clear? Color? Car? Carper? Carpenter? Yeah, that gets me nowhere." Gilan sighed, setting his elbows onto the small table in between the men.

"What do you want?" June asked, sitting with her legs crossed on the table.

"Do you want to participate in this year's tests, or wait for next year?" Crowley asked.

"You really don' t have to even answer that. She'll go." Carter said, getting back up.

"No Mater, don't do that! You show grovel on the floor instead, or I can beat you with a frying pan again!" June snapped.

One thought echoed through everyone's mind as she said that. I am really glad that I'm not him/Carter. Carter on the other hand thought this, *CENSORED FOR LANGUAGE* I am so screw off my *CENSOR* she is going to get me in so much trouble with the King if she keeps ****ing calling me that! And that added to the voice I'll be screwed before Christmas for Christ's sake!

"Hey, author, can you end this? I'm getting tired, I wanna take a break and go beat Carter some more." June asked.

In a minute, let me finish the scene.

"NOW or you will die a very painful death because I will murder you from instead your mind! Got it? Now, BREAK OR DEATH!" She snapped.

Yes ma'am, right away!

You see what I have to put up with? Any who, thank you all you comments last chapter! I got three! That's a record for me! YAY! But, sorry for the late update, I was helping a friend and doing chores, life suck when you're in high school? No? Carter is getting first-aid right now so Bye! NO I WILL NOT MAKE CARTER or June, MINIS UNLESS TORTURING SOMEONE! Or you harp on it to your grave, the later I hope will not happen.(A/N Am editing for language.)