"Justin!" Adriana called. "The Baron wants to see you!"
"Really? What for?" Justin wondered out loud. He was sitting in the dining hall of Castle Redmont, eating a beef stew.
"I don't really know, he just called for you." Adriana replied.
Wondering what he was called for, he hastily finished his stew and started in the direction of the castle's keep; it was here that the Baron would wait for him.
All the Wardmates were suppose to report to their posts tomorrow; the Choosing Day had been a week ago, but some of the Wardmates, like him, were either sick or in the hospital when the ceremony occurred. But he figured he would just wait out one more day at the castle, in the hopes that maybe he could talk the Baron into letting him become a Ranger.
He had wanted to become a Ranger since he was 10-years-old. He discovered that being a Ranger meant more to him than being a Battleschool soldier or a scholar; he felt that a Ranger's life the most exciting occupation he could wish for. As he made his way to the keep, he thought about that day where his dream occupation went from being a simple farmer like his father, to a King's Ranger...
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Gray Cloaks and Oakleaves (An RA Fanfic)
FanfictionWill has been an accomplished Ranger for sometime now and soon decides to take up an apprentice, a boy named Justin who was orphaned at a young age. But when Justin's tortured past is discovered and Will's life in danger, Justin must decide whether...
