A Trip To Grimsdell Forest
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Ranger's Apprentice our any part of My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic.
Notes: The tale begins sometime after Halts Peril. Also, I don't remember all the signals between Tug and Will so I might make a couple up. Also, Also, I don't know the ins and out about survival so all I can do is try my best.
Hoof-beats broke the ever-present silence of Grimsdale as a rider and his mount made their way down one the forest's many winding paths. He was lost yet again. Every time he came this forest it seemed he got lost. Even with his near perfect memory the forest always succeeded in turning him around and around.
'If Halt hears I got lost in Grimsdell again he won't let me forget it for years to come'
Ebony ,a young border shepard, was beside the pair darting through the larger animals hooves from time to time without it missing a beat.
'I'll follow this trail for another five minutes before I whistle for Shadow. Hopefully we're close enough for her to hear'
A flick of Tug's ear and a nervous whinny brought Will's attention back to the trail. Will softly clicked once the signal for stop. Now in complete silence Will scanned the trail and surrounding forest for any signs of movement or color. Seeing nothing Will silently got off Tug and ,with his bow drawn, crept to the forest beside the path. Will came up to the next bend and slowly moved around it keeping to the forest.
Nothing. At least nothing he could see. Although there was an small side trail leading to a stone archway. Will went back to Tug and Ebony both waiting patiently for him to return. Shrugging Will mounted Tug and continued down the path. When the reached the side path Tug whinnied again. Curious now Will urged Tug down the side path.
The stone archway was made out of a type of rock Will had never seen before. At first glance it looked to be normal everyday stone but if you looked closely you could see faint traces of green flowing like ivy through the stone. Will had never seen green veins in a rock before.
Standing in front the arch Will could see it was wide and tall enough for a single rider to enter. Ebony sniffed the stone and growled hackles raised.
'Strange both Tug and Ebony feel somethings off, but what'
Will trusted the two animals more than he did any person when sensing danger, but still he was curious now, and if anything ranger's were curious. He reached his hand through and nothing happened, so he walked through it.
Nothing. walking back through Will felt a little foolish, He didn't believe in magic he was being paranoid. Still he wanted to try one last thing before moving on. He mounted Tug again and called ebony to his side. The horse, the rider, and the dog all passed through the arch.
Suddenly the shattering of rock filled the air with noise and dust. He turned to see the archway had crumbled to dust on the spot. A little nervous now Will took in his surroundings.
'Still in the forest'
His senses where screaming at him that something was different. Studying the smooth brown trunks of the trees and the almost perfect leaves he realized what was different.
The forest was just to perfect. Every tree was straight and tall without a single broken branch. The leaves where all perfect replicas of each other only varying in shades of color. He new well enough not to start panicking but he came close. This isn't Grimsdell, hell it wasn't like any forest he'd ever seen. After ten minutes or so of being close to panic Will calmed down and took stock. 'It still might be Gimsdell. Even though ever tree is near perfect it could be some strange part of the forest.'
Raising his fingers to his mouth he let out a piercing whistle. He waited for a minute before letting out another. He continued for half an hour before Tug flicked his ear in warning. Will was on alert now bow drawn arrow notched as he surveyed the area. If it'd been Shadow Tug would have let out a whinny of greeting. The bushes moved and parted.
It was a wolf but unlike any wolf he'd ever seen. It was a tangle of branches in a wolf like shape with two red pits instead of eyes.
A split-second after it appeared it was down, an arrow in the head. Others appeared and he shot off two more arrows in quick secession. The first arrow hit its mark downing a second wolf and the final arrow impeded itself in another wolfs knee putting it out of action for a while. The last two reached him as he unsheathed his saxe knife.
The first wolf lunged, Will ducked and slammed his blade into the belly of the wolf. The blade was yanked out of his hand as the wolf flew over him. The last wolf was on him. Will raised his arm to protecting his neck from the sharp teeth. The wolf bit into his arm. Will fell back with the weight of the wolf on top of him.
Suddenly, the weight was gone and he turned to see Ebony on top of the wolf biting deep into its neck and twisting her neck killing it. The wolf with an arrow in its joint had crawled off.
"Good girl" He went over bending down petting her in appreciation. Her wet tongue found his face and beginning licking. Laughing he stood up and went over to Tug checking the horse over and taking stock of his gear. He had blankets to sleep on, a Flint and Steel for fire, a few dried strips of meat left over from last nights hunt, a canteen, skinning knife, sax knife, longbow, mandolin, 20 arrows plus the 2 he recovered from the wolves, cooking utensils, some oats, and the colorful jongleur cloak.
The sun that had been directly overhead when he entered the woods was now to low to make out through the dense forest. Light was fading and he needed a shelter. Heading north Will found a stream and set up camp next to it. He gathered some firewood, he'd considered using the wolves but had decided against it in the end and had left them to deteriorate since they where after all just plants of a kind.
He got a fire going just as the last of the light faded and sat down to a meal of dried deer meat. He finished the meal and got into the blankets for the night Ebony curling up next to him. He didn't need to tether Tug as ranger horses where a far stretch from normal horses and were very loyal.
"Goodnight Tug, Goodnight Ebony"
Rangers being a solitary lot all developed close relationships with there horses and could swear there horses respond to them. Rangers often talked to their mounts. They had a unwritten agreement that all ranger horses could understand there riders.
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Now you got my attention , i love both of series so lets hope its gonna be a good story.
Jesus. I can't even remember the last time I picked up a rangers apprentice book.
Woah... I just finished reading the 10th book in the series a couple weeks ago.......
YOU, SIR, ARE PSYCHIC!!!!
Oh, and great fic! I'm looking forward to reading the next chapters......
I have no idea what the 'Rangers Apprentice' series is but i am intrigued an will track
Ah Rangers Apprentice, one of the only novel series I've actually read...
Equestrian Deadpool is now pleased.
1210896 Oh, let me clarify. (Brace for incoming wall of TEXT)
The Ranger's Apprentice Series is a set of ten books detailing the escapades of Will, a fifteen year old boy who is recruited into the mysterious Ranger society. Rangers are kind of like "black ops", in that they handle things discreetly and quickly. They are somewhat of a cross between the FBI and a Special Ops team; their main job is to gather intelligence for the King, while also taking care of business as is necessary.
Rangers are trained to master the arts of stealth, espionage, archery, and knife throwing, and many other skills besides. Many rumors are around that say that the Rangers practice black magic. This isn't true; they're simply extremely good at what they do. They have the ability to blend into their surroundings for hours on end, using a special camouflage cloak. Their skill with the longbow is near legendary, with most of them able to get consistent bulls-eyes and the veterans able to fire ten arrows in the space of two seconds.
The setting is an island nation called Araluen, based on the medieval society of England. Other books take place in Gallica (France) and Skandia (Scandinavia), and there are some books that take place in more obscure places like Arrida (Arab/Egyptian) and Nihon-Ja (Japan).
These nations are filled with populations depicting the more infamous societies of history (i.e. the Skandians are based on Vikings, and the Temujai are based on the Huns).
The series is based on a good deadpan snark and a sense of adventure; if the series is anything to go by, this will be a great crossover.
I mindlessly added to favourites and upvoted before reading a single word. The best book I ever read + The greatest show... this just has to be good.
1211041 ya its kinda sad to see it in fimfiction.net but such is life. Reported.
what you haven't read the series. I advise reading them. Very good series. 
1210979 Yep my my favorites as well. I hope this story will satisfy you.
1210896
1210883 Maybe, maybe not.
1210832 Then by all means pick it up again. I reread them at least 3 times over.
1210770 Well here's to hoping I don't disappoint.
This is relavent to my intrests.
Thank you for finally makeing this i always wanted this crossover.
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Np had the idea in my head and thought it would be interesting. Especially with ranger's attitudes with their horses.
This story. I have great expectations from it.
No pressure though
God, I have waited for this crossover. Wonder if Horace will appear later? Would be badass, that's for sure. I mean, how could the Will and Horace combo NOT lead to epicness?
1210964 I do appreciate me a good snark. My favorite was when they were riding the King Ferris' castle and Horace was reminding Halt about how he said those girls in Gallica were couriers. I also feel like the author did a really good job with the characters, especially the rough and rowdy likableness of the Skandians.
Oh and by the way author, its saxe knife. Not sax.
Fun fact: Temujai was the name of Atilla the Hun before he became the Khan.
1214729 ty
I approve of this fic. Rangers series was one of the best i ever read.
1214729 Oh, Halt got owned there. Like, really hard. I also enjoyed when Horace accused Halt of trying to steal Chubb's redberry pies and Halt had this whole sense of injured dignity about him.
i just realized that with tug in equestria there will be some inter species language barriers.
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Tug doesn't speak pony, yet...
who knows what will happen with the first horse in Ponyville.
MOAR
mmmmm...... I am less than pleased so far... When I get my laptop back I'll give it a full review, but for now all I can say is I'm only a few paragraphs in and already wondering why this doesn't have a single down vote... I'll see what I can do about helping you out later though.
You. Grammar. Fix it. Now,.
Oh, very good so far. I am liking this. Sounds like a very good friendship not only between ranger and horse, but ranger and dog.