Rangers Apprentice- This is a slight, well kinda major, variation to the ending of Erak's Ransom. I'm on Christmas break so I updates will HOPEFULLY come frequently but I make no promises, especially after school starts back up again. This is my first fanfic so no hating, in fact no hating in general. I great appreciate reviews.

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Ranger Apprentice, all rights go to John Flanagan

Rated: T-because I'm paranoid just swearing and violence

Authors Note: This takes place during the execution ( for those extreme nerds who can pin point the exact page and time, it is directly after Halt waved to Will, after he spotted him, in the tower ) but towards the end, it then continues from there.

….as halt turned back he caught a plimps of Yusal as he fled from the square, which had quickly become a killing ground. Knowing that Horace, Gilan and the others had the fights well at hand, halt sprinted after Yusal avoiding the sword strokes and the falling people. As he reached the edge of the market, he saw a brief flash of purple disappear, when it turned the corner at the end of the alley. Halt ran to the end and peaked around the building. He observed Yusal meeting up with some of his men, who had been lucky enough to escape the battle in the square that could still be heard raging in the background. Together they rounded the corner to disappear behind the linen store that was built there. Halt crept forward. His seal skin boots never making a sound on the hard-packed, rocky, dirt ground. He reached the far corner of the inn and leaned his back against the wall to listen and see if Yusal and his men were still there. Halt breathed a silent prayer of thanks that he had listened to his instincts, as the murmur of voices floated towards his strained ears. But his blood started to run cold under the hot Arrida sun when he heard what Yusal and his cohorts were talking about.

"What the hell happened? I thought you said you had captured all of the bowmen?" It was clearly Yusal's venom filled voice.

"We did your excellence, all the foreigners were brought before you. He must have not been in their camp. Maybe he came from the Bouidin." Came the frantic reply.

" Well thanks to your incompetence I have an arrow in my shoulder ,that hurts like a camels bitch, and my army is in the process of being destroyed. Well I am only going to leave if I know that one of those blasted bowmen will suffer by my hand. Get it ready, I want the young hero's head on my dinner platter.

As Halt heard the words, that were spoken with such malor, vengeance and cruelty, diredted at his apprentice , he quickly stole a glance up at the tower which will was perched upon. But it seemed more time had passed than halt thought because some of Yusals men had had the time to discover a way up to Will's tower. Even as he watched, Will killed 4 men climbing the tower with his bow, and took the 5th one down with a knife to the front, and a kick to the back to send him hurling off the edge of the cliff, which the tower was built on.

Halt's concern rapidly returned to yusal as he realized that he had some plan to kill Will. He listened for more conversation but all he heard was yusal barking orders,

" To the left! To the left you quivering moron! Remind me to kill you when this is done. Right there perfect!"

The eldest Ranger risked discovery, peeked around the corner , and saw the men operating some trebuquet/catapult looking machine. Although it was much smaller than a normal trebuquet, Halt still knew who the intended target was. Will. Having no way or time to warn him Halt dashed into the open, desperate to stop the act before it was too late. To Halt's despair is was.

"Release!" yusal shouted just as Halt appeared.

Helpless to intervene, Halt had no choice, but to follow the path of the airborne boulder as it hit its target. The tower groaned; the rotten wood finally gave way and toppled over, rising dust in to the air. Deep, dark hatred and fury seized Halt's emotions of terror and concern, and over shadowed them: while he witnessed Will and the tower disappear into the billowing dust.