Disclaimer: I don't own Ranger's Apprentice, or any of the characters used in this short story.

(A/N): Hey! Thanks for clicking on this little project of mine! Since I have had a LOT of problems with this- none of these chapters have anything to do with previous chapters. They are all separate from each other, each their own story. Unless otherwise specified, they have no relation to each other AT ALL.

"You feel yourself, flying through the air. You can feel yourself flying . . . downwards . . . to meet the earth."

Will fell. He had failed. He couldn't even protect his own family.

"All you can think is of how you're just waiting for you death. For your body to come down, and the earth to come up to meet you."

They're going to die. No . . . Oh, please no. Please.

"All you can think about, is that in just a few seconds, you won't be thinking. You'll just be gone."

Will Treaty was stretched out horizontally. His cloak was cushioned up underneath him, making it seem as if he wasn't falling. He felt as if he was lying in bed. But . . . he wasn't.

"You'll fall, and after all that, you realize that your demise isn't all that you're thinking about."

The Ranger didn't feel the pain of the arrow in his shoulder. He didn't feel the pain of the cut in his side. He just lies there, thinking. Thinking . . . and falling.

"You're also thinking about them. Your family. Parents, spouses, friends - close or even just mutual - and just . . . just everyone you've ever met, whether you remember meeting them or not. You'd be thinking not just about them, but for them. You're never going to see them again. And they're never going to see you again. At least, not with the light in your eyes."

The rocks and sea were getting closer. He could sense it.

"And you know what? I think I would mainly be thinking of you. Your smile. Your warm embraces. Your cheeky grin, and your messy hair. Your sarcastic comments, and the just plain stupid explanations for anything and everything you did. I'd miss our long kisses just before bed, and our pointless conversations in the middle of the night when one of us couldn't sleep."

He closed his eyes.

"But most of all, I'd just miss you. I'd miss you so much. Just as you'd miss me."

Will let a smile play across his lips in his last moments.

"You'd miss me, right?"

Funny how that conversation popped in his mind. Will opened his eyes, and looked back up the that way he had fallen. The edge of the cliff was far above, and people's heads were just visible looking over. Were they looking for him?

Yeah, Will thought, Yeah, Alyss. I'd miss you. Oh, I'd miss you so much.

Will Treaty, Araluen's most legendary Ranger, felt the world come up. And he didn't feel it anymore, the sensation of falling.

And he missed them.