I heard it again, the sound of light footsteps coming my direction, as I changed my pace, I could hear the light footsteps before they too began to follow the same pace as I. I stopped and climbed a tree, quickly and looked down. I searched for five minutes before seeing a figure leaned up against a tree, he was wearing a long cloak that seemed to make the person blend in with the background. He also wore a deep cowl so I couldn't see his face, I drew an arrow and stuck it in my mouth crawling out onto the limb I was perched on, my intent not to harm, but to test the waters and his reaction. I would shoot a warning arrow to the left of his left arm, I drew back my bow and stopped sure that he had spotted me, but he had not. He was looking in the opposite direction from me and had not seen me at all. I smiled, and let the arrow fly. It hit exactly where I had intended it to. The man jumped away from the tree, and looked up, at me, he flipped off his cowl and stepped towards me.
"King's Ranger, Come down. I mean you no harm boy," he yelled,
I put my bow in my quiver disgruntled, and hopped down from the tree,
"I am no man," I said, walking towards him, slightly worried, I would be in trouble. I had no idea that this man was a King's Ranger, an elite force who traveled all over the Kingdom, keeping order and being the direct eyes, and ears of the King.
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