Summary: A young hobbit from The Shire finds herself on the biggest quest of his life when she has to safe the Middle-Earth from the menace of the Dark Lord Sauron. Fortunately for her, he will not be alone in his journey, for he will have the help of Men, Elves, Dwarves and Wizards to fulfill her destiny. BLAM.
THIS IS AN ALTOGETHER AU, FREE VERSION OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS, WITH THE CHARACTERS OF GLEE AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS.
A/N: Ok, so you're really have to bear with me in this... I hope you don't think I'm too much of a freak! Yes, this is The Lord of the Rings (freely adapted, though), in which our boys (and many other people) take the place of the main characters. I'm quite nervous as how this is going to be received, as even I can see it's a bit weird, but well, I hope you like it!
I started writing this for another fandom a few years ago, and it was a bit difficult reassigning the characters, so I hope you'll be understanding (especially in regards of their heights). I know you all see Blaine as a hobbit, but I've always shipped Aragorn and Legolas so yes, Blaine is an elf in this one. He is strong and gracious in spite of his height, so I think he makes a great elf. And well... maybe in my story darwes don't necessarily have to be shorter than human bc... Sebastian is a dwarf XD If you want to imagine him short or not is up to you, but of course he had to be there and be Blaine's friend.
Oh, and I've changed the gender of many characters too, I didn't want an all-boy story!
Gosh, I know I'm making like the worst publicity ever for it, but please, give it a chance! I promise lots and lots of blam in between the action! And don't worry if you haven't watched the movies and are not familiar with the plot, I've tried to make it simpler than the original one and focus more on the characters.
CHAPTER 1: THE FORMING OF THE FELLOWSHIP
Kitty Baggins sighed loudly as she woke up in Rivendell, in a comfortable bed that was way too big for a hobbit. Finally she was recovering from the wound received on her way to the Elvish land. It had been a long and difficult journey from The Shire, full of danger and perils that had made her fear for her life and that of her gardener and best friend, Marley Gamgee. Luckily for them, they had run into that man, Strider he called himself, who kept their journey from finishing before it had even started. Kitty was very aware that without Strider's help they would have not been able to make it to Rivendell. And that's why she was so grateful for his presence and help.
Everything had started when Kitty had received a curious ring from her uncle, back at The Shire. Turns out her uncle had found it in one of his many travels of youth and had kept it for decades until Beiste, the Grey Witch, a good friend of his, had found out about it, had identified it as the one taken from the Dark Lord Sauron centuries ago, and had urged him to get rid of it, as it represented all the evil of the world and needed to be destroyed. Her uncle had been lucky it had not possessed him completely, even if Kitty had seen it affected him terribly after so many years. That's why he couldn't be the one to get rid of it, because he would never be able to let it go. And that's why the task had fallen on her.
But the Ring was not to be destroyed easily, so Kitty had volunteered to take it to the Elvish land of Rivendell –or Imladris, in Elvish language–, so what to do with it would be decided in a council with the wisest and strongest individuals of every race of Middle Earth, and Marley Gamgee had offered to go with her. And that was when Beiste had promised to meet them in the little town of Bree.
Beiste wasn't able to make it to Bree, though, so she had sent her friend for him, a strong and courageous man known as Strider, a Ranger from the North, that had made sure Kitty and Marley would arrive safely to their immediate destination –even though he hadn't been able to prevent Kitty from receiving a serious wound in her middle when a battle with the Nazguls had broken.
But now she was in Rivendell and she was well. Beiste had told her the Council was supposed to take place that day, as soon as the representatives of each race would arrive. So Kitty slowly got up and made sure the ring was with her, before she dressed up and started her way towards where the Council was to take place. It was going to be a long day.
Strider was sitting in those gardens he knew so well –after all, he had grown there, raised by the elves that had become their family–, with a hood covering his head and most of his face, when he heard horses approaching. His heart started beating faster at the expectation of seeing his loved one again after such a long time, making it difficult even to breathe normally. Even for a half-elf like him, two years were a long time.
The first to arrive were the Dwarves. Strider didn't know any of the three dwarves already crossing the gates of Imladris, but he had known other dwarves in his life and knew about his prideful personality and their ancient hate towards the elves. He hoped no problems would arise between the two peoples.
The next to arrive were the men, coming from Gondor. Strider hissed nervously: there could be problems with them too, as soon as they found out who he was.
And then there they were: the elves from Mirkwood. And amongst them was his loved one, as beautiful and graceful as always. He knew they wouldn't be able to even talk to each other before the Council took place: their love was still a secret for most of the creatures there, and they wished it to remain like that for some time yet. At least until the War was over and the issue with the Ring solved. But that didn't mean he couldn't send a discreet grin towards his loved one, who immediately recognized him from the distance even under the hood that covered most of his face, and sent a big smile, full of love and promises, to him in response. Gosh, he had missed him.
As everyone had already arrived, the Council, which later would be known as Schuester's Council because he was the one presiding over it, started. Schuester stood up and directed his gaze to each individual –men, elves, dwarves, a witch and a tiny little hobbit–, sitting in a circle around him, before he started speaking.
"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old... You've been summoned here to answer to the thread of Mordor. Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom" then he turned his gaze towards Kitty, the only hobbit there. "Bring forth the ring, Kitty"
Kitty nervously stood up in front of the creatures from all around Middle-Earth and placed the ring in a circular rock where they all could see it.
"So it's true" one of the men from Gondor, apparently their leader, exclaimed.
Strider looked at him severely: he didn't trust him.
Each one of those present in the council felt a strange sensation at having the cursed ring so near them, as if a dark force was asking to enter their hearts. None of them were as affected by it as the man from Gondor, though, who slowly approached the ring and tried to grab it.
"Finn!" both Schuester and Beiste cried at the same time, stopping him at once, and then Beiste threw a litany in the language of Mordor to recede the corruption the ring provoked on some of the creatures there, especially Finn.
"Never before has any voice uttered the words of that tongue here in Imladris" Schuester protested, looking reproachfully at Beiste.
"I do not ask your pardon, Master Schuester" Beiste answered, "for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West. The ring is altogether evil"
"It is a gift" Finn contradicted him, already greedily thinking of the use they could give to it. "A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use that ring? Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him"
"You cannot wield it. None of us can" Strider interrupted, trying to make him understand the danger it represented. "The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master"
"And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" Finn asked him contemptuously, to which Strider only sighed in an attempt of remaining calm at the other's insolence.
But of course not everybody was as patient.
"This is no mere Ranger. He's Sam, son of Arathorn, heir to the throne of Gondor. You owe him your allegiance" the young elf from Mirkwood stood up, fierce in his defence of his loved one.
Everyone, including Finn, stared dumbfounded at Sam, now that his identity had been revealed. As the first born of the ruling Steward of Gondor, Finn had cherished the hope of ruling Gondor someday. The existence of an heir to the crown was a big setback to his aspirations.
"Sam!" Finn exclaimed. "This is Isildur's heir?"
"And heir to the throne of Gondor" the elf insisted.
"Sit down, Blaine" Sam asked him, gently but firmly, for as he understood Blaine's impetuous nature and his need to defend Sam's honour, he would have liked for his identity to remain hidden a bit longer.
"Gondor has no king" Finn told Blaine as they both sat down again. "Gondor needs no king"
"Sam is right" Beiste intervened when the moods relaxed a little. "We cannot use it"
"You have only one choice" Schuester said, standing up again. "The Ring must be destroyed"
"What are we waiting for?" one of the dwarves murmured angrily as he stood and gave a sharp bang to the Ring with his axe, meaning to destroy it, only to have his axe broken in pieces at the contact and the ring staying intact even after the dwarf ended up on the floor.
"The Ring cannot be destroyed, Sebastian, son of Glóin, by any craft that we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there it can be unmade" Schuester explained as he helped the dwarf to his feet. "It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came" he hesitated before saying the next words. "One of you must do this"
"One does not simply walk into Mordor" Finn protested in an arrogant tone. "Its black gates are guarded by more than just orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. The Great Eye is ever-watchful"
"Have you heard nothing Lord Schuester has said?" Blaine intervened, again standing up to confront Finn. "The Ring must be destroyed!"
"And I suppose you think you are the one to do it" Sebastian reproached Blaine, his hate for the elves speaking for him. "I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an elf!"
Sam didn't like the tone on Sebastian's voice at all and how he implied that Blaine's intentions were not honest, but he had to remain calm and impartial. He had a strong and clear destiny to achieve and defending one people against the other would only make it more difficult. Besides, he knew Blaine and he was perfectly capable of defending himself against rude words.
Everyone jumped from their seats, arguing between them, angry words caused by fear flying around the circle of chairs. In the confusion, no one noticed Kitty looking intently at the ring, hearing words spoken by it in her head, until she understood what she had to do. She decidedly stood up and spoke as loudly as she could.
"I will take it. I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though... I do not know the way"
Everyone looked at her, some of them amazed at her bravery, others thinking he had gone insane. Beiste approached her and put her hand to Kitty's shoulder.
"I will help you bear this burden, Kitty Baggins, as long as it's yours to bear"
"If by my life or death I can protect you I will" Sam also offered, kneeling in front of the petite creature. "You have my sword"
"And you have my bow" Blaine added in a rush.
Sam looked at him, thunderstruck. He had not expected Blaine to come with them in such a dangerous adventure, but Blaine refused to look at him, probably knowing what he would find in his eyes.
"And my axe" Sebastian volunteered too, making Blaine roll his eyes at being forced to travel with a dwarf.
"You carry the fates of us all, little one" Finn told Kitty, making it clear he had no intention of staying aside as other people took care of something so precious. "If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done"
"Hey!" Marley shouted from the place behind a tree where she had been eavesdropping the whole Council. "Madam Kitty is not going anywhere without me!"
"Seven companions" Schuester observed as he looked at the group that had awkwardly formed in front of him. "So be it. You should be the Fellowship of the Ring"
A while later every one of the members of the newly formed Fellowship of the Ring were gathering their personal belongings and getting everything ready for their journey. Sam walked decidedly to where Blaine was standing with the others and very discreetly picked up his hand and squeezed it before letting go of it, as a signal to follow him as he went deeper into the leafy gardens of Rivendell. Blaine waited for a couple of minutes, pretending to check his bow and arrows, and then entered the garden too.
Blaine had a quick look around the trees and couldn't see Sam anywhere, so he kept advancing until he felt a pair of arms grabbing him from behind and turning him around to press his back into an ancient and giant tree.
Sam stood just looking at his loved one's face for a second, spellbound as always at his Elven beauty, before he captured his lips in a deep and long kiss, full of longing for their time apart and ever-present love. As Sam ran his fingers through Blaine's silky and curly hair and put an arm around his waist, Blaine hooked his arms firmly against Sam's neck to bring him closer to him, not breaking the kiss until the lack of air forced them to.
When the kiss finally broke, Sam leant his forehead against Blaine's, not moving an inch apart from him as if he needed to make up for all the time they had lost.
"I've missed you so much..." Sam said, his voice only a whisper because of the emotion.
"Not as much as I've missed you" said Blaine, joining their lips together again, as he couldn't get enough of Sam after so much time apart, and then engulfing him in a strong and long embrace. "I can't believe that the first time we meet after so much time is under such dreadful circumstances" Blaine whispered in his ear, not trusting his voice not to break if he spoke any louder.
Sam gently extricated from Blaine's embrace so as to be able to look at his face, but didn't lose the contact completely, as his hands remained on Blaine's waist.
"I don't want you to come on this quest" Sam cautiously said, knowing the reaction he was going to obtain from his lover.
"What? I thought you wanted me at your side" Blaine answered, completely shocked.
"I do" Sam told him, trying to remain calm for the sake of their relationship, "but above everything else I want you safe. And you won't be if you join us in this journey"
"Well, I could say as much about you, couldn't I?"
"It's not the same, I've fought many battles in my life, I'm an experienced warrior. Unlike you. You're still so young..."
"Do I have to remind you I'm a couple of thousand years older than you?"
"Yes, but you're still young to the eyes of the elves. And you have never fought in a war"
"No, but I have been trained my whole life to do it. I'm pretty sure you had never been to a battle before the first time you went to one either, had you?" Blaine angrily retorted.
Sam couldn't help the corners of his mouth curving up at Blaine's logic and stubbornness. He knew he was right: he was never going to become a skilled warrior if not given the chance. And he had seen him training. He was good with his bow, dead good, and he was not bad at all with his knives either. But still...
"But I'll have to protect Kitty, I don't know if I'll be able to look after both of you" Sam said, without thinking of the implications to what he had just said.
Blaine removed the arms he still had around Sam and abruptly moved a bit away from him, giving his back to his lover in obvious anger.
"Who do you think I am, a little kid that needs to be looked after? Don't get this wrong, Sam, I'm going there as an equal, as a warrior. I'm not a little hobbit, I'm an elf. My mission is the same as yours: protect Kitty on her way to her destiny. I didn't ask for your protection. In fact, I don't want it" and with that he started walking away from Sam, terribly offended by his lack of trust in his survival abilities.
Sam immediately understood how he had undervalued Blaine, and how angry he would have got if these words had been directed at him a few years ago, when he had started fighting. Especially if they came from the person who was supposed to support him and trust him the most in the world. Feeling guilty, he ran behind Blaine and gently grabbed one of his arms to make him stop.
"Blaine, wait" he was able to stop Blaine, but the elf stubbornly remained with his back to him. "I'm sorry, I know I hurt you with my words. And you're right, you're more than capable of taking care of yourself, I know how skilled a warrior you are, even if you don't have the experience. Which you will never have if you're never allowed to try. Forgive me, I was only thinking of myself and how much easier it would be for me if I didn't have to worry about your safety. And not because I think you can't take care of yourself, but because I love you and I wouldn't be able to stand it if something happened to you. And everyone is at risk in a battle, it doesn't matter how skilled a warrior you are, right?"
"And how do you think I would feel waiting for you here, doing nothing while you fight all those perils, never knowing if you are safe, or even alive?" Blaine said, turning around and looking intently at Sam's eyes.
"You're right, I never thought of that" Sam relented, lowering his face in guilt. "Please, forgive me"
Blaine didn't answer, but hugged Sam again, forgiving and loving as ever.
"There is nothing to forgive, I know you just worry about me" Blaine said, his face hidden on the crook of Sam's neck.
"Of course I do. I love you so much..."
"And I love you. That's why, in spite of everything, I'm looking forward to making this trip with you. I need to be by your side so much..."
Sam smiled and lovingly moved a stray curl on Blaine's forehead to the side and then leant over to kiss him one last time, slow and tender.
"Come, my love, they must be waiting for us" he said as he picked Blaine's hand in his, kissed it, and didn't let go of it until they reached the end of the garden.
"The Ring-bearer is setting out on the Quest of Mount Doom" Schuester said, as the seven members of the so-called Fellowship of the Ring awaited to leave. "Farewell, hold to your purpose. May the blessings of Elves, Men and all Free Folk go with you"
"The fellowship awaits the Ring-bearer" Beiste pronounced, waiting for Kitty to start the journey.
Sam looked at Blaine furtively and sent him a small but meaningful smile. Blaine returned it and both of them, as the rest of the fellowship, started their Quest to keep Kitty safe during the worst of wars that any creature from the Middle-Earth had ever had to endure. But at least this time they were together. And together they could do anything.
CHARACTERS:
Aragorn: Sam
Legolas: Blaine
Gimli: Sebastian
Boromir: Finn
Frodo: Kittie
Samwise: Marley
Gandalf: Coach Beiste
Elrond: Will Schuester
A/N: Any thoughts?