Strange Occurrence.
Rating: PG-13 for violence and some innuendo.
Summary: A female Elf encounters an unlikely companion 23 years after the destruction of the Ring.
Disclaimer: The Lord of the Rings and all related stuff belongs to the Tolkien Foundation. The physical appearance of the Uruk-Hai belongs to the Fellowship of the Ring movie.
Aglenya, daughter of one of the last great Elf Lords of Middle Earth, stood watching the
ship that held her family sail away across the waters. Tears ran down her fair face, and she
found herself bitterly regretting her decision to stay in Middle Earth. She remembered that
her father had spent hours arguing for her to stay and to be allowed to keep her
immortality. Eventually, he had won, although he and the rest of his family wanted to
leave.
"I wish he hadn't won. I wish I was forced to go with them. There is nothing for
me here." She muttered as she turned and slowly away from the shore. She was quite tall,
standing just over six feet, and had the inherent beauty and grace that were the
distinguishing features of her kind. She broke into a run, and didn't stop for a long time.
She lay underneath an old, large oak tree that she came across while she was
running and spent the day crying. She soon cried herself to sleep, and while Elves do not
fall into the deep sleep that the other peoples did, sorrow caused her to fall into a deep
sleep, and she did not hear the iron-shod feet hitting the ground.
The young Uruk-Hai who was walking by was huge, passing seven feet by a good
margin, and had large, well-defined, rippling muscles covering his entire frame. He had
been wandering around, trying to find something to do that would pay enough to keep him
alive. He heard the sound of sobbing, moved towards it, and saw Aglenya lying there. His
eyes narrowed and he slowly made his way to her, eventually crouching by her side. He
growled softly at the strange scent that invaded his nostrils, gently reached out a large,
calloused hand, and trailed a single clawed finger along her right cheekbone.
"This Elf's skin is so soft. Well, what am I to do? If I leave her here, she will most
likely be taken advantage of. On the other hand, I don't really like her kind." he rumbled.
He sat there debating with himself. Finally he gently moved Aglenya to the side,
and lit a fire away from the overhanging branches of the oak. He sat by the fire, polishing
and sharpening his sword. Being a mere twenty-three years of age, he had not truly seen
battle, as the greatest fight was before his time. Yet like Elves, Orcs of all kinds were
immortal, so he felt he had a chance for real battle, not just driving off thieves and the like.
'I have tried my hardest to hone my skill, but all the same, I doubt I'll ever be in an
Orc army. My kind are all scattered.' He thought sadly.
Aglenya groaned and sat up, blinking her eyes. She noticed warmth, and saw a fire
nearby. What was beside the fire, however, made her gasp. In the twenty- three years she
since her birth, she had lived away from the outside world, and she had never seen an Orc,
much less an Uruk-Hai before, but she had heard stories about them. She looked around
desperately for her sword, and spotted it lying beside the Uruk-Hai. He
was looking straight at her, and his amber-yellow eyes seemed to bore through her. As
Aglenya began to back away, he rose and glared down at her.
'Look at the size of that beast' Aglenya thought as she stared at him 'What should
I do? I've been trained to fight, and I'm quite good, but I can overcome this foul
creature?'
"Stay where you are Elf." the Uruk-Hai growled.
"I don't take orders from you, beast!"
The Uruk-Hai's glare became more intense.
"I am Urashk, who are you." He said, his voice becoming even more growling and deep
"Not that it's any business of yours, but my name is Aglenya."
"Very well Aglenya. This is a very interesting situation, isn't it? Where shall we go
from here?"
"Give me back my weapons, and I'll gladly do you the favor of killing you."
Aglenya snapped.
"That won't do Elf, I'd kill you first. In fact, I'm thinking I should. '
Urushk paused and stood there for a moment, then spoke again.
"Now that I think about it, the safest thing to do is to have you travel with me."
"Me?? Travel with an Orc? Never!"
"Don't be stupid. I have nowhere to go, and you have nowhere to go. If we travel
together, we can look out for each other."
"That statement borders on being intelligent, but I do not need help."
Urushk tilted his head to on side and stared at Aglenya.
"When you were sleeping, I was able to touch you and talk to myself without you
waking up. Is that kind of sleep normal for your kind? If it is, then you certainly need
someone to guard you."
Aglenya sighed and shook her head in annoyance.
"I was distressed, and so I slept deeper than I should have. I don't need guarding,
least of all by you."
Urushk threw his hands up in the air in frustration.
"We're getting nowhere. I want to have some company, and like it or not, I can
help you. There are many men who would love to have their way with a beautiful Elf
woman."
Aglenya took a step back and paled as she realized the implication of what Urushk
was saying. When she spoke again, her voice was strong, although there was a slight
quaver in it.
"Ur.Urushk?" she said haltingly, forcing the name from her lips.
"Yes Aglenya?" Urushk growled irritably.
"When you said that there were many who would like to have their way with a
beautiful Elf, did you mean what I think you meant?"
"Yes."
Algenya sagged against a tree.
"I'm not used to this. All my life I've lived in the forests by the seaside. I haven't
seen many people who are hostile, although I have heard about what goes on out in the
rest of Middle Earth." she said.
"Then you need someone to help you. I know our kinds have never gotten along
before, but we may as well try."
Aglenya thought this over. 'How can I have one of my kind's mortal foes as a protector and companion? If I met
anyone in the company of this Orc, I would be shunned by them, perhaps even attacked. I
didn't want to have to spend eternity with only this beast for company.
"Well Elf, what is your answer?"
Aglenya stared at the fearsome features of the Uruk-Hai, and made her choice.
"NO!" she howled as she somehow managed to grab her sword, and started
running away from Urushk.
She heard Urushk shouting behind her, and she just increased her pace.
'I really wish my father had made me come along with him' she thought as she ran
She ran across a road, and stopped as she saw seven or eight men standing nearby,
staring at her.
"Well, what have we here? A pretty Elf girl. Grab her!" the largest and ugliest
shouted.
Aglenya fought desperately, downing her three of her attackers with her bare
hands, not thinking to draw her sword. She was preoccupied with two of the others, and
didn't notice the large club slamming down on her head from behind.
When she woke up, she found her arms tied by the wrists to and overhanging
branch, and her feet were tied together. Her clothes were torn from the fight, something
which she realized was not a good thing amongst all these men. Her enemies were
standing in a half-circle, and when it was obvious that she was awake, the leader stepped
forward.
"You are quite the wildcat, aren't you Elf? That's great, I'll enjoy taming you." he spat.
Aglenya hurled a horrible oath in the man's own tongue at him. He glared at her,
then suddenly grabbed her, crushing her lips to his.
'You had to be stubborn, didn't you? You had to reject the Orc's offer, and now,
look what's happening' one part of her mind snapped at her.
She screamed as best she could while the man was kissing her, and managed to
tear her arms and legs free. She struck her assailant across the face, and kneed him in the
groin. Then she dove for her sword, drawing it, and attacking the would-be- rapists with a
strength born of rage and desperation. The men quickly realized they were outmatched,
and as their leader's head flew off his shoulders, they broke into a run. Unfortunately for
them, a massive figure charged out in front of them, and broke the neck of the man leading
the retreat with a single blow to his jaw.
"Urushk!" Aglenya shouted as she ran up to the terrified men, and hewed another
one down.
Urushk followed up on his attack, and by the time it was over, all but one of the
eight men lay dead on the ground. Aglenya cleaned her sword, sheathed it, and stalked
past Urushk angrily. Urushk followed her, although he made sure not to crowd her.
"Are you alright Elf?" he growled.
"Alright? I was almost raped back there! My clothes are torn, and the disgusting
feel of that man's foul tongue is in my mouth. I am not alright, and this is your fault!
Aglenya snapped.
"Alright Elf. I'm sorry." Urushk replied.
"Sorry?! Sorry?!!!! Sorry isn't enough!!!" Aglenya screamed.
"Are you quite finished venting on me? I have to get wood for the fire, and
something for both of us to eat."
Aglenya felt strange, upset, and like her emotions were in complete state of
constant flux. She started laughing hysterically. Urushk turned and glared down at her.
"What?" he asked.
Agenlya didn't stop laughing, and for a moment, felt closer to her large
companion. She reached up and threw her right arm as best she could around
Urushk's broad, muscular shoulders.
"You're one funny Orc, do you know that?"
"What? How so? And I'm not an Orc, I'm an Uruk-Hai."
"An Uruk-Hai is just a very tall, very strong Orc, isn't it? Anyway, you're funny
because you're always so reasonable. I thought you'd react to me like I reacted to you."
"Well, I was raised in an obscure part of a forest, and the Orcs lost in the final war.
Being on the losing side makes you change how you think very quickly. You learn to
learn, and to think."
"Smart boy." Aglenya said, her burst of good-natured ness had ended, and she
removed her arm from around Urushk's shoulders.
Urushk rolled his eyes, and sighed, then he grinned as he realized they were back
at the tree. The fire was still smouldering.
"Here we are at camp." He said.
"Camp. How lovely. Now go away." Aglenya said, feeling very despondent.
"What is it with you? Ever since those men tried to rape you, you've been acting
odd."
"I don't know what's wrong with me either." Aglenya sighed.
"Figure it out. I'm going to get firewood."
"Bring me back some flowers."
"Flowers??!!! FLOWERS!!! What do I look like, some kind of prissy Man-
boy?!!!" Urushk shouted.
Aglenya look up and glared at him.
"Look Orc, if we are going to travel together, you have to put up with what I
want. It's not much, you can pick them whenever. Just pick me some flowers!" she
snapped.
"Uruk-Hai! I'm a fighting Uruk-Hai you little.. never mind. I'll get you your
flowers." Urushk sighed
Urushk walked off, still growling about the flowers.
Aglenya watched him go, and sighed.
'He's right, what is wrong with you? Why did you get chummy with him, and then
get depressed She thought irritably.
She sighed again, and relaxed, unfortunately, relaxing brought back memories of
what had happened earlier. She remembered how it felt when the man had tried to rape her
and the shame of what had almost happened started her crying again.
"Aglenya, you're stronger than this. What would the Orc. the Uruk- Hai, arrgh!
What would Urushk say and think if he saw you bawling like a child. He'd ridicule you.
You must be strong" she muttered to herself.
She sat up, found a place where she could enjoy the last few rays of the sun, lay
down, and rested.
Meanwhile, Urushk had been quite successful gathering wood. He stopped in a
large field on the way back, and began picking flowers, taking time to ensure variety in
color.
'I think the Elf's starting to grow on me. she ran off like that. She's bossy, and
irrtating, but I guess we're stuck with each other.' he thought as he made his way back to
camp. When he got back, he saw Aglenya resting on the grass.
"Get up.Here's your flowers" he said, tossing the flowers to her.
She took the flowers wordlessly, and watched as Urushk began to start the
fire. She noticed unhappily that a few clouds were showing on the horizon just as the sun
was setting. About ten minutes later, just when the fire was ready to cook some basic food
on, a intense downpour of rain started, extinguishing the fire fairly quickly.
Urushk was hungry, his clothes were wet now, and the rain was still coming down
in sheets. He wanted to enjoy a hot meal and relax, and, feeling enraged and frustrated,
glared savagely at Aglenya.
"YOU!! Why didn't you build a shelter to protect the fire from the rain!!" he
roared.
Aglenya glared back at him, feeling madder than the proverbial mad hen.
"If you had told me, I would have done something! This is not my fault, your
stupid Orcish bungling caused this!"
"Oh, really?! Forget this whole travel together nonsense!" Urushk bellowed as he
grabbed his sword and other weapons, his bag, and his sleeping pad, and stormed off
through the rain.
"Wait up! I'm not through with you!" Aglenya shouted as she also quickly grabbed
her things and charged after him.
After a short while, the cold rain cooled both Aglenya and Urushk's tempers.
"Aglenya, I overreacted, I'm sorry."
"I am.. sorry too, I should have thought about building a shelter."
"No, I didn't ask you too, I was wrong."
"Fine, you were wrong, I forgive you. But, I've been bickering with you all the
time, and I can't promise to stop, but I'm not too proud to admit that I pushed you too
hard back there."
"Alright, you're forgiven Aglenya. How about a hug?" Urushk asked.
Aglenya glared at him.
"We've made progress in getting along Urushk, so don't destroy the little
understanding we do have, okay?"
Urushk sighed, looking a little disappointed.
"Fine. There is a town nearby. I've been there, and the locals haven't bothered me.
We can rest and eat at the inn. Think of it Aglenya! A real bed, hot meals, I can't wait."
Aglenya smiled and increased her pace.
"Sounds great. This rain is pretty heavy, I hope we get to this town so I can
change."
It was an hour past dinnertime when they arrived at the town, the rain continued to
fall. Urushk pointed the inn out to Aglenya, and they ran inside. The innkeeper recognized
Urushk, and approached him.
"Well Orc, I see you're back. Needing a place to stay?" he asked.
"Yes. Do you have any two bed rooms available?" Urushk said.
"As a matter of fact I do. I'll have my assistant carry your bags to the room. You
can stay here, and get something to eat, you look famished."
"We are." Aglenya said as she sat down at a table nearby.
"Bring us some roast, and a couple of pints of ale." Urushk said as he made his
way to where Aglenya was sitting.
The tavern of the inn was not crowded, but wasn't empty either. Fortunately, most
of the people ignored Urushk and Aglenya. The food arrived shortly, and they ate in
relative silence. After dinner, they made their way up to the room.
"Enjoy dinner?" Urushk asked.
"It was nice, but we should have had something to talk about."
Urushk shrugged and opened the door to the room.
"Well, here it is. I get the bed on the right. Good thing there is a changing closet."
He said.
"I agree."
Aglenya made her way to the changing closet, and slipped into a nightgown. She
walked out of the closet to see Urushk resting on top of the covers of his bed, wearing
only a pair of pants cut off at the knee. His red-skinned, highly muscular upper body was
quite visible, Aglenya didn't spend much time looking at him other than a approving look
in his direction
"It's good to see that you keep in such excellent physical shape. Do you always
sleep like that?" she asked.
"Thanks. Yes, I normally sleep like this most of the time. Like it?" Urushk replied
teasingly.
"Watch it." Aglenya said irritably.
"Acutally, from what I heard, Uruk-Hai have long hair. Yours doesn't go any
further than just past your shoulders. That makes you look civilized, and decent" Aglenya
added, trying to soften her previous statement with a compliment.
Urushk grinned.
"Good night. Please extinguish the candle." He growled as he slipped beneath the
covers, and closed his eyes.
"Good night." Aglenya said. She quickly extinguished the candles in the room and
slipped into her bed.
"By the way, I thought your nightgown looked nice." Urushk growled sleepily.
"Be quiet." Aglenya snapped tiredly, and she threw her spare pillow at him.
Urushk caught it, got out of bed, and handed it back to her.
"Good night, again." he said.
"Good night." Aglenya replied.
Soon they both fell asleep, lulled by the sound of the rain hitting the roof.
The End of Part 1
This is my first fanfic. Reviews are welcome.
Rating: PG-13 for violence and some innuendo.
Summary: A female Elf encounters an unlikely companion 23 years after the destruction of the Ring.
Disclaimer: The Lord of the Rings and all related stuff belongs to the Tolkien Foundation. The physical appearance of the Uruk-Hai belongs to the Fellowship of the Ring movie.
Aglenya, daughter of one of the last great Elf Lords of Middle Earth, stood watching the
ship that held her family sail away across the waters. Tears ran down her fair face, and she
found herself bitterly regretting her decision to stay in Middle Earth. She remembered that
her father had spent hours arguing for her to stay and to be allowed to keep her
immortality. Eventually, he had won, although he and the rest of his family wanted to
leave.
"I wish he hadn't won. I wish I was forced to go with them. There is nothing for
me here." She muttered as she turned and slowly away from the shore. She was quite tall,
standing just over six feet, and had the inherent beauty and grace that were the
distinguishing features of her kind. She broke into a run, and didn't stop for a long time.
She lay underneath an old, large oak tree that she came across while she was
running and spent the day crying. She soon cried herself to sleep, and while Elves do not
fall into the deep sleep that the other peoples did, sorrow caused her to fall into a deep
sleep, and she did not hear the iron-shod feet hitting the ground.
The young Uruk-Hai who was walking by was huge, passing seven feet by a good
margin, and had large, well-defined, rippling muscles covering his entire frame. He had
been wandering around, trying to find something to do that would pay enough to keep him
alive. He heard the sound of sobbing, moved towards it, and saw Aglenya lying there. His
eyes narrowed and he slowly made his way to her, eventually crouching by her side. He
growled softly at the strange scent that invaded his nostrils, gently reached out a large,
calloused hand, and trailed a single clawed finger along her right cheekbone.
"This Elf's skin is so soft. Well, what am I to do? If I leave her here, she will most
likely be taken advantage of. On the other hand, I don't really like her kind." he rumbled.
He sat there debating with himself. Finally he gently moved Aglenya to the side,
and lit a fire away from the overhanging branches of the oak. He sat by the fire, polishing
and sharpening his sword. Being a mere twenty-three years of age, he had not truly seen
battle, as the greatest fight was before his time. Yet like Elves, Orcs of all kinds were
immortal, so he felt he had a chance for real battle, not just driving off thieves and the like.
'I have tried my hardest to hone my skill, but all the same, I doubt I'll ever be in an
Orc army. My kind are all scattered.' He thought sadly.
Aglenya groaned and sat up, blinking her eyes. She noticed warmth, and saw a fire
nearby. What was beside the fire, however, made her gasp. In the twenty- three years she
since her birth, she had lived away from the outside world, and she had never seen an Orc,
much less an Uruk-Hai before, but she had heard stories about them. She looked around
desperately for her sword, and spotted it lying beside the Uruk-Hai. He
was looking straight at her, and his amber-yellow eyes seemed to bore through her. As
Aglenya began to back away, he rose and glared down at her.
'Look at the size of that beast' Aglenya thought as she stared at him 'What should
I do? I've been trained to fight, and I'm quite good, but I can overcome this foul
creature?'
"Stay where you are Elf." the Uruk-Hai growled.
"I don't take orders from you, beast!"
The Uruk-Hai's glare became more intense.
"I am Urashk, who are you." He said, his voice becoming even more growling and deep
"Not that it's any business of yours, but my name is Aglenya."
"Very well Aglenya. This is a very interesting situation, isn't it? Where shall we go
from here?"
"Give me back my weapons, and I'll gladly do you the favor of killing you."
Aglenya snapped.
"That won't do Elf, I'd kill you first. In fact, I'm thinking I should. '
Urushk paused and stood there for a moment, then spoke again.
"Now that I think about it, the safest thing to do is to have you travel with me."
"Me?? Travel with an Orc? Never!"
"Don't be stupid. I have nowhere to go, and you have nowhere to go. If we travel
together, we can look out for each other."
"That statement borders on being intelligent, but I do not need help."
Urushk tilted his head to on side and stared at Aglenya.
"When you were sleeping, I was able to touch you and talk to myself without you
waking up. Is that kind of sleep normal for your kind? If it is, then you certainly need
someone to guard you."
Aglenya sighed and shook her head in annoyance.
"I was distressed, and so I slept deeper than I should have. I don't need guarding,
least of all by you."
Urushk threw his hands up in the air in frustration.
"We're getting nowhere. I want to have some company, and like it or not, I can
help you. There are many men who would love to have their way with a beautiful Elf
woman."
Aglenya took a step back and paled as she realized the implication of what Urushk
was saying. When she spoke again, her voice was strong, although there was a slight
quaver in it.
"Ur.Urushk?" she said haltingly, forcing the name from her lips.
"Yes Aglenya?" Urushk growled irritably.
"When you said that there were many who would like to have their way with a
beautiful Elf, did you mean what I think you meant?"
"Yes."
Algenya sagged against a tree.
"I'm not used to this. All my life I've lived in the forests by the seaside. I haven't
seen many people who are hostile, although I have heard about what goes on out in the
rest of Middle Earth." she said.
"Then you need someone to help you. I know our kinds have never gotten along
before, but we may as well try."
Aglenya thought this over. 'How can I have one of my kind's mortal foes as a protector and companion? If I met
anyone in the company of this Orc, I would be shunned by them, perhaps even attacked. I
didn't want to have to spend eternity with only this beast for company.
"Well Elf, what is your answer?"
Aglenya stared at the fearsome features of the Uruk-Hai, and made her choice.
"NO!" she howled as she somehow managed to grab her sword, and started
running away from Urushk.
She heard Urushk shouting behind her, and she just increased her pace.
'I really wish my father had made me come along with him' she thought as she ran
She ran across a road, and stopped as she saw seven or eight men standing nearby,
staring at her.
"Well, what have we here? A pretty Elf girl. Grab her!" the largest and ugliest
shouted.
Aglenya fought desperately, downing her three of her attackers with her bare
hands, not thinking to draw her sword. She was preoccupied with two of the others, and
didn't notice the large club slamming down on her head from behind.
When she woke up, she found her arms tied by the wrists to and overhanging
branch, and her feet were tied together. Her clothes were torn from the fight, something
which she realized was not a good thing amongst all these men. Her enemies were
standing in a half-circle, and when it was obvious that she was awake, the leader stepped
forward.
"You are quite the wildcat, aren't you Elf? That's great, I'll enjoy taming you." he spat.
Aglenya hurled a horrible oath in the man's own tongue at him. He glared at her,
then suddenly grabbed her, crushing her lips to his.
'You had to be stubborn, didn't you? You had to reject the Orc's offer, and now,
look what's happening' one part of her mind snapped at her.
She screamed as best she could while the man was kissing her, and managed to
tear her arms and legs free. She struck her assailant across the face, and kneed him in the
groin. Then she dove for her sword, drawing it, and attacking the would-be- rapists with a
strength born of rage and desperation. The men quickly realized they were outmatched,
and as their leader's head flew off his shoulders, they broke into a run. Unfortunately for
them, a massive figure charged out in front of them, and broke the neck of the man leading
the retreat with a single blow to his jaw.
"Urushk!" Aglenya shouted as she ran up to the terrified men, and hewed another
one down.
Urushk followed up on his attack, and by the time it was over, all but one of the
eight men lay dead on the ground. Aglenya cleaned her sword, sheathed it, and stalked
past Urushk angrily. Urushk followed her, although he made sure not to crowd her.
"Are you alright Elf?" he growled.
"Alright? I was almost raped back there! My clothes are torn, and the disgusting
feel of that man's foul tongue is in my mouth. I am not alright, and this is your fault!
Aglenya snapped.
"Alright Elf. I'm sorry." Urushk replied.
"Sorry?! Sorry?!!!! Sorry isn't enough!!!" Aglenya screamed.
"Are you quite finished venting on me? I have to get wood for the fire, and
something for both of us to eat."
Aglenya felt strange, upset, and like her emotions were in complete state of
constant flux. She started laughing hysterically. Urushk turned and glared down at her.
"What?" he asked.
Agenlya didn't stop laughing, and for a moment, felt closer to her large
companion. She reached up and threw her right arm as best she could around
Urushk's broad, muscular shoulders.
"You're one funny Orc, do you know that?"
"What? How so? And I'm not an Orc, I'm an Uruk-Hai."
"An Uruk-Hai is just a very tall, very strong Orc, isn't it? Anyway, you're funny
because you're always so reasonable. I thought you'd react to me like I reacted to you."
"Well, I was raised in an obscure part of a forest, and the Orcs lost in the final war.
Being on the losing side makes you change how you think very quickly. You learn to
learn, and to think."
"Smart boy." Aglenya said, her burst of good-natured ness had ended, and she
removed her arm from around Urushk's shoulders.
Urushk rolled his eyes, and sighed, then he grinned as he realized they were back
at the tree. The fire was still smouldering.
"Here we are at camp." He said.
"Camp. How lovely. Now go away." Aglenya said, feeling very despondent.
"What is it with you? Ever since those men tried to rape you, you've been acting
odd."
"I don't know what's wrong with me either." Aglenya sighed.
"Figure it out. I'm going to get firewood."
"Bring me back some flowers."
"Flowers??!!! FLOWERS!!! What do I look like, some kind of prissy Man-
boy?!!!" Urushk shouted.
Aglenya look up and glared at him.
"Look Orc, if we are going to travel together, you have to put up with what I
want. It's not much, you can pick them whenever. Just pick me some flowers!" she
snapped.
"Uruk-Hai! I'm a fighting Uruk-Hai you little.. never mind. I'll get you your
flowers." Urushk sighed
Urushk walked off, still growling about the flowers.
Aglenya watched him go, and sighed.
'He's right, what is wrong with you? Why did you get chummy with him, and then
get depressed She thought irritably.
She sighed again, and relaxed, unfortunately, relaxing brought back memories of
what had happened earlier. She remembered how it felt when the man had tried to rape her
and the shame of what had almost happened started her crying again.
"Aglenya, you're stronger than this. What would the Orc. the Uruk- Hai, arrgh!
What would Urushk say and think if he saw you bawling like a child. He'd ridicule you.
You must be strong" she muttered to herself.
She sat up, found a place where she could enjoy the last few rays of the sun, lay
down, and rested.
Meanwhile, Urushk had been quite successful gathering wood. He stopped in a
large field on the way back, and began picking flowers, taking time to ensure variety in
color.
'I think the Elf's starting to grow on me. she ran off like that. She's bossy, and
irrtating, but I guess we're stuck with each other.' he thought as he made his way back to
camp. When he got back, he saw Aglenya resting on the grass.
"Get up.Here's your flowers" he said, tossing the flowers to her.
She took the flowers wordlessly, and watched as Urushk began to start the
fire. She noticed unhappily that a few clouds were showing on the horizon just as the sun
was setting. About ten minutes later, just when the fire was ready to cook some basic food
on, a intense downpour of rain started, extinguishing the fire fairly quickly.
Urushk was hungry, his clothes were wet now, and the rain was still coming down
in sheets. He wanted to enjoy a hot meal and relax, and, feeling enraged and frustrated,
glared savagely at Aglenya.
"YOU!! Why didn't you build a shelter to protect the fire from the rain!!" he
roared.
Aglenya glared back at him, feeling madder than the proverbial mad hen.
"If you had told me, I would have done something! This is not my fault, your
stupid Orcish bungling caused this!"
"Oh, really?! Forget this whole travel together nonsense!" Urushk bellowed as he
grabbed his sword and other weapons, his bag, and his sleeping pad, and stormed off
through the rain.
"Wait up! I'm not through with you!" Aglenya shouted as she also quickly grabbed
her things and charged after him.
After a short while, the cold rain cooled both Aglenya and Urushk's tempers.
"Aglenya, I overreacted, I'm sorry."
"I am.. sorry too, I should have thought about building a shelter."
"No, I didn't ask you too, I was wrong."
"Fine, you were wrong, I forgive you. But, I've been bickering with you all the
time, and I can't promise to stop, but I'm not too proud to admit that I pushed you too
hard back there."
"Alright, you're forgiven Aglenya. How about a hug?" Urushk asked.
Aglenya glared at him.
"We've made progress in getting along Urushk, so don't destroy the little
understanding we do have, okay?"
Urushk sighed, looking a little disappointed.
"Fine. There is a town nearby. I've been there, and the locals haven't bothered me.
We can rest and eat at the inn. Think of it Aglenya! A real bed, hot meals, I can't wait."
Aglenya smiled and increased her pace.
"Sounds great. This rain is pretty heavy, I hope we get to this town so I can
change."
It was an hour past dinnertime when they arrived at the town, the rain continued to
fall. Urushk pointed the inn out to Aglenya, and they ran inside. The innkeeper recognized
Urushk, and approached him.
"Well Orc, I see you're back. Needing a place to stay?" he asked.
"Yes. Do you have any two bed rooms available?" Urushk said.
"As a matter of fact I do. I'll have my assistant carry your bags to the room. You
can stay here, and get something to eat, you look famished."
"We are." Aglenya said as she sat down at a table nearby.
"Bring us some roast, and a couple of pints of ale." Urushk said as he made his
way to where Aglenya was sitting.
The tavern of the inn was not crowded, but wasn't empty either. Fortunately, most
of the people ignored Urushk and Aglenya. The food arrived shortly, and they ate in
relative silence. After dinner, they made their way up to the room.
"Enjoy dinner?" Urushk asked.
"It was nice, but we should have had something to talk about."
Urushk shrugged and opened the door to the room.
"Well, here it is. I get the bed on the right. Good thing there is a changing closet."
He said.
"I agree."
Aglenya made her way to the changing closet, and slipped into a nightgown. She
walked out of the closet to see Urushk resting on top of the covers of his bed, wearing
only a pair of pants cut off at the knee. His red-skinned, highly muscular upper body was
quite visible, Aglenya didn't spend much time looking at him other than a approving look
in his direction
"It's good to see that you keep in such excellent physical shape. Do you always
sleep like that?" she asked.
"Thanks. Yes, I normally sleep like this most of the time. Like it?" Urushk replied
teasingly.
"Watch it." Aglenya said irritably.
"Acutally, from what I heard, Uruk-Hai have long hair. Yours doesn't go any
further than just past your shoulders. That makes you look civilized, and decent" Aglenya
added, trying to soften her previous statement with a compliment.
Urushk grinned.
"Good night. Please extinguish the candle." He growled as he slipped beneath the
covers, and closed his eyes.
"Good night." Aglenya said. She quickly extinguished the candles in the room and
slipped into her bed.
"By the way, I thought your nightgown looked nice." Urushk growled sleepily.
"Be quiet." Aglenya snapped tiredly, and she threw her spare pillow at him.
Urushk caught it, got out of bed, and handed it back to her.
"Good night, again." he said.
"Good night." Aglenya replied.
Soon they both fell asleep, lulled by the sound of the rain hitting the roof.
The End of Part 1
This is my first fanfic. Reviews are welcome.