Chapter 1: Getting there
It was most irritating of Gandalf to call upon her at such a late time. Yes. Yes she was an elf and elves don't need as much sleep as other creatures, but she was in the middle of writing something very important to her!
"If you do not come down from your nest right now, Nemriel! I will contact your father and tell him you took his Winter Crown at the Snowflake Festival eleven decades ago, broke it into three parts and replaced it with your brothers Snow Crown and added poison red berries to it!" Gandalf the Grey to most or Gandalf the Meddler to Hobbits bellowed out towards the slight she-elf at the top of a grand ash tree. The reason, dear reader why he was so in unpleasant with her, as he is usually pleasant to all (unless they deserve it!), was because she couldn't heal Arathon when he was poisoned by a sword that made a fatal injury. She couldn't do anything but ease his pain, but Gandalf didn't believe her! They have mostly gotten over it, but old feelings do rise up now and then.
"Well, why should I come down with a threat like that Gandalf the Meddler! Why should I come down from my 'nest' and face you and get all tangled up in your meddlesome adventures! The last time I joined you in your adventures, Saruman hit me on the head, nearly cut off all my hair and nearly a finger or two! Why should I risk my hair or my life for one of your adventures?" She called down to the tall Istari, slightly teasing.
"For you will see your father and brother and your people and your friend Smaug again! The time is ripe for the prophecy to come forth! -" but before Gandalf could continue, he was interrupted by the she-elf's melodious voice.
"The last time Smaug referred to me as a friend was a century ago, three years before he took the Lonely Mountain and destroyed the dwarves lives there and my father refused to help them, even after he brought his entire army there and betrayed my trust! So why would I go back to the land that ruined my friendship with Smaug and the dwarves. The place that forced me to realise how stubborn my father was and how blinded my brother was to our father's actions. Give me one very good reason to assist you on this venture." Nemriel's voice got softer and darker the longer she talked to Gandalf.
Gandalf by this time was regretting to bring up Smaug and her father to her, who it seemed was still bitter about the whole affair. Knowing he was hurting her but also knowing that if the company didn't have a healer, they would all most likely die, and his mission was to stop many deaths.
While Gandalf was thinking all this, Nemriel already knew what she would do. She had seen the most likely outcome of the others in the venture Gandalf was asking her to join in, in her visions a century and a half ago and already having seen so many deaths in her very long life, she didn't want any more deaths to happen.
"You can heal the wound that Elves and Dwarves have against each other. You can show them that not all elves are the same. You can show them that not all children are like their family. You can -" And once again Gandalf was interrupted by her again.
"Very well then, Gandalf. I shall join this venture, but I need to deal with a few things." And with said, she flipped down off the branch she was sitting on and they got down to details and information. By the time dawn's fingertips were reaching the treetops, they had finalised everything, though Gandalf wouldn't tell her who else was in the venture, but in return she said that she couldn't meet at this Baggins home.
"But Nemriel! Why ever not? I-" and for the third time that night, sorry, for the first time that day, he was interrupted by her!
"I can't come because I have things to do and stuff to buy. I shall met everyone at Rivendell. Elrond has been a good friend and mentor and I can reach Rivendell at around the same time as you and this company does. Don't give me that look, Stormcrow! If this map is what I think it is, you will need Lord Elrond's help reading it! I will hear no more! This is the best I can do, so accept it or look for another elf who is a warrior, a healer and can speak most languages and is very patient with stubborn creatures and can survive non-hygienic creatures!"
"You have me there, Nemriel! Very well, I shall lead the company to Rivendell, a difficult thing to do with these hard-headed creatures, you shall all be introduced and we shall get Lord Elrond's help. See you at Rivendell in a month's time!" And with all that needed to be said was said, they parted ways for a month's time.
You must be wondering about all the different titles Gandalf has and I shall endeavour to explain why I choose them. Gandalf the Grey is his most common title and the one he goes by the most. Gandalf is known to the Hobbits as meddlesome wizard, as he makes respectable Hobbits dash off into the unknown, I sort of changed it to Gandalf the Meddler. Stormcrow is a title that in the film The Two Towers, Grima Wormtounge called Gandalf Stormcrow. I thought it was a cool name and he should have been called that more often, so I used it.