Chapter 1: New Place
Raina, Fang, Vane and Fury were doing their own thing, playing pool in Sanctuary when all of a sudden they were enveloped by a bright white light and then found themselves surrounded by a group of people and they looked like they were arguing about something. All of them pulled out swords and the four siblings conjured swords as well which shocked the hell out the group.
"Peace, my name is Elrond, what are your names?" he asked. Vane stepped forward to introduce himself and his siblings.
"I'm Vane and these are my brothers Fang and Fury and our sister Raina." Vane said. Elrond inclined his head and looked at the four siblings in question.
"What are you four, how did you appear and how did you get your swords?" Elrond asked. Vane looked at his four siblings and Raina nodded.
"We're shape shifters." Fury said when Vane didn't. The group looked uneasy and backed away slightly. To prove his point Fury transformed into a wolf and many of the guys gasped in shock. Fury turned back and quickly conjured clothes on himself.
"Are all of you wolves?" a dark haired man asked.
"Yes, now, where are we?" Raina asked.
"You are in Rivendell, home of the elves." Elrond said. Fang raised an eyebrow at that, he glanced down at his palm where his mating mark lay, Aimee must be in hysterics. Fury mentally cursed Angelia would kill him when he got back. Vane went wide eyed at that; Bride would be seriously pissed at him. Raina just took a deep breath, and hoped they could get back to New Orleans in one piece.
"I say we take a break from the meeting and get our guests acquainted with our fair city." Elrond said. The group broke up and the elves gathered around the four siblings. One elf in particular caught Raina's eye but she didn't express it.
"If you would follow them they will show you to your rooms and if you could come back to the meeting we might have use of your talents on the upcoming quest." Elrond said.
"And what is that quest?" Fang asked quirking an eyebrow.
"To destroy the ring of power." He responded. Raina looked at him and when her brothers didn't respond were led to rooms close to each other. When the elves left Fang, Fury and Raina were in Vane's room.
"What do you think?" Fury asked.
"I think in order to get home we have to go with them." Vane said.
"Do you really think that is the reason why we're here?" Fang asked.
"Honestly, I have no idea." Vane said.
"What if it's because my mate is here." Raina whispered. They looked at her and thought about it.
"That's possible." Vane said scratching his cheek. Fang stretched and yawned, in fact we all did.
"Well, see you in the morning." Fury said disappearing to his own room as did Fang and Raina.
The next morning several elves came and gave them clothes fitting of the time frame they saw the group in the day before. Raina looked at the dress she was given in disgust. She never wore a dress in her life, she always preferred jeans and bikers boots and a tank top under her leather jacket.
"Do I really have to wear this?" Raina asked the female elf in the room with her.
"Yes Milady, all maidens wear this though on your journey you will not." She said.
"Can't I just where what the men wear?" Raina asked. The elf looked at her oddly and Raina sighed and put on the dress. The elf maiden helped put it on and laced it up tightly that she could barely breathe. When Raina was dressed and she was pissed when she walked out of her room and came face to face with her brothers. Vane, Fang and Fury looked at her and they tried to stop from laughing.
"Don't you dare laugh, I can barely breathe in this thing." Raina said.
"You look nice." Vane said with a smile.
"No I don't, I'm not comfortable, I want back in my jeans and biker boots." Raina said.
"You could always change it if you really don't like it." Fury said. Raina turned to him and glared.
"But that would be really rude, come on, we're going to be late." She said. They went back down into the courtyard where they appeared to see the group of people that were there before gathered and that is when they noticed that all of them were different species.
"Glad you can join us." Elrond said as they took their seats.
"I still believe that the woman shouldn't be a part of this." a red-haired dwarf said. Raina growled and the sound was that of the animal within her. The dwarf froze and looked at her.
"There is a reason why our people fear their females." Fang said.
"In fact, in our culture the women decide their futures." Vane said.
"You have strange customs." A dark haired man said. Vane, Fang and Fury chuckled and Raina just smiled.
Elrond cleared his throat and started to explain the ring. Raina listened intently as did her brothers. She looked around the group to see them looking at the ring, one in particular caught her eye. A light-haired man was staring at the ring in consideration.
"It is a gift….a gift to the foes of Mordor! Why not use this Ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, held the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him!" the man said. Raina wanted to strangle the man for that, was he that stupid? The dark-haired man then spoke up.
"You cannot wield it, none of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master." He said.
"And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" the man from Gondor asked. Raina watched as the elf that caught her eye stood up and took a couple of steps.
"This is no mere Ranger; he is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance." the elf said. Raina looked at her brothers and projected her thoughts to them like they do when they are wolves.
'Is that supposed to mean something?' Raina asked. Vane shrugged his shoulders slightly.
"Aragorn? This is Isildur's heir?" the man asked
"And heir to the thorn of Gondor." The elf said.
"Havo dad, Legolas." Aragorn said.
'What language is that?' Fang asked.
'Elvish, I think.' Fury answered. Legolas sat down as the man before stood up.
"Gondor has no king," the man said. "Gondor needs no king."
'Wait, Aragorn is to be king?' Raina asked.
'Apparently, I wonder why he hasn't taken it?' Vane wondered.
'Maybe he doesn't want it.' Fury suggested. They stopped their conversation as the man in grey spoke up.
"Aragorn is right. We cannot use it," the grey man said. Raina looked around; they were going to destroy it. Elrond spoke again this time catching Raina's attention.
"You only have one choice. The Ring must be destroyed." Elrond said. The four wolves looked around at the group, they were quiet and they could hear something humming, one by one they looked towards the ring.
'Do you hear that?' Fang asked.
'The weird humming coming from the ring?' Raina asked.
'Yeah,' Fang said, that confirmed his question. A bearded short man shot to his feet.
"Then what are we waiting for?" he asked. He picked up an axe and rushed forward. He brought the axe down onto the ring and the axe shattered. The wolves ducked as the blade of the axe exploded. Raina looked up to see the dwarf, that is what she thought he was anyway, was on his back. Elrond looked down at him without any expression whatsoever.
"The ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin, by any craft that we here possess. The ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom… only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor, and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this."
Raina looked around as did her brothers. The group was silent until the man from Gondor spoke up again.
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its black gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust...the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly."
"Coward," Raina mumbled but her brothers and apparently the elves heard her as well. They smiled but said nothing more as Legolas stood up once more
"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The ring must be destroyed." Legolas shouted indignantly. Gimli stood up once again, this time talking directly to Legolas.
"And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?" he asked with malice in his voice.
'Me thinks there is some tension between the two races.' Raina said to her brothers.
'Gee you think sis?' Vane asked. The Gondor guy stood to join their conversation now.
"And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?" he asked. Vane stood up this time when he did Raina noticed that he was almost the same height as Aragorn which Aragorn noticed.
"If this ring is as powerful as you say it is then this Sauron guy will stop at nothing to get it back. There is no use in arguing about who will take it, heck my brothers and sister and I will take it, just point us in the right direction." Vane said with a growl.
"How old are you Vane?" Elrond asked.
"Older than we look. Fang, Fury and I are 550 years old and Raina is 300." Vane said to him. That took everyone by surprise, yet they thought they shouldn't be so surprised from the wolves. Through Gimli still wasn't finished berating the elves.
"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!" Gimli shouted. Arguments started once again. Raina just sighed, wondering if they will ever find a way to finish this. "Never trust an elf!" Gimli shouted through the argument. Vane came back to sit down as the man in grey stood up.
"Do you not understand? While we bicker among ourselves, Sauron's power grows! No one will escape it. You will all be destroyed, your homes burnt and your families put to the sword!" the man in grey said.
'He has a point.' Fury said.
'Sadly,' Vane said. As they continued to argue they didn't notice that a boy, to what the Kattalakis siblings thought stood up.
"I will take it...I will take it...I will take the Ring to Mordor." The boy said. Raina looked at him, he seemed determined and she could smell the nervousness coming off of him. The group quieted as they turned to him. "Though...I do not know the way." He said. The man in grey stepped forward.
"I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it is yours to bear." The man said. Aragon then stepped forward as well.
"If, by my life or death, I can protect you, I will." Aragorn said as he kneeled in front of him. "...you have my sword." Legolas and Gimli then stepped forward as well.
"And you have my bow." Legolas said.
"And my axe." Gimli said. The man from Gondor stood up as well and looked at Frodo.
"You carry the fate of us all, little one." He said. He looked over at Elrond and to the man in grey. "If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done." The four of us stood up.
"We may not know this land or it's enemy, but it is not in our nature to not help out if we can. We will protect you and this party if we can." Vane said.
"We're more powerful than we seem." Raina said. Fang and Fury nodded and stood behind the group as well. Then all of a sudden someone cried "Here!" and another boy came running forward and stood next to Frodo.
"Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me." The boy said. Elrond didn't look amuse but took it in stride.
"No, Indeed...it is hardly possible to separate you...even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not." Elrond said. Another two boys popped out of a bush and came rushing forward.
"Oi! We're coming too! You'll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us." The first boy said.
"Anyway...you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission...quest...thing..." the second boy said.
"Well, that rules you out, Pip." The first said. Raina turned to Fang with a smile on his face.
"I guess that means you too Fang." Raina said. Fury and Vane laughed as well though the rest wasn't sure what they were talking about. Elrond looked at them with thought.
"Thirteen companions ... so be it. You shall be the "Fellowship of the ring"" Elrond said. Pip spoke up after that.
"Great. Where are we going?" he asked. Raina looked over at him and quirked an eyebrow.
"If you were spying on us then you should know where we are going." Raina said. Pip looked at her and blushed and that's when the rest of the boys laughed as well.
"You will leave in the morning. Now I suggest you rest." Elrond said. He left as well as the rest of the people though the Fellowship was still there.
"So what are you names, I caught some of them throughout the conversation?" Raina asked.
"I'm Gandalf the Grey, I'm a wizard." Gandalf said as he looked at the four of them. "The four of you have magic in you as well." He stated.
"Yes, it's what allows us to change shape and use our powers." Vane said. Gandalf nodded and the man from Gondor stepped forward.
"I'm Boromir," he said simply. He didn't look at Raina at all though which Raina took in stride, if he thought she was week then he will be in for a surprise of a life.
"I'm Samwise Gamgee."
"I'm Merry,"
"I'm Pippen," The four siblings nodded.
"Are you really wolves?" Merry asked. Raina smiled and transformed into a black wolf.
'I can also talk to you like this as well.' Raina said transferring her thoughts to the group.
"Ah, that comes in handy." Gandalf said with a smile.
"You can't read thoughts can you?" Gimli asked apprehensively.
"No, it's just our way to communicate." Fury said.
"Good," Gimli said. He almost looked relieved.
"Do any of you have skills in weaponry?" Aragorn asked.
"Some, we tend to use them off and on." Fury said. They nodded and Raina trotted behind her brothers and transformed back and put clothes on herself.
"So how are we going to get there?" Fang asked.
"We walk." Gimli said. Fang raised both of his eyebrows.
"Aw is Fang sad that he has to walk?" Raina asked with a smile.
"I just won't walk on two legs all the time." Fang said with a shrug.
"Yeah, we can also hunt." Fury said.
"That's a good idea, as long as there is game nearby." Legolas said. Raina smiled and they broke up to go and do different things.