The key for my story:
"talking"
/Thinking/
(something I have to say)
inner thoughts
'sarcasm'
this is Sindarin
Hey there people. This is mysticaldreamsorceress. Hope you enjoy the story and I'll try to update as often as I can.
Chapter 3
The next morning Miranda was up just a little while after Strider. He was quite surprised that she would wake up so early. She then surprised him by walking around to where the hobbits had slept and proceeded to wake them up.
"Come on hobbits. Time we get moving." Miranda says without any response. She then tries another tactic. "You know you've missed breakfast right?" Miranda asks. This did it's charm.
"What!" "When was breakfast?" and "How long have we slept?" Were the questions that were spoken by all the hobbits.
"Relax. You didn't miss breakfast. You've slept for about 8 hours. That's plenty of rest." Replies Miranda to the questions. They then go down stairs to get their breakfast. The hobbits are sad to hear it's so small of an amount.
"We need more food." Says a starving Pippin.
"Come on. What do you expect from a place like this?" Asks Miranda. After breakfast they purchased a horse from a man in town.
"I shall call you Bill." Says Sam to the skinny horse. Miranda felt bad for the poor thing. And she was very happy to have gotten it out of the man's cruel care. They were now in the middle of a forest. Miranda was right behind Strider. Whatever he did she did. She was having fun. He was getting rather annoyed.
"Will you stop that." Asks a really annoyed Strider.
"Stop what?" Miranda asks innocently.
"Stop copying me." Strider says.
"Fine. Hey hobbits what are you doing?" Asks Miranda finally realizing the hobbits had stopped.
"Gentlemen. We do not stop till nightfall." Strider called to the hobbits.
"What about breakfast?" Ysks Pippin.
"you've already had it." Strider says quite confused.
"We've had one breakfast yes what about second breakfast?" Asks Pippin. Strider looks at him, and then continues on. Miranda didn't hear the rest of their conversation because she was following Strider. There was an apple tree ahead of them. He picked two apples and threw then over his shoulder. Miranda looked back just in time to see Pippin get hit in the head by the last apple.
They had been traveling for hours and had come to something. All Miranda could remember of their name was that they were marshes. Once they were a few feet into the marshes they were being eaten alive by bugs.
"What do they eat when they can't get a hobbit?" Asks a rather annoyed Sam.
"Me." Was the reply heard from Miranda's direction. "Ah! I've had enough of this. I don't care if I'll smell, or how gross it is." And after saying that Miranda reached into the marshes and covered herself with the mud.
"What are you doing?" Asks a very confused Pippin.
"Getting rid of these cursed bugs." Was Miranda's reply.
The hobbits were starting to wish they had followed Miranda. They were being eaten while Miranda seemed to be fine. Strider himself thought that Miranda had a good idea, though he wouldn't do it.
"Finally! Out of those marshes!" Cries a very relieved Sam.
"It wasn't that bad. At least not for me." Replies Miranda.
After the marshes they traveled for some more. Then they came upon a stone building, or at least what was left of it in Miranda's opinion.
"This is the great watch tower of Amun Sul." Strider says with what seems to be pride in his voice. "We shall rest here for tonight." He announces to the hobbits and Miranda.
"Woohoo." Was Miranda's reply. She could care less if she had to sleep on jagged rocks. She was tired.
"These are for you." Says Strider to the hobbits. Miranda on the other hand had already fallen a sleep on a flat rock. Strider looked over to find his other companion, and found Miranda that way. He told the hobbits not to make a fire and watch out for each other. Then he left. Frodo decided to follow Miranda into sleep.
Afew hours later
Frodo awakes to see a fire lit over by the edge. He runs over and yells at the other hobbits.
"Put it out you fools! Put it out!" Frodo yells at them.
"That's nice ash on my tomato's" Miranda heard Pippin say.
Suddenly they hear a scream in the background. Miranda knew it was one of those things following them.
"Go!" Yells Frodo looking over the edge. The group hurries up to the top of the ruins. Suddenly there are five of the wraiths coming out of the mist towards them.
"Back you devils!" Yells Sam as he rushes at them. He is flung away like a rag doll. Merry and Pippin try to make a 'hobbit wall' but are tossed aside as well. The only ones left are Frodo and Miranda. Frodo stumbles and falls backward out of fear. He gets trapped next to a rock wall. The wraith that seems to be the leader comes out into the lead.
"Stay away from him!" Miranda shouts to him. She gets in front of Frodo. She had taken up one of the hobbits daggers.
"Get out of the way girl." The leader said in a horrible voice. It seemed to be in between a whisper and a hoarse dying voice.
"No. You want him, you'll have to go through me first." Miranda says. She was not afraid of these things. She would defend any of her new friends with her life. She was ready for a fight. The wraith had other plans. He had more strength then she thought and she to was flung to the side.
The wraith advanced to Frodo. In panic Frodo put on the ring. Miranda knew this was a mistake. Strider said they could feel the ring at all times. She could see the head one reaching out to thin air. Then he drew back. Without even knowing she had done it she had gotten up and got in the way of the blade. Strider came at that moment to help.
Frodo's POV
They came out of the mist. The ring wraiths. My friends got in front of me ready to protect me.
"Back you devils!" I heard Sam yell. Then he ran at them. He was flung to the side with little effort. Then Merry and Pippin tried to make a wall or shield, but they were flung away just as easily. All that were left were Miranda and myself. Miranda has no weapon. Were all done for. I drop my weapon and stumble back. I can suddenly feel my back against rock. I'm trapped! I can hear the ring calling out to them. I take it out. I see movement. I look up to see the leader come out into the front. Suddenly Miranda steps in the way.
"Stay away from him!" Miranda shouts. Somehow she is able to stay calm. I then notice that she has picked up Pippin's sword. The leader looks to Miranda. Then he speaks.
"Get out of the way girl" He says in the most horrible voice.
"No. You want him, you'll have to get through me first." Was Miranda's reply. How could she be so calm at a time like this? Suddenly she to is thrown out of the way. The leader comes closer. I panic and put on the ring. I can see old men with crowns on their heads where the wraiths use to be. So Strider was right. They were kings. My hand with the ring on starts to be drawn towards the leaders hand. He cant have it! I pull the ring to me. He drew back quit angry and was about to stab me with his blade, but someone got in the way. I then saw Strider coming to aid us.
End POV
Frodo took off the ring. He wanted to see who got stabbed. When he saw who it was he immediately wished it wasn't her. Miranda lay there quit in pain. Frodo ran over as well as the rest of the hobbits. Frodo noticed it was very bad. The blade had gone straight through her naval section.
"Strider!" Sam yelled. He had become quit attached to Miranda, all the hobbits had. Strider came straight over. At first he would have thought Frodo would have been the one stabbed because he had the ring. When he saw Miranda he knew she needed elfish help. He didn't see that the blade had gone all the way through though.
"Can you save her?" Aasks a worried Frodo. He needed to know if she would be okay.
"She's been stabbed by a Morgul Blade." Was his reply. "This is beyond my skill to heal. She needs elfish medicine." He says picking Miranda up bridal style. It was at that point that he realized just how bad it was. He could feel blood coming out the back. "Quick hobbits! We must hurry!" Strider called.
"But were several days from Rivendell! She'll never make it!" Sam called worried. What if they didn't make it in time?
They came to a clearing. Miranda did not seem any better. Frodo recognized a land mark.
"Look Miranda! Trolls! When you get better I'll tell you the story that goes along with them." Frodo says trying to keep Miranda around.
"Sam do you know the athelas plant?" Asks Strider.
"Athelas?" Asks a confused Sam.
"Kings Foil." Replies Strider quite annoyed.
"Aye it's a weed." Replies Sam
"It may help slow the poison." Replies Strider. Sam quickly rushes through the forest looking for it. Strider found it when he suddenly feels a blade to his throat.
"What's this? A ranger caught off his guard?" Asks a feminine voice. He knew that voice. Strider tells Arwen what happened and that they need help.
Arwen enters the clearing. To Miranda it is a woman with an ethereal glow coming from her. She speaks a strange language that she cannot understand.
"She is fading." Ways Arwen. Strider puts some kings foil in the wound. "We must get her to my father." Replies Arwen. She had seen the wound when Strider put the herb in and knew she needed help, and fast.
"Let me go with you." Says Frodo.
"Frodo you would only cause Arwen to go slower." Replies Strider.
"Estel, he may come." Says Arwen
"He would slow you down." Strider replies.
"They are after him as well. It would be easier to bring him along." Says Arwen.
"Then I will take them." Replies Strider
"What are they saying?" Asks Pippin.
"Their arguing." Replies Frodo.
"You must stay with the hobbits. Besides I am the faster rider." Says Arwen
"It is to dangerous" Replies Strider
"If we can get across the river my people will protect them." Replies Arwen " I do not fear them." She tells Strider. Strider knows he cannot argue more. Frodo gets on the horse after Arwen and Miranda. He sits in between Arwen and Miranda.
"Arwen ride hard, and don't look back." Replies Strider.
"Run fast, Asfaloth, run fast." Arwen says to the horse she's riding. And with that they take off.
"What are you doing?" Yells Sam. "Those wraiths are still out there!"
Arwen rides fast, and the wraiths are not to far behind. They reach the river and she washes the wraiths down it. She can feel Miranda fading fast. She must hurry to her father. They were lucky to have made it in time. She was saved. A few days after Frodo and Miranda's arrival the rest of their group arrives.
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