Lithoniel: Hey I'm back with chapter 3! I'd really like to thank the people who reviewed, Loves Ya! Any ways enjoy!
The bone-chilling shriek cut through the night like a knife. We all drew our swords and ran back to Amon Sûl meeting up with Aragorn on the way, he quickly gave us all torches and we continued on to the watch tower.
"When we get back to the ruins use the fire to help scare the Ring Wraiths off and fight them with your swords!" I shouted to my friends as we leapt into battle, I heard Frodo screaming in pain and knew that he had been stabbed already, but I couldn't help him I was to busy fighting. My blade clashed with the Nazgul and I shoved the torch in it's face and it's robe caught on fire, as it ran off with a screech of pain. With my fighting spirit still afire screeched back at it and watched Aragorn and my freinds finish off the last Ring Wraiths. Once they had fled we rushed over to Frodo.
"He's been stabbed by a Morgul blade," Aragorn said grimly as he picked up a long dagger and it crumbled into dust "this is beyond my skill to heal."
"It is beyond ours as well" I said sadly, I knew we didn't have that kind of power yet we've only been elves for a few days "we have to get him to Lord Elrond!"
"But we're 6 days from Rivendell!" Sam cried in dismay as we ran through the woods, the cries of the Nazgul echoing in the forest around us "he'll never make it!"
"Hold on Frodo!" I whispered.
A few hours later
We stopped for a breather in a quiet place with monstrous statues of trolls that I knew was from Bilbo's journey.
"Look Mister Frodo it's Bilbo's trolls!" Sam said feeling Frodo's fore head "he's going cold!"
"Is he going to die?" Pippin asked nervously.
"He's passing into the shadow world, he'll soon be a wraith like them." I answered grimly.
Another Nazgul screech echoes thorugh the forest.
"They're close!" warned Merry and my friends looked around fear shining in their eyes.
"Don't worry guys it'll all work out, besides we're elves and the rings wraiths didn't like elves, besides we can fight like there's no freakin tomorrow!" I said grinning.
"Sam do you know the athelas plant?" Aragorn siad
"Athelas?"
"Kingsfoil"
"Ah, Kingsfoil that's a weed!"
"It may help to slow the poison."
"I know what it looks like I'll come too." I said.
We walked through the woods, when I heard and sensed an elf maiden near-by and knew it was Arwen and I breathed I sigh of relief. I ran back to the campsite and met face to face with Arwen on her horse, Asfaloth, she was dressed similar to us and I could see her sword at her side, I smiled and nodded and she smiled back and we both rushed to Frodo.
"Frodo, Im Arwen. Telin le thaed. Lasto beth nin, tolo dan na galad." Arwen whispered kneeling down beside Frodo.
"Who is she?" asked Merry.
"She's and elf." My friends answered.
"Ho sa firith. Ho sa avon autuva na methen. Min garo na leitu hon lin ada!" I told Arwen urgently and she nodded in agreement pausing to look at my two friends and I knew we would have some explaining to do when we got to Rivendell. Arwen and Aragorn had their little conversation over who should go and then Arwen rode off.
"What are you doin' those Raiths are still out there!" Sam shouted.
"Do not worry Arwen Undomiel can handle the Nazgul, but we must make our way to Rivendell and quickly!" I assured Sam. Aragorn nodded in agreement and we headed off.
A few days later
We finally arrived at Rivendell much to the relief of my friends who look much worse for wear!
As we arrived Lord Elrond came and greeted us.
"Welcome to Rivendell." He said.
I smiled and bowed my head and my friends followed suit.
"How's Frodo doin'?" Sam asked urgently. Elrond smiled and started to speak again.
"Your friend is safe and healing there is no need to worry, you must be weary from your journey take rest here." Then Elrond turned to look at my friends and I.
"Le suilon. Man del' lin estos? Man sâd telil?" he asked us. I smiled and replied.
"Im Lithoniel, he sa Galadwen a he sa Nostariel. Min del' ranas, min esta baw had mar" I said giving him the same reply I did Aragorn. I really hoped they wouldn't try and dig any deeper or things could get very erm… interesting. Elrond nodded and he and Aragorn walked away.
"Phew." I sighed in relief.
"What did he say?" Nostariel asked.
"Basically the same thing Aragorn did. Man if we ever get out of this I am so teaching you how to speak elvish, now go and explore if you want, but try not to talk to anyone and if you must make sure you start the conversation and you start it in elvish."
My friends nodded and wandered off. I immediately went to the room where the shards of Narsil were, I had always dreamed of looking upon them. Once I finally found it I gazed at the shattered sword in awe. It was still beautiful even if it was broken. This was the very blade that the king of Gondor himself had wielded! After wards I asked around to see if they had some where, where you could practice archery and the pointed me to a place near the river. I found it and stood there taking in the beauty, it was so peaceful and the only noise were the calls of birds and the churning of the river. I saw a rack of bowas and quivers of arrows and took one, a powerful bow that was a silvery colour with gold designs. I fitted the shaft to the string, took aim and fired at the target. It hit the middle if the bulls eye! I smiled in triumph, but I heard someone behind me and I turned to see an elf with long blonde hair and a bow watching me. It was Legolas!
"Le sa maen yassen a cú." He said.
"Hannon le." I thanked him as I walked over and plucked my arrow out of the target.
"Man eneth lin?" he asked
"Im Lithoniel. Im tule si yassen Aragorn." I answered.
"Man sâd telil?"
"Im a rana, Im esta baw had mar."
He smiled and spoke again.
"Lothron Im yanw le?"
"Tancave!"
He sturng his bow quicker then I could blink and fired. It landed quivering in the exact hole that my arrow had left. I smiled and said.
"Le sa maen yassen a cú."
He smiled and gave a small laugh. All of a sudden my friend Galadwen run up to me and smiled she turned to Legolas and I and said.
"Ti tallbe orch!"
"Legolas gave her a whithering glare as I did then I quickly turned to him.
"Sorry she bumped her head recently she's still a bit dazed." I stammered and I quickly made an excuse to leave and pulled Galadwen along with me.
"I do not have a head injury and I'm not dazed!" she yelled.
"Oh ya?" I said and I drew my sword and clunked on the head with the hilt, "YOU DO NOW!"
All of a sudden a clear horn rang out.
"Come on!" I said pulling her along, while she ribbed her head, "It's time for the council and Elrond invited us!"
"What about Alecia?"
"You mean Nostariel, you must call us by our elvish names or else you'll blow our cover! Besides she already knows she can speak a couple sentences in elvish thank god."
"By the way, what did I say?"
"You said "Go kiss an orc!""
"Oh is that bad?"
"YES!"
A few moments and head injuries later
We were all seated in a circle awaiting Elrond. I could see Legolas and Aragorn as well as Frodo, Gandalf, Gimli and Boromir and a few others. Just then Elrond came waling out and the council started.
"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you've been summoned here to answer to the threat of Mordor. Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you shall fall." He started off grimly and the continued on, "Each race is bound to this one fate, this one doom. Bring forth the ring Frodo."
Frodo walked forward shyly and placed the ring on the stone pillar, there were gasps all around and as I gazed upon the ring I could feel it's power trying to pull me towards it by I resisted. I looked around at my friends who seemed to be having the same feelings. Then Boromir spoke.
"So it is true. In a dream, I saw the Eastern sky grow dark, but in the west a pale light lingered. A voice was crying, you doom is near at hand, Isildur's Bane has been found." The Boromir stood and reached for the ring. Then Elrond leapt up.
"Boromir!" he shouted. Then all of a sudden Gandalf stands and starts chanting.
"Ash nazg
durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk
agh burzum-ishi krimpatul."
The sky darkens and thunder rumbles all around us and I hear a low, but terrifying voice coming from the ring chanting along with Gandalf. I felt so strange so over powered I gripped the arm rest of my chair tightly. I looked over at my friends and saw they were feeling the same way. Then as Gandalf stopped the sky brightened again and the thunder and the voice from the ring ceased. Then Elrond spoke again, but he looks slightly shaken.
"Never before has anyone uttered the words of that tongue here in Imladris!" he said.
"I do not ask your pardon, Master Elrond, for the black speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West! The ring is altogether evil!" Gandalf said, his voice horse from the force of speaking the Black Speech. But Boromir spoke again now regaining his composure.
"It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this Ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept 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!" he cried.
"You can not wield it! None of us can. The one ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master!" Aragorn said.
"And what would a ranger know of this matter?"
Both Legolas and I leapt up.
"This is no mere ranger!" I said.
"He is Aragorn son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance." Legolas finished.
"Aragorn?" said Boromir with shock, "This is Isildur's heir."
"And an heir to the throne of Gondor!" Legolas and I said at the same time.
"Havo dad, Legolas, a Lithoniel." Aragorn said and we both obeyed. My friends looked at me with a 'you are so crazy!' look and I nearly smiled. Boromir gave Aragorn a bitter look.
"Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king." He said darkly. I glared at him and was about to say something not very nice, but then stopped. Considering what happens to him later and how his father treats him I took pity on him and stayed silent. Then Gandalf spoke up.
"Aragorn is right we cannot use it." He said.
"Then you only have one choice. The ring must be destroyed." Elrond stated dramatically. Then Gimli the dwarf picked up his axe, he is so funny I thought.
"Then what are we waiting for!" he said walking over to the ring and then with a mighty swing struck the ring and there was a flash of light and Gimli was thrown backwards and his axe is shattered, but amidst the smoke the ring lays unharmed and a voice speaks from it, but it is a mere whisper that I'd say only the elves could hear. I noticed Frodo holding his head and gasping in pain. 'Poor guy' I thought. It really was a shame he had to go through this. My friends, on the other hand were just staring with a "deer-in-the-head-lights" look that under normal circumstances would have made me fall over laughing. Then I turned back to Elrond who was speaking again.
"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 cast back into the firey chasm from whence it came! One of you must do this." He said. Then Boromir started speaking again, man does he ever shut-up?
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. It's 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!" he said.
"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond just said? The ring must be destroyed!" Legolas said standing now. Then Gimli stood.
"And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?" he said sounding insulted.
"And if we fail what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?" Boroimr shouted. I could feel the anger in the air building and I knew the fight was coming. Then Gimli spoke again.
"I will be dead before I see the ring in the hands of an elf!"
That was the last straw everyone leapt up arguing even my friends and I got into it, but then I stopped and listened. I could hear the ring chanting in the Black Speech and could feel it's power growing, but I was filled with such rage I went back to arguing with Gimli.
"I will take it!" Frodo shouted over the noise and we all stopped to look at him, "though I do not know the way."
"I will help you bear this burden, as long as it is yours to bear." Gandalf said standing beside Frodo. Then Aragorn kneeled in front of Frodo.
"By life or death, I can protect you I will, you have my sword." He said.
"And you have my bow!" said Legolas.
"And my axe." Added Gimli.
"And our blades!" my friends and I said at the same time and we walked over to stand behind Frodo and I placed a hand on his shoulder. Then Boromir stood and walked over.
"You carry the fate of us all little one." He said, "but if this is the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."
All of a sudden Sam leaped out from behind the bushes and ran to stand beside Frodo.
"Hey! Mister Frodo is not goin' anywhere without me!" he said.
"No indeed, it seems hardly possible to separate you even when he is summond to a secret council and you are not!" said Elrond smiling, causing Sam to blush. Then Merry and Pippin leap out from behind the pillars and ran to join Frodo.
"Wait! We're coming to!" they cried.
"And you'll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!" Merry said.
"Besides you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission, quest, thing…" Pippen added. And my friends and I laughed softly as Gandalf gives a look of amusement.
"Well rules you out Pip!" Merry said.
"12 companions," Elrond mused, "So be it! You shall be the Fellowship of the ring!"
"Great! Where are we going?" Pippin said and we all gave him that 'you-are-an-idiot' look that I gave my friends so many times a day I lose count. With that we all left to prepare for our journey and me and my friends walked to the Smithy to sharpen our swords and prepare.
"So did you enjoy your stay at Rivendell?" I asked my friends as I handed the elf my sword, but as I did I also found two long blades in my silver belt, they were too long to be daggers, but slightly to short to be a sword.
"Dirks!" I breathed.
"What?" my friends asked.
"Dirks, blades normally used by the Northerners, you know like the Scottish! I've only read about these in my Redwall books!"
"You read too much." Galadwen sighed, as I took the blades out and twirled them skillfully, I'd always wanted to try fighting double bladed!
"Hey, what's this?" Nostariel asked, holding up what appeared to be a very small, but thin and sharp dagger.
"It's a Sgian Dhu, another Scottish weapon." I answered and Nostariel flipped the dagger in the air and caught it expertly.
"What about this?" Galadwen asked pulling out a long curved dagger with many designs in it.
"That is a real elvish dagger!" I exclaimed "Wow, its beautiful!"
We took our newly sharpened swords and left to explore a bit, this was getting better and better! The next morning I really almost didn't want to leave, it was so peaceful here and we had made lots of friends sitting in the halls listening to stories. I looked at the beautiful sunrise and thought to myself, this was going to be an adventure I was never going to forget!
Lithoniel: Whew long chapter, but I wanted to fit our time in Rivendell into one chapter, please R&R! If you don't want the next chapter as long just tell me! Btw the deer-in-the-headlights thing is something my music teacher is always saying, Nostariel you know what I mean! Again sorry for any errors in elvish, my Sindarin is still a bit rusty.
Translations (and there's quite a few!)
Frodo, Im Arwen. Telin le thaed. Lasto beth nin, tolo dan na galad.
Frodo, I am Arwen. I have come to help you. Listen to my voice, come back to the light.
Ho sa firith. Ho sa avon autuva na methen. Min garo na leitu hon lin ada!
He is fading. He is not going to last. We must get him to your father!
Le suilon. Man del' lin estos? Man sâd telil
I greet thee. What are your names? Where are you from?
Im Lithoniel, he sa Galadwen a he sa Nostariel. Min del' ranas, min esta baw had mar.
I am Lithoniel, she is Galadwen and she is Nostariel. We are wanderers we call no place home.
Le sa maen yassen a cú
You are skilled with a bow
Hannon le
Thank you
Man eneth lin?
What is your name?
Im Lithoniel. Im tule si yassen Aragorn.
I'm Lithoniel. I came here with Aragorn.
Man sâd telil
Where are you from?
Im a rana, Im esta baw had mar.
I'm a wanderer, I call no place home (god I am cryptic!)
Lothron Im yanw le?
May I join you?
Tancave
Certainly
Ti tallbe orch
Go kiss an orc
(this is the Black Speech, not elvish)
Ash nazg durbatulûk,
ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi
krimpatul
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them
One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
