Chapter 4
The Council of Elrond
When I woke up the next morning I put on the circlet and dressed in a beautiful white dress with pink in the sleeves. It was still very early but I was awake and wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. I walked down to a bridge where I saw my parents. I hid and listened.
"Renech i lu i erui govannen?" My mother asked.
"Nauthannem i ned ol reniannen."
"Gwenwin in enninath...U-arnech in naeth i si celich. Renech i beth i pennen?"
He looked at her and sighed.
"You said you would bind yourself to me. Forsaking the immortal life of your people."
My eyes widened.
"And to that I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you. Then face all the ages of this world alone." She said.
She put something in his hand but I couldn't see what it was.
"I choose a mortal life." She whispered.
"You cannot give me this!"
"It is mine to give to whom I will. Like my heart." She said.
She closed his fingers and then kissed him. I shook my head and walked away. I walked to a small meadow that I liked to go to. I sat down and then heard footsteps. I stood and hid behind a tree. A man came walking into the meadow.
"I'm sure I saw her." He said to himself.
"Excuse me sir. May I ask what you are doing here?" came another voice.
I peeked around the tree and saw Legolas. I smiled and listened carefully.
"I saw a beautiful elf woman walk here. I had to see if she was real. Do you know of whom I speak?" he asked.
"No I do not. But I suggest you leave. This is the property of the Princess of Rivendell. She may be kind but she has worked hard to keep this area cleansed. So if you wouldn't mind sir." Legolas said.
The man nodded and left. Legolas was about to leave but I ran out to him.
"Legolas." I said.
He turned and smiled at me.
I smiled back and walked over to him.
"~I read the letter.~" I said.
I saw him blush a little. I walked over and took his hand.
*"Le meluvan úne ar alye lúmessen tenna nurucilie."
I smiled and hugged him. When I pulled away he smiled at me.
"~I love you.~" I said.
"~I love you too.~" He said.
I smiled and hugged him again. He then pulled away and looked at me again.
"~I have to go to the Council. I will find you afterwards.~" he said.
I nodded and he left. I walked back to my room and on the way I passed the shards of Narsil. I saw the council. I hid and listened.
"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old. You have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom. Bring forth the ring, Frodo." Grandfather said.
Frodo walked forward. He laid a golden ring on the table. It was the One Ring. The man who had walked into the meadow earlier spoke.
"So it is true." He said.
People looked at the ring with a mixture of fear and hatred. Except for the one man.
"In a dream, I saw the Eastern sky grow dark. In the West a pale light lingered. A voice was crying, your doom is near at hand. Isildur's bane is found. Isildur's Bane" The man said.
He was reaching his hand out towards the ring. My grandfather stood up.
"BOROMIR!" He shouted.
However Gandalf now stood and spoke.
"Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul." He said.
I closed my eyes in pain and tried not to listen. When it stopped I opened my eyes.
"Never before has anyone uttered the words of that tongue here in Imladris." Grandfather said angrily.
"I do not ask your pardon Master Elrond for the Black Speech may yet be heard in every corner of the West. The ring is altogether evil!" Gandalf said.
However the man named Boromir spoke again.
"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!" Boromir said.
I rolled my eyes. Then my father spoke.
"You cannot wield it! None of us can! The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master!" Ada said.
Boromir looked at him and walked forward.
"And what would a ranger know of this matter?" He asked in a nasty tone.
I stood and walked out.
"That is my father!" I said.
Everyone looked at me. Legolas smiled and grandfather smiled too.
"My…..my lady! It was you I saw in the forest! But how can you be the daughter of a ranger?" he asked.
Now Legolas stood.
"This is no mere Ranger. He is Aragorn son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance." Legolas said.
Boromir looked at him.
"Aragorn? This is Isildur's heir?" Boromir asked.
I turned and looked at my father in shock.
"And heir to the throne of Gondor.' Legolas said.
I looked at him in anger. He had hidden so many things from me. And now he was suddenly the heir to the throne.
"Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king." He said.
I glared at him. He sat back down. My grandfather pulled up a chair for me by his side. I sat down.
"Aragorn is right. We cannot use it." Gandalf said.
Grandfather stood up.
"You have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed." He said.
Boromir sighed in aggravation. A dwarf stood with his axe.
"Well what are we waiting for?" He asked.
He tried to destroy the ring with his axe. However his axe shattered and he fell to the floor. I gasped and dropped to my knees next to the dwarf. I helped him up and had someone repair his axe.
"The Ring cannot be destroyed Gimli son of Gloin by any craft we here posses. The Ring was made in he 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." Grandfather said.
I looked around and no one seemed to wish to speak. Boromir spoke again.
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. It's Black Gates are guarded by more then just orcs. And the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren waste land. Riddled with fire and ash and dust. The very air you breath is a poisons fume. Not with ten thousand men could you even do this. It is folly." Boromir said.
I stood angrily.
"Did you not listen to my grandfather!? This affects us all!" I said.
Now Legolas stood.
"The Ring must be destroyed!" Legolas said.
"And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?!" Gimli spat.
"And if we fail what then?! What happens when Sauron takes back what is his!?" Boromir asked as he stood.
Gimli jumped off his chair.
"I will be dead before I see the ring in the hands of an elf!" Gimli said.
Now all the elves stood and I ran forward and got between them.
"No one trust an elf!" Gimli said.
Now everyone was arguing. However I heard a small voice.
"I will take it! I will take it!"
I turned and saw Frodo.
"I will take the ring to Mordor." He said.
I looked at him. He was so brave. My father and everyone else stared at him.
"Though I do not know the way." He said.
Gandalf walked forward.
"I will help you bear this burden Frodo Baggins. As long as it is yours to bear." Gandalf said.
He smiled and my father stood.
"If by my life or death, I can protect you. I will." He said.
He walked forward and knelt down in front of him.
"You'll have my sword."
I smiled and walked forward. He looked up at me.
"You're my best friend Frodo. I cannot let you go alone. I am with you until the end." I said.
He smiled and hugged me. I then stood next to him.
"And you'll have my bow." Legolas said.
I smiled and nodded.
"And my axe!" Gimli said.
I smiled again but Legolas did not seem happy. The next person who walked over worried me. It was Boromir.
"You carry the fate of us all little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council…..then Gondor will see it done." Boromir said.
He stood with us and then Sam came running to us.
"Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me!" Sam said.
"No indeed it is hardly possible to separate you two even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not." Grandfather said.
I smiled as Merry and Pippin came running out.
"Oi! We're coming too!" Merry said.
They ran up to us and I put my hand on Pippin's shoulder.
"You'll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!" Merry said.
"Anyway! You need people of intelligence on this sort of mission…..quest….thing!" Pippin said.'
I held back my laughter and Gandalf was laughing silently.
"Well that rules you out Pip." Merry said.
Pippin started to nod but then looked at his cousin in shock.
"10 companions. So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring." Grandfather said.
"Great! Where are we going?" Pippin asked.
This time I laughed.
*I love you for better or worse till death do us part.