Arwen-Jade was shocked. How could a spider dare to move in her way? Spiders knew that they were hated by Arwen-Jade and poisonous to her happiness, so they always stayed away. How could this disgusting little creepy crawly not understand that he could hurt her by standing nearby? Arwen-Jade was terrified, more terrified than she had ever been in her life, including her ride with Hermes through the clouds. She did the only thing she could think of at the moment: she screamed.
"SARI!! HEEEEEELP!!" Arwen-Jade continued to scream as she heard footsteps rushing up to her rescue. Arwen-Jade tapped her foot impatiently as she continued to scream. She could not help but wonder why it took so long for a hero to help a maiden in distress. She might even be dead by the time Sari could get to her, or even worse, pass out without a handsome hero behind her to catch her! (Not that he would mind, but she'd never guess that.) Arwen-Jade began to truly panic when the spider did not move away from her. Her screams rose in pitch and got louder as the time passed.
After a good five minutes of screaming, Saruman finally got to the top of the stairs, looking somewhat tired and breathing heavily. He would not let his face betray his confusion and annoyance at being called away, so he smiled at Arwen-Jade, who returned the smile.
"Now, Sari, you need to rescue me from the evil spider that can poison me!" Arwen-Jade ordered the Istar. "As you must know, all spiders are dangerous to me. They mostly don't go near me, but this one did! I don't wanna die!" Saruman looked at the girl with a curious expression and then looked at the spider.
"Dear Arwen-Jade, I promise you that this is no Ungoliant. This little spider cannot hurt you. It only strives to live, and I am quite sure that this arachnid is more terrified of you than you are of it. Nevertheless, I will take it away." Saruman reached down and picked up the little spider to take it outside. Arwen-Jade stared at him with an odd mixture of disgust, fear, and adoration. Saruman chose to ignore her expression and continue walking with the spider.
"Come follow me down these stairs, my lady. I will leave this spider to crawl safely out of my tower. Please do remember that this spider cannot hurt you." Wide-eyed, Arwen-Jade could only nod and follow as they went down hundreds of stairs. Saruman stepped out and winced for a moment at the burning smell. He glanced behind to see that Arwen-Jade was a great distance away. He quickly summoned one of his Uruk-Hai and gave him the spider, watching as the spider was eaten by the disgusting creature.
"Is the spider gone?" asked Arwen-Jade, shuddering as she mentioned the word spider. Saruman nodded and suddenly found himself with an armful of Arwen-Jade.
"Oh my gawd thank you Sari-Bear!! You saved my life!! I know that Leggy will give you a great prize when he returns, I just know it! I will make sure that happens! You're my bestest friend in the whole wide world!! Of course, that's, like, not including the gods because there Artemis and I are like, BFF status." For the first time in his long life on Middle Earth since becoming an Istar, Saruman was speechless.
Arwen-Jade had spent the rest of the day in her room that Saruman had kindly shown her. She could not stop thinking about how frightening that was, that spider who crept up on her, and how brave her Sari was to save her. He was so calm as he lifted that spider up; she was almost charmed by his manliness. Even though he was very old, Arwen-Jade felt that he was an amazing man. She wasn't sure if too many people would let her into their homes and not ask for a price. He was also a friend of Leggy, which made him amazing in her books. There was something that he had mentioned that struck her curiosity…
"Sari, dear, what's that Un-Eragon thing you talked about with the spider?" It was a bright sunny day, not that the sun was shining too brightly on Isengard. After much thinking and search through her (quite limited) knowledge of Middle-Earth, Arwen-Jade had no answer for what that thing was. She decided that it was time to ask her question to the noble man named Saruman.
"I believe you are referring to Ungoliant, Princess. Have you truly never heard of her?" Arwen-Jade nodded no. "Well, this is a story that dates back before even the elves that birthed your prince were in Middle Earth."
"What‽‽‽ There was a land for elves that isn't Middle Earth‽‽‽‽ Like, how is that possible‽‽‽‽"
"You see, my princess, the elves once lived on the same land as the gods. One day, the master of all evil teamed up with a huge spider…"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! SPIDER‽‽‽‽ That's SO scary!! How can you, like, even talk about big spiders‽‽‽‽ Don't continue talking please!! It's too scary!! Forget I asked!! No more spiders! AGH! The word even scares me because it's all creepy crawly icky webby ick!" Saruman studied the girl, who was now curled up in fetal position in fear of Ungoliant. Secretly, he found this scene quite laughable, but he was sure that he would lose the chance of getting any extra information from the girl if he laughed. He watched as the girl continued, and she began to cry noisily.
"Relax, Arwen-Jade, this spider cannot hurt you. She died a long time ago. If you truly wish it, I will tell you no more of the fascinating history of Middle Earth." The girl stopped crying for a moment. "If you wish it, you will hear no more of spiders."
"Really Sari?" Saruman nodded, using all of his self-control to not laugh. "Please, please, please, never, ever, ever, ever mention a spider again. It's just…oh, you wouldn't understand, dearest Sari. Only my true love could understand the pain I suffered in Pinkwood and why I must find him." Saruman was going to leave her be since she obviously did not want to talk, and he did not truly want to hear her anymore, but she grabbed him.
"WAIT! I'll tell you about why I had to leave Pinkwood before my love could come find me. You see, of all the gods, Hades has always hated me. I am more beautiful than Persephone, and he wanted to marry me. You see, that's really icky because Hades is all dead people and stuff, and I'm all for living and such. Hades only has spiders since I met his doggie, Sir Bear Us, and brought him home. He's my pet.
"Anyway, these spiders were sent to wrap me in webs and take me to him to be married in a ritual that involves the Necklace of Seduction that binds two beings together under the power of enslavement, one to the other. He was going to make me his love slave! And those spiders were really really mean, and they messed up my hair when I went to him! I would have been okay if my hair wasn't ruined, but those webs took one hundred years to get out, and I just couldn't leave Pinkwood with icky webs in my hair!
"Since then, I have always hated spiders." Arwen-Jade finished the story, her eyes a hot pink, an intense color that made Saruman unable to look the girl in her eyes. He supposed that the girl was looking for some sort of reassurance from him. He simply nodded and forced a smile on his face.
"I knew you'd understand!! Thank you Sari!! I'm so glad that you'll be my personal bodyguard!!" Saruman sighed. It seemed that nothing would ever be sane with Arwen-Jade around.
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Mary Sues tend to believe that they are related to Greek gods, or that a Greek god loves/hates them. I had fun with that! :D I will try to update this every weekend. I also have a poll up for what project I should work on after I've finished. Please review and give me your input!
Again, thank you fieryhairedmaiden92 for being my beta. I'd also like to thank We stand victorious for being my first and only reviewer.