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The Last Rose of Summer Chapter 9

Natalia watched with the argument of the men, elves and dwarves with curiosity. She could hear English coming from the men and some of the dwarves, but from the elves she heard something different. She heard them speak in their own, beautiful, entrancing language.

'It is a very beautiful language. They sound mad and they probably are mad but they still make it sound beautiful.' Natalia thought to herself as she continued to watch the argument with interest. But as soon as she had paid attention to the argument, and had gotten into it, it was over.

"I shall take the ring. I shall take the ring to Mordor. Though I don't know the way." Frodo said quietly then he looked around the council meeting gauging everyone's expressions.

"I will help you beat this burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it yours to bear." Natalia watched with interest as the wizard Gandalf stood up and offered his assistance to Frodo.

'They must be good friends...' Natalia thought to herself but snapped out of her thoughts when she felt shuffling from beside her.

"If, by my life or death, I can protect you I will. You have my sword." Aragorn told Frodo sincerely making sure that Frodo understood. He meant every single word he said and he would keep it.

"You will have my bow." Natalia's eyes snapped over to the elf, Legolas, and she stared at him for a moment.

'I still cannot figure out what is so different about him. There is something I know it. There has to be something because his elven friends treat him differently.' Natalia pondered on this a moment but then her thoughts drifted to Frodo.

She saw him standing on the other side of the meeting with people standing beside him. He looked unsure of what was going to come in the near future but in his eyes Natalia could tell that there was courage and hope.

'You must go with them.' Natalia jumped at the voice and stood up quickly watching as all eyes turned on her.

"I am coming too Frodo." Natalia quickly ran over to the rest of them men and she stood as close as she could to Aragorn.

"Lady Natalia?" Frodo asked her unsure what to say. He knew that this was going to be a dangerous quest and he didn't want her to get hurt.

"I'm going with you." Natalia said in a determined voice. She tried not to show the people at the meeting how intimidated she was standing here with all the men. Especially since two of the men were giving her looks.

'I can feel them staring at me and I don't like it. But what should I do? Should I turn around and look at them or just ignore them?' She questioned herself and before she could really think about it, she turned her head.

Natalia's eyes connected with the blue eyes of Legolas and in his eyes she saw a bunch of mixed emotions. She, of course, saw curiosity held in his eyes but there was something beyond it that she couldn't really figure out. They had been staring at each other in the meeting, she was curious about him, and she could only guess that he was just as curious about her.

"Here!" Natalia tore her eyes away from Legolas and awkwardly shifted her body away from his and instead she focused on a head of blonde hair coming from the trees behind them.

"Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me!" Sam exclaimed as he took his spot next to Frodo's with his most determined look on his face.

"No indeed. It is very hard to separate you two even when he is summoned to a secret council meeting and you are not." Natalia heard Lord Elrond tell Sam in an amused voice as if to say that he wasn't in too much trouble.

"Oi! We're coming too! You'd have to send us tied up in a sack to stop us!" Natalia jumped slightly when she heard Pippin and Merry run in.

"Are you alright Milady?" Natalia jumped again and she closed her eyes for a moment before she opened them. She turned her head to the side, preparing to glare at whoever scared her, when she caught Legolas' gaze.

She looked into his eyes again and saw amusement flash across his eyes before they were filled with curiosity again.

"Yes I am alright. They just took me by surprise." Natalia whispered back a little harshly before she turned back around. She quickly crossed her arms over her chest, and once again, tried to go back to ignoring the feeling of someone watching her.

'I shouldn't have been so harsh towards him. He was only trying to be nice.' Natalia turned her head to the side slightly to look at him but instead of his eyes being on her, they were now on Lord Elrond.

'Men.' Natalia scoffed to herself and she turned back around. She tried to clear her thoughts free of Legolas but as soon as her mind was clear, one of the voices came back.

'You're being unfaithful.'

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Natalia sat down on the edge of her bed and, for once, let her mind effortlessly wander back to Toronto. She thought about everything that had happened since she had moved away from her parents, her siblings and her friends.

'Freedom. That's what I wanted. I wanted freedom. I thought that they were trying to control me but they were trying to save me.' Natalia sighed and flopped back on her bed and closed her eyes for a moment.

'They had warned me that he wouldn't be faithful to me. They all had warned me and I didn't listen. I uprooted my life for him. I uprooted my life across the country for him. Then he cheated on me.' Natalia clenched her hands together along with her jaw.

She was more infuriated with herself then she was with her ex-boyfriend. She had believed everything that he told her. She had bought into every lie and every sweet word uttered from his mouth.

'It was your entire fault. You pushed him towards cheating on you. You gave him no choice.' The irritating voice rang in Natalia's head like an alarm. She couldn't get it to stop or be quiet and if it were going to be quiet, it would take a while.

'It was not my fault! I did nothing wrong! He cheated on me!' Natalia yelled in her head trying to get the voice to shut up but, like an alarm, it just kept getting louder.

'Cheater. Cheater. Cheater.' Natalia clenched her fists again hit them against the bed.

"I am not a cheater!" She said out loud finally being satisfied that the voice had shut up.

'It's gone for now at least. Until it comes back and starts nagging me again.' Natalia opened her eyes and stared at the roof.

"It isn't my fault is it?" She mumbled to herself before she sat up and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Did I really push him to cheat on me?" Natalia whispered quietly to herself before flopping back on her bed again.

Authors Note:

Okay so that was the new chapter. Hoped you liked it. The next chapter should be when they actually leave. So please keep reading!