The Elfling Twins
By: moonling child
Disclaimer: don't own.
Key: "talk" 'thought' 'twin mind talk'
Bilbo and Harry froze at the sight of Willow standing stock still with a broken plate at her feet. Coming out of his shock faster then Bilbo, Harry jumped from his chair and raced over to Willow. Harry gently grabbed Willow's arm and slowly lead her back to the table and sat her on his abandoned chair. Willow was completely lost in her vision and had not even registered the fact that she had been moved. Frodo had been about to freak out when Bilbo had picked him up and held him in his arms. The loud noise had startled him. Bilbo was grateful that Frodo was unaware that Willow was having a vision because he worried that he might panic at the sight of her eyes. Willow spent around a minute in her trance, with Harry doing everything in his power to try and break through the black wall surrounding Willow's mind. Willow suddenly blinked and gasped, coming back to her mind abruptly. Willow's eyes were tri-coloured again, not the solid green she had made them to be.
"What did you see?" Harry questioned immediately, forgetting that she couldn't say anything yet. Willow glared and whacked him on the back of the head. "Sorry! Sorry! I forgot that you can't say what you See yet! I'm sorry!" Harry yelled, covering his head with his arms. Frodo looked over from where he was perched in Bilbo's and asked innocently, "What wrong?"
"Nothing sweetie. I was just thinking that a letter opener might be needed today." Willow said with a smile, hoping that Harry and Bilbo would be able to understand her cryptic clue. (it was all that she could give) Willow walked over to Frodo and Bilbo and took Frodo from Bilbo's arms and went to go change into different clothes. Willow smiled innocently as she saw Harry staring at her with a calculating look in his eye. As soon as Willow and Frodo had left the room, Harry put up a silencing ward and turned to Bilbo. "Do you have anything called or nick-named a letter-opener? something that you don't use in your day-to-day life?" Harry questioned urgently. Harry was bitting his lip as he waited anxiously for Bilbo to answer.
"No, I don't..." Bilbo trailed off, eyebrows furrowing in thought. Suddenly, Bilbo's eyes went wide as he remembered something. Bilbo hurried over to the chest that was in the entrance hall and opened it. inside were all of the things he had kept from when he went on his adventure. Bilbo pulled out a small sword that was perfect for a hobbit but in the hands of a human or elf it would probably be a dagger. "The name of this sword is Sting, but the dwarves i travelled with called it a letter opener. it is the only thing in this home that fits the description you gave me, Harry. Do you think that i will need it?"
Harry immediately nodded his head yes. "It is better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it" Harry quoted from somebody. Bilbo nodded and strapped the sword to his waist.
When Willow and Frodo came back, Willow's eyes were once again pure green. Willow smiled warmly at Bilbo for having the sword strapped to his waist. Harry and Bilbo noticed that Willows eyes were hard and emotionless. Harry instantly knew that she was preparing foe a long and hard battle. Willows eyes had been that way before each battle ever since-
"Are we leaving now?" Harry was torn from his thoughts by Willows question. When Bilbo agreed, Frodo gave a cheer that they were leaving. As the quartet made their way to the door, Bilbo stopped them when he noticed that "Willow, where are your shoes? your not a hobbit, you need to wear them." Bilbo said adamantly. Willow gave a small glare and said frostily "I hate shoes. i refuse to wear them." Bilbo pursed his lips but could see that he wouldn't be winning this argument, so instead he just said, "fine. but if you get hurt it is your own fault." Willow nodded in agreement.
They made their way through the shire. The went to the market and saw many other important sights that the twins, and Frodo once he was old enough, needed to know. They had stopped and had a picnic for their meals. Frodo was having a great time with Harry as they ran around and played in the grass together. Willow and Bilbo keeping a watchful eye out. They were nearing the woods when Harry noticed that his twin was becoming tenser by the second. That alerted him that she knew that her vision was going to take place here.
Willow scooped up Frodo as he raced by her and placed him in a contraption that they hadn't noticed she had on her. Frodo started to protest but Willow just put him to sleep with a charm. Willow also put a red, blue, green, and yellow necklace on Frodo. 'We really need to figure out proper potion doses for Hobbits' Willow thought to herself. 'now Frodo is going to hear everything even though he can't see anything' Willow was grumbling to herself while glaring at the forest like it was going to open up and swallow them whole. Bilbo noticed this and looked to Harry and asked with his expression- 'is this normal?' Harry shook his head but then stilled, the undergrowth in the forest was moving. Bilbo and Harry tensed in anticipation, Bilbo partially drawing his sword, and stared at the forest.
Two older hobbits suddenly came crashing through the forest. "What are you two doing out here?" It was unusual for hobbits to be out this far. This started the cousins taking about adventures and things like that. Harry and Willow had tensed even more, hearing something bigger and more menacing coming toward them then just two hobbits. "Bilbo, take your cousins and start backing away. NOW." Harry's tone told them not to question it. The Hobbits didn't and started to back away, as they too could now hear the things coming.
Willow suddenly snarled and shot her hands into the air, where a bow and quiver flashed into existence. Willow placed the quiver on her back as she drew an arrow and sighted it at the forest. Harry had summoned the sword of gryffindor as soon as he herd Willows unmistakable snarl. Harry focused on the forest even more then before as he heard the hobbits shifting anxiously behind them.
Suddenly, everything went quiet, until suddenly a warg burst through the woods, only to fall down dead with an arrow through its eye. Willow calmly drew another arrow as more of the wolf like creatures and their human like riders crashed out of the forest. Some were even running beside them.
Harry's eyes hardened and he charged forwards, avoiding killing the wolf things as they kept dropping dead from arrows. Harry attacked the creatures with swords and magic where he could. "Protect the hobbits!" Willow suddenly shrieked. Who she shrieked that at was anyones guess but thats what Harry and Bilbo did anyways as Willow was firing arrows at a shocking rate. Harry knew that these idiotic creatures were no master swordsmen so it was fairly easy for Harry to fight off the creatures. Harry didn't notice the five of them that had managed to get around his guard as he was fighting off three at once. Harry heard a war crie from behind him and he caught a glimpse of Willow and Frodo splattered with blood and a dead thing under her feet. 'Thanks' Harry though to Willow. 'My pleasure' Willow thought back. Harry finished off his last opponent and the twins stood there panting for breath. 'I think we need to clean up' Willow thought, looking down at her blood splattered self. Harry was about to agree when they heard a war cries from behind them.
Harry and Willow whipped around and saw five creatures attacking Bilbo and his cousins. it was clear that they were over welcomed thought they were trying their best. Harry and Willow gave two war cries of their own and attacked. Willow summoned the sword of Hufflepuff as she charged in. Harry drew the attention of two of the creatures away from the hobbits as he brutality cut through their attacks. Harry parried a sword swipe from one while dogging another blow. Harry spun on his heal while ducking a sword swipe, and, using his momentum, Harry brought his sword up and stabbed a creature threw the heart. Harry reefed his sword out of the dead creatures chest and rolled out of the way. Just in time too because the other creature slashed at him from where Harry had been seconds before. Harry sprang to his feet and started pairing blows. Harry quickly saw his opening and he easily killed the creature. Harry spun around to see if he was needed again but the others were dead.
Willow had also gotten two of the creatures attention and was fighting them. While her brother Harry preferred fighting with brute strength, Willow preferred to almost dance as she fought. Witch is what she did then, dogging, weaving, and arching her body away from the blows aimed at her and Frodo. As soon as Willow saw an opening she took it, and the creature ended up with a sword threw its neck. Without missing a beat, Willow jumped up and arched over a sword swipe, and when she landed she pulled he sword free and killed the other creature. As her two opponents were dead, willow turned and saw that the others were dead as well. leaving three stunned hobbits, a sleeping baby, and two grim faced elflings the only living things near the forest.
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Answers
Gir240: i know. I'm evil! MWAHAHAHAHAH ;)
Darkcrest27: Harry is a healer. Not really a warrior though he can be. In this story Harry will be very kind a gentle. He still sees the world in black and while for the most part though he can see some shade of grey. Willow sees all the evil in the world because of her visions. Because she can see that she has to be tough to handle it.
Larisya: yes. You are correct. CONGRADULATIONS! YOU WERE MY 100th REVIEWER! PM ME WITH A STORY IDEA AND I WILL TRY AND WRITE IT AS YOUR REWARD IF YOU SO WISH!