Ok now I know that it has been a while since I last updated this and I am sorry for that. I kinda got into my current LXG story and wanted to work on that for a bit.
The essay on the Roman economy is now out of the way. Yay ! But I still need to do an evaluation of Time Team.
I'll apologise now if this chapter isn't that good as I am slightly stuck on what to do now. I know one bit for the trip up the mountain but need to do a bit more first.
Thank you to everybody who has reviewed the last chapter. Wow 50 reviews. That's the most I have at the moment for any of my stories.
This chapter takes place a while after the last and is set just before they start to go up the mountain.
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It had been several days since the fellowship had had their close encounter with the birds sent by Saruman, on the advice of Gandalf they were heading towards the Pass of Terathos, to the hobbits the mountains that they were heading towards were terrifying as they had never seen such things in their lives before hand. They had heard Bilbo's stories about the Lonely Mountain but none of the older hobbits stories had prepared them for the acctuallity of seeing a true mountains for the first time. The other members of the party were not impressed by them the only real notice paid to them was on the depth of snow as it would make the journey more difficult if it was very deep. Of the fellowship only Legolas was unaffected by the cold temperatures that were increasing everyday, he felt for the hobbits as none of them had any experience with very cold temperatures. Aragorn and Gandalf seemed to be similarly unaffected and Boromir and Gimli made no mention of the fact when it was obvious that they were both cold. If none of the others had been there then Legolas would have been tempted to keep Aragorn in his arms all night just to ensure that the man kept warm. The Hobbits were curling up together at night but Aragorn seemed to have withdrawn into himself more with each passing day and Legolas had no idea how to reach him. The only person who seemed to be able to reach the ranger on any level was Frodo, Aragorn had taken his duty of protecting the ringbearer very seriously and rarely let Frodo out of his sight. Legolas was gald to see this as as long as the ranger had something to concentrate on he would not be looking for a way to get himself killed.
A day later they were still climbing up the mountain, late the previous evening they had started coming across patches of snow and now the entire area that they were walking through was covered in snow. It was not yet deep a fact they were all grateful for as if it had been it would have made a difficult job almost impossible. Legolas was walking at the front as his elven eyesight and grace on the snow made him ideal for scouting out on the difficult terrain. Aragorn however was walking at the back seemingly lost in his own thoughts. The accute hearing of the elf heard someone slip behind him and he turnned quickly to see Aragorn helping Frodo to his feet and then dusting the snow of the young hobbit. The young elf saw Boromir pick up something from the snow and saw it was the ring, the tension in Aragorn was visable even from a distance. Seeing Aragorn rap his hand round his sword hilt Legolas made to dash down the hill to try and protect his friend. He caught the look that Gandalf shot him and stopped. How the istari knew what he was going to do Legolas did not know. He wished he knew where the need to protect Aragorn came from as well as he knew that the ranger could look after himself he knew that he could not stand by while there was the possibility that Aragorn could be hurt and that if neccessary he would give his life to protect the man.
Aragorn had seen the elf on the verge of coming to his rescue and was inwardly seething about that. The elf had seen that Aragorn could look after himself in a fight, his reputuation as a fighter was not inconsiderable and the elf should know he could deal with one man on his own. He was going to have to talk to Legolas again as just because Aragorn had a few problems that did not mean that he had to look out for him all the time. There were others who needed to be protected like the hobbits, none of them had any idea how to look after themselves in a fight.
Gandalf had noticed the increasing tension between the pair and he was starting to worry. If everything went to plan then there was no where he could realictically leave the pai. They needed to resolve their differences soon though or they were going to jepordise the entire quest. The wizard resolved that he would give the man and the elf another week to try and work things out on their own then he would take action. He hoped he would not as the Mirkwood prince had never been one to take advice well being too wrapped up in his own beliefs to change for anyone. Aragorn was just as stubborn having a deep dislike for his own kind and a very negative attitude towards himself as well. One thing was certain and that was that there was going to be trouble between them before too much longer.
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Two days later ....
The snow had been getting deeper over the last few days to the point that the hobbits were finding it difficult to walk, Aragorn and Boromir had two hobbits each and were fighting their way forward. Legolas was walking ahead of them staying on top of the snow as he did so. Gandalf was just behind him.
"There is a fell voice upon the air" He said at length his acute hearing it over the sound of the wind and snow
"It's Saruman" Gandalf shouted back. This recognition of what the threat was seemed to cause a small amount of snow to fall towards the fellowship causing them all to step back.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain!" Aragorn stated "Gandalf we must turn back."
"No!" Gandlaf shouted and struggled to stand on top of the snow so that he could attempt to counter the charm of the other wizard. As the two wizards matched wits and stregth across a distance the other members of the Fellowship could do nothing and when Saruman was proved to be the stronger it was only Legolas who had the prescence of mind to drag Gandalf back so that he was not swept off the edge of the cliff by the snow.
Legolas was the first to emerge from the snow and looked anxiously around, Gandalf and the dwarf were uncovering themselves but there was no sign of the hobbits or the two men.
"Estel." The elf called worried about his friend. He was very relieved when a few seconds later a hand broke the surface of the snow and the ranger pulled himself out then the two hobbits he had been protecting with his own body. Once he was sure that the hobbits were unharmed Aragorn looked round for the elf only to find that Legolas was staring at him, for a moment the pairs eyes locked and held, time seemed to slow for a moment until Frodo's voice broke the spell that had been weaving itself around the pair.
"We must get off the mountain, make for the gap of Rohan and take the west road to my city" Boromir suggested
"The gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard." Aragorn replied
"If we can not pass over the mountain let us go under it. Let us go through the mines of Moria" Gimli suggested. Legolas and Aragorn both noticed the look that passed over Gandalfs face. Legolas himself was not happy to go through the mines as elves did not do well underground especially when there were lots of dwarves around. The elf and the ranger had also heard stories of an evil prescence in the mines.
"Let the ring bearer decide." Gandalf said knowing what the hobbit was likely to chose
"We cannot stay here it will be the death of the hobbits" Boromir called seeing the frozen look on Pippins face
"Frodo?" Gandalf asked
"We will go through the mines." Frodo said after taking a look at Frodos face.
"So be it."
The party turnned to try and go back the way they had come. this time Boromir took the lead using his shield to push the snow out of the way to make it easier for the others. As Aragorn turnned away legolas saw the look on his friends face, it was completely blank as though the man behind it had died once more. The plan of going up the mountains had been Aragorns and the fact that it had ended in failure did not bode well for the mans belief in his abilities to lead others.
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Okay. I know this chapter has been a long time coming and I'm sorry for that. I've been working on this one for about a month now and it was just not happening.
I would appreciate any one who tells me how bad this chapter is as I know a lot of it is lifted from the film but there was nothing else that I could think to happen.
Thank you to Agarwenloth who told me to get my act together.
Anyway. If you let me know what you think then I will update. Hopefully quicker this time. We've got some Legolas angst coming soon as opposed to Aragorn so keep reading.
Thanks.
The essay on the Roman economy is now out of the way. Yay ! But I still need to do an evaluation of Time Team.
I'll apologise now if this chapter isn't that good as I am slightly stuck on what to do now. I know one bit for the trip up the mountain but need to do a bit more first.
Thank you to everybody who has reviewed the last chapter. Wow 50 reviews. That's the most I have at the moment for any of my stories.
This chapter takes place a while after the last and is set just before they start to go up the mountain.
...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
It had been several days since the fellowship had had their close encounter with the birds sent by Saruman, on the advice of Gandalf they were heading towards the Pass of Terathos, to the hobbits the mountains that they were heading towards were terrifying as they had never seen such things in their lives before hand. They had heard Bilbo's stories about the Lonely Mountain but none of the older hobbits stories had prepared them for the acctuallity of seeing a true mountains for the first time. The other members of the party were not impressed by them the only real notice paid to them was on the depth of snow as it would make the journey more difficult if it was very deep. Of the fellowship only Legolas was unaffected by the cold temperatures that were increasing everyday, he felt for the hobbits as none of them had any experience with very cold temperatures. Aragorn and Gandalf seemed to be similarly unaffected and Boromir and Gimli made no mention of the fact when it was obvious that they were both cold. If none of the others had been there then Legolas would have been tempted to keep Aragorn in his arms all night just to ensure that the man kept warm. The Hobbits were curling up together at night but Aragorn seemed to have withdrawn into himself more with each passing day and Legolas had no idea how to reach him. The only person who seemed to be able to reach the ranger on any level was Frodo, Aragorn had taken his duty of protecting the ringbearer very seriously and rarely let Frodo out of his sight. Legolas was gald to see this as as long as the ranger had something to concentrate on he would not be looking for a way to get himself killed.
A day later they were still climbing up the mountain, late the previous evening they had started coming across patches of snow and now the entire area that they were walking through was covered in snow. It was not yet deep a fact they were all grateful for as if it had been it would have made a difficult job almost impossible. Legolas was walking at the front as his elven eyesight and grace on the snow made him ideal for scouting out on the difficult terrain. Aragorn however was walking at the back seemingly lost in his own thoughts. The accute hearing of the elf heard someone slip behind him and he turnned quickly to see Aragorn helping Frodo to his feet and then dusting the snow of the young hobbit. The young elf saw Boromir pick up something from the snow and saw it was the ring, the tension in Aragorn was visable even from a distance. Seeing Aragorn rap his hand round his sword hilt Legolas made to dash down the hill to try and protect his friend. He caught the look that Gandalf shot him and stopped. How the istari knew what he was going to do Legolas did not know. He wished he knew where the need to protect Aragorn came from as well as he knew that the ranger could look after himself he knew that he could not stand by while there was the possibility that Aragorn could be hurt and that if neccessary he would give his life to protect the man.
Aragorn had seen the elf on the verge of coming to his rescue and was inwardly seething about that. The elf had seen that Aragorn could look after himself in a fight, his reputuation as a fighter was not inconsiderable and the elf should know he could deal with one man on his own. He was going to have to talk to Legolas again as just because Aragorn had a few problems that did not mean that he had to look out for him all the time. There were others who needed to be protected like the hobbits, none of them had any idea how to look after themselves in a fight.
Gandalf had noticed the increasing tension between the pair and he was starting to worry. If everything went to plan then there was no where he could realictically leave the pai. They needed to resolve their differences soon though or they were going to jepordise the entire quest. The wizard resolved that he would give the man and the elf another week to try and work things out on their own then he would take action. He hoped he would not as the Mirkwood prince had never been one to take advice well being too wrapped up in his own beliefs to change for anyone. Aragorn was just as stubborn having a deep dislike for his own kind and a very negative attitude towards himself as well. One thing was certain and that was that there was going to be trouble between them before too much longer.
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Two days later ....
The snow had been getting deeper over the last few days to the point that the hobbits were finding it difficult to walk, Aragorn and Boromir had two hobbits each and were fighting their way forward. Legolas was walking ahead of them staying on top of the snow as he did so. Gandalf was just behind him.
"There is a fell voice upon the air" He said at length his acute hearing it over the sound of the wind and snow
"It's Saruman" Gandalf shouted back. This recognition of what the threat was seemed to cause a small amount of snow to fall towards the fellowship causing them all to step back.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain!" Aragorn stated "Gandalf we must turn back."
"No!" Gandlaf shouted and struggled to stand on top of the snow so that he could attempt to counter the charm of the other wizard. As the two wizards matched wits and stregth across a distance the other members of the Fellowship could do nothing and when Saruman was proved to be the stronger it was only Legolas who had the prescence of mind to drag Gandalf back so that he was not swept off the edge of the cliff by the snow.
Legolas was the first to emerge from the snow and looked anxiously around, Gandalf and the dwarf were uncovering themselves but there was no sign of the hobbits or the two men.
"Estel." The elf called worried about his friend. He was very relieved when a few seconds later a hand broke the surface of the snow and the ranger pulled himself out then the two hobbits he had been protecting with his own body. Once he was sure that the hobbits were unharmed Aragorn looked round for the elf only to find that Legolas was staring at him, for a moment the pairs eyes locked and held, time seemed to slow for a moment until Frodo's voice broke the spell that had been weaving itself around the pair.
"We must get off the mountain, make for the gap of Rohan and take the west road to my city" Boromir suggested
"The gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard." Aragorn replied
"If we can not pass over the mountain let us go under it. Let us go through the mines of Moria" Gimli suggested. Legolas and Aragorn both noticed the look that passed over Gandalfs face. Legolas himself was not happy to go through the mines as elves did not do well underground especially when there were lots of dwarves around. The elf and the ranger had also heard stories of an evil prescence in the mines.
"Let the ring bearer decide." Gandalf said knowing what the hobbit was likely to chose
"We cannot stay here it will be the death of the hobbits" Boromir called seeing the frozen look on Pippins face
"Frodo?" Gandalf asked
"We will go through the mines." Frodo said after taking a look at Frodos face.
"So be it."
The party turnned to try and go back the way they had come. this time Boromir took the lead using his shield to push the snow out of the way to make it easier for the others. As Aragorn turnned away legolas saw the look on his friends face, it was completely blank as though the man behind it had died once more. The plan of going up the mountains had been Aragorns and the fact that it had ended in failure did not bode well for the mans belief in his abilities to lead others.
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Okay. I know this chapter has been a long time coming and I'm sorry for that. I've been working on this one for about a month now and it was just not happening.
I would appreciate any one who tells me how bad this chapter is as I know a lot of it is lifted from the film but there was nothing else that I could think to happen.
Thank you to Agarwenloth who told me to get my act together.
Anyway. If you let me know what you think then I will update. Hopefully quicker this time. We've got some Legolas angst coming soon as opposed to Aragorn so keep reading.
Thanks.