Chapter 7: The Found.
"Alright, its time to start back to Minas Tirith, now that we have all the men we can get, so…" She stopped there, and a minute later, everyone knew why, there was something in the woods. "SHH!"
Havok drew her throwing knife, and Odette and Faramir drew their bows, and got some arrows out.
"Its about time I found you. I've been looking everywhere for you, and its like you've been avoiding me." Legolas exclaimed, coming out of the woods.
"LEGOLAS!" Odette screamed, putting her bow and arrows up, and running to him.
"Hey! I really don't feel like being tackled! By the way, how's my pretty girl?" Legolas asked, looking at her, though that was kind of hard, from the way that he was holding her.
"Odette, may I talk to you?" asked Havok, who walked up at that moment.
"I don't see why not, though I haven't seen Legolas since near the last full moon, but if it will only take a minute, sure. I'll be right back." Odette said, starting away from Legolas.
"Havok, what is it? Do you need something?" Odette asked, looking very annoyed at being interrupted.
"Well, it's just that-" Havok started, before Odette interrupted.
"Look, I know what I said, but maybe that was only because it had been too long from the last time that I saw him. I won't know until I spend some time with him." Odette explained.
"Well, if you think that it will help, I'll try to be helpful." Havok said, looking down.
"Thank you. By the way, we'll be getting to Minas Tirith in a couple of days, and you'll get to fight alongside Lady Arwen there." Odette mentioned, looking sly.
"What are you cooking up? I know that look, and its not good, even though I haven't known you for long." Havok said, looking back at her, pondering.
"Nothing. Now, I'll go and talk with Legolas about the travel home." Odette replied, starting towards him.
"Odette, may I talk to you?" Faramir asked, coming up to her, right as she got to Legolas.
"But…" she looked at Legolas, "I suppose."
"What I wanted to talk to you about was…are you still going to marry him?" Faramir wanted to know, "I really don't think that you are meant for him."
"Well, I'm not sure, I might, but it depends, I have to see if I still love him. I know that before you captured me I wouldn't have thought twice about it, but that was because I would be getting back to him faster, since I would be able to get everybody I needed, then travel home, and get into the battle." Odette explained, looking at him, like he was a troll wanting to dance with her.
"Don't look at me like that, I don't like it, and you know perfectly well why I'm asked, you and Havok and you're questioning." He said, looking annoyed that they said they knew what he was talking about.
"We still don't know exactly, but we think we're close." Odette told him, smiling at the thought.
"Well, I do hope that it will be a while until you get that far, and I still won't tell you, until a few more things happen." Faramir told her, walking back towards the other men.
"Legolas! Will you walk with me?" Odette asked him from where she had talked to Faramir. "There's something I need to ask you."
"Be right there." Legolas answered, turning back to the elf that he was talking to.
"Odette! Can you come here for a minute? There's something you need to see." Havok said, yelling across the clearing.
"Fine." She said, looked at Legolas, saw that he didn't even notice, and he was still talking, so she didn't have any trouble leaving where she had wanted to talk to him. "Just let me grab something real quick."
When she got to Havok, she found that they had a spy. He didn't look too bad, but that was just looks, and Odette had learned never to trust how someone looked.
"Whose this?" She asked Havok, looking down at him and getting on his level. "Where did you find him?"
"Around Legolas' horse, didn't think that he needed to be there. But there's a problem." Havok said, looking at the man, then at Odette.
"What would that be? Did he say something?" Odette asked.
"Well… yes…but we couldn't understand him. We don't know what tongue he's speaking." Havok told her, looking her in the eye. "I believe it sounds like the tongue of…Mordor." She said, looking at Odette, and noticed that when she said, Mordor, Odette flinched and stepped back.
"MORDOR! ARE YOU CRAZY? HE CANNOT KNOW THE TONGUE OF MORDOR!" Odette said, thinking she had heard wrong. "There is no possible way, Mordor was torn down stone by stone, and while that was happening, Aragorn had the place surrounded, so no one could escape!"
"I know, but I've heard rumors that Mordor is being rebuilt and used for the fortress of these people fighting your brother." Havok announced, looking nervous talking about the place.
"While they exchanged information, Legolas wandered over, and realized that when he could hear them, they stopped, how they knew he could hear, I guess he won't know until someone tells him.
"We have to get going. Havok, tell everyone, will you?" Odette asked, being pulled away by Legolas.
"Ok. I'll probably catch up to you later. For awhile, I'll be at the back of the column." Havok replied, starting to speak Elvish and marching.
"Why do we have to leave already? I just got here. We don't have to get back that fast." Legolas said, wanting to stay where Aragorn wouldn't get after them for something he didn't want done.
"Because, it is important that I at least get back to Aragorn and help. He is my brother, and he needs help, I cannot abandon him, and the people, when they need so much help." Odette replied, realizing now, that she did not love him, and she wasn't sure if she ever did.
As she finished talking to Legolas, she realized, she must tell him that the ceremony would be off, and probably wouldn't ever happen, at least, not for them. As she went to Havok, to tell her the improvements, she caught Faramir's eye, and thought how he must feel, going back after so long, and having been rejected. She also thought how he would think if he were invited to come back, have his old like back, that sort of thing. Even though he had kidnapped her, she thought of doing something nice for him, since, if it hadn't been for him kidnapping her, she would have gone on with the ceremony and, possible, been miserable.
"Hey, Havok! You want a go at Legolas?" Odette asked, looking mischievous, but liking that she didn't care if someone else liked him.
"So, you don't like him anymore, thought so, especially the way you talked when he wasn't here." Havok replied, looking at Legolas, thinking.
"Well, I know that you would probably want to have a go at making him mad before I did anything." Havok said, looking at him, thinking it would be good for her, and not knowing if she liked him.
As they finished packing, she whistled, for no reason, and she didn't know how, but Shadowfax came and stopped in front of her.
"SHADOWFAX! HOW DID YOU GET HERE?" Odette asked, hugging him around the neck.
"I brought him, and it seems that he got a better welcome than I did." Legolas said, coming up behind her.
"Well, he has helped me through so much lately."
"Yes, but I have too, haven't I?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, well, I know you have. But this is different, I don't ride you everywhere, do I?" Odette replied, smiling.
"That is a good point." Legolas said, laughing.
"Lady Odette, Lady Havok needs you're help with something." Faramir said, rushing up to her.
"I'll be right there. I have to go." She said, looking at Legolas.
"I'll just finish packing." Legolas said, walking back to his stuff and his horse, Bright Star.
"What is it Havok?" Odette asked, coming up to her at a run, barely stopping in time.
"Well, you're out of practice. A ranger needs to always be able to stop immediately." Havok said.
"Havok! What is it you need? I got called over here for something."
"Alright. That man from Mordor, he got away. Supposedly he somehow knocked out the elves guarding him, and untied himself, then ran off without anyone noticing." Havok told her, looking grave.
"This is going to be a problem, most people who know how o speak the forbidden tongue, knows how to speak common, so they could know what we plan on doing next. We have to end a search party for him and find him. Then I will talk to him." Odette said.
"LEGOLAS! COME HERE PLEASE!" Havok said, yelling for several other elves as well.
As Havok got some men out to search for the spy, Odette gave Shadowfax a royal greeting, since, he was such a good friend through everything.
"You tried to warn me, didn't you boy?" Odette said, mentioning that night Faramir got her.
When the searchers got back to the camp, Odette went and asked if they had found any clues. When they said that they hadn't, she said, "I'll have to search for him myself. He has got to be found before he meets some of his friends."
"Well, you're not going by yourself. It's too dangerous." Legolas cut in.
"I can handle myself just fine thank you. I appreciate you taking care of my brother, but I don't need the same courtesy. And yes, I will be going by myself. Everyone else is going to go to minas tirith, I'll take Shadowfax, and catch up to you." Odette said, whistling.
As Shadowfax came up to her, he didn't stop, but kept running and Odette just jumped on his back, as to get the man as fast as possible, then, she yelled back to see if any horses were missing she got an answer that none were. He would be traveling very slowly, since he was on foot.
