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NEED
By:
Anne( v )79
Chapter XIV:
Memories
"Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again."
WILLA CATHER
"FINALLY!" I heard Sam exclaiming when we got near the fellowship. Sam came quickly to us and he took away all the branches from Legolas. Sam threw all the branches on the middle of what I supposed the camp was and Aragorn and Boromir immediately went to start a fire. I looked at Ori who was looking at me curiously I frowned and he just puffed in from the pipe. I looked at Legolas who was now talking seriously to Aragorn of something I couldn't hear. He looked at me while Aragorn talked to him and he grinned, I grinned back naturally.
"Buffy!" Pip said from the hobbits were sitting in and he motioned with his hand so I would go to him. I went and sat between Merry and Frodo. "So Buffy where did you get that song from?" I raised an eyebrow. "I've never heard it before"
"Which song?"
"The one you sang on the road"
"Well from where I come from" I said simply searching for my bag.
"And where is that?" Frodo asked curiously.
"Far far away"
"How far?" Merry asked now interested in the subject.
"Far enough"
"As in The Undying Lands far?" Boromir asked while he sat in front of me with a glint of interest in his eyes. The hobbits waited for my answer with suspense.
"The Undying Lands are near compared to where I come from" I muttered.
"How does it call?" Gimli, the new member of this conversation asked. I was starting to feel as if this was an interrogation so my eyes went directly to Ori for help but he just stood there with a look in his eyes that I couldn't quite understand. I glared at him softly for standing there and he smiled shortly. Oh so that was it, I had to face my own demons alone… just perfect.
"How does it call what?" I asked …just add more time so I could find a new distraction and they would have to dropp the subject. I looked at Legolas who was still talking with Aragorn. He must have sensed my glance because he looked at me and he stood to come on my rescue…even when I doubted that he knew the situation I was. I sighed in relief. I smiled confidently.
"Of the place you come from!" Merry said next to me and I saw Ori grabbing Legolas arm. There I understood, Ori wanted me to confront this… again, just perfect. I suppose it was the perfect time to bring back the memories that I had left in the back of my head. The painful ones that only came out once in a while in one or two nightmares.
"Earth…" The hobbits Boromir and Gimli frowned simultaneously.
"Earth? I've never heard of a place named Earth before" Boromir expressed his thoughts and the thoughts of the others.
"Food is ready!" Sam yelled and I sighed immediately. I stood quickly and went to Sam who was clueless about the former conversation. I grabbed the 'plates' we have…more like little casseroles and I grabbed one and passed it to the one behind me that happened to be Ori. I turned quickly and gave my plate to Sam who put me two huge portions of the thing he was making. There were no spoons ladies and gentlemen.
I ate my food silently while the others started a nice conversation in which I was the only one not participating Ori noticed this but of course he didn't say anything. I obviously finished first my food and before they could get me into another conversation of my home I said good night and faked a good yawn. I opened my bag and pulled my Blanquette out and my coat which I used as a pillow, I searched around and then I turned to Ori.
"Where's the tent?"
"We do not have one Aduial" My eyes widened immediately. I was never a big fan of sleeping in the middle of nothing with all the disgusting bugs in it.
"Argh" I grabbed my Blanquette and I put comfortable in a place away from the group talking, I did my best version of a sleeping bag and I tucked into it making sure every inch of my body except the face was covered with the Blanquette. I closed my eyes and arranged my head on the coat. I fell asleep after five minutes of mental convincement that no bugs were interested in eating my head.
I woke up before dawn and I noticed the hobbits sleeping near me I stood slowly and quietly to not wake my little fellows. I looked at Gandalf who was leaning on a tree looking at the ground with his eyes apparently closed; Gimli was sleeping hugging his axe which made smile. Aragorn and Boromir were both leaning on a tree like Gandalf and Legolas was also leaning to a tree…..but with his eyes open I smiled and I noticed he didn't smile back I walked to him but his glance was still on the same place I waved my hand in front of him but he didn't react I checked that he was breathing and that there were no weird injuries. I sighed and decided to ask him about it later I checked that my twin swords were on the same spot that yesterday and I decided to go for a walk while the dawn came.
I shivered suddently and felt the eyes of someone watching me, yet their prescense was unknown to me, I grabbed my twin swords trying to look relaxed. I continued walking focused in looking careless and oblivious to my 'watcher'. I continued walking for about three minutes because I stopped feeling some one near me….there were two options: one was that maybe I had managed to loose him and the second option was that I wasn't the most 'interesting' thing he had to watch. I ran quickly, but quietly, to the camp watching at everything on the way. The sun was already starting to show. I managed to reach the camp, they were already awake and I started to watch around us, the watcher couldn't just disappear. I looked around without caring about looking nuts to the rest of the fellowship.
I frowned confused at the sudden disappearence of the watcher. I looked around hoping to see a shadowed figure, yet my senses told me there wasn't anyone there. I sighed defeated but I mentally remind me to be always alert for the watcher. There was something in it's aura that didn't quite fit, but it seemed somewhat familiar. I brushed my thoughts of the watcher of my head and went to were Sam was finishing cooking.
"Buffy finally!" Pip said walking next to me, as he reached me. My thoughts drifted to the watcher once again, not hearing quite well what the hobbit said. "We thought we would have to search for you for the breakfast" I looked at the hobbit loosing my focus on the watcher.
"What?" I asked ignoring what the hobbit had said before.
"Breakfast" He said pointing at Sam who had some hot sausages one a long fork. I nodded absently. I had to talk to Gandalf about the watcher.
"How many sausages do you want Buffy?" Sam asked me handing me the same plate from before with his free hand.
"One will be enough Sam" I said still thinking of the watcher.
"You are going to die from malnutrition" Ori commented behind me.
"Nah I won't and you know it" I grinned at the old man and allowed him to search for his breakfast I sat on one of the rocks we had moved to make our 'conversation' spot. Legolas sat next to me eating his own sausage. "Good Morning" I muttered.
"Good Morning my lady" He said with the same tone.
"So…" I said looking for a topic of conversation
"How did you sleep?" He completed.
"Fine... you?"
"Alright" Then I remembered.
"Uhm Legolas…" He looked at me curious. "When I woke up …uhm…you were sleeping right?" He nodded. "Well you were …you were with…" He seemed to understand of what I was talking about
"With my eyes open?" I nodded. "That is how elves sleep Buffy" I made the 'o' once again and once again Legolas laughed at me. "Are you sure you lived with elves for three years?" I glared at the blonde next to me.
"Yes I did…but I never saw any sleeping" He grinned even wider. "What?"
"Nothing" He said eating the last bite of his sausage. My eyes widened a bit by the sudden understaing of his implications and I smirked.
"They tended to leave my chambers before sleeping" I commented, smirking smugly as I took a bite of the sausage.
Legolas looked at me with his eyebrow raised and I gave him an innocent stare. "Something worng with your food?" I asked.
"No there's nothing wrong lady" He smiled shortly, I figured he was sort of mad. I rolled my eyes and finished off my sausage.
"We must leave this place as it was before...or close" Ori said loudly so all of us could understand it. "We should start packing now" I stood up and grabbed the Blanquette I had left with my coat and I put them in my bag. After I had gathered all my stuff, I grabbed some of the rocks we used that seemed to be organized and I threw them so they fell in a position that couldn't suggest any organization, thereford no people had stayed there. After half an hour that place looked as woodish as it looked before. Does the word woodish exist anyways?
After living a while in a 'routine' that the only thing that seemed to change even a little bit was the view. We were now starting to climb a HUGE and believe me when I say huge mountain. Now I was walking with Ori "So isn't there a tunnel? 'Cause honestly Ori this mountain is huge!" I whined. The hobbits had gotten tired like an hour ago so they were riding Bill for turns. And by consequence I had to carry my own bag. Aragorn and Boromir eventually commented something but never said anything about being tired; my dear dwarf was tired, I could see it in his eyes and his breathing rithim, but he was even more stuborn to admit that the race of the all mighty dwarves could be tired, specially when he was the only representative of his race. Man, always with their macho personalities.
Legolas being the stupid elf he was he didn't even feel a little ickle tired, I was really starting to hate him. I turned my face and glared at him once again making him grin in return and I turned again. "Couldn't we rest a little bit?" We had being walking since dawn and if I had a watch I could say it was about 4 pm… yes ladies and gentlemen 11 hours walking but of course with only two breaks of half an hour each. I know I'm a slayer and all but after two weeks in this you really start to get tired.
"We will rest when we reach the resting spot" Smart Ori very smart.
"Are we there yet?" Gimli asked behind us. That gave me an idea. Mwahahahahahaha.
"No Gimli" Ori said calmly.
"Are we there yet?" I asked innocently
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"No! Buffy we are not there yet in ten minutes we will be, so please be quiet!" He snapped and I chuckled to myself, he glared at me.
"I'll go and talk to the stupid elf over here" I mumbled and I waited that Ori walked away and Legolas to reach me. "Hi elf" He smiled
"Hi slayer" He said quietly so nobody else could hear I grinned. "Do you want to trade our bags, probably mine will be lighter than yours" He suggested and I nodded. I gave him mine and he gave me his. It was really light compared to mine.
"What did you bring? A Blanquette and nothing else?" I asked confused. He smiled
"Just the necessary" He said. "What did you brought? All your weapons? Rocks?" I glared at the elf but he didn't react because of that…he was now used to my constant glares. "I'm starting to forget how you were without glaring" He commented grinning I glared even harder. "Yes a long lost memory" I smiled, yet I glared no long after.
We kept walking until we reached a plane part that served for us to rest. After half an hour resting drinking water and eating a 'snack'. Merry and Pippin asked me to train with swords I rejected the idea and Boromir volunteered, we were all happy watching the hobbits fight. "Move your feet!" Aragorn corrected the hobbits while he was smoking his pipe.
While I saw the hobbits training I heard the conversation between Ori and Gimli. "If anyone was to ask for my opinion, which I note they're not, I'd say we were taking the long way round. Gandalf! We could pass through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome"
"Balin? Isn't that the one that made my axe?" I turned and asked Gimli he nodded. "I say we should go there Ori!" I said cheerfully. "I have to give my congratulations to the dwarf for the axe and give him the thanks" Ori silenced me with one look and I returned to watch the hobbits annoyed.
"No, Gimli. I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice." Ori finished. I noticed that Boromir accidentally hit one of the hobbits.
"Get him!" Pip ordered and the both hobbits launched themselves to the poor Boromir.
"For the Shire" I started laughing and Aragorn joined me.
"What is that?" Sam asked
"Nothing is just a wisp of cloud" Ori dismissed I turned and watched what Sam was talking about. It was dark and it looked like a cloud but I knew it wasn't my spider sense alerted me.
"That's no cloud Ori" I warned the wizard. Boromir agreed with me.
"It's moving fast and against the wind" He said.
"Crebain from Duneland!" Legolas finally yelled.
"Hide!" Some one yelled. Boromir grabbed the hobbits, Pip and Merry. Frodo left with Aragorn who protected him. And I felt some one grabbing my arm getting me into the bushes near. I looked at Legolas who touched my lips to avoid me from speaking. I nodded but his hand didn't leave my lips. I smiled with his hand still touching my lips and I forgot about the damned birds I touched his hand which he lowered slowly and he leaned to kiss me once again. Lets just say, that it was better from before.
"They are gone!" One of the hobbits yelled and I separated from him. He had now a smirk pasted on his face.
"Shut up before you ruin it" I mumbled and gave him a small peck on the lips and then we went out of the bushes.
"Dust of a vampire…" I put the dust I held on a plastic bag into the circle around me. "Blood of the key" I cut my finger and let a couple of drops to fall over the dust "Heart of a banshee" I put the pieces of the heart "Tears of a lion" I let the drops fall into the ingredients I had set before "And fangs of a werewolf" I put the three fangs I got from the new Magic shop.
"Dawn!" I heard Willow screaming me from downstairs.
"Kali goddess of the dimensions…"
"Dawn!"
"Let me pass to the dimension where…"
"Are you alright!"
"…the owner of this object resides…" I put Buffy's old bracelet and I heard Willow coming up, I knew I had only a couple of seconds. "…let me pass to the dimension where the owner of this object resides! Kali let me pass!" I was starting to get desperate "Kali goddess of dimensions let me pass!"
So guys, I hope a month hasn't been too long, I've been enjoying a lot with this story and I'm planing to put some action in it soon. So don't go away, because I just started chap 15 and if everything goes as it's supposed to go, you might have chap 15 real soon.
Go and push that purple thing!