Did I say sleep? I meant stay awake all night. None of them could really stay asleep with the ork sounds coming in the distance. They gradually came closer to the woods, even to the point of going under them. (Should clarify- they all were trying to sleep in a tree, not stupidly lying on the ground. While, TREES if you're going to be technical with me). But none of the orks discovered them that night, even though they stayed awake to be prepared.
The next morning they climbed out of the trees (the hobbits with some assistance from Aragorn and Boromir) and ate breakfast on the ground in the light of day. During breakfast, Shealyn also made Frodo read more Harry Potter, which he was quickly reading through.
"You're having cake for breakfast?" Rachael asked, raising an eyebrow at Amanda. Amanda was currently hoarding a large piece of chocolate cake for breakfast.
"Duh." Amanda said, rolling her eyes at her friend.
"Why?" Rachael questioned, rolling her eyes in return. Amanda stared at Rachael all seriously.
"Why wouldn't I?" Amanda replied before giving her friend a smile.
Rachael would have launched into a lecture now at the unhealthiness of eating cake for breakfast, but the last time she tried to Amanda had just zoned her out and kept eating cake. Instead, Rachael just shook her head for a moment before eating her fruit.
Within moments Amanda had finished her cake. Abbi followed her sister's lead and also had cake.
"Lady Abbi?" Sam asked cautiously. Abbi turned to him.
"Yes?" Abbi asked. Sam gently reached up his hand and brushed something off her cheek. Abbi raised an eyebrow in question.
"You had cake on your face." He explained. Abbi nodded.
"Thanks." She said to him, smiling. "I probably would have looked silly walking around with cake crumbs on my face." He smiled back at her.
"You could never look silly." He said to her, causing her to blush slightly, but not enough for him to notice.
"Thanks." She said, not sure how to respond to that.
Amanda rolled her eyes at them, but made sure to wipe any chocolate cake off her face.
Soon after breakfast they made for Lothlórien, because they were only in the woods surrounding the magic-y woods, not the magic-y woods themselves. Soon after they had walked far into the woods and it was nearly night, they were suddenly stopped by the fact that then they heard a voice above from the tree.
"Daro!" The voice spoke in a commanding tone.
"Don't move or speak!" Legolas told them, on instinct taking up a protective stance in front of Rachael (who blushed a ton). The same voice spoke down to them in elvish, and Legolas responded in elvish as well.
"What are they saying?" Sam asked.
"He's saying you were all breathing so loud he could have shot you in the dark." Legolas responded with a smile. Sam hastily covered his mouth with his hands to make his breathing quieter, making Abbi laugh. "But he also says you do not need to be afraid. They have been watching us for a while-"
"Stalkers." Emma muttered. Abbi laughed.
"- and know I am an elf because they heard my voice, so they didn't hinder us crossing the Nimrodel."
"The what?" Alyssa said, once again showing the fact she had no idea what was going on.
"That river we crossed a while back." Amanda explained.
"Now they have told me to climb up with Frodo, for they seem to know of him and our journey." Legolas continued. "The others they ask to wait a while, and keep watch down here until they decide what is to be done." After he finished, a silver-grey ladder was lowered from above in the tree.
"How did they say all of that in like one minute?" Shealyn asked.
"Magic?" Abbi said with a shrug of her shoulder.
"ELVISH magic." Rachael replied, causing the other two to laugh. Legolas, after a glance at Rachael, quickly scurried up the ladder, reminding Alyssa of a mouse, causing a smile to appear on her face. Frodo followed slowly after. Then Sam went, trying as hard as possible to keep his breathing quiet. Soon the three had disappeared from view.
"Soo… what now?" Abbi asked.
"Well, we have to wait while Legolas talks to the other elves and Frodo stands around awkwardly." Amanda responded. "Legolas will talk about who is here, and then Haldir-"
"Who's Haldir?" Alyssa interrupted.
"The other elf." Amanda replied. "Anyways, Haldir will freak out at the fact that we have a dwarf with us."
"Wait- what?" Gimli asked, getting irritated as he understood.
"Then Frodo will stand up for Gimli, and then Legolas will come down and tell us what happened." Amanda finished. At that moment, Legolas came down.
"Let me guess," Emma said before he could say a word, "You were talking to the other elves."
"And Frodo just stood around awkwardly." Shealyn added.
"And then you talked about who were your companions." Rachael jumped in.
"And then Haldir-" Abbi started.
"The other elf!" Alyssa interrupted, pleased she knew something.
"-freaked out at the fact that we have a dwarf with us." Abbi finished.
"And then Frodo stood up for Gimli." Shealyn said.
"And now you came down to tell us what happened." Amanda concluded. Legolas' jaw dropped.
"Yes." Legolas said, confused. The girls laughed.
"So what did they conclude?" Aragorn asked, getting down to business.
"The hobbits and three of the girls are to go up there to sleep for the night." Legolas said, pointing upwards as if no one had understood. The rest of us will go into a similar talar nearby."
"A what?" Alyssa asked.
"Tree house loft thing." Amanda tried to explain.
"Which girls should go up?" Abbi asked him. "Or do they not care?"
"Based on the descriptions I gave of all of you, they requested to see Abbi, Alyssa and Rachael." He looked a little upset at the fact that Rachael was split up from him- Amanda personally guessed that they wanted to see Rachael because Legolas probably gave a great image of her. The others were probably the least random in his opinion, so they chose them.
"Wow, now I feel unloved." Amanda stated sarcastically as said girls began to climb the ladder with Pippin and Merry.
"UNLOVED GROUP UNITE!" Emma shouted, joining their elbows together. The other two laughed.
"UNLOVED GROUP UNITE!" the other two repeated. They laughed as they followed Legolas.
"Oh brother." Boromir sighed in exasperation.
READERS: so I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Not so much couples, but next chapter will have at least malyssa (merry and Alyssa- yes I do have shipping names for all of them. I know you're secretly jealous!) I have once again been kidnapped by Rachael, but she has provided me with food so it's all good for now. Onto reviews! LOTR-HP-PJ I'm glad you like the cover! I didn't make it myself, unless you count finding it and choosing it, but glad you like it anyways! i'm glad that you like that this follows the books! It will be a bit of a mix, but I do like doing it more on the book. You can stop pouting now because I'm going to post chapter 15 today as well, just it's going to be short. LegolasGreenleafLove I'm so glad you loved how I described things! Personally that's one of the most fun things, but Rachael (who is right next to me) is terrible with helping me find descriptive words. (Rachael says " Legolas shi wo de." Rachael wanted to force you to figure out for yourself what that means, but it means 'Legolas is mine'. She is obsessed with other languages.) LEAFBLOSSOM! I did put a tiny bit of Sabbi (sam abbi) in this one, so I hope that you like it. You are very welcome for awkwardness, as we seem to just generate awkward! (we being my friends and i) yes you did spell it right, and yes I do know what P.S. stands for! (anyone who wants to know, that's what google is for!) Emizeluvsbooks I'm glad you liked your cookies! Thank ye for putting down your favorite quotes and otherness stuff you enjoyed, because it makes me happy and I laugh at them again and know how to do future chapters to make people (or at least you) like them. I will try to do more Boromir, Gimli and Aragorn, but it'll be tricky because I'm trying to do more of 14 characters all while still moving the plot along. Thank you all once again for reviewing, and remember to once again PLEASE REVIEW!