YAY!!! My dumb computer finally let me online!!! And the plot bunnies are raring to go--I gave them extra carrots…. Cassandra-- the last chapter was called Mercenary Princess because I was introducing Syri. She'll be back later…
Chapter 29--Histories
Late that afternoon they set up camp near a small cliff for additional shelter. "Gimli, firewood, if you would, Sian fresh meat would be good if you would go hunting," Boromir said.
Legolas gave Gimli a smirk. "As long as I am not to close to him, he will scare off the game crashing through the area like a cow," he said.
Gimli made a rude gesture then stomped off. Two hours later, dinner done and everything cleaned up they settled around the fire.
"I suppose this would be a good time for the explanation I promised," Aragorn said. "My mother died when I was scarcely a year old. I was raised by a succession of nannies. I rarely saw my father at all. I suppose he blamed me for mother's death. When I was eleven he suddenly remembered he had a son and demanded I stay close to him to learn the proper behavior of a king. All was well for about a year. A bandit was brought before him to be sentenced. My father ordered him hung on the spot. He said that thieves did not deserve mercy and I believed him for awhile."
"And then you changed your mind," Gimli stated more than asked.
"Yes, I found out he was stealing so he could provide food and shelter to his wife who was expecting their first child. He had tried to beg aid from the king, but had been refused. I confronted his and we had a bad fight then he hit me. I gathered some things and left, along with my trainer in weapons, Boromir," Aragorn finished.
"So that is how you know him," Gimli remarked. "An interpreting story."
"Yes, I took him to Rivendell figuring he would be safe, his mother was from there, but he had forgotten his mother was an elf. I thought it would be best not to tell him," Boromir added.
"Somehow that woman made remember, you know who I mean, Sian," Aragorn said.
Legolas nodded then froze. "We are being watched, I feel it," he said abruptly. "they are lurking about out there."
"Probably just a rabbit," Gimli grumbled. "Elf is paranoid. Seeing shadows, no doubt." Suddenly there was a loud achoo from beyond them.
Legolas looked at Gimli in distaste. " A rabbit does not sneeze like that," he said.
Gimli scowled and muttered something then turned to the sound. "Show yourself!!" he demanded. "My axe has not been properly bloodied for days!!"
Legolas rolled his eyes and stood, notching an arrow. "Well done, dwarf, now they know exactly where we are," he snorted.
Gimli snorted back at Legolas. "They are watching us they know where we are," he said.
Seven men emerged from the darkness, carrying an odd assortment of weapons. Most had shackles hanging from their belts.
Legolas' looked disgusted. "Slavers, filth," he spat as if there was a foul taste in his mouth. "I know your kind better then I ever have wished too. Go away or your dead!!"
"We have netted quite a catch tonight, my brothers. No women, but a pretty elf that will be worth more then all the others put together," one said. "We will get gold for that one, try not to mar him."
Legolas calmly aimed an arrow right between the man's eyes. "You have not netted anything yet, human," he snarled. "I think you should leave before you get hurt," he said.
It was a stand off at first, the slaver studied Legolas for awhile then laughed. "Seize them, alive!!" he ordered and the others charged toward them….
Heh, back to cliffhangers!! R/R please!!!!! I know it's a bit short, but I'm falling asleep at the computer!!!
