Chapter Thirty-Seven
I sat on the steps with my hands tightly clenched together and my head resting on my knuckles. The men were all preparing for a battle, I knew that much. Women were watching their children closely. I heard the doors open and one soldier yell 'he's alive!'. I looked up and smiled.
Gimli ran through the crowd to greet a very beaten and bruised Strider. Legolas also went to him. I saw Eowyn smile at Strider's return and then a frown after Legolas handed Strider the Evenstar. He nodded then walked towards my direction.
"Strider," I stood. He stopped and bent down on one knee to face me. That's one thing that I always liked about Strider. He was kind enough to come down to the Hobbit's level. "I'm glad that you're back."
"It is good to be back," he smiled. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a green Elven broach. "I believe this maybe Pippin's. You should hold it." He placed the jewel in my hand and closed my fingers.
"Thank you,"
"If you'll excuse me, I have to see the king," I nodded and he walked away into the tower. I looked down at the broach. It had some dirt smudged on it, but no other signs of damage. I hooked it on my dress.
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:: ~"Wisteria..." I moved closer to her until her body was almost touching mine. She dinn'a answer me.
I thought about that night at Bree...where she asked me to place my arm around her. She never asked me to do that before. She normally hated it when I was too close to her as we slept.
To tell the truth, I dinn'a want to move that night. I dinn'a know what was happenin'. Were things really changin' like Merry said they would?
I slowly took my arm and draped it around her waist. She dinn'a move. I took that as a good sign and closed my eyes. I smiled when I felt her hand go over mine~
"Wake up," Merry hit my leg, bringin' me outta my wondrous slumber.
"What?" I looked around to see Treebeard had stopped at a large clearing of the forest.
"We Ents have not troubled about the wars of men and wizards for a very long time, but now something is about to happen that has not happened for an age. Entmoot."
"What's that?"
" 'Tis a gathering,"
"A gathering of what?" Merry asked. I heard movement coming out of the forest. I turned my head in each direction, seeing more Ents, just as tall as Treebeard, coming out of the woods.
"Beech, Oak, Chestnut, Ash...Good, good. Many have come. Now we must decide if the Ents will go to war."
I saw Merry lick his lips and grin. I hung my head low. I dinn'a want anymore wars.::
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The soldiers were trying to push the women and children to the caves, it was easy enough for me to dodge the men and I was now standing in the armory
There was a great hustle about. The women and children were all gathering their belongings and heading for the caves. The men were fitting for armor and trying to find weapons.
Men. Some were men, others were boys, boys not even old enough to have a beer or even shave. Some of the men were old, past their prime and could barely wrapped their hands around a sword.
I ducked behind a pillar as the men were trying to shew any very young men and the rest of the women away. I peered around the corner seeing Strider, Gimli and Legolas watching the men.
"Look at them," Legolas spat. "They're frightened. I can see it in their eyes." He then spoke Elvish with Strider.
Both had growing anger until Strider broke in common-tounge. "Then I shall die as one of them!" the men silenced themselves and paused their actions. Strider looked around then left.
I came from my hiding spot and approached Legolas. "Why aren't you in the caves?"
"I want to help,"
"We can't risk loosing you," Legolas told me. "Please, get to the caves."
"No!" I picked up a large sword from one of the tables and held it up in weak hands. "I've done NOTHING on this whole stupid journey, but get left behind, repeatedly get hit in the head and loose the man that I love to the wilderness! I will NOT sit behind stone walls while my friends go out there to fight and I will NOT sit back and wait for news if they have survived or if they are lying bloody dead in the mud!" I looked around at the men watching me. My lips were quivering and my eyes held tears, waiting to fall out.
Legolas gently took the sword from my hand and knelt to my level. "We want to keep you safe, so that you may see him again. Wisteria, we have already almost lost you several times..." he didn't know what to say to me, to comfort me. I felt a tear roll down my cheek, and he brushed it away and sighed. "Please, just go with them, be with Eowyn." He stood and left the armory. The men went back to getting their weapons.
I was still standing in the center of the room, with tears running down my face, and being ignored by the men. I reached to the broach clipped to my dress. My hands flew to my mouth as I gasped.
Did I just say I was in love with Pippin?
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Dennis: i'm not old, i'm thirty-seven!
-Monty Python and The Holy Grail
lol anytime I see or hear the number 37 I think that line. Anywho...I hope you all like that chapter, it's kind of sappy, but hey it's all out there now right?
and...
TEN MORE DAYS!!!
I sat on the steps with my hands tightly clenched together and my head resting on my knuckles. The men were all preparing for a battle, I knew that much. Women were watching their children closely. I heard the doors open and one soldier yell 'he's alive!'. I looked up and smiled.
Gimli ran through the crowd to greet a very beaten and bruised Strider. Legolas also went to him. I saw Eowyn smile at Strider's return and then a frown after Legolas handed Strider the Evenstar. He nodded then walked towards my direction.
"Strider," I stood. He stopped and bent down on one knee to face me. That's one thing that I always liked about Strider. He was kind enough to come down to the Hobbit's level. "I'm glad that you're back."
"It is good to be back," he smiled. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a green Elven broach. "I believe this maybe Pippin's. You should hold it." He placed the jewel in my hand and closed my fingers.
"Thank you,"
"If you'll excuse me, I have to see the king," I nodded and he walked away into the tower. I looked down at the broach. It had some dirt smudged on it, but no other signs of damage. I hooked it on my dress.
******
:: ~"Wisteria..." I moved closer to her until her body was almost touching mine. She dinn'a answer me.
I thought about that night at Bree...where she asked me to place my arm around her. She never asked me to do that before. She normally hated it when I was too close to her as we slept.
To tell the truth, I dinn'a want to move that night. I dinn'a know what was happenin'. Were things really changin' like Merry said they would?
I slowly took my arm and draped it around her waist. She dinn'a move. I took that as a good sign and closed my eyes. I smiled when I felt her hand go over mine~
"Wake up," Merry hit my leg, bringin' me outta my wondrous slumber.
"What?" I looked around to see Treebeard had stopped at a large clearing of the forest.
"We Ents have not troubled about the wars of men and wizards for a very long time, but now something is about to happen that has not happened for an age. Entmoot."
"What's that?"
" 'Tis a gathering,"
"A gathering of what?" Merry asked. I heard movement coming out of the forest. I turned my head in each direction, seeing more Ents, just as tall as Treebeard, coming out of the woods.
"Beech, Oak, Chestnut, Ash...Good, good. Many have come. Now we must decide if the Ents will go to war."
I saw Merry lick his lips and grin. I hung my head low. I dinn'a want anymore wars.::
******
The soldiers were trying to push the women and children to the caves, it was easy enough for me to dodge the men and I was now standing in the armory
There was a great hustle about. The women and children were all gathering their belongings and heading for the caves. The men were fitting for armor and trying to find weapons.
Men. Some were men, others were boys, boys not even old enough to have a beer or even shave. Some of the men were old, past their prime and could barely wrapped their hands around a sword.
I ducked behind a pillar as the men were trying to shew any very young men and the rest of the women away. I peered around the corner seeing Strider, Gimli and Legolas watching the men.
"Look at them," Legolas spat. "They're frightened. I can see it in their eyes." He then spoke Elvish with Strider.
Both had growing anger until Strider broke in common-tounge. "Then I shall die as one of them!" the men silenced themselves and paused their actions. Strider looked around then left.
I came from my hiding spot and approached Legolas. "Why aren't you in the caves?"
"I want to help,"
"We can't risk loosing you," Legolas told me. "Please, get to the caves."
"No!" I picked up a large sword from one of the tables and held it up in weak hands. "I've done NOTHING on this whole stupid journey, but get left behind, repeatedly get hit in the head and loose the man that I love to the wilderness! I will NOT sit behind stone walls while my friends go out there to fight and I will NOT sit back and wait for news if they have survived or if they are lying bloody dead in the mud!" I looked around at the men watching me. My lips were quivering and my eyes held tears, waiting to fall out.
Legolas gently took the sword from my hand and knelt to my level. "We want to keep you safe, so that you may see him again. Wisteria, we have already almost lost you several times..." he didn't know what to say to me, to comfort me. I felt a tear roll down my cheek, and he brushed it away and sighed. "Please, just go with them, be with Eowyn." He stood and left the armory. The men went back to getting their weapons.
I was still standing in the center of the room, with tears running down my face, and being ignored by the men. I reached to the broach clipped to my dress. My hands flew to my mouth as I gasped.
Did I just say I was in love with Pippin?
-------
Dennis: i'm not old, i'm thirty-seven!
-Monty Python and The Holy Grail
lol anytime I see or hear the number 37 I think that line. Anywho...I hope you all like that chapter, it's kind of sappy, but hey it's all out there now right?
and...
TEN MORE DAYS!!!