Chapter 38- Boromir isn't dead! & The Green Lantern of Minas Morgul
Disclaimer: see the last 37 chapters
This will be one of the only chapters that I will do without the bulk of the girls in it. Peregrin Took had to straighten out Denethor who had this retarded idea that Boromir had died. Also I combined the Minas Morgul part because there was only a short Gollum, Frodo, Sam and Crystal snippet in the script. R&R

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"Make way!" yelled Gandalf as he and Pippin rode up the seven levels of Minas Tirith on Shadowfax until they reached the Citadel
"It's the tree, Gandalf. Gandalf!" hissed Pippin as he trotted after the wizard trying to keep up
"Yes, the White Tree of Gondor, the tree of the King. Lord Denethor however is not the king. He is a steward only. A caretaker of the throne. Listen carefully; Lord Denethor is Boromir's father. And do not mention about Frodo or the Ring. And say nothing of Aragorn either." Said Gandalf as he started to open the door to enter the citadel "In fact, it's better if you don't speak at all, Peregrin Took." He finished as he entered the tall, white tower
"Hail, Denethor, son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Gondor. I come with tidings in this dark hour and with counsel over your son's involvement in the Fellowship of The Ring." Said Gandalf bowing low to the steward and moving his staff over Pippin's back forcing him to bow as well
"Perhaps you've come to explain this. Perhaps you've come to tell me why my son is dead." Said Denethor holding up the broken horn of Gondor

Flashback

"Um, Boromir when you were fighting the Uruk-hai, um..." said Xana as she held the broken horn in her hands
"They broke it straight down the centre" finished Nix as she sat down to strap his shoulder while they waited for Aragorn and Legolas to stop fighting over whether or not to go after Frodo, Crystal and Sam
"I really don't care about that anymore! I only want to see Mikeala again!" yelled Boromir as he threw the horn from Xana's hands into the river startling Legolas and Aragorn, who were still in heated discussion about the future of the fellowship and whether to follow the others
"Well, there goes your vuvuzela" said Xana as she watched it fall over the water fall
"A what?" asked Boromir who looked up from his hands
"A Vuvuzela" said Nix as she continued to strap the shoulder "it's a instrument of pure pain and torture. Especially at the World Cup of soccer. It just keeps going and going, very much like your horn did." She explained while Xana had fallen onto the ground sometime during the explanation and was laughing as she remembered the clip she and Nix had found on Youtube feturing the Vuvuzela and the fellowship
"Grow up Xana. It wasn't funny after the 15th time you played it" huffed Nix as she remembered how often Xana watched the clip. That's when the argument finally stopped and they could continue on their quest.

End Flashback

"Boromir saved us, my kinsmen, his girlfriend and me. He defended us from many foes." Said Pippin walking forward
"Pippin!" hissed Gandalf
"I offer you my service such as it is. In payment of this debt." Added Pippin quickly falling onto his knee
"Get up! My lord, there will be a time to celebrate Boromir's achievements, but it is not now. War is coming. The enemy is on your doorstep. As Steward, you're charged with the defence of this city. Where are Gondor's armies? You still have friends. You're not alone in this fight. Send word to Théoden of Rohan. Light the beacons." Said Gandalf hitting Pippin on the back
"You think you are wise, Mithrandir, yet for all your subtleties you have not wisdom. Do you think the eyes of the White Towers are blind? I have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor. And, with your right, you seek to supplant me! I know who rides with Théoden of Rohan. Oh, yes. Words have reached my ears of this Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and I tell you now; I will not bow to this ranger from the north. Last of a ragged house long bereft of Lordship!" yelled Denethor as he stood up dropping the halves of the horn onto the floor
"Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the King. Steward." Gandalf said decisively moving forward to challenge the Steward
"The whole rule of Gondor is mine and no others!" hissed Denethor
"Come" said Gandalf as they were led out of the hall and to their quarters
"So I imagine this is just a ceremonial position. I mean, they don't actually expect me to do any fighting, do they?" asked Pippin as he examined the sword
"You're in the service of the Steward now, you're going to have to do as you're told, Peregrin Took, Guard of the Citadel." Replied Gandalf from the balcony where he was smoking his pipe
"It's so quiet." Stated the hobbit as he moved outside and lent up against the railing
"It's the deep breath before the plunge." Gandalf said philosophically
"I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse! Is there any hope, Gandalf? For Frodo, Crystal and Sam?" asked the youngest hobbit looking up at Gandalf
"There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope. Our enemy is ready, his full strength gathers. Not only orcs, but men as well, legions of Haradrim from the South, mercenaries from the coast... all will answer Mordor's call. This will be the end of Gondor as we know it. Here the hammer stroke will fall the hardest. If the river is taken, if the garrison at Osgiliath falls, the last defence of this city will be gone" observed the wizard
"But we have the White Wizard, that's got to count for something. Gandalf?" asked Pippin starting to worry about his future
"Sauron has yet to reveal his deadliest servant. The one who would lead Mordor's armies in war, the one they say no living man can kill, the Witch-King of Angmar. You've met him before. He stabbed Frodo on Weathertop. He is the lord of the Nazgûl, the greatest of the nine. Minas Morgul is his lair." Finished the wizard

"The Dead City. Very nasty place. Full of enemies." Said Gollum
"What you mean Facebook. Nah mate that's relatively safe compared to here!" hissed Crystal under her breath
"Quick! Quick! They will see! They will see! Come away! Come away! Look! We have found it, the way into Mordor. The Secret Stairs!"continued Gollum acting as if he hadn't heard her
"No! Mr. Frodo!" hissed Sam as he saw his friend walking towards the city
"Not that way! What's it doing?" asked Gollum while Crystal who hadn't quite forgiven him yet said
"No! You IDIOT! VALAR (ancient Greek for idiot)! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GOING THAT WAY FOR? MORDOR IS THIS WAY!" said Crystal pointing towards the stairs while Gollum and Sam rushed out to pull him behind a rock just before the city emitted a huge green beacon from its own citadel
"That's the Green Lantern of Middle Earth!" gasped Crystal remembering her comic book reading days
"I can feel his blade." Said Frodo holding his chest where the blade stabbed him

"We come to it at last, the great battle of our time." Said Gandalf as he watched the light emerge from the hills of Mordor and as he comforted Pippin who was scared for his friends

"Hurry, hobbits! We climb! We must climb!" urged Gollum as he started climbing the stairs
"Yes, Yes. Now can you shut up?" asked Crystal as she followed him up the stairs and hoped that her cloak hid her from the orcs marching towards Gondor below

"The board is set. The pieces are moving. Peregrin Took, my lad. There is a task now to be done. Another opportunity for one of the Shire-folk to prove their great worth. You must not fail me." Said Gandalf as he moved back inside to tell Pippin his plan to get the Rohirrim to come to Gondor's aid.

At Osgiliath the orcs that had passed Crystal, Frodo, Sam and Gollum were now making their way towards Minas Tirith. Back at the stairs, Crystal that must have been the Middle Earth equivalent to D-Day as she climbed