The Trail of Life
Ch.4
By the Shadows of Rohan
A/n- yah. Sorry that I screwed up on the 'other 4th chapter'. So, here I am, trying to make it better. :P
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§ Crystal mind talk thing §
= Amber mind talk thing =
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Amber softly walked across the floor, opening the door quickly.
"Come. The council will start soon." Galadriel said, and started to walk towards the flet.
No. Walked wouldn't be describing the graceful movement of the Lady of the Golden Wood. More like . . . floating.
Self-consciously, Amber tried to mimic her gait. Looking more at her feet than where she was going, she didn't see a large, solid, brown thing called a door loom up in front of her.
THWAMP.
Looking up, her checks burning, Amber found that she was looking into a pair of gray-blue eyes.
"Not funny."
"I never said a thing M'lady." Haldir replied. "I personally think that this is getting repetitive."
Celeborn cleared his throat. "Yes. . . interesting. Why don't you Icome in/I and tell us all about it?" he said, not a little testily.
Amber frowned. What was the thing that Crystal was always saying about him?
~Stupid pansy. . . something. . . tele. . . Argh! Oh yes, won't come to me now, but it'll come to me at THREE A.M! Grrrrrr..~
As she sat down, the older twin took in her surroundings. They were in a relatively high up flet, and it was paneled with dark wood, with a single window, which was on the far left side, by the door.
In the middle of the room stood a large table, of what looked like oak. Chairs and recliners were scattered around the room, and on the walls held numerous maps of different sorts. Looking again at the Lord of the Golden Woods, she thought hard.
~Tele. . . telepo. . . .TELEPORNO! That was it!~
Amber promptly fell off her chair laughing, gaining as many strange looks as her sister did.
She looked up, and muttered a quiet 'eep'. She quickly resumed her place in her chair.
When she finally summoned up enough courage to look up, she found that Elladan had spread out a map of some sorts.
"This here-" he started "is where the trouble starts. More and more orcs are being seen around the boarders of Rohan, and more and more in Gondor."
Amber raised an eyebrow. A whata whoie? Gondor and Rohan? She was utterly clueless upon this matter.
Elrond must have seen her discomfort. "Gondor and Rohan are the two kingdoms of the mortal race, and are in the south. Gondor is right next to Mordor." He explained.
Right. . . . . . it still left her clueless.
"Now..when you were on your patrols, did you see anything strange?" asked Celeborn.
"Nothing too strange, just more and more orcs, spilling out of Mordor into the lands surrounding it." Said Elladan, with a trace of bitterness in his voice.
Galadriel looked at him sharply. "Do not blame yourself for what happened."
Amber looked on in confusion. "What?"
Elrond took a deep, but quiet, breath. "My wife was visiting with Galadriel and Celeborn, and when she was coming home, she was attacked by orcs . . . ." here he paused to compose himself "and was beaten, and raped. The Twins found her and brought her to me, but it was not to be. She sailed to the west after lingering in this world for a while."
The expression of confusion still had not lifted from the young woman's face. "Say what? What are you talking about? Sailed west. You make it sound like she just up and left on day. . . 'oh- sorry, tiered of life, so I think that I'll just escape from it all and run and hide from my problems."
Elrond looked rather scandalized. "When the elves tire of this world, they, as you so (un)eloquently put it, 'up and leave'. We go back to the lands where we came forth from, a long tale in itself."
Amber looked somewhat disgruntled. "I still think that you are running from your problems."
Haldir looked around, to find that the young Heir of Isildur, more commonly known as Estel, looking at Amber, with a look of amusement written clearly across his face.
"Interesting is your point of view, milady." He said quietly, as was his way.
~OOOhhhh..now who is this?~ thought Amber.
Suddenly she jumped. The strangest thing..she could have sword she heard her sister's laughter in her mind.
"What is it?" asked Haldir. "Nothing." She replied to him, not so sure of her answer.
§ So you think that I am 'nothing' Amber? I hear what you think of the boy..I quite approve. Did you want to take Tempo and Tonks for a spin? §
"I swear," growled the emerald-eyed girl "she will be the death of me, and the end of my sanity".
The elves and man looked at her questionably. "Who?" asked Celeborn.
"Crystal. I am hearing her voice in my head for some reason."
The Twins looked at each other with a knowing glance. "You say you are twins?" Elrohir said, more as a statement than a question.
"Yes." Said Amber, not quite getting where this was leading.
"Well, Elladan and I can sometimes feel each other's emotions, and express thoughts and wishes to each other. If the thought is strong enough, or out minds are not concealed well to the other, sometimes we can read each other's minds."
The girl nodded and uttered a small 'oh'.
Yes..an interesting thought. She decided to try out this new theory.
= Chris? You there? Does this even work? Am I finally going crazy? Where are you? =
§ Easy there. Slow down. Obviously I'm here. And obviously this telepathy thingy works. And no, you're not crazy, because I am told that this can happen between twins. I never understood why we couldn't. And I'm with Glorifindel, in the forest, next to the beasts, waiting to hear if you can come on a ride with me or not. §
= Oh. Well. Who's Glorifindel? I don't think that I can get out of this one. I'm in council with the Rivendell people...things..elves..dudes...and we were having a very strange discussion about Elves up and leaving when their troubles got to muc-=
§ Right - fill me in later. Can you come or not? §
= I don't think so. Sorry. Hey, wait a min will you? I've got an idea. =
§ Don't hurt yourself. §
= Very funny =
She focused in on the council again. When there was a break in whatever they were discussing, she asked "Do you think it would be alright if Crystal went riding in the forest and the surrounding fields if she had someone with her?"
Celeborn looked a little exasperated. "Yes. Fine. But whom could she go with? I cannot spare one of my wardens."
She smirked slightly. The guy really needed to get the pickle out of his ass. "Problem solved. Someone named Glorifiedien or Glorifien or something like that wants to tag along."
"Glorifindel? She's with GLORIFINDEL?!?" Haldir asked.
"Yeah! That's his name! Anyway - she's starting to sing the never-ending song, so please, the answer now?"
Estel looked at his brothers, trying his hardest not to snicker.
Elrond looked as about as annoyed as Celeborn was. "Fine. If it will stop the interruptions in this council, then fine."
Amber gave a small smile. "Thanks."
Hey? They gave the ok for Glory to go with you. That is, if he wants to. If Tonks will let him, he can ride her. Just make sure that nothing happens to her, or all of Lothlorien will know about that time when you and-
§ All RIGHT! That's a story that never leaves the lips of your mouth and the area of your mid. Understood? Good. §
Satisfied, she slid back into reality, to deal with the tedious discussions on things she didn't understand.
Ch.4
By the Shadows of Rohan
A/n- yah. Sorry that I screwed up on the 'other 4th chapter'. So, here I am, trying to make it better. :P
~*~
§ Crystal mind talk thing §
= Amber mind talk thing =
~*~
Amber softly walked across the floor, opening the door quickly.
"Come. The council will start soon." Galadriel said, and started to walk towards the flet.
No. Walked wouldn't be describing the graceful movement of the Lady of the Golden Wood. More like . . . floating.
Self-consciously, Amber tried to mimic her gait. Looking more at her feet than where she was going, she didn't see a large, solid, brown thing called a door loom up in front of her.
THWAMP.
Looking up, her checks burning, Amber found that she was looking into a pair of gray-blue eyes.
"Not funny."
"I never said a thing M'lady." Haldir replied. "I personally think that this is getting repetitive."
Celeborn cleared his throat. "Yes. . . interesting. Why don't you Icome in/I and tell us all about it?" he said, not a little testily.
Amber frowned. What was the thing that Crystal was always saying about him?
~Stupid pansy. . . something. . . tele. . . Argh! Oh yes, won't come to me now, but it'll come to me at THREE A.M! Grrrrrr..~
As she sat down, the older twin took in her surroundings. They were in a relatively high up flet, and it was paneled with dark wood, with a single window, which was on the far left side, by the door.
In the middle of the room stood a large table, of what looked like oak. Chairs and recliners were scattered around the room, and on the walls held numerous maps of different sorts. Looking again at the Lord of the Golden Woods, she thought hard.
~Tele. . . telepo. . . .TELEPORNO! That was it!~
Amber promptly fell off her chair laughing, gaining as many strange looks as her sister did.
She looked up, and muttered a quiet 'eep'. She quickly resumed her place in her chair.
When she finally summoned up enough courage to look up, she found that Elladan had spread out a map of some sorts.
"This here-" he started "is where the trouble starts. More and more orcs are being seen around the boarders of Rohan, and more and more in Gondor."
Amber raised an eyebrow. A whata whoie? Gondor and Rohan? She was utterly clueless upon this matter.
Elrond must have seen her discomfort. "Gondor and Rohan are the two kingdoms of the mortal race, and are in the south. Gondor is right next to Mordor." He explained.
Right. . . . . . it still left her clueless.
"Now..when you were on your patrols, did you see anything strange?" asked Celeborn.
"Nothing too strange, just more and more orcs, spilling out of Mordor into the lands surrounding it." Said Elladan, with a trace of bitterness in his voice.
Galadriel looked at him sharply. "Do not blame yourself for what happened."
Amber looked on in confusion. "What?"
Elrond took a deep, but quiet, breath. "My wife was visiting with Galadriel and Celeborn, and when she was coming home, she was attacked by orcs . . . ." here he paused to compose himself "and was beaten, and raped. The Twins found her and brought her to me, but it was not to be. She sailed to the west after lingering in this world for a while."
The expression of confusion still had not lifted from the young woman's face. "Say what? What are you talking about? Sailed west. You make it sound like she just up and left on day. . . 'oh- sorry, tiered of life, so I think that I'll just escape from it all and run and hide from my problems."
Elrond looked rather scandalized. "When the elves tire of this world, they, as you so (un)eloquently put it, 'up and leave'. We go back to the lands where we came forth from, a long tale in itself."
Amber looked somewhat disgruntled. "I still think that you are running from your problems."
Haldir looked around, to find that the young Heir of Isildur, more commonly known as Estel, looking at Amber, with a look of amusement written clearly across his face.
"Interesting is your point of view, milady." He said quietly, as was his way.
~OOOhhhh..now who is this?~ thought Amber.
Suddenly she jumped. The strangest thing..she could have sword she heard her sister's laughter in her mind.
"What is it?" asked Haldir. "Nothing." She replied to him, not so sure of her answer.
§ So you think that I am 'nothing' Amber? I hear what you think of the boy..I quite approve. Did you want to take Tempo and Tonks for a spin? §
"I swear," growled the emerald-eyed girl "she will be the death of me, and the end of my sanity".
The elves and man looked at her questionably. "Who?" asked Celeborn.
"Crystal. I am hearing her voice in my head for some reason."
The Twins looked at each other with a knowing glance. "You say you are twins?" Elrohir said, more as a statement than a question.
"Yes." Said Amber, not quite getting where this was leading.
"Well, Elladan and I can sometimes feel each other's emotions, and express thoughts and wishes to each other. If the thought is strong enough, or out minds are not concealed well to the other, sometimes we can read each other's minds."
The girl nodded and uttered a small 'oh'.
Yes..an interesting thought. She decided to try out this new theory.
= Chris? You there? Does this even work? Am I finally going crazy? Where are you? =
§ Easy there. Slow down. Obviously I'm here. And obviously this telepathy thingy works. And no, you're not crazy, because I am told that this can happen between twins. I never understood why we couldn't. And I'm with Glorifindel, in the forest, next to the beasts, waiting to hear if you can come on a ride with me or not. §
= Oh. Well. Who's Glorifindel? I don't think that I can get out of this one. I'm in council with the Rivendell people...things..elves..dudes...and we were having a very strange discussion about Elves up and leaving when their troubles got to muc-=
§ Right - fill me in later. Can you come or not? §
= I don't think so. Sorry. Hey, wait a min will you? I've got an idea. =
§ Don't hurt yourself. §
= Very funny =
She focused in on the council again. When there was a break in whatever they were discussing, she asked "Do you think it would be alright if Crystal went riding in the forest and the surrounding fields if she had someone with her?"
Celeborn looked a little exasperated. "Yes. Fine. But whom could she go with? I cannot spare one of my wardens."
She smirked slightly. The guy really needed to get the pickle out of his ass. "Problem solved. Someone named Glorifiedien or Glorifien or something like that wants to tag along."
"Glorifindel? She's with GLORIFINDEL?!?" Haldir asked.
"Yeah! That's his name! Anyway - she's starting to sing the never-ending song, so please, the answer now?"
Estel looked at his brothers, trying his hardest not to snicker.
Elrond looked as about as annoyed as Celeborn was. "Fine. If it will stop the interruptions in this council, then fine."
Amber gave a small smile. "Thanks."
Hey? They gave the ok for Glory to go with you. That is, if he wants to. If Tonks will let him, he can ride her. Just make sure that nothing happens to her, or all of Lothlorien will know about that time when you and-
§ All RIGHT! That's a story that never leaves the lips of your mouth and the area of your mid. Understood? Good. §
Satisfied, she slid back into reality, to deal with the tedious discussions on things she didn't understand.