Saruman's Revenge
By: SpottedTree
Disclaimer: Uh I dun owns anything!
Saruman's Revenge: Chapter 6
Laer ran back to camp, dragging Legolas with her. "Camellia!" she called.
Camellia came out of the tent the two of them were sharing. "What is it?" she asked, looking at the two elves.
Laer smiled. "I know where the third stone is!"
Camellia's eyes lit up. "Really? Where??"
"I can't say aloud, but I can lead us there. It's only a few miles from here," was Laer's reply.
Camellia smiled. "Then let's get going! But…" her stomach rumbled, and she blushed. "Let's eat first."
Laer laughed, and nodded in agreement.
After they'd eaten breakfast, and they'd packed up their gear, the company set off through the woods, with Laer leading the way. They'd gone five miles when Laer stopped. Camellia looked at Laer curiously. Laer pointed, and she and the others followed the direction in which her finger was pointing. There, ten yards away, was a hole in the ground, protected by a tree's arching roots. Legolas, Frodo, and Gandalf dismounted from Arod and Shadowfax and followed Laer and Camellia.
The hole was small, about three feet wide and about four feet deep. As Camellia looked around at the others, she realized that she was the smallest one, therefore she'd be the one to go down.
"Guess I get to be the one to go down, huh?" she asked, smiling slightly.
Laer looked at her sadly, and nodded. "Yeah, guess so. Are you sure you'll be ok?"
Camellia put on a brave smile. "Of course I will, Laer! What do you take me for? Besides, I'll have my knife," and she took out a small, but *lethal* hunting knife, "and Mr. Stone! No one can harm me!" She held up the knife and Mr. Stone.
Laer smiled, and hugged Camellia. "Just be careful, ok?"
Camellia smiled and hugged back. "But of course!"
Frodo came up and hugged her as well. "Don't get yourself, killed, 'k?"
Camellia laughed as she hugged back. "Geez, I'm just going to get a stone! Don't get all emotional on me!!" With that, she pulled back from Frodo, and dropped down into the hole.
When Camellia landed on the ground she looked around. There was a pitch-black tunnel in front of her and by the light that shone from above her head there were only bits of rocks and roots scattered on the ground. Camellia began walking down the dark tunnel; she ran her hand on the sides of the wall so she knew she was going straight and wouldn't lose her way.
Camellia noticed, as her hand ran across the wall that the tunnel branched off into other tunnels, but she kept going straight. She walked for about a half an hour before she saw a tiny speck light as the end of the tunnel. She smiled and began to walk faster towards the tiny speck.
"Hey Mr. Stone I think we're finally getting somewhere!" Camellia said out loud, her voice cheerful, "I can't wait to see the others and get out of this dark hole!"
Unknown to Camellia, someone was following her in the midst of the darkness that surrounded her. As she walked on, the bow on the back of her apron got caught on a root that stuck out of the wall, pulling the bow lose so that her apron hang loosely over her shoulders. "Oh no," Camellia said stopping, her hands grabbed the strings and tie them tightly into another bow. She began to walk when a hand reached out from the darkness and covered her mouth, pulling her into another tunnel.
"Who are you? And what are you doing here in Dûrbluk's tunnel?" The creature hissed hoarsely, taking his hand off of her mouth and pushing her against a wall.
Camellia felt an icy feeling run up her spine; she was in trouble. Her hands immediately stumbled to her side where she kept her knife.
"I'll ask you again, who are you! And what are you doing here! Dûrbluk doesn't like strangers!" The creature wrapped its hand tightly around Camellia's throat, choking her. "ANSWER ME!"
She grabbed the hilt of her knife and pulling it the sheath, she jabbed the space infront of her, stabbing the creature in the stomach. The creature cried out and its hands drew back from her throat, stumbling away from her and into another wall. Camellia turned her back towards the creature and ran her hands over the wall to find her way back to the main tunnel.
"Come back!" It yelled as Camellia ran into another tunnel. She didn't care if it was the main tunnel or not, she had to get away from whatever that was. She heard other voices yelling and foots steps coming from behind her. 'If only it wasn't pitch black!' she thought as she ran down the tunnel, with her hand still on the wall and the other clutching her knife. When her hand hit open space she ran into another tunnel and crouched against a wall.
She stayed there until she heard the voices and the footsteps fainted then standing up she sighed. She was lost! She couldn't see anything and she didn't know how to find her way back. She whimpered softy but then walked down the tunnel she was in, searching for the speck of light she saw earlier. She may get some clues on how to find the other stone! And a torch while she's at it.
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"I wonder what's taking her so long?" Asked Legolas leaning against a tree. "Could she be in trouble or lost her way?"
Laer stood beside the hole, looking down it, hoping she would see Camellia's face any moment. "I don't know...I hope not Legolas." Laer answered, turning her gaze towards Legolas and then back at the hole.
"She's been gone for hours now…" Frodo said sorrowfully.
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Camellia stopped walking and sat against a tunnel wall. Her hands found the edge of her dress and pulled it above her right knee. Awhile ago she tripped and scratched her knee; she felt blood trickling down her knee so she decided to aid her knee. She ripped a strand of material off the bottom of her apron and wrapped it around her knee and tying a knot to secure the makeshift bandage.
Camellia rested her head against the wall, and closing her eyes she rested. Her stomach grumbled and she laughed. "I'm hungry too…" Just then she heard a voice called her name.
"Huh?" She opened her eyes and stood up. "W-who's there?" She yelled out, but remembering about the creatures she encountered, she put her hand over her mouth.
The voice called her name out again, but this time the voice said more. Camellia listened to what the voice was saying. It said:
'Lady Camellia I call to you, come this way'
The voice sounded a lot like Laer. The thought of Laer raced through Camellia's mind and she immediately ran towards the direction where the voice was coming from. "Uh" Camellia cried out as she hit the ground. This was her fourth time to fall on the ground by tripping over something or a root would stick out of the wall and Camellia's dress would get stuck on it and would tear.
She stood up and dusted herself off. She continued running through the dark tunnel, following the voice.
"Tampa! *" The voice cried out.
Camellia stopped and looked around to see if she saw anything, but there was nothing, only the darkness around her. 'Who is saying that?' She thought to herself, then a great wind blew pasted her and opened a door that was hidden in the darkness. She raised her arms to her eyes, sheltering them from the bright light that shined from the room beyond the doorway.
She slowly walked through the door and cautiously looked around. The door slammed behind her. Camellia gasped and ran towards the door, desperately trying to open it. When she realized that it wouldn't open she turned around. The room was a small oval shaped room with two pillars lit beside a pedestal with a red stone setting on top.
The worried look on Camellia's face disappeared when she saw the stone. "The third stone!" she cried, running towards the stone. She then heard a voice inside her head saying to stop. She stopped in shock.
"Who's here?" Camellia asked out loud, she turned around and saw a figure standing in front of the doorway. The figure was clothed in a long flowing dress that was red and gold. Her hair was dark brown and was braided in a long braid down her back.
"Who are you?" asked Camellia, clutching her knife, ready to strike, if necessary. The figure moved forward and stopped in front of Camellia.
"My name is Calenorëwen, I am the guardian of the fire stone," Calenorëwen answered.
Camellia noticed her ears; they were long and pointy, like an elf's. "Were you the one calling my name?" She put her knife away.
Calenorëwen nodded her head, "Yes it was I. It was also I who gave Laer a vision of where the fire stone was located."
Camellia thought a bit, "How did your voice sound like Laer's?"
Calenorëwen moved behind the pedestal. "I fused my voice with hers so that you would follow the voice here. Now," she stated. "This stone on the pedestal is the last stone that you need to possess in order to help defeat Salum. I will lend it to you, but you must promise me that you will return it."
Camellia nodded, "Yes of course!"
Calenorëwen smiled. "Very well, I know it will be in good hands with you. Here take the stone!"
Camellia came over to the pedestal and took the stone and held it to her chest and bowed low. "Thank you Lady Calenorëwen. How do I use the stones?"
"In order to use them you must concentrate all of your life force into them. Once you do that, you are able to command and use them," answered Calenorëwen. "However, they can only be commanded in Elvish."
"Thank you again, Lady Calenorëwen." Camellia said, once again bowing low. "I have one more question before I leave. How do I get back to Laer and the others? I don't know the way."
Calenorëwen smiled, "Just open the door."
Camellia walked over to the door and opened it. She saw the place where she first entered the hole, just beyond the doorway. She turned around surprised. "What? How? How did I get here?" she asked in surprise.
Calenorëwen smiled and answered, "The tunnel you walked through, the creatures, everything was just a mirage. I meant for everything to happen the way it did. It was only a test to see if you would run away from the situation and to see if you had a strong willed heart."
Camellia stood there with her mouth hanging open. She was shocked but also furious. But she cleared her throat and calmed herself down. "I see, and I passed the test? That's is good. Thank you again Lady Calenorëwen! Namaarie! * " She smiled and walked out the door.
Laer heard her native parlance and looked at Legolas.
He looked up at her and wondered why she looked at him so. "What is the matter Laer?" he asked.
"Did you say something Legolas?" Laer asked him, but he shook his head. "No." Laer looked back into the tunnel and saw Camellia's face looking up at her and smiling.
"What are you doing just standing there! Help me up!" she said.
Laer smiled. "CAMELLIA!" she cried, over flowing with joy and relief. She dropped down a rope and Camellia held on to it as Laer brought her up out of the hole. Legolas, Frodo, and Gandalf all rushed over to where the two girls were. Laer helped Camellia to her feet.
"Camellia, you're back!" Frodo said cheerfully. He embraced her and kissed her. "We were so worried!" Frodo held her back, looking at her.
Laer scrunched up her noise, "You're hogging her! I was worried too!"
Frodo laughed, "I'm sorry."
Laer hugged her as Frodo stepped back.
"I was so worried about you Camellia! What happened down there?" Laer asked.
"OF COURSE I came back! Don't worry I'm here now!" Said Camellia chuckling a bit.
Legolas looked at Camellia in amazement, "We thought something had gone wrong."
"YOUR KNEE!" Laer cried, "What happened to it? And just look at your clothes, torn and dirty! And you have scratches all over your body!" Laer began to examine her knee.
"I fell several times and the roots tore my dress," said Camellia.
Laer quickly walked to her pack and gathered some soap, a towel and some spare cloths and placed them beside her pack. "You're going to have to clean yourself before I can mend your knee Camellia," she said turning around, "but first you must eat something!"
Gandalf placed his hand on Camellia's shoulder," I'm glad you're back." He smiled down at her and she smiled back. The Company sat around eating their lunch as Camellia told them what happened down in the hole and about the stones and what Calenorëwen had said to her. After Camellia ate she took a quick bath.
Laer held the fire stone in her hand and looked at it.
"I can only command them in Elvish," said a voice sitting down next to her. "You'll have to teach me." Laer looked beside her, as Camellia smiled. "If that's okay with you, of course."
Laer shook her head, "Oh yeah of course. Don't worry." Laer handed the stone back to Camellia. "Now we can defeat Salum," stated Camellia.
Laer nodded her head. "Oh Cam, let me see your knee!" Laer stood up and, walking to her pack, she grabbed some supplies and walked back to Camellia and sat in front of her and began mending her knee.
"May I see the stone Camellia?" Gandalf asked, putting his pipe down.
She handed the stone to him, "Yeah sure."
Gandalf studied the stone, "Hmm."
"I named it!" Frodo raised an eyebrow. "You did?"
Laer laughed, "What did you name it this time?"
"Fion*," Camellia said proudly. Legolas laughed,
"Why would you name is that?"
"Well…it reminded me of wine so I named it that."
Gandalf shook his head.
"What?" Camellia asked.
"Nothing Cam…" Laer said chuckling.
~~~TO BE CONTINUED~~~
Tampa-Stop!
Namaarie-Farewell
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Tree of SpottedTree: HULLO PEOPLE! I hope you enjoy this chapter, I worked really hard on it! Please review! Don't rob us of our blessings!
By: SpottedTree
Disclaimer: Uh I dun owns anything!
Saruman's Revenge: Chapter 6
Laer ran back to camp, dragging Legolas with her. "Camellia!" she called.
Camellia came out of the tent the two of them were sharing. "What is it?" she asked, looking at the two elves.
Laer smiled. "I know where the third stone is!"
Camellia's eyes lit up. "Really? Where??"
"I can't say aloud, but I can lead us there. It's only a few miles from here," was Laer's reply.
Camellia smiled. "Then let's get going! But…" her stomach rumbled, and she blushed. "Let's eat first."
Laer laughed, and nodded in agreement.
After they'd eaten breakfast, and they'd packed up their gear, the company set off through the woods, with Laer leading the way. They'd gone five miles when Laer stopped. Camellia looked at Laer curiously. Laer pointed, and she and the others followed the direction in which her finger was pointing. There, ten yards away, was a hole in the ground, protected by a tree's arching roots. Legolas, Frodo, and Gandalf dismounted from Arod and Shadowfax and followed Laer and Camellia.
The hole was small, about three feet wide and about four feet deep. As Camellia looked around at the others, she realized that she was the smallest one, therefore she'd be the one to go down.
"Guess I get to be the one to go down, huh?" she asked, smiling slightly.
Laer looked at her sadly, and nodded. "Yeah, guess so. Are you sure you'll be ok?"
Camellia put on a brave smile. "Of course I will, Laer! What do you take me for? Besides, I'll have my knife," and she took out a small, but *lethal* hunting knife, "and Mr. Stone! No one can harm me!" She held up the knife and Mr. Stone.
Laer smiled, and hugged Camellia. "Just be careful, ok?"
Camellia smiled and hugged back. "But of course!"
Frodo came up and hugged her as well. "Don't get yourself, killed, 'k?"
Camellia laughed as she hugged back. "Geez, I'm just going to get a stone! Don't get all emotional on me!!" With that, she pulled back from Frodo, and dropped down into the hole.
When Camellia landed on the ground she looked around. There was a pitch-black tunnel in front of her and by the light that shone from above her head there were only bits of rocks and roots scattered on the ground. Camellia began walking down the dark tunnel; she ran her hand on the sides of the wall so she knew she was going straight and wouldn't lose her way.
Camellia noticed, as her hand ran across the wall that the tunnel branched off into other tunnels, but she kept going straight. She walked for about a half an hour before she saw a tiny speck light as the end of the tunnel. She smiled and began to walk faster towards the tiny speck.
"Hey Mr. Stone I think we're finally getting somewhere!" Camellia said out loud, her voice cheerful, "I can't wait to see the others and get out of this dark hole!"
Unknown to Camellia, someone was following her in the midst of the darkness that surrounded her. As she walked on, the bow on the back of her apron got caught on a root that stuck out of the wall, pulling the bow lose so that her apron hang loosely over her shoulders. "Oh no," Camellia said stopping, her hands grabbed the strings and tie them tightly into another bow. She began to walk when a hand reached out from the darkness and covered her mouth, pulling her into another tunnel.
"Who are you? And what are you doing here in Dûrbluk's tunnel?" The creature hissed hoarsely, taking his hand off of her mouth and pushing her against a wall.
Camellia felt an icy feeling run up her spine; she was in trouble. Her hands immediately stumbled to her side where she kept her knife.
"I'll ask you again, who are you! And what are you doing here! Dûrbluk doesn't like strangers!" The creature wrapped its hand tightly around Camellia's throat, choking her. "ANSWER ME!"
She grabbed the hilt of her knife and pulling it the sheath, she jabbed the space infront of her, stabbing the creature in the stomach. The creature cried out and its hands drew back from her throat, stumbling away from her and into another wall. Camellia turned her back towards the creature and ran her hands over the wall to find her way back to the main tunnel.
"Come back!" It yelled as Camellia ran into another tunnel. She didn't care if it was the main tunnel or not, she had to get away from whatever that was. She heard other voices yelling and foots steps coming from behind her. 'If only it wasn't pitch black!' she thought as she ran down the tunnel, with her hand still on the wall and the other clutching her knife. When her hand hit open space she ran into another tunnel and crouched against a wall.
She stayed there until she heard the voices and the footsteps fainted then standing up she sighed. She was lost! She couldn't see anything and she didn't know how to find her way back. She whimpered softy but then walked down the tunnel she was in, searching for the speck of light she saw earlier. She may get some clues on how to find the other stone! And a torch while she's at it.
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"I wonder what's taking her so long?" Asked Legolas leaning against a tree. "Could she be in trouble or lost her way?"
Laer stood beside the hole, looking down it, hoping she would see Camellia's face any moment. "I don't know...I hope not Legolas." Laer answered, turning her gaze towards Legolas and then back at the hole.
"She's been gone for hours now…" Frodo said sorrowfully.
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Camellia stopped walking and sat against a tunnel wall. Her hands found the edge of her dress and pulled it above her right knee. Awhile ago she tripped and scratched her knee; she felt blood trickling down her knee so she decided to aid her knee. She ripped a strand of material off the bottom of her apron and wrapped it around her knee and tying a knot to secure the makeshift bandage.
Camellia rested her head against the wall, and closing her eyes she rested. Her stomach grumbled and she laughed. "I'm hungry too…" Just then she heard a voice called her name.
"Huh?" She opened her eyes and stood up. "W-who's there?" She yelled out, but remembering about the creatures she encountered, she put her hand over her mouth.
The voice called her name out again, but this time the voice said more. Camellia listened to what the voice was saying. It said:
'Lady Camellia I call to you, come this way'
The voice sounded a lot like Laer. The thought of Laer raced through Camellia's mind and she immediately ran towards the direction where the voice was coming from. "Uh" Camellia cried out as she hit the ground. This was her fourth time to fall on the ground by tripping over something or a root would stick out of the wall and Camellia's dress would get stuck on it and would tear.
She stood up and dusted herself off. She continued running through the dark tunnel, following the voice.
"Tampa! *" The voice cried out.
Camellia stopped and looked around to see if she saw anything, but there was nothing, only the darkness around her. 'Who is saying that?' She thought to herself, then a great wind blew pasted her and opened a door that was hidden in the darkness. She raised her arms to her eyes, sheltering them from the bright light that shined from the room beyond the doorway.
She slowly walked through the door and cautiously looked around. The door slammed behind her. Camellia gasped and ran towards the door, desperately trying to open it. When she realized that it wouldn't open she turned around. The room was a small oval shaped room with two pillars lit beside a pedestal with a red stone setting on top.
The worried look on Camellia's face disappeared when she saw the stone. "The third stone!" she cried, running towards the stone. She then heard a voice inside her head saying to stop. She stopped in shock.
"Who's here?" Camellia asked out loud, she turned around and saw a figure standing in front of the doorway. The figure was clothed in a long flowing dress that was red and gold. Her hair was dark brown and was braided in a long braid down her back.
"Who are you?" asked Camellia, clutching her knife, ready to strike, if necessary. The figure moved forward and stopped in front of Camellia.
"My name is Calenorëwen, I am the guardian of the fire stone," Calenorëwen answered.
Camellia noticed her ears; they were long and pointy, like an elf's. "Were you the one calling my name?" She put her knife away.
Calenorëwen nodded her head, "Yes it was I. It was also I who gave Laer a vision of where the fire stone was located."
Camellia thought a bit, "How did your voice sound like Laer's?"
Calenorëwen moved behind the pedestal. "I fused my voice with hers so that you would follow the voice here. Now," she stated. "This stone on the pedestal is the last stone that you need to possess in order to help defeat Salum. I will lend it to you, but you must promise me that you will return it."
Camellia nodded, "Yes of course!"
Calenorëwen smiled. "Very well, I know it will be in good hands with you. Here take the stone!"
Camellia came over to the pedestal and took the stone and held it to her chest and bowed low. "Thank you Lady Calenorëwen. How do I use the stones?"
"In order to use them you must concentrate all of your life force into them. Once you do that, you are able to command and use them," answered Calenorëwen. "However, they can only be commanded in Elvish."
"Thank you again, Lady Calenorëwen." Camellia said, once again bowing low. "I have one more question before I leave. How do I get back to Laer and the others? I don't know the way."
Calenorëwen smiled, "Just open the door."
Camellia walked over to the door and opened it. She saw the place where she first entered the hole, just beyond the doorway. She turned around surprised. "What? How? How did I get here?" she asked in surprise.
Calenorëwen smiled and answered, "The tunnel you walked through, the creatures, everything was just a mirage. I meant for everything to happen the way it did. It was only a test to see if you would run away from the situation and to see if you had a strong willed heart."
Camellia stood there with her mouth hanging open. She was shocked but also furious. But she cleared her throat and calmed herself down. "I see, and I passed the test? That's is good. Thank you again Lady Calenorëwen! Namaarie! * " She smiled and walked out the door.
Laer heard her native parlance and looked at Legolas.
He looked up at her and wondered why she looked at him so. "What is the matter Laer?" he asked.
"Did you say something Legolas?" Laer asked him, but he shook his head. "No." Laer looked back into the tunnel and saw Camellia's face looking up at her and smiling.
"What are you doing just standing there! Help me up!" she said.
Laer smiled. "CAMELLIA!" she cried, over flowing with joy and relief. She dropped down a rope and Camellia held on to it as Laer brought her up out of the hole. Legolas, Frodo, and Gandalf all rushed over to where the two girls were. Laer helped Camellia to her feet.
"Camellia, you're back!" Frodo said cheerfully. He embraced her and kissed her. "We were so worried!" Frodo held her back, looking at her.
Laer scrunched up her noise, "You're hogging her! I was worried too!"
Frodo laughed, "I'm sorry."
Laer hugged her as Frodo stepped back.
"I was so worried about you Camellia! What happened down there?" Laer asked.
"OF COURSE I came back! Don't worry I'm here now!" Said Camellia chuckling a bit.
Legolas looked at Camellia in amazement, "We thought something had gone wrong."
"YOUR KNEE!" Laer cried, "What happened to it? And just look at your clothes, torn and dirty! And you have scratches all over your body!" Laer began to examine her knee.
"I fell several times and the roots tore my dress," said Camellia.
Laer quickly walked to her pack and gathered some soap, a towel and some spare cloths and placed them beside her pack. "You're going to have to clean yourself before I can mend your knee Camellia," she said turning around, "but first you must eat something!"
Gandalf placed his hand on Camellia's shoulder," I'm glad you're back." He smiled down at her and she smiled back. The Company sat around eating their lunch as Camellia told them what happened down in the hole and about the stones and what Calenorëwen had said to her. After Camellia ate she took a quick bath.
Laer held the fire stone in her hand and looked at it.
"I can only command them in Elvish," said a voice sitting down next to her. "You'll have to teach me." Laer looked beside her, as Camellia smiled. "If that's okay with you, of course."
Laer shook her head, "Oh yeah of course. Don't worry." Laer handed the stone back to Camellia. "Now we can defeat Salum," stated Camellia.
Laer nodded her head. "Oh Cam, let me see your knee!" Laer stood up and, walking to her pack, she grabbed some supplies and walked back to Camellia and sat in front of her and began mending her knee.
"May I see the stone Camellia?" Gandalf asked, putting his pipe down.
She handed the stone to him, "Yeah sure."
Gandalf studied the stone, "Hmm."
"I named it!" Frodo raised an eyebrow. "You did?"
Laer laughed, "What did you name it this time?"
"Fion*," Camellia said proudly. Legolas laughed,
"Why would you name is that?"
"Well…it reminded me of wine so I named it that."
Gandalf shook his head.
"What?" Camellia asked.
"Nothing Cam…" Laer said chuckling.
~~~TO BE CONTINUED~~~
Tampa-Stop!
Namaarie-Farewell
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Tree of SpottedTree: HULLO PEOPLE! I hope you enjoy this chapter, I worked really hard on it! Please review! Don't rob us of our blessings!