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Chapter 11:
The fellowship had been walking for two weeks straight now. With no sign of their destination. They were all getting kind of restless now, they were tired from walking and grumpy from the lack of food and sleep. Legolas and Durian were the only ones who weren't showing any signs of weakness. But they both felt it. Durian rarely heard from Amanda and he was beginning to wonder if she was still in Middle-Earth at all.
Legolas noticed how troubled his brother looked, so he walked up to him. He walked next to him for a couple of minutes before he spoke to him, "What troubles you so brother?"
Durian sighed and sped up, "Tis no concern of yours."
"Durian, any sign of sadness or weakness from you is a concern to me." Legolas said, catching up to his brother again. He grabbed his arm to keep him from running away again. "Is it Amanda? How is she faring?"
"Yes it is her, and I wouldn't know how she is doing because she hasn't sent any messages in a long while. I fear for her safety. When we left Rivendell, Lord Elrond informed me that they might be in danger, I worry for her." Durian said sadly. He kept walking next to Legolas with his head bent over.
Legolas noticed for the past couple of days, his brother was beginning to look like an old man, all bent over and sick looking. Legolas knew, even if Durian wouldn't admit it, he knew that he Durian was in love with the Lady Amanda. "Durian, just send her a message telling her."
"Legolas, I can't tell her in a message. If I were to tell her, it would be face to face. If that chance will ever come again I do not know. But I will wait until then," Durian replied.
"Yes," Legolas smiled, "until then."
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Amanda paced around nervously in her room. "Why the hell isn't he sending any messages?" she asked Nurilan. (A/N: In case you forgot who Nurilan is, check Chap. 6) She was getting impatient and worried too. "Oh my God. What if something happened to them that didn't happen in the books. What if Durian got hurt, what if Legolas got hurt, what if something happened to another fellowship member. Oh no!! I wish he would just send a damn message!"
Nurilan watched her friend with humor dancing in her eyes. "Amanda, why don't you just send him a message. Why must you wait for him to do it. Elven males are the same as human males... very forgetful." She smiled.
Amanda laughed, "Geeze, I'm such an idiot. I thought that maybe they would be different. But, I guess that's too much to hope for isn't it?"
Nurilan nodded and laughed. Amanda had been the best friend that she never had in her childhood. They were so much alike and yet they had their differences. And Nurilan was about 1000 years older than Amanda.
Amanda opened up the IM thing and sent Durian a message.
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High in the Misty Mountains, the fellowship rested. Some of the hobbits were practicing to fight with Boromir, while the others watched. Durian had taken Frodo, and was teaching how to hunt properly. They were about 15 minutes away from camp when Durian spotted a mountain goat wandering around by itself.
"There you go Frodo," Durian said, "that is our game."
"It is but a defenseless billy goat." Frodo exclaimed.
"Yes, and it is also our dinner. Never be scared to kill at times like this. There will always be more goats out there. Now be quiet and listen. Don't make any noises, just watch the master work." Durian whispered.
He silently crept a little closer to the goat and brought out his bow and fitted an arrow to it. They walked behind a large rock to hide themselves. Frodo tried his hardest to be quiet, but didn't succeed when he stepped on a twig.
Durian froze as he heard the sound of the twig snap. He ducked low as the goat turned its head in their direction to see what the disturber was. Its ears perked up and flinched, but regained itself and continued eating the dry grass. Durian sighed and looked sharply at Frodo. "Just a minor disturbance, but make sure it doesn't happen again."
"I'm sorry," Frodo whispered.
Durian sighed again and took aim to the goat. He was about to release the arrow, when a loud shrill beeping came pouring out of the bottom of his pack. Frodo screamed and fell back, rolling off the rock and onto the soft ground behind him. Durian cursed in Elvish when he saw the goat run away.
"Perfect! Perfect! Just prefect! Now what are we going to bring back. We were supposed to bring back the dinner tonight." Durian screamed. He totally ignored the reason why the goat ran away, he forgot about the beeping.
"Uh... Durian, what was that?" Frodo questioned.
"What?" Durian asked.
"That beeping noise, I never heard anything like it before." Frodo said pointing to Durian's pack.
"What beeping no-- ?" He suddenly remembered about the IM machine. He cursed again in Elvish. "Oh my God!" He pulled out the gadget and examined it. He was expecting to get a message from Legolas, wondering where he was. He almost dropped it when he saw Amanda's name there.
He read the message quickly: Durian, where have you been, how come you aren't sending any messages? I'm worried. Has anything bad happened? Are you all okay? Please IM me back as soon as you can, please, I'm worried.
Durian smiled and sent a message back: Amanda, we are all fine here. I was also worried, I wasn't sure if you returned to earth or not yet, since you haven't IMed me in a long while. I have missed you dearly.
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Amanda held her breath as she waited for an answer from Durian. He didn't answer for awhile and she was starting to get worried all over again. And almost screamed when she saw his name appear.
"Oh my God!! He got it! He got it! He's alright!" She screamed as she read the message. Her heart slowly lowered its pace when she read that he was alright and so was the rest of the fellowship.
She quickly sent another message to him.
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Amanda: So where are you guys now?
Durian: We are on the Misty Mountains, we have just settled down for the night.
Amanda: Ah, you're finally there. Lol
Durian: What do you mean finally there?
Amanda: never mind. So how has the trip been so far?
Durian: Oh, extremely tiring, we have done nothing but walking so far.
Amanda: Oh, LoL, I'm feeling for ya. But I'm nice and cozy. They really treat people like royalty here in Rivendell. I think I might stay longer.
Durian: You do not know how happy that makes me.
Amanda: ::blushes:: Durian, you aren't going to come back for awhile.
Durian: How do you know?
Amanda: I just do.
Durian: Oh my goodness. Hold on a second.
Amanda: What is it?
Durian: I'm not sure... it's a cloud of some sort, we aren't really sure what it is...
Amanda: ::flips through book:: Get down quickly!! Please hide! It's crebain from Fangorn and Dunland.
... 20 minutes later...
Durian: How in the name of all things holy did you know that?
Amanda: I have good resources. See what I mean when I told you that I might have valuable information for you on your journey. I am the person to go to for info! LoL
Durian: I guess so. But I have to go now. I must go find another goat for dinner...
Amanda: Ok, I'll talk to you later. Bye! Remember... be safe. Don't do anything stupid... And don't terrorize Legolas.
Durian: You know I will. Good bye, Lady Amanda.
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"Well, well, well, that was short and sweet," Legolas teased when Durian put it away.
Durian glared at him, then his look softened and slowly turned into a smile. "Yes it was. And now I expect you to show more respect for her. She saved our lives."
"I show her respect! Also, it was just luck that she knew that it was crebain," Legolas replied.
"Legolas, how could she have even known about the crebain? She isn't from Middle-Earth." Durian said.
Legolas looked at him blankly, "I don't know."
Durian nodded, "That's what I thought." He walked off to find another piece of dinner.
Legolas watched Durian walk off and turned to Aragorn, who was sitting next to him. "Do you have any siblings?"
Aragorn looked at him, "No, (A/N: I dunno... does he???) even if I did, I wouldn't let them bother me the way Durian bothers you."
"Are you telling me to do something about it?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, because the rest of the fellowship and I are tired of your constant bickering and fighting." Aragorn said, as he poked at the fire.
"Do you want me to stop talking to him?" Legolas demanded. "I could never do that! I may dislike the little rat, but I will never cease talking to him just because it makes you happy!"
"I didn't tell you to stop talking to him, I'm just telling you to stop teasing him constantly. I'm sorry, but it's mostly you who starts the fights with the boy. If you would just leave him be, everything would be fine. Just don't say something mean and hurtful each time he does something wrong." Aragorn said. His voice was raised way above talking level and the rest of the fellowship looked over to see what the problem was.
Legolas blushed when he felt all the eyes on him. He was embarrassed that he had just gotten scolded by a human that was much younger than him. "I-I'll try my hardest," Legolas mumbled.
"Good," Aragorn said. He looked at the distraught elf and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. He felt bad for yelling at him like that. "I'm sorry my friend. I got a little carried away there."
Legolas looked at him and smiled. "No, thank you. Twas all I needed. I deserved it." He looked up as he saw his brother approaching with a large kill slung over his shoulder. He ran up to Durian and offered to take the goat back to camp for him.
Durian looked at him like he had five heads. He handed the goat to Legolas and watched him take it back to camp. He just stood there staring at his brother.
".... Okay?"
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** Heeey, geeze, I'm having a serious case of writers block. Geeze, I hate it! You know what I'm going to say. Please REVIEW!!! LoL. Thankz!! ***
Chapter 11:
The fellowship had been walking for two weeks straight now. With no sign of their destination. They were all getting kind of restless now, they were tired from walking and grumpy from the lack of food and sleep. Legolas and Durian were the only ones who weren't showing any signs of weakness. But they both felt it. Durian rarely heard from Amanda and he was beginning to wonder if she was still in Middle-Earth at all.
Legolas noticed how troubled his brother looked, so he walked up to him. He walked next to him for a couple of minutes before he spoke to him, "What troubles you so brother?"
Durian sighed and sped up, "Tis no concern of yours."
"Durian, any sign of sadness or weakness from you is a concern to me." Legolas said, catching up to his brother again. He grabbed his arm to keep him from running away again. "Is it Amanda? How is she faring?"
"Yes it is her, and I wouldn't know how she is doing because she hasn't sent any messages in a long while. I fear for her safety. When we left Rivendell, Lord Elrond informed me that they might be in danger, I worry for her." Durian said sadly. He kept walking next to Legolas with his head bent over.
Legolas noticed for the past couple of days, his brother was beginning to look like an old man, all bent over and sick looking. Legolas knew, even if Durian wouldn't admit it, he knew that he Durian was in love with the Lady Amanda. "Durian, just send her a message telling her."
"Legolas, I can't tell her in a message. If I were to tell her, it would be face to face. If that chance will ever come again I do not know. But I will wait until then," Durian replied.
"Yes," Legolas smiled, "until then."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Amanda paced around nervously in her room. "Why the hell isn't he sending any messages?" she asked Nurilan. (A/N: In case you forgot who Nurilan is, check Chap. 6) She was getting impatient and worried too. "Oh my God. What if something happened to them that didn't happen in the books. What if Durian got hurt, what if Legolas got hurt, what if something happened to another fellowship member. Oh no!! I wish he would just send a damn message!"
Nurilan watched her friend with humor dancing in her eyes. "Amanda, why don't you just send him a message. Why must you wait for him to do it. Elven males are the same as human males... very forgetful." She smiled.
Amanda laughed, "Geeze, I'm such an idiot. I thought that maybe they would be different. But, I guess that's too much to hope for isn't it?"
Nurilan nodded and laughed. Amanda had been the best friend that she never had in her childhood. They were so much alike and yet they had their differences. And Nurilan was about 1000 years older than Amanda.
Amanda opened up the IM thing and sent Durian a message.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
High in the Misty Mountains, the fellowship rested. Some of the hobbits were practicing to fight with Boromir, while the others watched. Durian had taken Frodo, and was teaching how to hunt properly. They were about 15 minutes away from camp when Durian spotted a mountain goat wandering around by itself.
"There you go Frodo," Durian said, "that is our game."
"It is but a defenseless billy goat." Frodo exclaimed.
"Yes, and it is also our dinner. Never be scared to kill at times like this. There will always be more goats out there. Now be quiet and listen. Don't make any noises, just watch the master work." Durian whispered.
He silently crept a little closer to the goat and brought out his bow and fitted an arrow to it. They walked behind a large rock to hide themselves. Frodo tried his hardest to be quiet, but didn't succeed when he stepped on a twig.
Durian froze as he heard the sound of the twig snap. He ducked low as the goat turned its head in their direction to see what the disturber was. Its ears perked up and flinched, but regained itself and continued eating the dry grass. Durian sighed and looked sharply at Frodo. "Just a minor disturbance, but make sure it doesn't happen again."
"I'm sorry," Frodo whispered.
Durian sighed again and took aim to the goat. He was about to release the arrow, when a loud shrill beeping came pouring out of the bottom of his pack. Frodo screamed and fell back, rolling off the rock and onto the soft ground behind him. Durian cursed in Elvish when he saw the goat run away.
"Perfect! Perfect! Just prefect! Now what are we going to bring back. We were supposed to bring back the dinner tonight." Durian screamed. He totally ignored the reason why the goat ran away, he forgot about the beeping.
"Uh... Durian, what was that?" Frodo questioned.
"What?" Durian asked.
"That beeping noise, I never heard anything like it before." Frodo said pointing to Durian's pack.
"What beeping no-- ?" He suddenly remembered about the IM machine. He cursed again in Elvish. "Oh my God!" He pulled out the gadget and examined it. He was expecting to get a message from Legolas, wondering where he was. He almost dropped it when he saw Amanda's name there.
He read the message quickly: Durian, where have you been, how come you aren't sending any messages? I'm worried. Has anything bad happened? Are you all okay? Please IM me back as soon as you can, please, I'm worried.
Durian smiled and sent a message back: Amanda, we are all fine here. I was also worried, I wasn't sure if you returned to earth or not yet, since you haven't IMed me in a long while. I have missed you dearly.
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Amanda held her breath as she waited for an answer from Durian. He didn't answer for awhile and she was starting to get worried all over again. And almost screamed when she saw his name appear.
"Oh my God!! He got it! He got it! He's alright!" She screamed as she read the message. Her heart slowly lowered its pace when she read that he was alright and so was the rest of the fellowship.
She quickly sent another message to him.
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Amanda: So where are you guys now?
Durian: We are on the Misty Mountains, we have just settled down for the night.
Amanda: Ah, you're finally there. Lol
Durian: What do you mean finally there?
Amanda: never mind. So how has the trip been so far?
Durian: Oh, extremely tiring, we have done nothing but walking so far.
Amanda: Oh, LoL, I'm feeling for ya. But I'm nice and cozy. They really treat people like royalty here in Rivendell. I think I might stay longer.
Durian: You do not know how happy that makes me.
Amanda: ::blushes:: Durian, you aren't going to come back for awhile.
Durian: How do you know?
Amanda: I just do.
Durian: Oh my goodness. Hold on a second.
Amanda: What is it?
Durian: I'm not sure... it's a cloud of some sort, we aren't really sure what it is...
Amanda: ::flips through book:: Get down quickly!! Please hide! It's crebain from Fangorn and Dunland.
... 20 minutes later...
Durian: How in the name of all things holy did you know that?
Amanda: I have good resources. See what I mean when I told you that I might have valuable information for you on your journey. I am the person to go to for info! LoL
Durian: I guess so. But I have to go now. I must go find another goat for dinner...
Amanda: Ok, I'll talk to you later. Bye! Remember... be safe. Don't do anything stupid... And don't terrorize Legolas.
Durian: You know I will. Good bye, Lady Amanda.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Well, well, well, that was short and sweet," Legolas teased when Durian put it away.
Durian glared at him, then his look softened and slowly turned into a smile. "Yes it was. And now I expect you to show more respect for her. She saved our lives."
"I show her respect! Also, it was just luck that she knew that it was crebain," Legolas replied.
"Legolas, how could she have even known about the crebain? She isn't from Middle-Earth." Durian said.
Legolas looked at him blankly, "I don't know."
Durian nodded, "That's what I thought." He walked off to find another piece of dinner.
Legolas watched Durian walk off and turned to Aragorn, who was sitting next to him. "Do you have any siblings?"
Aragorn looked at him, "No, (A/N: I dunno... does he???) even if I did, I wouldn't let them bother me the way Durian bothers you."
"Are you telling me to do something about it?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, because the rest of the fellowship and I are tired of your constant bickering and fighting." Aragorn said, as he poked at the fire.
"Do you want me to stop talking to him?" Legolas demanded. "I could never do that! I may dislike the little rat, but I will never cease talking to him just because it makes you happy!"
"I didn't tell you to stop talking to him, I'm just telling you to stop teasing him constantly. I'm sorry, but it's mostly you who starts the fights with the boy. If you would just leave him be, everything would be fine. Just don't say something mean and hurtful each time he does something wrong." Aragorn said. His voice was raised way above talking level and the rest of the fellowship looked over to see what the problem was.
Legolas blushed when he felt all the eyes on him. He was embarrassed that he had just gotten scolded by a human that was much younger than him. "I-I'll try my hardest," Legolas mumbled.
"Good," Aragorn said. He looked at the distraught elf and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. He felt bad for yelling at him like that. "I'm sorry my friend. I got a little carried away there."
Legolas looked at him and smiled. "No, thank you. Twas all I needed. I deserved it." He looked up as he saw his brother approaching with a large kill slung over his shoulder. He ran up to Durian and offered to take the goat back to camp for him.
Durian looked at him like he had five heads. He handed the goat to Legolas and watched him take it back to camp. He just stood there staring at his brother.
".... Okay?"
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** Heeey, geeze, I'm having a serious case of writers block. Geeze, I hate it! You know what I'm going to say. Please REVIEW!!! LoL. Thankz!! ***