A/N: New chapter up and I've noticed a mistake I've made in the last
chapter. I meant to say 'and she fell over into blackness'. Not 'and she
fell over into black'. Also, Elrond in this chapter might seem a little
OOC, but I'm trying to keep him as much in character as I can. Please don't
flame because of it! ^^;
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Krystal woke up in a soft bed and looked around the familiar place. She sat up as knew that she couldn't more than she was as her arm stung viciously. She cringed as it did and clapped her hand over her wound. She looked at it at, surprisingly, saw that the bandage Frodo had made was gone and that her wound was healed, though a long cut was on her arm.
"The stinging is only momentary, of course," Someone said as they sat down next to her. She looked up and saw no other than….
"Elrond!" Krystal said joyfully. "But, how did I get here?"
"Your friends brought you here yesterday," He said. "They've been worried much by you. They said you fainted while you were walking?" Krystal nodded.
"I did," She replied. "But why?"
"Your cut," Elrond said. "Was too much for you, I believe, and you couldn't hold out." Elrond rose from the chair he was sitting in.
"I will go tell your friends that you are al right," He said. He walked out and closed the door behind him. No sooner had he left, the door swung open and Frodo, Pippin, Merry, and Sam ran in over to her.
"You're al right!" Pippin exclaimed.
"You're al right!" Merry echoed.
"I'm fine, thanks," Krystal said with a smile at them. "How'd you get me here so fast? Rivendell was at least half a days walk away."
"We met up with Strider," Frodo said.
"Strider?" Krystal said with confusion.
"Old friend," Frodo said. "Anyway, he rode by on a horse just a few minutes after you had past out. We told him what had happened and he got you here as quick as he could."
"It makes you wonder, though," Merry said. "Of what might have happened, had Strider not come."
"I don't even want to wonder," Sam said as he shook his head.
"Oh, I've just remembered," Pippin said.
"That's a new one," Merry muttered.
"As I was saying," Pippin said as he glared at Merry. "You and Frodo are to go to a council soon, since you're now feeling well. I reckon it's to do with the ring."
"I'm feeling much better, thanks," Krystal said as she got up and out of the bed.
"Well, we'll be on our way, then," Frodo said. Krystal nodded and walked out of the door and around the halls, Frodo walking beside her.
"Have you been here before?" He asked in amazement that anyone would be able to find their way around Rivendell if they hadn't been there.
"Quite a lot," Krystal replied.
"No offense or anything," Frodo said. "But I've been wondering. You're not exactly hobbit or human size, yet you're not tall enough to be an elf. So what are you, really?" Krystal smiled.
"No offense taken," She said. "I'm only half elf. My mother was an elf, but I don't know what the other half is. No one really ever seemed to know."
"Your parents didn't know?" Frodo asked.
"I don't really know what happened to my father. I was raised by my mother, and she said she was unsure." Frodo shook his head in confusion as they walked down a last hallway and outside to the same place where they had held the council for when Frodo had brought the other ring. Everyone else was already there, and Krystal and Frodo sat down in chairs.
"Now that we're all here," Elrond said, standing up. "We can get down to business." Everyone looked at him in silence, not anyone moving.
"First of all, you're probably wondering why we've had to get another council together," He continued. "There are two reasons. Krystal, if you could bring the ring forward," He signaled at a round pillar as Krystal got up. She walked over to the pillar and, taking the ring out of her pocket, set it down in the middle of it. A whisper broke out through all that was there, now starring curiously at the ring.
"Is that," One of the elves that were there said. "The Ring of Power? But I thought it was destroyed!"
"It was," Elrond said. "And it is. It seems that Sauron made another ring and hid it some where, just in case the other ring was destroyed. Very clever, if you ask me."
"Another ring?" The elf said again. Elrond nodded.
"Which is the other reason," Elrond continued. "It was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, as well as the other Ring of Power. The previous fellowship before had been breaking, but didn't. That is why we need one person to go ahead with a new fellowship, if a new one is needed, and I ask you, Frodo, that you do not volunteer again. It almost cost you your life last time, and I don't believe you would want to face that danger again. How ever, who ever accepts this task will be in grave danger. Once you decide to go as, or with, the ring bearer, it will be almost impossible to turn back until the task is done." There was a long silence within them. Clearly everyone who had been summoned had been in the fellowship before, although there was one other besides Krystal that hadn't: A tall female elf with long brown hair. She didn't seem to have taken any notice of anything Elrond had said. The silence was growing stiller and becoming irksome. Krystal, who could not stand the silence any longer, stood up without warning, though no one looked over at her.
"I will," She said quietly. Everyone looked up and over at her almost immediately.
"You will?" Elrond repeated. Krystal nodded.
"I will,"
"Well then," Elrond said. "That matter is settled. Krystal shall be the ring bearer on this trip. Now the last matter comes at hand: Who will join her?"
"I will," The two elves said almost immediately, sounding keen to join a fellow elf on a task even as dangerous as this.
"Very well," Elrond said. "Legolas and Julia Greenleaf shall join you, Krystal."
"And I," Frodo said as he stood up.
"As will I," A man with black hair said.
"Frodo Baggins and Aragorn Elessar," Elrond nodded.
"I shall come too," Another elf with long red hair, pulled back into two pigtails, said as she stood up.
"Very well. You shall join them, Isabella Ul-Copt," Elrond said. "Well, as everyone here as agreed to--"
"Wait!" Sam ran in and over to Frodo's side. "I'm coming with Mr. Frodo!"
"Evidentially," Elrond said, not sounding surprised at all. "Again, you shall, as it seems that it's quite clear that even after a year of danger, you still will not leave his side!"
"Don't forget about us!" Merry said as he ran over with Pippin. "We're coming too!"
"Yeah!" Pippin piped in. "You wouldn't have gotten the ring destroyed before, were it not for us!"
"We wouldn't have had to get attacked by that shadow monster, were it not for you," Merry muttered to Pippin.
"Very well," Elrond said. "Nine against the nine riders, as before. You shall again, with exception to the new members, the fellowship of the ring."
"So," Pippin said. "Is it time for lunch?"
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A/N: What shall happen next? What shall happen next? Well, you're going to have to wait. =P
I'll have more out soon, though! Please review! And no flaming, please!
**
Krystal woke up in a soft bed and looked around the familiar place. She sat up as knew that she couldn't more than she was as her arm stung viciously. She cringed as it did and clapped her hand over her wound. She looked at it at, surprisingly, saw that the bandage Frodo had made was gone and that her wound was healed, though a long cut was on her arm.
"The stinging is only momentary, of course," Someone said as they sat down next to her. She looked up and saw no other than….
"Elrond!" Krystal said joyfully. "But, how did I get here?"
"Your friends brought you here yesterday," He said. "They've been worried much by you. They said you fainted while you were walking?" Krystal nodded.
"I did," She replied. "But why?"
"Your cut," Elrond said. "Was too much for you, I believe, and you couldn't hold out." Elrond rose from the chair he was sitting in.
"I will go tell your friends that you are al right," He said. He walked out and closed the door behind him. No sooner had he left, the door swung open and Frodo, Pippin, Merry, and Sam ran in over to her.
"You're al right!" Pippin exclaimed.
"You're al right!" Merry echoed.
"I'm fine, thanks," Krystal said with a smile at them. "How'd you get me here so fast? Rivendell was at least half a days walk away."
"We met up with Strider," Frodo said.
"Strider?" Krystal said with confusion.
"Old friend," Frodo said. "Anyway, he rode by on a horse just a few minutes after you had past out. We told him what had happened and he got you here as quick as he could."
"It makes you wonder, though," Merry said. "Of what might have happened, had Strider not come."
"I don't even want to wonder," Sam said as he shook his head.
"Oh, I've just remembered," Pippin said.
"That's a new one," Merry muttered.
"As I was saying," Pippin said as he glared at Merry. "You and Frodo are to go to a council soon, since you're now feeling well. I reckon it's to do with the ring."
"I'm feeling much better, thanks," Krystal said as she got up and out of the bed.
"Well, we'll be on our way, then," Frodo said. Krystal nodded and walked out of the door and around the halls, Frodo walking beside her.
"Have you been here before?" He asked in amazement that anyone would be able to find their way around Rivendell if they hadn't been there.
"Quite a lot," Krystal replied.
"No offense or anything," Frodo said. "But I've been wondering. You're not exactly hobbit or human size, yet you're not tall enough to be an elf. So what are you, really?" Krystal smiled.
"No offense taken," She said. "I'm only half elf. My mother was an elf, but I don't know what the other half is. No one really ever seemed to know."
"Your parents didn't know?" Frodo asked.
"I don't really know what happened to my father. I was raised by my mother, and she said she was unsure." Frodo shook his head in confusion as they walked down a last hallway and outside to the same place where they had held the council for when Frodo had brought the other ring. Everyone else was already there, and Krystal and Frodo sat down in chairs.
"Now that we're all here," Elrond said, standing up. "We can get down to business." Everyone looked at him in silence, not anyone moving.
"First of all, you're probably wondering why we've had to get another council together," He continued. "There are two reasons. Krystal, if you could bring the ring forward," He signaled at a round pillar as Krystal got up. She walked over to the pillar and, taking the ring out of her pocket, set it down in the middle of it. A whisper broke out through all that was there, now starring curiously at the ring.
"Is that," One of the elves that were there said. "The Ring of Power? But I thought it was destroyed!"
"It was," Elrond said. "And it is. It seems that Sauron made another ring and hid it some where, just in case the other ring was destroyed. Very clever, if you ask me."
"Another ring?" The elf said again. Elrond nodded.
"Which is the other reason," Elrond continued. "It was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, as well as the other Ring of Power. The previous fellowship before had been breaking, but didn't. That is why we need one person to go ahead with a new fellowship, if a new one is needed, and I ask you, Frodo, that you do not volunteer again. It almost cost you your life last time, and I don't believe you would want to face that danger again. How ever, who ever accepts this task will be in grave danger. Once you decide to go as, or with, the ring bearer, it will be almost impossible to turn back until the task is done." There was a long silence within them. Clearly everyone who had been summoned had been in the fellowship before, although there was one other besides Krystal that hadn't: A tall female elf with long brown hair. She didn't seem to have taken any notice of anything Elrond had said. The silence was growing stiller and becoming irksome. Krystal, who could not stand the silence any longer, stood up without warning, though no one looked over at her.
"I will," She said quietly. Everyone looked up and over at her almost immediately.
"You will?" Elrond repeated. Krystal nodded.
"I will,"
"Well then," Elrond said. "That matter is settled. Krystal shall be the ring bearer on this trip. Now the last matter comes at hand: Who will join her?"
"I will," The two elves said almost immediately, sounding keen to join a fellow elf on a task even as dangerous as this.
"Very well," Elrond said. "Legolas and Julia Greenleaf shall join you, Krystal."
"And I," Frodo said as he stood up.
"As will I," A man with black hair said.
"Frodo Baggins and Aragorn Elessar," Elrond nodded.
"I shall come too," Another elf with long red hair, pulled back into two pigtails, said as she stood up.
"Very well. You shall join them, Isabella Ul-Copt," Elrond said. "Well, as everyone here as agreed to--"
"Wait!" Sam ran in and over to Frodo's side. "I'm coming with Mr. Frodo!"
"Evidentially," Elrond said, not sounding surprised at all. "Again, you shall, as it seems that it's quite clear that even after a year of danger, you still will not leave his side!"
"Don't forget about us!" Merry said as he ran over with Pippin. "We're coming too!"
"Yeah!" Pippin piped in. "You wouldn't have gotten the ring destroyed before, were it not for us!"
"We wouldn't have had to get attacked by that shadow monster, were it not for you," Merry muttered to Pippin.
"Very well," Elrond said. "Nine against the nine riders, as before. You shall again, with exception to the new members, the fellowship of the ring."
"So," Pippin said. "Is it time for lunch?"
**
A/N: What shall happen next? What shall happen next? Well, you're going to have to wait. =P
I'll have more out soon, though! Please review! And no flaming, please!