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Fellowship Of The Fangirls
by TigerBabe aka Syndarys The Elf.

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Disclaimer: I own nothing, I am but a poor student, who lives off beans on toast. Suing me would be pointless... unless you want to deprive me of my beans on toast.

Authors Notes & Warnings: Shameless self insertion, along with some other people (e.g, my sister, Ivy). Rated PG for possible swearing, and rabid fangirls. Flame if you wish, but flames will just be used to cook my beans on toast. Also, it's based on the movie - but I am incorporating some of the information in the book into the story aswell.

Extra Notes: This chapter quotes a little from the text in the "Fairwell to Lórien" chapter of The Fellowship Of The Ring. I cant think of anything else to say... oh, except - Thank you sooooo much for your reviews! I cant believe I've got so many! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Chapter 16

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The next couple of weeks went by very quickly. The days just sort of blended into eachother, and before we knew it, it was spring time. Nothing further happened between Legolas and myself, barring the occational kiss, but Boromir, Candra, Aragorn and Celarwen all became great friends - and the twins soon began to change their preferences on the guys. Frodo and Sam are currently off chatting with Galadriel, and the rest of us are sitting by the fire, having a conversation while Pippin and Merry cook food, with a little help from Ivy, Elanor, Ruby and Bramblerose. The Dwarves are currently discussing the finer art of hacking with an axe, while the human's are just sitting around, having a chat about their travels. Legolas is sitting up against a tree; he may look awake to the others, but I think he's asleep.

Frodo and Sam came back through the trees, chatting apparently about what Lady Galadriel had said. As he entered the clearing, Frodo cleared his throat.

"We've gotta go see Celeborn," he said, "We've all been summoned."

Everybody got up quickly, and followed Frodo as he lead us all to Celeborn's chambers.

"Now is the time," he said, "When those who wish to continue the Quest must harden their hearts to leave this land. Those who no longer wish to go forward may remain here, for a while."

"You dont mind if we tag along on the Quest, do you?" I asked, "I think that at least the humans, Nalin and I will come in useful, so will the Hobbits - they are good cooks after all, and a Witch is always useful!"

"Actually," said Chare, "I'd like to stay behind."

"What?! Why??" I asked, looking at her with a surprised expression.

"I still grieve for the loss of Gandalf, and I also wish to spend more time in Lothlórien among the Elves," she replied, "I do not think you will be needing my assistance any further anyway."

"Oh please Chare," said Ruby, "Come with us."

"Yeah, please?" added Ivy.

"I've made my decision - I am staying." Chare had made up her mind, and once a Witch has made a decision, there's nothing you can do to convince her to do otherwise.

"Okay Chare," I said, as I stood up and made my way over to where she was sitting, "But you take good care, y'hear? Dont go getting yourself into any trouble or such!" I hugged her gently.

The guys looked on as each of the girls took their turns to say goodbye to Chare.

"It is a shame you wont be joining us," said Aragorn, "We could have done with skills such as yours in our travels." Chare just smiled in reply.

A few more words were spoken with Celeborn and Galadriel, and they agreed to give us some boats to use on our journey, before we took leave for the night. We planned to rest on our last night in Lothlórien, and tomorrow we would head down the Great River, Anduin.

As everyone made ready for the night's rest, the guys had a quick chat about their plans for the journey ahead. The Hobbits and Dwarves decided to eat before resting, and so set to work making some food. Legolas and the Humans decided to join them in their meal, and sat with them.

I, on the otherhand, felt I needed a good rest, and so wished everyone a good night, before climbing up a tree at the edge of the clearing, and sitting on a branch that over looked the two fellowships. I soon fell asleep, the sound of the leaves russling in the wind soothing me into a deep slumber.

The next morning, I was awoken by the sound of someone shouting "Syndarys! Wake up! We've gotta head down to see Galadriel and Celeborn before we leave!" I sat up, and looked down to see Ivy throwing little stones up at me, trying to get my attention. None of the stones hit me, luckily.

"Alright, I'm up!" I shouted, before beginning to slowly climb down, still not fully awake enough to jump down.

When I got to the bottom of the tree, I found that everyone else was ready to go. I walked over to where my stuff was lying on the ground, and picked it all up.

"We ready to go then?" I asked.

"We are now that you are," said Frodo. I shrugged and gestured for him to lead the way. I turned back, and waved to Chare, who waved back with a bright smile on her face. We then continued to leave our campsite.

As we were leaving the clearing, a few Lórien Elves approached us and stopped us in our tracks. They quickly gave us some gifts of food and clothing. Mainly the food consisted of lembas, which are very handy when on long journies, as they provide you with quick energy when needed.

The Lórien Elves then unwrapped and gave to everyone in our group the clothes they had brought. They were Elvish cloaks, of the finest quality. Pippin thought they were rather cool, and asked if they were magic. The leader of the group of Elves looked a little confused, and replied that he didnt know what Pippin meant, but he did say that they were very sturdy garments, and that they were infact made by Lady Galadriel herself.

The Elves then departed, and we continued walking. Haldir soon met up with us, and said that he had been instructed to guide us again.

He took us to the side of the river, and showed us to our boats.

"Here are the boats," he said, seemingly in a bad mood, probably due to the fact he'd been dragged away from his precious guard duty, "Go down stream, and you'll eventually meet up with Lady Galadriel and Celeborn whom are waiting for you." He turned to walk away.

"C'ya around Haldir," I called after him, "I promise to be nicer to you if we ever meet again!"

Haldir snorted, and continued walking. I shrugged and got into the boat nearest to me.

"Who's goin' with who?" I asked.

Aragorn was the one to take charge, "I'll travel with Frodo and Sam, Boromir shall take Merry and Pippin, Celarwen shall take Ruby and Bramblerose, Candra shall be with Ivy and Elanor, Legolas shall go with Gimli, and you shall go with Nalin, Syndarys, if that is to everyones liking?"

Nods and shouts of "Sure" and "No problem" were heard as everyone got into their assigned boats.

We set off and headed downstream, as Haldir had told us to, and before long we came across Lady Galadriel and Celeborn, in their own boat, which was shaped as a beautiful swan. We drew our boats up along side the Swan-ship.

"We have come to bid you our last farewell," she said, "and to speed you with blessings from our land," as she spoke, she brought out some gifts, mainly consisting of weapons and clothing.

They then bid us fairwell, and we then set sail down the Great River, and away from Lothlórien, and away from Chare.

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TBC... I think that chapter was boring, but hey! Lemme know what you thought - review, review!

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