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Chapter 4
Concella
Immediately after the Liargons disappeared Frodo and Samwise ran out to where Legolas, Aragorn, Gimli and Kirralia were standing. Legolas turned to Kirralia. "You're bleeding," he said indicating to her cheek. "I'll be fine. I can clean up later," she replied smiling. "We should scout around the area to make sure it is safe before retiring. We should also have regular scouts tonight, just in case," said Aragorn. "Right," the rest of the agreed. Kirralia limped to where her bow and arrows were. "Frodo, Legolas and Kirralia check to the right of the cave, while Gimli, Sam and myself will check to the left," Aragorn gave his orders and they went their ways. Neither group could find neither any trace of the Liargons nor any other danger and returned to the cave. Once inside the cave Kirralia sat down. Legolas got some herbs and plants from out of his satchel and sat Indian style in front of Kirralia. "Show me where you are hurt," he said. The others started to prepare some food. Kirralia rolled up her leggings on one leg. She had a cut diagonally across her kneecap. "This may sting a little, " Legolas said as he crushed up some herbs, mixing it with some water to make a clear paste. Kirralia hissed slightly when the paste was first applied. "Leave the paste on overnight and it should be nearly healed tomorrow," said Legolas as he shifted to a better position to apply some of the paste to her cheek. Kirralia watched the cave opening while Legolas applied the paste to her cheek. "There, all finished." "Thank you," said Kirralia, "not just for this," indicating to her cuts, " but also for saving me." "That's okay," he replied. They looked at each other and unconsciously got closer when. "Dinner's ready," announced Sam. They quickly sprung apart. Legolas helped Kirralia up as they made their way to where the rest of the group were. When everyone had settled down after eating their food, Frodo sat next to Aragorn quietly discussing something with him. Aragorn got up. "I believe we have come to a decision about whether we will let Kirralia join our group or not. We have discussed it and Frodo made the final decision. In light of what happened earlier, I feel it has been well made. Kirralia we would like you to join us as part of the Fellowship." Kirralia smiled, "Thank you very much. I am honoured to be joining your Fellowship." Later that night, Gimli was patrolling outside the cave. Legolas was sitting in front of the campfire. Everyone else was asleep. Frodo rolled over and noticed that Legolas was still awake. He stood up and sat next to Legolas with a blanket wrapped around himself. "You like her, don't you," said Frodo quietly. Legolas was startled both by the fact that someone was up and he hadn't noticed and by the question. "Yes," he confirmed, "yes I do." "You should tell her," said Frodo. "But what if she doesn't feel that same way?" Legolas asked. "You won't know unless you ask," said Frodo. There was a pause; "you should get some sleep Legolas. It has been a long day, and no doubt tomorrow will also be a long day also." "Yes, of course Frodo." "Don't forget what I said Legolas," said Frodo as he walked back to the area he was sleeping in, "you won't know unless you ask." "Okay Frodo," said Legolas as he moved to where he was to sleep, "Sleep well." "Sleep well," came the reply. Both promptly fell asleep.
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The next day brought the Fellowship walking through the forest. Both Frodo and Legolas were bringing Kirralia up to date on what had happened so far. Frodo explaining mostly with Legolas interjecting some information every now and then. Sam turned at some point to look behind him and walked into a very leafy bush. "Argh," he cried in frustration, swatting at the leaves. None of them, not even Sam himself noticed he had picked up a passenger, a very unwanted and deadly passenger. Around midday, Sam started feeling queasy and couldn't focus. He stumbled, grabbing onto Kirralia to stop himself from falling. She turned and crouched down to eye level with him. "Are you okay, Sam?" "Actually, I'm not feeling too good." Legolas and Frodo had stopped with Kirralia. Gimli had been travelling behind Sam and so had also stopped. Aragorn was leading and turned when he heard someone stumble. They gathered around Sam. "You have a very high temperature," said Kirralia feeling Sam's forehead. Sam fainted and around his eyes started to glow a curious faint green colour. "Oh no," said Kirralia. "What? What's wrong with him?" asked Frodo worriedly. Kirralia pulled off Sam's shirt. On his chest just above his heart was a strange creature. It was flat except for a ridge down its back. It was green in colour except for a yellow pattern. It looked very similar to a stingray or a manta ray without the long tail. "That is a Concella. It is deadly. It attaches itself to its prey and sucks its blood, also injecting a poison into the blood stream. It's a parasite. It has to be removed," explained Kirralia. She positioned her hand over the Concella in a way so that her thumb and ring finger were positioned on either side of its body. She used these two fingers to squeeze the sides of it. There was a loud thwack sounds and it let go of Sam. "Legolas, get your bow and ready it with an arrow. I'm going to throw this up and away from us. Try to get it to that rock," instructed Kirralia pointing to a rock about 50 metres away. "Right," Legolas nodded as he loaded his bow. "Ready.go." Kirralia threw the Concella and Legolas let his arrow fly. The instant the arrow penetrated, the Concella screamed and two tentacles flew out trying to grab something. Then it exploded; leaving a green puddle on the rock it hit a second after being hit. Everyone except for Kirralia and Sam watched in awe. "That will stop the poison being injected and the blood being taken. Now we just need to get rid of the existing poison in his body," continued Kirralia, "Stay here and guard him. I'll be back in a moment." She sprinted off into the forest. The Fellowship looked at each other in disbelief. They hadn't known of anything like that. Frodo knelt next to Sam. "Please be okay Sam," he whispered. Kirralia returned after a few minutes carrying a bunch of red flowers with yellow spikes. She knelt next to Sam on the opposite side to Frodo. She squeezed one of the flowers. A gold, shimmery liquid ran out onto the cuts inflicted by the Concella. They hit with a purple shine. After a few moments the flower was dry. Kirralia put the rest of the flowers into her satchel. "Now we just have to wait," she said. They all sat and Aragorn asked Kirralia how she knew about the Concella. "When my parents were alive, they studied the forest, noting dangers and how to cure them. They taught me what they had learnt," she said. The answer satisfied the group and they settled down to wait for Sam to wake up.
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Chapter 4
Concella
Immediately after the Liargons disappeared Frodo and Samwise ran out to where Legolas, Aragorn, Gimli and Kirralia were standing. Legolas turned to Kirralia. "You're bleeding," he said indicating to her cheek. "I'll be fine. I can clean up later," she replied smiling. "We should scout around the area to make sure it is safe before retiring. We should also have regular scouts tonight, just in case," said Aragorn. "Right," the rest of the agreed. Kirralia limped to where her bow and arrows were. "Frodo, Legolas and Kirralia check to the right of the cave, while Gimli, Sam and myself will check to the left," Aragorn gave his orders and they went their ways. Neither group could find neither any trace of the Liargons nor any other danger and returned to the cave. Once inside the cave Kirralia sat down. Legolas got some herbs and plants from out of his satchel and sat Indian style in front of Kirralia. "Show me where you are hurt," he said. The others started to prepare some food. Kirralia rolled up her leggings on one leg. She had a cut diagonally across her kneecap. "This may sting a little, " Legolas said as he crushed up some herbs, mixing it with some water to make a clear paste. Kirralia hissed slightly when the paste was first applied. "Leave the paste on overnight and it should be nearly healed tomorrow," said Legolas as he shifted to a better position to apply some of the paste to her cheek. Kirralia watched the cave opening while Legolas applied the paste to her cheek. "There, all finished." "Thank you," said Kirralia, "not just for this," indicating to her cuts, " but also for saving me." "That's okay," he replied. They looked at each other and unconsciously got closer when. "Dinner's ready," announced Sam. They quickly sprung apart. Legolas helped Kirralia up as they made their way to where the rest of the group were. When everyone had settled down after eating their food, Frodo sat next to Aragorn quietly discussing something with him. Aragorn got up. "I believe we have come to a decision about whether we will let Kirralia join our group or not. We have discussed it and Frodo made the final decision. In light of what happened earlier, I feel it has been well made. Kirralia we would like you to join us as part of the Fellowship." Kirralia smiled, "Thank you very much. I am honoured to be joining your Fellowship." Later that night, Gimli was patrolling outside the cave. Legolas was sitting in front of the campfire. Everyone else was asleep. Frodo rolled over and noticed that Legolas was still awake. He stood up and sat next to Legolas with a blanket wrapped around himself. "You like her, don't you," said Frodo quietly. Legolas was startled both by the fact that someone was up and he hadn't noticed and by the question. "Yes," he confirmed, "yes I do." "You should tell her," said Frodo. "But what if she doesn't feel that same way?" Legolas asked. "You won't know unless you ask," said Frodo. There was a pause; "you should get some sleep Legolas. It has been a long day, and no doubt tomorrow will also be a long day also." "Yes, of course Frodo." "Don't forget what I said Legolas," said Frodo as he walked back to the area he was sleeping in, "you won't know unless you ask." "Okay Frodo," said Legolas as he moved to where he was to sleep, "Sleep well." "Sleep well," came the reply. Both promptly fell asleep.
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The next day brought the Fellowship walking through the forest. Both Frodo and Legolas were bringing Kirralia up to date on what had happened so far. Frodo explaining mostly with Legolas interjecting some information every now and then. Sam turned at some point to look behind him and walked into a very leafy bush. "Argh," he cried in frustration, swatting at the leaves. None of them, not even Sam himself noticed he had picked up a passenger, a very unwanted and deadly passenger. Around midday, Sam started feeling queasy and couldn't focus. He stumbled, grabbing onto Kirralia to stop himself from falling. She turned and crouched down to eye level with him. "Are you okay, Sam?" "Actually, I'm not feeling too good." Legolas and Frodo had stopped with Kirralia. Gimli had been travelling behind Sam and so had also stopped. Aragorn was leading and turned when he heard someone stumble. They gathered around Sam. "You have a very high temperature," said Kirralia feeling Sam's forehead. Sam fainted and around his eyes started to glow a curious faint green colour. "Oh no," said Kirralia. "What? What's wrong with him?" asked Frodo worriedly. Kirralia pulled off Sam's shirt. On his chest just above his heart was a strange creature. It was flat except for a ridge down its back. It was green in colour except for a yellow pattern. It looked very similar to a stingray or a manta ray without the long tail. "That is a Concella. It is deadly. It attaches itself to its prey and sucks its blood, also injecting a poison into the blood stream. It's a parasite. It has to be removed," explained Kirralia. She positioned her hand over the Concella in a way so that her thumb and ring finger were positioned on either side of its body. She used these two fingers to squeeze the sides of it. There was a loud thwack sounds and it let go of Sam. "Legolas, get your bow and ready it with an arrow. I'm going to throw this up and away from us. Try to get it to that rock," instructed Kirralia pointing to a rock about 50 metres away. "Right," Legolas nodded as he loaded his bow. "Ready.go." Kirralia threw the Concella and Legolas let his arrow fly. The instant the arrow penetrated, the Concella screamed and two tentacles flew out trying to grab something. Then it exploded; leaving a green puddle on the rock it hit a second after being hit. Everyone except for Kirralia and Sam watched in awe. "That will stop the poison being injected and the blood being taken. Now we just need to get rid of the existing poison in his body," continued Kirralia, "Stay here and guard him. I'll be back in a moment." She sprinted off into the forest. The Fellowship looked at each other in disbelief. They hadn't known of anything like that. Frodo knelt next to Sam. "Please be okay Sam," he whispered. Kirralia returned after a few minutes carrying a bunch of red flowers with yellow spikes. She knelt next to Sam on the opposite side to Frodo. She squeezed one of the flowers. A gold, shimmery liquid ran out onto the cuts inflicted by the Concella. They hit with a purple shine. After a few moments the flower was dry. Kirralia put the rest of the flowers into her satchel. "Now we just have to wait," she said. They all sat and Aragorn asked Kirralia how she knew about the Concella. "When my parents were alive, they studied the forest, noting dangers and how to cure them. They taught me what they had learnt," she said. The answer satisfied the group and they settled down to wait for Sam to wake up.
Done. Another chapter! Yay. Please read and review. Until next time.