Here it is, the fifth chapter. It took a while, I'm sorry. Well here we go.
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Orcs
After nearly half an hour, Sam's eyes fluttered open. "Sam," Frodo nearly yelled in happiness and gave him a huge hug. "Whoa Mister Frodo. What happened to me? The last thing I remember was feeling sick." Frodo quickly explained about the Concella. The rest of the Fellowship had gathered around when Frodo had first yelled. Frodo finished up by telling Sam that Kirralia had cured him. Sam looked up at Kirralia. "Thank you Kirralia," he said. "No need for thanks Sam," she replied. Frodo beckoned Kirralia to come closer. She crouched down. As soon as she had done so, Frodo threw his arms around her. "Thank you for helping Sam," he said, "he is my best friend and I wouldn't know what to do without him." As Kirralia pulled out of his embrace, she saw a faint blue glow coming from Frodo's sword hilt. "Frodo," she asked, "why is sword glowing blue?" Frodo quickly looked down and pulled Sting out slightly. It was indeed glowing blue. "Orcs!" he cried out. "What?" asked Kirralia confused. "The sword glows blue when orcs are near," explained Frodo quickly. Everyone had jumped up, weapons drawn except for Kirralia, Frodo and Samwise. The latter being too weak still. Kirralia looked around for some protection for the two hobbits and spotted a tree with twisted, thick roots which formed something similar to a cave. "Quick, help me get Sam to those tree roots. We can guard the tree from attacks easier and it will also provide some protection," said Kirralia. The group quickly moved Sam to the roots and Frodo crawled in with him on the insistence of Aragorn. The four set themselves up around the tree. There were a few tense moments, and then the orcs attacked. The battle was short-lived as there were not very many orcs. The battled ended a few minutes after it started. The Fellowship looked at each other. "That was strange," said Gimli. "Yes," agreed Legolas, "and they did not even attempt to get Frodo or Samwise." "They were not even firing their arrows properly. It was sloppy," added Kirralia. "It was as though they were not trying to kill us but simply trying to hold us up," mused Aragorn. "But why would they just want to hold us up?" asked Samwise as he and Frodo crawled out of the tree hollow. "Merry and Pippin," said Frodo suddenly, "maybe we are close to them." "Then let's go get them," said Aragorn. The group collected their things and set off. As they walked the forest started to get thicker. Both Legolas and Kirralia cocked their heads. Frodo looked at them, "what are you doing?" he asked. "Listening," replied Legolas, "the trees give you messages." "But I thought that only Kirralia could understand the messages nature gave," said Frodo. "Kirralia is more skilled as she can understand a lot more species than I, but all wood elves are able to understand the trees and can interpret some other signs of nature. These tree are talking of some creatures, which sound like our orcs, who wandered through here and cut all their branches," explained Legolas. "Sounds as though we are going the right way then," said Aragorn. A bit further up the path the Fellowship could see the damage which had been inflicted by the orcs. The trees were mangled, flowers were crushed and there were squashed plants scattered across the path which had been cruelly cut into the forest. The Fellowship looked around in shock as they traveled up the path. Suddenly Aragorn stopped. "Quick, get off the road and hide," he said. At that moment Sting started to glow. The Fellowship jumped off the road and hid in tree hollows. They turned their attention to the road to watch. A few moments later five orcs came down the path, patrolling. They went up the where the destruction of the forest had started and turned and walked back the way they had come. The group met up on one side of that path and decided to follow the orcs keeping off the road and using the trees for cover. There were a few close calls but none of them were spotted. Eventually there was a large clearing where the rest of the orcs were camped. In the middle, tied to a tree looking miserable were Merry and Pippin. The Fellowship retreated to a place far enough away to be able to talk without being heard. "There are at least 30 orcs!" exclaimed Frodo. "Yes, we will need a distraction to split the orcs up," said Aragorn. "But who will be the distraction?" asked Gimli, "We can't let Frodo or Sam be the distractions, that would be dangerous and somehow I do not think that any of us," he indicated to Legolas, Aragorn and himself, "would be that much of a distraction for the orcs. They would probably guess that we were trying to rescue Merry and Pippin." The group was silent. "What about me?" asked Kirralia. "What do you mean?" asked Legolas. "Well.the orcs have not really seen me and may not know that I am a part of your Fellowship, plus I am a female elf in the forest. If I were to stumble upon their camp do you really think that I would not be chased?" She replied. "They would chase you," said Gimli. "Hmmm.here's the plan," said Aragorn after a moment, "Kirralia 'stumbles' upon the orc camp and runs, hopefully leading some of the orcs away. The rest of us fight the remaining orcs, except for Frodo and Sam, who, when all the orcs are distracted will untie Merry and Pippin and hide somewhere safe until we are sure it is safe. Agreed?" "And if it does not work?" asked Legolas. "If it does not work we will meet up here again and discuss a new plan," answered Aragorn. They all got into position. Before Kirralia went to leave Legolas stopped her. "Be careful," he said quietly looking into her eyes. "Of course I will," she replied. "Get ready," called Aragorn. "Good luck," said Legolas and leaned over and kissed her cheek then he sprinted away into position next to Aragorn. Kirralia raised her hand to her cheek and smiled to herself. She shook herself out of her daze. When Legolas got into position, Aragorn looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "I think you like someone Legolas," he said teasingly. "Oh be quiet," said Legolas. The only reply was a small chortle. Kirralia walked down towards the campsite, humming quietly. She hoped this was going to work. She pretended to trip into the clearing. She got up, dusted herself off and looked around. The orcs had all looked up and were watching Kirralia. "Um.oops," she said and sprinted off. About 7 orcs chased her, leaving 25 for the others to deal with. The rest of the Fellowship waited a few moments before attacking. Legolas shot the orcs closest to Merry and Pippin first. Then he, Aragorn and Gimli ran into the clearing attacking the orcs. Merry and Pippin cheered when they saw the trio. Sam and Frodo waited until they were sure all the orcs were occupied before rushing out to untie Merry and Pippin. "Frodo! Sam!" they cried. "Come on," said Frodo when the rope had been untied. The four of them ran to the other side of the clearing and hid, they watched to fight from their hiding spot, wanting to help but obeying Aragorn's orders. Legolas had two arrows, one in each hand and was stabbing orcs as he could no longer easily shoot them with his bow. The three were fighting hard. There were only a couple left now. Meanwhile. Kirralia had grabbed the first branch she could and pulled herself up. She quickly fired her arrows at the 7 orcs who had followed her. She jumped down from the tree and started back to the clearing. An orc had noticed the disappearance of the hobbits and was creeping around to where he saw them go. No one noticed him. Pippin turned his head when he noticed a large shadow. The orc was standing right behind them. The other three also turned as they heard heavy breathing. They gasped in shock. The orc was preparing to hit them. The hobbits closed their eyes preparing for the inevitable blow which would knock them all unconscious. It never came. Frodo squinted one eye open and noticed the orc was facing someone to the left of the tree, Then the orc was suddenly falling. An arrow sticking out of his forehead was the obvious cause of death. Frodo opened his eyes fully and saw Kirralia lowering her bow. At that moment the rest of the Fellowship came racing over. Sam, Pippin and Merry opened their eyes slowly. They then got up when they noticed that the orc was dead. "Are you four alright?" asked Aragorn, checking them over for injuries. "Yes," chorused the hobbits. Kirralia joined the group then. Legolas turned to her, "Are you alright?" he asked. "Yep," she replied smiling. Pippin and Merry looked at her. "Hey, you're the girl the orcs chased before everyone else came," said Merry. "Yes, I'm Kirralia," Kirralia introduced herself. "Kirralia is a part of our Fellowship now," explained Frodo. He quickly explained the circumstances of how the group had met Kirralia and what had happened since then. Merry and Pippin were amazed. They had never heard of Quorathicas or Concellas or anything of the sort before. The group started walking again. The forest was finally thinning out. But the ground was getting softer and the air grew foul. Gradually the forest gave way to swamp area. The thick mud of the swamp sucked them down every step they took. The ground eventually got firmer but there were huge watery patches of swamp. The Fellowship walked around these watery patches with little trouble. Eventually the swampland disappeared completely. It was growing dark now. "That is our destination for tomorrow," announced Aragorn pointing over a hill, "just beyond that hill there is a stone village. The village is the gate to the cave labyrinth of Talicha. We need to go through Talicha. We will rest now and start early tomorrow." With that the Fellowship prepared the camp. The group sat around the fire talking. They were filling Merry and Pippin in on what had happened in more detail. ".and they said 'we'll get you 'Keeper' and 'Ringbearer' and disappeared," Frodo finished up the Liargon story. He then prepared to start on the next story when Pippin said, "Hang on. What's a 'Keeper'?" The group looked at each other. "We are not exactly sure," said Aragorn finally. "So these Liargons think that Kirralia is the 'Keeper' but we don't know what a 'Keeper' is or does," summed up Merry. "Uh.that just about covers it," said Sam. "Alright then. So what happened next?" asked Merry. Frodo continued with the story but Pippin's question stuck in the mind of all of them. They needed to find out what a 'Keeper' was. The next morning the group packed up and started to climb the hill. Meanwhile. The Liargon had reported back to Sauroman. Sauroman was not pleased to say the least. He had just found out that Merry and Pippin had been rescued. "Jonolia is here master," reported a slave, announcing the arrival of the Liargon. "Show him in," said Sauroman. "I bring good and bad news sir," said Jonolia, he paused. "Well." demanded Sauroman, "what is it?" "We have discovered the 'Keeper' and her whereabouts," "But," prompted Sauroman. "She has joined forces with the 'Ringbearer'." "WHAT!" roared Sauroman. "She is currently travelling with the 'Ringbearer' and his followers," said Jonolia quickly, "however we do not believe she understands her importance." "Excellent, the 'Keeper' does not realise her powers. She and the 'Ringbearer' are the only ones who can destroy this plan," Sauroman mused. "Perhaps I will send them a little gift," Sauroman laughed evilly and walked away to a door in the corner of the room. It was barely half a metre high. However after Sauroman muttered an incantation the door shifted and mutated until it was large enough to accommodate Saruoman. He went inside. A moment later he came out holding a clear orb. He placed it on a holder next to his throne and recited yet another incantation and it glowed in different shades of blue. "Let's see how they handle this surprise," said Sauroman evilly. "You are dismissed Jonolia," said Sauroman waving the Liargon out of the room.
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The Fellowship were making their way up the hill when suddenly both Frodo and Kirralia dropped to their knees clutching their heads in pain. The rest of the Fellowship was stunned. They did not know what to do. Legolas knelt next to Kirralia while Samwise knelt next to Frodo; each had their arm around the affected one leaning in to hear the words the two were muttering. "No, no, no," over and over again. The Fellowship looked at each other fearfully. Flashes and pain. That's all it was at first, flashes of monster, death, destruction, slavery, cruelty, a desert, no song, music or happiness. Then the flashes came slower and slower until it was one picture. One picture of the Fellowship fighting a giant, silver and red dragon which was flying and breathing fire. Both Aragorn and Gimli were knocked away by the beast's tail. The hobbits were trying to stay away from the flames. Kirralia, Legolas and Samwise were battling the dragon. Each burst of flame was dodged in an almost choreographed fashion. Then Samwise unfortunately tripped and the dragon backhanded him into a tree with his huge claw. Sam slumped down with blood running down his face from a cut above his eye. "Sam!" yelled Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Kirralia and Legolas turned to make sure Sam was all right. The dragon saw its opportunity. The whole group was occupied. It viciously backhanded Legolas, sending him flying. "Legolas!" yelled Kirralia. Then it all went black.
Ah-ha another evil cliffhanger. I am very sorry for taking so long with this part. I am still alive but school has taken over. This is the longest part so far in this story. Hope you like it. Please review!! (
Orcs
After nearly half an hour, Sam's eyes fluttered open. "Sam," Frodo nearly yelled in happiness and gave him a huge hug. "Whoa Mister Frodo. What happened to me? The last thing I remember was feeling sick." Frodo quickly explained about the Concella. The rest of the Fellowship had gathered around when Frodo had first yelled. Frodo finished up by telling Sam that Kirralia had cured him. Sam looked up at Kirralia. "Thank you Kirralia," he said. "No need for thanks Sam," she replied. Frodo beckoned Kirralia to come closer. She crouched down. As soon as she had done so, Frodo threw his arms around her. "Thank you for helping Sam," he said, "he is my best friend and I wouldn't know what to do without him." As Kirralia pulled out of his embrace, she saw a faint blue glow coming from Frodo's sword hilt. "Frodo," she asked, "why is sword glowing blue?" Frodo quickly looked down and pulled Sting out slightly. It was indeed glowing blue. "Orcs!" he cried out. "What?" asked Kirralia confused. "The sword glows blue when orcs are near," explained Frodo quickly. Everyone had jumped up, weapons drawn except for Kirralia, Frodo and Samwise. The latter being too weak still. Kirralia looked around for some protection for the two hobbits and spotted a tree with twisted, thick roots which formed something similar to a cave. "Quick, help me get Sam to those tree roots. We can guard the tree from attacks easier and it will also provide some protection," said Kirralia. The group quickly moved Sam to the roots and Frodo crawled in with him on the insistence of Aragorn. The four set themselves up around the tree. There were a few tense moments, and then the orcs attacked. The battle was short-lived as there were not very many orcs. The battled ended a few minutes after it started. The Fellowship looked at each other. "That was strange," said Gimli. "Yes," agreed Legolas, "and they did not even attempt to get Frodo or Samwise." "They were not even firing their arrows properly. It was sloppy," added Kirralia. "It was as though they were not trying to kill us but simply trying to hold us up," mused Aragorn. "But why would they just want to hold us up?" asked Samwise as he and Frodo crawled out of the tree hollow. "Merry and Pippin," said Frodo suddenly, "maybe we are close to them." "Then let's go get them," said Aragorn. The group collected their things and set off. As they walked the forest started to get thicker. Both Legolas and Kirralia cocked their heads. Frodo looked at them, "what are you doing?" he asked. "Listening," replied Legolas, "the trees give you messages." "But I thought that only Kirralia could understand the messages nature gave," said Frodo. "Kirralia is more skilled as she can understand a lot more species than I, but all wood elves are able to understand the trees and can interpret some other signs of nature. These tree are talking of some creatures, which sound like our orcs, who wandered through here and cut all their branches," explained Legolas. "Sounds as though we are going the right way then," said Aragorn. A bit further up the path the Fellowship could see the damage which had been inflicted by the orcs. The trees were mangled, flowers were crushed and there were squashed plants scattered across the path which had been cruelly cut into the forest. The Fellowship looked around in shock as they traveled up the path. Suddenly Aragorn stopped. "Quick, get off the road and hide," he said. At that moment Sting started to glow. The Fellowship jumped off the road and hid in tree hollows. They turned their attention to the road to watch. A few moments later five orcs came down the path, patrolling. They went up the where the destruction of the forest had started and turned and walked back the way they had come. The group met up on one side of that path and decided to follow the orcs keeping off the road and using the trees for cover. There were a few close calls but none of them were spotted. Eventually there was a large clearing where the rest of the orcs were camped. In the middle, tied to a tree looking miserable were Merry and Pippin. The Fellowship retreated to a place far enough away to be able to talk without being heard. "There are at least 30 orcs!" exclaimed Frodo. "Yes, we will need a distraction to split the orcs up," said Aragorn. "But who will be the distraction?" asked Gimli, "We can't let Frodo or Sam be the distractions, that would be dangerous and somehow I do not think that any of us," he indicated to Legolas, Aragorn and himself, "would be that much of a distraction for the orcs. They would probably guess that we were trying to rescue Merry and Pippin." The group was silent. "What about me?" asked Kirralia. "What do you mean?" asked Legolas. "Well.the orcs have not really seen me and may not know that I am a part of your Fellowship, plus I am a female elf in the forest. If I were to stumble upon their camp do you really think that I would not be chased?" She replied. "They would chase you," said Gimli. "Hmmm.here's the plan," said Aragorn after a moment, "Kirralia 'stumbles' upon the orc camp and runs, hopefully leading some of the orcs away. The rest of us fight the remaining orcs, except for Frodo and Sam, who, when all the orcs are distracted will untie Merry and Pippin and hide somewhere safe until we are sure it is safe. Agreed?" "And if it does not work?" asked Legolas. "If it does not work we will meet up here again and discuss a new plan," answered Aragorn. They all got into position. Before Kirralia went to leave Legolas stopped her. "Be careful," he said quietly looking into her eyes. "Of course I will," she replied. "Get ready," called Aragorn. "Good luck," said Legolas and leaned over and kissed her cheek then he sprinted away into position next to Aragorn. Kirralia raised her hand to her cheek and smiled to herself. She shook herself out of her daze. When Legolas got into position, Aragorn looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "I think you like someone Legolas," he said teasingly. "Oh be quiet," said Legolas. The only reply was a small chortle. Kirralia walked down towards the campsite, humming quietly. She hoped this was going to work. She pretended to trip into the clearing. She got up, dusted herself off and looked around. The orcs had all looked up and were watching Kirralia. "Um.oops," she said and sprinted off. About 7 orcs chased her, leaving 25 for the others to deal with. The rest of the Fellowship waited a few moments before attacking. Legolas shot the orcs closest to Merry and Pippin first. Then he, Aragorn and Gimli ran into the clearing attacking the orcs. Merry and Pippin cheered when they saw the trio. Sam and Frodo waited until they were sure all the orcs were occupied before rushing out to untie Merry and Pippin. "Frodo! Sam!" they cried. "Come on," said Frodo when the rope had been untied. The four of them ran to the other side of the clearing and hid, they watched to fight from their hiding spot, wanting to help but obeying Aragorn's orders. Legolas had two arrows, one in each hand and was stabbing orcs as he could no longer easily shoot them with his bow. The three were fighting hard. There were only a couple left now. Meanwhile. Kirralia had grabbed the first branch she could and pulled herself up. She quickly fired her arrows at the 7 orcs who had followed her. She jumped down from the tree and started back to the clearing. An orc had noticed the disappearance of the hobbits and was creeping around to where he saw them go. No one noticed him. Pippin turned his head when he noticed a large shadow. The orc was standing right behind them. The other three also turned as they heard heavy breathing. They gasped in shock. The orc was preparing to hit them. The hobbits closed their eyes preparing for the inevitable blow which would knock them all unconscious. It never came. Frodo squinted one eye open and noticed the orc was facing someone to the left of the tree, Then the orc was suddenly falling. An arrow sticking out of his forehead was the obvious cause of death. Frodo opened his eyes fully and saw Kirralia lowering her bow. At that moment the rest of the Fellowship came racing over. Sam, Pippin and Merry opened their eyes slowly. They then got up when they noticed that the orc was dead. "Are you four alright?" asked Aragorn, checking them over for injuries. "Yes," chorused the hobbits. Kirralia joined the group then. Legolas turned to her, "Are you alright?" he asked. "Yep," she replied smiling. Pippin and Merry looked at her. "Hey, you're the girl the orcs chased before everyone else came," said Merry. "Yes, I'm Kirralia," Kirralia introduced herself. "Kirralia is a part of our Fellowship now," explained Frodo. He quickly explained the circumstances of how the group had met Kirralia and what had happened since then. Merry and Pippin were amazed. They had never heard of Quorathicas or Concellas or anything of the sort before. The group started walking again. The forest was finally thinning out. But the ground was getting softer and the air grew foul. Gradually the forest gave way to swamp area. The thick mud of the swamp sucked them down every step they took. The ground eventually got firmer but there were huge watery patches of swamp. The Fellowship walked around these watery patches with little trouble. Eventually the swampland disappeared completely. It was growing dark now. "That is our destination for tomorrow," announced Aragorn pointing over a hill, "just beyond that hill there is a stone village. The village is the gate to the cave labyrinth of Talicha. We need to go through Talicha. We will rest now and start early tomorrow." With that the Fellowship prepared the camp. The group sat around the fire talking. They were filling Merry and Pippin in on what had happened in more detail. ".and they said 'we'll get you 'Keeper' and 'Ringbearer' and disappeared," Frodo finished up the Liargon story. He then prepared to start on the next story when Pippin said, "Hang on. What's a 'Keeper'?" The group looked at each other. "We are not exactly sure," said Aragorn finally. "So these Liargons think that Kirralia is the 'Keeper' but we don't know what a 'Keeper' is or does," summed up Merry. "Uh.that just about covers it," said Sam. "Alright then. So what happened next?" asked Merry. Frodo continued with the story but Pippin's question stuck in the mind of all of them. They needed to find out what a 'Keeper' was. The next morning the group packed up and started to climb the hill. Meanwhile. The Liargon had reported back to Sauroman. Sauroman was not pleased to say the least. He had just found out that Merry and Pippin had been rescued. "Jonolia is here master," reported a slave, announcing the arrival of the Liargon. "Show him in," said Sauroman. "I bring good and bad news sir," said Jonolia, he paused. "Well." demanded Sauroman, "what is it?" "We have discovered the 'Keeper' and her whereabouts," "But," prompted Sauroman. "She has joined forces with the 'Ringbearer'." "WHAT!" roared Sauroman. "She is currently travelling with the 'Ringbearer' and his followers," said Jonolia quickly, "however we do not believe she understands her importance." "Excellent, the 'Keeper' does not realise her powers. She and the 'Ringbearer' are the only ones who can destroy this plan," Sauroman mused. "Perhaps I will send them a little gift," Sauroman laughed evilly and walked away to a door in the corner of the room. It was barely half a metre high. However after Sauroman muttered an incantation the door shifted and mutated until it was large enough to accommodate Saruoman. He went inside. A moment later he came out holding a clear orb. He placed it on a holder next to his throne and recited yet another incantation and it glowed in different shades of blue. "Let's see how they handle this surprise," said Sauroman evilly. "You are dismissed Jonolia," said Sauroman waving the Liargon out of the room.
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The Fellowship were making their way up the hill when suddenly both Frodo and Kirralia dropped to their knees clutching their heads in pain. The rest of the Fellowship was stunned. They did not know what to do. Legolas knelt next to Kirralia while Samwise knelt next to Frodo; each had their arm around the affected one leaning in to hear the words the two were muttering. "No, no, no," over and over again. The Fellowship looked at each other fearfully. Flashes and pain. That's all it was at first, flashes of monster, death, destruction, slavery, cruelty, a desert, no song, music or happiness. Then the flashes came slower and slower until it was one picture. One picture of the Fellowship fighting a giant, silver and red dragon which was flying and breathing fire. Both Aragorn and Gimli were knocked away by the beast's tail. The hobbits were trying to stay away from the flames. Kirralia, Legolas and Samwise were battling the dragon. Each burst of flame was dodged in an almost choreographed fashion. Then Samwise unfortunately tripped and the dragon backhanded him into a tree with his huge claw. Sam slumped down with blood running down his face from a cut above his eye. "Sam!" yelled Frodo, Merry and Pippin. Kirralia and Legolas turned to make sure Sam was all right. The dragon saw its opportunity. The whole group was occupied. It viciously backhanded Legolas, sending him flying. "Legolas!" yelled Kirralia. Then it all went black.
Ah-ha another evil cliffhanger. I am very sorry for taking so long with this part. I am still alive but school has taken over. This is the longest part so far in this story. Hope you like it. Please review!! (