NO MATTER WHAT
Chapter 3
The highly polished floor caused the hobbits to slip slightly as the trekked down the long halls that led, or they were told that they led, to the room that Legolas was staying in. Along the way they met three elves. The elves were extremely caught up in some conversation and didn't seem to notice the Aragorn or the two tripping hobbits.
"Can you believe it?" one of them said. "Legolas Greenleaf. You would think that there would have been more news on it. I can't believe that he would do that so quickly. He should have taken his time. You know what I mean, look into other opportunities rather than commit to one single choice forever."
"I think that it was a good choice. I might not have known the other elf but I have heard that everyone supported his choice. If that is what he wants then so be it. His life that he hurts if things don't work out."
"Not so. This partnership is a two way deal there is no way to hurt one side without hurting the other. Just say that one of them gets killed. The other might not make it trough the grief."
"it hurts me to know that he got himself in the situation that he is in. He should have been smarter than that. I know that other elf. They are bad news." The elf that had been silent the whole time spoke up.
Pippin would have liked to hear more of the conversation but he had to keep up with Aragorn and Merry. Merry had to come back to grab Pippin. Aragorn had already turned the corner. When they turned the next corner they actually saw Legolas close the door and enter his room. They quickly shuffled over there and knocked.
"Hang on a moment." Legolas's voice was slightly annoyed but not enough for them to detect (other than Aragorn).
When he opened the door his anger was apparent to Merry. Pippin didn't notice because Merry's head was blocking his view and he wasn't tall enough to see over his cousin. He had a feeling that Legolas, because he had just gotten in his room and was already getting disturbed, was angry.
"I know that this may be a bad time." Aragorn was almost apologetic in his greeting. "We just really need your help."
"Could you wait a day or two?" Legolas tried to cover up the fact that he didn't want anyone to bother him but now even Pippin knew that he tall elf was not extremely excited to see them.
"I'm afraid not. We need your help immediately. We have to leave tonight. The least time we waste the better. I can't discuss what brings me here at the moment but I need you to come with me." Aragorn did his best to avoid any type of confrontation with his long time friend.
"I have already heard of the new ring. I was expecting that you would come and try to recruit me to help you." Legolas said, despite his "wonderful" mood, as he grew impatient. "If that is what is bothering you then it can wait a day or two!"
"That isn't it!" Pippin yelled back at him, almost forgetting that for every three strides Pippin took Legolas only took one. In other words, he had better not get in a situation that he had to run from his elven friend. "This is much more important! Frodo, Gandalf, and Gimli are going to look into that! Well I'm sorry if this is bad timing for you! I know that it just seems as though we planned for Sam to get hobbit-napped just to be inconvenient to you but we didn't! Nothing can be more important than saving our friends! We wouldn't wait until it was convenient to help you so you don't wait until it is convenient for you to help us!" Everyone just looked at Pippin when he finished that loud yell.
"I was planning to help. I'm just tired from the trip. All I need is one or two night to recover."
"Merry, Pippin, go wait in the tavern." Aragorn shooed them away.
"But…"
"Go!" after the two had gone Aragorn turned back to Legolas. "Why don't you want to leave tonight? I know that you were lying when you told Pippin that you were tired. You can tell me."
"No, it isn't important. I know that saving Sam is more important than this." Though he sounded sure of what he was saying he knew it wasn't true. It was comparable to a kid saying that they could eat some cake but they know that they would get hit for it. His heart wasn't truly into it.
"I think that you have made the right choice, even if you didn't want to. You have a quarter of an hour to get ready. Tie up whatever conversations you were having with the other elf in your room."
Aragorn wasn't planning to wait in the tavern with the hobbits. He had had enough to drink and had asked his beer mug questions after turning it upside down. (Long story involving a magic eight ball.) Instead he was going to listen in on Legolas. He figured that even if they talked in Elvish he could understand them. What he hadn't counted on was that elves could hear sounds better than he could. That meant that they didn't have to talk very loud. They could almost whisper from across the room.
"Go…I just have…no…I…you. You know that." That was all that Aragorn could hear. He could tell that it was Legolas talking.
"Legolas! You can't go! You promised that you would wait a full year before you went off anywhere. I don't know why I put up with you. You know that any elf in his right mind would jump at the chance!" Aragorn couldn't tell anything about the other elf in the room other than that they wanted Legolas to go even less than Legolas did.
In the end the two of them seemed to reach an agreement. Legolas had to leave but would do his best to keep it quick. At that the time was up. Aragorn knocked on the door and told Legolas that it was time to go. He came out without as much as a word. He was very solemn as he walked to the bottom, part of the inn where the hobbits were. Aragorn thought that the elf walked like a prisoner being brought to the gallows. He trudge of the condemned, the last dignified walk.
They picked up the hobbits and continued on. The weather wasn't that bad and they ran into very few problems. Merry and Pippin behaved themselves. They seemed to sense the tension in the air. When something is up hobbits can tell. They could feel that communication was not flowing freely between one member of the group and another.
Chapter 3
The highly polished floor caused the hobbits to slip slightly as the trekked down the long halls that led, or they were told that they led, to the room that Legolas was staying in. Along the way they met three elves. The elves were extremely caught up in some conversation and didn't seem to notice the Aragorn or the two tripping hobbits.
"Can you believe it?" one of them said. "Legolas Greenleaf. You would think that there would have been more news on it. I can't believe that he would do that so quickly. He should have taken his time. You know what I mean, look into other opportunities rather than commit to one single choice forever."
"I think that it was a good choice. I might not have known the other elf but I have heard that everyone supported his choice. If that is what he wants then so be it. His life that he hurts if things don't work out."
"Not so. This partnership is a two way deal there is no way to hurt one side without hurting the other. Just say that one of them gets killed. The other might not make it trough the grief."
"it hurts me to know that he got himself in the situation that he is in. He should have been smarter than that. I know that other elf. They are bad news." The elf that had been silent the whole time spoke up.
Pippin would have liked to hear more of the conversation but he had to keep up with Aragorn and Merry. Merry had to come back to grab Pippin. Aragorn had already turned the corner. When they turned the next corner they actually saw Legolas close the door and enter his room. They quickly shuffled over there and knocked.
"Hang on a moment." Legolas's voice was slightly annoyed but not enough for them to detect (other than Aragorn).
When he opened the door his anger was apparent to Merry. Pippin didn't notice because Merry's head was blocking his view and he wasn't tall enough to see over his cousin. He had a feeling that Legolas, because he had just gotten in his room and was already getting disturbed, was angry.
"I know that this may be a bad time." Aragorn was almost apologetic in his greeting. "We just really need your help."
"Could you wait a day or two?" Legolas tried to cover up the fact that he didn't want anyone to bother him but now even Pippin knew that he tall elf was not extremely excited to see them.
"I'm afraid not. We need your help immediately. We have to leave tonight. The least time we waste the better. I can't discuss what brings me here at the moment but I need you to come with me." Aragorn did his best to avoid any type of confrontation with his long time friend.
"I have already heard of the new ring. I was expecting that you would come and try to recruit me to help you." Legolas said, despite his "wonderful" mood, as he grew impatient. "If that is what is bothering you then it can wait a day or two!"
"That isn't it!" Pippin yelled back at him, almost forgetting that for every three strides Pippin took Legolas only took one. In other words, he had better not get in a situation that he had to run from his elven friend. "This is much more important! Frodo, Gandalf, and Gimli are going to look into that! Well I'm sorry if this is bad timing for you! I know that it just seems as though we planned for Sam to get hobbit-napped just to be inconvenient to you but we didn't! Nothing can be more important than saving our friends! We wouldn't wait until it was convenient to help you so you don't wait until it is convenient for you to help us!" Everyone just looked at Pippin when he finished that loud yell.
"I was planning to help. I'm just tired from the trip. All I need is one or two night to recover."
"Merry, Pippin, go wait in the tavern." Aragorn shooed them away.
"But…"
"Go!" after the two had gone Aragorn turned back to Legolas. "Why don't you want to leave tonight? I know that you were lying when you told Pippin that you were tired. You can tell me."
"No, it isn't important. I know that saving Sam is more important than this." Though he sounded sure of what he was saying he knew it wasn't true. It was comparable to a kid saying that they could eat some cake but they know that they would get hit for it. His heart wasn't truly into it.
"I think that you have made the right choice, even if you didn't want to. You have a quarter of an hour to get ready. Tie up whatever conversations you were having with the other elf in your room."
Aragorn wasn't planning to wait in the tavern with the hobbits. He had had enough to drink and had asked his beer mug questions after turning it upside down. (Long story involving a magic eight ball.) Instead he was going to listen in on Legolas. He figured that even if they talked in Elvish he could understand them. What he hadn't counted on was that elves could hear sounds better than he could. That meant that they didn't have to talk very loud. They could almost whisper from across the room.
"Go…I just have…no…I…you. You know that." That was all that Aragorn could hear. He could tell that it was Legolas talking.
"Legolas! You can't go! You promised that you would wait a full year before you went off anywhere. I don't know why I put up with you. You know that any elf in his right mind would jump at the chance!" Aragorn couldn't tell anything about the other elf in the room other than that they wanted Legolas to go even less than Legolas did.
In the end the two of them seemed to reach an agreement. Legolas had to leave but would do his best to keep it quick. At that the time was up. Aragorn knocked on the door and told Legolas that it was time to go. He came out without as much as a word. He was very solemn as he walked to the bottom, part of the inn where the hobbits were. Aragorn thought that the elf walked like a prisoner being brought to the gallows. He trudge of the condemned, the last dignified walk.
They picked up the hobbits and continued on. The weather wasn't that bad and they ran into very few problems. Merry and Pippin behaved themselves. They seemed to sense the tension in the air. When something is up hobbits can tell. They could feel that communication was not flowing freely between one member of the group and another.