No Matter What
Thank you to all of you who told me the rating
TO: ???() And reviews are meant for people to say what they liked about the story, not say that they didn't like the summery that just said that it was not a slash… therefor describing it is not a slash, romance, or childhood beating fic. (See the reviews if you don't understand)
PS: does anyone know where to find the review number or code or whatever it is that you have to type in to get rid of anonymous reviews?
"Alright, Pippin, you look for food, Merry, you search for water, Legolas, find some decent fire wood." Aragorn told them the tasks to complete before diner. He was going to set up camp.
It had been three days sense Gimli left them (in other words, three days sense he end of the last chapter). At the moment they were no closer to finding Sam than they were the day he was hobbitnapped. Legolas hadn't read the message yet because he hadn't had a moment to himself. Aragorn gave him the job of looking for firewood in hopes that he would feel alone enough to finally read it. The elf had been as testy as a vampire in the sunlight. He figured that this might cool him down.
"Legolas," Aragorn called the elf to his side. "Read the message, for crying out loud, you said yourself that you know what it says. Who knows, if your wrong then you would have spent all this time worrying for nothing. Just, for your own sake if no one else's, read it"
Legolas said nothing but simply nodded. He knew the area, not truly well, but he had been here once before. There was a nice clearing not far from where they were. That clearing was truly something that he remembered well. It was something special to him; something with a memory attached to it so tightly that it was the only place he could read it. Little did he know that the hobbits were not going to let him read in peace. They knew two things, something was up, and this message had something to do with it. As we know (if you read the books anyway) they loved to spy.
Merry and Pippin spied for about ten minutes when then had to stop.
"I remember when we got Sam to spy on Frodo. We learned so much." Pippin looked at the ground.
"If it wasn't for that conspiracy we wouldn't have gone on the quest to destroy the ring. Pity we had to destroy it, it would have made a great souvenir." Merry joked to keep tears from his eyes.
"If it wasn't for him…" Pippin couldn't finish. What he had meant to say was "if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have meet anyone in the fellowship. The ring might not have been destroyed." After some time he managed to choke that out.
"But also they might have gotten through the Mines of Moria sense you wouldn't have been there. Don't cry Pip. Look up, we will get him back. If we don't then we will die trying."
"We will either be heroes for saving him or saving the world from ourselves"
"That's the spirit, wait a moment, we aren't that bad, the word does not need saving from us yet. At least not if you keep crying" Merry joked again and got Pippin to laugh. "If you cry then Legolas will hear us then we wont get to find out what was wrong. (alright end sappy sad hobbit part)
They went on spying for upwards of an hour. They were about to give up when Legolas went into a clearing. He sat down for a moment then restlessly scoured the area. He soon settled and climbed up a tree. Merry and Pippin made sure that they had covering from the top. This did them little good when they almost jumped for joy when Legolas took out the parchment that the ring held together. He read it so detailed that it seemed to take forever for the two hobbits below. They couldn't see that he had stopped reading and was just stareing blankly at the paper. This was worse than what he thought it was. He wasn't sure how to handle it at first. Suddenly he heard a sound from below.
"Well…"
"Well what? How am I supposed to know what is going on?"
It was Merry and Pippin, he was sure of it.
"GO!" he yelled at them. When he didn't see two hobbits scamper off into the woods he figured that they were so slow he needed to explain it to them more. "GO! GET OUT OF HERE YOU WORTHLESS HOBBITS OR I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE STRUNG UP BY YOUR NECKS" This produced surprisingly effective results. Legolas didn't know that their short legs could carry them so fast. He also didn't know just how persistent they were. Merry and Pippin were soon back to spying on him. This time they had separated themselves so that they wouldn't be tempted to talk.
Merry found this to be a good time to use the spyglass that he had been given by Bilbo (I know that that did not happen, it is just convenient). Pippin had also gotten one and had been smart enough to bring it along (does this make up for what I said about him in my other story?). They almost screamed when they looked into each other but somehow managed not to yelp in surprise.
From the angle he was at, Pippin had a hard time seeing anything but Merry made up for that with a great view. Soon he was so engrossed that he hardly noticed Aragorn coming up behind him. But before that a great deal of things happened.
Legolas sat silently as if waiting for the letter to sink in. it had just happened to fast. He couldn't move his legs to get out of the tree. He was surprised that he managed to yell at Merry and Pippin. He resolved right then and there that he was not going to cry. Crying was below him, or at least that is what he said.
Fighting back the tears that welled in his eyes, he tied a string around the ring that had been around the letter. Along with that ring he slipped another off his finger and put it on the string. He looked at them and muttered something in elvish. Merry couldn't hear what it was but had he it would have been something like this: "I wish we were as close as the rings." It would have been more poetic but that was the idea. He put the string over his neck and climbed down to a lower branch. This branch was important to him. He stroked it until he found the right place. It was a small knot on the underside. It wouldn't have gained much attention to anyone else, just another knot on the underside of another branch, on another tree. His fingers felt all around it until they found it, the right side of this knot had a hole. In truth, part of the branch he was on was hollow. He reached up inside and bulled out a tiny gold chain with a locket. Inside the locket was a tiny picture. (It was a big locket)
He took it and the locket with him as he leapt from the tree. He walked about a foot from Merry but either didn't notice or didn't care. He had more important things on his mind than a nosey hobbit. It was then that Aragorn slipped behind Merry.
"Looking at something are we?"
"AHHHHHHHHH… ummmm, no?" Merry screamed, thought, then lied.
"It is sad when someone can not even go to read a message without two or more hobbits following them. I am disappointed in both you and Pippin. Both of you know that this is important to him. I don't know what it is but I am sure that it is personal. If it wasn't he probably would have shared it with us."
"At least I'm doing my part as a concerned friend!" Merry quickly retorted.
"I asked him about it and when he said that he didn't want to talk about it I left him alone. He knows that he can talk to me and that he doesn't have to worry about me telling anyone or spying on him. Is it the same way with you?"
"Ummmmmm… yes, I asked him what was wrong but he snapped at me!"
ohh, nice cliff hanger, I have to give this one some time. Not only that but I also need answers to my question about the raiting. I have to put off not only telling you what is wrong but also putting the letter in the story until you tell me what you think (if you forgot, look back at the note on the last chapter) thank you to those who restponded.
Thank you to all of you who told me the rating
TO: ???() And reviews are meant for people to say what they liked about the story, not say that they didn't like the summery that just said that it was not a slash… therefor describing it is not a slash, romance, or childhood beating fic. (See the reviews if you don't understand)
PS: does anyone know where to find the review number or code or whatever it is that you have to type in to get rid of anonymous reviews?
"Alright, Pippin, you look for food, Merry, you search for water, Legolas, find some decent fire wood." Aragorn told them the tasks to complete before diner. He was going to set up camp.
It had been three days sense Gimli left them (in other words, three days sense he end of the last chapter). At the moment they were no closer to finding Sam than they were the day he was hobbitnapped. Legolas hadn't read the message yet because he hadn't had a moment to himself. Aragorn gave him the job of looking for firewood in hopes that he would feel alone enough to finally read it. The elf had been as testy as a vampire in the sunlight. He figured that this might cool him down.
"Legolas," Aragorn called the elf to his side. "Read the message, for crying out loud, you said yourself that you know what it says. Who knows, if your wrong then you would have spent all this time worrying for nothing. Just, for your own sake if no one else's, read it"
Legolas said nothing but simply nodded. He knew the area, not truly well, but he had been here once before. There was a nice clearing not far from where they were. That clearing was truly something that he remembered well. It was something special to him; something with a memory attached to it so tightly that it was the only place he could read it. Little did he know that the hobbits were not going to let him read in peace. They knew two things, something was up, and this message had something to do with it. As we know (if you read the books anyway) they loved to spy.
Merry and Pippin spied for about ten minutes when then had to stop.
"I remember when we got Sam to spy on Frodo. We learned so much." Pippin looked at the ground.
"If it wasn't for that conspiracy we wouldn't have gone on the quest to destroy the ring. Pity we had to destroy it, it would have made a great souvenir." Merry joked to keep tears from his eyes.
"If it wasn't for him…" Pippin couldn't finish. What he had meant to say was "if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have meet anyone in the fellowship. The ring might not have been destroyed." After some time he managed to choke that out.
"But also they might have gotten through the Mines of Moria sense you wouldn't have been there. Don't cry Pip. Look up, we will get him back. If we don't then we will die trying."
"We will either be heroes for saving him or saving the world from ourselves"
"That's the spirit, wait a moment, we aren't that bad, the word does not need saving from us yet. At least not if you keep crying" Merry joked again and got Pippin to laugh. "If you cry then Legolas will hear us then we wont get to find out what was wrong. (alright end sappy sad hobbit part)
They went on spying for upwards of an hour. They were about to give up when Legolas went into a clearing. He sat down for a moment then restlessly scoured the area. He soon settled and climbed up a tree. Merry and Pippin made sure that they had covering from the top. This did them little good when they almost jumped for joy when Legolas took out the parchment that the ring held together. He read it so detailed that it seemed to take forever for the two hobbits below. They couldn't see that he had stopped reading and was just stareing blankly at the paper. This was worse than what he thought it was. He wasn't sure how to handle it at first. Suddenly he heard a sound from below.
"Well…"
"Well what? How am I supposed to know what is going on?"
It was Merry and Pippin, he was sure of it.
"GO!" he yelled at them. When he didn't see two hobbits scamper off into the woods he figured that they were so slow he needed to explain it to them more. "GO! GET OUT OF HERE YOU WORTHLESS HOBBITS OR I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE STRUNG UP BY YOUR NECKS" This produced surprisingly effective results. Legolas didn't know that their short legs could carry them so fast. He also didn't know just how persistent they were. Merry and Pippin were soon back to spying on him. This time they had separated themselves so that they wouldn't be tempted to talk.
Merry found this to be a good time to use the spyglass that he had been given by Bilbo (I know that that did not happen, it is just convenient). Pippin had also gotten one and had been smart enough to bring it along (does this make up for what I said about him in my other story?). They almost screamed when they looked into each other but somehow managed not to yelp in surprise.
From the angle he was at, Pippin had a hard time seeing anything but Merry made up for that with a great view. Soon he was so engrossed that he hardly noticed Aragorn coming up behind him. But before that a great deal of things happened.
Legolas sat silently as if waiting for the letter to sink in. it had just happened to fast. He couldn't move his legs to get out of the tree. He was surprised that he managed to yell at Merry and Pippin. He resolved right then and there that he was not going to cry. Crying was below him, or at least that is what he said.
Fighting back the tears that welled in his eyes, he tied a string around the ring that had been around the letter. Along with that ring he slipped another off his finger and put it on the string. He looked at them and muttered something in elvish. Merry couldn't hear what it was but had he it would have been something like this: "I wish we were as close as the rings." It would have been more poetic but that was the idea. He put the string over his neck and climbed down to a lower branch. This branch was important to him. He stroked it until he found the right place. It was a small knot on the underside. It wouldn't have gained much attention to anyone else, just another knot on the underside of another branch, on another tree. His fingers felt all around it until they found it, the right side of this knot had a hole. In truth, part of the branch he was on was hollow. He reached up inside and bulled out a tiny gold chain with a locket. Inside the locket was a tiny picture. (It was a big locket)
He took it and the locket with him as he leapt from the tree. He walked about a foot from Merry but either didn't notice or didn't care. He had more important things on his mind than a nosey hobbit. It was then that Aragorn slipped behind Merry.
"Looking at something are we?"
"AHHHHHHHHH… ummmm, no?" Merry screamed, thought, then lied.
"It is sad when someone can not even go to read a message without two or more hobbits following them. I am disappointed in both you and Pippin. Both of you know that this is important to him. I don't know what it is but I am sure that it is personal. If it wasn't he probably would have shared it with us."
"At least I'm doing my part as a concerned friend!" Merry quickly retorted.
"I asked him about it and when he said that he didn't want to talk about it I left him alone. He knows that he can talk to me and that he doesn't have to worry about me telling anyone or spying on him. Is it the same way with you?"
"Ummmmmm… yes, I asked him what was wrong but he snapped at me!"
ohh, nice cliff hanger, I have to give this one some time. Not only that but I also need answers to my question about the raiting. I have to put off not only telling you what is wrong but also putting the letter in the story until you tell me what you think (if you forgot, look back at the note on the last chapter) thank you to those who restponded.