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A/n: Uh, that part when Frodo is attacked, I dunno if it's like the book but I just saw the movie (again) and I felt too lazy to check how it went. So that part might be unlike the book, but it's like the movie! That's better than making Frodo eat hot pizza slices, right..Uh, you didn't hear that!
As soon as they reached the shore, Ella watched Frodo carefully. She had to follow him when the time came. It would all depend on that small fact. If she lost track of Frodo there might still be a chance to follow Sam, but not many. When Frodo said he wanted time to think, she still did not make her move. Only when she spotted Boromir leave the group, then she stood at last and followed Boromir as quietly as she could.
Lysa had been watching as well, but not Frodo and Boromir, but Ella. When Ella got up and left Lysa wondered what to do. She could follow Ella without her knowing, but that wouldn't be right. Friends wouldn't do that to each other. But if they were in different places, would Ella not follow Lysa?
Probably. Ella was too protective of her friends to let anything happen to them without a fight. But Lysa wanted Ella to know that whatever she did, Lysa would accept it and let her embrace her fate, without intercepting. She sighed and tried to listen to the deep conversations of the others. That was when she noticed Mikey and Sean. They seemed in their own world, seeing only each other. She sighed, wondering how long that relationship could last. Maybe with being with each other for a long while, they would start to annoy each other.
Maybe one of them might die.
She was stricken at the thought. Mikey, dead? Sean, dead. Not something she could image easily. She could hardly remember life right before Sean, Mikey, and Ella. She sighed. She might as well get close to Sean and Mikey so that she wouldn't get separated from them.
~*~*~*~*~
Ella stood in the shadows as she watched Boromir attack Frodo. She tried to follow Frodo then without making much noise, but succeeded very little. Very quickly she felt a large hand on her shoulder.
"Ella, where is Frodo?" Aragorn asked urgently.
"There," she said as she pointed in a general direction. Aragorn let go of her shoulder and ran off in the direction she had pointed. What he didn't know was that she had pointed him off in the wrong direction. She ran towards the spot she suspected Frodo was. Then she felt the cool tip of an invisible blade pressed against her throat.
~*~*~*~*~
Sean and Mikey followed Legolas and Gimli in checking the area nearby. They saw Lysa go join Pippin and Merry, although they suspected she really chasing Ella.
Lysa was indeed chasing after Ella. But she knew that Pippin and Merry would cross paths with Frodo, and along with her, Ella.
She had also changed her mind. She wanted to go with Ella, like Sam went with Frodo. Sam loved Frodo too much to let him go without a fight. That was what Lysa was ready to do for Ella. Except, she thought, I don't want to be thinking lesbian thoughts. As soon as she thought that, she felt sick. Ugh, how could she have such sick thoughts? But she remembered just a little while ago having teased Sam with having gay qualities. Now that she was put in the same position, she knew the love was different.
She followed Pippin and Merry as they called out in their loud voices, "Frodo! Frodo!" Lysa tried shushing them, for she knew there were Orcs about. They would not listen, though. Their only thought was of how Frodo was in danger. Oh shit. Here was another example on how just because you love a member of another sex, didn't mean you were gay! Was her past coming to haunt her? Okay, okay, she didn't mean any of the gay stuff about Sam anymore! Happy now, she thought to herself with a sigh.
Soon she felt the dreadful feeling of death nearby. Oh my god, could Boromir be dying right now? No, she corrected herself. He was going to die when Pippin and Merry were there. And me too, she added.
Great! Her idea of fun was definitely to watch a person who had saved her life several times, die. Right there. As in right in front of her. Shit it!
Lysa continued to follow Pippin and Merry, closer and closer to death. Suddenly- There he was! He was there, behind that tree. She poked Merry in the shoulder and whispered hurriedly, "There he is!" It was then that Frodo looked at them. Merry beckoned.
Where was Ella? She wasn't in view. Had she not gone with Frodo. Was she dead? While Lysa had been talking to Gimli, should she have been going with Ella?
"What's he doing?" Pippin asked Merry. She knew it was Merry who should answer, but Lysa answered anyway.
"He's going on alone, Pippin. He needs to continue he journey by himself. We can not follow him and he can not follow us." She closed her eyes, hoping Ella wasn't dead. When she got back to the camp, Ella would be there, safe and sound. Uh huh, she wished.
Suddenly Merry made a decision. He stood and she spotted some Orcs behind the. "Hey! Over here!" Merry yelled. When the Orcs begin to follow he said to Frodo, "Run! Run now!" Then he sprinted off in another direction, while Pippin and Lysa followed. She looked behind them and thought she saw something follow Frodo but she wasn't sure. The reason behind that was the root she suddenly tripped over and was sent sprawling on the ground.
The wave of Orcs flowed over them. They all huddled in a small group, not wanting to get attacked alone. When Orcs were seconds from stabbing or shooting them all, the cavalry arrived. Actually, it was Boromir.
Even thought he was but one man, he fought bravely. Even after he was shot, he fought on. When fell, and Pippin and Merry threw themselves at the Orcs, she backed off. Would she follow Frodo and possibly find Ella. Or should she follow Pippin and Merry on their journey with the pleasurable Orcs?
She at last flew after the retreating Orcs holding Merry and Pippin. As Aragorn came in to answer Boromir's trumpet cry, Lysa ran on. Aragorn spotted her. At first he thought she was after Ella. After hearing Boromir's mention of the Orcs taking the little ones, he thought differently. Lysa would help, if not protect, Pippin and Merry as well she could until Aragorn and the other could arrive.
As she ran, Lysa felt a sharp stab in her heart. At that same moment, Boromir died.
~*~*~*~*~
Ella had followed Frodo all the way to the shore. It was then she walked towards him.
"Sam?" He asked without turning.
Ella said nothing, but continued walking closer. They were silent, until at last she was right behind Frodo. She sighed and said softly, "No, Frodo. It's Ella. I'm here to help. And I'm going with you."
Frodo turned. "What? You expect me to just take you? No. I am going alone."
Ella crossed her arms stubbornly. "You do want to get Mordor, right? Well, you aren't going without me. So we can leave now or you can wait until Sauron comes down to this place and takes the Ring. I'd take choice number one, personally."
Frodo glared at her evilly and quickly walked to a boat. They both got in and began to move away from the shore. Ella was waiting for the moment Sam would come onto the shore.
When Sam did come on the shore and yelled a forlorn "Frodo!", Ella closed her eyes and concentrated on not falling into the sea. When he heard splashes and Frodo yell back, "You can't swim, Sam!" she gripped the sides of boat tightly.
Frodo pulled Sam into the boat, and she felt a strange silence. She opened her eyes to find both of the hobbits staring at her. When she stared back at them, they looked away. Sam looked away almost immediately, but Frodo stared back a little while, more than a little bit angry.
Ella decided to remember what had happened after feeling the blade against her throat. it had turned out to be an Orc. He spoke in a deep and groggily voice. "Where are the other halflings?" She had frozen, whimpering slightly. He had been ready to cut her head off her shoulders when Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Mikey and Sean had appeared. She wondered slightly where the heck Lysa had gotten to. Soon the Orc that had grabbed her let her go. He had been shot in the back.
As soon as she was freed, she ran. She after Frodo before she had a chance to stick with Mikey and Sean. Before she could stick to the safe and predictable passage. But soon she had seen Lysa and yet knew that Lysa couldn't find her. She closed her eyes and prayed that Lysa would live and that Ella would live. And that Ella would see Lysa again.
Then it was time to move. She ran after Frodo, but not before watching Lysa run after Pippin and Merry. If she stuck too close to them, she would be killed. She wasn't a halfling, and the Orcs had been instructed to kill all except the halflings.
Ella sighed and looked out into the shore. In the distant she heard the sound of a horn blowing. She wondered where the source had come from.
~*~*~*~*~
Mikey helped carry Boromir's corpse. She had never thought there had been life after death. Boromir seemed too.too dead to be alive somewhere. There was nothing there, and there never would be again. They laid him on a boat and she watched in silence as the boat fell off the falls. She shed a tear for the brave warrior, not the crazy Ring crazy Man.
Sean watched Mikey closely. When would Mikey be in danger of dying. Somewhere in a battle. If he knew exactly which one, he could be able to protect her. But he didn't, so any battle they were in, he would stick close to her.
Aragorn had told them that Lysa had followed Pippin and Merry. Sean didn't want to dwell on that. What if Lysa was dead. God, he wouldn't be able to handle it. Never. So he didn't think about it.
Mikey didn't want to think about it either. Action was the only way to figure out a problem, she thought. So Mikey went over to Aragorn and said firmly. "We must leave now, if we are thinking of following Pippin, Merry and Lysa."
Legolas looked doubtful. "Maybe following Frodo, Sam and Ella could prove the more helpful path."
Aragorn shook his head sadly. "No, friend. There is nothing more we can do from Frodo. He is the Ring bearer, and nothing we do could help him much."
So the next morning they set off. Sean and Mikey each knew they had a long walk ahead of them and neither of them was looking forward to it at all.
~*~*~*~*~
Luci had followed them the whole way. She had watched them split. She was surprised the Lysa had not gone with Ella. The ring wasn't though.
"Your little friend, Lysa, is a coward, Lucinda. A coward through and through. Look at how she abandoned your sister without a second thought. Cowaaaard!"
Luci sighed, (inwardly of coarse, because the ring controlled her physically most thoroughly) and said softly, "Lysa is no coward. If anyone is a coward it's your master. He could not face the world without something to give him str-" She had only begun, but the ring made her bite her tongue. Actually, she bit so hard that she felt blood seep through her lips.
"Let that teach you respect, you insolent human."
Luci whimpered slightly and retreated further into her head. She decided that was enough rebelling for that day.
A/n: Uh, that part when Frodo is attacked, I dunno if it's like the book but I just saw the movie (again) and I felt too lazy to check how it went. So that part might be unlike the book, but it's like the movie! That's better than making Frodo eat hot pizza slices, right..Uh, you didn't hear that!
As soon as they reached the shore, Ella watched Frodo carefully. She had to follow him when the time came. It would all depend on that small fact. If she lost track of Frodo there might still be a chance to follow Sam, but not many. When Frodo said he wanted time to think, she still did not make her move. Only when she spotted Boromir leave the group, then she stood at last and followed Boromir as quietly as she could.
Lysa had been watching as well, but not Frodo and Boromir, but Ella. When Ella got up and left Lysa wondered what to do. She could follow Ella without her knowing, but that wouldn't be right. Friends wouldn't do that to each other. But if they were in different places, would Ella not follow Lysa?
Probably. Ella was too protective of her friends to let anything happen to them without a fight. But Lysa wanted Ella to know that whatever she did, Lysa would accept it and let her embrace her fate, without intercepting. She sighed and tried to listen to the deep conversations of the others. That was when she noticed Mikey and Sean. They seemed in their own world, seeing only each other. She sighed, wondering how long that relationship could last. Maybe with being with each other for a long while, they would start to annoy each other.
Maybe one of them might die.
She was stricken at the thought. Mikey, dead? Sean, dead. Not something she could image easily. She could hardly remember life right before Sean, Mikey, and Ella. She sighed. She might as well get close to Sean and Mikey so that she wouldn't get separated from them.
~*~*~*~*~
Ella stood in the shadows as she watched Boromir attack Frodo. She tried to follow Frodo then without making much noise, but succeeded very little. Very quickly she felt a large hand on her shoulder.
"Ella, where is Frodo?" Aragorn asked urgently.
"There," she said as she pointed in a general direction. Aragorn let go of her shoulder and ran off in the direction she had pointed. What he didn't know was that she had pointed him off in the wrong direction. She ran towards the spot she suspected Frodo was. Then she felt the cool tip of an invisible blade pressed against her throat.
~*~*~*~*~
Sean and Mikey followed Legolas and Gimli in checking the area nearby. They saw Lysa go join Pippin and Merry, although they suspected she really chasing Ella.
Lysa was indeed chasing after Ella. But she knew that Pippin and Merry would cross paths with Frodo, and along with her, Ella.
She had also changed her mind. She wanted to go with Ella, like Sam went with Frodo. Sam loved Frodo too much to let him go without a fight. That was what Lysa was ready to do for Ella. Except, she thought, I don't want to be thinking lesbian thoughts. As soon as she thought that, she felt sick. Ugh, how could she have such sick thoughts? But she remembered just a little while ago having teased Sam with having gay qualities. Now that she was put in the same position, she knew the love was different.
She followed Pippin and Merry as they called out in their loud voices, "Frodo! Frodo!" Lysa tried shushing them, for she knew there were Orcs about. They would not listen, though. Their only thought was of how Frodo was in danger. Oh shit. Here was another example on how just because you love a member of another sex, didn't mean you were gay! Was her past coming to haunt her? Okay, okay, she didn't mean any of the gay stuff about Sam anymore! Happy now, she thought to herself with a sigh.
Soon she felt the dreadful feeling of death nearby. Oh my god, could Boromir be dying right now? No, she corrected herself. He was going to die when Pippin and Merry were there. And me too, she added.
Great! Her idea of fun was definitely to watch a person who had saved her life several times, die. Right there. As in right in front of her. Shit it!
Lysa continued to follow Pippin and Merry, closer and closer to death. Suddenly- There he was! He was there, behind that tree. She poked Merry in the shoulder and whispered hurriedly, "There he is!" It was then that Frodo looked at them. Merry beckoned.
Where was Ella? She wasn't in view. Had she not gone with Frodo. Was she dead? While Lysa had been talking to Gimli, should she have been going with Ella?
"What's he doing?" Pippin asked Merry. She knew it was Merry who should answer, but Lysa answered anyway.
"He's going on alone, Pippin. He needs to continue he journey by himself. We can not follow him and he can not follow us." She closed her eyes, hoping Ella wasn't dead. When she got back to the camp, Ella would be there, safe and sound. Uh huh, she wished.
Suddenly Merry made a decision. He stood and she spotted some Orcs behind the. "Hey! Over here!" Merry yelled. When the Orcs begin to follow he said to Frodo, "Run! Run now!" Then he sprinted off in another direction, while Pippin and Lysa followed. She looked behind them and thought she saw something follow Frodo but she wasn't sure. The reason behind that was the root she suddenly tripped over and was sent sprawling on the ground.
The wave of Orcs flowed over them. They all huddled in a small group, not wanting to get attacked alone. When Orcs were seconds from stabbing or shooting them all, the cavalry arrived. Actually, it was Boromir.
Even thought he was but one man, he fought bravely. Even after he was shot, he fought on. When fell, and Pippin and Merry threw themselves at the Orcs, she backed off. Would she follow Frodo and possibly find Ella. Or should she follow Pippin and Merry on their journey with the pleasurable Orcs?
She at last flew after the retreating Orcs holding Merry and Pippin. As Aragorn came in to answer Boromir's trumpet cry, Lysa ran on. Aragorn spotted her. At first he thought she was after Ella. After hearing Boromir's mention of the Orcs taking the little ones, he thought differently. Lysa would help, if not protect, Pippin and Merry as well she could until Aragorn and the other could arrive.
As she ran, Lysa felt a sharp stab in her heart. At that same moment, Boromir died.
~*~*~*~*~
Ella had followed Frodo all the way to the shore. It was then she walked towards him.
"Sam?" He asked without turning.
Ella said nothing, but continued walking closer. They were silent, until at last she was right behind Frodo. She sighed and said softly, "No, Frodo. It's Ella. I'm here to help. And I'm going with you."
Frodo turned. "What? You expect me to just take you? No. I am going alone."
Ella crossed her arms stubbornly. "You do want to get Mordor, right? Well, you aren't going without me. So we can leave now or you can wait until Sauron comes down to this place and takes the Ring. I'd take choice number one, personally."
Frodo glared at her evilly and quickly walked to a boat. They both got in and began to move away from the shore. Ella was waiting for the moment Sam would come onto the shore.
When Sam did come on the shore and yelled a forlorn "Frodo!", Ella closed her eyes and concentrated on not falling into the sea. When he heard splashes and Frodo yell back, "You can't swim, Sam!" she gripped the sides of boat tightly.
Frodo pulled Sam into the boat, and she felt a strange silence. She opened her eyes to find both of the hobbits staring at her. When she stared back at them, they looked away. Sam looked away almost immediately, but Frodo stared back a little while, more than a little bit angry.
Ella decided to remember what had happened after feeling the blade against her throat. it had turned out to be an Orc. He spoke in a deep and groggily voice. "Where are the other halflings?" She had frozen, whimpering slightly. He had been ready to cut her head off her shoulders when Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Mikey and Sean had appeared. She wondered slightly where the heck Lysa had gotten to. Soon the Orc that had grabbed her let her go. He had been shot in the back.
As soon as she was freed, she ran. She after Frodo before she had a chance to stick with Mikey and Sean. Before she could stick to the safe and predictable passage. But soon she had seen Lysa and yet knew that Lysa couldn't find her. She closed her eyes and prayed that Lysa would live and that Ella would live. And that Ella would see Lysa again.
Then it was time to move. She ran after Frodo, but not before watching Lysa run after Pippin and Merry. If she stuck too close to them, she would be killed. She wasn't a halfling, and the Orcs had been instructed to kill all except the halflings.
Ella sighed and looked out into the shore. In the distant she heard the sound of a horn blowing. She wondered where the source had come from.
~*~*~*~*~
Mikey helped carry Boromir's corpse. She had never thought there had been life after death. Boromir seemed too.too dead to be alive somewhere. There was nothing there, and there never would be again. They laid him on a boat and she watched in silence as the boat fell off the falls. She shed a tear for the brave warrior, not the crazy Ring crazy Man.
Sean watched Mikey closely. When would Mikey be in danger of dying. Somewhere in a battle. If he knew exactly which one, he could be able to protect her. But he didn't, so any battle they were in, he would stick close to her.
Aragorn had told them that Lysa had followed Pippin and Merry. Sean didn't want to dwell on that. What if Lysa was dead. God, he wouldn't be able to handle it. Never. So he didn't think about it.
Mikey didn't want to think about it either. Action was the only way to figure out a problem, she thought. So Mikey went over to Aragorn and said firmly. "We must leave now, if we are thinking of following Pippin, Merry and Lysa."
Legolas looked doubtful. "Maybe following Frodo, Sam and Ella could prove the more helpful path."
Aragorn shook his head sadly. "No, friend. There is nothing more we can do from Frodo. He is the Ring bearer, and nothing we do could help him much."
So the next morning they set off. Sean and Mikey each knew they had a long walk ahead of them and neither of them was looking forward to it at all.
~*~*~*~*~
Luci had followed them the whole way. She had watched them split. She was surprised the Lysa had not gone with Ella. The ring wasn't though.
"Your little friend, Lysa, is a coward, Lucinda. A coward through and through. Look at how she abandoned your sister without a second thought. Cowaaaard!"
Luci sighed, (inwardly of coarse, because the ring controlled her physically most thoroughly) and said softly, "Lysa is no coward. If anyone is a coward it's your master. He could not face the world without something to give him str-" She had only begun, but the ring made her bite her tongue. Actually, she bit so hard that she felt blood seep through her lips.
"Let that teach you respect, you insolent human."
Luci whimpered slightly and retreated further into her head. She decided that was enough rebelling for that day.