THE DAYSTAR
BY: GABRIELLA THE FAIR
Chapter 12
"What was she like, how would you explain her?" With a faraway smile, he looked up to the sky and answered, "She was the Daystar, lighting up the day during our darkest hour, warming the earth with her love." "She is as clear as the moon, as fair as the sun, and as glorious as an army under one banner"
To most she was a loving friend, her fairness lighting up the world, no matter what the weather. To some a companion, and one a lover and dream. Yet, many feared her dignity in her footsteps, power in her stride, and authority in her eyes. This is her story.
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"Look, Gandalf, a book!"
"Let me see that." Gandalf took the book from Merry and opened it.
"What's in it?" Pippin asked.
"Hmm.well, I think it starts with the coming of the dwarves to Dimrill Dale, but I will skip to the last pages. Let us see what they say."
Gandalf turned to the last pages. He started,
"They have taken the bridge, and the second hall. The ground shakes. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. A shadow moves in the dark. Drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They are coming."
"We must move on. We cannot linger here." Legolas whispered and Raquel nodded to him.
They sat and listened to Gandalf read, but they heard some pounding in the distance.
"What's that?" Pippin asked.
Raquel turned and her hand lingered by her sword.
"It sounds like drums, of some sort." Boromir said.
Frodo drew Sting. It glowed a bright blue.
"Orcs!" Legolas drew his bow, as did Raquel.
Boromir ran and checked the door and in the process two arrows almost hit him. He shut the door.
"They have a cave troll." he said to Aragorn next to him.
"Stay back, close to Gandalf!" Aragorn barked at the Hobbits.
"Raquel!" Legolas threw an axe to her, which she threw to Boromir to bar the door. They did this three times until the door was barred.
"Let them come! There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!" said Gimli, climbing up on top of the tomb.
The Orcs started breaking holes in the door. Legolas and Raquel shot arrows through the holes and killed the Orcs on the other side. Finally, the doors broke open and the Orcs flooded in. All the companions join in the fighting even the Hobbits. Raquel drew Sunstone, cutting two Orcs in one sweep of her sword. The troll came through the door and part of the wall. Sam slippped under him. Many Orcs lay dead on the ground. The troll smashed the tomb Gimli was standing on top of, but missed Gimli. It then killed several of the Orcs in its attempt to get the dwarf. It then spotted Legolas up on the ledge and started to swing its chain around.
"Legolas, behind you!"
He turned and moved in time for the chain to miss him. The troll kept using its chain like a whip, trying to hit Legolas, who dodged all of the attempts. The chain became momentarily caught around a pillar, and Legolas ran up it and stood on top of the trolls head and got a shot at its head, but jumped off when the troll grabbed for his ankles.
Raquel turned, making sure that no one was behind her, and saw Sam hit several Orcs over the head with his frying pan.
"I think I'm getting the hang of this!" he yelled to her, smiling.
If she weren't fighting she would have laughed, but not even a smile appeared on her face. She was in her fighting mode.
The troll then caught sight of the three Hobbits. They all dodged its attacks, but Frodo went one way and Merry and Pippin went in the other. The troll followed Frodo, who managed to stay on the opposite side of the pillar from the troll for a while, but then he was surprised by the troll appearing on the other side and fell down. The troll grabbed his foot.
"Aragorn! Help!" he screamed.
Frodo cut the troll's hand with Sting, and it let go. It then reached for Frodo again, but Aragorn ran over and stabbed it with a spear, prompting the troll to smash him into the wall. Frodo shook Aragorn, but he didn't get up.
"Aragorn!" Raquel screamed and ran toward them.
The troll tried to stab at Aragorn again, but got stabbed in the back by Raquel. When he recovered he renewed his interest in Frodo. Frodo dodged the spear, then ran into it and got thrown against the wall. Before he could move, the troll stabbed him with the spear. Frodo fell, with the spear stuck in his side.
"Frodo." Raquel whispered got up and ran to the troll, again stabbing it in the back. He turned and hit Raquel, sending her flying through the air and landing on the ground, sliding and until she hit the wall.
"Now you're gonna get it!" Pippin yelled, Merry followed his example.
Merry and Pippin jumped on the troll's back and stabbed it wildly. The troll grabbed Merry and threw him off, but Pippin stabbed it again. Raquel got back up and went to the front, stabbing it through the stomach. When it reared up, Legolas shot it through the brain and killed it. Pippin had a hard landing, still being on top of the troll when it fell.
"Run Raquel!" Legolas yelled. She got up and ran before the troll hit the ground.
"Oh, no." Aragorn got up and walked to Frodo. He picked him up, thinking he was dead and carried him to the others.
"Come I now know where we are," Gandalf said as everyone gathered, "lets go!"
They turned, yet heard a low boom.
"There are more, run now! This is our chance, run for it!" they all turned and ran out the door to the side of the room, running down the steps.
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"No, I will not leave him!"
"Come Gimli, we must leave!" Legolas grabbed him and dragged him down the stair.
"Balin." he whispered.
"Come, do you want to get killed like him?" Legolas said fiercly, obviously not in the mood to be patient.
Raquel, stumbled down the stairs, her head pounding and her whole body was bruised.
"I'm fine.you can put me down Strider." Frodo said.
"You are alive? You should be dead! That spear would have skewered a wild boar!" Aragorn let him down.
"Yes, but we cannot stand around to wonder, we must make haste!" Gandalf ran down the stairs.
"Aragorn, lead them form here, always go right and downwards, I will meet up with you in a bit." Gandalf turned and motioned for Aragorn.
"But, Gandalf, we cannot leave you to man the doors all alone!" said Aragorn.
"Do not argue, do as I say!" Gandalf said angrily, "Swords are no longer needed." With that he turned, going back up the stair.
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They went down the stair as quickly as they could, for the passage was unlit, but they could still see the faint light of the wizard's staff. Frodo was leaning heavily upon Sam, his breathing could be heard even over the roar of her head.
"Raquel!" she stumbled and fell and Boromir helped her up, "She needs to be carried, she cannot walk!" he said to the others.
"No, I am fine.let go of me" but, she started to sway, her vision blurred.
Then there was a dull rumble, the stairs seemed to shake under Raquel. She fell forward, but Legolas caught her. A blast of white light came from above.
"What is wrong Raquel?" Legolas asked her, but she said nothing. She was just struggling to keep her eyes open
Gandalf then came flying down the stairs landing at Aragorn's feet.
"Well, that's over." He struggled to his feet, looking at the Company "What is wrong with Raquel?" his brows creased together.
"She has fainted."
Gandalf sighed, "She fought hard, well, I guess she will have to be carried before I am able to do anything, I am very weak at the moment."
He walked to the front and nodded to Aragorn.
"Gimli, where are you? Come to the front with me!" Gandalf beckoned him forward.
Gimli forgot his sorrow for a second and made his way to the front.
"Legolas, can you take care of her right now?" Aragorn asked him.
"Yes." he said, looking down at her. He grimaced at the cut moving down her left arm.
"Thank you Legolas." he hurried forward to meet Gandalf.
"She did fight hard, I hope she's ok." Pippin whispered.
"She will be fine Pippin." Boromir said from behind, "But we must move, hurry!"
Legolas and the Company (Legolas and the Company.lol) moved forward as quickly as possible. To his surprise, Legolas found Raquel to be quite light, for her height at least.
"It's getting hot, so I think we are close."
They finally stopped there for awhile, letting Gandalf, Frodo, and Legolas rest. Legolas laid Raquel on the floor next to him. Gandalf then told them his story of what happened at the doors.
"How is she Legolas?" Merry asked.
"I am not sure." he answered, looking toward her worriedly.
"Let me look at her." Gandalf said. Legolas got up and brought Raquel to him.
He sat there and inspected her, looking at her head and listening for her breath. He placed his two fingers on her temples and spoke some low words. He let go and waited a second.
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So another cliffhanger. sry guys, I really hate to do this to you. I promise I'll try not to let it happen again. yea anywho, next chapter- The Bridge of Khazad-Dum. yea, thanx to aga_xris for reviewing, I really don't like cliffhangers too! but that's just the way I made it, sry. anywho, every1 have a great day! Remember, I still am lookin for some ppl for my other fic! *~*~*Gabi*~*~*
"What was she like, how would you explain her?" With a faraway smile, he looked up to the sky and answered, "She was the Daystar, lighting up the day during our darkest hour, warming the earth with her love." "She is as clear as the moon, as fair as the sun, and as glorious as an army under one banner"
To most she was a loving friend, her fairness lighting up the world, no matter what the weather. To some a companion, and one a lover and dream. Yet, many feared her dignity in her footsteps, power in her stride, and authority in her eyes. This is her story.
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"Look, Gandalf, a book!"
"Let me see that." Gandalf took the book from Merry and opened it.
"What's in it?" Pippin asked.
"Hmm.well, I think it starts with the coming of the dwarves to Dimrill Dale, but I will skip to the last pages. Let us see what they say."
Gandalf turned to the last pages. He started,
"They have taken the bridge, and the second hall. The ground shakes. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. A shadow moves in the dark. Drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They are coming."
"We must move on. We cannot linger here." Legolas whispered and Raquel nodded to him.
They sat and listened to Gandalf read, but they heard some pounding in the distance.
"What's that?" Pippin asked.
Raquel turned and her hand lingered by her sword.
"It sounds like drums, of some sort." Boromir said.
Frodo drew Sting. It glowed a bright blue.
"Orcs!" Legolas drew his bow, as did Raquel.
Boromir ran and checked the door and in the process two arrows almost hit him. He shut the door.
"They have a cave troll." he said to Aragorn next to him.
"Stay back, close to Gandalf!" Aragorn barked at the Hobbits.
"Raquel!" Legolas threw an axe to her, which she threw to Boromir to bar the door. They did this three times until the door was barred.
"Let them come! There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!" said Gimli, climbing up on top of the tomb.
The Orcs started breaking holes in the door. Legolas and Raquel shot arrows through the holes and killed the Orcs on the other side. Finally, the doors broke open and the Orcs flooded in. All the companions join in the fighting even the Hobbits. Raquel drew Sunstone, cutting two Orcs in one sweep of her sword. The troll came through the door and part of the wall. Sam slippped under him. Many Orcs lay dead on the ground. The troll smashed the tomb Gimli was standing on top of, but missed Gimli. It then killed several of the Orcs in its attempt to get the dwarf. It then spotted Legolas up on the ledge and started to swing its chain around.
"Legolas, behind you!"
He turned and moved in time for the chain to miss him. The troll kept using its chain like a whip, trying to hit Legolas, who dodged all of the attempts. The chain became momentarily caught around a pillar, and Legolas ran up it and stood on top of the trolls head and got a shot at its head, but jumped off when the troll grabbed for his ankles.
Raquel turned, making sure that no one was behind her, and saw Sam hit several Orcs over the head with his frying pan.
"I think I'm getting the hang of this!" he yelled to her, smiling.
If she weren't fighting she would have laughed, but not even a smile appeared on her face. She was in her fighting mode.
The troll then caught sight of the three Hobbits. They all dodged its attacks, but Frodo went one way and Merry and Pippin went in the other. The troll followed Frodo, who managed to stay on the opposite side of the pillar from the troll for a while, but then he was surprised by the troll appearing on the other side and fell down. The troll grabbed his foot.
"Aragorn! Help!" he screamed.
Frodo cut the troll's hand with Sting, and it let go. It then reached for Frodo again, but Aragorn ran over and stabbed it with a spear, prompting the troll to smash him into the wall. Frodo shook Aragorn, but he didn't get up.
"Aragorn!" Raquel screamed and ran toward them.
The troll tried to stab at Aragorn again, but got stabbed in the back by Raquel. When he recovered he renewed his interest in Frodo. Frodo dodged the spear, then ran into it and got thrown against the wall. Before he could move, the troll stabbed him with the spear. Frodo fell, with the spear stuck in his side.
"Frodo." Raquel whispered got up and ran to the troll, again stabbing it in the back. He turned and hit Raquel, sending her flying through the air and landing on the ground, sliding and until she hit the wall.
"Now you're gonna get it!" Pippin yelled, Merry followed his example.
Merry and Pippin jumped on the troll's back and stabbed it wildly. The troll grabbed Merry and threw him off, but Pippin stabbed it again. Raquel got back up and went to the front, stabbing it through the stomach. When it reared up, Legolas shot it through the brain and killed it. Pippin had a hard landing, still being on top of the troll when it fell.
"Run Raquel!" Legolas yelled. She got up and ran before the troll hit the ground.
"Oh, no." Aragorn got up and walked to Frodo. He picked him up, thinking he was dead and carried him to the others.
"Come I now know where we are," Gandalf said as everyone gathered, "lets go!"
They turned, yet heard a low boom.
"There are more, run now! This is our chance, run for it!" they all turned and ran out the door to the side of the room, running down the steps.
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"No, I will not leave him!"
"Come Gimli, we must leave!" Legolas grabbed him and dragged him down the stair.
"Balin." he whispered.
"Come, do you want to get killed like him?" Legolas said fiercly, obviously not in the mood to be patient.
Raquel, stumbled down the stairs, her head pounding and her whole body was bruised.
"I'm fine.you can put me down Strider." Frodo said.
"You are alive? You should be dead! That spear would have skewered a wild boar!" Aragorn let him down.
"Yes, but we cannot stand around to wonder, we must make haste!" Gandalf ran down the stairs.
"Aragorn, lead them form here, always go right and downwards, I will meet up with you in a bit." Gandalf turned and motioned for Aragorn.
"But, Gandalf, we cannot leave you to man the doors all alone!" said Aragorn.
"Do not argue, do as I say!" Gandalf said angrily, "Swords are no longer needed." With that he turned, going back up the stair.
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They went down the stair as quickly as they could, for the passage was unlit, but they could still see the faint light of the wizard's staff. Frodo was leaning heavily upon Sam, his breathing could be heard even over the roar of her head.
"Raquel!" she stumbled and fell and Boromir helped her up, "She needs to be carried, she cannot walk!" he said to the others.
"No, I am fine.let go of me" but, she started to sway, her vision blurred.
Then there was a dull rumble, the stairs seemed to shake under Raquel. She fell forward, but Legolas caught her. A blast of white light came from above.
"What is wrong Raquel?" Legolas asked her, but she said nothing. She was just struggling to keep her eyes open
Gandalf then came flying down the stairs landing at Aragorn's feet.
"Well, that's over." He struggled to his feet, looking at the Company "What is wrong with Raquel?" his brows creased together.
"She has fainted."
Gandalf sighed, "She fought hard, well, I guess she will have to be carried before I am able to do anything, I am very weak at the moment."
He walked to the front and nodded to Aragorn.
"Gimli, where are you? Come to the front with me!" Gandalf beckoned him forward.
Gimli forgot his sorrow for a second and made his way to the front.
"Legolas, can you take care of her right now?" Aragorn asked him.
"Yes." he said, looking down at her. He grimaced at the cut moving down her left arm.
"Thank you Legolas." he hurried forward to meet Gandalf.
"She did fight hard, I hope she's ok." Pippin whispered.
"She will be fine Pippin." Boromir said from behind, "But we must move, hurry!"
Legolas and the Company (Legolas and the Company.lol) moved forward as quickly as possible. To his surprise, Legolas found Raquel to be quite light, for her height at least.
"It's getting hot, so I think we are close."
They finally stopped there for awhile, letting Gandalf, Frodo, and Legolas rest. Legolas laid Raquel on the floor next to him. Gandalf then told them his story of what happened at the doors.
"How is she Legolas?" Merry asked.
"I am not sure." he answered, looking toward her worriedly.
"Let me look at her." Gandalf said. Legolas got up and brought Raquel to him.
He sat there and inspected her, looking at her head and listening for her breath. He placed his two fingers on her temples and spoke some low words. He let go and waited a second.
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So another cliffhanger. sry guys, I really hate to do this to you. I promise I'll try not to let it happen again. yea anywho, next chapter- The Bridge of Khazad-Dum. yea, thanx to aga_xris for reviewing, I really don't like cliffhangers too! but that's just the way I made it, sry. anywho, every1 have a great day! Remember, I still am lookin for some ppl for my other fic! *~*~*Gabi*~*~*