Chapter 2: Leaving
I walked over to my closet and threw open the doors. 'This is the day when I leave home' I thought to myself. I grabbed a bag from the bottom row. I grabbed some cloths and folded them neatly and put them into the bag. I grabbed some money, a few pictures and the necklace I had received when I was a little girl. 'Now it's time to go.' I told myself throwing the bag over my shoulder. I set out the note I had written a while back. And I went out to the stables and got Gem, my white horse. I jumped onto her back and rode off. I stopped at the gates and looked back on the town Rivendell, to see everyone walking along happily. I turned Gem out toward the woods and took off. We arrived at Bree at almost dark. I went in and tied up Gem. I went straight to the 'Prancing Pony' I knew that's where Aragorn would be. I walked in and I had my cloak on so no one would know who I was. I walked up to the casher's desk. "Hello, I would like my room." He looked up at me and laughed. "We only give rooms to wealthy people miss." "I am wealthy. I am Princess Arwen from Rivendell." "Yeah and what would an Elf be doing out here at this time of night?" He asked me. "Looking for someone." "Miss I'm sorry, but you must pay for a room." I knew I had to take my hood off. "Ok, fine you don't believe me." I threw my hood back. "Now how do you feel?" "Oh I am so sorry Princess Arwen." He bent his head down. I put my hood back on. "If anyone asks you if you have seen me, say no alright?" "Yes, Princes Arwen." "Call me Arwen." I turned and I saw four small hobbits walking in. " Hello little fellow I said, then walked off. I looked over in a corner and I saw him. I saw my love, Strider. I walked by him and he didn't take his eyes off me. When I saw he had eyed the hobbit and was watching them carefully, I to watched them. About twenty minutes passed when one finally jumped up and ran to the bar. I heard something about Baggins then one of them jumped up. I knew something was about to happen so I jumped up right when I did Aragron (Strider) jerked up right. A hobbit started to run toward the bar fell and then disappeared. Everyone started to run around screaming. I noticed to Aragorn and the four hobbits had made their way up the stairs, so I decided to follow. I stopped at the door and listened threw it. They weren't talking much. I fell over hitting the door and it flew open. The next thing I know I'm laying with my face half covered with my hood and a sword near my throat. I swallowed heavily. "What all did you hear fair maiden." Strider asked me with his sword still at my neck. I whipped up my sword. Knocked his away from mine and hurried down the stairs. I was about half way down when someone grabbed my arm and pulled me back up to the room. They threw me down on the bed. "I asked 'what did you hear?" I could tell he was getting mad, but I still didn't answer. "ANSWER ME NOW!" He yelled at me, but I still didn't reply. "Ok so your going to make this tough aren't you. I replied in a weird voice "Yes I am." "Who are you?" One of the young hobbits asked me. "No one." "You have to have a name." Strider said walking up to me. I put my head down to where he couldn't see my face. "Who are you?" "I told you, I am no one." "I am Frodo Baggins, and this is Sam, Pippin, Merry, and Strider." "Frodo don't be given your name out to people you don't know." Strider told him. "Oh, but you do know me." I said. I knew that probably scared them. "Who are you?" Strider said moving closer to me. I pulled my hood down. He pulled my hood off and I hide my face in my hands. "I'm going to see your face. Now show it to me." "No!" I yelled through my hands. "Fine then I have no choice, but to." He didn't finish the sentence and grabbed the hair on the back of my head and pulled it back. "OW!" I yelled letting my head fly back and them seeing my face. "ARWEN??? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Strider let go of me and stood up yelling. "I came to help you. Why else would I leave?" "Does your father know? Does anyone know?" He looked at me. I could tell he was mad. I pushed my short blonde hair behind my ears. "She's an Elf." Sam whispered "No. I didn't want them to try and stop me." I looked over at the hobbits "I am Arwen from Rivendell." "Rivendell?? As in the home of the Elves?" Sam asked. "Yes, that's right Sam." I told him. "And we need to hurry and get to a safe place." "Why what's wrong?" Strider asked me. "On the way here I saw 3 ring wraiths. They should be heading here now." I said standing up from the bed. "We need to get the hobbits somewhere safe." "Yes we do" Strider said. We all headed to a secret room Strider knew about. We helped the hobbits in and stood outside talking. "Why'd you come Arwen?" "To help you." "You're only going to get hurt." "No I won't." "You need to go back to Rivendell." "You're going to need me." "We can handle it. Tomorrow I want you to go back." "No, I'm staying." "You are going back." "No I'm not and that's final." "Arwen, I'm trying to not see you get hurt. I want you to go back to Rivendell tomorrow morning." "But I'm staying here to help you and the hobbits, remember?" "Arwen, please don't make this harder than it already is, please?" "I'm sorry Aragorn, but I'm going with you." "Okay, I give up. There is just no beating you." "I knew you would see it my way. Now we need to get some rest one of us will have to watch for they wraiths." "I'll take first watch you just get some sleep, Arwen." "Ok. Wake me up at midnight." "Oh, Arwen?" "Yes Aragorn?" "I love you and I'm glad you came." "I love you too Aragorn." He helped me into the room and I helped him. I laid down and he came and tucked me in. I feel asleep right away.
I walked over to my closet and threw open the doors. 'This is the day when I leave home' I thought to myself. I grabbed a bag from the bottom row. I grabbed some cloths and folded them neatly and put them into the bag. I grabbed some money, a few pictures and the necklace I had received when I was a little girl. 'Now it's time to go.' I told myself throwing the bag over my shoulder. I set out the note I had written a while back. And I went out to the stables and got Gem, my white horse. I jumped onto her back and rode off. I stopped at the gates and looked back on the town Rivendell, to see everyone walking along happily. I turned Gem out toward the woods and took off. We arrived at Bree at almost dark. I went in and tied up Gem. I went straight to the 'Prancing Pony' I knew that's where Aragorn would be. I walked in and I had my cloak on so no one would know who I was. I walked up to the casher's desk. "Hello, I would like my room." He looked up at me and laughed. "We only give rooms to wealthy people miss." "I am wealthy. I am Princess Arwen from Rivendell." "Yeah and what would an Elf be doing out here at this time of night?" He asked me. "Looking for someone." "Miss I'm sorry, but you must pay for a room." I knew I had to take my hood off. "Ok, fine you don't believe me." I threw my hood back. "Now how do you feel?" "Oh I am so sorry Princess Arwen." He bent his head down. I put my hood back on. "If anyone asks you if you have seen me, say no alright?" "Yes, Princes Arwen." "Call me Arwen." I turned and I saw four small hobbits walking in. " Hello little fellow I said, then walked off. I looked over in a corner and I saw him. I saw my love, Strider. I walked by him and he didn't take his eyes off me. When I saw he had eyed the hobbit and was watching them carefully, I to watched them. About twenty minutes passed when one finally jumped up and ran to the bar. I heard something about Baggins then one of them jumped up. I knew something was about to happen so I jumped up right when I did Aragron (Strider) jerked up right. A hobbit started to run toward the bar fell and then disappeared. Everyone started to run around screaming. I noticed to Aragorn and the four hobbits had made their way up the stairs, so I decided to follow. I stopped at the door and listened threw it. They weren't talking much. I fell over hitting the door and it flew open. The next thing I know I'm laying with my face half covered with my hood and a sword near my throat. I swallowed heavily. "What all did you hear fair maiden." Strider asked me with his sword still at my neck. I whipped up my sword. Knocked his away from mine and hurried down the stairs. I was about half way down when someone grabbed my arm and pulled me back up to the room. They threw me down on the bed. "I asked 'what did you hear?" I could tell he was getting mad, but I still didn't answer. "ANSWER ME NOW!" He yelled at me, but I still didn't reply. "Ok so your going to make this tough aren't you. I replied in a weird voice "Yes I am." "Who are you?" One of the young hobbits asked me. "No one." "You have to have a name." Strider said walking up to me. I put my head down to where he couldn't see my face. "Who are you?" "I told you, I am no one." "I am Frodo Baggins, and this is Sam, Pippin, Merry, and Strider." "Frodo don't be given your name out to people you don't know." Strider told him. "Oh, but you do know me." I said. I knew that probably scared them. "Who are you?" Strider said moving closer to me. I pulled my hood down. He pulled my hood off and I hide my face in my hands. "I'm going to see your face. Now show it to me." "No!" I yelled through my hands. "Fine then I have no choice, but to." He didn't finish the sentence and grabbed the hair on the back of my head and pulled it back. "OW!" I yelled letting my head fly back and them seeing my face. "ARWEN??? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Strider let go of me and stood up yelling. "I came to help you. Why else would I leave?" "Does your father know? Does anyone know?" He looked at me. I could tell he was mad. I pushed my short blonde hair behind my ears. "She's an Elf." Sam whispered "No. I didn't want them to try and stop me." I looked over at the hobbits "I am Arwen from Rivendell." "Rivendell?? As in the home of the Elves?" Sam asked. "Yes, that's right Sam." I told him. "And we need to hurry and get to a safe place." "Why what's wrong?" Strider asked me. "On the way here I saw 3 ring wraiths. They should be heading here now." I said standing up from the bed. "We need to get the hobbits somewhere safe." "Yes we do" Strider said. We all headed to a secret room Strider knew about. We helped the hobbits in and stood outside talking. "Why'd you come Arwen?" "To help you." "You're only going to get hurt." "No I won't." "You need to go back to Rivendell." "You're going to need me." "We can handle it. Tomorrow I want you to go back." "No, I'm staying." "You are going back." "No I'm not and that's final." "Arwen, I'm trying to not see you get hurt. I want you to go back to Rivendell tomorrow morning." "But I'm staying here to help you and the hobbits, remember?" "Arwen, please don't make this harder than it already is, please?" "I'm sorry Aragorn, but I'm going with you." "Okay, I give up. There is just no beating you." "I knew you would see it my way. Now we need to get some rest one of us will have to watch for they wraiths." "I'll take first watch you just get some sleep, Arwen." "Ok. Wake me up at midnight." "Oh, Arwen?" "Yes Aragorn?" "I love you and I'm glad you came." "I love you too Aragorn." He helped me into the room and I helped him. I laid down and he came and tucked me in. I feel asleep right away.