Duo: *smacks bs-chan* took you long enough!

Bs-chan: *rolls eyes* I'm sry, mr. I-don't-give-a-damn-about-helping!

Mirai Trunks: We all helped bs-chan on this, and you didn't even contribute a word. None at all!

Bs-chan: that's right! Even Usagi helped!

Usagi: hey! What's that supposed to mean! Yeah sure, I hate school, and I wont study! But that doesn't mean I wont help our review captain out on her story!

Chibi Trunks: point for usagi

Bs-chan: hey! I'm the author here! I get to decide who gets the points!

Chibi Trunks: point for bs-chan

Bs-chan: glad you see it my way.

Duo: at least im in the author's notes!

Chibi Trunks: point for Duo

Bs-chan: will u shut up!?

Chibi Trunks: depends

Bs-chan: *pulls her hair* AAAAAAAAARG! THESE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ME INSANE!

Hotaru: we are supposed to do that, that's what we are here for.

Bs-chan: *starts banging her head repeatedly on the wall while repeating* why me...?

Hotaru: at least squall's the only semi-normal one here.

Squall: whatever...(translation: *smirks* thats what you think. Let's get on with the story now, I think bs-chan has kept you long enough.)

Duo: and im doing disclaimers! HA!

Bs-chan: whatever u say Duo....

Duo: bs-chan owns none of us, or none of the characters used in this story! But she does own the plot!

~*Her Own Free Will*~ Chapter 3

~~~^~~~ Last time-

Hotaru looked at me queerly. It was obvious that she knew what I was thinking. She gave me the 'what-are-you-planning-and-you-will-tell-me-later- Serenity' look.

I groaned and knew this was going to be a long trip.

~~~^~~~ Serenity's POV

I quickly slipped off of Purity. I found the perfect place under a tree, pitch black underneath a branch, and right by a bush to easily hide in. I quickly marked my territory by drawing a line with a "U" under it.

I noticed Hotaru picked a similar spot nearly 5 feet away from mine. She drew a line with an "H" on top.

~~~^~~~ Hotaru's POV

A perfect place, and close to Serenity so I can watch to make sure no trouble comes to her.

"We need to get wood," Aragorn stated out of nowhere.

Serenity leaned her head to the side, "But the sun hasn't even reached it's highest point in the sky, and we just ate breakfast."

"Despite their size, hobbits are always hungry," Aragorn shook his head.

Frodo stepped up, "I'll get the firewood-"

"With someone else," Aragorn looked around at everyone when I spoke.

"I'll go with him."

~~~^~~~ Serenity's POV

I watched as Hotaru and Frodo left to get wood.

"We'll go get the food," Legolas said. So he, Gimli, and Sam left, leaving me alone with Aragorn, who quickly turned to me.

"You have a lot of explaining to do Lady Usagi," he narrowed his eyes.

I looked away from him and sighed, "Do I really have to, is now the best time?"

"It's the only time, you can trust me, Lady Usagi. The others are away. And they don't need to know."

"But you're a human," I explained, "You wouldn't understand."

"And you're not?"

"No, I'm not fully human. I'm considered half-elven. I am the first ever to be 'blessed' with such a blood line."

"Half-elven, so you're the first."

"Yes, my mother was an elf, and my father," I shuddered, "My father is a human raised in the ways of magic," I growled, my hate showing on my face. "It was because of him that I ran away from home. It was because of him that my sisters are half-alive. And it was-" I stopped abruptly. I had given away too much.

"Go on," he spoke quietly.

"I-I can't."

"And why not?"

"I just-" he silenced me by kissing me fully, demanding that I return the kiss. I quickly pushed him off. His eyes widened and his hand went up to his lips, as if thinking about what he just did. I quickly ran off, bumping into someone else.

~~~^~~~ Hotaru's POV

I sighed as I picked up another piece of wood.

I wiped my sweat from my forehead. Stupid, stupid camp fires. Damn wood. Stupid Aragorn. Damn Frodo. I mentally cursed everything I could think of for having me out here collecting wood. It was boring. No killing, no adventures. Just plain, stupid, old wood.

I put my hand on another piece, just as another hand came down to it. I looked up to see who's hand it was. And I was looking into the eyes of Frodo Baggins. We stared at each other for a few seconds, until I couldn't take it any more, "Could you please take your hand off of mine?"

He blushed and nodded apologetically and lifted his hand up. I picked up the wood and kept cursing everything, but with a small smile resting on my face.

~~~^~~~ Serenity's POV

I squeaked when I bumped into him, I mumbled an apology and started to take off, but he grabbed my wrist.

"What's wrong Usagi?" Legolas asked, his gray eyes concerned. "Did something happen at the camp?"

I shook my head no. I shouldn't have even come in the first place.

"Usagi," he growled. "I know something is up."

"Nothing is wrong!" I repeated.

"You're a bad liar, you know that?"

I nodded, but turned away, my cheeks still flaming from earlier.

"You don't want to talk about it now?"

I shook my head, but then thinking I asked, "I have a question," he turned back to look at me. "H-how do you get a man to understand that you love them, without telling them?" I quickly blushed remembering what happened earlier.

He looked started and uneasy. He coughed.

"Please, Legolas, I need to know."

He nodded, "First, you should basically start off with a smile. Then give him a hug," he sighed probably recalling memories. "Then later, or after that if you want, give him a quick peck on the lips and then tell him you love him."

I grinned, "Thank you so much Legolas. You don't know how much that will help me in the future, with all of those arrogant asses called men."

He nodded his head, "No problem at all. Now we should probably head back to camp, before everyone starts to worry about us."

I gave him a quick hug, "Thank you again." And ran off.

~~~^~~~ Hotaru's POV I took a bite of the meat that Aragorn had just fixed on the fire. Serenity had her venison(sp?) and was up on a tree branch, staring off into her own world. I jumped up and sat next to her, making her jump slightly, I whispered so no one would hear us if she didn't want them to, "You all right Serenity?"

She stared at me, then sighed, "Yes, I'm fine."

I rolled my eyes, "Whatever you say, princess. You were just staring off into space, and you didn't even have your guard up. Spill!"

She gave me on of her 'Drop it and leave it alone' looks. I sighed and shook my head. Ahead of us, the sun was setting. "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"Yeah, too bad we never saw it before we ran away. My father didn't like me looking at 'peaceful' things."

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah I know!" I tilted back on the branch so that I was leaning backwards.

Serenity recalled back her memories, "You remember my father's first reaction of you?"

"Yes! I remember, when I entered his chambers with you and you showed him me. He stared! And was like 'She's not like all your other 'friends' is she!?'"

She grinned remembering that detail. "And then you like bowed and said, 'I'm Demando's daughter.'"

I smiled too, "Yes, then he's like, 'Good, finally a great young lady that my daughter can befriend.'"

She cracked up laughing and nearly fell off the branch if I didn't stop her. I'm glad I could cheer her up.

We turned back to the camp and noticed the male's stares at us. Serenity smiled, and asked sarcastically, "What?"

I laughed, and my smile widened.

Legolas raised his eyebrows in amusement, "We weren't sure if you guys had gone insane or not."

I rolled my eyes as everyone got into bed. It was time for my watch.

~~~^~~~ Serenity's POV

I laughed silently remembering Hotaru and my conversation earlier. I quickly settled in bed and my thoughts quietly drifted me to sleep.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Serenity's Dream

I watched as the baby Serenity giggled. She hopped up and down and ran over to the dungeons, which she has permission to enter.

She waved at all of the people in the cell's, who couldn't help but smile at how cute and innocent she was, especially compared to her father. She hummed and skipped down to the last cell, her long silver tresses flying behind her. She looked inside, smiled, and stopped.

"Good morning Serenity, why so cheerful today?" asked one of the older ones, her hair was a wavy teal and reminded you of the sea.

"Well, daddy said," I grinned as my small self put on her father impersonating voice, which was a lot lower than hers. "'I think it is time that little Serenity gets to meet her master.'" I watched as she jumped up and down. "Daddy says he is really nice, and he judges weather I am a good person for later on."

The oldest had olive green hair, and she smiled at my little version. I didn't see it then, but now I caught the pain in the older woman's smile.

I noticed the others had a similar reaction. Suddenly, their fake smiles shifted to a frown. My sisters glared at the man walking up to their cell.

"Come, Serenity, it is time," he pushed my little self into another room with a crystal ball.

He started chanting words that I did not know then, but do understand now. It was until my fifteenth birthday that I did not know the language. But I had forgotten what was said this day.

"'Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, once Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.'"

I watched as my younger version cried out in pain, and an eye came forth and was watching my every move.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End Dream/Serenity's POV

I awoke suddenly, drenched with sweat. I put my hand to my heart and took a deep breath. I stood up shakily and noticed it was still night. My hood had fallen off, so I quickly put it back on. Hotaru was still on watch. Her face directed towards me. She walked over and whispered, "Are you okay, Serenity?"

I nodded and hugged her, "Yes, but the same dream happened when a huge mob of orcs came and raided our campground."

Hotaru gasped, and quickly headed back to wake the others. She woke up Aragorn first, he stared at her in confusion, but the look on her face silenced his thoughts. She then worked her way over to the hobbits.

I got to wake up Legolas. I shook him and he woke quickly. He opened his mouth, but I put a finger to his mouth and shook my head. I got up and extended my hand out to him. He nodded and grabbed it.

I then went to Gimli. He slept like a rock. After a few minutes of trying to shake him awake, I stopped, I picked him up, and dropped him. Not very high, but like a foot in the air. But he still slept on.

Legolas chuckled as I tried. He picked up a stick and banged it as loud as he could, "Food time."

Suddenly Gimli and the hobbits were up. "FOOD!?"

Aragorn rolled his eyes and I stared in shock, "How?"

Aragorn smiled, "Remember, hobbits are always hungry. And usually the dwarves are."

I shook out the memories of what had happened earlier and got straight to the point. "I had," everyone looked up to me. "I had, a vision. I HAD A VISION THAT I WOULD RULE THE WORLD! BWA-HA-HA! AND EVERYONE WOULD WORSHIP ME! EVERYONE WOULD LOVE-"

~~~^~~~ authors section

bs-chan: someone is destroying some of my writing!!!!!!!

*everyone looks to usagi who is laughing insanely and typing on a different computer*

Duo: *looks at screen* I like this new version, everyone already does worship usagi...

Bs-chan: THAT'S NOT THE POINT! Just let me delete what she wrote and fix it up. *rolls her eyes* baka, baka review squad....

~~~^~~~ Serenity's POV

Aragorn smiled, "Remember, hobbits are always hungry. And usually the dwarves are."

I shook out the memories of what had happened earlier and got straight to the point. "I had," everyone looked up to me. "I had, a vision."

~~~^~~~ Hotaru's POV

I nodded, she wasn't going to tell them about her dream of course. Of course she would say vision, since she knows what will probably happen.

They were all looking over to Serenity, but I spoke for her, knowing she would have wanted me to, "She had a vision." They moved their gaze over to me. "In her vision, there were orcs, thousands and thousands of orcs. And they were all lead by ten uruk-hais."

"Uruk-hai's?" Gimli pondered.

"A uruk-hai is a different breed of an orc that Saruman made. They are much taller, and are much better, brains and strength-wise, than the orcs are. And their only, and I mean only, objective is to kill, unless given orders by it's master," I knew it wouldn't be long until Serenity would start to lose her skills with her thoughts. I watched as she quickly jumped into the tree and leapt from branch to branch, higher each time.

I sighed and looked at the others, they were all thinking about what uruk- hais were. I rested my hand on my dagger, to make sure it was still there. I looked behind me and saw my bow on my back with a basket full of arrows.

The rest of the group noticed me checking for my weapons, and they got theirs out and ready.

I gulped down my nervousness, I had never gone up against a uruk-hai before. I had heard all about them from Serenity and rumors around villages.

I took a step back and turned around to where they would come. I got one of my arrows out of the basket and got it ready on my bow. I noticed Serenity had jumped over to another tree, closer to the opening where we were at. And aimed her arrow where mine was aimed.

While we are waiting, I decided to do a little math in my head of our chances of survival. Let's see, each uruk-hai's are supposed to be about 5 human's and there are 10 of them, and orcs are about 1 human, and there will be over a thousand. Legolas, would be 4 humans, Aragorn, 2, with his skills. Gimli would be 3, and Frodo and Sam, they would equal one each. Serenity, 10, and I, 5. Let's see about 1050 of them, against 26 of us. O! Great odds! I think we're really going to win this one! No doubt about it! So, 1050 divided by 26, would be, 40.3 for each person. So, I would have to take on 200 of um, no biggy. Good thing I paid attention to mathematics. I growled as I realized they were heading closer. Since Serenity was half- elf, she had a keen eyesight. Mine wasn't as good as hers though, so I watched her and the other elf, Legolas, pull back their arms, ready to release on a seconds notice.

I heard a bark from the lead uruk-hai, and four arrows were released from our group. Mine, Legolas's, and Aragorn's each hit an orc. While Serenity's Hit a uruk-hai and went through it and hit the orc behind it. Killing them both. 1041 to go! After the outrage, the thousand, I mean, 996, orcs ran at us.

~~~^~~~

bs-chan: there, now I just hope nobody messes with it *eyes usagi who is still sulking*

Hotaru: *rolls eyes* I mean, come on, usagi, u think u'd ever be the most beautiful thing in the world!?

Duo: *whispers* she already is....

Mirai Trunks: *whispers back* I agree....

Squall: whatever...(translation: ya, I know.)

Bs-chan: *growls* HELLO! WE"RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW PRETTY EVERYONE IS! WE'RE HERE TO INFORM THE READERS OF EVERYTHING!

Duo: *shrugs* its ur story, y don't u??

Bs-chan: but ur my muses and my review squad! U HAVE TO HELP ME! OR ELSE!

Chibi Trunks: *smirks* or else what?

Bs-chan: OR ELSE ILL CUT OFF UR FOOD SUPPLY FOR TWO WHOLE WEEKS!

Usagi: WHAT!? *faints*

Mirai Trunks: *has a vision, him walking around scrawny* food.....

Bs-chan: aaaaaaaaaand ill chop off Duo's braid....

Duo: whoooooooooa......helpin sounds pretty good right now!

Hotaru: heres the votes so far!

Serenity/Legolas-10

Serenity/Frodo-4

Serenity/Aragorn-2

Hotaru/Legolas-3

Hotaru/Frodo-3

Hotaru/Aragorn-1

Hotaru/Farimir-2

Usagi: O YA! WHO AM I GOING TO BE PAIRED UP WITH!? Keep voting!

Squall: whatever... (translation: feedback to you kind reviewers...)

LizBethy~poor goku, him and his naive mind....*squeals* u mean, u got rid of cordy!? Omg! HOW SMART! WOOHOO! Keep it up! And we need to get another chapter of aru kori unmei up! ^.~

Becky~k! Thanks for voting!

CrescentMoon18~what a cute smiley face! 8^)...HEHE! Yea, really....serenity/frodo stories are rare....but I don't get to decide....u and ur fellow reviewers do....but remember...before I put the final couples together...I will have short little scenes...like I did in this one!

Kawaii mirai trunk's g/f~k! K! Watch for further chapters for the final couple!

Pudmuffin~ thanks a bunch! Thanks for all ur help!

Serena SilverMoon~I might put them together....it all depends on votes....but so far....sere/legolas is winning! So far...it looks like they will win! Thanks a bunch!

Ginny Starwind~ I WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe....

Lovemyboiz~thanks! ^.~

bs-chan: that's all for the reviewers.....so....the more reviews...the faster the next chapter comes out! SUGOI!

Duo: o yes.....bs-chan wanted me to say....if u want to contact her...leave a review....or email her...her email right now isnt working...so email her at.... bmoorsprinter36@hotmail.com

Chibi Trunks: and she has aim! Aol instant messenger! Her screen name is bmoorsprinter36!!

Squall: whatever...(translation: review!)

Bs-chan: and gimme ur suggestions! I need loooots of suggestions! Hehe....not really but...id think about them and probably put them in my fic!

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI BAAAAAAAAAI!

-BabySerenity ^-^