Shadow and Flame
Disclaimer: Grrrrrr.arrrghhhh.ummm.I think that covers it.
A/N: Come on people review I stay up all night writing 1 chapter a night and posting them as quick as I can, I have a sucky cow computer so it really hard. I would like a review from every one who reads or.I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND SIC' MY RABID MUTANT HAMSTER ARMY ON YOU!!!
Chapter Five Please remember me.
Saruman sat in his tower thinking. He had seen every thing that had happened in Moria through his Palantìr, who was this girl and what powers did she posses. It was all getting so curious. He had to find out.
A few minutes later Saruman had reached the Orcs and Uruk-hai in the caverns of Isengard. They were putting on armor, and taking weapons. Preparing for a war against men. All the clanking sounded like waves on the rocks in high winds, Saruman could barley hear himself think. But as he reached the edge of the balcony everything became hushed.
"Hunt them down! Do not stop until they are found. You do not know pain, you do not know fear. You will taste man flesh!" Saruman's voice rang out like thunder, and the waves once again came on, battle cries were heard from all directions. Saruman raised his hand and once again all was quiet. "One of the Halflings carries something of great value. And there is a woman who puzzles me and harbors a great power. Bring them and the girl to me alive and unspoiled. Kill the others."
The army of Orcs and Uruk-hai left the caverns, swift and practiced, Saruman mused for a second that they looked like ants, a dozen or two might not bother you but if you fall into a hive, their was no escape.
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After a few days rest it was time to leave. They were taken to the river this time they were not blindfolded so that they could enjoy the splendor of the woods in the morning light. Once there they loaded their gear on the boat and then got in themselves. Shade got into the boat with Boromir and Pippin, in another boat was Gimli, Merry, and Legolas, and in the last boat was Aragorn, Sam, and Frodo would soon join them. But, at the moment he stood on the shore talking with Galadrial, she handed him a glittering vial and the company could just make out her words "Farewell, Frodo Baggins. I give you the light of Earendil, our most beloved star. Namarie." She bent over and kissed Frodo on his forehead, Shade could see Frodo's pail cheeks light up red.
As the boats set out Galadrial stood at the top of a small cliff overlooking the river, her hand out streched in a long farewell. Even though her lips did not move all of the Fellowship heard her speak in her melodic voice "May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out."
They spent hours on the river; every one who could paddle did until it felt as if their arms would fall off their shoulders.
Out of the corner of her eye, Shade saw shapes moving in the shadow in the trees along the Eastern Shore. Shade quickly turned to Legolas and she cocked her head in the direction of the shapes and mouthed the word Orcs, the elf looked over to were she had directed and nodded, then he repeated Shade's action to Aragorn.
Soon they came to two great statues of once equally great men. They stood proud still guarding the gates of their beloved cities hands out stretched warning all that come of the presence of men.
Aragorn gazed up at them as did everyone who came past them "Frodo. The Argornath. Long have I desired to look upon the Kings of old. My kin." Admeration filled his voice.
But they had no time to stop, and they swiftly rowed away and came to a halt many miles away, on the western shore. Aragorn had heeded the warnings of Shade and Legolas and did not stop on the Eastern Shore, for Orcs were still about.
After they had gotten out of the boats Aragorn made their plan clear "We cross the lake at nightfall, hide the boats, and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north." He said waving his hand in their general direction.
Gimli grunted "Oh, yes? Just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil? An impassable labyrinth of razor-sharp rocks? And after that, it gets even better! Festering, stinking marshlands, as far as the eye can see."
"He does have a point Aragorn, one cannot simply walk into Mordor. You should scout around first" Shade put in.
"That is our road. I suggest you take some rest and recover your strength, Master Dwarf, Mistress Shade."
Gimli was appalled "Recover my... phfwahh..."
Shade laughed at the dwarf "He meant nothing by it Gimli I am sure, we could all use a rest." She said sitting down; Gimli plopped down beside her.
"Recover strength...Pay no heed to that, girl"
"If you say so. But my arms hurt so I think I will rest for a while" Suddenly Merry looked around "Where's Frodo?"
Shade's head swiveled in the direction where she had last seen Boromir and noticed that his shield still lay on the ground but his sword was gone. Aragorn to had noticed this. She got up and walked over to him "I will find them." She whispered and took off melting into the shadows. Aragorn looked in the spot she had just been in. "So she really is a Shadow Stalker."
Shade followed their trail; it was easy to find Boromir was so lost in his madness he left a trial any simple-minded child could follow. She could hear them now, Boromir was shouting "I ask only the strength to save my people!" "Oh, no." Shade muttered and she pushed a new burst of speed, turning her run into a sprint.
She reached the clearing just as Boromir lunged at Frodo; he never made it there. Shade was on top of him pulling him to the ground! Shade looked around struggling to keep Boromir pinned, Frodo was no where to be seen. The Ring, Shade realized "Run Frodo! Find Aragorn, Boromir knows not what he does!" Shade yelled trying to keep her voice straight. It was no easy task keeping a fully-grown trained warrior, mad with rage down. She had no other choice, she slapped Boromir across the face.
As soon as Shade's hand made contact, the shadows in Boromir's eyes left him only to become tears. "S-shade? What, what have I done?" Boromir sobbed
"You did nothing, I stopped you, Frodo has run to find Aragorn, do not worry he is safe." Shade got off of Boromir and the man sat up.
"Shade, I cannot thank you enough for saving me from that madness. I tried to stop but, I could not I was no longer in control."
"It is alright, it does my heart good to know you are now safe."
"Shade?"
"Yes?" She turned to face him. She had only turned her head halfway around, when she felt Boromir's arms encircle her and he kissed her. They're first kiss. "Boromir?"
"I love you!" Boromir blurted out "I could not help myself, I am sorry."
"Don't be." Shade kissed him back egarly "I love you to, Boromir son of Denothor, Steward of Gondor." She tossed her head back and laughed. "How are we going to tell the others? Pippin will be laughing for days!"
"Indeed, that hobbit will be at it for days, I can already see his expression." He suddenly realized for the first time that they had forgotten about the hobbits and what with the Orcs milling about, Shade too realized this.
"You go find the others and I'll look for the hobbits." Boromir said.
"Right. Be careful, love. I want you back in one piece." Shade called running out of the clearing.
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"Aragorn!" Shade yelled as she fought her way through the Orcs. "Where are the Hobbits?"
Aragorn ducked another one of the Orcs futile blows. "Frodo is gone, and Sam with him, I do not know where Merry and Pippin are."
"I'll go look for them, and Boromir is already searching for them, they should not be hard to find." And with that she departed. Taking to the trees instead of the ground as to avoid Orcs."
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Aragorn held the Orc at knife point "Who sent you?"
"Sa-Saruman" Came a strangled reply
"Why were you sent?"
"I would never tell you!" The Orc spat in Aragorn's face.
"I will not ask you again." Aragorn said calmly pricking the Orcs neck just enough to draw a small amount of blood.
"We came for the halflings, and a girl.what Saruman wants with the halflings I do not know.but I can guess what he wants with the little beauty." The Orc leered up at Aragorn and let the man's imagination fill in the rest. Aragorn slit the Orcs throat disguised. **I must find Shade and the hobbits** he thought but then.
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Suddenly, a trumping sound was heard. **The horn of Gondor! Boromir is in trouble!** Shade raced away, jumping from branch to branch, until she came to an old oak.
She looked down only to see her beloved pinned to a tree by the shoulder. A large Orc looming over him a bow in one hand taking carful aim, to make sure that this would kill the man.
"No!" Shade shouted and jumped down from her tree.
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Boromir closed his eyes prepared for death, he thought of Shade, and how he had just told her that he loved her. And now, he was goning to die and, he would never she his love again.
"No!" the shout made the man's eyes spring open. Shade was standing in front of him arms and feet spread, facing him. **Shade No!** His mind screamed!
Twang. The bow snapped and the arrow pierced Shade's abdomen. She cried out in agony and, fell against Boromir who rapped his arms around her.
Shade lay there and to Boromir's surprise she was singing softly, and that only made him cry more for his love.
"Cast your eyes to the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, And when the dark night seems endless, Please remember me." Shade grunted as something grabbed her "I love you Boromir.remember that." And she fell into blackness.
The big Orc grabbed Shade by her belt and jerked her from Boromir's arms. He tried to hold on but he was pinned to the oak by the shoulder. "No, give her back!" he yelled at the Orc who handed Shade to one of his troops.
The Orc yanked out the arrow and Shade yelled in agony, from the depths of blackness she had fallen into. Then he tossed the girl over his shoulder and ran off.
The Orc walked back and took up his place in front of Boromir again. "No one to save you this time." He laughed. Boromir simply gazed up at the Orc.
Aragorn ran out into the clearing and chopped Lurtz's bow in half, preventing him from shooting Boromir.
They fought in a terrible, beautiful dance, until finally. The Orc made a mistake and Aragorn ended it, one swift swipe and he removed the Orcs head from his shoulders, and ran to Boromir.
"Boromir what happened where are the hobbits, and where is Shade? She should have been here by now." Aragorn said carefully removing the arrow from his friend shoulder.
"They took the halflings I think that they are not dead. And they, they shot Shade and took her from me." Gimli and Legolas entered the clearing and said nothing just listened to Boromir and hung their heads in sorrow. "They tore her from my arms! I could do nothing to help her!" He was sobbing openly now. "I loved her Aragorn and now I know not if she lives."
As he stopped he heard Shade's last words to him before they took her, and realized that Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn heard her words to, faintly just as they had heard Galadrial as they left Lothlorien.
'Cast your eyes to the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, And when the dark night seems endless, Please remember me. I love you Boromir.remember that.'
A/N: Well? What do you think? I was up all night listening to Loreena McKennitt. And yes that song does belong to her I fit it in as I listened to it. Review all my little Friends, you cannot reisest!! ^_^
Disclaimer: Grrrrrr.arrrghhhh.ummm.I think that covers it.
A/N: Come on people review I stay up all night writing 1 chapter a night and posting them as quick as I can, I have a sucky cow computer so it really hard. I would like a review from every one who reads or.I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND SIC' MY RABID MUTANT HAMSTER ARMY ON YOU!!!
Chapter Five Please remember me.
Saruman sat in his tower thinking. He had seen every thing that had happened in Moria through his Palantìr, who was this girl and what powers did she posses. It was all getting so curious. He had to find out.
A few minutes later Saruman had reached the Orcs and Uruk-hai in the caverns of Isengard. They were putting on armor, and taking weapons. Preparing for a war against men. All the clanking sounded like waves on the rocks in high winds, Saruman could barley hear himself think. But as he reached the edge of the balcony everything became hushed.
"Hunt them down! Do not stop until they are found. You do not know pain, you do not know fear. You will taste man flesh!" Saruman's voice rang out like thunder, and the waves once again came on, battle cries were heard from all directions. Saruman raised his hand and once again all was quiet. "One of the Halflings carries something of great value. And there is a woman who puzzles me and harbors a great power. Bring them and the girl to me alive and unspoiled. Kill the others."
The army of Orcs and Uruk-hai left the caverns, swift and practiced, Saruman mused for a second that they looked like ants, a dozen or two might not bother you but if you fall into a hive, their was no escape.
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After a few days rest it was time to leave. They were taken to the river this time they were not blindfolded so that they could enjoy the splendor of the woods in the morning light. Once there they loaded their gear on the boat and then got in themselves. Shade got into the boat with Boromir and Pippin, in another boat was Gimli, Merry, and Legolas, and in the last boat was Aragorn, Sam, and Frodo would soon join them. But, at the moment he stood on the shore talking with Galadrial, she handed him a glittering vial and the company could just make out her words "Farewell, Frodo Baggins. I give you the light of Earendil, our most beloved star. Namarie." She bent over and kissed Frodo on his forehead, Shade could see Frodo's pail cheeks light up red.
As the boats set out Galadrial stood at the top of a small cliff overlooking the river, her hand out streched in a long farewell. Even though her lips did not move all of the Fellowship heard her speak in her melodic voice "May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out."
They spent hours on the river; every one who could paddle did until it felt as if their arms would fall off their shoulders.
Out of the corner of her eye, Shade saw shapes moving in the shadow in the trees along the Eastern Shore. Shade quickly turned to Legolas and she cocked her head in the direction of the shapes and mouthed the word Orcs, the elf looked over to were she had directed and nodded, then he repeated Shade's action to Aragorn.
Soon they came to two great statues of once equally great men. They stood proud still guarding the gates of their beloved cities hands out stretched warning all that come of the presence of men.
Aragorn gazed up at them as did everyone who came past them "Frodo. The Argornath. Long have I desired to look upon the Kings of old. My kin." Admeration filled his voice.
But they had no time to stop, and they swiftly rowed away and came to a halt many miles away, on the western shore. Aragorn had heeded the warnings of Shade and Legolas and did not stop on the Eastern Shore, for Orcs were still about.
After they had gotten out of the boats Aragorn made their plan clear "We cross the lake at nightfall, hide the boats, and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north." He said waving his hand in their general direction.
Gimli grunted "Oh, yes? Just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil? An impassable labyrinth of razor-sharp rocks? And after that, it gets even better! Festering, stinking marshlands, as far as the eye can see."
"He does have a point Aragorn, one cannot simply walk into Mordor. You should scout around first" Shade put in.
"That is our road. I suggest you take some rest and recover your strength, Master Dwarf, Mistress Shade."
Gimli was appalled "Recover my... phfwahh..."
Shade laughed at the dwarf "He meant nothing by it Gimli I am sure, we could all use a rest." She said sitting down; Gimli plopped down beside her.
"Recover strength...Pay no heed to that, girl"
"If you say so. But my arms hurt so I think I will rest for a while" Suddenly Merry looked around "Where's Frodo?"
Shade's head swiveled in the direction where she had last seen Boromir and noticed that his shield still lay on the ground but his sword was gone. Aragorn to had noticed this. She got up and walked over to him "I will find them." She whispered and took off melting into the shadows. Aragorn looked in the spot she had just been in. "So she really is a Shadow Stalker."
Shade followed their trail; it was easy to find Boromir was so lost in his madness he left a trial any simple-minded child could follow. She could hear them now, Boromir was shouting "I ask only the strength to save my people!" "Oh, no." Shade muttered and she pushed a new burst of speed, turning her run into a sprint.
She reached the clearing just as Boromir lunged at Frodo; he never made it there. Shade was on top of him pulling him to the ground! Shade looked around struggling to keep Boromir pinned, Frodo was no where to be seen. The Ring, Shade realized "Run Frodo! Find Aragorn, Boromir knows not what he does!" Shade yelled trying to keep her voice straight. It was no easy task keeping a fully-grown trained warrior, mad with rage down. She had no other choice, she slapped Boromir across the face.
As soon as Shade's hand made contact, the shadows in Boromir's eyes left him only to become tears. "S-shade? What, what have I done?" Boromir sobbed
"You did nothing, I stopped you, Frodo has run to find Aragorn, do not worry he is safe." Shade got off of Boromir and the man sat up.
"Shade, I cannot thank you enough for saving me from that madness. I tried to stop but, I could not I was no longer in control."
"It is alright, it does my heart good to know you are now safe."
"Shade?"
"Yes?" She turned to face him. She had only turned her head halfway around, when she felt Boromir's arms encircle her and he kissed her. They're first kiss. "Boromir?"
"I love you!" Boromir blurted out "I could not help myself, I am sorry."
"Don't be." Shade kissed him back egarly "I love you to, Boromir son of Denothor, Steward of Gondor." She tossed her head back and laughed. "How are we going to tell the others? Pippin will be laughing for days!"
"Indeed, that hobbit will be at it for days, I can already see his expression." He suddenly realized for the first time that they had forgotten about the hobbits and what with the Orcs milling about, Shade too realized this.
"You go find the others and I'll look for the hobbits." Boromir said.
"Right. Be careful, love. I want you back in one piece." Shade called running out of the clearing.
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"Aragorn!" Shade yelled as she fought her way through the Orcs. "Where are the Hobbits?"
Aragorn ducked another one of the Orcs futile blows. "Frodo is gone, and Sam with him, I do not know where Merry and Pippin are."
"I'll go look for them, and Boromir is already searching for them, they should not be hard to find." And with that she departed. Taking to the trees instead of the ground as to avoid Orcs."
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Aragorn held the Orc at knife point "Who sent you?"
"Sa-Saruman" Came a strangled reply
"Why were you sent?"
"I would never tell you!" The Orc spat in Aragorn's face.
"I will not ask you again." Aragorn said calmly pricking the Orcs neck just enough to draw a small amount of blood.
"We came for the halflings, and a girl.what Saruman wants with the halflings I do not know.but I can guess what he wants with the little beauty." The Orc leered up at Aragorn and let the man's imagination fill in the rest. Aragorn slit the Orcs throat disguised. **I must find Shade and the hobbits** he thought but then.
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Suddenly, a trumping sound was heard. **The horn of Gondor! Boromir is in trouble!** Shade raced away, jumping from branch to branch, until she came to an old oak.
She looked down only to see her beloved pinned to a tree by the shoulder. A large Orc looming over him a bow in one hand taking carful aim, to make sure that this would kill the man.
"No!" Shade shouted and jumped down from her tree.
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Boromir closed his eyes prepared for death, he thought of Shade, and how he had just told her that he loved her. And now, he was goning to die and, he would never she his love again.
"No!" the shout made the man's eyes spring open. Shade was standing in front of him arms and feet spread, facing him. **Shade No!** His mind screamed!
Twang. The bow snapped and the arrow pierced Shade's abdomen. She cried out in agony and, fell against Boromir who rapped his arms around her.
Shade lay there and to Boromir's surprise she was singing softly, and that only made him cry more for his love.
"Cast your eyes to the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, And when the dark night seems endless, Please remember me." Shade grunted as something grabbed her "I love you Boromir.remember that." And she fell into blackness.
The big Orc grabbed Shade by her belt and jerked her from Boromir's arms. He tried to hold on but he was pinned to the oak by the shoulder. "No, give her back!" he yelled at the Orc who handed Shade to one of his troops.
The Orc yanked out the arrow and Shade yelled in agony, from the depths of blackness she had fallen into. Then he tossed the girl over his shoulder and ran off.
The Orc walked back and took up his place in front of Boromir again. "No one to save you this time." He laughed. Boromir simply gazed up at the Orc.
Aragorn ran out into the clearing and chopped Lurtz's bow in half, preventing him from shooting Boromir.
They fought in a terrible, beautiful dance, until finally. The Orc made a mistake and Aragorn ended it, one swift swipe and he removed the Orcs head from his shoulders, and ran to Boromir.
"Boromir what happened where are the hobbits, and where is Shade? She should have been here by now." Aragorn said carefully removing the arrow from his friend shoulder.
"They took the halflings I think that they are not dead. And they, they shot Shade and took her from me." Gimli and Legolas entered the clearing and said nothing just listened to Boromir and hung their heads in sorrow. "They tore her from my arms! I could do nothing to help her!" He was sobbing openly now. "I loved her Aragorn and now I know not if she lives."
As he stopped he heard Shade's last words to him before they took her, and realized that Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn heard her words to, faintly just as they had heard Galadrial as they left Lothlorien.
'Cast your eyes to the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, And when the dark night seems endless, Please remember me. I love you Boromir.remember that.'
A/N: Well? What do you think? I was up all night listening to Loreena McKennitt. And yes that song does belong to her I fit it in as I listened to it. Review all my little Friends, you cannot reisest!! ^_^