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"Get up Serenity! We have to leave now. Get up or you will miss breakfast." Serenity opened her eyes and saw Merry sitting on the edge of her bed, wide- awake and full of energy.
"That threat only works for Hobbits. We humans don't rely on food to motivate us. We like sleep." She mumbled as she rolled over, covering her head. Hobbits are way to happy in the morning.
"INCOMING!!" was the last thing she heard before Pippin landed on her stomach, knocking the wind out of her. This had become his favorite thing, figuring out new ways to wake Serenity up. The "incoming" was his second favorite method; his first was pouring cold water on her face. That always got a scream. She also found out that, for such small people, hobbits could haul butt when motivated. The elves were getting use to seeing a hobbit running for his life as a soaking wet girl chased after him.
"Must you always do that? I can't wait until we leave. I want to see you try that with Aragorn sleeping five feet away." She managed to get out once she got her breath back.
"If he is anything like you, I'm sure I can get away."
"Out! I need to get ready." She threw a pillow at Pippin as he ran for the door. "And make sure you save me some food."
"Hey I thought you said." Merry began before getting a pillow square in the face. "For that I'll make sure I get the cherries from the fruit salad, since they are your favorite." He said before
closing the door.
Serenity laughed as she headed to the bathroom. After her bath she headed to her closet and pulled out her special outfit Arwen made for her. "You can't very well fight evil in a dress." She had said when she gave Serenity the clothes. First she put on the black pants that were thin and warm, but not to warm. Next she put on the white lace up shirt. "Can't let you forget you're a woman" was Arwen explanation when Serenity saw the shirt, it was little revealing. She slung her sword around her waist and finally put on the black coat. She pulled her hair back in a French braid and then put on her boots. She looked in the mirror and saw who she was for the first time in a long while. Before her was the reflection of her mother and father's daughter, Aragorn niece, she was Serenity Everlyn, future Princess of Gondor. If Aragorn would ever accept his destiny. She looked a little longer, then turned, grabbed her backpack and walked out of her room. She entered the dinning hall to the sound of Sam and Pippin fighting over the last potato.
"Well, well. Think you have better luck at fighting if you look like a guy?" Boromir asked when he saw her. She ignored his comment and went and sat down in her normal seat between Pippin and Merry. She glanced at Merry's plate and saw it was full of cherry stems . He noticed her looking at his plate and laughed.
"Oh did you think I was lying? Hobbits don't lie, unlike humans."
"I always knew there was a reason I never liked hobbits."
Legolas was sitting across from Serenity and watched the scene. Serenity and Merry were in the middle of listing all the ways that they were better than the other, when Legolas put a bowl of fruit salad on Serenity's plate. She stopped arguing and looked at the salad, it was full of cherries.
"I couldn't let you leave without your cherries. I saw what Merry was doing and risked my own food, I'm sitting between Frodo and Sam after all, to save some poor, defenseless cherries for you." Legolas explained staring at her eyes.
"Thank you." Serenity said as she blushed from the way he looked at her.
"It the least I could do, after last night." That caught Aragorn's attention and he exchanged a look with Arwen. She shook her head, saying she had no idea what that comment meant. He turned back to Serenity and saw her eating a cherry while looking at Merry, who looked very defeated, acting like it was the best thing she had ever tasted. He left the comment alone knowing this might be the last time that everyone was so carefree.
***
At last they set out. It had been a bittersweet moment. Lord Elrond, Arwen and several others had come to see the fellowship off. Serenity had to look away when she saw the look on rwen's face as she said goodbye to Aragorn. To be that much in love and to have to say goodbye. I hope I never have to go through that she thought as she watched them part. The group had been walking for hours. Legolas kept by Serenity's side, and they rarely spoke. Legolas
seemed as if he could sense the darkness starting to gain on them. As they got farther away from Rivendell Serenity could feel that this was going to be worse then they thought. She knew that everything would change from this. Some of it not for the better. Finally Aragorn led them to a small hill that was topped with rocks. They decided to set up camp there, and rest for a while before heading on. Serenity looked around from her spot on a rock. Boromir was teaching Pippin and Merry how to fight as Aragorn looked on. Sam was
cooking for Frodo. Such good friends she thought. While Legolas and Serenity kept watch for any danger. Gandalf was trying to think as Gimli went on about the Mines of Moria.
"What is that Serenity? See if it is good or bad." Legolas asked her when he saw something dark flaying towards them. She turned her eyes silver and looked. In the white sky was a darkness, so deep she was scared it would suck her in.
"Bad, very bad. Though I'm not sure what it is." Her eyes still looking at the darkness.
"Crebain from Dunland!" Legolas yelled when it got closer.
"Hide!!"
Everyone scattered as they grabbed their stuff and hid. Serenity was hiding under rock when she saw that Boromir was only partly hidden. Changing her eyes to brown, she lowered her hand. The ground under Boromir opened and swallowed him inside. The birds flew over, circled and left. Everyone got out of the hiding spaces, except Boromir. Serenity walked over to where he should be and raised her hand. The ground opened and out popped Boromir looking
extremely upset.
"Your a witch! I should have known! You must be killed! We have to kill her, she probably works for Sauron!" he said getting up dusting dirt off him. Now Serenity was not one to get easily upset, and she had been putting up with Boromir's comments for a month, but that was the last straw. No one accuses her of working for the dark side, no one. Before anyone knew what was happening, Serenity's right fist was making contact with Boromir's face. He stumbled back on the ground, dazed. Serenity looked like she was ready for another shot when Legolas grabbed her from behind and dragged her away.
"Calm her down Legolas. We have far more important things to do." Gandalf said as he looked at Boromir's left cheek, which was already starting to swell, and strated to talk to him. Legolas
dragged her down the hill and let her go. That was a mistake, since she just started to run right back up it. He grabbed her from behind again, and held on tight.
"I am not letting you go until you calm down." She continued to struggle. " We have a big task before us and we can't do it with you beating people up." She finally relaxed after that. She knew that she should have not let it get physical. Legolas turned her around to face him, but didn't let go of her hands. "Will you behave?"
"Yes, I'm sorry. It is just my whole life has been screwed up by Sauron. My grandfather's death, my mom and Aragorn being separated, and now this quest. For him to accuse me of that it." her voice started to break," I want to be normal I do, but I'm not. I know that and accept it, so why can't others?" she wanted to know as a single tear ran down her face.
"Don't cry. I would hate for you to be normal. You special, for a reason. And just so you know, even if it is just one person, I accept you." He said wiping the tear away. The were lost in their
own little moment when Gimli came down to say they were heading up the mountains.
"Mountains! Who needs mountains when you have a perfectly good mine right under you?" Serenity laughed as she headed back up the hill. When they reached the top everyone kind of looked at her oddly, and she knew that Aragorn told them her secret. She was beginning to worry that this really was a bad idea to come when Pippin broke the silence.
"Geeze, you could have told me. All this time I've been tormenting you every morning and you could have easily turned me into a flaming hobbit. I little warning would have been nice." He said dead serious. Everyone laughed as they turned to start up the mountain. Serenity was in the back and lost her footing for a moment on a slippery rock. Suddenly a pair of arms caught her. She turned around expecting Legolas, and saw that it was Boromir.
"Thanks"
"No problem."
Legolas saw this and hung back to talk to her.
"Falling down on the job are we, my protector?" She teased him.
"What can I say. You're a handful and every now and then I need help." As they walked he casually brushed his hand against hers, then laced his fingers through hers. She looked at his hand then at him and realized, maybe outside of Rivendell, she could still be safe.
"Get up Serenity! We have to leave now. Get up or you will miss breakfast." Serenity opened her eyes and saw Merry sitting on the edge of her bed, wide- awake and full of energy.
"That threat only works for Hobbits. We humans don't rely on food to motivate us. We like sleep." She mumbled as she rolled over, covering her head. Hobbits are way to happy in the morning.
"INCOMING!!" was the last thing she heard before Pippin landed on her stomach, knocking the wind out of her. This had become his favorite thing, figuring out new ways to wake Serenity up. The "incoming" was his second favorite method; his first was pouring cold water on her face. That always got a scream. She also found out that, for such small people, hobbits could haul butt when motivated. The elves were getting use to seeing a hobbit running for his life as a soaking wet girl chased after him.
"Must you always do that? I can't wait until we leave. I want to see you try that with Aragorn sleeping five feet away." She managed to get out once she got her breath back.
"If he is anything like you, I'm sure I can get away."
"Out! I need to get ready." She threw a pillow at Pippin as he ran for the door. "And make sure you save me some food."
"Hey I thought you said." Merry began before getting a pillow square in the face. "For that I'll make sure I get the cherries from the fruit salad, since they are your favorite." He said before
closing the door.
Serenity laughed as she headed to the bathroom. After her bath she headed to her closet and pulled out her special outfit Arwen made for her. "You can't very well fight evil in a dress." She had said when she gave Serenity the clothes. First she put on the black pants that were thin and warm, but not to warm. Next she put on the white lace up shirt. "Can't let you forget you're a woman" was Arwen explanation when Serenity saw the shirt, it was little revealing. She slung her sword around her waist and finally put on the black coat. She pulled her hair back in a French braid and then put on her boots. She looked in the mirror and saw who she was for the first time in a long while. Before her was the reflection of her mother and father's daughter, Aragorn niece, she was Serenity Everlyn, future Princess of Gondor. If Aragorn would ever accept his destiny. She looked a little longer, then turned, grabbed her backpack and walked out of her room. She entered the dinning hall to the sound of Sam and Pippin fighting over the last potato.
"Well, well. Think you have better luck at fighting if you look like a guy?" Boromir asked when he saw her. She ignored his comment and went and sat down in her normal seat between Pippin and Merry. She glanced at Merry's plate and saw it was full of cherry stems . He noticed her looking at his plate and laughed.
"Oh did you think I was lying? Hobbits don't lie, unlike humans."
"I always knew there was a reason I never liked hobbits."
Legolas was sitting across from Serenity and watched the scene. Serenity and Merry were in the middle of listing all the ways that they were better than the other, when Legolas put a bowl of fruit salad on Serenity's plate. She stopped arguing and looked at the salad, it was full of cherries.
"I couldn't let you leave without your cherries. I saw what Merry was doing and risked my own food, I'm sitting between Frodo and Sam after all, to save some poor, defenseless cherries for you." Legolas explained staring at her eyes.
"Thank you." Serenity said as she blushed from the way he looked at her.
"It the least I could do, after last night." That caught Aragorn's attention and he exchanged a look with Arwen. She shook her head, saying she had no idea what that comment meant. He turned back to Serenity and saw her eating a cherry while looking at Merry, who looked very defeated, acting like it was the best thing she had ever tasted. He left the comment alone knowing this might be the last time that everyone was so carefree.
***
At last they set out. It had been a bittersweet moment. Lord Elrond, Arwen and several others had come to see the fellowship off. Serenity had to look away when she saw the look on rwen's face as she said goodbye to Aragorn. To be that much in love and to have to say goodbye. I hope I never have to go through that she thought as she watched them part. The group had been walking for hours. Legolas kept by Serenity's side, and they rarely spoke. Legolas
seemed as if he could sense the darkness starting to gain on them. As they got farther away from Rivendell Serenity could feel that this was going to be worse then they thought. She knew that everything would change from this. Some of it not for the better. Finally Aragorn led them to a small hill that was topped with rocks. They decided to set up camp there, and rest for a while before heading on. Serenity looked around from her spot on a rock. Boromir was teaching Pippin and Merry how to fight as Aragorn looked on. Sam was
cooking for Frodo. Such good friends she thought. While Legolas and Serenity kept watch for any danger. Gandalf was trying to think as Gimli went on about the Mines of Moria.
"What is that Serenity? See if it is good or bad." Legolas asked her when he saw something dark flaying towards them. She turned her eyes silver and looked. In the white sky was a darkness, so deep she was scared it would suck her in.
"Bad, very bad. Though I'm not sure what it is." Her eyes still looking at the darkness.
"Crebain from Dunland!" Legolas yelled when it got closer.
"Hide!!"
Everyone scattered as they grabbed their stuff and hid. Serenity was hiding under rock when she saw that Boromir was only partly hidden. Changing her eyes to brown, she lowered her hand. The ground under Boromir opened and swallowed him inside. The birds flew over, circled and left. Everyone got out of the hiding spaces, except Boromir. Serenity walked over to where he should be and raised her hand. The ground opened and out popped Boromir looking
extremely upset.
"Your a witch! I should have known! You must be killed! We have to kill her, she probably works for Sauron!" he said getting up dusting dirt off him. Now Serenity was not one to get easily upset, and she had been putting up with Boromir's comments for a month, but that was the last straw. No one accuses her of working for the dark side, no one. Before anyone knew what was happening, Serenity's right fist was making contact with Boromir's face. He stumbled back on the ground, dazed. Serenity looked like she was ready for another shot when Legolas grabbed her from behind and dragged her away.
"Calm her down Legolas. We have far more important things to do." Gandalf said as he looked at Boromir's left cheek, which was already starting to swell, and strated to talk to him. Legolas
dragged her down the hill and let her go. That was a mistake, since she just started to run right back up it. He grabbed her from behind again, and held on tight.
"I am not letting you go until you calm down." She continued to struggle. " We have a big task before us and we can't do it with you beating people up." She finally relaxed after that. She knew that she should have not let it get physical. Legolas turned her around to face him, but didn't let go of her hands. "Will you behave?"
"Yes, I'm sorry. It is just my whole life has been screwed up by Sauron. My grandfather's death, my mom and Aragorn being separated, and now this quest. For him to accuse me of that it." her voice started to break," I want to be normal I do, but I'm not. I know that and accept it, so why can't others?" she wanted to know as a single tear ran down her face.
"Don't cry. I would hate for you to be normal. You special, for a reason. And just so you know, even if it is just one person, I accept you." He said wiping the tear away. The were lost in their
own little moment when Gimli came down to say they were heading up the mountains.
"Mountains! Who needs mountains when you have a perfectly good mine right under you?" Serenity laughed as she headed back up the hill. When they reached the top everyone kind of looked at her oddly, and she knew that Aragorn told them her secret. She was beginning to worry that this really was a bad idea to come when Pippin broke the silence.
"Geeze, you could have told me. All this time I've been tormenting you every morning and you could have easily turned me into a flaming hobbit. I little warning would have been nice." He said dead serious. Everyone laughed as they turned to start up the mountain. Serenity was in the back and lost her footing for a moment on a slippery rock. Suddenly a pair of arms caught her. She turned around expecting Legolas, and saw that it was Boromir.
"Thanks"
"No problem."
Legolas saw this and hung back to talk to her.
"Falling down on the job are we, my protector?" She teased him.
"What can I say. You're a handful and every now and then I need help." As they walked he casually brushed his hand against hers, then laced his fingers through hers. She looked at his hand then at him and realized, maybe outside of Rivendell, she could still be safe.