~*~Chapter 10~*~
Harry advanced slowly on the rider. His wand was outstretched. The rider turned around with its sword drawn. Harry fired a small fireball at it, but it dodged easily. The rider was now standing in front of Ron and Hermione. Harry knew he couldn't fire for his friend's safety. The rider laughed a cold, unearthly laugh. It quickly turned towards the two laying on the floor. Both of them were now beginning to wake up. The rider lifted its sword slowly. The sword as if in slow motion. It fell towards Ron. Ron tried to move but was not quick enough. The sword struck him in his right arm. Ron yelled in pain and Hermione screamed. Harry's anger overtook him. He quickly shot a fireball at the rider. It hit directly. The rider shrieked and knowing that it was beat, ran to an open train door and leapt out. Harry ran to friend.
"Ron! Ron! Are you okay," he asked, but Ron could not hear him. The pain was too great for him to bare. He saw Harry's face going in and out of focus but he was deaf to the sounds around him. His eyes began to close and then a jolt of pain shot threw his arm and again he yelled in pain, "Ron!"
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Merry and Pippin were still asleep when the Wraith stabbed Ron. As soon as the rider left the train, they began to rouse. Still wearing the invisibility cloak, which was much too big for them, they staggered out into the hall. They saw Harry kneeling next to Ron and the Fellowship and Dumbldore running down the hall. They watched as everyone came.
"Dumbledore," Harry said frantically, "I didn't. I mean. well. It was an accident."
"Harry, it is okay," Albus said, "Ron should be fine. With the skills of an elf here to help, he will be fine. Though I am disappointed in you. This is very dangerous."
"But he showed he could do it. He held his own," Hermione chirped, "Against two riders. We didn't do much."
"What is done is done. There is no turning back. Our mission has begun and we must finish it," Albus sighed.
"But there is still the matter of Merry and Pippin," Legolas said, "Where are they?"
Merry and Pippin started to snicker at this. Everyone heard them but only Gandalf and Dumbledore knew where they were. The two older wizards just smiled. Merry and Pippin walked straight into Frodo. Frodo jumped and hid behind Aragorn. Merry and Pippin laughed loudly this time but still they were not found. They stopped laughing and tip-toed past their friends. As they passed, Gandalf stepped on the end of the cloak which was dragging along behind them. They snickered again now in full view.
"Excuse me," Gandalf said.
Merry and Pippin stopped. They turned around slowly and saw the cloak on the floor. They smiled and walked back over.
"We have been caught," Merry sighed.
"We shall return to our doom," Pippin said sadly.
Harry couldn't help but laugh and the turned back to Ron, "Dumbledore, sir. What about Ron?"
"Legolas, will you please take Ron into a cabin and help him with his wound," Gandalf asked?
Legolas nodded and walked over to where the red haired boy lay. He picked Ron up and carried him to an empty cabin. Legolas laid him down on the seat and pulled the door shut.
Harry and Hermione followed Dumbledore and the others up to the front of the train. There they waited. Harry looked out the window most of the time. Occasionally he would catch a glimpse of black in the trees, but none tried to get on the train again.
As Harry watched out the window, he noticed a bridge coming up. He thought nothing of it, but as they got closer, he noticed little black dots all over it. As he looked closer, he saw that they were hideous monsters chopping away at the bridge that didn't look like it could take much more of that.
"Professor," He said nervously, "Look, on the bridge."
Dumbldore looked at the bridge and said, "Oh dear. This is not good. But I think we can handle it. Gandalf, what do you think?"
"Yes, I think we can handle it just fine," he smiled, "Come with me now then."
So the two wizards stood and left the cabin. Hermione and Harry sat alone. Aragorn, Boromir and Gimli sat in the cabin next to them and the Hobbits were in the cabin across from them.
"Ron's will be okay Harry," Hermione said putting her hand on his shoulder.
"I know," he nodded, "I should have done something. I could have stopped it."
"It's not your fault Harry. Believe me, I couldn't do anything either. I would have, but I couldn't. Neither could you or Ron or even Dumbledore. Its no one's fault," she said.
"Yes it is," came a soft voice from the door, "Its my fault. If I had never brought the Ring here, none of this would have ever happened."
"Oh Frodo. Its not your fault either. You didn't chose to come here. It wasn't your fault," Hermione said.
"Remember what Gandalf said Mr. Frodo," Sam said coming up behind him, "So do all live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. What is for them is to decided what to do with the time they are given. You didn't chose this path, and you didn't know we would come here. But now, we all have decide what we are going to do. Come on Mr. Frodo, let's leave them be."
"You are right Sam," Frodo said following Sam back out and closing Harry's door.
"They are very smart for their size," Harry smiled, "They may be smarter than you."
"I doubt that," said Hermione huffily.
Harry turned back to his window, smiling now. He watched as the bridge got ever closer. Finally, they began to cross the bridge. He looked down at the bottom to see all the Orcs laughing and pointing. Harry heard the bridge creaking and groaning under their weight. He held his breathe waiting for the bridge to collapse and send them all to their doom, but it never happened. When they had crossed the bridge safely, he looked back. The Orcs were all angry and yelling. Most had climbed back up to see why their plan hadn't worked. He watched as the bridge began to break and fall down upon them. There was a great cloud of dust and when it cleared, nothing was left alive on the ground. They turned a corner and the bridge passed out of view. Not long after, Dumbledore and Gandalf came back and sat down.
"What did you do," Hermione asked? "That is for us to know," Dumbledore winked at Harry who only smiled.
The rest of the ride was almost uneventful. No one talked. No one moved. It was a very dead place. Dumbledore and Gandalf spoke quietly to each other from time to time. Nothing more. Then there was a soft knock on Harry's cabin door. Harry stood up and walked over to it. He pulled it open slowly and outside stood Ron. His arm was in a make-shift sling but he was smiling.
"Ron," Harry exclaimed, "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what," Ron asked smiling.
"For letting you get stabbed," Harry said.
"It wasn't that bad. Legolas healed my right up. I just can't use my arm. That means I can't use my wand arm," he smiled.
"Ron, I'm so glad you're okay," Hermione said jumping up and giving him a hug.
"Hey, watch the arm," Ron said pulling back, "Its sore. I'm not supposed to use it for like a week or something like that."
"Come in and sit down," Dumbledore said to the kids, "You may want to rest a little before we get there and I do not believe that Mr. Weasley will wish to stand there for the rest of his life."
So, Ron sat down next to Harry. They talked for awhile and then Ron said he felt a little sleepy. Gandalf said this was because of the wound. Harry too decided he should get a little sleep. So, the kids slept for the rest of the train ride. Harry woke up to his name being called.
"Its too early to go to classes," he whined.
"Harry, classes are the last thing you need to worry about. We have to help Frodo. Look out the window," Hermione said annoyed.
Harry sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked out the window and saw a line of Orcs and five riders ready to fight. He blinked and stood up and pulled his wand out.
"I'm ready," He said firmly.
A/N: Yay! I slacked off for a while but hey. I'm sorry and I finally got uneventful chapter 10 up. I am quite please and sad that I am almost done so I plan to write a sequel. Yay! But first, due to popular demand I am going to go back and change my grammar and spelling mistakes and repost the chapters. Thank you all for you support and I urge you all to check out my Harry Potter RPG site at: http://georgesparadise.proboards10.com That's all for now. Bye.
Harry advanced slowly on the rider. His wand was outstretched. The rider turned around with its sword drawn. Harry fired a small fireball at it, but it dodged easily. The rider was now standing in front of Ron and Hermione. Harry knew he couldn't fire for his friend's safety. The rider laughed a cold, unearthly laugh. It quickly turned towards the two laying on the floor. Both of them were now beginning to wake up. The rider lifted its sword slowly. The sword as if in slow motion. It fell towards Ron. Ron tried to move but was not quick enough. The sword struck him in his right arm. Ron yelled in pain and Hermione screamed. Harry's anger overtook him. He quickly shot a fireball at the rider. It hit directly. The rider shrieked and knowing that it was beat, ran to an open train door and leapt out. Harry ran to friend.
"Ron! Ron! Are you okay," he asked, but Ron could not hear him. The pain was too great for him to bare. He saw Harry's face going in and out of focus but he was deaf to the sounds around him. His eyes began to close and then a jolt of pain shot threw his arm and again he yelled in pain, "Ron!"
~*~
Merry and Pippin were still asleep when the Wraith stabbed Ron. As soon as the rider left the train, they began to rouse. Still wearing the invisibility cloak, which was much too big for them, they staggered out into the hall. They saw Harry kneeling next to Ron and the Fellowship and Dumbldore running down the hall. They watched as everyone came.
"Dumbledore," Harry said frantically, "I didn't. I mean. well. It was an accident."
"Harry, it is okay," Albus said, "Ron should be fine. With the skills of an elf here to help, he will be fine. Though I am disappointed in you. This is very dangerous."
"But he showed he could do it. He held his own," Hermione chirped, "Against two riders. We didn't do much."
"What is done is done. There is no turning back. Our mission has begun and we must finish it," Albus sighed.
"But there is still the matter of Merry and Pippin," Legolas said, "Where are they?"
Merry and Pippin started to snicker at this. Everyone heard them but only Gandalf and Dumbledore knew where they were. The two older wizards just smiled. Merry and Pippin walked straight into Frodo. Frodo jumped and hid behind Aragorn. Merry and Pippin laughed loudly this time but still they were not found. They stopped laughing and tip-toed past their friends. As they passed, Gandalf stepped on the end of the cloak which was dragging along behind them. They snickered again now in full view.
"Excuse me," Gandalf said.
Merry and Pippin stopped. They turned around slowly and saw the cloak on the floor. They smiled and walked back over.
"We have been caught," Merry sighed.
"We shall return to our doom," Pippin said sadly.
Harry couldn't help but laugh and the turned back to Ron, "Dumbledore, sir. What about Ron?"
"Legolas, will you please take Ron into a cabin and help him with his wound," Gandalf asked?
Legolas nodded and walked over to where the red haired boy lay. He picked Ron up and carried him to an empty cabin. Legolas laid him down on the seat and pulled the door shut.
Harry and Hermione followed Dumbledore and the others up to the front of the train. There they waited. Harry looked out the window most of the time. Occasionally he would catch a glimpse of black in the trees, but none tried to get on the train again.
As Harry watched out the window, he noticed a bridge coming up. He thought nothing of it, but as they got closer, he noticed little black dots all over it. As he looked closer, he saw that they were hideous monsters chopping away at the bridge that didn't look like it could take much more of that.
"Professor," He said nervously, "Look, on the bridge."
Dumbldore looked at the bridge and said, "Oh dear. This is not good. But I think we can handle it. Gandalf, what do you think?"
"Yes, I think we can handle it just fine," he smiled, "Come with me now then."
So the two wizards stood and left the cabin. Hermione and Harry sat alone. Aragorn, Boromir and Gimli sat in the cabin next to them and the Hobbits were in the cabin across from them.
"Ron's will be okay Harry," Hermione said putting her hand on his shoulder.
"I know," he nodded, "I should have done something. I could have stopped it."
"It's not your fault Harry. Believe me, I couldn't do anything either. I would have, but I couldn't. Neither could you or Ron or even Dumbledore. Its no one's fault," she said.
"Yes it is," came a soft voice from the door, "Its my fault. If I had never brought the Ring here, none of this would have ever happened."
"Oh Frodo. Its not your fault either. You didn't chose to come here. It wasn't your fault," Hermione said.
"Remember what Gandalf said Mr. Frodo," Sam said coming up behind him, "So do all live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. What is for them is to decided what to do with the time they are given. You didn't chose this path, and you didn't know we would come here. But now, we all have decide what we are going to do. Come on Mr. Frodo, let's leave them be."
"You are right Sam," Frodo said following Sam back out and closing Harry's door.
"They are very smart for their size," Harry smiled, "They may be smarter than you."
"I doubt that," said Hermione huffily.
Harry turned back to his window, smiling now. He watched as the bridge got ever closer. Finally, they began to cross the bridge. He looked down at the bottom to see all the Orcs laughing and pointing. Harry heard the bridge creaking and groaning under their weight. He held his breathe waiting for the bridge to collapse and send them all to their doom, but it never happened. When they had crossed the bridge safely, he looked back. The Orcs were all angry and yelling. Most had climbed back up to see why their plan hadn't worked. He watched as the bridge began to break and fall down upon them. There was a great cloud of dust and when it cleared, nothing was left alive on the ground. They turned a corner and the bridge passed out of view. Not long after, Dumbledore and Gandalf came back and sat down.
"What did you do," Hermione asked? "That is for us to know," Dumbledore winked at Harry who only smiled.
The rest of the ride was almost uneventful. No one talked. No one moved. It was a very dead place. Dumbledore and Gandalf spoke quietly to each other from time to time. Nothing more. Then there was a soft knock on Harry's cabin door. Harry stood up and walked over to it. He pulled it open slowly and outside stood Ron. His arm was in a make-shift sling but he was smiling.
"Ron," Harry exclaimed, "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what," Ron asked smiling.
"For letting you get stabbed," Harry said.
"It wasn't that bad. Legolas healed my right up. I just can't use my arm. That means I can't use my wand arm," he smiled.
"Ron, I'm so glad you're okay," Hermione said jumping up and giving him a hug.
"Hey, watch the arm," Ron said pulling back, "Its sore. I'm not supposed to use it for like a week or something like that."
"Come in and sit down," Dumbledore said to the kids, "You may want to rest a little before we get there and I do not believe that Mr. Weasley will wish to stand there for the rest of his life."
So, Ron sat down next to Harry. They talked for awhile and then Ron said he felt a little sleepy. Gandalf said this was because of the wound. Harry too decided he should get a little sleep. So, the kids slept for the rest of the train ride. Harry woke up to his name being called.
"Its too early to go to classes," he whined.
"Harry, classes are the last thing you need to worry about. We have to help Frodo. Look out the window," Hermione said annoyed.
Harry sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked out the window and saw a line of Orcs and five riders ready to fight. He blinked and stood up and pulled his wand out.
"I'm ready," He said firmly.
A/N: Yay! I slacked off for a while but hey. I'm sorry and I finally got uneventful chapter 10 up. I am quite please and sad that I am almost done so I plan to write a sequel. Yay! But first, due to popular demand I am going to go back and change my grammar and spelling mistakes and repost the chapters. Thank you all for you support and I urge you all to check out my Harry Potter RPG site at: http://georgesparadise.proboards10.com That's all for now. Bye.