Chapter Two
By waterfall2014
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings or any related characters. This disclaimer can serve for the first chapter as well, because I forgot it last time. Sorry to the people who care.
~~~~~~~~=Different scene
~...~=Me talking
* =Translation at the bottom
'...'= Thoughts
Shoutouts are at the bottom.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Three days from Rivendale~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
...Gimli knew that there were reports of Orc sightings in the area, and being one Dwarf against who knows how many possible Orcs, he quietly crept closer to the sounds of shouting. As he got closer, however, he realized that there was less of a reason to worry, the voices were shouting in the common tongue and the voices defiantly did not belong to Orcs. Still taking no chances, he got down on his hands and knees and crawled under some bushes. Upon peeking out, he saw what was going on and let out a snort of laughter.
It was Aragorn, Arwen, and Boromir, standing in a circle, shouting at each other. Gimli would have kept laughing, however at that moment something clicked in his mind.
'What on Middle-Earth is Boromir doing here? He's dead! How could he be here? Oh wait. I know.' He shook his head, 'This must be one of Waterfall's facfics.'
~Leave me out of this, Gimli!~
Gimli's eyes got round, 'Waterfall! You can hear my thoughts?!'
~Yes, now, do as I say and leave me out of this.~
'But,' Gimli continued, not about to be silenced that easily, 'You're the one writing this story. How can you be left out of it if you're writing it?'
~Darn it Gimli, you have spent way too much time around Merry and Pippin. Now STOP BEING ANNOYING AND GET ON WITH THE FRECKIN' STORY!!!~
'Okay, okay! Calm down!' And with that disturbing experience he got up and began to walk over to his three friends.
He had taken about five steps when he realized that he was walking toward not three of his friends, but four.
And the last one was lying on the ground looking like death warmed over.
"Legolas!" Gimli cried as he ran toward his injured friend. He kneeled down and stared for a minute in shock at the blonde Elf in shock before turning to the others. "What happened?"
Aragorn, Boromir, and Arwen paid no attention to him and kept arguing about whom should be the one to take Legolas to Rivendale.
"Hello?!?!" Gimli shouted, waving his arms and jumping up and down in a vain attempt to get their attention. "Hey! What happened to Legolas?! Why will you not pay attention to me? Why is Boromir alive? Have any of you heard the freaky disembodied voice of Waterfall? Why do Elves get to be immortal and Dwarfs don't?" He stopped for a moment to pout before remembering that finding out this information was not important. "Hey! Guys! I'm not wearing the Ring of Power! You can see me perfectly well!"
After continuing in this manner for a few minutes, he noticed Asfoloth. 'Hmm.' He thought, 'I could take Legolas to Rivendale, and by riding on Asfoloth I could get there much faster than by walking.'
So he bent down and drug Legolas over to Asfoloth. The horse seemed a bit apprehensive about the strange creature, but also seemed to understand that he must get the two of them to help.
Gimli had just begun to wonder how in Middle-Earth he would get both him and Legolas onto the horse when Asfoloth kneeled down so they could get on more easily.
"Thank you," Gimli smiled, sitting Legolas on the saddle. He then got on and draped Legolas's arms over his shoulders so he wouldn't fall off.
"Okay, Asfoloth, (he knew the horses name because he had heard Arwen shouting it) let's get Legolas to Rivendale."
With that, Asfoloth stood and began to gallop the long way to Rivendale.
And Aragorn, Arwen, and Boromir were still arguing.
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Action Figure Frodo, hereafter known as Frodo, was ready to maim something. Namely, Action Figure Merry and Action Figure Pippin, hereafter known as Merry and Pippin. 'Curse my stupid cousins.' He thought. After the visit from Gimli, Merry and Pippin had decided that it would be fun to go to Rivendale and then the Fellowship would be reunited, with the possible exception of Gandalf, who was off doing mysterious stuff that wizards do, the Valor knows what, and with the definite exception of Boromir, who was dead. O what fun this would be. So Merry and Pippin were dragging Frodo and Action Figure Sam, hereafter known as Sam, across the Wild lands with a map that was being read upside-down.
"Hey, Frodo, Sam! Hurry up!" Shouted Pippin. He and Merry had gotten ahead while Frodo had been wondering if he had enough material and thread to make little Merry and Pippin voodoo dolls.
"Are you alright, Mr. Frodo?" Asked Sam, who was walking in the back so he could keep an eye on everyone.
"Of course I am, Sam. I'm being lead halfway around Middle-Earth by two maniacs." Frodo gave Sam a sarcastic, demented smile. "Why wouldn't I be fine?"
Sam gave an anime-style sweatdrop. "Um, alright, Mr. Frodo." He then scurried to catch up with Merry and Pippin.
~Actually, I don't think they would have sweatdropped in Middle-Earth, but whatever. This is my world. And I have the Powers of the Authoress and the Purple Magic Wand. Fear my wraith. And my insanity. Mwahahahahaha. Ahem. Right then, on with the story...~
Frodo sighed. 'Stupid, stupid cousins.' He thought.
He had just begun to mentally go over the contents of his pack looking for pins for the Merry and Pippin voodoo dolls when he ran smack into Sam. Pippin, Merry, and Sam were standing stock-still in the middle of the faint path that wound through the woods.
"What are-" Frodo began.
"Shh! Listen!" Merry said in a whisper.
Frodo was just considering hitting Merry upside the head with a rock to see how well he could listen when he was unconscious, when he heard it too. Voices were shouting just up ahead...
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To Europa: Thanks very much! Tee hee. That would only confirm my parents suspicion that I'm insane. Oh well. As long as they don't send me back to that awful white room with the white padded walls and the cot and the meanies in white uniforms who make me take sleepy shots. ^_~
To Daisy G: Yes. I guess you could tell anyway. The Hobbits are going to play a big role in future chapters. Of course the sugar helps! I read your review, then ran to my brother's room where he was reading my copy of The Hobbit. I then said 'HI HI HI HI.' and ran out, laughing insanely. Oh yeah. Loads of fun. Gosh, my youngest brother has gotten Lord Of The Rings action figures for two Christmas's now, and has a monster collection.
Saruman with Seeing Stone, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Arwen and Asfoloth taking a wounded Frodo to Rivendale, Frodo and Sam in a boat, the Witchking Ringwraith (the lead one), and an assortment of Orcs, Goblins, and Urak-Hai. Thanks for reviewing.
We need Gandalf, Eowen, Eomir, Faramir, and some Wargs. Lots of Wargs.