=My own experience with Lord Of The Rings=

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Chapter 10:

The Counsel of Elrond

I ran out of the room, chasing an Elf that had come into the room and said something about a counsel meeting to Frodo. I couldn't find him, but I did find Merry and Pippin. They were watching some sort of counsel meeting, where everyone was at. I went up to the group of people, leaving them behind.

"Hey, people!" I shouted, running into a huge circle of important looking people, "What is this all about?"

"Why are you here?" Elrond asked me, sighing heavily. Chi grabbed my arm and drug me over to sit on the other side of Gandalf, between him and Frodo.

"Continue." Chi said, as if he actually needed her permission. He almost, but not quite, rolled his eyes and continued.

"You have all been summoned here, each from his own people because of the doom that is at hand. We must find a way to stop the approaching catastrophe." He said, sounding very commanding, "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo son of Drogo."

Frodo stood and walked to the center of the circle where a pedestal stood. He slowly, almost hesitantly put the Ring there and walked slowly back to his seat. As he sat back down, I could see that he wished to go and put it back in his pocket again and be done with it. As he did so, there were mutters from the group about how is was surprising.

"So it is true." I heard Boromir say, touching his chin thoughtfully.

"………"

I shook my head. I almost thought I heard someone calling my name. The only person here who knew my real name was Chi, who was sitting on the other side of Gandalf, and it was obvious that she wasn't calling it. It was in my head.

"………."

I heard it again. This time I listened. The sound seemed to be coming from where the Ring was. Was it calling to me? How strange. I wanted to experiment more, but knew that if I went up and grabbed it, I would be met by opposition of the highest degree by the group of people around me.

"…………"

I finally just had to ignore it. After all, that's what I did to the voices in my head. In the meantime, Boromir had started a speech about the doom of the world in a dream.

"It said Isildur's bane had been found." He reached a hand for the Ring. I almost jumped out of my seat when Gandalf did. He did not attack Boromir as I would.

He started chanting in some horrible language. It hurt my ears and all that was within my existence to hear the language. All seemed to go dim as the words echoed with a dark resonance. Boromir backed down and sat in his seat once again. When he did, Gandalf stopped his terrible chant.

Elrond stood with a frown on his face as Gandalf sat back in his seat, "Never has that language been uttered here in Imladris."

"I do not ask your pardon." Gandalf said, sitting back down by Chi, "For soon that language will be spoken in every corner of the world. The Ring is wholly and utterly evil."

Both Chi and I watched Gandalf revert back into his normal attitude with awe. I think that we both gained a new respect for him. We NEVER wanted to get on his bad side now. And if the Ring and its master were so much more evil and powerful, what then?

"It is a gift to the foes of Mordor." Boromir said, eyes still glued to the Ring. He once again stood, this time not moving for the Ring as quickly as before, "Mordor has grown stronger as of late and it has been long that by the forces of Gondor have your borders been kept safe. Give the Ring to Gondor, allow us to use our enemy's weapon against them!"

"Like Gondor is the only one protecting their borders…" I thought to myself sarcastically. Although I didn't know the whole situation, I was sure that the Man was exaggerating.

"You cannot wield the Ring. None of us can." Aragorn said in his soft and kind voice, the voice that Strider didn't use. "The Ring answers only to Sauron, its one master."

"What would a Ranger know of such matters?" Boromir said, snidely.

"More than you!" Chi said, jumping to her feet and posing, "Babylon 5!"

"This is no mere Ranger." Legolas said, jumping to his feet as well, "This is Aragorn, son of Arothon. He is Isildur's heir."

"Isildur's heir?" Boromir said, looking for a moment awestruck.

"He is heir to the throne of Gondor as well. You owe him your allegiance." Legolas said, as though he was actually getting his point across. Aragorn stood and said something in Elfish to him, which made him sit back down and look at them with annoyed eyes.

"Gondor has no king." Boromir pouted angrily as he went back to his seat, "Gondor needs no king."

"We cannot use this power." Gandalf said, dragging Chi back to sit down by him.

"It must be destroyed." Elrond said, seriously.

"…………"

"Arrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!" I stood up and covered my ears, "Quiet! Quiet I tell you!"

"What?" Chi asked, looking around Gandalf at me, "Do you hear it too?"

"Yeah. Make it go away. It's getting annoying!" I growled.

"Okay." She smiled and cupped her hands around her mouth like a loudspeaker and yelled out, "Draculaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!"

I cringed, "Thanks a lot. Like Lestat's any better."

"What?" Everyone looked at us like we were weird.

"In-joke. Never mind. Never mind." I said, waving my hand, "Continue."

"What are we waiting for?" Gimli said, grabbing his father's axe and shattering it on the Ring. Frodo noticeably jumped, which caught my attention.

"Are you okay?" I whispered over at him. He was staring at the Ring. I assumed that he heard its voice again.

"It cannot be destroyed, Gimli son of Gloin, by any weapon craft we here possess." Elrond said as Gimli got picked back up off his back, "It was made in the heart of Mount Doom and only there can it be unmade. It must be taken into Mordor and cast into the pit of Doom. Who will do this task?"

No one spoke for quite a few minutes. Finally Boromir spoke.

"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Not only are there Orcs guarding the its dark gates, there is a evil there that does not sleep. The Great Eye is there, lidless, ever watching. It is a vast wasteland riddled with fire, ash, and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not even with 10,000 Men could you do this. It is folly." He said, shaking his head.

"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said?" Legoas said, jumping to his feet, "The Ring must be destroyed."

"And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?!" Gimli said, angrily rising to his feet.

"And when you fail, what then?" Boromir shouted.

"I would die before I saw the Ring in the hands of an Elf! Never trust an Elf!" Gimli shouted. All the sudden everyone in the room started fighting, other than Frodo, Chi, and I.

"Just can't get along, ne?" I said to Chi.

"Really." She said, nodding, "Hey, what's up with Frodo?"

I looked over to see the Hobbit, with his hand clenched in a fist over his heart. He seemed to be hearing the Ring speaking to him. Calling his name. All of the sudden, he jumped to his feet.

"I will take it!" He said, loudly. The sound in the room dimmed considerably, "I will take the ring to Mordor, though I do not know the way."

"I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins." Gandalf said, turning around, "For as long as it is yours to bear."

"Well that's it for me too." Chi said, "I guess I'm going."

"I will protect you, Frodo, with my life." Aragorn said, walking over and bowing in front of Frodo, "You have my sword."

"And you have my bow." Legolas said, nodding.

"And my axe!" Gimli said, not to be outdone by a mere Elf.

"It seems you bear the fate of us all, little one. I will go as well, Gondor will see it done." Boromir said, walking over to them.

"Like we needed a jerk like that to come." Chi muttered.

"He's not going without me!" Sam said, coming out of hiding and rushing to his master's side.

"No indeed. It is hardly possible to separate the two of you, even when he is invited to a secret counsel meeting and you are not." Elrond said, nodding his head.

"Hey, we're going too! You' have to tie us up in sacks to leave us behind!" Merry said as he and Pippin rushed out of hiding as well. I loved the surprised look on Elrond's face at that moment.

"And besides, you need people of intelligence on this mission, quest…. thing?" Pippin said, nodding his head.

"That rules you out, Pip." Merry said to his friend.

"Be nice." I said, whacking Merry on the back of the head, "It sounds like something I would have said."

"Nine companions." Elrond said, nodding his head with approval, "You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring."

"Good. Where are we going?" Pippin asked, looking around.

"Mordor." I said, rolling my eyes, "What were you, asleep? Or couldn't you hear from where you were?"

"Why didn't he count us?" Chi asked me, "You haven't said you were going yet, though, you know."

"I don't know, and I am going." I said, "Maybe he wasn't counting Frodo?"

"Oh! I get it!" She said, "He's the Ring-bearer, so his companions are being counted, right?"

"Right!" I said, "What's for lunch?"

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