Author's Note: I have finally gotten the time to write the fourth chapter! Thank you so much for all the positive reviews, I take all suggestions, whether or not I do what you suggest depends...
Judgement Chapter 4
"Almost there, come on, you are such a wuss!" Gabriel called irritatedly over her shoulder. Virginia huffed up the mountain side with far too much in her pack, and far too less in her stomach. "Eat, sleep, pee, breathe, bathe, and run away." Gabriel said to herself. "My daily schedule." she rolled her eyes at her cousin.
"I'm going to pass out." whined Virginia. She plopped down onto a boulder nearby where Gabby stood.
"Do us all a favor." Gabby rolled her eyes again. She stopped, it was going to make her immensely dizzy soon. She grinned at Virginia slyly. "So, you talk to Molly and give her the skinny on what I said to you?" she questioned uninterestedly.
"Yeah. She scoffed and said she'd hop a plane in a few months. Ha, if she can afford it. Sometimes I wish she never met that John guy. What a jerk, must think he's God's gift to women or something, the snob." Virginia sneered. Gabby smiled at Virginia. ~She must be even more feminist than I remember...~ Gabby thought with a chuckle. Suddenly she pulled the guitar off her back and began to strum various chords in random orders.
"What would cheer up a fascist girl that we used to call Gin?" she questioned teasingly. Virginia scowled.
"If you insist on calling me 'Gin' she would like to hear 'Amazing Grace' for our sake." she said flatly. Gabby frowned, it had been a long time since she had attempted singing "Amazing Grace" out loud. Their Grandpa's favorite song, it brought tears to her entire family's eyes. She absent mindedly struck the beggining chords and heard Virginia start the words. When they finished Gabby put away the guitar and packed up her stuff as Virginia tried to yank her aching body off the boulder. They cried silently until Virginia broke the ice. "I am tired, can we stop?" she chided.
"Why not." Gabby said wiping a tear off her face. Gin walked over and they stood hugging until a distant call of a warg made the two laugh and joke until they felt more comfortable. "And now for something completely different." Gabby said with a distinct accent. Gin laughed and asked for more. "I don't know what you expect, an encore of what? Monty Python?" she asked curiously. Gin nodded and watched intently as Gabby continued to impersenate the six men of Monty Python until both of them could help but laugh for no reason at all.
"Gabby, what's that?" Gin poked her cousin in the side as a bright red light irrupted over the crest of the mountain.
"Death at our gates, now shut the hell up." Gabby muttered.
"I'm serious, look!" Gin protested in her ear. Gabriel raised her head to see a bright red light continuously shining just over the peak of the mountain.
"What day is it?" she asked hastily.
"June tenth but-" Gin began.
"Shit!" cried Gabby leaping to her feet. She gathered up her blanket and stuffed it into her bag. She yanked Virginia to her feet and ran up to the crest of the mountain, her breath ragged. There, down in a valley, she could see the shards of the Aarondiel crystal in the babbling brook. She siezed Virginia's hand and sprinted down the slope to the brook. They leaped in and searched as the red light began to fade. Gabby took a deep breath before plunging under the cool waters. She grasped three crystals in her hand before raising out of the water. "Here." she sputtered handing the shards to Virginia. "Hold 'em for a moment." she said calmly.
"Is this what we came to Gondor for?" Virginia asked in a voice that screamed dissappointment.
"Those shards, with the right incantation, will allow us to change into anything we want." Gabby said in a very annoyed voice. "Oh." came a small astonished breath. Gabby snatched the shards from Virginia holding them to the light. They radiated all the colors she could think of and more.
"And once more, they allow you to see what's happening to your closest friends and family." she said with a smile. She pulled a large, old book from her pack. She said the incantations outloud for a while before coming across the one called "Aarondiela" she read it defiantly.
A bright red light engulfed the two cousins and soon the ceremony was over. They looped their shards onto chains of silver and placed them at their throats only to find that they could not change yet.
"Damn time regulations..." kidded Virginia. Gabby smiled and nodded before concentrating whole-heartedly on one person. She opened her eyes to find she had indeed turned into the one of whom she was thinking of. Merry glared at Virginia from his perch. Virginia shrieked and lept up from her rock before hearing it speak.
"Hehe, it's me you oaf." it said in a very Merry-like manner. "Gabriel to Virginia, hello?" the Merry-thing tried. She changed back and knocked on Virginia's head. "Hello?" she called into her ear. Virginia reeled and rapped Gabby upside the head with a flattened palm.
"You are such a jerk!" she yelled. She brushed her brown hair out of her eyes and glared at her cousin. "I can't believe you thought that would be funny!" she tried again to wipe the smug smile off Gabby's face but failed. She was too good at that "poker face." She could've witnessed a comedy in action and remained undaunted. Probably why she had a long running sketch comedy show that was doing so well in England.
"A jerk I am but now what am I?" she inquired while turning into Virginia herself.
"Oh you are so going to die now." Virginia vowed. She turned into Gabby and they began to circle each other. Then Gabby-uh-Virginia, one of them turned their head towards their right. "Um, something's happening back in the Shire" it said. They changed back and ran back to their horses at the bottom of the mountain.
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"We're back!" Gabby called into the dark hole. Heedlessly calling into the house, waking up the terrified hobbits was always amusing.
"Ai! Where were you?" Legolas shouted from the dining room. He looked absolutley terrible, but still managed to look cute.
"Sorry I didn't leave a note, dad!" she sneered. He frowned and twitched in his seat. Everyone in the room could feel him deciding whether or not to leap up and hug her or to slap her. "Stop looking at me like that!" she shouted in a shrill tone. Diamond and Pippin entered the room groggily.
"Dammit, wake me up in the morning next time." she chided Pippin. The clock on the wall chimed loudly.
"Finally! Haha! You all have to be nice to me for twenty-four hours!" Gabby said defiantly.
"Why?" asked Pippin.
"Oh man, it's her birthday." Lisa moaned.
"I bet I am out making out with some Brit with nasty teeth right now." Gabby said dreamily. They all gave her odd looks before Legolas spoke.
"Well. I am leaving tomorrow, Gabriel. If you and your kin still wish to accompany me to Mirkwood, I would be, uh-thrilled." he stuttered. Pippin struggled not to laugh out loud. Oh how he would rue the day but for the humiliation, it would be worth it.
"Gabby and Legolas sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G ow!" two pairs of hands began to unmercifully beat on Pippin's small head. "I repent! AHHH!" he squealed.
"I am going to go for a walk ALONE." Gabby announced. She left trying to avoid Legolas's eyes. She didn't even hear him slip out of the hole after her.
"I am sorry if I offend you, Lady Gabriel." he said, startling her. She sighed at him with a look of fury in her eyes.
"I don't love, I won't love, you can't make me love, leave me the hell alone." she seethed. She whirled around, her denim jeans rustling softly as she ran away, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Author's Note Two: Okay, she may be schitzophrenic but she can play some badass guitar! ~Carmen
Judgement Chapter 4
"Almost there, come on, you are such a wuss!" Gabriel called irritatedly over her shoulder. Virginia huffed up the mountain side with far too much in her pack, and far too less in her stomach. "Eat, sleep, pee, breathe, bathe, and run away." Gabriel said to herself. "My daily schedule." she rolled her eyes at her cousin.
"I'm going to pass out." whined Virginia. She plopped down onto a boulder nearby where Gabby stood.
"Do us all a favor." Gabby rolled her eyes again. She stopped, it was going to make her immensely dizzy soon. She grinned at Virginia slyly. "So, you talk to Molly and give her the skinny on what I said to you?" she questioned uninterestedly.
"Yeah. She scoffed and said she'd hop a plane in a few months. Ha, if she can afford it. Sometimes I wish she never met that John guy. What a jerk, must think he's God's gift to women or something, the snob." Virginia sneered. Gabby smiled at Virginia. ~She must be even more feminist than I remember...~ Gabby thought with a chuckle. Suddenly she pulled the guitar off her back and began to strum various chords in random orders.
"What would cheer up a fascist girl that we used to call Gin?" she questioned teasingly. Virginia scowled.
"If you insist on calling me 'Gin' she would like to hear 'Amazing Grace' for our sake." she said flatly. Gabby frowned, it had been a long time since she had attempted singing "Amazing Grace" out loud. Their Grandpa's favorite song, it brought tears to her entire family's eyes. She absent mindedly struck the beggining chords and heard Virginia start the words. When they finished Gabby put away the guitar and packed up her stuff as Virginia tried to yank her aching body off the boulder. They cried silently until Virginia broke the ice. "I am tired, can we stop?" she chided.
"Why not." Gabby said wiping a tear off her face. Gin walked over and they stood hugging until a distant call of a warg made the two laugh and joke until they felt more comfortable. "And now for something completely different." Gabby said with a distinct accent. Gin laughed and asked for more. "I don't know what you expect, an encore of what? Monty Python?" she asked curiously. Gin nodded and watched intently as Gabby continued to impersenate the six men of Monty Python until both of them could help but laugh for no reason at all.
"Gabby, what's that?" Gin poked her cousin in the side as a bright red light irrupted over the crest of the mountain.
"Death at our gates, now shut the hell up." Gabby muttered.
"I'm serious, look!" Gin protested in her ear. Gabriel raised her head to see a bright red light continuously shining just over the peak of the mountain.
"What day is it?" she asked hastily.
"June tenth but-" Gin began.
"Shit!" cried Gabby leaping to her feet. She gathered up her blanket and stuffed it into her bag. She yanked Virginia to her feet and ran up to the crest of the mountain, her breath ragged. There, down in a valley, she could see the shards of the Aarondiel crystal in the babbling brook. She siezed Virginia's hand and sprinted down the slope to the brook. They leaped in and searched as the red light began to fade. Gabby took a deep breath before plunging under the cool waters. She grasped three crystals in her hand before raising out of the water. "Here." she sputtered handing the shards to Virginia. "Hold 'em for a moment." she said calmly.
"Is this what we came to Gondor for?" Virginia asked in a voice that screamed dissappointment.
"Those shards, with the right incantation, will allow us to change into anything we want." Gabby said in a very annoyed voice. "Oh." came a small astonished breath. Gabby snatched the shards from Virginia holding them to the light. They radiated all the colors she could think of and more.
"And once more, they allow you to see what's happening to your closest friends and family." she said with a smile. She pulled a large, old book from her pack. She said the incantations outloud for a while before coming across the one called "Aarondiela" she read it defiantly.
A bright red light engulfed the two cousins and soon the ceremony was over. They looped their shards onto chains of silver and placed them at their throats only to find that they could not change yet.
"Damn time regulations..." kidded Virginia. Gabby smiled and nodded before concentrating whole-heartedly on one person. She opened her eyes to find she had indeed turned into the one of whom she was thinking of. Merry glared at Virginia from his perch. Virginia shrieked and lept up from her rock before hearing it speak.
"Hehe, it's me you oaf." it said in a very Merry-like manner. "Gabriel to Virginia, hello?" the Merry-thing tried. She changed back and knocked on Virginia's head. "Hello?" she called into her ear. Virginia reeled and rapped Gabby upside the head with a flattened palm.
"You are such a jerk!" she yelled. She brushed her brown hair out of her eyes and glared at her cousin. "I can't believe you thought that would be funny!" she tried again to wipe the smug smile off Gabby's face but failed. She was too good at that "poker face." She could've witnessed a comedy in action and remained undaunted. Probably why she had a long running sketch comedy show that was doing so well in England.
"A jerk I am but now what am I?" she inquired while turning into Virginia herself.
"Oh you are so going to die now." Virginia vowed. She turned into Gabby and they began to circle each other. Then Gabby-uh-Virginia, one of them turned their head towards their right. "Um, something's happening back in the Shire" it said. They changed back and ran back to their horses at the bottom of the mountain.
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"We're back!" Gabby called into the dark hole. Heedlessly calling into the house, waking up the terrified hobbits was always amusing.
"Ai! Where were you?" Legolas shouted from the dining room. He looked absolutley terrible, but still managed to look cute.
"Sorry I didn't leave a note, dad!" she sneered. He frowned and twitched in his seat. Everyone in the room could feel him deciding whether or not to leap up and hug her or to slap her. "Stop looking at me like that!" she shouted in a shrill tone. Diamond and Pippin entered the room groggily.
"Dammit, wake me up in the morning next time." she chided Pippin. The clock on the wall chimed loudly.
"Finally! Haha! You all have to be nice to me for twenty-four hours!" Gabby said defiantly.
"Why?" asked Pippin.
"Oh man, it's her birthday." Lisa moaned.
"I bet I am out making out with some Brit with nasty teeth right now." Gabby said dreamily. They all gave her odd looks before Legolas spoke.
"Well. I am leaving tomorrow, Gabriel. If you and your kin still wish to accompany me to Mirkwood, I would be, uh-thrilled." he stuttered. Pippin struggled not to laugh out loud. Oh how he would rue the day but for the humiliation, it would be worth it.
"Gabby and Legolas sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G ow!" two pairs of hands began to unmercifully beat on Pippin's small head. "I repent! AHHH!" he squealed.
"I am going to go for a walk ALONE." Gabby announced. She left trying to avoid Legolas's eyes. She didn't even hear him slip out of the hole after her.
"I am sorry if I offend you, Lady Gabriel." he said, startling her. She sighed at him with a look of fury in her eyes.
"I don't love, I won't love, you can't make me love, leave me the hell alone." she seethed. She whirled around, her denim jeans rustling softly as she ran away, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Author's Note Two: Okay, she may be schitzophrenic but she can play some badass guitar! ~Carmen
