What are you?
Disclaimer: I plead the fifth!!
A/N: Ok thanks to Jelend for reviewing thanks for keeping up with both my LOTR stories! Elven Mischief, every one read her story! Children of the Rings! It's only got one chapter but so far so good! Anonymous for thinking this story is not as Mary-Sue-ish as s/he thought it would be. Now on with the story, Ah Vey Caesar, salùtes es moratóriùm. (Latin, not eleven.), and in the famous words of Draco (the dragon), 'That's easy for you to say, this time I'll collect the money and you can die.'
Chapter three, A little talk with Elrod.
"Gloin, at last I've found you, my revenge is near!" Melyanna said scrambling from out of a bush, twigs and leaves where decorating her hair, she bared her teeth and stalked towards the dwarf, throwing her arms out and showing here claws, she looked positively animalistic.
"And you couldn't have found me at a better time lass, I've been looking all over for you." He said turning around to face her. The sun had just set and he had to squint slightly to see her, he was not as young as he used to be. "Why you're a sight! You look like a feral cat, get some of the mulch out of you hair Melyanna we are trying to impress the elves not drive them away."
Mel began to pick the larger twigs out of her hair, "Yeah well, so, your not the only one looking for me so was that band of devils you sent after me."
"Devils!" the dwarf snorted, "You'll be facing worse in the days to come."
"What do you mean?" She asked pausing from her grooming.
"Call it father's intuition, I don't like the mood of this coming council." Gloin looked to the west and watched the sun set for a moment. "Ah, but enough of that, we must go and speak with Elrod."
"What for?" She asked warily stepping back a bit, as if he were about to set forth a hundred elven handmaidens on her.
"The reason we came here! Sometime I think your head is as hard as the rock you came from. Now come on." He sighed and walked towards Elrod's chambers. Melyanna hesitated, she knew, or thought she knew what she was, but how would Elrod take it, he was an elf and she was surrounded by elves and they hated Orcs. But did that mean that they would hate an Orcess, had anyone ever even met and Orcess? She shook her head and followed Gloin.
Unfortunately they had to pass the kitchens and in so doing they passed Merry and Pippin, who where currently raiding it.
"Hey look Pip, it's that, that Melyanna girl?" Merry said looking up from a sack of apples.
"Why so it is Merry." Pippin said while filling a small bag with various foodstuffs. "What's she doing going into Elrod's chambers with that dwarf Gloin?"
"I dunno." Merry answered, then suddenly a mischievous glint came into his eye. "Wanna find out?"
"Sure." Pippin said and tied the bag then followed Merry.
**In Elrod's Chambers**
"So this is Melyanna. The girl with no race?" Elrod said walking around the girl taking in her whole appearance, not for his personal reasons of course, he just needed to take in all her features and sort them into a race category. (A/N: I always Elrod was a perv. ;-)
"Yes, that's me." Mel said never taking her eyes off of Elrod.
"Will you hold out your hands." Elrod said not asked.
"Of course." she held out her hands to reveal her claws.
"Are those sharp?" Elrod asked examining them.
"Razor." She replied casually. "I have to be careful not to cut myself a lot."
"Now Melyanna you know they are not that sharp." Gloin put in bluntly.
"Argh! Pop, you ruined my dramatic aire!" Mel said frowning.
"You can have your dramatic aire when I'm not around."
"Oh come on! You got that dramatic entrance but I can't have a dramatic aire?"
"No." Gloin finished crossing his arms and narrowing his eyebrows telling Melyanna in no uncertain terms that this argument was finished.
"Fine!" Mel huffed. Elrod had watched the whole proceeding with a mild amusement, smiling a little at the thought of the dwarves 'dramatic entrance.' He ahemed rather loudly bring their attention back to the matter at hand.
"Now if you don't mind Melyanna, how are you senses?" Elrod looked at her ears, they were slightly smaller than elves but a little bigger than hobbits.
"Well," Mel said thinking. "My sight is good, but no better than a mans. My sense of hearing is good, better than most. Good enough that I can hear the two small beings outside your cracked door. But my sense of smell, now that is excellent. So good in fact that I can tell that they are carrying a bag filled with," She sniffed the air. "apples, mushrooms and a loaf of honey nut bread." She finished, and as she did Gloin snatched opened the door so quickly that the two hobbits out side of it, fell to the floor in a heap. Pippin looked up, and shoved Merry's foot out of his face.
"I say Merry she is good, that is what I have in my bag, except for the apples, I don't have that. But now that I think about it I should have gotten some." Pippin said pulling out his bag after untangling himself.
"No, Pip, I've got the apples in my pockets." He reached into his pocket and pulled out two, he tossed one to Pippin. "I'd knew you'd forget them."
"Thank you two for providing a demonstration, for me." Mel said. "But what are you doing here?"
"We came here to find out what you where doing." Merry said. "So now that we are here, would you mind telling us what you are doing?"
"We are trying to find out Melyanna's race." Gloin said, "We haven't been able to figure out anything do far, do you have anything to put in?"
Elord looked up, "Yes your minds are innocent and unclouded you should be able to think more clearly than us."
"Really, that is something." Pippin and Merry circled Melyanna also taking in her whole appearance. By this time Mel was getting a bit tried of every one looking at her, then suddenly a light came into Pippin's eyes.
"Hey Mel could you look like you where going to attack someone? I think I've got something but I'm not sure."
"Ok." Mel said taking a breath. She hunched down a little, and bared her teeth in a silent snarl, she threw her arms out wide and flexed her claws slightly, ready to swipe at this invisible enemy, her legs spread out a little widening her stance so that her weight was equally distributed. "This fine?"
"I've got it!" Merry snapped his fingers. "You got it Pip?"
"Yes Merry I think I do. She looks like an Orc! But there are no Orc females, are there?" Pippin looked at Elrod but his answer came from Mel.
"Actually, there are, an Orcess. There is one for every thousand Orc, at lest that is what one Orc told me." She resumed her normal stance.
"WHAT?!?" Gloin roared. "An Orc told you when did you talk with an Orc." He was livid he looked like he was about to tear off her head.
"It was when we where just leaving for the council, when I was grooming Dagor and the other ponies, remember?" She said solemnly looking at Elrod. "Was he right Elrod or was he just tormenting me?"
"Can you tell me exactly what happened?" Elrod asked.
"Of course." She recounted everything the Orc had told her. When she had finished Gloin looked a little less angry and Elrod looked thoughtful.
"Yes there are several accounts of Orcess in our library's archive, but no one here could ever say that they have seen one until now." Elrod walked towards a book on his table. "I had been studying Orcs lately because of the up and coming battle, there is something in here from Sindar an elven bard." He flipped through the many pages of the book until he found what he was looking for and then he recited it. "'And then I saw her she was marching among their ranks as cool as the wind wafting through the trees on this hot summer's eve. Her hair was a shadow that moved with the breeze rather than the light and her skin a grey to rival that of the very stone, at first I thought she might be a captive. But then I noticed that she was not bound in any way, but seemed to move about freely, the Yrch (A/N: That is elvish for Orc.) seemed to stay a respectable distance from her almost reverently. She is similar to them yet different, if there can be I think she could be the female of their species. Since the Yrch were once elves but they held none of the elven beauty, it would still make sense that the females would still hold their elven resemblance since no darkness could ever dampen our light.'" He shut the book with a snap.
"Ok so then it is true I am an Orcess." Mel said with a sigh, "Will I share their blood lust?"
"Do you share it now?" Elrod asked his eyebrow lifting ( ',=^( (Elrod)
"No, not that I can think of, it is true that I do love the rush of battle, but no more than any trained warrior." She said favoring him with her crooked fanged smile. "Must the way I was raised, she clapped Gloin on the back.
"I tried to raise you as my own son-er daughter." He said rubbing his arm in slight embarrassment, but beaming none the less, "and I am still as proud of you."
"Well we will be going then we have to find a good hidin-um, a good picnic spot for tomorrow." Pippin said and dashed away, Merry quickly followed him.
"We all need rest for tomorrow." Elrod said rising from his chair, he watched Pippin and Merry rush out of the door. "Gloin I trust I will see you and Melyanna at the council tomorrow?"
"Of course Lord Elrod." Gloin said bowing he walked out of the door.
"Lord Elrod, I thank you for your information but may I ask you a question?" Melyanna asked.
"Certainly I see no reason why not."
"Do you hate them, the orcs I mean?" she asked looking in his eyes to see if he was going to lie to her.
"Well, that is a question I've never been able to answer." Elrod said plopping back down into his chair. "You see the way they where created makes you think that all they could do is hate and kill, but now that I have met you it has only confirmed what I have thought all along."
"What's that?"
"That is not a natural instinct no, wolves can be domesticated, it not race but how you are raised, you where raised in a family of love and friendship and you turned out all right. After this whole mess is finally over and their masters are destroyed maybe we can bring them back to the elves."
"I think that that is a good plan." She gave him a farewell kiss on the cheek, as was the custom and walked off to sleep.
A/N: Sorry it took so long, I always wondered what would happen to the orcs after everything, the book never really explained it. Once again I have two votes that she should fall for Boromir and none for Legolas, I'm going to start the relationship with in the next two chapters so please tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I plead the fifth!!
A/N: Ok thanks to Jelend for reviewing thanks for keeping up with both my LOTR stories! Elven Mischief, every one read her story! Children of the Rings! It's only got one chapter but so far so good! Anonymous for thinking this story is not as Mary-Sue-ish as s/he thought it would be. Now on with the story, Ah Vey Caesar, salùtes es moratóriùm. (Latin, not eleven.), and in the famous words of Draco (the dragon), 'That's easy for you to say, this time I'll collect the money and you can die.'
Chapter three, A little talk with Elrod.
"Gloin, at last I've found you, my revenge is near!" Melyanna said scrambling from out of a bush, twigs and leaves where decorating her hair, she bared her teeth and stalked towards the dwarf, throwing her arms out and showing here claws, she looked positively animalistic.
"And you couldn't have found me at a better time lass, I've been looking all over for you." He said turning around to face her. The sun had just set and he had to squint slightly to see her, he was not as young as he used to be. "Why you're a sight! You look like a feral cat, get some of the mulch out of you hair Melyanna we are trying to impress the elves not drive them away."
Mel began to pick the larger twigs out of her hair, "Yeah well, so, your not the only one looking for me so was that band of devils you sent after me."
"Devils!" the dwarf snorted, "You'll be facing worse in the days to come."
"What do you mean?" She asked pausing from her grooming.
"Call it father's intuition, I don't like the mood of this coming council." Gloin looked to the west and watched the sun set for a moment. "Ah, but enough of that, we must go and speak with Elrod."
"What for?" She asked warily stepping back a bit, as if he were about to set forth a hundred elven handmaidens on her.
"The reason we came here! Sometime I think your head is as hard as the rock you came from. Now come on." He sighed and walked towards Elrod's chambers. Melyanna hesitated, she knew, or thought she knew what she was, but how would Elrod take it, he was an elf and she was surrounded by elves and they hated Orcs. But did that mean that they would hate an Orcess, had anyone ever even met and Orcess? She shook her head and followed Gloin.
Unfortunately they had to pass the kitchens and in so doing they passed Merry and Pippin, who where currently raiding it.
"Hey look Pip, it's that, that Melyanna girl?" Merry said looking up from a sack of apples.
"Why so it is Merry." Pippin said while filling a small bag with various foodstuffs. "What's she doing going into Elrod's chambers with that dwarf Gloin?"
"I dunno." Merry answered, then suddenly a mischievous glint came into his eye. "Wanna find out?"
"Sure." Pippin said and tied the bag then followed Merry.
**In Elrod's Chambers**
"So this is Melyanna. The girl with no race?" Elrod said walking around the girl taking in her whole appearance, not for his personal reasons of course, he just needed to take in all her features and sort them into a race category. (A/N: I always Elrod was a perv. ;-)
"Yes, that's me." Mel said never taking her eyes off of Elrod.
"Will you hold out your hands." Elrod said not asked.
"Of course." she held out her hands to reveal her claws.
"Are those sharp?" Elrod asked examining them.
"Razor." She replied casually. "I have to be careful not to cut myself a lot."
"Now Melyanna you know they are not that sharp." Gloin put in bluntly.
"Argh! Pop, you ruined my dramatic aire!" Mel said frowning.
"You can have your dramatic aire when I'm not around."
"Oh come on! You got that dramatic entrance but I can't have a dramatic aire?"
"No." Gloin finished crossing his arms and narrowing his eyebrows telling Melyanna in no uncertain terms that this argument was finished.
"Fine!" Mel huffed. Elrod had watched the whole proceeding with a mild amusement, smiling a little at the thought of the dwarves 'dramatic entrance.' He ahemed rather loudly bring their attention back to the matter at hand.
"Now if you don't mind Melyanna, how are you senses?" Elrod looked at her ears, they were slightly smaller than elves but a little bigger than hobbits.
"Well," Mel said thinking. "My sight is good, but no better than a mans. My sense of hearing is good, better than most. Good enough that I can hear the two small beings outside your cracked door. But my sense of smell, now that is excellent. So good in fact that I can tell that they are carrying a bag filled with," She sniffed the air. "apples, mushrooms and a loaf of honey nut bread." She finished, and as she did Gloin snatched opened the door so quickly that the two hobbits out side of it, fell to the floor in a heap. Pippin looked up, and shoved Merry's foot out of his face.
"I say Merry she is good, that is what I have in my bag, except for the apples, I don't have that. But now that I think about it I should have gotten some." Pippin said pulling out his bag after untangling himself.
"No, Pip, I've got the apples in my pockets." He reached into his pocket and pulled out two, he tossed one to Pippin. "I'd knew you'd forget them."
"Thank you two for providing a demonstration, for me." Mel said. "But what are you doing here?"
"We came here to find out what you where doing." Merry said. "So now that we are here, would you mind telling us what you are doing?"
"We are trying to find out Melyanna's race." Gloin said, "We haven't been able to figure out anything do far, do you have anything to put in?"
Elord looked up, "Yes your minds are innocent and unclouded you should be able to think more clearly than us."
"Really, that is something." Pippin and Merry circled Melyanna also taking in her whole appearance. By this time Mel was getting a bit tried of every one looking at her, then suddenly a light came into Pippin's eyes.
"Hey Mel could you look like you where going to attack someone? I think I've got something but I'm not sure."
"Ok." Mel said taking a breath. She hunched down a little, and bared her teeth in a silent snarl, she threw her arms out wide and flexed her claws slightly, ready to swipe at this invisible enemy, her legs spread out a little widening her stance so that her weight was equally distributed. "This fine?"
"I've got it!" Merry snapped his fingers. "You got it Pip?"
"Yes Merry I think I do. She looks like an Orc! But there are no Orc females, are there?" Pippin looked at Elrod but his answer came from Mel.
"Actually, there are, an Orcess. There is one for every thousand Orc, at lest that is what one Orc told me." She resumed her normal stance.
"WHAT?!?" Gloin roared. "An Orc told you when did you talk with an Orc." He was livid he looked like he was about to tear off her head.
"It was when we where just leaving for the council, when I was grooming Dagor and the other ponies, remember?" She said solemnly looking at Elrod. "Was he right Elrod or was he just tormenting me?"
"Can you tell me exactly what happened?" Elrod asked.
"Of course." She recounted everything the Orc had told her. When she had finished Gloin looked a little less angry and Elrod looked thoughtful.
"Yes there are several accounts of Orcess in our library's archive, but no one here could ever say that they have seen one until now." Elrod walked towards a book on his table. "I had been studying Orcs lately because of the up and coming battle, there is something in here from Sindar an elven bard." He flipped through the many pages of the book until he found what he was looking for and then he recited it. "'And then I saw her she was marching among their ranks as cool as the wind wafting through the trees on this hot summer's eve. Her hair was a shadow that moved with the breeze rather than the light and her skin a grey to rival that of the very stone, at first I thought she might be a captive. But then I noticed that she was not bound in any way, but seemed to move about freely, the Yrch (A/N: That is elvish for Orc.) seemed to stay a respectable distance from her almost reverently. She is similar to them yet different, if there can be I think she could be the female of their species. Since the Yrch were once elves but they held none of the elven beauty, it would still make sense that the females would still hold their elven resemblance since no darkness could ever dampen our light.'" He shut the book with a snap.
"Ok so then it is true I am an Orcess." Mel said with a sigh, "Will I share their blood lust?"
"Do you share it now?" Elrod asked his eyebrow lifting ( ',=^( (Elrod)
"No, not that I can think of, it is true that I do love the rush of battle, but no more than any trained warrior." She said favoring him with her crooked fanged smile. "Must the way I was raised, she clapped Gloin on the back.
"I tried to raise you as my own son-er daughter." He said rubbing his arm in slight embarrassment, but beaming none the less, "and I am still as proud of you."
"Well we will be going then we have to find a good hidin-um, a good picnic spot for tomorrow." Pippin said and dashed away, Merry quickly followed him.
"We all need rest for tomorrow." Elrod said rising from his chair, he watched Pippin and Merry rush out of the door. "Gloin I trust I will see you and Melyanna at the council tomorrow?"
"Of course Lord Elrod." Gloin said bowing he walked out of the door.
"Lord Elrod, I thank you for your information but may I ask you a question?" Melyanna asked.
"Certainly I see no reason why not."
"Do you hate them, the orcs I mean?" she asked looking in his eyes to see if he was going to lie to her.
"Well, that is a question I've never been able to answer." Elrod said plopping back down into his chair. "You see the way they where created makes you think that all they could do is hate and kill, but now that I have met you it has only confirmed what I have thought all along."
"What's that?"
"That is not a natural instinct no, wolves can be domesticated, it not race but how you are raised, you where raised in a family of love and friendship and you turned out all right. After this whole mess is finally over and their masters are destroyed maybe we can bring them back to the elves."
"I think that that is a good plan." She gave him a farewell kiss on the cheek, as was the custom and walked off to sleep.
A/N: Sorry it took so long, I always wondered what would happen to the orcs after everything, the book never really explained it. Once again I have two votes that she should fall for Boromir and none for Legolas, I'm going to start the relationship with in the next two chapters so please tell me what you think.