A/N: I'm writing another chapter right away so no one can discourage me. So
there.
Disclaimer: Nope, they're still not taking my little brothers as payment for owning Buffy. So I don't own anything.yet. Denokas is mine.but the whole idea for him being prince of Mirkwood is JRR Tolkien's, so I really can't stake much of a claim, now can I?
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If possible, the basement felt even more dank and uninviting than usual. Dawn was standing as close as she could to Buffy, but kept a close eye on Denokas. Buffy watched Dawn check him up and down, and it reminded her of the same look she gave Angel, when she met him in the alley the first time. She squeezed Spike's hand and he gave her a smile. He was so cute. Spike kissed her on the forehead for reassurance, and Giles, as usual, adjusted his glasses. A brilliant green light filled the basement, and a large void appeared in the ground right by Gimli's feet.
"Get ready for a drop!" Aragorn yelled.
Gimli jumped in, with a loud yell, and Legolas and Denokas followed. Aragorn held Arwen tight, and stepped into the hole. Willow peeked in and, shutting her eyes, took a step into the portal, chanting something. Buffy and Spike jumped in, not worrying, always ready for an adventure. Giles looked in, moved his glasses, and stepped back, unsure. Dawn pushed him in, and jumped after, yelling, "Bye Xander and Anya! Feel Better Xa-"
Upstairs, Xander smiled his thanks.
Everyone hit the ground with a thud (Gimli making the biggest sound), Legolas, Denokas, and Arwen landing gracefully on their feet. Thanks to Willow, Buffy and Spike had landed on pillows. Buffy looked up and caught Giles easily, and Spike caught Dawn and set her down. All of a sudden, 5 horses came up. One was light brown with white spots, two were white with black spots, and two were off-white. Aragorn lifted Arwen gently onto an off-white horse, sitting in front of her. "My apologies, we weren't expecting so many."
"Do those horses just know where you are? And, like, communicate telepathically when you need them, or something?"
Aragorn gave Buffy and odd look, and stuttered a no. "You will all need experienced riders."
"I can ride a horse." Spike said.
"Wait! Spike! You're in the sunlight!" Dawn shouted. Spike immediately jumped, and Willow giggled.
"I figured there would be.you know, a sun. I did a spell. But now, you're human.ish. You still have your, you know, grrr-argh face," Willow scrunched up her eyebrows, and put her front teeth in front of her lip.Dawn laughed. "But, no healing, or anything like that. It'll wear off when we go back through the portal."
"Thanks Red. I was wondering why my landing hurt so much."
"Well, if you can ride a horse, then you and Lady Buffy may take that one." Aragorn pointed to a white and black horse. "Legolas, you take-er, I'm sorry milady, I didn't catch your name?"
"Willow."
"Yes. Well, Willow and Legolas, take this horse." He brought up another off- white horse. "Then I suppose that leaves Lady Dawn and Denokas, and-oh. Well."
"I can ride a horse as well, thank you." Interjected Giles. "Quite well, if I do say so. And my name is Giles."
"Good. Gimli and Sir Giles, take this horse." The frumpy looking brown pony came around slowly, and Giles and Gimli both made faces. Buffy buried her face in Spike's back and, fortunately, muffled her laugh. Giles awkwardly lifted Gimli up behind him, and it took them a few minutes to get settled, with everyone staring. "Ready, now?"
"Yes, well, I think so." Giles stammered uncomfortably.
"Good. Let's go. We have much ground to cover before nightfall."
And so they started. Buffy tightly clung to Spike's waist, and if the land weren't so dank, she would've thought it had been a dream. Sunset.the wind whipping through her hair.clinging to the extremely attractive man, her prince, riding this white horse. Stallion. Stallion sounded better.
Willow had fallen asleep behind Legolas, so he put her in front of him, and, though she didn't know it, they were definitely doing some cuddling. Dawn had struck up a nice conversation with Denokas, talking about modern things he didn't have.like staplers, and clicky pens. Though Aragorn and Arwen gazed forward with determination, you could tell there was some definite cuddling happening on that horse. Gimli and Giles still weren't quite comfortable, and would twitch every now and then, sending the other off balance.
They finally got to the edge of some mountains, and Aragorn halted them. "We will rest here tonight! We have done well, and covered a great amount of ground."
Buffy limped off the horse, and Spike jumped after. He wasn't as nimble without his vampire-ness so he stumbled on what was supposed to be a perfect landing. Even so, he swept Buffy up in his arms, sat down against a tree, by which Gimli was building a fire. He set Buffy on his lap, and she nuzzled her face into his chest, soon fast asleep. Spike put his cheek on the top of her head, and kissed her softly, listening to her breathe. He sat for a while, staring into the fire, listening to the rhythmic beating of Buffy's heart.
Willow, Legolas, Dawn, Denokas and Gimli sat around the fire, discussing adventures. Giles had snuck off to find somewhere to sleep. Aragorn and Arwen had, strangely, disappeared. Gimli said that "they were pro'lly off somewhere staring into the other's eyes like always", but Legolas defended them, that "romance should never be questioned, just known by those who share it". Gimli snorted and went back to throwing stones into the fire. Dawn explained the game of 'spin the bottle', but, to her dismay, they never got to play. Legolas decided that they should all rest, and there would be time for games later. Dawn almost immediately fell asleep, along with Willow. Denokas and Legolas stood and climbed into some trees with big branches, where they could "look at the beauty nature had for us to behold, even in a time and place so worn and corrupted as this".
Dawn awoke with an ear-piercing scream.
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Ha ha! You will never know what happens unless I get some feedback!
Haley-Thanks for the positive encouragement Kandice-Thanks for being serious in you review, instead of being random.hard, isn't it? Shellie-No comment.
Disclaimer: Nope, they're still not taking my little brothers as payment for owning Buffy. So I don't own anything.yet. Denokas is mine.but the whole idea for him being prince of Mirkwood is JRR Tolkien's, so I really can't stake much of a claim, now can I?
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If possible, the basement felt even more dank and uninviting than usual. Dawn was standing as close as she could to Buffy, but kept a close eye on Denokas. Buffy watched Dawn check him up and down, and it reminded her of the same look she gave Angel, when she met him in the alley the first time. She squeezed Spike's hand and he gave her a smile. He was so cute. Spike kissed her on the forehead for reassurance, and Giles, as usual, adjusted his glasses. A brilliant green light filled the basement, and a large void appeared in the ground right by Gimli's feet.
"Get ready for a drop!" Aragorn yelled.
Gimli jumped in, with a loud yell, and Legolas and Denokas followed. Aragorn held Arwen tight, and stepped into the hole. Willow peeked in and, shutting her eyes, took a step into the portal, chanting something. Buffy and Spike jumped in, not worrying, always ready for an adventure. Giles looked in, moved his glasses, and stepped back, unsure. Dawn pushed him in, and jumped after, yelling, "Bye Xander and Anya! Feel Better Xa-"
Upstairs, Xander smiled his thanks.
Everyone hit the ground with a thud (Gimli making the biggest sound), Legolas, Denokas, and Arwen landing gracefully on their feet. Thanks to Willow, Buffy and Spike had landed on pillows. Buffy looked up and caught Giles easily, and Spike caught Dawn and set her down. All of a sudden, 5 horses came up. One was light brown with white spots, two were white with black spots, and two were off-white. Aragorn lifted Arwen gently onto an off-white horse, sitting in front of her. "My apologies, we weren't expecting so many."
"Do those horses just know where you are? And, like, communicate telepathically when you need them, or something?"
Aragorn gave Buffy and odd look, and stuttered a no. "You will all need experienced riders."
"I can ride a horse." Spike said.
"Wait! Spike! You're in the sunlight!" Dawn shouted. Spike immediately jumped, and Willow giggled.
"I figured there would be.you know, a sun. I did a spell. But now, you're human.ish. You still have your, you know, grrr-argh face," Willow scrunched up her eyebrows, and put her front teeth in front of her lip.Dawn laughed. "But, no healing, or anything like that. It'll wear off when we go back through the portal."
"Thanks Red. I was wondering why my landing hurt so much."
"Well, if you can ride a horse, then you and Lady Buffy may take that one." Aragorn pointed to a white and black horse. "Legolas, you take-er, I'm sorry milady, I didn't catch your name?"
"Willow."
"Yes. Well, Willow and Legolas, take this horse." He brought up another off- white horse. "Then I suppose that leaves Lady Dawn and Denokas, and-oh. Well."
"I can ride a horse as well, thank you." Interjected Giles. "Quite well, if I do say so. And my name is Giles."
"Good. Gimli and Sir Giles, take this horse." The frumpy looking brown pony came around slowly, and Giles and Gimli both made faces. Buffy buried her face in Spike's back and, fortunately, muffled her laugh. Giles awkwardly lifted Gimli up behind him, and it took them a few minutes to get settled, with everyone staring. "Ready, now?"
"Yes, well, I think so." Giles stammered uncomfortably.
"Good. Let's go. We have much ground to cover before nightfall."
And so they started. Buffy tightly clung to Spike's waist, and if the land weren't so dank, she would've thought it had been a dream. Sunset.the wind whipping through her hair.clinging to the extremely attractive man, her prince, riding this white horse. Stallion. Stallion sounded better.
Willow had fallen asleep behind Legolas, so he put her in front of him, and, though she didn't know it, they were definitely doing some cuddling. Dawn had struck up a nice conversation with Denokas, talking about modern things he didn't have.like staplers, and clicky pens. Though Aragorn and Arwen gazed forward with determination, you could tell there was some definite cuddling happening on that horse. Gimli and Giles still weren't quite comfortable, and would twitch every now and then, sending the other off balance.
They finally got to the edge of some mountains, and Aragorn halted them. "We will rest here tonight! We have done well, and covered a great amount of ground."
Buffy limped off the horse, and Spike jumped after. He wasn't as nimble without his vampire-ness so he stumbled on what was supposed to be a perfect landing. Even so, he swept Buffy up in his arms, sat down against a tree, by which Gimli was building a fire. He set Buffy on his lap, and she nuzzled her face into his chest, soon fast asleep. Spike put his cheek on the top of her head, and kissed her softly, listening to her breathe. He sat for a while, staring into the fire, listening to the rhythmic beating of Buffy's heart.
Willow, Legolas, Dawn, Denokas and Gimli sat around the fire, discussing adventures. Giles had snuck off to find somewhere to sleep. Aragorn and Arwen had, strangely, disappeared. Gimli said that "they were pro'lly off somewhere staring into the other's eyes like always", but Legolas defended them, that "romance should never be questioned, just known by those who share it". Gimli snorted and went back to throwing stones into the fire. Dawn explained the game of 'spin the bottle', but, to her dismay, they never got to play. Legolas decided that they should all rest, and there would be time for games later. Dawn almost immediately fell asleep, along with Willow. Denokas and Legolas stood and climbed into some trees with big branches, where they could "look at the beauty nature had for us to behold, even in a time and place so worn and corrupted as this".
Dawn awoke with an ear-piercing scream.
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Ha ha! You will never know what happens unless I get some feedback!
Haley-Thanks for the positive encouragement Kandice-Thanks for being serious in you review, instead of being random.hard, isn't it? Shellie-No comment.