Nat here...the story continues...the One Stick has been found...and now we are at the Council of Elrond!!!

Chapter Seven

In the morning, Jessica had an urgent meeting at her Outback Steakhouse with all her friends/allies. Some of these people were: Natalie, Yike, Orlando, Ganondorf, Steven, Chelsey, Austin Powers, the strawberry minions, and some demons. Jessica had found out that the stick that Natalie had given Yike was the One Stick that could give Sara full power to take over Hell with her squirrel army. Lord Elrond was helping them with the decisions. "Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Sara. Hell stands on the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom. Bring forth the Stick, Yike," Elrond said. Yike took the Stick and reluctantly set it down on a table in the middle of the council. He sat down and took a huge breath. "So it is true," Chelsey said. "The doom of man," said a demon "It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Sara! Why not use this Stick? Long has my father, the Steward of Burger King, kept the forces of Sara at bay...by the food of our people...are you lands safe. Give Burger King the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against her," Chelsey said. "You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Stick answers to Sara alone. It has no other master," Natalie said. "And what would a teenage girl know of this matter?" Chelsey asked. "This is no mere girl...she is Natalie, daughter of Janice. You owe her your allegiance," Orlando said. "Natalie? This is Janice's heir?" "An heir to the throne of Mirkwood," Orlando replied. "Havo dad, Orlando," Natalie said, which meant, "Sit down, Orlando." in Elvish. "Mirkwood has no queen," Chelsey looked at Orlando and then to Natalie. "Mirkwood needs no queen." "Natalie is right, we cannot use it," said Steven. "You have only one choice. The Stick must be destroyed,"Elrond said. "Well what are we waiting for?!" muttered Austin. He took up his strongest club and hit the stick. The club broke and Austin fell on his butt. "The Stick cannot be destroyed, Austin Powers, son of Chewbacca, by any craft that we here posses. The Stick was made in the snows of Mount Everest...only there can it be unmade. It must be taken up unto Earth and cast back into the freezing chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this," Elrond said. The room was silent for a few seconds. Crickets chirped in the background. A squirrel sat somewhere in a tree, eating an eraser. Ganondorf left the room. "One does not simply walk into Earth. It's old gates are guarded by more than just dogs. There is evil there that does not sleep. And the great Rottweiler is ever watchful. It's not a barren wasteland riddled with fire and ash and dust, like here. It's air is not a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly!" Chelsey said. "Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Stick must be destroyed!" Natalie cried as she stood up. "And I suppose you think you're the one to do it!" yelled Austin. "And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sara takes back what is hers?" Chelsey asked. "I won't be dead before I see the Stick in the hands of a teen!" Austin retorted. "Never trust a teen!" The whole council got into a big argument and Elrond couldn't calm them down. They fought, ranted, and raved for a while. "I will take it!" a voice cried. "I will take it!" Everyone turned to face Frodo Baggins running out behind a bush. "I will take the Ring to Mordor! Though...I do not know the way," he said. "Uh, Frodo, we aren't destroying the One Ring. We're destroying the One Stick," Elrond said. "Oops, wrong story," Frodo said. He went back behind the bushes. "I will take the stick to Earth!" Yike finally said. "Though...I do not know the way." "I will help you bear this burden, Yike, as long as it is yours to bear," Steven said. "If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword," Natalie said. "And you have her bow!" Orlando said. "And my mojo!" Austin said. "You carry the fate of us all, minty one. If this is indeed the word of the council, than Burger King shall see it done," Chelsey said. "Here! Mr. Yike's not going anywhere without me!" Frodo cried as he jumped back out of the bushes. "No, indeed it is hardly possible to separate you two even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not." Elrond said. "Oi! We're coming, too!" Jessica cried as she and Ganondorf came running to Yike. "You'd have to send us out and tie us in a sack to stop us!" Jessica said. "Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of...mission...quest...thing!" Ganondorf said. "Well, that rules you out, G-dorf!" Jessica said. "Nine companions...so be it...you shall be the Fellowship of the Stick!" Elrond said. "Great! Where are we going?" asked Ganondorf. Everyone turned around and stared at Ganondorf. "What?" "Never mind," said Natalie. "Yeah," said Orlando.