Highschool Mordel's POV
Disclaimer: I don't own LOTR.
A/N: This is the redone chapter. Last time the end got chopped off. This should make more sense but then again I wrote it.
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When I woke up my head hurt so fucking bad. Luckily elves don't throw up. Eowyn was puking like crazy. Celebwen was helping her.
"Celebwen, what are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm helping Eowyn."
"Why you've deserted her before? You deserted me too."
"I did because everyone else did. Even your sister."
"The whole fucking thing was over her."
"That's not my problem. If I were you I'd go take a shower and get the tequila smell off you. Elrond will want to question you."
"I'm only going because you have a point. Eowyn can you puke quieter please." I said as I got up to take a shower. With my elven hearing hangovers are way worse with all these humans around. I got in the shower. I felt a lot better afterwards. I still had a major hangover though. I put on baggy jeans and a gray baseball tee with dark blue three-quarter length sleeves. The shirt had the words *Ask me if I * CARE on it. I put my hair up in a bun. I put on my makeup and sneakers and walked into the living room. Celebwen and Eowyn were gone. Elrond was there though. Oh, what fun.
"What did I do?" I asked the second I saw him.
"Come with me, Miss Celebnar."
"I haven't done anything though."
"This about another student."
"Oh." It was about Legolas. I hope Celebwen takes care of Eowyn.
When we got to Elrond's office, he ushered me in. Eomer, Estel, Rumil, Arwen, and Legolas were already there. See I knew it. Legolas was there because it was about him. Eomer was there because they're roommates. The rest of us because we were the cause. I sat in between Estel and Rumil. Legolas just glared at me. I didn't know he could look so evil.
"I think you all know why you're here. The other teachers have spent the night talking to Legolas. You all are the root of his outburst last night. We are going to work as a whole to solve this and prevent this from happening." Elrond said. "Legolas start by telling each of them your problem with them. They will be allowed to respond. We are, however, trying to keep this controlled." He added looking in my direction at this last part.
"Don't look at me when you say that. I won't even talk to Legolas. So stop pointing me out." I snapped.
"Legolas you may begin with Arwen." Elrond said glaring at me.
"Arwen you're the least of the problem. I just don't like the way you make fun of everybody. You even insult your friends. You can be a bitch. That's the only problem I have with you." Legolas said.
This made me roll my eyes. He is such a pansy. I figured out what he was trying to do. He was going to try to get out of this still going out with Arwen, him and me friends again, and me possibly hating Estel and Rumil. It won't happen. It's Arwen or me.
"I think it's reasonable to try to stop insulting people so much." Arwen said trying to be reasonable. "Yeah right." I coughed. Arwen glared at me. "I'm done." Arwen said. Legolas moved on to Estel.
"I have lots of problems with you." Legolas said coldly.
"Like what?" Estel said equally as cold. This should be interesting.
"I want you to leave Mordel alone. You'll only hurt her. She already lost you once. She's had enough happen to her during her life. Back off." Legolas said. I'm seriously pissed.
"Legolas, regardless of how much you think you do, you don't know what's best for me. You're not my fucking father!" I said acidly.
"Your father probably wouldn't have wanted your heart to get broken." Legolas spat back.
"How the hell would you know? You never met my father. I only had a real father for five friggn' years. I don't need you to be one. My father would've wanted me to be happy. If Estel makes me happy so be it. You grew up with your father. With your father everything had to be structured and everyone had to be perfect. Ever wonder why he hates me? It's because I'm not perfect. You wouldn't be either if you saw your father get decapitated by orcs, all your neighbors and friends dying, and your house on flames. I don't need a father. I needed a friend, but instead I got you. I thought we were best friends. We were for years, but the day that bitch asked you out you deserted me. I don't want you near me. I can't stand you. You think you have problems try living my life for a fucking day. You'd be pretty damn near death by now. Stay the hell away from me!" I screamed and walked out of the door. I ran to my room and slammed the door. Wait they would have expected this. I flung my door open and ran across the hall to Boromir and Faramir's room. I pounded on the door. Faramir opened looking pretty bad. That hangover must be hell. I ran inside the room.
"What's wrong Mordel?" Faramir asked. I explained to him all that happened. By the end silent tears were streaming down my face. I rarely cry. I just vividly remember my dad's head flying of his body and landing at my feet. Faramir wasn't there but he remembered when it happened.
"What am I going to do Faramir?" I asked His arm was wrapped around my shoulders. He told me to calm down and murmured soothing things to me.
"I don't know what you should do, but they will look for you here."
"I'll run." I said looking up into Faramir's eyes.
"They'll search for you."
"Why they don't like me?"
"Legolas' still thinks you can be friends again. He's royalty. Don't you think they'd rather search for you than be the cause for having the heir to the throne of Mirkwood go crazy?"
"I guess you have a point. There's nothing else I can do though." There was a pounding on my door across the hall. Faramir peered out the door.
"Run." He said.
"Don't tell them. I'm taking one of Boromir's sweat shirt."
"I won't. Run."
"You are the best friend in the world." I told him.
"Go."
"Ok." I ran to Boromir's room and grabbed a sweatshirt and climbed down the tree. About halfway down, I heard Faramir saying I wasn't there. I didn't have much time.
I ran to the forest. I knew it better than most of the teachers even. I could hear them screaming my name behind me. Damn, they saw me. I kept running. I didn't stop until nightfall. I found a small cave. I hid there. I heard people calling my name. I moved farther back into the cave. I stayed there for a while. I heard someone coming. It was a human. The footsteps were too heavy and loud to be an elf. I saw someone enter the cave. I love elven eyesight at times. It was definitely a guy. He walked farther into the cave. As he got closer he started to look more and more familiar. I finally realized it was Estel.
"Estel?" I whispered. He looked around frantically.
"Is that you, Estel?" I whispered. Wait, dumb question.
"Yea." I stepped closer to him. He could now vaguely make out my form.
"Is that you Mordel?" He asked. I ran to him and gave him a hug.
"Yea, it's me. How many people are looking for me?" I mumbled.
"I'm glad your safe. Tons of people. Legolas got so freaked. Your parents and Legolas' parents have been contacted. King Thranduil sent about twenty elves of Mirkwood to find you. Most of the teachers are looking for you. They think you're heading towards Mirkwood. I think it would be better if you just went back it would be easier." Estel told me. He was still holding me like when we were in eighth grade. It was comforting.
"I wouldn't go to Mirkwood if I was paid. I have a friend in Lothlorien. I was going to her. If that didn't work I was going to the Hobbiton." I was friends with a bunch of people who were seniors last year.
"Galadriel is searching for your mind. She rules Lothlorien. You stick out. You're one of the few elves with dark hair. You'd stand out in Hobbiton. You'd be twice he size of the other residents." Estel said logically.
"What about Bree? My friend Lossenfaciel lives there. Or how about Rohan? Gondor? I can't go back."
"You wouldn't fit in, in Rohan. They have pale skin and light hair. Look at Eowyn. Eomer has darker hair but not nearly as dark as yours. Think of all the people you'd hurt by leaving. You'd hurt Faramir, Boromir, Eomer, Eowyn, Silwing, Celebwen, Malelen, Nimaglar, Rumil, and me." He said with a sad expression on his face.
"Celebwen, Malelen, and Nimaglar would be glad. After all they deserted me. Faramir already knows." I said coldly.
"Then tell me why they snuck out to help find you? I'm sure they hate you. What do you mean by Faramir already knows?"
"I went to him first. It was my idea to run, but he was the one who helped. You don't know how fucking hard this is. It's either my happiness or my friends. You don't how it feels. I don't want to hurt you all. The teachers only want me back so Legolas doesn't go crazy because he's royalty. One day I'll get my revenge though. They'll all see. They all think I'm a screw up. I'll get them damn it." I snapped.
"Hey where's that light coming from?" Estel asked. I looked and noticed a red light emitting from each of my two rings.
"It's coming from my rings." I said puzzled. I may not have told you but I have four really cool rings. Those and a necklace were all that was recovered from my dad and our house. There are two sets of two rings. One set is silver with stars and circles on them. Around the stars and circles and inside of the stars and circles were painted black. My other set is silver with stars and spirals. These stars were solid silver. The rings had black around the spirals and stars. Of course there was black in the spirals. That's how I know they're spirals. I happened to be wearing the ones with circles.
"Oh my god!" I heard Eowyn shriek. I took of at a sprint. Estel came but was slower because he's a human.
"Eowyn, what's wrong?" I asked panicking when I saw her.
"Your rings are glowing blue."
"The ones I'm wearing are glowing red. Why are you wearing my rings?
"You know how sometimes if you have something of the missing person's it draws you to them? I thought that might work."
"Let's all just go back to the cave." I said.
While we were walking back to the cave I thought I heard footsteps. After awhile I was sure someone was following us. Eowyn and Estel apparently didn't hear anything because they were talking about something. I stopped turned and yelled "Stop following us and show yourself. Someone stepped out from behind a tree. Estel, Eowyn, and I walked over. It was Legolas. I punched him. While he was disoriented, we picked him up and carried him to the cave. We couldn't risk him going and telling a teacher. When we got back to the caves, the rings were still glowing. Eowyn took them of and gave them to me. When they went on the same hand as a red one they stopped glowing and the red intensified.
"Why did you punch me?" Legolas said.
"You were following us." I said acidly.
"If I was a warg would you have done that? Wait dumb question."
"It's your fault we're out here."
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"Ye-" I was saying but Eowyn interjected.
"Don't you think it's more important we figure the problem out?" Eowyn said.
"I've figured the problem out. He is the problem." I said pointing to Legolas.
"No, I'm not and what's with your rings?" Legolas said.
"I don't fucking know."
"Why do you hate me so much?" He asked. I heard a snoring. I noticed Estel had fallen asleep.
"Why do you think? You're such a jackass."
"It's that big of deal that I'm dating Arwen?"
"Why did you say yes automatically like that?"
"I like Arwen. I know you don't, but I do."
"Tell me who do you hate most in the world?"
"I know what you'll do if I tell you. I also know you'll never forgive me if I don't. Eowyn, what do you think?" he asked. Eowyn fell asleep.
"You dumbass they're humans they need sleep."
"I know a certain human who is going to get expelled." I raised my eyebrow when he said that.
"Who?"
"Faramir Duilin."
"Leave him alone." I said sharply and coldly.
"He helped you escape. I can get him expelled."
"What did he do to you? All he did was be a friend when I needed it. You couldn't even do that. If you do that I will mangle and hurt you until you're as deformed as an orc." I shouted at Legolas.
"I was a good friend. You are a dependent little whore, who needs someone to lean on." He shouted back. Eowyn and Estel were now awake. Eowyn was doing all she could to constrain Estel. My fingers, on the hand, which the blue light was coming from, curled. A blue orb formed in my hand. In frustration, I threw it at Legolas' head. He dived. It made a hole in the wall. I did the same with the red. I made a hole right next to where the blue hole was. The red beam was definitely stronger. I had seen my father do the opposite once. I always thought I was hallucinating. With him the blue was stronger.
"You are an arrogant bastard, who can't take blame. When you do something you try to blame someone else. I'm not naive. I've known you for years. You always do this type of shit. You're a coward. A big spine-less coward. That's all you'll ever be." I screamed at Legolas.
"It doesn't matter what you think. I will one day become king of Mirkwood. I can have you and your whole family killed." Legolas said. He must be really pissed. He only makes threats when he's on the verge of breaking. Last time he did was, I think, freshman year.
"You'd have to find me first. I never wanted to stay in Mirkwood. I hate it there. Go ahead kill my family. I despise them. You'd be doing me a favor."
"You're such a bitch to sacrifice your family like that. You are so selfish. I know why people hate you. You're screwed up. You laugh at others expense. You're just a slutty bitch." At this point, Eowyn couldn't hold Estel back. I really didn't know who would win. Legolas had an edge but he didn't have much fighting experience. I knew Estel had been in fights. Estel was also really strong. Legolas could dodge quicker. Estel would probably beat the shit out of him. After awhile, Eowyn said we should probably break them up. It took both of us to pull Estel off of Legolas. Eowyn and I are pretty strong too. Once we had Estel constrained, Legolas stood up. He walked over and punched Estel in the stomach. Damn you, Legolas! I jumped on Legolas and started punching him. I screamed things like 'Fucking Bastard' the entire time. I stood up when I heard footsteps coming towards the cave.
"Someone's coming." I whispered.
"Help me." Legolas yelled. The thing started running. It was Elrond.
"What's wrong?" he asked Legolas.
"Those two beat me up." Legolas answered pointing at Estel and I.
"At least you've caught Miss Celebnar."
"Actually I caught him." I said. I heard more footsteps. More teachers most likely. Oh great, it's Glorfindel and Celebrian. Gandalf's here too. Such fun.
"Let's go back to the school. We also need to round up anyone still out here looking." Gandalf said. He wasn't smiling. He usually smiles. He is one of the few teachers who think I'm funny.
"I don't want to." I said.
"It's not a matter if you want to or not. We are forcing you." Glorfindel said. He is such a pain in the ass.
"No, you're not." i said. Maybe I should hurl one of those orbs at them. I'd probably get expelled. Then again, I'm probably already expelled. I curled my fingers on my one hand. I created a red orb. I threw it as hard as I could at Glorfindel's head. He dodged it. The orb hit a tree. It burst into flames. When a couple fried squirrels fell out of the tree, there was a small pain at the base of my neck on my back. It felt like a tattoo. Not a whole tattoo, just part of one. I already have a tattoo. It's a ring of flames around my belly button. It's cool looking.
"Take your rings off." Elrond said.
"No."
"Take them off."
"NO."
"What if Miss Rivil or Mr. Ranger held onto them?" He suggested. I thought about it. Estel might fry Legolas. Eowyn might attack them like I did.
"No. Estel will kill me!" Legolas said freaking out.
"What if you gave them to Miss Rivil?" Elrond said.
"No, I'll take them off though on one condition." I said.
"What's that?" Celebrian said raising her eyebrow.
"You hear Estel, Eowyn and my side of the story first."
"Okay." Celebrian said looking shocked that I didn't demand something big. I put the rings in my pocket. Yes, all four. Each teacher got put in charge of a student. Elrond got Legolas because he picked first. Then Celebrian chose Eowyn. Gandalf chose Estel. I got stuck with the blonde dingbat, Glorfindel. Mostly because if I tried anything he could catch me easier. Elrond, Legolas, Glorfindel, and I went ahead of the others. Estel and Eowyn couldn't move quite as quickly. Being as they practically had us running. Legolas turned to tell me something, I pushed him. Glorfindel had to go in between us to stop me.
I was on the end. I could make a run for it. Let's see today is Thursday. I could make to Bree by tomorrow night. I could go to Gondor. If I went that way though I'd pass the others. They'd want to go. Celebrian and Gandalf would know where we're going. I decided to go to Bree. I quickly started running towards Bree. I could hear Glorfindel and Legolas behind me. They were calling my name and told me to come back. I ran for a while. Yep, still being chased. I came to a river. It was too wide for me to jump. I saw a vine on a tree. I climbed the tree. I jumped on to the vine and swung across. The vine snapped just before I hit land. I didn't fall into the water though. The ground was hard though. I took off running. Maybe they won't want to cross the river. I doubt it. I saw someone with a lantern in front of me. I got closer. I saw it was Silwing.
"Silwing, come to Bree with me." I said as I took a breath.
"Mordel! You're all right. Everyone is out here looking for you. I'm so gla--." She was saying before I cut her off.
"Look, Legolas and Glorfindel are chasing me. I'm going to Bree. Do you want to come?" I asked quickly looking over my shoulder.
"I guess. There's no reason to stay. You're my only friend. It's not like I like it here."
"Come on." I said and grabbed her hand she put the lantern down and started running with me.
"Do you even know anyone in Bree?" She asked.
"Yea, my friend Lossenfaciel lives there. She'll probably let us stay."
"You didn't ask her first?"
"Generally, when you runaway from people holding you hostage you don't make plans." I said.
"Whatever."
"Hold up for a second." I said and I listened.
"Do you hear anything?" I asked her.
"I can't hear anything at all. It's silent."
"Kind of eerie. They should be running still." I said. Then all of a sudden there was a rustling in a bush. I quickly slipped two rings on. I didn't know which ones. Suddenly, a deformed creature came out. It was about the size of a hobbit. I know it wasn't a hobbit.
"What's this my precioussss?" The thing said.
"Who and what are you?" Silwing said nervously."
"It make big feast for us, gollum." The thing said. Silwing moved closer to me.
"Do you have anything I can kill it with? Like a dagger or knife?" I whispered to her.
"No." I looked at my rings. I had the spiral ones on. I put my other rings on my other hand.
"Are we doomed?" She asked me.
"No." I said. The thing kept muttering things. It seemed to really like using the words my precious and gollum. It had a really bad lisp. It was circling us. I kept turning. I didn't take my eyes off of it. It couldn't be trusted. It lunged. I pushed Silwing out of the way. The thing got me in the waist. It hurt like hell. I quickly formed an orb. It was a blue one. I hit it in the head with it. It shrieked in pain. The thing let go of my side. It lunged at Silwing. I threw a red orb at it. It hit the thing. I'm losing a lot of blood. I don't know how long I'll hold up for.
"Run Silwing. Go back to the school and get help." I shouted as I almost collapsed.
"No. You won't live."
"Do you want to be dead too? Run, Damn it." She took off. My orbs aren't nearly as strong now as they were. Probably because I'm weakening. I did some damage to the thing. It sat down. It was going to wait for me to die. I took off Boromir's sweatshirt quickly and wrapped it around the wound. It would slow the bleeding down. I made another orb and threw it at the thing. I just hit its leg There was a rustling in the trees near by. Please don't let there be more. Six elven archers jumped down. The thing ran away. I passed out. Wow twice this week I've passed out.