The Fellowship of the Cupboard
I crept up to the door as silently as I could manage and nervously put my left ear on the door's surface while practically smashing the phone receiver into my right. I waited… and waited… and I heard nothing. I thought perhaps I was dreaming it all, or perhaps it was a neighbor's television.
"I don't hear anything" I whispered into the receiver.
"Nothing at all?" Sarah paused and then continued, " Well that is either very very good or very very bad"
"Wait shut up!" I breathed harshly into the phone, pressing my ear harder against the door. There it was again! The hushed voices had started again, and they sounded quite familiar.
"Sarah… where does Billy Boyd live?" I asked
"I dunno, it Scotland I guess you dolt… wait why are we talking about this! There might be strange men in your living room and we're talking about Billy Boyd! What am I gonna tell everyone at your funeral.. Oh her last words were hey Sarah where does bil-"
"Shut up!" I said cutting her off.
I listened again. Wait.. what now I'm hearing Viggo Mortenson? And ugg now Dommie, "Okay okay, I know what's going on" I saidadjusting my voice to full volume.
"Remember when we watched LOTR last night? " I said straightening myself up and opening my door.
"Yes Jennifer" Sarah said exasperated.
"Well I left it in the DVD player, when I left the living room I must have accidentally turned it on and…" I said now standing in front of the entertainment stand pushing the power button on my DVD player, only to find that it had been off theentire time.
I nervously laughed and rechecked the plugs. "Jennifer…." Sarah her voiced confused but tinged with anxiousness.
"Well it must have been on! I mean either that or the cast of lord of the rings is hiding in my living room" I jokingly said flipping on all the light switches.
"Do you want me to come over?" Sarah said and I smiled. Always my guardian Sarah seemed to always know when I was really upset.
"No no, I mean I'll be fine, I'll just go back to bed… yea" I said peering behind random pieces of furniture.
"Too late, I'm in my car. Okay don't move, go back into your room and wait for me. I've got my cell phone on me so if you need to just call. I'll be over in about 7 minutes. Oh yea and don't worry about unlocking the door, your mom gave me the spare." Sarah said quickly and firmly before hanging up.
I swept the room with a glance and finally began to feel safe. Safe right up until I heard a piercing scream emanate from the cupboard on my mantle piece. I jumped six feet into the air before diving behind my couch.
I could hear the clash of metal and ::gulp:: growling follow the scream as I peered over the edge of the couch. To my amazement the cupboard was rocking back and forth, to the left and right almost as if a struggle were occurring at that moment inside of it.
"Okay, that's it… I'm crazy. I always joked about it but I guess the day has come. I am now certifiably insane." I said
standing up walking cautiously to the cupboard.
"I'm hearing the "voices"," I said tightly while viciously making quoting gestures with my fingers, "of my plastic Lord of The Rings FIGURENES!" I finished yelling. "Ohh now you shut up. Yes when I finally acknowledge I'm crazy you decide to stop talking eh?!" I said grabbing up the copper key to the cupboard and pushing it into the lock.
*Meanwhile*
(in the cupboard)
Upon hearing Pippin's scream of terror the master dwarf know as Gimli son of gloin rushed forward into the
darkness blindly brandishing his axe intent upon destroying the fiend, which had violated his small friend.
"I smell an orc whose days are numbered" Gimli said as he rushed forward.
Just then the faint light that shone from the keyhole became stronger and a female's voice was heard drifting
musically through the room. The increased light and noise distracted the orc and his now visible orc companions long enough for the small hobbit by the name of Pippin to escape from their clutches. The light also gave the elf Legolas time to string his bow and the men Boromir and Aragorn time to prepare for battle.
Just when Pippin made his way to safety behind Boromir the Orcs adjusted to their new situation and howled out their battle cry brandishing their swords and shields.
Not a moment lapsed before everyone was involved in battle inside the cupboard. The men were clashing their swords, the elf shooting his bow, the dwarf swinging his axe, and the hobbits undulating 'round knifes and cooking equipment such as frying pans and ladles.
The force of the battle had grown quite strong and with every heavy blow or hit the cupboard rocked
precariously on it's base. Due to the nature of their small dark and cramped quarters the battle was not going too well for the band of companions known as the fellowship. Though they were more in number then the orcs, the circumstances of their fight were vastly different, for the orcs thrived in the darkness and could find their way through easily where as the fellowship could not.
As the eight valiant companions having no way to escape began preparing themselves for the end the cupboard ceased it's rocking and a large object presumably a key was shoved into the keyhole. As the key turned the fellowship was infused with new hope. A means of escape were soon to be available and they would leave this battle with their lives.
"As soon as the door opens run for all your might!" Aragorn said while beating off an disgusting orc
determined to have his head.
The door cracked open and the fellowship prepared for their exit. Aragorn knowing the short legs of hobbits
could never run as fast as the legs of a man, scooped up the nearest hobbit by the name of Sam and readied to run. Boromir followed suit and picked up the two hobbits by the names of Merry and Pippin who were cowered behind him.
Lastly the elf Legolas scooped up perhaps the most important member of the fellowship, the ring bearer Frodo Baggins also a hobbit. The elf then made movements to pick up the shorter dwarf when Gimli said backing away" No one tosses OR carries a dwarf!" Legolas just shrugged and positioned the hobbit in a way that would not inhibit his movement but keep Frodo from slipping out of his grasp.
The door creaked open fully and let in a wash of warm welcoming light from which the orcs cowered and hid. Just then some of the light eclipsed and a shadow fell over those in the cupboard.
The fellowship prepared themselves for a huge ugly monster giant with intentions to kill all things in it's
path but was instead greeted by a fair face the likes of which they had never seen. Her fair skin was milky
and pure while her golden hair shone and created a halo about her face.
"She must be a goddess" whispered Merry looking upon her with awe.
"A beauty to rival even the elves" Legolas said mindlessly reaching upwards.
Her ethereal appearance was soon shattered as this godlike giantess of a woman looked from one member of the fellowship to another and let out a high-pitched scream.
I crept up to the door as silently as I could manage and nervously put my left ear on the door's surface while practically smashing the phone receiver into my right. I waited… and waited… and I heard nothing. I thought perhaps I was dreaming it all, or perhaps it was a neighbor's television.
"I don't hear anything" I whispered into the receiver.
"Nothing at all?" Sarah paused and then continued, " Well that is either very very good or very very bad"
"Wait shut up!" I breathed harshly into the phone, pressing my ear harder against the door. There it was again! The hushed voices had started again, and they sounded quite familiar.
"Sarah… where does Billy Boyd live?" I asked
"I dunno, it Scotland I guess you dolt… wait why are we talking about this! There might be strange men in your living room and we're talking about Billy Boyd! What am I gonna tell everyone at your funeral.. Oh her last words were hey Sarah where does bil-"
"Shut up!" I said cutting her off.
I listened again. Wait.. what now I'm hearing Viggo Mortenson? And ugg now Dommie, "Okay okay, I know what's going on" I saidadjusting my voice to full volume.
"Remember when we watched LOTR last night? " I said straightening myself up and opening my door.
"Yes Jennifer" Sarah said exasperated.
"Well I left it in the DVD player, when I left the living room I must have accidentally turned it on and…" I said now standing in front of the entertainment stand pushing the power button on my DVD player, only to find that it had been off theentire time.
I nervously laughed and rechecked the plugs. "Jennifer…." Sarah her voiced confused but tinged with anxiousness.
"Well it must have been on! I mean either that or the cast of lord of the rings is hiding in my living room" I jokingly said flipping on all the light switches.
"Do you want me to come over?" Sarah said and I smiled. Always my guardian Sarah seemed to always know when I was really upset.
"No no, I mean I'll be fine, I'll just go back to bed… yea" I said peering behind random pieces of furniture.
"Too late, I'm in my car. Okay don't move, go back into your room and wait for me. I've got my cell phone on me so if you need to just call. I'll be over in about 7 minutes. Oh yea and don't worry about unlocking the door, your mom gave me the spare." Sarah said quickly and firmly before hanging up.
I swept the room with a glance and finally began to feel safe. Safe right up until I heard a piercing scream emanate from the cupboard on my mantle piece. I jumped six feet into the air before diving behind my couch.
I could hear the clash of metal and ::gulp:: growling follow the scream as I peered over the edge of the couch. To my amazement the cupboard was rocking back and forth, to the left and right almost as if a struggle were occurring at that moment inside of it.
"Okay, that's it… I'm crazy. I always joked about it but I guess the day has come. I am now certifiably insane." I said
standing up walking cautiously to the cupboard.
"I'm hearing the "voices"," I said tightly while viciously making quoting gestures with my fingers, "of my plastic Lord of The Rings FIGURENES!" I finished yelling. "Ohh now you shut up. Yes when I finally acknowledge I'm crazy you decide to stop talking eh?!" I said grabbing up the copper key to the cupboard and pushing it into the lock.
*Meanwhile*
(in the cupboard)
Upon hearing Pippin's scream of terror the master dwarf know as Gimli son of gloin rushed forward into the
darkness blindly brandishing his axe intent upon destroying the fiend, which had violated his small friend.
"I smell an orc whose days are numbered" Gimli said as he rushed forward.
Just then the faint light that shone from the keyhole became stronger and a female's voice was heard drifting
musically through the room. The increased light and noise distracted the orc and his now visible orc companions long enough for the small hobbit by the name of Pippin to escape from their clutches. The light also gave the elf Legolas time to string his bow and the men Boromir and Aragorn time to prepare for battle.
Just when Pippin made his way to safety behind Boromir the Orcs adjusted to their new situation and howled out their battle cry brandishing their swords and shields.
Not a moment lapsed before everyone was involved in battle inside the cupboard. The men were clashing their swords, the elf shooting his bow, the dwarf swinging his axe, and the hobbits undulating 'round knifes and cooking equipment such as frying pans and ladles.
The force of the battle had grown quite strong and with every heavy blow or hit the cupboard rocked
precariously on it's base. Due to the nature of their small dark and cramped quarters the battle was not going too well for the band of companions known as the fellowship. Though they were more in number then the orcs, the circumstances of their fight were vastly different, for the orcs thrived in the darkness and could find their way through easily where as the fellowship could not.
As the eight valiant companions having no way to escape began preparing themselves for the end the cupboard ceased it's rocking and a large object presumably a key was shoved into the keyhole. As the key turned the fellowship was infused with new hope. A means of escape were soon to be available and they would leave this battle with their lives.
"As soon as the door opens run for all your might!" Aragorn said while beating off an disgusting orc
determined to have his head.
The door cracked open and the fellowship prepared for their exit. Aragorn knowing the short legs of hobbits
could never run as fast as the legs of a man, scooped up the nearest hobbit by the name of Sam and readied to run. Boromir followed suit and picked up the two hobbits by the names of Merry and Pippin who were cowered behind him.
Lastly the elf Legolas scooped up perhaps the most important member of the fellowship, the ring bearer Frodo Baggins also a hobbit. The elf then made movements to pick up the shorter dwarf when Gimli said backing away" No one tosses OR carries a dwarf!" Legolas just shrugged and positioned the hobbit in a way that would not inhibit his movement but keep Frodo from slipping out of his grasp.
The door creaked open fully and let in a wash of warm welcoming light from which the orcs cowered and hid. Just then some of the light eclipsed and a shadow fell over those in the cupboard.
The fellowship prepared themselves for a huge ugly monster giant with intentions to kill all things in it's
path but was instead greeted by a fair face the likes of which they had never seen. Her fair skin was milky
and pure while her golden hair shone and created a halo about her face.
"She must be a goddess" whispered Merry looking upon her with awe.
"A beauty to rival even the elves" Legolas said mindlessly reaching upwards.
Her ethereal appearance was soon shattered as this godlike giantess of a woman looked from one member of the fellowship to another and let out a high-pitched scream.
