Oh, Authors Note: Sorry that my spelling absolutley sucks! it always has sooo... i' try my best to fix it for ya! and i'll get that thing with the a/n: fixed too. remember, this is my first time, so i am just getting used to the program! but keep the reviews and advice coming!

chapter 4

A smile crept upon my face. Some hobbit dare to stand up to me! Oh what a surprise that little one will get! Slowly, I placed my hands on the ground and pushed myself up. My legs were no longer trembeling with fear.

"I'll even let you have the first shot at me," I said to the poor defensless hobbit.

"You will totally REGRET that!" he announced. I smiled and actually laughed as he took the first punch at me. He tried to punch low, aiming for my gut. He missed, only to find that i had grabbed his hand. Merry despertly tried to regain his hand, but i squeezed it tighter and tighter as he attempted.

"OUCHIES!" He finally yelped with pain. "I give up! I give up! PLEASE, just let go of my hand!" he said over and over again in agony. Softly I laughed, and graciously let go of his throbbing hand. I looked my enemy in the eye. And for the first time I noticed that he was at the least 2 to 3 feet smaller than I was. My mind swirled with confusion.

"Nice fight..." I paused.

"Merry," Laura said in distress. Though i thought she was filling in the rest of my sentence. She left her spot and ran over ot the hobbit. "Are you ok Merry?" she asked softly, gently taking Merry's hand into hers.

"Yeah, now I am," he said in an almost dreamy tone of voice. I, in the mean time, looked over at Laura in surprise. Then it finally hit me, she was about the same height as Merry was. .

"LAURA!" I yelled, interupting her 'special moment'.

"What the hell do you want!?!?" she hissed at me.

"Since when were you only about three and a half feet tall?" I calmly asked her.

"Becuase were HOBBITS! and DUH! hobbit are only about three to four feet tall," Veronica said with glee.

"Hobbits?" I asked in utter confusion.

"And your... CORRECT! you've just won the jackpot! and now, we'll double the jackpot if you can guess what you are today!" She joked.

"Human?"

"Ohhh, sorry, not the answer we were looking for! The answer to the question would be..... AN ELF!" She shouted.

"Well then, I guess that explains a lot! NOT!" I replied. 'Don't you get it you freak!' my simple logic exclaimed. 'Your the creature you like!' 'I don't understand, it doesn't make any freakin sense!' I thought back. 'Geeze, you are one STUPID elf!' my logic said, emphasizing the word stupid. 'You like Legolas, he is an elf... there for you are an elf! Laura and Veronica like Merry and Pippin, both of which are hobbits! making them BOTH hobbits. DUH!' My logic yelled. 'Hmm, that seems to explain a lot!' I thought.

"Addie," someone said.

"Hmm? What?" I asked back.

"We are leaving now, come, before we get too far behind the rest of the company," that someone said again. I snapped out of my daze to find Aragorn clutching my shoulder, trying to get me to start walking.

"Oh, yeah, I knew that, coming," I said, starting to walk. On the first few steps i stumbled. Finally on like the seventh step, I fell flat on my face.

"OHH!" I moaned. Everyone, including Aragorn, was way ahead of me. "OHHHH!" I moaned again, hoping someone would hear me. It worked. The man with the blondish/brown hair and a shield over his shoulder heard me. He chuckeld and walked toward me.

"Need some help Lady Addie?" he asked kindly.

"First off, it's just Addie, no royality here!" I told him right off the bat. "And yes, a little help would be greatly accepted!" I told him.

"Ok then," he said. He gently helped me up off of the ground. "Len on my shoulder. I shall help you walk until you have enough strength to walk on your own."

"Thanks a lot..." I paused. 'FUDGE~ what is his name!?!' I thought. 'Brian, Brendan, Brett, Ben?' I thought. 'No, no, it's a weird name.... BUT WHAT IS IT?!?!'

"Boromir," he whispered.

"Yeah, Boromir, thanks a bunch," I said smiling at him. We walked quickly in order to catch up to the rest of the fellowship.

"The passage south is being watched!" warned Gandalf. "We must take the pass of Caradhras." The old wizard sighed, and again, repeating himself. "The passage is bing watched," he mumbled. Earlier, right after Merry and I had finished fighting, these crow looking things flew over us. Everyone, even the hobbits went into panic. They made us hide under things, in order for us to stay hidden. Gandalf said that they were spies of suramon. It figures. (A/N: sorry, i didn't feel like writing that part in the story!)

"Gandalf," I said, staggering over to his side. "How long do you think it will take us to get to the other side of the mountain?" I asked.

Gandalf was silent, he spoke no words for some time. He just gazed into the distance. I suppose he was looking at the mountain tops, trying to determin how fast we were going to go, and how long it should take us to reach the other side. "I honestly cannot tell Addie, I honestly cannot tell," he sighed and went silent again.

I sighed too, and looked up at our path. It looked long and twisted. Nothing that i was really up to adventuring. I kept wondering what was going to happen to us along the way. It seemed that Gandalf intended to keep us with them. But my thoughts switched from our fate to Laura and Veronica. 'Ok, from my observations, it appears that Merry has the hots for Laura. But the big question is does laura have the hots for Merry?' I asked myself. 'Who knows what Laura is thinking!! oh well, what about Veronica and Pippin?' I asked myself again. 'I know Veronica likes Pippin, thats a given. But does Pippin share the same feelings as Veronica? I don't know about that either!' I sighed again, only to find that the rest f the fellowship had left, and I was a ways behind. 'GREAT! now I gotta go catch up with them!' I cursed to myself.

I began to walk, trying to not stumble or fall. But that work too well. After a number of steps, I fell flat on my face again. "VERONICA! LAURA!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Hey Laura," Veronica said, stopping in her tracks.

"What?" Laura returned the glance with Veronica. She too stopped.

"Was that Addie that just yelled out our names?"

"Probably, I don't see her with the rest of the group," Laura said, scanning the fellowship. "I suppose we should probably go back and get her," she sighed.

"Yeah, we should go back and get her," Veronica repeated. 'But I don't wanna go! Me and Pippin are having such a grand conversation!,' Veronica thought. 'I wonder if he likes me?!?!' She abruptly thought, getting totally off the subject of going back to get Addie.

"No need Veronica. Looks like Mr. Macho elf is on the move!" She said, motioning to Legolas, who was already running back to the direction they had come.

"Good! It'll give them some time alone!" giggled Veronica.

"Yeah, it would," Laura mumbled. "Hey Veronica, would you do me a huge favor?" she asked suddenly.

"Umm, sure, what do you want?"

Laura moved closer and began to whisper into Veronica's ear. "Go and talk to Merry. Ask him if he likes me," she whispered softly.

"Tis a good idea, but i'll only do it if you do the same for Pippin!" Veronica said.

"Tis a done deal!"

Meanwhile

"UGH! Where the hell are those two??" I grumbled to myself.

Suddenly, Legolas popped out from behind one of the trees. "L..." he began. "Addie, would you like some help?" He asked in a dreamy sort of voice.

"That would be nice!" I told him. I looked up into his eyes. They were the most dazziling blue I had ever seen in my life. And his hair shone like a halo in the sunlight.

"Then I shall carry you," he told me. Quietly he gently picked me up off of the ground. He cradled me like he was carrying a baby. Slowly we (actually just he) walked towards the others in silence. The silence was absolutly unbearable, it had to be broken.

"Legolas," I mearly whispered.

"Yes, am I hurting you?" he asked.

"No, you aren't. I just wanted to no... has anyone ever told you that you have the most beautiful blue eyes?" I asked him.

"No, I think I would have remebered such a compliment," he sighed. His eyes softened, and it looked like he was going to cry. Silence again followed. I decided that I would wait for Legolas to break the silence this time. Just so he had the chance to talk. "Do you know what I thought of you the first time I laied eyes upon you?" He asked abruptly.

"No," I whispered.

"I thought... I thought..." He struggled. It sounded like he couldn't find the right words for the sentence.

"You thought what?" I asked anxiously.

"I thought you were an angle. An angle sent from the Great Heavens to help us through these tough times. Like you were sent here to steer us in the right paths, and to help us make the right choices." he told me, looking into my wonderous eyes.

"You really thought that?" I asked.

"Yeah," was all he managed to say. I felt myself beginning to blush. 'He loves you! he loves you!' my heart yelled, flipping with joy. 'what do I say to him now??' I panicked.

"Legolas," I gulped.

"Yes?" He asked. "I'm not hurting you am I?" He asked for the second time. This time he loosened his grip on me.

"Oh, no you aren't. I was just wondering, what would you say if I told you I loved you?" I managed to ask.

"What would I say? I would say I love you too," He whispered. By that time, we had cought up with the rest of the Fellowship. He bent his head down and kissed my forehead. "Do you love me?" He asked softly.

I just nodded my head. I smiled and searched for Laura and Veronica. 'Now that's odd!' I thought. 'Laura is talking to Pippin, and Veronica is talking to Merry.'

"Pippin, I was wondering," began Laura. She had a sort of un-easy look on her face.

"Wondering about eating?" Pippin asked happily.

"Umm, no, not exactly." Pippin looked down in dissappointment. "I was actually wondering if you liked Veronica," She asked in a normal tone.

"Well, she's pretty, thats for sure," He said. "But I have a feeling that she wouldn't return my feelings." He finished.

"Man oh man Pippin," giggled Laura. "You have no idea what your talking about!" Pippin didn't say anything, he just gave Laura a sidewards glance. One that showed that he was confused to no end.

Meanwhile

"Merry, I have a few questoins for you my lad!" Veronica yelled, trying to catch up with him.

"What tis it you want My Lady?" he questioned.

"Tis a few important questions," Veronica said between huffs. Breathing in deeply, she waited for Merry to answer her.

"And these questions would be??" He asked very okwardly.

"Do you like Laura??" She immeditely blurted out. 'Great going you DITZ! You were supposed to take it nice and slow!' Her mind yelled at her. Merry stopped and glared at Veronica for a few seconds. Veronica stopped and returned the glare.

"Tis true, but we all know that she would never return the feelings I have for her," he sighed. "You heard Lady Addie. It is almost impossible to crack that Ladies shell."

"Quit using the titles please. It gets really annoying," Veronica said. "Besides, you'd be surprised," she said, mumbling the last part. Veronica began to walk again.

"I don't understand!" Merry yelled as he ran to catch up with Veronica.

"You'll figure it out eventually!" she said, making her way to Laura.

"Laura dear!" Veronica yelled. Laura stopped talking to Pippin and made her way over to where Veronica was walking.

"So?" she questioned anxiosly.

"He says that he likes you, but he don't think that you like him," she sighed. 'That's the only thing I want,' Veronica thought. 'Is for both Laura and Addie to be happy. Laura is always so depressed. and Addie is always so concerned with the happiness of others. It's like they never think about themselves!' Veronica cocked her head to find that Legolas was again, carrying Addie.

"Legolas, set me down," I demanded. "I'll just lean on your shoulder. Besides, I'm gunna have to walk on my own sooner or later. Preferably sooner."

"If it is what you wish," Legolas said, setting me down.

The Fellowship was by that time, at least half way up the side of the mountain.

"Gandalf, we MUST stop and make camp for the night," Gimli suggested.

"NO!" Gandalf answered in a commanding voice. "We must not make camp until we cannot see anymore! We must press on, our time is waning!"

"But Gandalf!" Boromir interrupted. "The halflings cannot make it much further than we are now."

Gandalf shook his head in defeat. "Fine, we shall stop. LEOGLAS!" he yelled out.

Leoglas let go of me (though I stumbled quite a bit before I regained my balance), and ran over to where Gandalf was.

"You called Gandalf?" he asked.

"Indeed I did. I need you to go ahead of us and look for a place where we can camp for the night. Legolas nodded, and ran ahead of us.

"Laura! Veronica!" I yelled. Both of them stopped (they were both walking ahead of me) and waited for me to catch up. "So hows it going?" I asked them.

"Pippin likes Veronica!" Laura squealed with joy.

"And Merry really likes Laura, but he doesn't think that she likes him," Veronica said with a sigh.

"HAHA!" I laughed. "Tis a dumbass!" I said, continuing to laugh. "Laura likes merry! Laura likes Merry!" I began to sing. Laura hit me on the shoulder to make me stop. Being the nice person i am, i stopped.

"And what about you Ms. Giggles?" Veronica protested. "Whats up with all this... Legolas is carrying me stuff?"

"Well, I asked him if he liked me? does that count?" I asked.

"And???"

"He said yes, and then he asked if i liked him and I said yes," I answered.

"Addie!" Laura squeaked. "What'd he say to that?" She asked me.

"He said 'I love you too.' And then he placed a kiss on my forehead," I said dreamily. My eyes softened, and I gazed into the distance. I could make out Legolas running from place to place, trying to find a decent spot to camp. 'How the hell did you manage to snare the Prince of Mirkwood!?!' I thought to myself. 'Because I'm Beautiful!!' I thought, answering my own question. 'You want to hug my, you want to love me!' I began to sing in my head.

"GANDALF!" I heard Legolas shout. "We have passed no place on the way up that has offered shelter, and there is none for miles. This cliff-wall we are under know makes the best shelter," Legolas said.

"We camp here tonight then. I feel that a storm is coming, and I fear that this will be no ordinary storm," Gandalf said. He signaled for everyone to stop and set up camp.

The Fellowship gathered around in a circle, huddling, trying not to freeze. I managed to fall asleep, as did Veronica, Laura and the rest of the Hobbits. The only ones left awake were Gandalf, Aragorn and Legolas.

The night was cold, and passed extreamly slowly. Near dawn, I was awakened. I sat up in my bed roll and looked around. Legolas was sitting near the fire, and Gandalf and Aragorn sat further from the group. They were whispering. I thought that I heard something about going into the Mines of Moria. 'They CANNOT go in there!' I thought. 'Gandalf will die! NO! Don't go into the mines Gandalf!' I silently thought there deep in my thoughts. I winced in fear. This journey would go just like the movies and the books did. Gandalf would die first, in the Mines of Moria. Then later, Boromir would die. And Merry and Pippin would get captured. And Sam and Frodo would go alone to the fires of Mt. Doom. 'NO!!' I screamed in my head. 'I won't let it happen, it can't happen!' I continued to think.

I need, I wanted to take my mind off of such horrible thoughts. I glanced over at Legolas and the fire. He cought my glance, and motioned for me to come over to him. I sighed and slowly go out of my bed roll. Step by step, slowly but surely, I made my way over to the fire.

"Is something wrong my Love?" A worried Legolas asked.

"Tis nothing, just a few bad thoughts," I sighed. I looked into the fire. It wasn't the only thing that was bothering me. But I didn't want to admit it.

"Tell me."

"What?" I said, taking my gaze from the fire to Legolas' blue eyes. They were soft, but glazed over with worry.

"Your thoughts, what are they?" He asked again. He slowly lifted his hand, and brought it to my cheek, which he slowly and softly carressed. His smile was so beautiful, and his eyes were full of care.

"I know whats going to happen," I whispered. "I know whats going to happen to the fellowship," I said, scooting closer to him. His arms lifted and wrapped them around me. My head rested upon his shoulder, and I began to cry.

"Don't cry. With you and the others here, the future may change," he said trying to reassure me. But it wasn't working too well. All I could do was smile. 'He was sooo comforting! It's totally amazing that he has never met a woman to share his like with!' I thought to myself. I lifted his head from his shoulder and wipped the tears from my eyes. I scanned the small section under the cliff-wall for Laura and Veronica. My eyes found Veronica snuggled up next to Pippin. It actually looked like Pippin was smiling in his sleep. 'Awww! how increadibly cute!' I thought to myself. I watched as Pippin scooted closer to Veronica. She snuggled against him, resting her head on his chest, and he put his arm around her.

"It will not change," I said suddenly. Legolas looked down at me with an akward expression. 'Ohh! he looks even hotter when he is confused!' I thought. "The corse of the future won't change, it hasn't yet. It will remian the same, I know it." I sighed and laied my head on his shoulder again.

"It will change," he whispered into my ear. "And for the better. I removed my head from his shoulder, my eyes met his. They were a dazzling blue, soft with passion and love. I shed a single tear, and stood up. Slowly I walked over to the other side of the cliff-wall. It was still snowing, and there was a little bit of a breeze. I looked out over the mountain. The sun was beginning to rise.

"We should wake the others," I said, turning my head to look at Legolas.

"Not yet," he replied. He slowly got up and walked over to where I was standing. He came up behind me and put his hands on my waist. Slowly he twisted me around (so i was facing him). He looked intently into my eyes. I looked back with the same intensity. His eyes happened to shine the most brillant blue. And his hair shone like the sun. He looked like an angel. I felt him slowly lean towards me. The next thing I knew, his lips were intwined with mine. The kiss was full of passion, more passion than I hace ever felt before. I slowly closed my eyes, to capture the moment, and began to kiss him back. My arms slowly slid around his neck. I wanted this moment to last forever and ever! 'HA! HA! HA! That feels funny on my lips! It tickles!' My mind laughed.

My eyes opened back up and I looked at Legolas. His eyes were closed tight. 'He must truly be enjoying this kiss!' I thought. Slowly he pulled away.

"I'm sorry!" He said in a oh-my-god-what-did-I-just-do? tone of voice. "Please forgive me, I didn't mean to, it just kinda... well, happened. Please don't be angry with me," he repeated over and over.

"Legolas!" I said in a calm but demanding voice. "It's ok," I whispered. He smiled, and his hands again found their way to my waist. Slowly he pulled me closer to himself. My arms, like before, quickly found thier way to around his neck. I took the lead, and pulled him even closer to me, and placed a soft kiss on his lips.

"Tisk, Tisk, Tisk!" I heard someones voice say. I pulled away from Legolas, and looked back at everyone. My eyes soon laied upon Boromir, who was sitting up, staring strait at me.

"Looks like we have an audience," I whispered softly in Legolas' ear.

"Oh really?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow. 'I don't care if a million orcs were watching us! I wouldn't even care if the Dark Lord himslef was watching!' Legolas thought. 'As long as Addie is here, safe with me, in my embrace, I don't really care!'

"Yeah, Boromir is watchin us," I told him. A grin slowly formed upon my lips. "Shall we give him a show?" I asked. Legolas didn't reply. He just drew me close again, this time starting the kiss. This kiss wasn't as full of passion as the other one one. It was more or less a playful kiss. But any kiss with Legolas was absolutly fine with me!

"Gandalf should have sent you away while he had the chance," Boromir chuckled. He stood up and made his way towards us.

Slowly Legolas and I parted from our play kiss. When we were fully seperated, I shot a galnce over at Boromir. He lookes and me and lightly smiled. But his gaze quickly turned to Legolas, who stared back with joyfull eyes. But Boromir's eyes weren't filled with joy like Legolas's were. Instead, they were filled with anger and hatred.

"We should awaken the others," I said abruptly, breaking the staring contest between Legolas and Boromir.

"Yes, we should," Boromir agreed. He began to walk towards the hobbits.

"NO!" I squeaked. "I'll... I'll get them up. You can go get sam up, and begin to make breakfast." 'Great going!' I thought. Boromir didn't seem to notice the tidge bit of panic in my voice, and the fearful look on my face. He instead went to get Sam up from his slumber. I turned my eyes towards the ground. I quietly walked over to where the hobbits were sleeping. 'Did you see the way Boromir was looking at Legolas?!' my mind screeched. 'Yeah,' I thought back. 'I think he likes you!' my heart said. 'He can't! I love Legolas, not him," I protested. But the voice seemed to be winning the argument, because after Boromir got Sam up, he came over to me.

My back was turned towards him, he crept up behind me and tapped my shoulder. I jumped, almost falling atop of Pippin.

"Want some help?" he asked with a soft smile on his lips.

"No," I whispered. "I can get them up." Slowly and carefully I bent down over Pippin and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hmmmm, Yummy...." he mumbled. I took my gaze off of him and turned towards Boromir. Boromir silently laughed and smiled. I returned my focus to getting Pippin up.

"Bacon," I whispered in his ear, only loud enough so he could hear.

"WHERE!" He screeched. He bolted strait up, looking all around for the plate of bacon.

"There is none, I just needed to get you up," I smiled. How Veronica could like him was beyond me. It seemed like the only thing he ever thought of was food. 'Nevermind," I said to myself. 'They make a perfect match. Veronica is a pig herslef!!' I giggled under my breath.

"Aww Bacon bits!" whined Pippin.

"Do me a favor," I paused. "Go wake up your lover for me." Pippin nodded. He went to go and get Veronica up. Suddenly he stopped, and looked at me with a confused expression.

"W... who? w... what?" he said in a rather surprised tone of voice.

I didn't really give him an answer, I just nodded my head toward Veronica.

"She is not my lover," Pippin said with a grim face. He looked down at Veronica. She had a soft smile on her face. She mumbled something about a guy, but none of us could make out the words.

"You mean not YET!" I said with a giggle in my throat. Pippin's eyes widen. He glared at me with one of those Do-you-know-something-I-don't- know looks. But he didn't say anything. Neither did I. Instead I crept over to a sleeping Laura. Carefully, keeping my distance from her, I tapped her on the shoulder. She didn't flinch even a muscle. For the moment I decided to let her sleep. I moved on to getting Merry up.

I barley even touched him when he bolted up. "WHAT!" he shouted. Time seemed to freeze, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over in our direction. After a few seconds, everyone went back to their own business.

"Wakie, Wakie!" I softly whispered.

"Oh," Murmered Merry. He rubbed his eyes and looked around.

"Do me a favor and get Laura up, I'm going to go help Sam with breakfest," he nodded. Merry crept over to Laura, who was only a few feet distance from where he had slept.

"Laura," he whispered. Gently he shook her shoulder. POW! Laura's hand (more or less her fist) hit Merry smack dab in the nose. "OHHH!" groaned Merry. 'Whoops, forgot to Merry that she does that some times!' I thought to myself. Laura opened her eyes when she heard Merry groan in pain. Her eyes went to and fro looking for the person that had screamed. Finally they stopped on Merry. He was holding his hand over his nose, and still moaning in pain.

"Oh my gosh! What the hell happened to you?" Laura gasped. "I didn't hit you did I?" She asked, attempting to peel Merry's hands from his face. Gently, Merry nodded and removed his hand from his nose. I watched Laura's eyes widen.

"What happened?" Veronica asked. She quickly made her way from where she was sleeping to where Laura and Merry were.

"I was trying to get Laura up," Merry said in a stuffy-nose sorta voice. "But I guess someone..." he said pausing. He looked angerily over in my direction. "...For got to tell me that Laura doesn't take getting awakened to well!" I looked at Merry with an innocent, puppy dog face, trying my hardest to make myself look like an angel. He just continued to stare at me angerily. Thank god for Sam, who at that moment, yelled out 'Breakfest is ready!'

Everyone dropped the issue and moved towards the fire for breakfest. To be safe, I took the seat farthest away from Merry. The one which happened to be inbetween Aragorn and Boromir.

The Fellowship quickly devoured their breakfest, and we began another days journey up the mountain. We were only a few hours past breakfest when everyone heard a THUMP, and a rather large groan. We all stopped and looked back to find Frodo had fallen. Patiently we watched him lift himself off the ground, Aragorn already at his side. Frodo brushed himself off and checked his neck for the Ring. Only to find that neither the ring nor the chain was around his neck. Frodo began to look frantically for it. Finally his eyes stopped on the one Ring. He looked like he was going to move, but stopped when Boromir bent down and picked up the Ring.

He held it out in front of his face. The one Ring shone on the chain as the twirled it. "It is a strange thing that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over such a little thing," Boromir mumbled in his daze. He continued to look at the Ring.

"BOROMIR!" Aragorn said in a harsh tone. "Give the ring back to Frodo," he demanded.

Boromir snapped out of his daze and looked at Frodo. He smiled and walke up to where Frodo and Aragorn were standing. Slowly he placed the Ring and chain in Frodo's hand. "As you wish, I care not!" He mumbled under his breath. He chuckled and ruffled Frodo's hair with his hand. Smiling, he turned away and began to walk towards the rest of the company.

I do not know if anyone else saw, but I watched as Aragorn loosen his grip on his sword. Softly I smiled, and turned to continue the journey. 'Aragorn would kill anyone, even Boromir or myself before they would have the chance to take the ring from Frodo.' I thougt. 'It's a good thing that we have Aragorn around. He was strong, and brave. He literally carried the whole Fellowship on his shoulders. And to think... HE is Isildur's heir. Aragorn is nothing like Isildur, he wouldn't give into the temptations of the one Ring!' I continued to think.

Authors note: Sorry it took me so long to write this chap. I've been really busy with swimming latley, so I haven't had much time! besides, it took up like, 25 pages in my note book! hope you liked it! click that review button.. gimmie some lovely reviews!