Chapter 8! Whee. I am now changing it to past tense. SOMEONE told me that
it's really annoying. Shut UP, Meighan! Actually, I'm also writing another
story that's in past tense, and it's IREALLYi hard to switch from
present tense to past tense and back to present again. It's bad enough
switching from Laina to Casey and back again. so yes. From here on, the
story will be in past tense. Great.
Oh yeah, I'm not sure exactly when Legolas and Gimli become friends, I just know that it's iAFTER/i Lorien. So for my purposes, they become friends during the time spent in Lorien. Yes.
Disclaimer: Well, let's see. there's. no, wait. I have. no, not that. oh! There's the. no, I don't own that. I own me?
Flames will be used to light my candles!
Chapter 8: Lorien. Yay!!! And Haldir lives! He does! Don't listen to Peter Jackson! He lives! And he'll always live! Forever!! And ever and ever!!! So HA all you non-bookies! And, yes, I DID sob when he died. And I'm proud of it!
(Yes, that is a title)
The Fellowship, plus Laina and minus Gandalf, entered the woods of Lorien.
"Oooh! Pretty!" Laina giggled.
"Stay close young hobbits," Gimli urged Sam and Frodo. "They say an elf witch lives here-"
"Oh, shut up Gimli. You're such an idiot. Galadriel's awesome. And she's nice. And she's my best friend. Actually, I think she hates me, but that's beside the point. The point is, you're going to fall in lo-ove. Ha!"
Gimli looked annoyed. "A dwarf would never fall in love with an elf. They are distrustful beings who would lie, cheat, or steal just to get their way." Legolas looked pissed.
"Famous last words," Laina told him. "Well, maybe not famous, but you'll regret them later. Or take them back, or SOMETHING."
"I highly doubt it," Gimli glared at her.
"I bet you 150 000 000 000 USD!!" (a/n: that's 150 billion, in case you're as stupid as me.)
"What?" He looked at her oddly, neither of them noticing that Frodo had spaced due to the voices he was hearing in his head. "Well, here is one dwarf she won't ensnare so easily. I have the eyes of a rabbit and the ears of a fox."
"Sure." Laina started to laugh, but was stopped before she could start by an arrow pointed at her head. Everyone else was stopped quickly. "Wow, what I lovely job we're doing at NOT getting killed. Only Legolas had the intelligence to at least ATTEMPT to defend himself. I would have defended myself except I DON'T HAVE A WEAPON!" Everyone ignored her.
"A dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the dark," Haldir said breezily. Laina laughed so hard she fell over, and then suddenly burst into tears. "He's not s'posed to die!" she sobbed. Everyone looked at her oddly. "Well, he's not."
~~~And now I am going to do the extended version part here, simply because I saw it the night before last, I like it better and it amused me~~~
It was nighttime and the elves of Lorien had brought the Fellowship (and Laina) to a large platform. thing. yeah. which was, presumably, high in the air.
"Welcome, Legolas, son of Thranduil," Haldir said in elvish.
"Our fellowship stands in your debt," Legolas replied, also in elvish.
"Wow, you're even prettier than normal there," Laina told him for no apparent reason. Haldir turned to Aragorn.
"You are known to us, Aragorn of the Dunedain." (In-how'd you guess? Elvish)
"So much for the fabled courtesy of the elves," Gimli growled. "Speak words we can all understand."
"Shut up you ugly goat!" Laina admonished. "Oh, sorry, I just insulted goats. Sorry goats!" She sat down and glared at him.
"We have not had. dealings with the dwarves since the dark days," Haldir replied.
"Here's what this dwarf has to say to this," Gimli told him huffily, and then said something in dwarfish.
"That was not so courteous," Aragorn berated him.
"Yeah," Laina added. "Don't talk in your ugly language. It depresses me.
Haldir turned to Frodo. "You bring great evil here." He turned abruptly. "You can go no farther." Laina started sniffling.
"Don't die!" she sobbed, although no one was sure whom she was talking to.
Aragorn started arguing with Haldir, desperate to gain the protection of Lorien. Frodo looked around at the Fellowship. They all looked sad, almost as if they blamed him. He glanced over at Laina. She grinned and waved at him. Frodo nearly jumped as Boromir started to talk to him.
"Do not blame yourself for Gandalf's death. You already bear such a heavy burden, do not burden yourself more."
"Yeah!" Laina agreed, popping up behind them. "It's not your fault. Besides, it's okay. Trust me." They didn't.
Haldir came over to them. Apparently Aragorn had won their fight. "Come with me," he told them.
"Would you make up your mind?" Laina demanded. "First you say we can't come with you. Then you bring us here. Then you tell us we can't go any farther. Now you're saying to follow you. Make up your mind!"
"Would you prefer to stay here?" he asked her coldly before setting off.
"You'll like me in the end!" she called after him, with an evil tone in her voice. "They all like me in the end!" The evil tone disappeared as she continued. "Except for the dwarf. But he's ugly and stinky and I don't really care." She quickly ran to catch up to everybody else.
They were all tramping through the woods in a long line. "Um, aren't we supposed to be blindfolded?" Laina asked. "You know, because we're not elves? Or because we're not dwarves, but then Aragorn's too nice and says that is one member of the Fellowship has to be blindfolded then they should all be blindfolded." They all looked at her strangely.
"I don't know about blindfolds," Aragorn told her, "But I think somebody should gag you." They continued walking.
"Well, that was uncalled for," Laina sighed huffily.
They stopped abruptly at the top of a hill.
"The fairest wood of elf land," Haldir told them, "And home of the Lord Celeborn and the Lady Galadriel."
"I wanna see!" Laina whined.
They marched through Lorien, headed to see Celeborn and Galadriel. yes.
Laina, for once, was speechless. Well, almost. "It's so beautiful," she sighed.
Haldir had them wait at the foot of a beautiful staircase. Slowly Galadriel and Celeborn walked down the stairs. (Wow, they're ever so special)
"Eight there are, yet nine there were set out from Rivendell. Tell me, where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him," Celeborn asked.
"Hee! I love the way you talk. Say it again!" Laina demanded. The elves gave her some odd looks and otherwise ignored her.
"He has fallen into shadow," Galadriel told them. "But why would you bring HER with you?" she asked, obviously disgusted by Laina.
"I missed you too," Laina told her wiltingly.
AND NOW: I HAVE SEVERE WRITERS BLOCK SO I WILL POST THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER LATER. AND I'M SKIPPING OVER THE WHOLE MIND READING THING. IT'S HELL TO WRITE.
Oh yeah, I'm not sure exactly when Legolas and Gimli become friends, I just know that it's iAFTER/i Lorien. So for my purposes, they become friends during the time spent in Lorien. Yes.
Disclaimer: Well, let's see. there's. no, wait. I have. no, not that. oh! There's the. no, I don't own that. I own me?
Flames will be used to light my candles!
Chapter 8: Lorien. Yay!!! And Haldir lives! He does! Don't listen to Peter Jackson! He lives! And he'll always live! Forever!! And ever and ever!!! So HA all you non-bookies! And, yes, I DID sob when he died. And I'm proud of it!
(Yes, that is a title)
The Fellowship, plus Laina and minus Gandalf, entered the woods of Lorien.
"Oooh! Pretty!" Laina giggled.
"Stay close young hobbits," Gimli urged Sam and Frodo. "They say an elf witch lives here-"
"Oh, shut up Gimli. You're such an idiot. Galadriel's awesome. And she's nice. And she's my best friend. Actually, I think she hates me, but that's beside the point. The point is, you're going to fall in lo-ove. Ha!"
Gimli looked annoyed. "A dwarf would never fall in love with an elf. They are distrustful beings who would lie, cheat, or steal just to get their way." Legolas looked pissed.
"Famous last words," Laina told him. "Well, maybe not famous, but you'll regret them later. Or take them back, or SOMETHING."
"I highly doubt it," Gimli glared at her.
"I bet you 150 000 000 000 USD!!" (a/n: that's 150 billion, in case you're as stupid as me.)
"What?" He looked at her oddly, neither of them noticing that Frodo had spaced due to the voices he was hearing in his head. "Well, here is one dwarf she won't ensnare so easily. I have the eyes of a rabbit and the ears of a fox."
"Sure." Laina started to laugh, but was stopped before she could start by an arrow pointed at her head. Everyone else was stopped quickly. "Wow, what I lovely job we're doing at NOT getting killed. Only Legolas had the intelligence to at least ATTEMPT to defend himself. I would have defended myself except I DON'T HAVE A WEAPON!" Everyone ignored her.
"A dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the dark," Haldir said breezily. Laina laughed so hard she fell over, and then suddenly burst into tears. "He's not s'posed to die!" she sobbed. Everyone looked at her oddly. "Well, he's not."
~~~And now I am going to do the extended version part here, simply because I saw it the night before last, I like it better and it amused me~~~
It was nighttime and the elves of Lorien had brought the Fellowship (and Laina) to a large platform. thing. yeah. which was, presumably, high in the air.
"Welcome, Legolas, son of Thranduil," Haldir said in elvish.
"Our fellowship stands in your debt," Legolas replied, also in elvish.
"Wow, you're even prettier than normal there," Laina told him for no apparent reason. Haldir turned to Aragorn.
"You are known to us, Aragorn of the Dunedain." (In-how'd you guess? Elvish)
"So much for the fabled courtesy of the elves," Gimli growled. "Speak words we can all understand."
"Shut up you ugly goat!" Laina admonished. "Oh, sorry, I just insulted goats. Sorry goats!" She sat down and glared at him.
"We have not had. dealings with the dwarves since the dark days," Haldir replied.
"Here's what this dwarf has to say to this," Gimli told him huffily, and then said something in dwarfish.
"That was not so courteous," Aragorn berated him.
"Yeah," Laina added. "Don't talk in your ugly language. It depresses me.
Haldir turned to Frodo. "You bring great evil here." He turned abruptly. "You can go no farther." Laina started sniffling.
"Don't die!" she sobbed, although no one was sure whom she was talking to.
Aragorn started arguing with Haldir, desperate to gain the protection of Lorien. Frodo looked around at the Fellowship. They all looked sad, almost as if they blamed him. He glanced over at Laina. She grinned and waved at him. Frodo nearly jumped as Boromir started to talk to him.
"Do not blame yourself for Gandalf's death. You already bear such a heavy burden, do not burden yourself more."
"Yeah!" Laina agreed, popping up behind them. "It's not your fault. Besides, it's okay. Trust me." They didn't.
Haldir came over to them. Apparently Aragorn had won their fight. "Come with me," he told them.
"Would you make up your mind?" Laina demanded. "First you say we can't come with you. Then you bring us here. Then you tell us we can't go any farther. Now you're saying to follow you. Make up your mind!"
"Would you prefer to stay here?" he asked her coldly before setting off.
"You'll like me in the end!" she called after him, with an evil tone in her voice. "They all like me in the end!" The evil tone disappeared as she continued. "Except for the dwarf. But he's ugly and stinky and I don't really care." She quickly ran to catch up to everybody else.
They were all tramping through the woods in a long line. "Um, aren't we supposed to be blindfolded?" Laina asked. "You know, because we're not elves? Or because we're not dwarves, but then Aragorn's too nice and says that is one member of the Fellowship has to be blindfolded then they should all be blindfolded." They all looked at her strangely.
"I don't know about blindfolds," Aragorn told her, "But I think somebody should gag you." They continued walking.
"Well, that was uncalled for," Laina sighed huffily.
They stopped abruptly at the top of a hill.
"The fairest wood of elf land," Haldir told them, "And home of the Lord Celeborn and the Lady Galadriel."
"I wanna see!" Laina whined.
They marched through Lorien, headed to see Celeborn and Galadriel. yes.
Laina, for once, was speechless. Well, almost. "It's so beautiful," she sighed.
Haldir had them wait at the foot of a beautiful staircase. Slowly Galadriel and Celeborn walked down the stairs. (Wow, they're ever so special)
"Eight there are, yet nine there were set out from Rivendell. Tell me, where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him," Celeborn asked.
"Hee! I love the way you talk. Say it again!" Laina demanded. The elves gave her some odd looks and otherwise ignored her.
"He has fallen into shadow," Galadriel told them. "But why would you bring HER with you?" she asked, obviously disgusted by Laina.
"I missed you too," Laina told her wiltingly.
AND NOW: I HAVE SEVERE WRITERS BLOCK SO I WILL POST THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER LATER. AND I'M SKIPPING OVER THE WHOLE MIND READING THING. IT'S HELL TO WRITE.