KDK note: Hah! Chappie three! If you want my disclaimer, it's on chappie 2.
The only person I own is Kelsey.so there! Onwards with the fic!
Kelsey returned to her room later to find that Elrond had supplied her with all of the weapons she would need. A beautifully made recurve bow, a quiver full of arrows, a really cool silver-looking long sword and matching dagger and throwing knives. "Ooh! Pretty!" Also, he had supplied her with clothes for the journey, A long-sleeved gray shirt, forest-green tunic, emerald-green leggings, beautiful brown leather boots, a lovely hunter-green cloak, and leather armguards.
"Maybe I should go find a practice court or something and try these out. I wonder if I can convince Aragorn to teach me how to use the sword." And with that, she changed into her travel clothes (minus the cloak), grabbed her bow, quiver, and sword, and headed out of her room.
After a few moments, she came across Aragorn and Boromir. They seemed to be very engrossed in their conversation, and bring the polite person she was, decided not to interrupt or eavesdrop, so she waited behind a large tree. But her elven hearing caught every word just the same.
"I don't understand why we have to bring that child along. She'll be more hindrance than help," snapped Boromir.
"I don't understand it either, but I trust Gandalf's and Lord Elrond's decision. We have to believe that she's here for a reason." Aragorn replied.
"Children her age can't fight! Particularly not girls"
Kelsey looked down, slightly hurt. So. That's what they think. IO can't say I'm surprised though. I'm not really supposed to be here anyway. Guess I'll just have to work extra hard to change their minds. ^.^ She ran as fast as she could (which is pretty darn fast now) to find someone who could direct her in the direction of the megiltura [swordmaster].
The armsmaster (who I will call Errol, simply because I can't come up with a decent name) looked to be about forty years old, which could mean anything. He had chestnut brown hair that was tied securely back in a ponytail and had deep brown eyes.
Weird. This guy reminds me a lot of my dad. "Excuse me, megiltura."
He turned from the dagger he was working on to look at her. "Can I help you Milady?"
"Yes, actually. If you wouldn't mind.could you please teach me how to use a sword?"
"Of course Milady, but why such a request?"
"I am to join the Fellowship and would like a way to defend myself other than with a bow."
"Of course, Lady. But before we start, may I ask your name?"
"It's Kelsey. You have not need to call me 'Lady', as I am certainly not one."
"As you wish, Lady," he said with a smile.
The fellowship did not see much of her within the next couple months. She worked very hard to avoid them and practiced every day. A few weeks before they were to leave, Errol asked to see her weapons, as they had only used practice swords before.
"You have a very valueble treasure here mellonamin [my friend]," he said as he ran his hand over the glittering blade. "I do? I wouldn't think that Lord Elrond would give me anything of too much value."
"It is made of pure mithril."
"WHAT?! You must be kidding! And to have given me a matching dagger and throwing knives! Good grief!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ A.N. Okay! There's the third chapter. Hopefully it wasn't too bad. Keep in mind that the Council of Elrond was on October 25. She arrived on the 27th. They leave on December 25. This gives her a lot of time to learn.
Kelsey returned to her room later to find that Elrond had supplied her with all of the weapons she would need. A beautifully made recurve bow, a quiver full of arrows, a really cool silver-looking long sword and matching dagger and throwing knives. "Ooh! Pretty!" Also, he had supplied her with clothes for the journey, A long-sleeved gray shirt, forest-green tunic, emerald-green leggings, beautiful brown leather boots, a lovely hunter-green cloak, and leather armguards.
"Maybe I should go find a practice court or something and try these out. I wonder if I can convince Aragorn to teach me how to use the sword." And with that, she changed into her travel clothes (minus the cloak), grabbed her bow, quiver, and sword, and headed out of her room.
After a few moments, she came across Aragorn and Boromir. They seemed to be very engrossed in their conversation, and bring the polite person she was, decided not to interrupt or eavesdrop, so she waited behind a large tree. But her elven hearing caught every word just the same.
"I don't understand why we have to bring that child along. She'll be more hindrance than help," snapped Boromir.
"I don't understand it either, but I trust Gandalf's and Lord Elrond's decision. We have to believe that she's here for a reason." Aragorn replied.
"Children her age can't fight! Particularly not girls"
Kelsey looked down, slightly hurt. So. That's what they think. IO can't say I'm surprised though. I'm not really supposed to be here anyway. Guess I'll just have to work extra hard to change their minds. ^.^ She ran as fast as she could (which is pretty darn fast now) to find someone who could direct her in the direction of the megiltura [swordmaster].
The armsmaster (who I will call Errol, simply because I can't come up with a decent name) looked to be about forty years old, which could mean anything. He had chestnut brown hair that was tied securely back in a ponytail and had deep brown eyes.
Weird. This guy reminds me a lot of my dad. "Excuse me, megiltura."
He turned from the dagger he was working on to look at her. "Can I help you Milady?"
"Yes, actually. If you wouldn't mind.could you please teach me how to use a sword?"
"Of course Milady, but why such a request?"
"I am to join the Fellowship and would like a way to defend myself other than with a bow."
"Of course, Lady. But before we start, may I ask your name?"
"It's Kelsey. You have not need to call me 'Lady', as I am certainly not one."
"As you wish, Lady," he said with a smile.
The fellowship did not see much of her within the next couple months. She worked very hard to avoid them and practiced every day. A few weeks before they were to leave, Errol asked to see her weapons, as they had only used practice swords before.
"You have a very valueble treasure here mellonamin [my friend]," he said as he ran his hand over the glittering blade. "I do? I wouldn't think that Lord Elrond would give me anything of too much value."
"It is made of pure mithril."
"WHAT?! You must be kidding! And to have given me a matching dagger and throwing knives! Good grief!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ A.N. Okay! There's the third chapter. Hopefully it wasn't too bad. Keep in mind that the Council of Elrond was on October 25. She arrived on the 27th. They leave on December 25. This gives her a lot of time to learn.