*** Chapter 7. I hope you liked chapter six. Thank you Saera and Tara for
reviewing! Oh and I have great news. My Algebra grade went from a 74 to an
86. Anyways here's another chapter. ***
*** Dream ***
Logan sat alone in the kitchen when I wandered in early one morning. Looking up from the paper he smiled. "Mornin' kid whacha doin' up so early... on a Saturday at that?" He asked.
I shrugged sitting down across from him. "Logan I want to come along on the next mission... I feel that I'm ready to join the X-Men." I stammered.
I looked up at him expecting an outright no. "I was thinkin' the same thing kid. Yer excelling in your sessions. I believe you are more then ready to join us. "He replied.
My mouth dropped. I was more then surprised by his reaction. I had only been with them for a mere four months at the time.
Logan smiled. "Don't look so surprised kid the Prof. was thinkin' the same thing." He said flipping the page.
"I got to go... um Jubilee and I are goin' somewhere." I stuttered backing out the door.
*** End of Dream ***
Aragorn gently placed Shealyn on the ground brushing away a stray piece of hair out of her face. Checking her body for injuries he only found the cut on her forehead. "Sam hand me my pack." He said urgently.
"Is... is she alright?" Pippin asked as he and Merry hovered over them.
"She will be alright. The only injury she appears to have is the cut on her forehead." He stated looking up at them.
"Come Pippin..." Merry started. "We are just in the way." He said taking his cousin by the arm and leading him away from Aragorn.
"I hope she wakes up soon." Pippin stated glancing behind him.
Merry nodded as they sat with others who also wore worried expression on their faces.
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I slowly came aware that I was wrapped up in someone's cloak. I opened my eyes ever so slowly remembering that Logan said that it would hurt less if I did it slowly.
"Oh... my head." I moaned as I tried to sit upright.
"You were injured in the avalanche little one lie still." Aragorn's voice said gently.
I laid my head back down and soon my vision cleared. Aragorn knelt beside me holding a cup. "Here drink this little one." He said.
He helped me sit up and while he supported me he brought the cup to my lips. The bitter liquid ran down my throat. I almost gagged, but I swallowed it. "God that is nasty." I said after I swallowed.
Aragorn chuckled as he laid me back down on the bedroll. "Rest awhile Shealyn." He replied pulling the cloak around me.
"Sorry for delaying the quest." I said sadly.
"Do not worry Shealyn." Gandalf said as he sat beside me. "This is not your fault. Get some rest."
I nodded closing my eyes I drifted off to sleep.
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I woke during the night to a dull pain in my head. Glancing around I found that Merry and Pippin had fallen asleep beside me and Aragorn was not far away. Sam, Frodo, and Gimli lay asleep close to the wall while Boromir and Gandalf slept opposite of them. I sat up careful not to wake the sleeping hobbits.
"Ow..." I whispered to myself as the dull pain grew to a piercing headache.
Slowly I stood up supporting myself against the wall and stood there a minute as my world began to spin. After a moment everything righted itself and I slowly made my way to the edge of the small cave. "Legolas?" I called spotting him off to my right.
Legolas turned and silently walked to me. "Why are you up Shealyn? You have a nasty bump on your head. You should be resting." He whispered placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Its ok Legolas I've slept enough. I'm ok." I replied looking up to him.
"Why do you lie Shealyn I clearly see your pain radiating in your eyes?" He stated.
"Legolas you should know by now that I'm a warrior. I bet whenever you were injured you had a hard time lying still." I retorted my temper flaring.
"I do not wish to upset you Shealyn, but we will most likely move on tomorrow and you will need your strength." He replied.
Taking me by the arm he led me back to my bed roll where I compliantly laid on the bedroll and he pulled the cloak around me. "Quel du tithen min (Goodnight little one)." Legolas whispered before moving back to his post.
I didn't fall asleep, but instead gazing up at the stars I thought of home. Logan and Jubilee came to mind first. Logan was my father, the only one I knew. Jubilee was the big sister I always dreamt about in the lab. "I wonder if I'm even missed at home." I murmured to myself.
*** On Earth in Jubilee's dorm room ***
"Where could she be?" Jubilee whispered as tears ran down her cheeks.
Jubilee curled up on her bed sobbing for her lost friend. They had searched for Shealyn for a couple months and there were no signs of her. Shealyn was the youngest in the house and she was so innocent. "I wish she was safe at home." Jubilee whispered.
'Knock, knock'
"Can I come in darlin'?" Logan's voice called through the closed door.
Jubilee sat up and wiped the tears away. "Yeah Wolvie come on in." She called.
The door opened and Logan stepped through. In the past couple of months Jubilee seemed to notice that Logan aged with all the worry and guilt that was placed over him like a storm cloud.
"I miss her too." He said sitting on the bed beside her.
Jubilee crawled onto his lap and began to cry. "Wherever she is I hope she's ok." Jubilee cried in his shoulder.
"Shh darlin' if we know little Shealyn right she is ok." He whispered rubbing his hand over her back in a circle.
"What do you think happened to her Wolvie?" Jubilee asked.
"I don't know Jubes, I honestly don't know." Logan answered.
*** ME the next afternoon ***
"Miss Shealyn is your headache gone?" Sam asked falling in step with me.
"Yes Sam it's gone. How are you holdin' up?" I asked with a smile.
"I'm fine Miss Shealyn, but I am not the one with an injury." Sam replied.
We walked on in silence. Every once and awhile Aragorn, Legolas, or Pippin would come and check on me as we headed to Moria.
"The walls of Moria." Gimli stated with reverence.
I looked up to look at the massive wall and smiled knowing we would reach it at nightfall.
Just after nightfall we came to a stop. Gandalf traced something on the wall with his fingers muttering something before he looked up at the night sky. As a cloud revealed the moon the door of Moria appeared.
"It says Speak Friend and Enter." Gandalf translated for us.
"What do you suppose that means?" Merry asked.
"Quite simple..." Gandalf said. "If you are a friend you speak the password and the doors will open."
Gandalf turned back to the door and began to chant something, but it didn't work. I had a feeling that we would be there awhile so I sat down on a large rock. The others took my example and set the packs on the ground. Aragorn and Sam were unloading Bill the pony.
"A mines no place for a pony." I overheard Aragorn tell a sad Sam. "Not even a pony as brave as Bill." He paused taking the harness off Bill. "Don't worry Sam he knows the way out." Aragorn turned the pony around and patted his rump.
"Bye, bye Bill." Sam replied forlornly watching the pony trot away.
Merry and Pippin were at the waters edge having a rock throwing contest. Pippin was on the verge of throwing another when Aragorn grabbed his arm.
"Do not disturb the water." He whispered looking out across the water.
Behind me Gandalf sighed in defeat sitting on a rock in front of the door. Frodo who had been sitting there stood up staring at the wall.
"It's a riddle." He spoke. "Speak friend and enter. What's the elvish word for friend?" He asked.
Gandalf looked up. "Mellon." He answered.
Suddenly the wall began to open. At hearing the sound everyone grabbed their things and followed Gandalf in the mines.
"Soon master elf you'll experience the hospitality of the dwarves..." Gimli began.
"Oh brother." I said with a smile. "Here he goes again."
Pippin and Merry laughed at my comment.
"This is no mine..." Boromir stated. "This is a tomb. We should have never come here. Let us make for the Gap of Rohan." He added. "Get out!"
Standing at the entrance with the hobbits I sensed something was approaching from behind. Turning I found a tentacle come out of the water and grab Frodo by the leg pulling him down.
"FRODO!!" I cried grabbing onto him.
"STRIDER!!" Sam yelled as he and the other hobbits pulled their swords out and began hacking the tentacle.
It retreated back to the water for a moment before it was joined by a dozen others. They smacked the hobbits away from Frodo and grabbed him bringing up into the air.
"Strider!" He cried for help.
Something wrapped around my waist before I could do anything. Looking down I realized that the Watcher had me. I was thrown up into the air and caught by another tentacle. It began to squeeze the breath out of me. ~Oh no not this again~ I thought remembering what had happened with the Sentinels.
"Shealyn!" I heard Pippin cry out as the fellowship realized that I was also in danger.
Struggling I managed to grab hold of one of the daggers. Fiercely I attacked the tentacle so that it would release me.
"Ahhh!" I screamed as I was released and plummeted into the water below.
Aragorn picked me up out of the water and he and Boromir with Frodo in his arms struggled out of the water.
"Into the mines." Gandalf ordered as he and the three other hobbits plus Gimli ran in.
Boromir and Aragorn were not far behind. Legolas shot the Watcher in the eye and retreated as well. The Watcher cam up out of the water coming after us it crashed into the wall causing it to crumble. There was sudden darkness and I knew we were trapped.
"We have but one choice." Gandalf said grimly hitting his staff on the ground causing it to light up again. "We must go through the mine." He paused a moment counting heads. "It's a four day journey to the other side and I pray we will go unnoticed."
With that we started day one in the mines of Moria.
*** Ok I thought that was as good a place to stop as any. To make a long story short teachers are being mean assigning big projects plus for my Religion IV class I'm leaving on a Kairos retreat Tuesday and returning late Friday. I'll update ASAP. R&R!! ***
*** Dream ***
Logan sat alone in the kitchen when I wandered in early one morning. Looking up from the paper he smiled. "Mornin' kid whacha doin' up so early... on a Saturday at that?" He asked.
I shrugged sitting down across from him. "Logan I want to come along on the next mission... I feel that I'm ready to join the X-Men." I stammered.
I looked up at him expecting an outright no. "I was thinkin' the same thing kid. Yer excelling in your sessions. I believe you are more then ready to join us. "He replied.
My mouth dropped. I was more then surprised by his reaction. I had only been with them for a mere four months at the time.
Logan smiled. "Don't look so surprised kid the Prof. was thinkin' the same thing." He said flipping the page.
"I got to go... um Jubilee and I are goin' somewhere." I stuttered backing out the door.
*** End of Dream ***
Aragorn gently placed Shealyn on the ground brushing away a stray piece of hair out of her face. Checking her body for injuries he only found the cut on her forehead. "Sam hand me my pack." He said urgently.
"Is... is she alright?" Pippin asked as he and Merry hovered over them.
"She will be alright. The only injury she appears to have is the cut on her forehead." He stated looking up at them.
"Come Pippin..." Merry started. "We are just in the way." He said taking his cousin by the arm and leading him away from Aragorn.
"I hope she wakes up soon." Pippin stated glancing behind him.
Merry nodded as they sat with others who also wore worried expression on their faces.
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I slowly came aware that I was wrapped up in someone's cloak. I opened my eyes ever so slowly remembering that Logan said that it would hurt less if I did it slowly.
"Oh... my head." I moaned as I tried to sit upright.
"You were injured in the avalanche little one lie still." Aragorn's voice said gently.
I laid my head back down and soon my vision cleared. Aragorn knelt beside me holding a cup. "Here drink this little one." He said.
He helped me sit up and while he supported me he brought the cup to my lips. The bitter liquid ran down my throat. I almost gagged, but I swallowed it. "God that is nasty." I said after I swallowed.
Aragorn chuckled as he laid me back down on the bedroll. "Rest awhile Shealyn." He replied pulling the cloak around me.
"Sorry for delaying the quest." I said sadly.
"Do not worry Shealyn." Gandalf said as he sat beside me. "This is not your fault. Get some rest."
I nodded closing my eyes I drifted off to sleep.
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I woke during the night to a dull pain in my head. Glancing around I found that Merry and Pippin had fallen asleep beside me and Aragorn was not far away. Sam, Frodo, and Gimli lay asleep close to the wall while Boromir and Gandalf slept opposite of them. I sat up careful not to wake the sleeping hobbits.
"Ow..." I whispered to myself as the dull pain grew to a piercing headache.
Slowly I stood up supporting myself against the wall and stood there a minute as my world began to spin. After a moment everything righted itself and I slowly made my way to the edge of the small cave. "Legolas?" I called spotting him off to my right.
Legolas turned and silently walked to me. "Why are you up Shealyn? You have a nasty bump on your head. You should be resting." He whispered placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Its ok Legolas I've slept enough. I'm ok." I replied looking up to him.
"Why do you lie Shealyn I clearly see your pain radiating in your eyes?" He stated.
"Legolas you should know by now that I'm a warrior. I bet whenever you were injured you had a hard time lying still." I retorted my temper flaring.
"I do not wish to upset you Shealyn, but we will most likely move on tomorrow and you will need your strength." He replied.
Taking me by the arm he led me back to my bed roll where I compliantly laid on the bedroll and he pulled the cloak around me. "Quel du tithen min (Goodnight little one)." Legolas whispered before moving back to his post.
I didn't fall asleep, but instead gazing up at the stars I thought of home. Logan and Jubilee came to mind first. Logan was my father, the only one I knew. Jubilee was the big sister I always dreamt about in the lab. "I wonder if I'm even missed at home." I murmured to myself.
*** On Earth in Jubilee's dorm room ***
"Where could she be?" Jubilee whispered as tears ran down her cheeks.
Jubilee curled up on her bed sobbing for her lost friend. They had searched for Shealyn for a couple months and there were no signs of her. Shealyn was the youngest in the house and she was so innocent. "I wish she was safe at home." Jubilee whispered.
'Knock, knock'
"Can I come in darlin'?" Logan's voice called through the closed door.
Jubilee sat up and wiped the tears away. "Yeah Wolvie come on in." She called.
The door opened and Logan stepped through. In the past couple of months Jubilee seemed to notice that Logan aged with all the worry and guilt that was placed over him like a storm cloud.
"I miss her too." He said sitting on the bed beside her.
Jubilee crawled onto his lap and began to cry. "Wherever she is I hope she's ok." Jubilee cried in his shoulder.
"Shh darlin' if we know little Shealyn right she is ok." He whispered rubbing his hand over her back in a circle.
"What do you think happened to her Wolvie?" Jubilee asked.
"I don't know Jubes, I honestly don't know." Logan answered.
*** ME the next afternoon ***
"Miss Shealyn is your headache gone?" Sam asked falling in step with me.
"Yes Sam it's gone. How are you holdin' up?" I asked with a smile.
"I'm fine Miss Shealyn, but I am not the one with an injury." Sam replied.
We walked on in silence. Every once and awhile Aragorn, Legolas, or Pippin would come and check on me as we headed to Moria.
"The walls of Moria." Gimli stated with reverence.
I looked up to look at the massive wall and smiled knowing we would reach it at nightfall.
Just after nightfall we came to a stop. Gandalf traced something on the wall with his fingers muttering something before he looked up at the night sky. As a cloud revealed the moon the door of Moria appeared.
"It says Speak Friend and Enter." Gandalf translated for us.
"What do you suppose that means?" Merry asked.
"Quite simple..." Gandalf said. "If you are a friend you speak the password and the doors will open."
Gandalf turned back to the door and began to chant something, but it didn't work. I had a feeling that we would be there awhile so I sat down on a large rock. The others took my example and set the packs on the ground. Aragorn and Sam were unloading Bill the pony.
"A mines no place for a pony." I overheard Aragorn tell a sad Sam. "Not even a pony as brave as Bill." He paused taking the harness off Bill. "Don't worry Sam he knows the way out." Aragorn turned the pony around and patted his rump.
"Bye, bye Bill." Sam replied forlornly watching the pony trot away.
Merry and Pippin were at the waters edge having a rock throwing contest. Pippin was on the verge of throwing another when Aragorn grabbed his arm.
"Do not disturb the water." He whispered looking out across the water.
Behind me Gandalf sighed in defeat sitting on a rock in front of the door. Frodo who had been sitting there stood up staring at the wall.
"It's a riddle." He spoke. "Speak friend and enter. What's the elvish word for friend?" He asked.
Gandalf looked up. "Mellon." He answered.
Suddenly the wall began to open. At hearing the sound everyone grabbed their things and followed Gandalf in the mines.
"Soon master elf you'll experience the hospitality of the dwarves..." Gimli began.
"Oh brother." I said with a smile. "Here he goes again."
Pippin and Merry laughed at my comment.
"This is no mine..." Boromir stated. "This is a tomb. We should have never come here. Let us make for the Gap of Rohan." He added. "Get out!"
Standing at the entrance with the hobbits I sensed something was approaching from behind. Turning I found a tentacle come out of the water and grab Frodo by the leg pulling him down.
"FRODO!!" I cried grabbing onto him.
"STRIDER!!" Sam yelled as he and the other hobbits pulled their swords out and began hacking the tentacle.
It retreated back to the water for a moment before it was joined by a dozen others. They smacked the hobbits away from Frodo and grabbed him bringing up into the air.
"Strider!" He cried for help.
Something wrapped around my waist before I could do anything. Looking down I realized that the Watcher had me. I was thrown up into the air and caught by another tentacle. It began to squeeze the breath out of me. ~Oh no not this again~ I thought remembering what had happened with the Sentinels.
"Shealyn!" I heard Pippin cry out as the fellowship realized that I was also in danger.
Struggling I managed to grab hold of one of the daggers. Fiercely I attacked the tentacle so that it would release me.
"Ahhh!" I screamed as I was released and plummeted into the water below.
Aragorn picked me up out of the water and he and Boromir with Frodo in his arms struggled out of the water.
"Into the mines." Gandalf ordered as he and the three other hobbits plus Gimli ran in.
Boromir and Aragorn were not far behind. Legolas shot the Watcher in the eye and retreated as well. The Watcher cam up out of the water coming after us it crashed into the wall causing it to crumble. There was sudden darkness and I knew we were trapped.
"We have but one choice." Gandalf said grimly hitting his staff on the ground causing it to light up again. "We must go through the mine." He paused a moment counting heads. "It's a four day journey to the other side and I pray we will go unnoticed."
With that we started day one in the mines of Moria.
*** Ok I thought that was as good a place to stop as any. To make a long story short teachers are being mean assigning big projects plus for my Religion IV class I'm leaving on a Kairos retreat Tuesday and returning late Friday. I'll update ASAP. R&R!! ***