Chapter 7
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The next morning Haldier woke the girls.
"The fellowship is about to leave," he said.
The girls crept to the edge of the river, where the Fellowship was saying goodbye to Galadriel and the other elves. They knew that they would not be able to follow
them on foot along the riverbank, so Alexandria removed her pants, slipped into the water and turned into a mermaid.
"Finally, a change to use my tail! You've had all the fun, flying around!" she said.
The Fellowship began to float down the river and Alexandria dove under and began to follow. Glory turned into a fairy and flew above. The group continued to
paddle down the river, when Legolas spotted something in the water. It was Alexandria, but he couldn't make out what it was through the blurry darkness under the
surface of the water. He continued to stare, trying to see what this shadow that was moving underneath them was. Frodo noticed Legolas' confused look and
looked into the water himself. He squinted to try and get a look at this creature, but he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to face Aragorn, who pointed up at two
large statues on either side of the river.
"Frodo. The Aragornath. Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old, my kin," he said. They continued through the statues of the kings to the other side, then
paddled to the riverbank and pulled their boats ashore. Alexandria stayed in the water while they got out, and Glory landed in a tree above them.
"We cross at nightfall, hide the boats and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north," said Aragorn.
"Oh? Just a simple matter of finding our way across Emyn Muil, an impassable labyrinth of razor-sharp rocks! And then it gets even better! Festering, stinking
marshlands as far as the eye can see!" barked Gimli.
"That is our road, sir dwarf. Perhaps you should take some rest, and recover your strength," said Aragorn calmly.
"Recover my...!" started Gimli, but Legolas cut him off,
"We should leave now," he said,
"No. Orcs patrol the eastern shore. We must wait for the cover of darkness," said Aragorn.
"It is not the eastern shore that worries me," said Legolas, "A shadow and a threat has been growing in my mind. Something draws near, I can feel it."
"Recover my strength! Pay no heed to that, young hobbits," grumbled Gimli
"Where is Frodo?" asked Merry suddenly, Aragorn looked up and noticed that Frodo and Boromir were both missing. Glory flew off her branch into the air to
look for them. She spotted the two a small distance away and went to see what was going on.
"None of us should wander alone, you least of al," she heard Boromir say, "So much depends on you. Frodo? I know why you seek solitude. You suffer. I see it
day by day. Be sure you do not suffer needlessly. There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take."
"I know what you would say," said Frodo, "and it would sound like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart."
"Warning?" he scoffed, "Against what? They are all afraid, but to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have... Don't you see? It's madness."
"There is no other way." Said Frodo
Boromir took a step towards Frodo, and he backed away.
"Why do you recoil? I am no thief," said Boromir.
"You are not yourself!" said Frodo
"I ask only for the strength to defend my people! If you would but lend me the ring," begged Boromir, stepping toward Frodo again. Glory flew down to a branch
closer to Frodo. She would not let the Ring leave Frodo's hands.
"No!" shouted Frodo.
"What chance do you think you have?" sneered Boromir "They will find you, they will take the ring, and you will beg for death before the end! It is not yours save
by a happenstance. It could have been mine. It should have been mine! Give it to me!"
"No!" Frodo shouted again. Boromir stepped towards Frodo again and this time he tried to take the ring from him physically. Glory flew down to an even lower
branch and began to concentrate, if the ring entered Boromir's hands, she would change to her human form to get it back. But then Frodo was gone. Disappeared
into thin air.
"I see your mind! You would take the ring to Sauron! You will betray us! You go to your death, and the death of us all! Curse you! Curse all you halflings!" he
shouted to the sky, then fell to his knees and began to breathe heavily and he held his head in his hands. He looked up and seemed to realize what he had done.
"Frodo? Frodo? What have I done? Frodo, I'm sorry!" he called out. Glory left Boromir and took off to find Frodo. She flew into the sky and looked around for
him. Suddenly he appeared on the ground beside a stone platform. He seemed to have fallen. Glory dove down to make sure he was ok.
"Frodo?" said a voice. Glory turned and saw Aragorn walking toward Frodo.
"It has taken Boromir," said Frodo.
"Where is the ring?" asked Aragorn in a panic, stepping towards Frodo, as Boromir had done. Frodo backed away again.
"Stay away!" he said.
"Frodo? I swore to protect you," said Aragorn.
"Can you protect me from yourself?" said Frodo, not convinced, "Would you destroy it?"
For a moment it seemed to Glory that Aragorn wanted the ring. But instead he said,
"I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor."
I know. Take care of the others. Especially Sam, he will not understand," said Frodo. Glory was confused as to what they were talking about, then realized. Frodo
was leaving. He was going to go alone.
"Go, Frodo!" yelled Aragorn, "Run! Run!"
Frodo took off and Glory flew away to tell Alexandria what had happened. She found her cousin a little further down shore, still hiding out in the water until they
group was a safe distance away.
"He's leaving," said Glory, the moment she returned to her human form.
"What are you talking about?" asked Alexandria.
"Frodo. Boromir tried to take the ring, and then Aragorn told him to leave. Alexia, he is going to take the ring to Mordor alone!"
Alexia was silent for a moment,
"Gandalf was right," she said "Frodo Baggins' bravery can surprise you."
Then the girls heard the sound of a horn in the woods. Glory and Alexandria looked at each other, and then Alexia got out of the water, took her pants out of her
watertight bag, and ran towards the sound of the horn. Glory turned fairy and flew ahead to see what was happening. When she arrived she saw Boromir, lying on
the ground, three orc arrows in his body. Alexia arrived shortly after and hid behind the tree where Glory was hovering. Then Aragorn came running out of the
trees and spotted Boromir on the ground. He ran to him and knelt beside him.
"They took the little ones," said Boromir, squirming around, but Aragorn stopped him from getting up.
"Stay still," he said.
"Frodo. Where is Frodo?" asked Boromir worriedly.
"I let Frodo go," said Aragorn.
"Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the ring from him."
"The ring is beyond our reach now," said Aragorn.
"Forgive me," cried Boromir, "I did not see it. I have failed you all."
"No, Boromir. You fought bravely. You have kept your honor."
Aragorn leaned down and tried to pull one of the arrows, but Boromir stopped him,
"Leave it. It's over. The world of men will fail. All will fall into darkness, and my city to ruin."
"I know not what strength lies in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail," said Aragorn
"Our people," said Boromir, "Our people."
Aragorn picked up Boromir's sword and gave it to him. Boromir held it proudly,
"I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king."
Then Boromir fell silent and still. He had died.
"Be at peace, son of Gondor," whispered Aragorn, as Legolas and Gimli arrived.
"Where is Frodo?" whispered Alexia.
"I do not know," said Glory, "We should find him though, I think they'll be alright for now. We should just leave them alone."
Glory flew back to the riverbank in time to see Frodo push off from the shore. Alexia caught up with Glory and then they both heard a voice calling from
downstream,
"Frodo! Mr. Frodo!" it said, and then Sam came running out of the woods and into the water after Frodo.
"Go back, Sam," called Frodo, "I'm going to Mordor alone!"
"Of course you are, and I'm coming with you!" he called back, continuing further into the water.
"You can't swim! Sam!" cried Frodo.
Suddenly Sam hit a drop off and fell in over his head. He tried to keep himself up but went under. Alexandria pulled off her bottoms as fast as she could and dove
into the lake after Sam. She swam towards him and found he was sinking slowly under the water. He was unconscious. She took a deep breath, put her lips to
Sam's, and breathed out, giving him the oxygen. She felt him breathe in, but he was still unconscious. She threw her arms around him and started to swim towards
the surface when she felt someone pull. It was Frodo. He was pulling Sam out of the water. Alexia pushed Sam up out of the water, and then swam off before
Frodo or Sam could see her. Sam began to cough and sputter as Frodo pulled him aboard.
"I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise. Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee, and I don't mean to... I don't mean to." Sam cried.
"Oh, Sam," smiled Frodo, "Come on." Frodo pulled Sam into a hug and they began to paddle away. Alexia swam back to shore where Glory was waiting, who
had turned back into her human form.
They were both silent for a long time, in a state of shock.
"I'm going with him," said Glory. Alexia glanced over at her.
"I'm going to follow Frodo. I have to make sure that he and Sam are ok."
Alexia sighed and nodded,
"I will follow Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli," said Alexandria.
"Did you hear Boromir say 'they took the little ones'?" asked Glory.
"Yes. I think the orcs took Merry and Pippin," said Alexia, "I didn't see them before."
There was a crunching in the woods down from them.
"Get down!" said Alexia, and both girls ducked behind a bush. It was Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn. They had Boromir's body, which they placed into a boat and
pushed off of the shore. The boat floated downstream before disappearing over the waterfall.
"Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore!" said Legolas, turning to face Aragorn. He stared at Aragorn for a moment, then seemed to realize
something, "You mean not to follow them," he said.
"Frodo's fate no longer rests in our hands," stated Aragorn
"Then it was all in vain," said Gimli, "The Fellowship has failed."
"Not as long as we remain true to each other," said Aragorn, "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave
all that can be spared behind, we travel light. Let us hunt some orc." Then the three took off into the forest.
"I guess this is where I leave you," said Alexia, whistling for her horse again, who she had left in Lorien.
"We'll see each other soon," said Glory, hugging her cousin, "Goodbye."
Glory shrunk down to a fairy with a shimmering 'poof' and flew off across the river after Frodo. Alexia watched her cousin fly away, then climbed on her horse and
flew off after Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.
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The next morning Haldier woke the girls.
"The fellowship is about to leave," he said.
The girls crept to the edge of the river, where the Fellowship was saying goodbye to Galadriel and the other elves. They knew that they would not be able to follow
them on foot along the riverbank, so Alexandria removed her pants, slipped into the water and turned into a mermaid.
"Finally, a change to use my tail! You've had all the fun, flying around!" she said.
The Fellowship began to float down the river and Alexandria dove under and began to follow. Glory turned into a fairy and flew above. The group continued to
paddle down the river, when Legolas spotted something in the water. It was Alexandria, but he couldn't make out what it was through the blurry darkness under the
surface of the water. He continued to stare, trying to see what this shadow that was moving underneath them was. Frodo noticed Legolas' confused look and
looked into the water himself. He squinted to try and get a look at this creature, but he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to face Aragorn, who pointed up at two
large statues on either side of the river.
"Frodo. The Aragornath. Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old, my kin," he said. They continued through the statues of the kings to the other side, then
paddled to the riverbank and pulled their boats ashore. Alexandria stayed in the water while they got out, and Glory landed in a tree above them.
"We cross at nightfall, hide the boats and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north," said Aragorn.
"Oh? Just a simple matter of finding our way across Emyn Muil, an impassable labyrinth of razor-sharp rocks! And then it gets even better! Festering, stinking
marshlands as far as the eye can see!" barked Gimli.
"That is our road, sir dwarf. Perhaps you should take some rest, and recover your strength," said Aragorn calmly.
"Recover my...!" started Gimli, but Legolas cut him off,
"We should leave now," he said,
"No. Orcs patrol the eastern shore. We must wait for the cover of darkness," said Aragorn.
"It is not the eastern shore that worries me," said Legolas, "A shadow and a threat has been growing in my mind. Something draws near, I can feel it."
"Recover my strength! Pay no heed to that, young hobbits," grumbled Gimli
"Where is Frodo?" asked Merry suddenly, Aragorn looked up and noticed that Frodo and Boromir were both missing. Glory flew off her branch into the air to
look for them. She spotted the two a small distance away and went to see what was going on.
"None of us should wander alone, you least of al," she heard Boromir say, "So much depends on you. Frodo? I know why you seek solitude. You suffer. I see it
day by day. Be sure you do not suffer needlessly. There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take."
"I know what you would say," said Frodo, "and it would sound like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart."
"Warning?" he scoffed, "Against what? They are all afraid, but to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have... Don't you see? It's madness."
"There is no other way." Said Frodo
Boromir took a step towards Frodo, and he backed away.
"Why do you recoil? I am no thief," said Boromir.
"You are not yourself!" said Frodo
"I ask only for the strength to defend my people! If you would but lend me the ring," begged Boromir, stepping toward Frodo again. Glory flew down to a branch
closer to Frodo. She would not let the Ring leave Frodo's hands.
"No!" shouted Frodo.
"What chance do you think you have?" sneered Boromir "They will find you, they will take the ring, and you will beg for death before the end! It is not yours save
by a happenstance. It could have been mine. It should have been mine! Give it to me!"
"No!" Frodo shouted again. Boromir stepped towards Frodo again and this time he tried to take the ring from him physically. Glory flew down to an even lower
branch and began to concentrate, if the ring entered Boromir's hands, she would change to her human form to get it back. But then Frodo was gone. Disappeared
into thin air.
"I see your mind! You would take the ring to Sauron! You will betray us! You go to your death, and the death of us all! Curse you! Curse all you halflings!" he
shouted to the sky, then fell to his knees and began to breathe heavily and he held his head in his hands. He looked up and seemed to realize what he had done.
"Frodo? Frodo? What have I done? Frodo, I'm sorry!" he called out. Glory left Boromir and took off to find Frodo. She flew into the sky and looked around for
him. Suddenly he appeared on the ground beside a stone platform. He seemed to have fallen. Glory dove down to make sure he was ok.
"Frodo?" said a voice. Glory turned and saw Aragorn walking toward Frodo.
"It has taken Boromir," said Frodo.
"Where is the ring?" asked Aragorn in a panic, stepping towards Frodo, as Boromir had done. Frodo backed away again.
"Stay away!" he said.
"Frodo? I swore to protect you," said Aragorn.
"Can you protect me from yourself?" said Frodo, not convinced, "Would you destroy it?"
For a moment it seemed to Glory that Aragorn wanted the ring. But instead he said,
"I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor."
I know. Take care of the others. Especially Sam, he will not understand," said Frodo. Glory was confused as to what they were talking about, then realized. Frodo
was leaving. He was going to go alone.
"Go, Frodo!" yelled Aragorn, "Run! Run!"
Frodo took off and Glory flew away to tell Alexandria what had happened. She found her cousin a little further down shore, still hiding out in the water until they
group was a safe distance away.
"He's leaving," said Glory, the moment she returned to her human form.
"What are you talking about?" asked Alexandria.
"Frodo. Boromir tried to take the ring, and then Aragorn told him to leave. Alexia, he is going to take the ring to Mordor alone!"
Alexia was silent for a moment,
"Gandalf was right," she said "Frodo Baggins' bravery can surprise you."
Then the girls heard the sound of a horn in the woods. Glory and Alexandria looked at each other, and then Alexia got out of the water, took her pants out of her
watertight bag, and ran towards the sound of the horn. Glory turned fairy and flew ahead to see what was happening. When she arrived she saw Boromir, lying on
the ground, three orc arrows in his body. Alexia arrived shortly after and hid behind the tree where Glory was hovering. Then Aragorn came running out of the
trees and spotted Boromir on the ground. He ran to him and knelt beside him.
"They took the little ones," said Boromir, squirming around, but Aragorn stopped him from getting up.
"Stay still," he said.
"Frodo. Where is Frodo?" asked Boromir worriedly.
"I let Frodo go," said Aragorn.
"Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the ring from him."
"The ring is beyond our reach now," said Aragorn.
"Forgive me," cried Boromir, "I did not see it. I have failed you all."
"No, Boromir. You fought bravely. You have kept your honor."
Aragorn leaned down and tried to pull one of the arrows, but Boromir stopped him,
"Leave it. It's over. The world of men will fail. All will fall into darkness, and my city to ruin."
"I know not what strength lies in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail," said Aragorn
"Our people," said Boromir, "Our people."
Aragorn picked up Boromir's sword and gave it to him. Boromir held it proudly,
"I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king."
Then Boromir fell silent and still. He had died.
"Be at peace, son of Gondor," whispered Aragorn, as Legolas and Gimli arrived.
"Where is Frodo?" whispered Alexia.
"I do not know," said Glory, "We should find him though, I think they'll be alright for now. We should just leave them alone."
Glory flew back to the riverbank in time to see Frodo push off from the shore. Alexia caught up with Glory and then they both heard a voice calling from
downstream,
"Frodo! Mr. Frodo!" it said, and then Sam came running out of the woods and into the water after Frodo.
"Go back, Sam," called Frodo, "I'm going to Mordor alone!"
"Of course you are, and I'm coming with you!" he called back, continuing further into the water.
"You can't swim! Sam!" cried Frodo.
Suddenly Sam hit a drop off and fell in over his head. He tried to keep himself up but went under. Alexandria pulled off her bottoms as fast as she could and dove
into the lake after Sam. She swam towards him and found he was sinking slowly under the water. He was unconscious. She took a deep breath, put her lips to
Sam's, and breathed out, giving him the oxygen. She felt him breathe in, but he was still unconscious. She threw her arms around him and started to swim towards
the surface when she felt someone pull. It was Frodo. He was pulling Sam out of the water. Alexia pushed Sam up out of the water, and then swam off before
Frodo or Sam could see her. Sam began to cough and sputter as Frodo pulled him aboard.
"I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise. Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee, and I don't mean to... I don't mean to." Sam cried.
"Oh, Sam," smiled Frodo, "Come on." Frodo pulled Sam into a hug and they began to paddle away. Alexia swam back to shore where Glory was waiting, who
had turned back into her human form.
They were both silent for a long time, in a state of shock.
"I'm going with him," said Glory. Alexia glanced over at her.
"I'm going to follow Frodo. I have to make sure that he and Sam are ok."
Alexia sighed and nodded,
"I will follow Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli," said Alexandria.
"Did you hear Boromir say 'they took the little ones'?" asked Glory.
"Yes. I think the orcs took Merry and Pippin," said Alexia, "I didn't see them before."
There was a crunching in the woods down from them.
"Get down!" said Alexia, and both girls ducked behind a bush. It was Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn. They had Boromir's body, which they placed into a boat and
pushed off of the shore. The boat floated downstream before disappearing over the waterfall.
"Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore!" said Legolas, turning to face Aragorn. He stared at Aragorn for a moment, then seemed to realize
something, "You mean not to follow them," he said.
"Frodo's fate no longer rests in our hands," stated Aragorn
"Then it was all in vain," said Gimli, "The Fellowship has failed."
"Not as long as we remain true to each other," said Aragorn, "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave
all that can be spared behind, we travel light. Let us hunt some orc." Then the three took off into the forest.
"I guess this is where I leave you," said Alexia, whistling for her horse again, who she had left in Lorien.
"We'll see each other soon," said Glory, hugging her cousin, "Goodbye."
Glory shrunk down to a fairy with a shimmering 'poof' and flew off across the river after Frodo. Alexia watched her cousin fly away, then climbed on her horse and
flew off after Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.
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