Relationships are on the way.
Change in the story theme.
Mixture of the book and the movie.
Swearing – mild to start withRating will change later.
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Chapter 2
The day draw to a close and the last thing that the sun saw, was the scene of a future king riding nobly on the back of a strong chestnut stallion, followed closely by a smaller white horse bearing the weight of the lightweight Elf and the hefty dwarf.
They kept riding throughout the night, not stopping.
The night gave way to day once more, and the sun seeing the scene that ended its time in the former night, with the two beast bearing the same burdens, bringing them closer to the smoking pile orcs.
Jumping off his horse, Aragorn walked straight toward the pile of smoking creature, hoping, that he would not find the childlike figures of his comrades in the pile of festering orcs.
To his surprise and relief he found there were no more creatures other than the twisted tortured souls of the fell creatures.
"Aragorn, is this Merry's belt?" Gimli asked holding up a burnt gold belt, a sad look on his face.
"Yes, but where are they?, for they are not among this lot" replied the confused Ranger.
"I think they may of gone into the forest" replied the dwarf
"That forest is Fangorn, people do not go there if they have a choice" replied Aragorn
"What if they didn't have a choice, the forest on one side, the other orcs and men, with no weapons, I know I would chose the forest" Gimli exclaimed
Aragorn thought over what could have happened.
*did they go into the forest or were they killed. I can not tell, I wish more than ever that Gandalf was here. What to do?, what to do? *
"We go in to the forest, maybe they escaped" came the order from Aragorn.
They began to walk towards the trees when they realized that Legolas was not with them.
"Legolas?" "Crazy Elf?" the questions came together, as they tried to see their friend.
"Dumb human and stupid dwarf" came the answer came for within the forest.
The horses neighed in fear at the sudden voice, the elf came out the forest to calm their nerves.
"Arod une navo tyths , theas ethion" ( Arod it was me, don't worry)
this seemed to calm the white horse, he moved onto Aragorn's steed.
" replaun Brego" (sorry Brego) ,but the horse then became angry nickering even more, Legolas look confused,
"what did I do wrong?" he turned round to asked Aragorn as he did Brego reached down and bit Legolas's bottom.
"Ow, what was that for?" asked the rather put out elf.
The laugher came from the human and the dwarf, caught the elf's attention,
"What are you laughing at?"
"I think Brego has the same idea as the dwarf" answered the ranger.
Legolas just scowled at the pair,
" Are we going to go into the forest or not" said the angry Elf, walking off again in to the forest, Arod following behind.
"Come on Aragorn, we better follow our misbehaving couple"
" Your right, an angry Elf is a difficult Elf, come on Brego" replied the still amused Aragorn.
Aragorn and Gimli warily walked in to Fangorn, Brego walked behind, stumbling slightly.
They finally caught up with the Elf, but he seemed unaware of them approaching.
"Legolas?"
"this forest is old, I feel so young here. Many things have happened, some more recent that others, the trees have said that small people were here in the forest, but they do not know where they are now" replied the voice of Legolas distant.
"They are a live then! I hope they are alright" said Aragorn betraying his feeling of hope. "we will carry on, we must find them."
The company carried on deeper into the forest, looking for their friends. Legolas's movement slowed down, enough for the dwarf to walk into him.
"why in the hell did you stop for?" grumbled a disgruntled dwarf.
Speaking in Elvish Legolas spoke to Aragorn.
"arrie este outhe oth thers redth" ( there is someone to our left)
"rethe este une?"( who is it?) replied the ranger quietly.
" whith ytheru" (White Wizard) came the reply
"what are you saying? I don't understand elvish" shouted the annoyed dwarf.
Aragorn turned round and spoke quietly to Gimli " the white wizard is about us"
"oh! What are we going to do?" asked Gimli subdued, before the ranger could reply to the quiet question, the sound of an arrow being released turned his head toward the Elf, the elf had a shocked look on his face. Aragorn and Gimli, followed the gaze of Legolas.
They turned in time to see the arrow that Legolas had released burn up and miss his target. White light covered the person behind it.
Startled by the light, the horse ran in fear.
"Come back" cried the ranger trying to run after them, a shout stopped him.
"It's Saruman!" cried the Dwarf
" No I'm Not, for I am someone that you know from long ago" the person answered, the light began to fade, Legolas was the first to see who it truly was.
" Mithrandir" whispered the Elf
"Gandalf" Aragorn and Gimli exclaimed simultaneously
" Yes that is what they used to call me" Losing himself in memories that have pasted, he smiled faintly " Gandalf the Grey was what they used to call me. That will not do now, for now I am Gandalf the White."
"Gandalf the White, what happened for you? We thought you were died, how can this be?" asked the confused Human.
" we will talk about this later, we do not have the time. I have come to you when middle Earth needs you the most. We must go to Edoras, and seek to help the men of the mark." Replied the dismissive Wizard.
"Stop! What about the hobbits, Merry and Pippin, we can not leave them" exclaimed Legolas.
" they are safe, you do not need to worry about them, young Elf. The Ent, Treebeard, is looking after them and keeping away from harm" replied the Wizard gently. "Now we must go, the race of men depend on it."
The group of mixed races started off once again, fighting their way though the trees, to find the plains of Rohan. The night draw in and the company decided to camp for the night.
The camp area was a wide space, there was enough room for a fire,
"I'll go and fetch some wood" offered Legolas
"go on then, don't go to far, you may be an Elf, but these trees are angry about something" warned Gandalf.
The Elf was walked into the woods. Aragorn was lost in thoughts
* Gandalf is back, my heart should be lighter, but then why is it still so heavy?*
Gandalf seemed to pick up on the future kings thoughts,
"Gimli, would you like to find our Elf and then go hunting for some food, I'm sure you could do with some meat in your diet." Speaking only to the Dwarf, Gimli looked startled at the request, but happened to look over at Aragorn, he hastily replied.
"O.K. I find the crazy Elf he has to be here somewhere"
Gimli stumbled into the forest, all could be heard was the loud shouts of
"CRAZY ELF, WHERE IN THE HELL ARE YOU?"
Aragorn was startled by the dwarf's loud voice, in the angry silence of the forest, that surrounded them.
A chuckle was all that reminded his that the age old wizard was still with him,
"What is the matter, Estel? I was afraid that we would lose you to your mind" the concerning eyes of Gandalf rested on the ranger.
" Nothing is wrong, why would it be, maybe I'm only a tired."
" Aragorn son of Arathorn, I know you are not telling me the truth, so you will tell me" boomed the powerful wizard. Then controlling his anger on the ranger " maybe I can help you."
Aragorn recovered from the affect of seeing an angry wizard and finally gave in.
" my heart no longer belongs to the Everstar, Arwen. It belongs to her in only as sister, nothing more." Came the shaky confession
"then who has a hold of your heart?" encouraged Gandalf
"I can not tell for, it will break Arwen's heart and the one that I love will never feel the same" sighed Aragorn.
"How do you know they want return your feelings young one?" Gandalf questioned
Aragorn didn't know how to answer the question
"I'm not sure that is the problem, I could not work anyway, I am betrothed to Arwen, I will not hurt her" a resigned tone in his voice.
"what if I told you, that she to loves another, would you go for the one you truly love?"
Shocked by the statement, Estel didn't know how to reply
* She love another, and I'm happy for her, Why? I could tell him who I love, well it be right? I'm more confused now, what of they don't like me back, I'll have to tell someone. *
"Aragorn, are you with me,?"
"hum. Yes. Gandalf I love a male, his name is….?
Before he could get his sentence out, the dwarf came out of the forest, looking very annoyed. And shouted
"that bloody elf when I get my hands on him, he will suffer"
"What did he do?" asked the ranger, happy for the change in the subject.
" I spotted him in one of the trees, so I called him, he turned round and asked what I wanted, I replied that I was to collect you then to go hunting. We went and then that Bloody Elf Disappeared on me"
" he disappeared on you, how?" asked the aging wizard.
"said something about needed some time alone, that I can understand, but leaving me in the middle of a forest, I can not" replied the still angry Gimli
" neither can I ? I will go and look for him, you and Aragorn stay here, get a fire going, for when I get back, I will need to keep warm."
Aragorn and Gimli watched the Wizard go into the forest, in search for the errand Elf,
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, three should be on the way.. Please review
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Devilburns J