By: SilverRose82
I had to go investigate something, the only useful thing I think I got out of the part of the commentary I watched from the extended version of LotR. You'll understand when you start reading.
Umm late update, sorry. But I've got to study for finals even if I don't have a lot, I pulled a muscle in my foot somehow and I've been trying to find articles about the north boy that some guys from my school beat up and hospitalized. Got to love my classmates. I can't believe they would do that, broke both sides of his jaw and a few other things from what I got from a friend of mine.
Thanks to those who reviewed :
Bluejello :
I'll try to keep up with it, but the program I use to write on Word it didn't upload everything when I was putting it on my computer and the program that has a spell check won't let my paste from Word so I have to go through three other programs just to copy into word perfect. But I'll try to proof read a bit harder from now on. Hope you continue to read my story.
calikocat :
........ Now about those snow days. Send that snow here!!!! I don't want to take finals on my birthday........ Any ways I'm glad you like my story....... :: walks off muttering about it only snowing in February here ::
BenRG :
WOW.... lots to take into consideration after reading this. Umm, where to start..... you're right about the descendant part, that'll be explained more in the chapters to come. I'm going to stay close to the movie version since I can't seem to read any sort of books for school or on my own since I started high school, .. I'm working on the battle scenes since those happen to be the hardest for me to write well. Erm, can't say much about the romance department since it would completely destroy what's to come. Ren will be fighting not much with sailor power but with more hands on attacks, got a lot of pent up anger/energy to vent..... Best.... that's going to take a bit long to process through me but THANKS for thinking so.
Callisto Star :
Romance = surprise. It could happen or it could not happen or there may not even be romance in this story. I've read so many stories where Serena's just thrown into Middle Earth, there good stories, but they're common in almost every story read... so I'm trying something different.
solarmistress17 :
You'll have to wait.
sailorbardock1980
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"Do you think that we'll make it?" Pippin asked as they started out at the beginning path of Caradhras, snow was already started to rain upon them.
"Every step could be your last. But we have made a great deal of steps. Keep your wits to you and you should make it." Cosmos told him quietly as she walked before him in her sailor uniform, her cape flowing behind her in the wind. Passing Boromir she stopped to wait for the rest of the group to appear.
"But will everyone make it?" Merry asked as he looked up at her as she walked a top the snow as if it were nothing. Her open, high heeled shoes left no imprint on the snow she walked upon.
"I cannot answer that."
"Why?" Frodo asked quietly when she gave no visible response to their questions. Sighing, he felt for the ring, not watching Ren he didn't see her falter. Aragorn steadied her before shoveling what snow was in his way down the mountain side so that the hobbits wouldn't have to dig through the packed up white powder.
"I cannot. Telling a person's fate can alter others."
"So we won't?" Sam asked as he coaxed Bill to continue on through the snow. The pony didn't want to go up the mountain and his protest was telling them that, loud and clear.
"I am not saying that."
"Then what are you saying?" Pippin asked looking up at her as Legolas walked past them, he too, walking on top of the rising snow drifts.
"I am saying nothing. I do not know about you, thought." Ren gave them a light hearted smile as she willed her staff to her hand. Pointing the large crystal ball towards the snow the eight point star glowed a fiery red before melting a path in the snow allowing easier travel for hobbit, dwarf and horse.
"Lady how can you not be cold, I know that you are an elf but you have no protection from the elements." Boromir asked as silver eyes turned onto him. She said nothing for a while but a sadness could be seen in her eyes.
"I have battled in a cold that can never be matched again. This does not come close to it." Ren told him before turning to continue on after Gandalf and Legolas. Her sullen features could not be seen through the snow that began to fall around them.
"If so, did you win?"
"I won." Ren told him quietly, not turning around to face him. "And I died."
Silence came from the man of Gondor after that, as he milled over what she had just told him. As they moved farther up the mountain, more snow came from Caradhras, harder and much more determined to keep them from reaching their goal. Ren had to stop using the powers of Mars to allow a path for the others to follow, when it was filled with snow not even seconds later. Placing her hand on the side of the mountain to steady herself as the group stopped, she felt the mountain laugh, however that laughter sounded familiar.
"Caradhras, why do you do this?" Ren asked as she turned her attention onto the mountain, awaiting its answers. "Why do you try to defeat us?"
"I don't mean to Lady Light, but when you sent Chaos to Middle Earth I was the one who became its keeper." Was the answer the snow covered mountain belayed to her as Ren shuttered at the thought. The mountain had become cruel only because that one part of Chaos that she had sent became part of the core of Caradhras.
"I apologize." Ren whispered as she removed her hand from the cold, rocky wall. Watching Legolas run ahead of the others, she stared ahead as the white crystal shards allowed her only limited vision of the great mountain range. But more than enough to know that they wouldn't be able to go farther without risking the lives of everyone. She could hear grumbled coming from somewhere behind her about elves that could be fatter than a horse and still walk a top snow, sounded like Gimli. Legolas stopped suddenly, as did the others, looking into the sky all they could do was wait for him to speak.
"There is a fell voice on the air!" Legolas cried out as he turned to the others.
"Saruman!" Gandalf cried as rocks and snow crashed down from the mountain peak above them.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain! We must turn back!" Aragorn yelled as Gandalf looked at him from under the brim of his hat.
"No!"
"Gandalf, no one will survive if we continue on this path!" Ren screamed out as she stared at the stubborn wizard before her. Gandalf said nothing but tried to fight against Saruman, lightning stuck out from the storm clouds above them. Legolas barely had time to pull Gandalf back from the edge as snow fell upon them with the rush of a powerful waterfall. One by one the others were able to dig their way out of the snow that covered them.
"We must get off the mountain!" Aragorn yelled to be heard over the raging winds that refused to die out.
"If we cannot go over the mountain, I say let us go under it!" Gimli roared, Gandalf's tired eyes looked over the cold and snow covered group. Ren was wrapped in a soft light of red that melted all snow that came near her and was currently standing between both groups of hobbits trying to keep them warm.
"Let the Ringbearer decide!" Gandalf called after a few moments of silence, everyone turned to Frodo who glanced at everyone around him before looking at Gandalf.
"We will go through the mines!" Frodo told them as Gandalf sighed.
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"They hid the gate so well that it was forgotten over the years by all." Gimli told the group as he tapped on the stone wall every once in awhile.
"Why doesn't that surprise me." Legolas murmured silently, only loud enough for Gimli to hear him, the dwarf sent him a warning glare.
"My home shines bright, even in all this darkness she still shines bright." Ren smiled as she skidded away from the small lake that was beside the gate to Moria and the rocky pathway.
"You don't seem to miss it all that much. You don't seem to miss much that is here on Middle Earth. It seems as though this darkness does nothing but lift you spirits." Gandalf spoke up as silver eyes narrowed dangerously as Ren looked ready to attack the grey wizard.
"When you are me. You learn that if you give into the darkness you loose the light. I am that light and I loose if I allow darkness to over run." Ren growled out at him as she turned to stare up at her old home, now barren of the once glorious kingdom it had harbored.
"Then would you brave eternal death for this darkness you wish to make fall?"
"I love my family, my people, my friends, my world. I love the merriment, the joy, the kindness. But I will never rest until the darkness has fallen forever and I may wait forever……. But it will fall and I will be there when it does." Ren chilled Gandalf, he glanced over at the angered woman who refused to meet his gaze. "Do not question my actions. And do not question what I love and would give my life to protect."
Gandalf could only sigh as he continued to look for the gates to Moria, tapping the rock wall with his staff. They stopped when they came to where two trees framed a part of the giant rock wall. Grumbling something under his breath Gandalf began looking for the door that was somewhere around this part of the path. This was their last chance to get around unnoticed but the grey wizard had his doubts on this path.
"Isildin. It mirrors only starlight and moonlight." Gandalf whispered as he turned to look at the moon then back at the door. Slowly, the pattern inscribed on the wall started to emerge, stepping back he turned to the others. "It reads, The Gates of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak Friend and enter."
"What do you suppose it means?" Pippin asked as he glanced up at the door.
"Simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors open." Gandalf told the young hobbit with a simple shrug. Turning back to the door he tried one of soon to be many passwords.
"Nothings happening." Pippin told Legolas, the elf only glanced down at Pippin before shaking his head, a small smile on his lips. Gandalf turned to Pippin seconds later to scold him for his foolish and bother some questions. Ren who was sitting on a tree branch a few feet above Gandalf, took the stone she had been tossing around in her hands and flung it at him.
Rubbing the back of his head, he turned to glare at the silver elf. Only to find that her potent glare, one she used to make enemies run in fear, was aimed at him. Her eyes were void of all emotion as she slowly let her eyes flicker to Pippin who looked rather down cast. Turning back to the wizard she humfed before crossing her arms over her chest and leaning back against the tree's trunk.
"Speak, friend, and enter." Merry whispered as he turned to Pippin, giving his cousin an encouraging smile, the two started to toss stones into the black water on the other side of the stone door way. This carried on for a while, as Aragorn and Sam started to unload everything from Bill, allowing the chestnut pony to find his own way home. Hugging Sam in the way horses do, Bill turned around and headed back the way they had come from.
"Don't disturb the water!" Aragorn told them as he stopped Pippin from tossing in another stone.
"This is useless!" Gandalf huffed as he sat down to stare at the door. His staff lay beside him from where he had thrown it down in annoyance. Ren gave a soft smile before bounding over to him after leaving the safety of one of the trees. "You know it don't you?"
"Yes."
"Then why do you not speak the password?" Gandalf shot back as Ren raised a delicate, blonde eyebrow.
"Because I am not allowed to." Ren told him simply as she turned around to move closer to the same tree she had jumped from moments earlier. "You will figure it out, old friend."
Gandalf grumped something under his breath which caused Ren to stare at him coolly, Legolas only shook his head before studying the tree on the other side of the door. Gandalf started thinking about it again as he glared at the door, turning back at Ren he watched as she studied the water.
Holding her hand as if she had a ball cupped in it a icy blue light started to flicker a few inches above her palm, she was watching it grow with an intensity. As soon as it came to a size of a medium sized ball she tossed the ice ball into the air catching it again she hurled it into the lake, ice started to cover most of the lake allowing only a single hole in the center. Nodding once more she walked back towards the gate. Gandalf was suddenly stricken with the words Merry had uttered before their hour long wait. Speak, friend, and enter.
"I've got it! Mellon." Gandalf said as he jumped up. The giant gate slowly opened revealing nothing but darkness, a dreadful feeling settled among the hobbits as they moved closer to Ren and Aragorn. Walking through the doors they were met with a black abyss until Gandalf placed a crystal on top of his staff allowing for a small amount of light.
"Soon, mister elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the dwarves! Roaring fires, malt beer, red meat off the bone! This is the home of my cousin Balin. And they call it a mine. A mine!" Gimli said joyously as he followed after Legolas into the mine. Legolas didn't look to pleased about entering the mine other than the fact that there would probably be more dwarves than he would know what to do with, glancing around, everyone felt a sudden feel of death wash over them.
"This is no mine, it's a tomb." Boromir murmured loudly as he looked around at the floor of the mine. All around them were decayed bodies of dwarves arrows and swords stuck out of their bodies.
"Goblins!" Legolas spat as he threw down the arrow he had pulled from a near by body. All forgot to listen to the sounds of ice cracking as they hurried to leave the mine.
"We should never have come here! Get out! Get out!" Boromir cried as Frodo was grabbed around the ankle by a blue grey tentacle.
Sam cried out as he, Merry and Pippin worked at hacking off the tentacle that was dragging Frodo into the water, ice shards evaporated as Frodo touched the water. Frodo fell backwards as they cut it off only causing more to fly out of the icy water grabbing at Frodo and pushing the others away. Aragorn and Boromir made quick to hack off the creature's tentacles as they tried to get closer to Frodo, Legolas fired arrow after arrow into the head of the creature.
Ren turning to glance at the water once more, narrowed her eyes, a small crystal shard of red fire appear in her hands. Throwing it at the creature as Frodo was free of the kraken and Legolas let another arrow fly into the creature's eye. Everyone ran back into the mine as screams of pain and fury were heard behind them. However, in a blind and pain filled fury the kraken shot after them, destroying the gates as it pulled at the stone wall trapping the company in the mines with only one way to get out.
"Now we have but one choice. We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard! There are older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the world. It is a four day journey to the other side. Let us hope our presence may go unnoticed." Gandalf told them as he walked passed everyone, the small crystal on his staff eliminated a bluish light upon them as he by.
They had spent a day of walking through cluttered and old paths, up stair wells and rocks. Past a deep mine of mithril and up a steep set of stairs that were cluttered with debris of rocks, buckets and weaponry. Ren was silent the entire way, debating on what to do about unwanted pests, shrugging at the fact that nothing should be done on her part she followed after Gimli. The red headed dwarf had calmed down after seeing the dead bodies of his people littering the floor to the gate entrance. He still mumbled words of sorrow under his breath in dwarvish as they continued to walk along the narrow path before them.
"I have no memory of this place." Gandalf muttered as he looked around, three door ways stood before them. Turning to the others he moved to sit on a rock that face the three doorways, two which would lead to death.
"Are we lost?" Pippin asked as he looked at Merry and Ren who the two were leaning against.
"No, we're not lost." Merry told him quietly as Ren gave them a soft smile before taking a deep breath and closing her eyes tiredly.
"I think we're lost."
"Quiet, Gandalf's thinking." Merry scolded as he looked over at his cousin. Pippin became quiet after that statement for a few minutes.
"Merry? I'm hungry." Pippin whispered loudly as Ren ruffled his hair while Merry sighed. Seconds later two mushrooms appeared in Ren's hands. Pippin's eyes widened as he took one, Merry took the other, looking around he saw Frodo and Sam were munching on mushrooms as well.
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Later that night as the four hobbits began to get ready to sleep, all in some proximity to Ren, Merry and Pippin had refused to move from the spots they had been in earlier and Frodo lay against her leg, Sam the ever bashful and shy hobbit lay next to Merry on her left side, closer to the other fellowship members but ever ready to jump up at Frodo's command.
"I still can't sleep." Merry muttered as he glanced around the large stone cavern, Legolas eyed the hobbit for a while before moving off to take first watch. Ren's silver eyes followed him for a moment before turning to look down at Merry. His bright blue green eyes stared back up at her before he looked at Pippin who was still awake and then to Frodo who was mumbling something under his breath as he stared blankly into an abyss of black shadows. "I haven't been able to sleep since we started on this quest."
"You can't sleep, I always end up with rocks for pillows." Pippin mumbled as he rested contently against Ren's right side. She smiled down at the two hobbits, breaking up one of their arguments before they started was probably the best thing to do. Her voice was wispy, but soothing, as she quietly sang to the hobbits trying to get them to fall into a comforting sleep. However, the words she sang calmed most of the company, even in sleep, for the short time that they did hear her words.
"When you get caught in the rain with no where to run, When you're distraught and in pain without anyone, When you keep crying out to be saved, but nobody comes, And you feel so far away, That you just can't find your way home, You can get there alone, It's okay, What you say is
I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, And I know that I'm strong enough to mend, And every time I feel afraid, I hold tighter to my faith, And I live one more day, and I make it through the rain
And if you keep falling down, don't you dare give in, You will arise safe and sound, so keep pressing on steadfastly, And you'll find what you need to prevail, Once you say
I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, And I know that I'm strong enough to mend, And every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith, And I live one more day and I make it through the rain
And when the wind blows, as shadows grow close, Don't be afraid, There's nothing you can't face, And should they tell you you'll never pull through, Don't hesitate, stand tall and say
I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, And I know that I'm strong enough to mend, And every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith, And I live one more day and I make it through the rain
I can make it through the rain, And stand up once again, And I'll live one more day, I can make it through the rain, Oh yes you can, You're gonna make it through the rain" Ren sang quietly as she glanced down to see all four of the hobbits to be asleep. Looking up at the others she smiled softly before running her fingers though Pippin's wild hair. Frodo, who was using her leg as a pillow, look quite like the hobbit she had once known, innocent. Leaning back against the stone bolder she had taken to resting upon she looked like a content, mother hen. Her silver eyes ever watching for dangers that would hinder the calm and worry free sleep the hobbits had been placed in. Her eyes landed on the shadowy figure of Gollum, watching him climb around on the rocks below she could do nothing but glare at him to keep his distance.
Though there wasn't much to do but wait for Gandalf to figure out which of the three stone stairways was the right one to take. None would admit it the rest was well needed, after fighting the bitterness of Caradhras and bitter cold as snow and ice were flung at them from the wind. Rest was welcoming even if it was in a mine turned tomb.
"What makes you protect them so?" Legolas asked once he was sure the others were asleep. Ren slowly turned her eyes to look at him, confusion showed before she glanced down at the hobbits.
"You can teach them how to use a sword, you can teach them how to use that sword to kill, but by teaching them to do so you slowly kill what makes them hobbits." Ren told him as she leaned her head back, looking up into the blackened world above her she was strangely reminded of her home back at the Crystal Palace. Where she would spend hours at a time just looking through the transparent crystal ceiling watching the stars twinkle above her. Legolas confused by her words was about to speak again before she turned back to him. "I used to visit Middle Earth a great deal until thirteen or so years ago, as Merry told you. I would pop up in some of the strangest places. That is how I first met Bilbo, I visited on and off after that, but when Frodo, Merry and Pippin were born…. I knew that something special lay before them. Yes, I did miss Merry's ninth birthday and I do not think that he will ever let me live it down. I have always been drawn to the hobbits, how they care nothing for the world outside of the Shire. They were and are an innocence that I have not seen in a very long time."
"How is it that you know Gimli and he respect you so?" Legolas asked, Ren gave him a soft smile before down casting her eyes while she thought back to when she had first met that red headed dwarf.
"I met Gimli when I popped up in a mine one time, how I gained his respect? You will have to ask him." Ren told him as she cocked her head to the side before turning back to stare into the abyss. "You should try and rest, I shall be getting no sleep while I stay in here, there is to much evil around us."
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Song credits go to Mariah Carey, Through the Rain. I hope this didn't mess with the story to much, the lyrics just really fit into the story or at least I thought so.
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