A/N: Okay, okay, the beginning here is a bit confusing, but it will all get
explained. Bear with me here as I am a terrible writer. (emphasis on
terrible) And another thing, this is NOT a Legomance. By the way, all
flames will be sent to my pet dragon, Sebring.
Disclamer: If you recognize it, I don't own it. Short n' sweet.
"Sadri," his voice grew more serious, "Sadriethiel, you must eat it!" Legolas sternly whispered to the elf that was lying across his lap. She was reluctant to eat the lembas he was trying to give her, and Legolas was close to giving up.
"Let her be now, Legolas," said Aragorn who had walked up behind the two elves. "She won't eat any tonight. Try again in the morning." Legolas picked up Sadri and set her down where he had been sitting. She shivered once and he covered her with a blanket and then walked over to Aragorn, Gimli, and Pippin. "She isn't going to live through this is she?" asked Gimli.
*~*~*Two Weeks Earlier*~*~*
"You'll never catch me!" Sadriethiel yelled as two hobbits playfully chased after her.
"It's not fair! You're an elf!" Pippin yelled.
"Well then Pip, try to catch me," yelled Merry. Gimli stood next to a tree and watched this amusing game of tag. The Company was resting on the shores of the Anduin, two days out from Lothlòrien. Legolas and Aragorn also stood, viewing the small game, smiling, happy that some of the Company were in higher spirits. Aragorn then turned to Legolas. "She isn't bad, but we know only little of her," he said. Then Legolas said, "The Lady said she would prove useful. If she can be trusted by Galadriel, then she-" he was cut off by Sam who said something for the first time in hours. "Mr. Frodo has been gone far too long. And where has Boromir gotten off to?"
"Boromir is gone? I didn't notice he left!" Sadri said.
"Dolle naa lost," replied Legolas, who smirked at her. She gave him the death glare and he put his hands up as if surrendering, "lakwenien, amin nae lakwenien." Sadri just nudged him in the stomach. Getting more serious, Sadri said, "well, let's go find them!" She picked up her bow and quiver full of arrows and started off.
"Wait," said Aragorn, "stay here with the hobbits, Sadriethiel." She sighed and thought to herself as she put her bow down. 'Always left behind and away from the action. Typical.' But hey, it was more time for her to spend with the hobbits she had grown to love so much. Legolas stopped walking and turned around. "If we are not back in two hours, come look for us." Sadri nodded and he turned back around and continued walking.
Turning around from where she was sitting, Sadri said to Sam, "you look like you need some cheering up. Would you like to hear a song?"
"Oh would I ever!" the hobbit replied. So Merry and Pippin gathered around Sam and Sadri as she started singing a song of her people. She was about halfway through when she abruptly stopped. Sadri cocked her head to one side as though she was listening for something. Grabbing her sword she said, " Merry, Pip, Sam, hide in that bush over there, make no sound, and don't come out until I tell you to." The hobbits obeyed and the elf stood up and walked near a patch of trees. (Sorry for the overuse of the word 'and' here.)
Looking through a hole in the bush, Merry could see a line of orcs coming at Sadri. She stood there, calmly while the orcs got ready to attack. Cooly, she drew her sword and in one quick movement, beheaded an orc, and stabbed another. Sadri was doing pretty well against the orcs when one went behind her and got her into a headlock. She tried to bring her sword up to stab the orc, but her arm was held down by another. Seeing this, Merry felt the need to help.
"No," said Pippin, "she's an elf, she can beat them. Stay here Merry!" Merry paid no attention to Pip. The tiny hobbit stood up from the bush, took out his small dagger, and ran over to the struggling elf, who now had four orcs on her and more were coming. Merry started stabbing the orcs' legs. Some of them staggered and fell, but most still kept a grip on Sadri. One orc stood back, lifted his bow, and aimed an arrow at the elf. Just as he loosed, Merry saw and jumped in front of Sadri. (Gotta love self- sacrifice!) At this same instant, Legolas was looking down from the hill above and saw the small hobbit get struck in the chest by an orc arrow and fall to the ground. Then he heard on orc mutter to the one who had shot. "Fool, we need this elf alive!" With that, the orc knocked Sadri unconscious with a rock and bound her hands. Slinging her over one of their shoulders, the orcs started walking away. Legolas would have shot, had he not been out of arrows. He started dow the hill after them, but they were already long gone. He had stalled for far too long, he thought to himself. There was some rustling in the bushes behind him and he turned around to see Pippin crawling over to Merry's lifeless body.
"M-merry?" he choked. No reply came. Pippin grabbed Merry's shoulders and started shaking him violently. "Wake up, Merry, wake up! Please wake up!" he choked as tears rolled down his face. Legolas came up behind Pippin and put his arms around him to stop Pippin from shaking the fallen hobbit. "Pippin, Pippin, stop, he is dead, stop," Legolas whispered as he picked up the young hobbit and walked towards a bush. Pippin just gave out little choked sobs every couple of seconds. Looking into the bush, Legolas got a look of worry on his face. "Sam was here too, wasn't he?" the elf asked.
"Yes," stuttered Pippin, whose head was now buried in Legolas' shoulder, crying. (Hey, he just lost his best friend, you would be crying too!)
"He has gone then," said Legolas, "to find Frodo I assume."
Aragorn and Gimli sped down the hill towards Legolas and Pippin. The look on the elf's face and Pippin's buried head were a sign that all was not well. "Did you find Frodo and Boromir?" asked Legolas. Aragorn sighed and replied, "Yes, Boromir has been found, but he has been slain by orcs, and Frodo is off to Mordor alone. His fate is no longer in our hands."
"Not alone," said Legolas, who pointed down the bank at Frodo and Sam in the same boat in the middle of the Anduin.
"What has happened here?" Aragorn asked of Legolas, who paused before answering, and then said, "The orcs took Sadriethiel," after pausing again he finished, "Merry was slain trying to protect her." Then he patted Pippin on the head as to comfort him. Putting Pippin down, Legolas walked over to Merry's body.
"We cannot give him a proper burial, but we must do something," said Aragorn. Then Legolas stood up, "I sense something here, something evil. We cannot stay." Then he turned to the lifeless Merry and whispered, "May you rest in peace for eternity, foolish but brave, young hobbit, Meriadoc of the Shire."
"We cannot do anything more for him now, we must choose our path," said Gimli.
"I cannot leave Sadriethiel to torment by the orcs," said Legolas, "I will get her back, for it will not be that hard to track that number of orcs." Suddenly then, Pippin perked up.
"I am coming too! I will not let you go alone," he said. "Though, I fear, I will only be a bother."
"Nonsense, Master Peregrin," said the elf, "I should very much like your company."
"Gimli and I then, will go to Edoras," said Aragorn, "war is coming, I can feel it." What was left of the company nodded to each other and walked over to where their packs lay.
"Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore," said Pippin, breaking the akward silence that fell on them, as he looked out over the Great River.
**Almost forgot translations. The elvish stuff that I say in this story is really corny, but I'm kind of just learning it and I want to use it. If you don't like it, don't read it. Dolle naa lost~Your head is empty (you know.haha funny jokey sarcasmy stuff.) Lakwenien, amin nae lakwenien~ Joking, I was joking
Disclamer: If you recognize it, I don't own it. Short n' sweet.
"Sadri," his voice grew more serious, "Sadriethiel, you must eat it!" Legolas sternly whispered to the elf that was lying across his lap. She was reluctant to eat the lembas he was trying to give her, and Legolas was close to giving up.
"Let her be now, Legolas," said Aragorn who had walked up behind the two elves. "She won't eat any tonight. Try again in the morning." Legolas picked up Sadri and set her down where he had been sitting. She shivered once and he covered her with a blanket and then walked over to Aragorn, Gimli, and Pippin. "She isn't going to live through this is she?" asked Gimli.
*~*~*Two Weeks Earlier*~*~*
"You'll never catch me!" Sadriethiel yelled as two hobbits playfully chased after her.
"It's not fair! You're an elf!" Pippin yelled.
"Well then Pip, try to catch me," yelled Merry. Gimli stood next to a tree and watched this amusing game of tag. The Company was resting on the shores of the Anduin, two days out from Lothlòrien. Legolas and Aragorn also stood, viewing the small game, smiling, happy that some of the Company were in higher spirits. Aragorn then turned to Legolas. "She isn't bad, but we know only little of her," he said. Then Legolas said, "The Lady said she would prove useful. If she can be trusted by Galadriel, then she-" he was cut off by Sam who said something for the first time in hours. "Mr. Frodo has been gone far too long. And where has Boromir gotten off to?"
"Boromir is gone? I didn't notice he left!" Sadri said.
"Dolle naa lost," replied Legolas, who smirked at her. She gave him the death glare and he put his hands up as if surrendering, "lakwenien, amin nae lakwenien." Sadri just nudged him in the stomach. Getting more serious, Sadri said, "well, let's go find them!" She picked up her bow and quiver full of arrows and started off.
"Wait," said Aragorn, "stay here with the hobbits, Sadriethiel." She sighed and thought to herself as she put her bow down. 'Always left behind and away from the action. Typical.' But hey, it was more time for her to spend with the hobbits she had grown to love so much. Legolas stopped walking and turned around. "If we are not back in two hours, come look for us." Sadri nodded and he turned back around and continued walking.
Turning around from where she was sitting, Sadri said to Sam, "you look like you need some cheering up. Would you like to hear a song?"
"Oh would I ever!" the hobbit replied. So Merry and Pippin gathered around Sam and Sadri as she started singing a song of her people. She was about halfway through when she abruptly stopped. Sadri cocked her head to one side as though she was listening for something. Grabbing her sword she said, " Merry, Pip, Sam, hide in that bush over there, make no sound, and don't come out until I tell you to." The hobbits obeyed and the elf stood up and walked near a patch of trees. (Sorry for the overuse of the word 'and' here.)
Looking through a hole in the bush, Merry could see a line of orcs coming at Sadri. She stood there, calmly while the orcs got ready to attack. Cooly, she drew her sword and in one quick movement, beheaded an orc, and stabbed another. Sadri was doing pretty well against the orcs when one went behind her and got her into a headlock. She tried to bring her sword up to stab the orc, but her arm was held down by another. Seeing this, Merry felt the need to help.
"No," said Pippin, "she's an elf, she can beat them. Stay here Merry!" Merry paid no attention to Pip. The tiny hobbit stood up from the bush, took out his small dagger, and ran over to the struggling elf, who now had four orcs on her and more were coming. Merry started stabbing the orcs' legs. Some of them staggered and fell, but most still kept a grip on Sadri. One orc stood back, lifted his bow, and aimed an arrow at the elf. Just as he loosed, Merry saw and jumped in front of Sadri. (Gotta love self- sacrifice!) At this same instant, Legolas was looking down from the hill above and saw the small hobbit get struck in the chest by an orc arrow and fall to the ground. Then he heard on orc mutter to the one who had shot. "Fool, we need this elf alive!" With that, the orc knocked Sadri unconscious with a rock and bound her hands. Slinging her over one of their shoulders, the orcs started walking away. Legolas would have shot, had he not been out of arrows. He started dow the hill after them, but they were already long gone. He had stalled for far too long, he thought to himself. There was some rustling in the bushes behind him and he turned around to see Pippin crawling over to Merry's lifeless body.
"M-merry?" he choked. No reply came. Pippin grabbed Merry's shoulders and started shaking him violently. "Wake up, Merry, wake up! Please wake up!" he choked as tears rolled down his face. Legolas came up behind Pippin and put his arms around him to stop Pippin from shaking the fallen hobbit. "Pippin, Pippin, stop, he is dead, stop," Legolas whispered as he picked up the young hobbit and walked towards a bush. Pippin just gave out little choked sobs every couple of seconds. Looking into the bush, Legolas got a look of worry on his face. "Sam was here too, wasn't he?" the elf asked.
"Yes," stuttered Pippin, whose head was now buried in Legolas' shoulder, crying. (Hey, he just lost his best friend, you would be crying too!)
"He has gone then," said Legolas, "to find Frodo I assume."
Aragorn and Gimli sped down the hill towards Legolas and Pippin. The look on the elf's face and Pippin's buried head were a sign that all was not well. "Did you find Frodo and Boromir?" asked Legolas. Aragorn sighed and replied, "Yes, Boromir has been found, but he has been slain by orcs, and Frodo is off to Mordor alone. His fate is no longer in our hands."
"Not alone," said Legolas, who pointed down the bank at Frodo and Sam in the same boat in the middle of the Anduin.
"What has happened here?" Aragorn asked of Legolas, who paused before answering, and then said, "The orcs took Sadriethiel," after pausing again he finished, "Merry was slain trying to protect her." Then he patted Pippin on the head as to comfort him. Putting Pippin down, Legolas walked over to Merry's body.
"We cannot give him a proper burial, but we must do something," said Aragorn. Then Legolas stood up, "I sense something here, something evil. We cannot stay." Then he turned to the lifeless Merry and whispered, "May you rest in peace for eternity, foolish but brave, young hobbit, Meriadoc of the Shire."
"We cannot do anything more for him now, we must choose our path," said Gimli.
"I cannot leave Sadriethiel to torment by the orcs," said Legolas, "I will get her back, for it will not be that hard to track that number of orcs." Suddenly then, Pippin perked up.
"I am coming too! I will not let you go alone," he said. "Though, I fear, I will only be a bother."
"Nonsense, Master Peregrin," said the elf, "I should very much like your company."
"Gimli and I then, will go to Edoras," said Aragorn, "war is coming, I can feel it." What was left of the company nodded to each other and walked over to where their packs lay.
"Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore," said Pippin, breaking the akward silence that fell on them, as he looked out over the Great River.
**Almost forgot translations. The elvish stuff that I say in this story is really corny, but I'm kind of just learning it and I want to use it. If you don't like it, don't read it. Dolle naa lost~Your head is empty (you know.haha funny jokey sarcasmy stuff.) Lakwenien, amin nae lakwenien~ Joking, I was joking