I'm back, and with another chapter!!!! It sure took me long enough...but I'll try to make something happen in this one, I promise (note the word try in that sentence)! what happened last chapter, just in case it takes that long between people reviewing due to my decreasing speed in writing my fic...which is a bad thing...anyway, what happened last chapter: it is discovered that Nimrodel really likes trees, that Azerith french kisses matresses in his sleep (and knows it), that Frodo doesn't look right dancing like a chicken anymore (if he ever did), that big parties like that can have some pretty funny things to watch happen at them, and that Legolas fears Nimrodel when she talks in her sleep. Now the four (plus Gimli) are going towards Rivendell. Now that I mention Rivendell again, I remember getting two reviews that I must address now. One being from one of my friends, he told me that Elves can't sleep, they DO sleep Azerith, they sleep very lightly and with their eyes open (only Nimrodel's special, she had to live in a world for 16 years where everyone slept, so she's more suceptable to getting sleepy. :P). The other one was from I think CrystalHorse72, who might I add, has very good stories. This person said that they (Aragorn, Legolas, Azerith and Nimrodel) couldn't get from between the mountains and Mirkwood to Rivendell. My answer to that is: they went around the mountains and got to the Ford of Bruinen THAT way. Now that I have cleared myself of these...things...I think I'll stop ranting...for now...^-^
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"Ah!...Sun...too...bright...::yawn::What time is it? It can't be that late, I feel like I just went to sleep..."
"By where the Sun's positioned, Nimrodel, it's a few hours to noon, so it's a pretty good thing we aren't in a hurry."
There were then a few choice words said, and Legolas and Nimrodel got into an argument (where Nimrodel used a few choice words) while the others watched (because they had nothing better to do). After the altercation ended, they ate (and the guys were happy that Nimrodel didn't stuff her face again), packed up, and went on their way...again. Well, they walked...and walked....and what was it they did after that, oh yeah, they walked. In other words, they kept walking until about when it would be 4 in the afternoon, with short races and arguments in between. They then stopped due to the fact that a horse trotting along the road was heard. They decided to hide in the brush along side the road and attempt to startle this stranger. The horse approached with a slow pace, making Nimrodel become rather peeved and impatient. When the horse finally came around the corner in the road, the five were struck with fear, amazement, astonishment, and terror (more or less); a ring wraith was riding down the road on it's jet black horse, seeming as if it were searching for something, or someone...or both. They all kept sure that they didn't make their breathing audible to the wraith, covering their mouths and noses in some instances. Nimrodel covered her nose, but not because of worrying that her breathing would be heard; she thought she would pass out if she smelt the wraith any more directly (in other words, the wraith didn't exactly smell of fresh cut spring flowers strewn across a babbling brook with a hint of lemon...^-^). While she was putting her hand over her nose, she made the quick action of putting one of her necklaces down the front of her dress, so quickly that if someone watching had blinked they wouldn't have seen it happen and think it an optical illusion. Anyway, back to the wraith. It continued slowly on it's horse until it stopped, almost unnoticably due to how slow it was going, right in front of where they were hiding. The wraith then began to sniff around, you know, left, right, in front, and behind; the wraith then made the sort of sniffing sound like it smelt something putrid, then smelt the area where it's arm pits would be and made an even louder sniffing noise like the one before. Nimrodel tried very hard not to laugh at what just happened (which she thought was more or less absolutely hilarious); unfortunately, a little bit of a noise escaped her and the wraith had heard it, though barely. It dismounted the horse and walked over to the bushes where Nimrodel was hiding. The guys looked at her and she shrunk down a little in guilt. When the wraith got right next to the bushes, they shrunk down and held their breath, not only to be silent, but also to keep themselves from choking. After being like that for what seemed like 15 minutes, the wraith finally decided to move on down the road (the direction they had come from). Once the wraith had cleared the area and hearing range, they all signed in relief that they hadn't been discovered, and to get a good lot of fresh air.
"::sigh:: Jeez, I thought I was gonna keel over if it didn't leave soon; when was the last time it cleaned itself?!"
"I don't really know Nimrodel, but I was more worried about the wraith finding us."
"Aw, come on Legolas, we were all being as quiet as humanly...or inhumanly...possible. I was a little worried though..."
"Yeah, I was too, like I said before. I wasn't really that worried until you started laughing at it and let yourself be heard."
"Oh PLEASE! It could have been a HELL of a lot worse than that, I mean, I could have laughed really loud at that wraith, believe me, so don't start with me, you will not win."
As it would probably be assumed, this argument went on for quite a bit. Well, after they got over the wraith incident, they kept walking. They kept walking for the rest of the day, though very cautiously, and for the next three days it ended up being the same cautious trekking without night traveling. By then they had gotten to the outskirts of Bree...again.
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Well, that's my, what is it, 7th chapter now?...yeah, 7th. I actually got it done in less than a month...poor Little Nicky...he must be freezing down there in hell right now...I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get the next chapter or two up a little quicker, if homework amounts allow. Hope that this chapter was a little better, and please, PLEASE review!!! My amount of reviewers has gone down to like two!!
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"Ah!...Sun...too...bright...::yawn::What time is it? It can't be that late, I feel like I just went to sleep..."
"By where the Sun's positioned, Nimrodel, it's a few hours to noon, so it's a pretty good thing we aren't in a hurry."
There were then a few choice words said, and Legolas and Nimrodel got into an argument (where Nimrodel used a few choice words) while the others watched (because they had nothing better to do). After the altercation ended, they ate (and the guys were happy that Nimrodel didn't stuff her face again), packed up, and went on their way...again. Well, they walked...and walked....and what was it they did after that, oh yeah, they walked. In other words, they kept walking until about when it would be 4 in the afternoon, with short races and arguments in between. They then stopped due to the fact that a horse trotting along the road was heard. They decided to hide in the brush along side the road and attempt to startle this stranger. The horse approached with a slow pace, making Nimrodel become rather peeved and impatient. When the horse finally came around the corner in the road, the five were struck with fear, amazement, astonishment, and terror (more or less); a ring wraith was riding down the road on it's jet black horse, seeming as if it were searching for something, or someone...or both. They all kept sure that they didn't make their breathing audible to the wraith, covering their mouths and noses in some instances. Nimrodel covered her nose, but not because of worrying that her breathing would be heard; she thought she would pass out if she smelt the wraith any more directly (in other words, the wraith didn't exactly smell of fresh cut spring flowers strewn across a babbling brook with a hint of lemon...^-^). While she was putting her hand over her nose, she made the quick action of putting one of her necklaces down the front of her dress, so quickly that if someone watching had blinked they wouldn't have seen it happen and think it an optical illusion. Anyway, back to the wraith. It continued slowly on it's horse until it stopped, almost unnoticably due to how slow it was going, right in front of where they were hiding. The wraith then began to sniff around, you know, left, right, in front, and behind; the wraith then made the sort of sniffing sound like it smelt something putrid, then smelt the area where it's arm pits would be and made an even louder sniffing noise like the one before. Nimrodel tried very hard not to laugh at what just happened (which she thought was more or less absolutely hilarious); unfortunately, a little bit of a noise escaped her and the wraith had heard it, though barely. It dismounted the horse and walked over to the bushes where Nimrodel was hiding. The guys looked at her and she shrunk down a little in guilt. When the wraith got right next to the bushes, they shrunk down and held their breath, not only to be silent, but also to keep themselves from choking. After being like that for what seemed like 15 minutes, the wraith finally decided to move on down the road (the direction they had come from). Once the wraith had cleared the area and hearing range, they all signed in relief that they hadn't been discovered, and to get a good lot of fresh air.
"::sigh:: Jeez, I thought I was gonna keel over if it didn't leave soon; when was the last time it cleaned itself?!"
"I don't really know Nimrodel, but I was more worried about the wraith finding us."
"Aw, come on Legolas, we were all being as quiet as humanly...or inhumanly...possible. I was a little worried though..."
"Yeah, I was too, like I said before. I wasn't really that worried until you started laughing at it and let yourself be heard."
"Oh PLEASE! It could have been a HELL of a lot worse than that, I mean, I could have laughed really loud at that wraith, believe me, so don't start with me, you will not win."
As it would probably be assumed, this argument went on for quite a bit. Well, after they got over the wraith incident, they kept walking. They kept walking for the rest of the day, though very cautiously, and for the next three days it ended up being the same cautious trekking without night traveling. By then they had gotten to the outskirts of Bree...again.
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Well, that's my, what is it, 7th chapter now?...yeah, 7th. I actually got it done in less than a month...poor Little Nicky...he must be freezing down there in hell right now...I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get the next chapter or two up a little quicker, if homework amounts allow. Hope that this chapter was a little better, and please, PLEASE review!!! My amount of reviewers has gone down to like two!!