Tory and Ali Screw with Lord of the Rings

Tory's Chapter

Chapter 3

A/N: Ali, that was awesome! I love it!

We had been riding for so long. First riding with Eomer, then riding with Aragorn. It was hell. My butt had never been so sore. Yeah, I guess I like horses when they aren't pooping. I've taken some riding lessons when I was like five. But this was just awful. I think they made the saddle out of wood. Wood! Poor horse, poor me. Riding behind two hot guys was not the worst thing in the world. It's just the saddle was so annoying!

Ali broke me out of my thoughts. She rode up beside me on her wonderful looking horse.

"How's the riding going?" She asked smirking. She had taken riding lessons over the summer. Lucky bitch.

"Not my fault that the saddles are wooden!" Gr. It was nice being behind Aragorn though. He smelled like nice earth. Wonder what Legolas smelled like. We'll just have to find out. Hmm…

Ali was talking to Aragorn. "The forest is just over that hill."

"We should speed up. The Halflings will be very far ahead by now." Aragorn responded. No, not faster. Bouncing up and down is not fun!! Aragorn kicked the horse. I held onto him a little tighter. The horse started galloping. Help! I was all tensed up and trying not to fall off. I guess Aragorn could feel that because he told me to relax. I've been a hobbit girl before, but he has the sexiest voice. Yum!

"There's the forest!" Ali exclaimed. Yes! Let's get off the stupid horse! We came to a halt and Aragorn, Ali and Legolas jumped off like the amazing horse riders they are. Aragorn helped me off (what a gentleman!) Gimli refused to be helped. He tried to get off by himself but then fell off and landed in a mud puddle. Ali and I burst out laughing and Aragorn and Legolas tried to hide snickers. Hee hee, stupid dwarf. Ali managed to regain her composure first.

"The Halflings went that way." She pointed to where we had helped them through the forest. We walked into the forest. It was dark and depressing and forestey. I heard Legolas talking to Aragorn in Elvish. It sounded a lot like Latin. Shudder. I hate Latin.

"You girls should stay close. It is very dangerous. Tory, take this staff. Do you know how to use it?" Legolas said.

"Hell no! What am I, Xena warrior princess?" I responded.

"You could have just said no," Ali whispered to me as Legolas gave me a strange look.

"I will help you to learn how to use it." Aragorn said stepping up. Ooooh, fun! Staff lessons. "But we cannot start now, we must be cautious. An istari named Saruman has…"

"We know. Don't ask how, but we know," Ali said.

Aragorn nodded and motioned for us to be silent and ready. They had their weapons at the ready. How the heck are you supposed to hurt someone with a staff if you have no magical talent? I wondered.

Suddenly a figure surrounded by blinding light stood in front of us. Legolas and Ali let loose arrows. (But Ali's got stuck in the tree to the right of the wizard. Hee hee she needs lessons too.) Gimli threw his ax and I threw my staff (what else was I supposed to do with it?) The wizard blocked them. Uh-oh. He began speaking.

"You are on the trail of two hobbits," he began. I didn't really pay attention to what else he said. The extremely bright light made my eyes water. Aragorn was shouting at the wizard, then the light went down. I looked up. It was Gandalf!

"Didn't he die?" Ali asked me.

"Yea, I guess he comes back," I told her.

"Follow me." Gandalf said. We turned to follow him through the forest to god knows where. I just prayed to God we didn't have to ride any more.