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November 19

Sorry I haven't writen in such a while, I've just been pretty busy, what with the sword lessons Boromir is giving me. I'm very good with sword fighting already. Just yesterday Merry and I were having a duel with the swords, and I won. But then we had another sword duel, and Merry won that time. It was pretty fun.

Anyhow, today was pretty good. This morning Sam came into the room where I was sleeping, and woke me up.

"Ugh..." I groaned, opening my eyes, and spotting Sam, "What is it?"

"Aragorn wants to see you."

"Why?" I asked, slowly getting out of bed (I had fallen asleep in my clothes, by the way).

"He says he wants to talk to you about something. It's about you and your wand, I expect," said Sam, smiling.

"Yeah, I thought he would," I replied, putting on my socks and shoes and heading towards the door.

"Wait, Harry!"

"WhatÕs wrong?" I said, turning around quickly.

"Your wand," said Sam, holding it out to me, "you forgot it."

"Oh, thanks." I took my wand, and put it in the pocket of my robes. "Well, I should probably get going. Where did you say Aragorn was?"

"I didn't say where he was," said Sam as he smiled. "But he's at the place where the secret meeting was."

"Ok, thanks," I said. I left the room and walked to where the secret meeting was held. When I got there I didn't see Aragorn at first, but then I looked around, and spotting him, I walked over to where he was.

"Hello, Harry," he said, as I took a seat, "I'd like to talk to you about something. You do realize that, becuase of your magical skills, you are going to be a very important part of this quest?"

"Yeah," I said, a little unsure of where this was going.

"Well, I think you need to learn how to defend yourself even more, because if your wand breaks, you aren't at all going to be in a very good position."

"Ok," I said, "What should I do, then?"

"From what Merry and Pippin have said, you are already very good with a sword."

I smiled. "ThatÕs because Boromir helped me."

"That's good to hear," said Aragorn, "but I believe that you should also take some archery lessons with Legolas. He's an elf, as you saw at the meeting, and he's excellent with a bow and arrow."

"That sounds like a good idea to me," I said. "When do I start?"

"Tomorrow, if you wish. You will meet Legolas at the same place where Boromir was helping you with your sword."

"Excellent."

"Well," said Aragorn, getting up, "That's all."

I thanked him, and left to go find Merry.