A New Way- Chapter 1. The Following After.

A/– I must admit, I didn't think that this fic would go this far! My mind usually blanks out by the third chapter, so I'm impressed!

Heres whats happened all together...

Frodo and Levanna are in love, but the dwindling power of the One Ring he bears has caused him to be disturbingly protective of it.

Levanna's cousin, distant cousin, and best friend have joined the group. Tigerlily being her cousin, who loves Frodo and becomes dangerously obsessed with men Levanna courts. Lily her best friend since childhood, someone who loves Levanna's past betrothed Legolas, of whom she is very protective of. And last, but certainly not least Levanna's distant cousin, that being because she is the cousin of Elrond, second cousin of Arwen as Levanna is his second cousin and Arwens third. Olane`a has begun a strangely playful relationship with the hobbits pippin and Merry.(And she will one day marry one of them).

So thats the sum... lets see about the story.

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And it would be a while, before anyone noticed Levanna's being missing, along with Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry and Olane`a. Everyone was mourning over Boromir, who had died moments before Levanna's flee to find Frodo.

Boromir was sent off with his belongings, in a boat down the Falls of Rauros, so that he be received by Anduin.

Legolas, parted from a hug with his beloved lily, to see that levanna was not among the few here. In fact, many were not here.

"Where are all of the others?" He asked Aragorn, who looked to him, trying to hide his grimness.

"Pippin, Merry and Olane`a were taken by the Orcs. As for the other three..." Aragorn looked to Legolas, his face full of 'I'm so sorry this has happened'. "We can't find them, Legolas. But I'm pretty sure that they have gone."

Legolas stared blankly at the water. "Let us tend to the fallen... We cannot leave the dead to rot here slowly."

And so they collected the dead, Legolas taking all of the arrows, and filling his quiver, the rest of the weapons had been sent off with Boromir. And the dead were piled, and then lit to burn.

Lily was curious. It was not like Legolas, to just wash his hands of Levanna when she went missing. She found him in the trees that evening, he looked bitter, and he had grown pale in the hours that had passed.

"What is the trouble, love? It is not like you, to not look for her?" She asked him, sitting down beside him and rubbing his back comfortingly.

"I'm finished being her father. I told her not to do this, and she disobeyed me. She has put her life in danger, yet still she put herself into his hands. there is no way he can protect her. If she would be killed, it would be on his hands, and if he would die fighting for her she would feel dead toward the rest of the world. If Haronius caught up with her, they would not stand a chance." He sighed.

Lily said nothing. For he was right, this time, Levanna had messed up. And death was surely in her cards.

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The three, Pippin, Merry and Olane`a had been dragged about twelve miles before the Orcs had stopped for camp.

"Pippin, I think we never should have left the Shire." Merry complained softly.

Olane`a smirked, thinking how fun it must be to be them. What the Shire must mean to them, if they could ever think of not ever having left. Merry noticed this smirk.

"Whats so funny?" He asked, his face showing bewilderment.

"Oh, I was just thinking of how much I would have hated staying home." She answered, looking over at him. He was handsome, in her opinion. His hair was tousled and his face dirty, but the playful, fun expression erased any superficial 'ugliness'.

"Where are ya from, anyway?" Pippin asked, he too had a certain good lookingness about him.

"I was born in Mirkwood, and shifted between my mother in Rivendell, and my father back home." She replied, looking over at the group of Orcs.

"We'll just grab the Ring, and eat 'em! C'mon, we haven't had meat in weeks!" One said.

"No, no, don't let your tastebuds overpower your brain! They MUST live!!!" Another replied.

"The Uruk-Hai!" She whispered in her native elven tongue, the hobbits blinking in confusion.

She told them nothing, but she knew, that it would be a long, dangerous night.

"'Ang on! They think we have the Ring?" Merry asked.

"They must think we're...!!! Ohno! This is really bad!" Pippin cried.

"Calm down!" Olane`a scolded under her breath. "If you act like you're afraid, they'll torture you beyond belief!" She made sure that none of the Orcs had caught on to them.

"And if we act brave?" Merry asked worriedly.

Olane`a sighed and squinted. "Well, we won't get it as bad." The men searched her face for hope, but it had none. Olane`a highly doubted that they would get out of this alive.

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Frodo, Sam and Levanna were searching the string of a range for some type of cliff that they could climb down.

"Here!" Levanna said. "Best place! Sam, do you have the rope from Lorien?

"Why yes!" Sam said. He carefully took it from his pack, secured it to a tree, and began to shimmy down.

He reached the bottom of the gully and was followed by Levanna, and then Frodo. The group stopped to rest and Levanna sat up to keep watch.

And then a black, bow legged creature began to saunter down the precipice, very spider-like. Levanna did not rouse the men, for she knew who it was.

"Ach! Sssss! cautious my preciouss! More hast less speed. We mussn't risk our neck mussst we preciouss? Oh no precious! Ack! We hate it! Nassty nassty shivery light! It spies on us! It hurts our eyes!" Gollum cursed at the moon.

"You'd best turn around, Gollum! I am in no mood for your shenanigans!" Levanna warned standing.

Gollum reached the bottom. "Oh but we have none! no preciouss! We are lonely! We have missssed missstress Talltree! yesss we have precious!"

Sam awoke to this strange creature standing by Levanna, who seemed agitated. he made a leap for the creature, only to have it wrap it's strong legs around him, and sink it's teeth into his shoulder. Levanna tried to pry him off, but he was stuck.

Frodo awoke to this, and he grabbed Sting and placed it to Gollums throat.

"Let go Gollum! This is Sting! You have seen it before, but this time you shall feel it if you refuse!"

Gollum let go. " Nice hobbitses! Hobbits won't hurt uss, will they preciouss? no precious! We meant no harm, but they jumps on us like catses on poor mices! they did preciouss!"

" Give us one reason not to kill you!" Frodo said.

" We could help hobbits! Yess. Where is it hobbitses is going?"

"You know perfectly well. into the dark land!"

"Ach! Sssss. we only guessed, yess! We shall not go there."

" You've been there before. And you will go again!"

"Ach! only by accident, once preciouss. We won't go. He is there and He will kill uss!"

"He's right Frodo, if he goes in, he will be killed." Levanna defended.

"All right! Lead us to the Black Gate then!"

"Say, Levanna! How'd he know your name?" Sam asked.

She sighed softly. "he was my guide for a short time. It was a while ago. Come, we need sleep. Do not try to escape Gollum! Or the precious will be angry!"

"Whats the precious?" Sam asked. "The Ring?" he looked at Frodo only to get a nodd.

The group settled, and were soon asleep.

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End Chapter one.