A New Way-Chapter 3---- The story of Gollum.... Searching for Halflings.
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After receiving proper rest(or something close to it) Sam and Frodo were awake and the group had eaten breakfast. They set out on their journey once again and within two days arrived at the dead marshes.
"Big battle.. Long ago... Men and elves and orcses! All dead! Go to bottom of marshes. You cannot get to them... Sme`agol tried yess precious he tried."
"And why would he want to?" Sam whispered.
"Don't go near the lights. They were lit for the lost ones but following them would be tragic." Levanna warned.
"Why?" Frodo asked.
She looked grimly at the men. "Because you would join the dead at the bottom."
At this Gollum snorted and continued on. Amused at the open eyes of one man, Frodo went closer to the edge... Closer... Hey, did he just wink? Terrified Frodo tried to hop back, but was drawn into the water.
He tried to swim up, frightened of the things touching him. Their spirits roamed freely here.
Suddenly Levanna, his love came down and grabbed him, pulling him away from them to safety. She laid him down on the ground and he vomited some water he had swallowed. Gollum shook his head.
"We told you... Don't... Follow...Lightsssssssssss!"
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Aragorn, Lily, Tigerlily Legolas and Gimli had meanwhile set out to search for Merry Pippin and Olane`a.
They journeyed on and then met up with some Rohirrim( Men from Rohan.) Including Eomer, nephew of Theoden and brother of Eowyn, and Captain of the Army.
"What business do an Elf, a Dwarf and Man have on the riddlemark?" He asked.
"Please allow us through, we are looking for halflings, three to be exact two males and a female they were taken by a large group of Orcs." Aragorn begged.
"We have seen these Orcs, none now live. But we saw no halflings." Eomer said cooly.
Gimli stepped forward. "Where is it that you killed these Orcs and may we roam?"
Eomer nodded. "You may. We piled the dead on that hill and set them to burn."
They thanked them and to their surprise received two horses to ride. Legolas took both ladies onto his horse while Aragorn rode with Gimli.
They rode to the hill and searched through the dead to find a piece of one of the mens buckles. An at first grim site until Aragorn called them over to where he was. He scanned their footprints until he reached the edge of the forest.
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Some time before the three halflings had stumbled into the forest and hid in what they had thought to be a tree. But that was until they discovered that it could move and walk. It crushed and Orc searching for them and then froze.
"WHO GO'S THERE?" It asked, it's voice thundering.
"OH LORD MERRY THE TREE IS TALKING!" Pippin cried over the trees thundering footsteps.
"Tree? I am no tree? I am an Ent!"
"Whats an Ent?" Merry whispered.
"Ai na vedui, Ent, mae govannen?" Olane`a said to the Ent.
"I am Treebeard, little Elvish one. And who might you three be?"
"Well my good man... I am Meriadoc Brandybuck. This is Peregrin Took and this is..."
"Olane`a Rockcliffe, o mae afidan Ozi`ey Rockcliffe, weduin. Noro exale duna gae Ma Fouin?"
"Pleasure. You are there, all right. About 200 km/h into it."
Olane`a bit her lip. "Just as I feared."
"What? Where are we?" Pippin asked.
"Oh I'm sorry! I keep forgetting that you do not know elvish... We are in the Fangorn Forest."
"Now lets see... When I first heard your voices I thought you may be Orcs, but you seem too nice honorable creatures.. "
"And that we are! We are hobbits!" Merry said proudly.
"And you little Elvish one?" He asked softly.
"Helf, hobbit elf. You may not know the hobbits by that name though for I can see you are confused... Ah... Periannath. Eldarin... Halflings..."
"Ah Periannath! Yes.....Whar are your likes doing here?"
"Well Fangorn...Or Treebeard if you prefer... That is indeed a long story..."
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After getting through the dead marshes the group camped and Frodo and Levanna decided to get some rest. Sam decided to get food ready but there wouldn't be enough. He asked Gollum to fetch some and he did. Two nice coneys(or rabbits if you prefer). Gollum came up to Frodo and Levanna, who awoke when he did.
"Hello masters! Here, eat eat!" He took one of the young coneys and began to viciously eat it. Frodo looked ready to be sick while Levanna hid any expression.
"NO NO NO!!!! You're surely going to make them sick! Theres only one proper way to eat a coney! And thats to cook it!" Sam explained confiscating the food and beginning to stew it.
"NO! You is ruining them! They are young they are tasty! Eat them eat them!" Gollum scolded.
"Tell you what. You can get another for yourself and eat it as you fancy where you are out of our sight! Oh and while your gone could you get me some thyme, some parcely and some taters."
"No! Get your own leaves and taters! Eh.... Whats taters precious, what is taters?"
"PO-TA-TOES. The Gaffers specialty and sure rare dandy. I don't reckon you'll find any."
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"Hmmmmm," Treebeard said after hearing Olane`as tale. "This cousin of yours.... She is the Beradan?"
Olane`a nodded. Levanna was often known as Beradan in Elven society.
"Do you have a fancy elvish name?" Merry asked Olane`a.
"Fancy elvish name?" Olane`a asked with a laugh.
"Welll. Arwen is Undomiel... Aragorn is Dunadan... Levanna is Beradan... What are you?"
Olane`a softly smiled. "I am only known as beautiful to my people. I am considered an outcast because my father is considered crazy. But he's not. He's just a dreamer. I am known as Elionota. The golden maiden, for my hair is beloved. I am thought to be blessed with it, for neither of my parents have hair like it."
"Elionota..." Merry breathed to himself. He saw her in a different light than he did before. She wasn't just some pretty girl he'd met on the journey...She was...Important to him...In some special way.