Chapter 6- Revelation
Peregrin Took sat in Treebeard's branches, looking off into the distance as Treebeard babbled about this and that. Merry and Olane`a had fallen asleep as he babbled and still slept as they neared the edge of the forest. Pippin tapped the two awake and gestures toward the destruction of the forest. Treebeard began to howl in fury.
"Some of these trees were my friends!!!" He exclaimed. A long furious growl left him. "Yeeeessss! Come my friends! We go to war at Isengard!"
Pippin and Merry grinned fully. Merry turned to Olane`a to catch her reaction and noticed she did not look so happy.
Maybe she's tired. He told himself.
Gandalf had led the small band to a large very old looking castle in Rohan. As they approached Aragorn noticed a young blonde, overlooking towards them, however once he dismounted his horse, she was gone.
When they reached the door a very grungy, tired looking guard met them. "Your weapons?" Without trust Aragorn , Lily Tigerlily and Gandalf handed over their swords. Legolas his bow and Gimli his axe.
"Ahem." The guard motioned to Gandalfs staff.
A pitiful look crossed his face. "Surely you would not deprive an old man of his walking stick?" He asked.
The guard sighed. "Very well, proceed."
They did so to see King Theoden, slumped over glassy eyes and quite old. Wormtongue leaned down to his ear.
"Gandalf the grey is here your majesty, you do not wish to speak with him, he is not welcome here, he comes to brainwash and destroy."
"Theoden..." Gandalf paused for drama. "You are older than I remembered, friend."
Theoden's lips moved. "You are not welcome here Gandalf the grey, you have no power here."
A conversation climaxed when finally Gandalf realized that Sauruman controlled Theoden. "Leave him and begone."
"You have no power to make me." His lips turned into a nasty sneer and he began to cough as he cackled.
With enough force Gandalf drove Sauruman out, and Theoden slowly transformed into his good old self. He then threw Wormtongue out and went to his sons grave. He made the decision to send his people to Helms Deep.
"Pathetic if you asked me, taking over the King to get power, just shows us how weak his army is!" Lily growled exasperated. She plunged back on the bed and breathed deeply.
Legolas chuckled and lay back next to her, their eyes tracing the ceiling. "Or how strong, he could have just been trying to delay us to make them have more, we cannot be sure."
Lily sighed, seeing his point and she closed her eyes. "Lily?" his voice called to her.
She moved onto her side and looked at him. His eyes were soft with the firelight and a smile curved his lips.
"When this is all over and we get back..." he reached up touching her face.
"What Legolas?"
"How do you think your father would react to my asking your hand in marriage?"
A smile sparked her face. "Oh, I think he would approve" She said, unable to contain her happiness. He gently leaned in and their lips touched, binding them together forever.
Frodo read over the note several times.
No matter what Gollum says or how good of a chance it seems, do NOT leave without me. STAY OUT OF MORDOR.
He did not understand why she had left or why she did not want them to proceed, but something inside him told him to listen to her.
"Well Mr. Frodo, should we go on?" He sat down next to his master. "After all, we don't know when Levanna will be back and its probably what shed want us to do.
Frodo shook his head and swallowed. "No, she wants us to wait, and we shall."
Gollum gasped. "No master! Is not safe, Orcses will smell us they will!"
Frodo again shook his head. "Thats a risk Im willing to take."
Levanna reached the town that evening. She lodged her horse and went to see Aragorn, who was meeting with Theoden and Gandalf..
"LEVANNA!" Aragorn cried, getting up and quickly running over to her. Before she could even smile he was grasping her in a strong hug.
"You're killing me Aragorn!" She cried, he stepped away.
"You're all right! We've all been worried sick.!" He managed to sputter. Levanna laughed and looked over his shoulder to see Gandalf, alive and in robes of white. Oh how happy this would make Frodo and Sam!
Gandalf smiled at her bewildered joy and stood, slowly stepping towards her.
"For where once there was shadow, now there is light!" He uttered, this meaning of course two things. 1. That once they thought Gandalf dead yet he was not and 2. Once they thought Levanna was dead and she arrived.
Levanna held onto him for some time before he parted the embrace. "Tell me, how is Frodo and has Sam kept his promise?"
She wiped several stray tears from her eyes. "Frodo is well, and Sam has indeed been keeping his promise, though lately..." She paused and her eyes strayed. "It must be very difficult."
Gandalf nodded. He gestured her to follow him and so she did, and she found that he had led her to the room Legolas and Lily shared. A smile crept across her face as she looked at the two, holding each other in sleep. She reached down and patted Legolas' arm..
His eyes fluttered open and grew wide as he looked. He gently slipped away from Lily and led Levanna from the room where they embraced.
"I have been worried, sick about you! Don't you ever scare me like that again, do you hear?"
She laughed. "Yes, father!" Her sarcasm lightening his facial features.
"Should I wake Lily?" He asked, smiling.
"No, don't wake her, I'll see her in the morning. You go rest too, I have to say a few words to Tigerlily."
He nodded and kissed her hand, a proper goodnight. She smiled and made her way down the hall.
Levanna entered her cousin's room, quiet and precise in her steps. She looked down over the sleeping elf, lifting her chubby arm to read something scratched into the flesh.
She expected to see Frodo's name, a habit of Ti's to carve her latest manifestation, but nothing prepared her for what she saw.
She dropped her arm with a gasp, causing her to wake.
Olane`a was asleep, gracefully perched on Treebeard's shoulder, legs curled up and arms under her head. Merry watched her, a sudden ache overcoming him and he looked away to try and focus on something else, Isengard was near.
Pippin looked at his best friend curiously, then to Olane`a. "Why don't you just tell her?"
Merry looked to him. "Tell her what?"
Pippin shook his head in disappointment. "That you love her."
Merry tried to look shocked but then sighed. "It's no use, Pip, no beautiful angel such as that would even consider spending a lifetime with me."
Pippin rolled his eyes. "How do you know? What if she does and you're too stupid to be able to tell?"
Merry looked at his friend, insulted and hurt. "I'm not stupid Pip, c'mon you have to admit shes out of our cotton picking league!"
Pippin snorted. "Shes out of my cotton picking league, not yours!"
Olane`a stirred in her sleep and the two stopped arguing to listen and be she hadn't heard. What they heard blew Merry's mind.
"But Merry, I love you!!!" Her eyes were closed and a smile spilled across her face. Merry gaped in utter horror. "Th-this can't be happening!"
Pippin grinned. "I think it is mate. I think it is."
End Chapter 6