DISCLAIMER: what would I do with Lord of the Rings if I owned it? Yeah, I could run around telling people, but then what? Make another movie? Yeah right! But, I don't own Lord of the Rings. I own Gwen. Hey, maybe I could make a movie about her! Just kidding. Kinda.
Gwen woke up feeling refreshed. She stretched leisurely and was almost ready to doze off again when something tickled her nose. Very slowly she woke up, keeping still so the culprits wouldn't know that she was awake. Merry and Pippin were standing over her with a feather, laughing to themselves.
" Merry, hee hee hee, get her in the mouth!" said Pippin. Gwen felt the feather move down to her mouth. Pippin snorted and covered his mouth to keep from laughing.
" Hush, Pippin, you are going to wake her up!" whispered Merry. He began moving the feather up to her nose again. Gwen's hands shot out and grabbed their wrists.
" Naughty little hobbits, waking me from my sleep. Do you know what I did to a little elf boy who did that to me once?" she asked them, speaking lowly with one eyebrow arched. The hobbits shook their heads, their eyes wide.
" I hung him upside down from a cliff edge until all the blood rushed to his head, then I took him down and locked him in the dungeons for two days with only a jug of water and loaf of bread. Now, I will let you go and count to five, and if you are not out of my sight when I finish counting, I will dunk you in the river and eat your rations for the next week," she said menacingly. She let go of their wrists and began to count.
" One.," by the time she got to five, the hobbits were out of sight. She could hear them.
" Hurry, Merry!! She might be chasing us!"
" Quick, Pippin, I hear her coming!" Gwen's head came up as Boromir, Aragorn, and Gimli let out the laughter they had been holding in.
" Oh, ho, you should have seen their faces when you mentioned eating their rations!! Ha ha ha ha!!" gasped Boromir.
" Ha ha ha, hang the boy from a cliff until the blood rushed to his head, oh ho, that was a good one!!" laughed Gimli.
" I was serious," said Gwen with a straight face. All laughter ceased as they looked at her.
" You mean you" trailed off Gimli. Gwen could stand it no longer. She burst into hysterical laughter.
" You should, ha ha ha ha, have seen YOUR faces! Oh, ho!!" she gasped at them. The three looked at each other, then jumped up and ran at Gwen.
" NO! You villains! Get away from me!! YAGH!!" she shrieked as they pulled her out of her bed and began dragging her towards the river, tickling her as they went.
" HEY!!" yelled Legolas. All tickling and dragging ceased and they turned to look at him. Merry and Pippin peered out from behind him.
" These two interrupted my thinking in the woods. Do you four have any idea what they are so terrified of?" he asked. Remembering what had happened sent the four back into hysterics again.
" Did I miss something here?" asked Legolas, staring at the four seizing bodies on the ground. Boromir gasped out the story the best he could.
" Merry.Pippin aha ha ha!..tickling Gwen's nose oh ho ho!. she caught them, threatened them hee hee!.ran off screaming!!!" Boromir lost himself in a fit of giggles. Legolas gave him a blank stare. After a few minutes, they recovered themselves and Aragorn told him what had happened.
" I always seem to miss the good stuff!" he moaned. Haldir walked up.
" Lady Galadriel wishes to see you now. Your boats have been made ready," he said. Gwen stood up and followed him. The walked into a glade and saw Galadriel standing there. She began handing out gifts. Gwen shifted uncomfortably. She had heard tales of this lady. What does she have to say to me she wondered. Galadriel reached her and looked into her eyes. Gwen stared back.
So, the one that was lost is found. I have heard much of you, Gwendolin of Angmar. You bear much sorrow for one so young and happy. Don't let sadness weigh you down. It is good to cry, just don't cry alone.
By now, Gwen was getting seriously freaked out. How does she know that I cry she thought, and how is she in my head?
" Here is my gift to you," said Galadriel, handing Gwen a mithril chain with a jet-black stone in the shape of a teardrop on it, which fit into the center of Gwen's palm.
" It is beautiful, yet strong and durable, just like you," Galadriel said with a smile.
"Thank you, Milady," was all Gwen could manage to say. She began to bow, but Galadriel pulled her into a hug.
" You are so much like your mother," she said in Gwen's ear. Gwen looked at her in pure shock.
" You knew my mother?" she asked.
" Your mother came from here. We were good friends. This necklace was her's," continued Galadriel as she put the necklace around Gwen's neck, " so you see, now wherever you go, your mother will go with you." Gwen could not speak. Galadriel smiled at her in understanding and went to address Aragorn.
After Galadriel said good bye, the Fellowship headed to the boats.
" Well, boats will be a nice change," said Gwen.
" Yes, my feet could use a rest," said Gimli. Legolas was loading packs into one of the boats.
" Here, Gwen ride with us," said Gimli, " all the other boats have three."
" Okay Gimli!" said Gwen as she hopped into the boat. Legolas got in after her and began rowing down the river.
The going was very easy. The water was smooth and the air smelled like trees and flowers. Gwen jerked off her boots and rolled up her leggings. Swinging her legs over the side, she dabbled her feet into the clear water. She drifted off to sleep with the sound of rushing water in her ears.
After two days of rowing, Gwen was ready to walk again. Her legs were beginning to cramp from sitting for so long. She sat, running her hand over the black stone. Legolas was getting bored, so he decided to bother Gwen.
" Now, Gwen, tell me. Did you cut your hair like that for a reason, or was it actually how the elves in Angmar wore it?" he asked with one eyebrow raised.
" I cut it this way so drunk men would stop hitting on me," she answered, slightly annoyed.
" They must have been pretty drunk to hit on you," he said. Gimli perked his ears up, wanting to hear what Gwen had to say to that remark.
" What is that supposed to mean?!" she questioned sharply.
" Just that no other elf in his right mind would hit on you," he said innocently.
" Oh, Gwen, are you going to take that from the likes of him?" asked Gimli, goading her on.
" The only woman who would ever hit on you would have to be blind because any woman with eyes would be able to see how arrogant and self centered you are!" she replied sharply.
" Come on, Legolas, get her!" said Gimli.
" I don't see why Gandalf wanted to bring you in the first place. You just torment the hobbits and eat all the food!" he said to her.
" Oh, look who is talking. I bet that you weren't thinking when the hobbits interrupted you in the woods. You were probably braiding your hair!" she retorted.
" Good one, Gwen! Wait, you were braiding your hair?" asked Gimli, all wide eyed.
" No, I wasn't!" he said hotly.
" Whatever it was you were doing, it surely wasn't thinking because your pea – sized brain can't stand the strain!" she said, wondering how she got in this fight in the first place.
" Ouch! Legolas, that was a direct assault to your intelligence. Are you going to take that?" asked Gimli.
" Whose side are you on, Gimli?" asked Legolas.
" Well, I had my money on you, but she's got a lot of rage! Now, go on!" replied Gimli.
" At least my brain functions enough to keep me from falling of stairs and into a small canyon!" he shouted with indignance.
" Gwen, are you going to – cough, cough, splutter!" she cut Gimli off with a well - aimed splash to the mouth. She glared back at Legolas.
" You half witted, addle brained, egotistical, stuck up, sorry excuse for an elf!!! Why don't you take that paddle and shove it up your - "
" Gwen, look! The Argonath!" yelled Aragorn. Her battle of insults forgotten, Gwen looked up at the colossal figures carved into the cliff side.
" Wow! The fingernail on his baby toe is roughly the size of my head," she observed. They rowed past and into a large lake. Aragorn steered them towards the shore.
" We will camp here and cross over at night fall," he said. Sam set about making some food. Gwen stood on edge. She didn't want to stay there.
" We should cross now," said Legolas.
" No, orcs patrol the Eastern Shore," replied Aragorn.
" It is not the eastern that worries me. A shadow and a threat has been growing in my mind."
" I agree. We must make haste," chimed in Gwen.
" Where's Frodo?" asked Merry. Sam started and began looking around frantically. His eyes settled on Boromir's stuff.
" Boromir," he whispered, " Fan out and look for them!"
I want ot thank KitsuneRoses and Heaven - Sent515 for reviewing! I am going to be smiling like a maniac for the next few days because of you! Now we are going to get to the parts that I like, the Two Towers!