Chapter 4, this is quite along story, and it is my first fic, but it is
lots of fun writing my own story. By the way THIS IS THE TRUE STORY, NOT
MELAMIN'S, hee hee, it's ok we are friends and it's sorta a 2 opinion
story, but they are nearly totally different. Ps if you have any ideas or
suggestions for what should come next on their journey to Goredor they
would be graciously accepted, ps2 I have already written the 1st 10 pages
of part 2 I just have to type it up, and write some more.
Caitlin woke up with a start, she peered over her swaying hammock and looked down from her high place in the giant redwood. Kaitlin and Brussel were still asleep below.
At the base of the tree was a large creature with an extraordinarily long nose, sniffing around the floor. A rabid looking giant snail, with a pink bow tied around on antenna, was saddled next to it.
"Limolas.Limolas." Caitlin whispered, "Are you awake?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"A Nazal, one of ISMYCARON's nine wraiths."
"It's trying to climb the tree!" Said Caitlin stating the obvious. The struggling Nazal was getting closer to them as it climbed.badly.
Limolas pulled the bow from his shoulder, aimed and shot the arrow into the wraiths head. It fell from the tree and landed with a crash on the forest floor. To Caitlin's surprise, it got up, with the arrow still stuck to his head, and started trying to sing 'Hello world" By the saddle club and performing a snippet from swan lake the ballet, as if trying to put fear into the deepest of their hearts. It was working.
It let out a girlish scream, for example when one breaks a nail, then hopped on to it's rabid snail, and rode off at full speed, that is, as fast as the snail go.
"It smells the ring, and Brussels body odor. It has gone off to call the other eight.
Caitlin shivered at the display it had just performed, that song, it was awful.
"We must wake the others."
Haldir was already awake. "Wraith?"
"Yep."
"Big nose?"
"Yep."
"Kangaroo tail and bunny ears?" Said a familiar voice. Everyone who was awake, stared down at him, if it hadn't been dark. "What?.Some one wake Kaitlin!" "Do we have to!" Said Haldir.
"YES, if you don't want to lose me too!" Said Brussel, tears welling up in his eyes, thinking about what he would do if he had to part with Kaitlin, or fluffy the leech.
"Oh that's hard!" Said Limolas, sarcasm edging his voice.
"The others laughed, Brussel didn't get the joke. He then turned to wake Kaitlin, she groaned, she was not an early morning person.
They gathered their belongings and set off at full speed to Divenrale, no stops as they had to stay a head of the Nazals.
They were met at the gate by a female with Raven hair.
"Hello, fair lady elf." Said Haldir. She took no notice and turned to Look at Brussel.
"Brussel!!!!!" She screamed with joy and immediately ran straight up to him. Brussel looked annoyed.
"MUM, don't be so embarrassing!" He whispered, peering over in Kaitlin's direction. His mum seemed to have got the hint. She floated over to Kaitlin.
"I hope you are treating my son well." She said. "He's terribly sensitive."
Brussel snorted. Covering his eyes giggling.
Kaitlin sighed, she wasn't going to say anything, as Brussels mum was quite muscular and looked as if she kept throwing knives in her socks.
"Hello there!" Kaitlin was saved by a dark haired brick like elf, with a face the shape of an almond.
"Lord Almond?" Questioned Haldir.
"No silly, I'm his daughter Namen, what ever gave you that idea?"
Haldir shrugged, not wanting to tell the lady she looked more masculine then anything else, as well as the fact he could see nearly the whole armory bulging out of her socks.
Namen walked up to Brussel, looked down at him then shook his hand. He winced and stared down at his nearly broken throbbing hand. Not wanting to be in the same situation as Brussel, Kaitlin and Caitlin curtsied.
Namen walked back over to Brussel again. "Will you escort me in?" She forced grabbing Brussels arm in hers. Brussel had a friend, but not one he liked. He looked back and mouthed the words 'sorry' and 'I love you' at Kaitlin who immediately felt like being sick. The company, Namen and Brussels mum walked over a little river and through a huge gate. Divenrale was just as enchanted as Lothryne, but more so.
"Daddy might be a while, he's getting changed."
They entered a great hall and sat around the circular table in the middle. Engraved on the top was 'elves of the round table'
They sat in silence, Namen was eyeing Brussel, Brussel was looking at Kaitlin, Kaitlin was looking at Haldir and Haldir was looking at Limolas and Limolas was looking at Caitlin.
"Oy Limolas, you've got a bur in your hair." Haldir was looking at Limolas no more.
They waited until a tall thin elf entered the room. Namen coughed pointing at her hair, Lord Almond got the hint and pulled out his pink bow.
"How hast thou journey been?" Lord Almond questioned, smiling with unusually pink lips.
"Our journey has been fair for most of us my Lord. Though we have arrived early as we met foul Nazals on the way." Said Limolas.
"Thou hast seen Nazals? They have returned? We must all taketh regular showers!"
They all sat in solemn silence.
"Does thou have the ring?" Almond said looking at Caitlin.
"Maybe I do and maybe I don't." Limolas nudged her. "I mean Yes!" She answered again, Lord Almond showed mild annoyance. Suddenly the great door opened.
Through the gas they could just make out the silhouette of a wheel chair and someone pushing it.
"Ah it be Grimy son of Groin!" Said Almond.
"Limbless, cousin." Said Limolas, who then ran up to his wheel chaired friend, and tried to shake the hand then realized he didn't have any.
"It is a sad day on centre earth to realize my cousin has been injured in battle."
The elf appeared to live up to his name.
"Oh no, I was chopping wood, and, well, that's what you get using an axe the shape of a boomerang, and bad aim.
Everyone nodded their heads, taking in those wise words.
Caitlin pulled the ring off her neck and placed it in the middle of the table. Grimy tried to snatch it away, but Limbless got there first, he had become very nimble with his mouth with the absence of arms.
"ffllp mmpf pumful flimpff!" Mumbled the thief.
"What? We can't hear you! Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk with your mouth full!" Said Kaitlin.
Limbless spat out the ring. "I said, NOW I HAVE THE RING, I WILL RULE THE WORLD!" He grinned, not noticing the ring lying on the floor. "Oh." Limbless looked a little embarrassed.
"Besides." Said Caitlin, "You don't have a finger to put it on."
Limbless sighed at his misfortune. The ring was placed back into the center of the table.
" So. What are we going to do with it?" Questioned Caitlin, looking expectantly at Lord Almond.
"We shallath take it to CMC plastic factory whence it came." Said Almond, quite pleased at his wise decision.
"Err, it's metal!" Exclaimed Kaitlin.
"Oh yes, quite right, you must take it to the lake of Goredor, where it is to be dropped. It is a long and perilous journey. Arrabarra and Borrowmyjacket have volunteered, as well as Grandgulf Grey Goat too, he is a wise and powerful magician, though his English ain't too good. SEND HIM IN."
The doors opened and a goat entered. "MMWWAAHH." It wailed.
"Don't stare at him for too long." Almond whispered. "His spell went wrong and he got stuck as a goat. He is wise and powerful and if you have any queries as to whether the food is edible if it is he'll eateth it, and if it isn't, he'll eateth it anyway."
"Gosh that must be hard for a goat!" Said Kaitlin sarcastically. Everyone turned their heads to look at her, Caitlin pulled a finger across her throat, Kaitlin stopped talking.
"Two weeks you shalleth need to rest." Said Almond who the stood up to escorte Limbless, Grimy and Grandgulf Grey Goat, out of the room
"But daddy! Can't I go?" Said Namen.
"No my daughter, this journey is to long and perilous for such a fragile one as you." The others smiled. "You are far too delicate."
"Yeah, as delicate as a lead pole." Thought Caitlin, the others were thinking exactly the same.
Namen started sulking. "Daddy, you never let me do things!" Her eyes flared.
"I'll talk to you again Namen morning star, as soon as you are nice and not a moment before, but first show our guests to their rooms." And with that Almond left with the two others and the goat, bow clenched in hand.
They had the same arrangement of rooms as they did in Lothryne, though without the fonts, and a better view.
They dumped their stuff on the beds and then went outside.
Haldir, Limolas and Caitlin sat next to Almonds pond watching the fish swim by. Kaitlin and Brussel were playing catch over the pond with the ring, so it really could not have been helped, that is with what was too come.
"PLOP!"
"Um. Guys?" Said Kaitlin. "The ring has fallen into the water. Brussel threw it and aimed bad!" She wailed.
"Hay don't be so mean to poor Brussel!" Said Namen who had just appeared, she hugged Brussel who was going purple under her strong smelling armpits, he gagged.
"Well we're not going any where to you two find it." Said Limolas.
After hours of searching, Brussel and Kaitlin were standing in the water nearly totally immersed and rather fed up.
"I can't find it, the mud's swallowed it!" Said Kaitlin. "It's as good as gone, not even the Nazals could find it, they probably wouldn't even try with all the filth in here."
"Yeah!" Said Brussel. "What she said!" There was something different about him. He smiled at Kaitlin, amazingly she smiled back. "Besides I'm hungry!" Brussel took Kaitlin's arm, and led her inside, shoes squelching. The others shrugged. Limolas who had been on a quick walk gave Caitlin a red rose, then offered her his arm, and took her inside. All that was left were Haldir and an incredibly jealous Namen. With a grim smile on his face, he offered his to Namen who obliged grudgingly.
The company and Namen walked into lunch.
Brussel's other hand in his pocket fingered something cold and round next to fluffy. He smiled, something told him this wasn't the end.
End of Part one. (part 2 coming shortly.)
Caitlin woke up with a start, she peered over her swaying hammock and looked down from her high place in the giant redwood. Kaitlin and Brussel were still asleep below.
At the base of the tree was a large creature with an extraordinarily long nose, sniffing around the floor. A rabid looking giant snail, with a pink bow tied around on antenna, was saddled next to it.
"Limolas.Limolas." Caitlin whispered, "Are you awake?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"A Nazal, one of ISMYCARON's nine wraiths."
"It's trying to climb the tree!" Said Caitlin stating the obvious. The struggling Nazal was getting closer to them as it climbed.badly.
Limolas pulled the bow from his shoulder, aimed and shot the arrow into the wraiths head. It fell from the tree and landed with a crash on the forest floor. To Caitlin's surprise, it got up, with the arrow still stuck to his head, and started trying to sing 'Hello world" By the saddle club and performing a snippet from swan lake the ballet, as if trying to put fear into the deepest of their hearts. It was working.
It let out a girlish scream, for example when one breaks a nail, then hopped on to it's rabid snail, and rode off at full speed, that is, as fast as the snail go.
"It smells the ring, and Brussels body odor. It has gone off to call the other eight.
Caitlin shivered at the display it had just performed, that song, it was awful.
"We must wake the others."
Haldir was already awake. "Wraith?"
"Yep."
"Big nose?"
"Yep."
"Kangaroo tail and bunny ears?" Said a familiar voice. Everyone who was awake, stared down at him, if it hadn't been dark. "What?.Some one wake Kaitlin!" "Do we have to!" Said Haldir.
"YES, if you don't want to lose me too!" Said Brussel, tears welling up in his eyes, thinking about what he would do if he had to part with Kaitlin, or fluffy the leech.
"Oh that's hard!" Said Limolas, sarcasm edging his voice.
"The others laughed, Brussel didn't get the joke. He then turned to wake Kaitlin, she groaned, she was not an early morning person.
They gathered their belongings and set off at full speed to Divenrale, no stops as they had to stay a head of the Nazals.
They were met at the gate by a female with Raven hair.
"Hello, fair lady elf." Said Haldir. She took no notice and turned to Look at Brussel.
"Brussel!!!!!" She screamed with joy and immediately ran straight up to him. Brussel looked annoyed.
"MUM, don't be so embarrassing!" He whispered, peering over in Kaitlin's direction. His mum seemed to have got the hint. She floated over to Kaitlin.
"I hope you are treating my son well." She said. "He's terribly sensitive."
Brussel snorted. Covering his eyes giggling.
Kaitlin sighed, she wasn't going to say anything, as Brussels mum was quite muscular and looked as if she kept throwing knives in her socks.
"Hello there!" Kaitlin was saved by a dark haired brick like elf, with a face the shape of an almond.
"Lord Almond?" Questioned Haldir.
"No silly, I'm his daughter Namen, what ever gave you that idea?"
Haldir shrugged, not wanting to tell the lady she looked more masculine then anything else, as well as the fact he could see nearly the whole armory bulging out of her socks.
Namen walked up to Brussel, looked down at him then shook his hand. He winced and stared down at his nearly broken throbbing hand. Not wanting to be in the same situation as Brussel, Kaitlin and Caitlin curtsied.
Namen walked back over to Brussel again. "Will you escort me in?" She forced grabbing Brussels arm in hers. Brussel had a friend, but not one he liked. He looked back and mouthed the words 'sorry' and 'I love you' at Kaitlin who immediately felt like being sick. The company, Namen and Brussels mum walked over a little river and through a huge gate. Divenrale was just as enchanted as Lothryne, but more so.
"Daddy might be a while, he's getting changed."
They entered a great hall and sat around the circular table in the middle. Engraved on the top was 'elves of the round table'
They sat in silence, Namen was eyeing Brussel, Brussel was looking at Kaitlin, Kaitlin was looking at Haldir and Haldir was looking at Limolas and Limolas was looking at Caitlin.
"Oy Limolas, you've got a bur in your hair." Haldir was looking at Limolas no more.
They waited until a tall thin elf entered the room. Namen coughed pointing at her hair, Lord Almond got the hint and pulled out his pink bow.
"How hast thou journey been?" Lord Almond questioned, smiling with unusually pink lips.
"Our journey has been fair for most of us my Lord. Though we have arrived early as we met foul Nazals on the way." Said Limolas.
"Thou hast seen Nazals? They have returned? We must all taketh regular showers!"
They all sat in solemn silence.
"Does thou have the ring?" Almond said looking at Caitlin.
"Maybe I do and maybe I don't." Limolas nudged her. "I mean Yes!" She answered again, Lord Almond showed mild annoyance. Suddenly the great door opened.
Through the gas they could just make out the silhouette of a wheel chair and someone pushing it.
"Ah it be Grimy son of Groin!" Said Almond.
"Limbless, cousin." Said Limolas, who then ran up to his wheel chaired friend, and tried to shake the hand then realized he didn't have any.
"It is a sad day on centre earth to realize my cousin has been injured in battle."
The elf appeared to live up to his name.
"Oh no, I was chopping wood, and, well, that's what you get using an axe the shape of a boomerang, and bad aim.
Everyone nodded their heads, taking in those wise words.
Caitlin pulled the ring off her neck and placed it in the middle of the table. Grimy tried to snatch it away, but Limbless got there first, he had become very nimble with his mouth with the absence of arms.
"ffllp mmpf pumful flimpff!" Mumbled the thief.
"What? We can't hear you! Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk with your mouth full!" Said Kaitlin.
Limbless spat out the ring. "I said, NOW I HAVE THE RING, I WILL RULE THE WORLD!" He grinned, not noticing the ring lying on the floor. "Oh." Limbless looked a little embarrassed.
"Besides." Said Caitlin, "You don't have a finger to put it on."
Limbless sighed at his misfortune. The ring was placed back into the center of the table.
" So. What are we going to do with it?" Questioned Caitlin, looking expectantly at Lord Almond.
"We shallath take it to CMC plastic factory whence it came." Said Almond, quite pleased at his wise decision.
"Err, it's metal!" Exclaimed Kaitlin.
"Oh yes, quite right, you must take it to the lake of Goredor, where it is to be dropped. It is a long and perilous journey. Arrabarra and Borrowmyjacket have volunteered, as well as Grandgulf Grey Goat too, he is a wise and powerful magician, though his English ain't too good. SEND HIM IN."
The doors opened and a goat entered. "MMWWAAHH." It wailed.
"Don't stare at him for too long." Almond whispered. "His spell went wrong and he got stuck as a goat. He is wise and powerful and if you have any queries as to whether the food is edible if it is he'll eateth it, and if it isn't, he'll eateth it anyway."
"Gosh that must be hard for a goat!" Said Kaitlin sarcastically. Everyone turned their heads to look at her, Caitlin pulled a finger across her throat, Kaitlin stopped talking.
"Two weeks you shalleth need to rest." Said Almond who the stood up to escorte Limbless, Grimy and Grandgulf Grey Goat, out of the room
"But daddy! Can't I go?" Said Namen.
"No my daughter, this journey is to long and perilous for such a fragile one as you." The others smiled. "You are far too delicate."
"Yeah, as delicate as a lead pole." Thought Caitlin, the others were thinking exactly the same.
Namen started sulking. "Daddy, you never let me do things!" Her eyes flared.
"I'll talk to you again Namen morning star, as soon as you are nice and not a moment before, but first show our guests to their rooms." And with that Almond left with the two others and the goat, bow clenched in hand.
They had the same arrangement of rooms as they did in Lothryne, though without the fonts, and a better view.
They dumped their stuff on the beds and then went outside.
Haldir, Limolas and Caitlin sat next to Almonds pond watching the fish swim by. Kaitlin and Brussel were playing catch over the pond with the ring, so it really could not have been helped, that is with what was too come.
"PLOP!"
"Um. Guys?" Said Kaitlin. "The ring has fallen into the water. Brussel threw it and aimed bad!" She wailed.
"Hay don't be so mean to poor Brussel!" Said Namen who had just appeared, she hugged Brussel who was going purple under her strong smelling armpits, he gagged.
"Well we're not going any where to you two find it." Said Limolas.
After hours of searching, Brussel and Kaitlin were standing in the water nearly totally immersed and rather fed up.
"I can't find it, the mud's swallowed it!" Said Kaitlin. "It's as good as gone, not even the Nazals could find it, they probably wouldn't even try with all the filth in here."
"Yeah!" Said Brussel. "What she said!" There was something different about him. He smiled at Kaitlin, amazingly she smiled back. "Besides I'm hungry!" Brussel took Kaitlin's arm, and led her inside, shoes squelching. The others shrugged. Limolas who had been on a quick walk gave Caitlin a red rose, then offered her his arm, and took her inside. All that was left were Haldir and an incredibly jealous Namen. With a grim smile on his face, he offered his to Namen who obliged grudgingly.
The company and Namen walked into lunch.
Brussel's other hand in his pocket fingered something cold and round next to fluffy. He smiled, something told him this wasn't the end.
End of Part one. (part 2 coming shortly.)