Hope you're enjoying the story so far, melamin venea has got the first 2
chapters of hers done, they are a very good read, even if they ARE NOT
TRUE!
Part 2
The burden was lifted from their shoulders, though one grew heavier. It was nearly a week before the others noticed the change in Brussel.
Kaitlin and Brussel were having breakfast on the balcony. Kaitlin, who was not accustomed to eating mangoes in the early morning, had managed to spread it across her face.
"Ur Brussel, do you have a tissue I can borrow?" She questioned with mango dribbling down her chin.
Brussel delved into the unknown that were his pockets and pulled out a grey hanky that had obviously passed through the wash a few times
He shook it to get the fluff off when something landed on the table with a clang.
"Nice ring." Said Kaitlin. "Ring?"
Brussel flinched, not willing to give his secret away until he had accomplished world domination.
"You're not proposing are you?" Brussels eyes widened, that was a good idea, but no world domination came first. He snatched the ring off the table and placed it back into his pocket.
"NO."
Kaitlin relaxed, she was not ready for that kind of commitment, she didn't even know if she really liked his strange and confronting nature. She picked up the hanky and wiped her face, a large shriveled blob landed on the table. Brussel knew he had forgotten something.
Fluffy was lifeless on the table. A salty tear ran down his cheek, he'd miss fluffy. Kaitlin handed the hanky back,
Due to a slow reaction, it took awhile for something's to settle in for Kaitlin. Sometimes it was good in situations when you needed to panic. Kaitlin was known to scream and shriek hours after having seen a spider. At the time, if it had fallen on her, she'd just flick it off. It was a habit she was beginning to grow out of, instead of hours it was only a few minutes.
"RING!?" Brussel flinched again, he knew he had gotten off lightly. "BRUSSEL!!!!! Why didn't you tell me you had found it! We could rule the world together!"
Brussels face grew solemn, it was hard having to share his dream with someone else, but it was better then having told old Limolas or Haldir, they would have taken it off him in an instant and then thrown it into the lake as quick as possible. Of course when he had first seen the ring of Queen Imsoglad, he had hated it, but hate is extremely close to love, and as Brussel is very confused normally, he must have got his emotions mixed up.
They both agreed to keep the secret..
Brussel put the lifeless fluffy into a jar in the hope she/he would recover, then the pair set off down stairs for some tea and coffee.
The five sat around the table in silence
"Sooo." Said Limolas filling in the gap of silence. "you're hair looks lovely today." He said to Caitlin. She blushed, he did too.
Kaitlin giggled. "Tis a pitty we couldn't find the RING!" She said, she obviously found it hard to keep secrets, and liked to drop off hints.
Brussel who adored Kaitlin did not criticize her for this, he was a romantic, though not open about it.
"Your cheeks are like roses." He said shyly to Kaitlin, glaring at Limolas and trying to out do him
"Your eyes are of pure emeralds that twinkle when you smile." Said Limolas to Caitlin, he had won.
Brussel had successfully changed the subject. Kaitlin and Caitlin were looking at each other, loving the attention.
Haldir was feeling a little left out.
Kaitlin coughed, "RHHINNG" and again, "Bruhsselsss ghot thhe rhhing." She giggled. Everyone was looking at her as if she had rabies. Caitlin looked from Brussels impassive face to Kaitlin, rolling around the floor in hysterics, holding her stomach.
"There's something up, isn't there Limolas." Said Caitlin to him while still staring at the odd pair. Brussel's eyes glanced to his pockets, then back up to Caitlin's face again.
"Search him?" Questioned Caitlin to Limolas and Haldir.
"Yep they replied in unison. Haldir took one arm and Limolas the other, pinning him to the ground. Caitlin searched his pockets. There was no chance Kaitlin would fight as she was too weak with laughter.
"Caitlin's hand fell upon a metal circle, and pulled it out of Brussel's pocket. Her face was grim, Kaitlin stopped laughing.
"It seems the plan must be reactivated." Said Caitlin, staring at the cold in her hand.
Almond was notified straight away of the rings presence. They were waiting for lunch and a second council in the gardens. Caitlin, Limolas and Haldir were talking of the ring.
"There are 17 rings all together." Said Limolas. "Three for the elves, three for the dwarves and nine for the mortal men with extra large noses, and of course the one."
"But what of the last 17th" said Caitlin.
"Dog chewed it up." Said Haldir, "Died afterwards, got lead poisoning." They sat in silence, grieving the loss of Lucky, or, Unlucky the dog.
Brussel was trying to pull his sandwich out of his hair and had to go to his quarters to wash it out. Kaitlin joined the group of three. Caitlin scowled at her treacherous friend.
"What?" Said Kaitlin. "I didn't do anything bad, I'm sure you would have done the same in my situation, world domination over friendship any day. Besides, if you had found it you would have thrown it into the lake/spa thing, and then no one would have domination." The other two shook their heads, Caitlin still scowled.
"Shows how weak you are." Muttered Caitlin
Kaitlin turned her head slowly to look at her, her eyes flashed.
"I may be a lot of things, but I am not weak."
"You fell for its power, did you not?"
Kaitlin's eye twitched.
"You would have let it use you, and once it had got what it wanted, it would have had you killed." Caitlin said anger lining her wavering voice. "The world would have been put into total darkness due to your weakness."
" Yeah well, yeah, well! Brussel did it too!"
"Brussel would have told us in the end, it was his fault too, but I have known you longer and would never have expected you to give into it like that!" said Caitlin who then stood up and ran in the direction of her room,
"Wonder what's got up her nose!" Said Kaitin. Past anger now gone. Limolas looked at her in despise. He stood up without saying anything, and ran after caitlin,
Haldir just ignored whatever Kaitlin said.
Limolas knocked on Caitlin's door.
"Kaitlin, I don't want to SEE YOU right now!" Entered an angry voice from inside.
"Err, It's Limolas, can I come in?"
"Oh." The door opened. Limolas did not hesitate to notice the broken vase on the floor next to the wall. He sat down next to Caitlin on the sofa, with caution.
"It's not your fault you know." He said softly.
Caitlin stayed silent. "I thought it was over." A tear trickled down her cheek. Limolas wiped away her tear and put his hand on hers reassuringly, with a hint of something else. His eyes glinted.
The door opened slowly, Haldir entered the room, taking caution as he too had noticed the vase on the floor..
"Lord Almond has called for a second council."
Limolas kept hold of Caitlin's hand and led her down the stairs to the council room.
Haldir, Limolas and Caitlin sat down on one side of the table while Kaitlin and Brussel sat at the other. Brussel's mum was sitting next to him, obviously ashamed at what her son had done. Almond's face was grave.
"Now the ring has been discovered we must carry on with the journey again. Thou must taketh it to Goredor, it is a longeth journey and as I have said before you will meet many perils, but with eight you maybe able to go unnoticed, Arrabarra, Borrowmyjacket and Grandgulf the grey goat will go to, but they have not arrived yet. I am having second thoughts about sending Kaitlin or Brussel though as both have shown weakness to the ring." He looked at Brussel's mum.
"It's not his fault, he still acts like a child, he is only 3000 years old!"
"Limolas and Haldir are much younger yet they can control themselves."
"He lost his pet cat at an early age, he has had to grow up with loss."
"Well obviously it has melted his tiny brain!" Said a fuming Caitlin. Limolas grabbed hold of her hand, hoping to refrain her from saying anything more.
He whispered "remember, socks and throwing knives." It was sorted, they were to leave in 2 weeks, this time, so as not to slow them down, Kaitlin and Brussel had a change of animals, Brussel a horse, and Grandgulf grey goat had offered to take Kaitlin as he liked the taste of her clothes. Namen was in her room, still sulking.
Part 2
The burden was lifted from their shoulders, though one grew heavier. It was nearly a week before the others noticed the change in Brussel.
Kaitlin and Brussel were having breakfast on the balcony. Kaitlin, who was not accustomed to eating mangoes in the early morning, had managed to spread it across her face.
"Ur Brussel, do you have a tissue I can borrow?" She questioned with mango dribbling down her chin.
Brussel delved into the unknown that were his pockets and pulled out a grey hanky that had obviously passed through the wash a few times
He shook it to get the fluff off when something landed on the table with a clang.
"Nice ring." Said Kaitlin. "Ring?"
Brussel flinched, not willing to give his secret away until he had accomplished world domination.
"You're not proposing are you?" Brussels eyes widened, that was a good idea, but no world domination came first. He snatched the ring off the table and placed it back into his pocket.
"NO."
Kaitlin relaxed, she was not ready for that kind of commitment, she didn't even know if she really liked his strange and confronting nature. She picked up the hanky and wiped her face, a large shriveled blob landed on the table. Brussel knew he had forgotten something.
Fluffy was lifeless on the table. A salty tear ran down his cheek, he'd miss fluffy. Kaitlin handed the hanky back,
Due to a slow reaction, it took awhile for something's to settle in for Kaitlin. Sometimes it was good in situations when you needed to panic. Kaitlin was known to scream and shriek hours after having seen a spider. At the time, if it had fallen on her, she'd just flick it off. It was a habit she was beginning to grow out of, instead of hours it was only a few minutes.
"RING!?" Brussel flinched again, he knew he had gotten off lightly. "BRUSSEL!!!!! Why didn't you tell me you had found it! We could rule the world together!"
Brussels face grew solemn, it was hard having to share his dream with someone else, but it was better then having told old Limolas or Haldir, they would have taken it off him in an instant and then thrown it into the lake as quick as possible. Of course when he had first seen the ring of Queen Imsoglad, he had hated it, but hate is extremely close to love, and as Brussel is very confused normally, he must have got his emotions mixed up.
They both agreed to keep the secret..
Brussel put the lifeless fluffy into a jar in the hope she/he would recover, then the pair set off down stairs for some tea and coffee.
The five sat around the table in silence
"Sooo." Said Limolas filling in the gap of silence. "you're hair looks lovely today." He said to Caitlin. She blushed, he did too.
Kaitlin giggled. "Tis a pitty we couldn't find the RING!" She said, she obviously found it hard to keep secrets, and liked to drop off hints.
Brussel who adored Kaitlin did not criticize her for this, he was a romantic, though not open about it.
"Your cheeks are like roses." He said shyly to Kaitlin, glaring at Limolas and trying to out do him
"Your eyes are of pure emeralds that twinkle when you smile." Said Limolas to Caitlin, he had won.
Brussel had successfully changed the subject. Kaitlin and Caitlin were looking at each other, loving the attention.
Haldir was feeling a little left out.
Kaitlin coughed, "RHHINNG" and again, "Bruhsselsss ghot thhe rhhing." She giggled. Everyone was looking at her as if she had rabies. Caitlin looked from Brussels impassive face to Kaitlin, rolling around the floor in hysterics, holding her stomach.
"There's something up, isn't there Limolas." Said Caitlin to him while still staring at the odd pair. Brussel's eyes glanced to his pockets, then back up to Caitlin's face again.
"Search him?" Questioned Caitlin to Limolas and Haldir.
"Yep they replied in unison. Haldir took one arm and Limolas the other, pinning him to the ground. Caitlin searched his pockets. There was no chance Kaitlin would fight as she was too weak with laughter.
"Caitlin's hand fell upon a metal circle, and pulled it out of Brussel's pocket. Her face was grim, Kaitlin stopped laughing.
"It seems the plan must be reactivated." Said Caitlin, staring at the cold in her hand.
Almond was notified straight away of the rings presence. They were waiting for lunch and a second council in the gardens. Caitlin, Limolas and Haldir were talking of the ring.
"There are 17 rings all together." Said Limolas. "Three for the elves, three for the dwarves and nine for the mortal men with extra large noses, and of course the one."
"But what of the last 17th" said Caitlin.
"Dog chewed it up." Said Haldir, "Died afterwards, got lead poisoning." They sat in silence, grieving the loss of Lucky, or, Unlucky the dog.
Brussel was trying to pull his sandwich out of his hair and had to go to his quarters to wash it out. Kaitlin joined the group of three. Caitlin scowled at her treacherous friend.
"What?" Said Kaitlin. "I didn't do anything bad, I'm sure you would have done the same in my situation, world domination over friendship any day. Besides, if you had found it you would have thrown it into the lake/spa thing, and then no one would have domination." The other two shook their heads, Caitlin still scowled.
"Shows how weak you are." Muttered Caitlin
Kaitlin turned her head slowly to look at her, her eyes flashed.
"I may be a lot of things, but I am not weak."
"You fell for its power, did you not?"
Kaitlin's eye twitched.
"You would have let it use you, and once it had got what it wanted, it would have had you killed." Caitlin said anger lining her wavering voice. "The world would have been put into total darkness due to your weakness."
" Yeah well, yeah, well! Brussel did it too!"
"Brussel would have told us in the end, it was his fault too, but I have known you longer and would never have expected you to give into it like that!" said Caitlin who then stood up and ran in the direction of her room,
"Wonder what's got up her nose!" Said Kaitin. Past anger now gone. Limolas looked at her in despise. He stood up without saying anything, and ran after caitlin,
Haldir just ignored whatever Kaitlin said.
Limolas knocked on Caitlin's door.
"Kaitlin, I don't want to SEE YOU right now!" Entered an angry voice from inside.
"Err, It's Limolas, can I come in?"
"Oh." The door opened. Limolas did not hesitate to notice the broken vase on the floor next to the wall. He sat down next to Caitlin on the sofa, with caution.
"It's not your fault you know." He said softly.
Caitlin stayed silent. "I thought it was over." A tear trickled down her cheek. Limolas wiped away her tear and put his hand on hers reassuringly, with a hint of something else. His eyes glinted.
The door opened slowly, Haldir entered the room, taking caution as he too had noticed the vase on the floor..
"Lord Almond has called for a second council."
Limolas kept hold of Caitlin's hand and led her down the stairs to the council room.
Haldir, Limolas and Caitlin sat down on one side of the table while Kaitlin and Brussel sat at the other. Brussel's mum was sitting next to him, obviously ashamed at what her son had done. Almond's face was grave.
"Now the ring has been discovered we must carry on with the journey again. Thou must taketh it to Goredor, it is a longeth journey and as I have said before you will meet many perils, but with eight you maybe able to go unnoticed, Arrabarra, Borrowmyjacket and Grandgulf the grey goat will go to, but they have not arrived yet. I am having second thoughts about sending Kaitlin or Brussel though as both have shown weakness to the ring." He looked at Brussel's mum.
"It's not his fault, he still acts like a child, he is only 3000 years old!"
"Limolas and Haldir are much younger yet they can control themselves."
"He lost his pet cat at an early age, he has had to grow up with loss."
"Well obviously it has melted his tiny brain!" Said a fuming Caitlin. Limolas grabbed hold of her hand, hoping to refrain her from saying anything more.
He whispered "remember, socks and throwing knives." It was sorted, they were to leave in 2 weeks, this time, so as not to slow them down, Kaitlin and Brussel had a change of animals, Brussel a horse, and Grandgulf grey goat had offered to take Kaitlin as he liked the taste of her clothes. Namen was in her room, still sulking.