(A/N - I still don't own any of these characters. I also make fun of STNG and Charlotte's Web in this chapter.)
After darkness fell, (squashing two spiders and an orc,) Legolas and Aragorn went to look for Sue. Fairly quickly, they heard muffled cursing and followed it to its source. They found Mary Sue tangled in a thorn bush, beating at the branches with a broken stiletto heel.
"What happened to you?" Legolas asked, trying to suppress a smile.
"My heel broke and I fell into this damned bush."
"You have injured your leg?" he was trying to hide a hopeful expression.
"No, my shoe! I broke my shoe! These things cost two hundred dollars!" she cried, brandishing the shoe at him. He backed away from the lethal footwear.
"Perhaps it is just as well. Those shoes were not made for hiking. Come along, we must go back, I have Gimli tending the camp. Miss, you will have to either walk barefoot or see if Legolas has a spare pair of boots with him. I know I left such things back at camp." Aragorn helped her out of the bush and started back. Mary Sue looked at Legolas.
"I didn't bring any shoes with me. You'll have to go barefoot."
"But the ground's sharp and my feet will get dirty." She whined.
"Yes, that's what happens in the middle of the forest, what else can you do?" Legolas asked.
"I can do this…" she said as she started to glow. Her eyes turned a deeper shade of purple and her blond hair began to glow blue at the roots. As she made mystic passes in the air with her hands she spoke the magic words of a summoning spell. "Eeny meenie chili beanie, By the powers of the sky and little furry animals, I summon thee, Oh Nike, Great Goddess of victory and comfortable footwear! I ask that you bestow your blessing on me now, for my shoe is broken and I must continue on my quest! In the words of the Great Picard, Make it So!" There was a blinding flash and a blue cardboard box appeared at her feet. She lifted out a pair of shoes and tied them onto her feet. "Okay, let's go"
"What in the name of Gandalf was that?" Legolas was bewildered and slightly frightened.
"I can use magic once each day, it's a special ability of mine." she replied, jogging ahead
"And you used it to summon footwear? Why didn't you mention it earlier? You said the rabbit killed your parents, why didn't you use it then, or help Gimli?" he asked.
"I needed some nice shoes, and don't try to be logical about my abilities. I'm not supposed to be logical. Things just happen. It's my job to either be rescued or to rescue you guys." she replied.
"Crazy." Legolas shook his head.
When they reached the camp, Aragorn called out to them "What took you two so long?"
Legolas sat beside the fire and dished out a bowl of stew "She stopped to summon footwear. Apparently she gets all glowy when she does magic but she can only do it once a day."
Aragorn looked at her feet. "Odd looking shoes," he said, "Did the fact that you can do magic once a day not seem like something we should have known? Did you not realise how important that could be to our group? And you waste this days allotment of magic on shoes? What if we get attacked in the night?"
"Funny you should say that!" the dwarf grabbed his axe and pointed to the left.
A giant spider crawled out of the woods and came towards them.
"Wow, Charlotte's really let herself go." muttered Legolas as he fired an arrow.