*Groans* I'm so ill, send sympathy my way. heh. I'm still delusional, I
can't sleep so I figured I write some more. Hope it makes semi-sense. um,
can't think of what else to say so here is the next chapter, its short, but
I thought the last sentence was a nice place to end it. So, um, yeah,
nothing much happens but I'm working on chapter 3 cos I want to!
ooh, p.s. Thank you all for the reviews, I hope i can live up to your
expectations. Feel free to shoot me if i don't *runs and hides*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What is it Mr. Frodo?"
"I'm not quite sure, Sam."
"I would say, its an Elf, or a human, but with that much hair..."
Usagi groaned and rolled onto her side, just regaining consciousness. The two hobbits who'd been standing over her curiously jumped backwards at her sudden movement. Her great expanse of pale gold hair had some how worked loose from her twin 'odangos' and draped over her body like a cloak, part of the reason Sam and Frodo were so confused. At her movement some of the hair covering her face had moved away to reveal very rounded and un-elf like ears.
"That ain't no elf then, is it Mr. Frodo?"
"No Sam, I don't suppose it could be. Should we wake her?"
"And how d'ya know it's a she. It could be an orc in disguise. Or a raith." Sam decided with a resolute nod.
"Well Sam" Frodo continued carefully. "I may not have seen many creatures, but in my experience it's mostly the girls that have... breasts." He finished awkwardly causing his travelling companion to turn red.
"What should we do with it... her, then?"
"Maybe fetch strider. We can not leave her here, and in that strange garment she'll catch her death."
"That's a mighty fine idea Mr. Frodo. I'll just ah, get him." With that Sam hurried away as fast as his woollen feet could carry him to where the rest of the eight remaining companions of the fellowship where camped.
Frodo watched his faithful friend disappear and turned a wary gaze back to this strange girl. After a few moments Usagi opened her eyes, allowing a while for them to focus, the light was dim as night was just setting in. She was very surprised to find instead of the familiar white plaster of her bedroom ceiling she found a dusky coloured open sky. Allowing her gaze to roam she also noticed that she was lying not on her futon but on hard ground and rather than a pillow she had a rock to rest her head on. The next thing she noticed was a pair of large furry feet not too far from her head. A sudden wave of panic hit her as she remembered the rather cryptic dream of just a couple of hours ago. 'oh no' she thought. She sat bolt upright with a pained expression on her face of one who'd been through way too many strange things already. Now in a sitting position she was extremely shocked to see a head just above her eye level, evidently belonging to the feet she had been presented with. Of course Usagi wasn't expecting this so as anyone in her situation would have she let out a rather high pitched scream of terror. She hurried to scramble away from her current position but not getting too far due to the tiny man standing on her trailing hair. She abruptly stopped the screaming and leaned her head in to him to stop the pain of her hair being yanked. With several muttering of "ow" she noticed that the creature had been, (and still was) screaming. They where still in this position of 'tug-o-war' when several members of the fellowship came running over to save Frodo from the "terrible beast" Sam had just described to them.
***
"Why, 'tis nothing more than a human wench!" Cried Gimli, Usagi tried to send a scowl in the direction of the voice but yelped in pain.
"Please get off my hair." she whimpered. Frodo, who had now collected his wits muttered "sorry" and stepped away from the girl. The other hobbits curiously peeking out from behind Boromir. They all stood staring at the girl, she obviously wasn't a native to this area, she was dressed in a frilly white gown, quite short and indecent. Usagi collected her hair behind her and stood up tugging at her short nightdress as she did. She now towered over the people she had seen earlier and another man with a reddish coloured beard and a helmet. She gazed around her in fear, just now starting to wonder how it was she could understand their language.
Her gaze settled on the tallest of the gathered 'people' he had a regal air to him and long pale blonde hair. But what had really caught her attention was the rather pointy tops to his ears. She must have stared a little too hard for when she met his eyes she received a steely blue gaze, not quite a glare but as close to one as he would allow him self to give. Usagi gulped and took a small step backwards, nearly tripping on the rock that had knocked her out.
"What is your name child, and what business do you have here?" A man with dark brown hair and beard asked her.
"I um..." she muttered softly. Casting a worried glance in the direction of the rather short man with the rather large and sharp looking axe. What could she say? 'Well, I'm from well over a thousand years into your future, and I really have no idea why I'm here.' She frowned at her self, that wouldn't go down well by the looks of these people.
"Come lady, we wish you no ill. You shall not be harmed, we ask but a small thing from you." The pointy eared man stated. Some what comforted by his kind words Usagi sighed.
"I don't really know why I'm here. Except I'm on a sort of a ...quest, I guess."
'oh, didn't that sound intelligent' she silently scolded her self. The taller members of the company eyed her sceptically but in true form Pippin stepped forward and held out his hand.
"Well, what do you know, so are we!" "Fool!" "She could be one of Saruman's spies for all you know!" the ever volatile Gimli shouted in a rage.
"No. I promise you I'm not." Usagi shook the small mans hand and smiled her sweetest smile at him. At least one of them was on her side. "She doesn't look frightening, does she?" Frodo asked.
"No, Mr. Frodo, she don't, what's your name, if you please miss?" Sam asked Usagi.
"My name? its um..." Usagi considered giving the name Serenity but decided against it in case she slipped up later.
"Usagi."
"A strange name, but you are welcome to sup with us lady." One of the bearded men who had spoken earlier said.
"Thank you." Usagi was unsure if 'supping' was a good thing or not but decided to be polite anyway.
***
"So, Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam are... hobbits?"
"Yes."
"But Gimli's not?"
"No I certainly am not, I would rather die than be known as a creature such as that! I madam am a dwarf!"
Usagi looked taken aback by Gimli's out burst causing him to look indignant and the others to laugh.
"How is it, that you know so little about the world that you live in, did the people in your village shelter you so?" Legolas, she had learnt he was an Elf asked her.
"I don't exactly come from around here." Usagi explained.
"How is it then that you came to be in this place." Aragorn asked.
"I was sent here. To find someone, I doubt you would know him, even I know nothing about him, except for his name."
"Tell us Usagi, I know most of the men around these parts." Boromir spoke up. "His name was Gandalf..." she stopped mid-sentence at their down cast faces.
"Alas Lady" Legolas had an air of deep sorrow about him as he told her. "You are not in luck, for Gandalf was lost to this world merely a day ago. Was he of some importance to you?"
"He-He was, it doesn't matter now. If he is dead I should no longer be here. Something has gone wrong."
"Will you now return home Lady?"
"How would I find my way, when I don't even know how I got here?"
It seemed that their conversation had grown to be just between Usagi and Legolas, the others having drifted off to sleep at intervals.
"Why would your people leave you in an unknown land with no food or decent clothing? You are obviously a treasure to them for them to guard you against the outside World."
"You flatter me with such talk Legolas."
Usagi surprised her self with the style of language she had just used. She had been in this world a matter of hours and already she was talking like a local. "Besides," Usagi added. "When the guardian of time and my mother are allowed to meddle with things who am I to argue."
Legolas looked at her quizzically as Usagi settled down to rest. She had a hell of a headache. Looking up at the half moon, she asked a silent question;
"Couldn't you have dropped me on something softer?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yay, I'm done, sorry to disappoint all of you who wanted her to meet Gandalf in this chapter, but she will meet him later. this it wont really follow the books lines if you get what I mean. .;; ^_^;;;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What is it Mr. Frodo?"
"I'm not quite sure, Sam."
"I would say, its an Elf, or a human, but with that much hair..."
Usagi groaned and rolled onto her side, just regaining consciousness. The two hobbits who'd been standing over her curiously jumped backwards at her sudden movement. Her great expanse of pale gold hair had some how worked loose from her twin 'odangos' and draped over her body like a cloak, part of the reason Sam and Frodo were so confused. At her movement some of the hair covering her face had moved away to reveal very rounded and un-elf like ears.
"That ain't no elf then, is it Mr. Frodo?"
"No Sam, I don't suppose it could be. Should we wake her?"
"And how d'ya know it's a she. It could be an orc in disguise. Or a raith." Sam decided with a resolute nod.
"Well Sam" Frodo continued carefully. "I may not have seen many creatures, but in my experience it's mostly the girls that have... breasts." He finished awkwardly causing his travelling companion to turn red.
"What should we do with it... her, then?"
"Maybe fetch strider. We can not leave her here, and in that strange garment she'll catch her death."
"That's a mighty fine idea Mr. Frodo. I'll just ah, get him." With that Sam hurried away as fast as his woollen feet could carry him to where the rest of the eight remaining companions of the fellowship where camped.
Frodo watched his faithful friend disappear and turned a wary gaze back to this strange girl. After a few moments Usagi opened her eyes, allowing a while for them to focus, the light was dim as night was just setting in. She was very surprised to find instead of the familiar white plaster of her bedroom ceiling she found a dusky coloured open sky. Allowing her gaze to roam she also noticed that she was lying not on her futon but on hard ground and rather than a pillow she had a rock to rest her head on. The next thing she noticed was a pair of large furry feet not too far from her head. A sudden wave of panic hit her as she remembered the rather cryptic dream of just a couple of hours ago. 'oh no' she thought. She sat bolt upright with a pained expression on her face of one who'd been through way too many strange things already. Now in a sitting position she was extremely shocked to see a head just above her eye level, evidently belonging to the feet she had been presented with. Of course Usagi wasn't expecting this so as anyone in her situation would have she let out a rather high pitched scream of terror. She hurried to scramble away from her current position but not getting too far due to the tiny man standing on her trailing hair. She abruptly stopped the screaming and leaned her head in to him to stop the pain of her hair being yanked. With several muttering of "ow" she noticed that the creature had been, (and still was) screaming. They where still in this position of 'tug-o-war' when several members of the fellowship came running over to save Frodo from the "terrible beast" Sam had just described to them.
***
"Why, 'tis nothing more than a human wench!" Cried Gimli, Usagi tried to send a scowl in the direction of the voice but yelped in pain.
"Please get off my hair." she whimpered. Frodo, who had now collected his wits muttered "sorry" and stepped away from the girl. The other hobbits curiously peeking out from behind Boromir. They all stood staring at the girl, she obviously wasn't a native to this area, she was dressed in a frilly white gown, quite short and indecent. Usagi collected her hair behind her and stood up tugging at her short nightdress as she did. She now towered over the people she had seen earlier and another man with a reddish coloured beard and a helmet. She gazed around her in fear, just now starting to wonder how it was she could understand their language.
Her gaze settled on the tallest of the gathered 'people' he had a regal air to him and long pale blonde hair. But what had really caught her attention was the rather pointy tops to his ears. She must have stared a little too hard for when she met his eyes she received a steely blue gaze, not quite a glare but as close to one as he would allow him self to give. Usagi gulped and took a small step backwards, nearly tripping on the rock that had knocked her out.
"What is your name child, and what business do you have here?" A man with dark brown hair and beard asked her.
"I um..." she muttered softly. Casting a worried glance in the direction of the rather short man with the rather large and sharp looking axe. What could she say? 'Well, I'm from well over a thousand years into your future, and I really have no idea why I'm here.' She frowned at her self, that wouldn't go down well by the looks of these people.
"Come lady, we wish you no ill. You shall not be harmed, we ask but a small thing from you." The pointy eared man stated. Some what comforted by his kind words Usagi sighed.
"I don't really know why I'm here. Except I'm on a sort of a ...quest, I guess."
'oh, didn't that sound intelligent' she silently scolded her self. The taller members of the company eyed her sceptically but in true form Pippin stepped forward and held out his hand.
"Well, what do you know, so are we!" "Fool!" "She could be one of Saruman's spies for all you know!" the ever volatile Gimli shouted in a rage.
"No. I promise you I'm not." Usagi shook the small mans hand and smiled her sweetest smile at him. At least one of them was on her side. "She doesn't look frightening, does she?" Frodo asked.
"No, Mr. Frodo, she don't, what's your name, if you please miss?" Sam asked Usagi.
"My name? its um..." Usagi considered giving the name Serenity but decided against it in case she slipped up later.
"Usagi."
"A strange name, but you are welcome to sup with us lady." One of the bearded men who had spoken earlier said.
"Thank you." Usagi was unsure if 'supping' was a good thing or not but decided to be polite anyway.
***
"So, Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam are... hobbits?"
"Yes."
"But Gimli's not?"
"No I certainly am not, I would rather die than be known as a creature such as that! I madam am a dwarf!"
Usagi looked taken aback by Gimli's out burst causing him to look indignant and the others to laugh.
"How is it, that you know so little about the world that you live in, did the people in your village shelter you so?" Legolas, she had learnt he was an Elf asked her.
"I don't exactly come from around here." Usagi explained.
"How is it then that you came to be in this place." Aragorn asked.
"I was sent here. To find someone, I doubt you would know him, even I know nothing about him, except for his name."
"Tell us Usagi, I know most of the men around these parts." Boromir spoke up. "His name was Gandalf..." she stopped mid-sentence at their down cast faces.
"Alas Lady" Legolas had an air of deep sorrow about him as he told her. "You are not in luck, for Gandalf was lost to this world merely a day ago. Was he of some importance to you?"
"He-He was, it doesn't matter now. If he is dead I should no longer be here. Something has gone wrong."
"Will you now return home Lady?"
"How would I find my way, when I don't even know how I got here?"
It seemed that their conversation had grown to be just between Usagi and Legolas, the others having drifted off to sleep at intervals.
"Why would your people leave you in an unknown land with no food or decent clothing? You are obviously a treasure to them for them to guard you against the outside World."
"You flatter me with such talk Legolas."
Usagi surprised her self with the style of language she had just used. She had been in this world a matter of hours and already she was talking like a local. "Besides," Usagi added. "When the guardian of time and my mother are allowed to meddle with things who am I to argue."
Legolas looked at her quizzically as Usagi settled down to rest. She had a hell of a headache. Looking up at the half moon, she asked a silent question;
"Couldn't you have dropped me on something softer?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yay, I'm done, sorry to disappoint all of you who wanted her to meet Gandalf in this chapter, but she will meet him later. this it wont really follow the books lines if you get what I mean. .;; ^_^;;;
