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Chapter Four
That night Ali could barely sleep. She was about to go off on a quest with the Fellowship, on a quest that she didn't even believe in. Ali was surely in some kind of dream. She would wake up in her own bed and find out that it was. But somehow Ali didn't think that would happen.
The next morning, Ali got up and got ready for the day. She still felt a little skeptical about this, but she figured if she went with the Fellowship, Ali would be able to go home afterwards. Somehow, at least.
Soon after, Ali went down to where she was supposed to meet up with Lord Elrond and the Fellowship. When she got there, everybody seemed to stop talking and look at Ali. Or rather, looking down at her.
"Well, I'm here, Lord Elrond. I hope you're happy," Ali said.
"Indeed," Elrond said. He turned to the Fellowship, "This is Alexandria Wimund, or rather, Ali. She seems to not like her full name of Alexandria."
"I'm still a little skeptical about this woman being with us. It's risky," a short, squat man with a long reddish beard and hair said. Ali vaguely remembered him from the movie. Wasn't his name Gimili or something like that?
"As you have already proclaimed to us, Master Dwarf," Elrond alleged, then turning to Ali he said, "I would like to introduce you to the Fellowship, as you'll be eating, sleeping, traveling, etc with them."
Ali nodded and the introductions were launched. The Dwarf was Gimili, as Ali suspected. Legolas, an Elf Prince of Mirkwood. Ali thought he was kind of cute. Maybe she could flirt with him just a little bit along the way. Then came Aragorn, whom she already met, then Boromir of Gondor, another human. Gandalf was, of course, in it, then the four Hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. Ali said hello politely to each of them and they in return.
"Now that is done, you must be off. The Ringbearer is setting off for the Quest of Mordor. Neither oath nor bond is set to go as far as you will. And may the blessing of Dwarves, Elves, and other Free Folk go with you," Elrond stated.
The Fellowship bowed their heads slightly. 'Do they have a ceremony for everything?' Ali thought. 'It seems like it is.'
"The Fellowship awaits the Ringbearer," Gandalf said.
Frodo nodded and walked past the Fellowship and soon everybody was following after him. Ali sighed ruefully. There was no turning back now, whether she wanted to or not.
Soon the whole Fellowship was out of Rivendell. Ali looked back for one last glance. She might not ever see it again, so Ali decided to take one last look.
"My lady Ali, you best keep up or you'll be left behind," a soft voice said behind her. Ali turned around to see that it was Legolas.
"Well, sorry if my actions have upset you, my lord Legolas," Ali uttered sarcastically.
Legolas raised an eyebrow. "Indeed I have never met a woman who is so sarcastic."
"Well, you haven't met me yet. But anyways, Legolas, how long will this journey take?" Ali asked as they walked with the rest of the Fellowship.
"As long as it takes, my lady," Legolas replied.
"But surely a prince like yourself has better things to do than walk with a Fellowship. I'm sure you didn't want to be here, did you?" Ali asked. She heard somebody chuckle softly, but didn't particularly care at the moment.
"It was necessary to be here, my lady," Legolas stated. With that he sprung ahead to the front where Gandalf and Aragorn were.
"Well, that didn't answer anything," Ali muttered.
"You shouldn't take offense, Ali," Frodo said, coming up to walk beside her. "He means no more. Legolas is an Elf, after all."
"What do you mean? Can't I ask him questions and ask advice from him?" Ali turned to look at him.
"Well, sort of," Frodo said. "Go not to the Elves, for they will say both no and yes (LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, page 94), as people say."
"I see. But," Ali said, switching to her teasing mode, "I'm sure I could go to the hobbits for counsel, for they are so truthful and willing to give the answers, may I say so, myself."
Frodo blushed slightly. "You shouldn't make fun."
"What, is good humor against the law?"
Frodo shook his head. "No, Ali. I was just saying."
"Then it's settled. Good humor for all, as I say," Ali exclaimed.
Frodo just smiled and shook his head. Ali grinned. 'Well, if that's all it takes to keep everybody's moral up, then it will be easy enough' Ali thought.
As the day wore on, Ali increasingly became tired. "Aren't we stopping soon?" she called out front towards Gandalf.
"No, Lady Ali. We don't stop until nightfall. If we kept stopping every time somebody got tired, then we'd never get anywhere," Gandalf called back to her.
'Well, that's just plain peachy,' Ali thought.
Ali fell to silence for the rest of the day. That night, Ali flopped down onto the ground, feeling extremely tired after the long days march. She was just about to fall asleep when Boromir came up to her and sat down.
"I thought I might have a talk with you, Miss Ali," Boromir stated.
"Have a talk with me about what?" Ali asked.
Boromir shrugged. "Nothing in particular. But I was meant to give you these." He handed Ali a sword and a bow and quiver.
Ali took them from Boromir. "Why will I be needing these? I surely won't be using them, will I?"
"You might be needing them, Miss Ali. You never know when you'll be needing to defend yourself against something unpleasant," Boromir clamored slightly.
"Oh, this is just peachy. First I'm asked to join a Fellowship, and now I'm asked to keep a sword AND a bow and quiver to defend myself. What more do you people want from me?" Ali said a little angrily.
"Well, I didn't want you here no better than you did. If it wasn't for Lord Elrond, I wouldn't have had you here along with us," Boromir said just as angrily.
"Well, I'm glad I'm here now, you can look at me and think that I was here just to make you mad," Ali shot at Boromir.
Boromir harrumphed and got up, going to his spot to sleep. Ali lay onto her side, not caring if Boromir left or not. She was beginning to hate him anyway. Not wanting her here, indeed. She'll show him that she's just as worthy as him, or as any other in the Fellowship, for that matter. Ali fell asleep with that thought in her head. She'll prove it to them all.
A/n: Well, here's chapter four for you all. I hope you all liked. If you've noticed I used some of the lines from both the book and from the movie. If I got the lines from the movie messed up, please tell me, it never hurt anything. If you don't like where I placed the lines from the books, I'm sorry, but it just happened to fit in that place in my story, not meaning for any offense to LOTR lovers, I'm one myself, obviously. But I'll shut up now and I hope you've enjoyed the story so far.
Ashes Kittyhawk-Thanks for the review! Yup, the chapters sure did, didn't they? Laugh out loud. I hope this chapter satisfied your wanting Ali to meet the Fellowship. Hehe. And about the longer chapters, I'll try and get them longer, but it depends on if I have a lot of stuff I want to get out or not. But I'm getting them fairly long, no?
Angelofdragons- Thanks for the review! Ali reminds you of yourself? That is a little scary. But ah, well, I hope it hasn't offended you or anything. But anyways, thanks again for the review and I'm glad you liked the story so far.
Chapter Four
That night Ali could barely sleep. She was about to go off on a quest with the Fellowship, on a quest that she didn't even believe in. Ali was surely in some kind of dream. She would wake up in her own bed and find out that it was. But somehow Ali didn't think that would happen.
The next morning, Ali got up and got ready for the day. She still felt a little skeptical about this, but she figured if she went with the Fellowship, Ali would be able to go home afterwards. Somehow, at least.
Soon after, Ali went down to where she was supposed to meet up with Lord Elrond and the Fellowship. When she got there, everybody seemed to stop talking and look at Ali. Or rather, looking down at her.
"Well, I'm here, Lord Elrond. I hope you're happy," Ali said.
"Indeed," Elrond said. He turned to the Fellowship, "This is Alexandria Wimund, or rather, Ali. She seems to not like her full name of Alexandria."
"I'm still a little skeptical about this woman being with us. It's risky," a short, squat man with a long reddish beard and hair said. Ali vaguely remembered him from the movie. Wasn't his name Gimili or something like that?
"As you have already proclaimed to us, Master Dwarf," Elrond alleged, then turning to Ali he said, "I would like to introduce you to the Fellowship, as you'll be eating, sleeping, traveling, etc with them."
Ali nodded and the introductions were launched. The Dwarf was Gimili, as Ali suspected. Legolas, an Elf Prince of Mirkwood. Ali thought he was kind of cute. Maybe she could flirt with him just a little bit along the way. Then came Aragorn, whom she already met, then Boromir of Gondor, another human. Gandalf was, of course, in it, then the four Hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. Ali said hello politely to each of them and they in return.
"Now that is done, you must be off. The Ringbearer is setting off for the Quest of Mordor. Neither oath nor bond is set to go as far as you will. And may the blessing of Dwarves, Elves, and other Free Folk go with you," Elrond stated.
The Fellowship bowed their heads slightly. 'Do they have a ceremony for everything?' Ali thought. 'It seems like it is.'
"The Fellowship awaits the Ringbearer," Gandalf said.
Frodo nodded and walked past the Fellowship and soon everybody was following after him. Ali sighed ruefully. There was no turning back now, whether she wanted to or not.
Soon the whole Fellowship was out of Rivendell. Ali looked back for one last glance. She might not ever see it again, so Ali decided to take one last look.
"My lady Ali, you best keep up or you'll be left behind," a soft voice said behind her. Ali turned around to see that it was Legolas.
"Well, sorry if my actions have upset you, my lord Legolas," Ali uttered sarcastically.
Legolas raised an eyebrow. "Indeed I have never met a woman who is so sarcastic."
"Well, you haven't met me yet. But anyways, Legolas, how long will this journey take?" Ali asked as they walked with the rest of the Fellowship.
"As long as it takes, my lady," Legolas replied.
"But surely a prince like yourself has better things to do than walk with a Fellowship. I'm sure you didn't want to be here, did you?" Ali asked. She heard somebody chuckle softly, but didn't particularly care at the moment.
"It was necessary to be here, my lady," Legolas stated. With that he sprung ahead to the front where Gandalf and Aragorn were.
"Well, that didn't answer anything," Ali muttered.
"You shouldn't take offense, Ali," Frodo said, coming up to walk beside her. "He means no more. Legolas is an Elf, after all."
"What do you mean? Can't I ask him questions and ask advice from him?" Ali turned to look at him.
"Well, sort of," Frodo said. "Go not to the Elves, for they will say both no and yes (LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, page 94), as people say."
"I see. But," Ali said, switching to her teasing mode, "I'm sure I could go to the hobbits for counsel, for they are so truthful and willing to give the answers, may I say so, myself."
Frodo blushed slightly. "You shouldn't make fun."
"What, is good humor against the law?"
Frodo shook his head. "No, Ali. I was just saying."
"Then it's settled. Good humor for all, as I say," Ali exclaimed.
Frodo just smiled and shook his head. Ali grinned. 'Well, if that's all it takes to keep everybody's moral up, then it will be easy enough' Ali thought.
As the day wore on, Ali increasingly became tired. "Aren't we stopping soon?" she called out front towards Gandalf.
"No, Lady Ali. We don't stop until nightfall. If we kept stopping every time somebody got tired, then we'd never get anywhere," Gandalf called back to her.
'Well, that's just plain peachy,' Ali thought.
Ali fell to silence for the rest of the day. That night, Ali flopped down onto the ground, feeling extremely tired after the long days march. She was just about to fall asleep when Boromir came up to her and sat down.
"I thought I might have a talk with you, Miss Ali," Boromir stated.
"Have a talk with me about what?" Ali asked.
Boromir shrugged. "Nothing in particular. But I was meant to give you these." He handed Ali a sword and a bow and quiver.
Ali took them from Boromir. "Why will I be needing these? I surely won't be using them, will I?"
"You might be needing them, Miss Ali. You never know when you'll be needing to defend yourself against something unpleasant," Boromir clamored slightly.
"Oh, this is just peachy. First I'm asked to join a Fellowship, and now I'm asked to keep a sword AND a bow and quiver to defend myself. What more do you people want from me?" Ali said a little angrily.
"Well, I didn't want you here no better than you did. If it wasn't for Lord Elrond, I wouldn't have had you here along with us," Boromir said just as angrily.
"Well, I'm glad I'm here now, you can look at me and think that I was here just to make you mad," Ali shot at Boromir.
Boromir harrumphed and got up, going to his spot to sleep. Ali lay onto her side, not caring if Boromir left or not. She was beginning to hate him anyway. Not wanting her here, indeed. She'll show him that she's just as worthy as him, or as any other in the Fellowship, for that matter. Ali fell asleep with that thought in her head. She'll prove it to them all.
A/n: Well, here's chapter four for you all. I hope you all liked. If you've noticed I used some of the lines from both the book and from the movie. If I got the lines from the movie messed up, please tell me, it never hurt anything. If you don't like where I placed the lines from the books, I'm sorry, but it just happened to fit in that place in my story, not meaning for any offense to LOTR lovers, I'm one myself, obviously. But I'll shut up now and I hope you've enjoyed the story so far.
Ashes Kittyhawk-Thanks for the review! Yup, the chapters sure did, didn't they? Laugh out loud. I hope this chapter satisfied your wanting Ali to meet the Fellowship. Hehe. And about the longer chapters, I'll try and get them longer, but it depends on if I have a lot of stuff I want to get out or not. But I'm getting them fairly long, no?
Angelofdragons- Thanks for the review! Ali reminds you of yourself? That is a little scary. But ah, well, I hope it hasn't offended you or anything. But anyways, thanks again for the review and I'm glad you liked the story so far.
