***The break-up party***
They rested on the lawns of Parth Galen on the western side of the river. Demi found little comfort here, and Legolas also felt this. Aragorn agreed, that this place was far from safe under such dark times, but they had no choice. Demi felt uneasy indeed. She knew the time had come.
They ate then sat in a circle, ready to make their choice.
"The time has at last come. We must now decide the next leg of our journey, to stay together or divide and which path to follow." Aragorn said. "We can no longer be sure that the side we now sit at is safe. This burden I fear is upon your shoulders Frodo, to choose which path to take, there we may all choose to follow or turn aside." He then turned and looked to Frodo, whose head fell into his hands. All fell silent awaiting his answer.
At last he spoke. "Give me an hour to decide, for I cannot decide here where my thoughts and voice can be over shadowed."
"Very well, but any hour only, for we need haste." Aragorn said, nodding his head slowly. "But do not stray too far."
Frodo then took off whilst the fellowship sat in silence until he was out of earshot. Demi knew she had to act now or risk Boromir's life. She didn't know what though to do. After minutes of silent contemplation, she stood up and crossed the circle to Boromir. She stood before him and he looked up.
"And what do you want?" he asked, none to kindly.
"I wish to apologise Boromir, I should not have held this grudge for so long." Demi said. Everyone fell silent, shocked, especially Boromir. Demi really did mean it though, and it was not just an excuse to keep him here.
"You...you are apologising to...to me?" he asked sceptically.
"Well...yeah. Do not accept?" she asked wryly.
"Well, lets see." He said, still in shock. "I did start this first so, it is rather I should apologise." He said. Demi's mouth dropped open. She didn't expect things to go so well. He extended his hand to her and she took it. "Now that that is settled, what do we do?" he asked Aragorn. Demi smiled and dropped to the ground beside him. She didn't trust that he would find a way to sneak off.
Aragorn snapped himself from his surprised expression and said: "There is nothing we can do yet but wait, this choice is Frodo's alone."
"Very well then, I think I shall take a walk whilst we wait, to clear my head." Boromir then said standing up. Demi gave a pleading look to Aragorn who shrugged.
Boromir started into the forest when Demi said to Aragorn, "Now is that time I dreaded." And took off after Boromir. "Boromir! Boromir hold up there!" she called to him. He turned on the spot and waited.
"What do you want?" he asked. "I seek solitude to ponder my task at hand."
"Oh, um, I wanted to talk to you actually." Demi lied. She was going to try anything to keep him close to the others, even though now she couldn't remember what happened before he died.
"Very well, shall we find somewhere to sit?" he gestured to a rotting log to their left. "What is on your mind my friend." He asked with a genuine, but troubled smile.
"Actually, that is what I wanted to ask you. You have not been yourself of late, you are troubled I see and feel it. It even shows in your sleep. Will you not tell me what ails you?" Demi said.
"Oh, that well, I am just wary of the future, it seems as though hope has long left us. Like we have been going on fools hope. I oft wonder of my land and how it copes under the threat without me." He said.
"That is not all is it?" Demi said matter-of-factly. "I know. The ring is getting to you. You are most venerable to it. That is nothing to be ashamed of. It is affecting you for you still believe that it will help your kingdom."
"How...how did you know?" Boromir asked, half in fear, half in shock.
"Though my power does not lie in mind reading, I sense it around you." she said, putting a comforting arm around his shoulders. "An elf trait. Legolas would have seen it too if he weren't so worried about Frodo."
"And you are not."
"Of course, but something has recently been brought to my attention, concerning you. I have been keeping watch on you for weeks now. I promised myself you would not fall into any ill fate as Gandalf."
"Even in your anger, you still hope to save me? For that I thank you. You are a true friend. If we ever make it to my homelands one day, I know my father would take a great liking to you." Boromir said, with a true smile on his face. He stood up, and offered a hand to help Demi up which she took and the two made their way back to camp. As they came upon the camp they found Aragorn standing up, his hands on his hips.
"You haven't seen Frodo have you?" he asked Demi and Boromir. "It has been over an hour and yet he has not returned."
"No we haven't." Demi said, a pang in her gut told her something was wrong. She stopped still and all eyes were on her. "We have to find him." She said at last. "Now!" then she took off at a run, Boromir and Rhia close behind. Demi picked up her sword along the way and put it into its sheath then ran hard up the hill.
"Demi what's going on?" Rhia called out from behind, panting madly.
"I don't know but you two stay close to me." She said, not stopping a beat.
They scootered through the forest searching for any sign of the hobbit. Demi stopped a moment to look at the ground. Nothing was there, and she didn't like it. "We're going the wrong way. He hasn't come past here." Then her voice failed and she heard what the others couldn't. Fell voices yelling in the distance. "Orcs!" she said. "We have to find him! Hurry now!" she tore back down the hill, Boromir and Rhia close behind. Demi searched the ground for any sign of Frodo. Then beneath her she felt the ground tremble. She stood still and wide-eyed.
"Draw your swords!" Boromir yelled and they did so. They ran still the harder towards camp, and then from their right; two hobbits came tearing from the wild at them. "Merry! Pippin! What is it?"
"Orcs, they are after us, we have called them away from Frodo!" Merry said as the hobbits met them, and at least twenty orcs spotted them.
"Oh this is wonderful!" Rhia said sarcastically. The hobbits drew their swords and stood behind the taller beings. Demi focused on one orc running towards her. Boromir blew his horn as the mass of orcs attacked them. Demi bore off several blows before ducking and spearing the orc in the gut with her sword. She pulled it out again and the orc fell to the ground with a thud. Boromir faced three orcs at a time, blowing his horn. Rhia showed her true skills and fought with ease against two orcs. Demi had no time to help Boromir when another orc saw her and came hurtling towards her. Its sword flew down at her shoulder, and she narrowly missed, then again it struck. She swung madly but to no avail. Again and again the orc came at her, but she could not fight it off. She conjured the first spell that came to her mind.
" Pelekta yassen runya!" she yelled. It was the flame strike spell. Hundreds of arrows of fire shot toward the orc and several others and burnt them alive. Up on the hill she saw and orc ready its bow and set an arrow in it, aimed at Boromir. She panicked and cast the spell again towards it. It easily dodged it, unlike its lesser kin, and then aimed at Demi. She let out a squeal and dodged the first arrow, landing behind a tree. "Just what I need." She said dryly. That spell would never work. She needed to be able to sneak up on the orc and slay it, but how when it was after her. Then an idea came to her mind.
"Quella tuulo' elea." She whispered and vanished from all sight. Taking her new invisibility to the advantage, she snuck out behind the tree then around to the back of the orc who looked dumbfounded that he lost her. She drew her dagger and crept up right behind it. The pungent smell of its skin was enough to knock her out alone. Holding her breath, she edged her right arm holding the dagger around the orcs neck, and then in one swift movement, pulled it across, slitting its throat.
The body of the orc fell in a crumpled form on the ground. She then released herself from the spell and looked around. The orcs were all dead, but Demi saw Boromir on his knees, he and Rhia staring out to the north. She jogged up to them.
"What happened? Where are Merry and Pip?" she asked them, panic now returning.
"They took them!" Rhia gasped, sweat running down her face as she wiped a tear away. "There was nothing we could do, then you disappeared and..." her voice faltered. Behind them they heard two sets of heavy footsteps. Demi turned around and saw Aragorn Gimli and Legolas approach.
"What happened here?" Aragorn asked out of breath.
"Merry and Pippin have been taken by orcs." Demi said. "Did you find Frodo?"
"Yes I did." The ranger replied. "He has made his decision. He leaves for Mordor alone, though I lost Sam along the way. He must have taken back to camp."
*** Another author's note:
I have actually added in this chapter. It was meant to be from the two towers but I moved it here into FotR so peeps that haven't read the book understand what's going on. Well that's part one of Oira Laure. Part two will be here Very soon. I don't think I will take much of a break at all between them. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to update all you read this. Life has just been a pain and so has my internet server.
Stay tuned! Now for the replies:
Levanna: I'm not sure if my review of moon went through coz it was stuffing up. I'm just letting you know I reviewed! Why only three chapters! Don't mind me. I'll probably go into withdrawal. I will live, but at a great loss. Thank you. I like to have a change of perspective every once in a while. Yes and Prof/ mean chem., legal studies suck major butt. Good luck with your essays. Thank you for your review.
Maybe I should slow down my updates, I don't know. Just so everyone can catch up. U tell me. Anyways thanks much for all the reviews I have gotten from great reviewers. It means a lot that you go out of your way to tell me how I'm going with the story. Please review OL two coming shortly. Byez!
They rested on the lawns of Parth Galen on the western side of the river. Demi found little comfort here, and Legolas also felt this. Aragorn agreed, that this place was far from safe under such dark times, but they had no choice. Demi felt uneasy indeed. She knew the time had come.
They ate then sat in a circle, ready to make their choice.
"The time has at last come. We must now decide the next leg of our journey, to stay together or divide and which path to follow." Aragorn said. "We can no longer be sure that the side we now sit at is safe. This burden I fear is upon your shoulders Frodo, to choose which path to take, there we may all choose to follow or turn aside." He then turned and looked to Frodo, whose head fell into his hands. All fell silent awaiting his answer.
At last he spoke. "Give me an hour to decide, for I cannot decide here where my thoughts and voice can be over shadowed."
"Very well, but any hour only, for we need haste." Aragorn said, nodding his head slowly. "But do not stray too far."
Frodo then took off whilst the fellowship sat in silence until he was out of earshot. Demi knew she had to act now or risk Boromir's life. She didn't know what though to do. After minutes of silent contemplation, she stood up and crossed the circle to Boromir. She stood before him and he looked up.
"And what do you want?" he asked, none to kindly.
"I wish to apologise Boromir, I should not have held this grudge for so long." Demi said. Everyone fell silent, shocked, especially Boromir. Demi really did mean it though, and it was not just an excuse to keep him here.
"You...you are apologising to...to me?" he asked sceptically.
"Well...yeah. Do not accept?" she asked wryly.
"Well, lets see." He said, still in shock. "I did start this first so, it is rather I should apologise." He said. Demi's mouth dropped open. She didn't expect things to go so well. He extended his hand to her and she took it. "Now that that is settled, what do we do?" he asked Aragorn. Demi smiled and dropped to the ground beside him. She didn't trust that he would find a way to sneak off.
Aragorn snapped himself from his surprised expression and said: "There is nothing we can do yet but wait, this choice is Frodo's alone."
"Very well then, I think I shall take a walk whilst we wait, to clear my head." Boromir then said standing up. Demi gave a pleading look to Aragorn who shrugged.
Boromir started into the forest when Demi said to Aragorn, "Now is that time I dreaded." And took off after Boromir. "Boromir! Boromir hold up there!" she called to him. He turned on the spot and waited.
"What do you want?" he asked. "I seek solitude to ponder my task at hand."
"Oh, um, I wanted to talk to you actually." Demi lied. She was going to try anything to keep him close to the others, even though now she couldn't remember what happened before he died.
"Very well, shall we find somewhere to sit?" he gestured to a rotting log to their left. "What is on your mind my friend." He asked with a genuine, but troubled smile.
"Actually, that is what I wanted to ask you. You have not been yourself of late, you are troubled I see and feel it. It even shows in your sleep. Will you not tell me what ails you?" Demi said.
"Oh, that well, I am just wary of the future, it seems as though hope has long left us. Like we have been going on fools hope. I oft wonder of my land and how it copes under the threat without me." He said.
"That is not all is it?" Demi said matter-of-factly. "I know. The ring is getting to you. You are most venerable to it. That is nothing to be ashamed of. It is affecting you for you still believe that it will help your kingdom."
"How...how did you know?" Boromir asked, half in fear, half in shock.
"Though my power does not lie in mind reading, I sense it around you." she said, putting a comforting arm around his shoulders. "An elf trait. Legolas would have seen it too if he weren't so worried about Frodo."
"And you are not."
"Of course, but something has recently been brought to my attention, concerning you. I have been keeping watch on you for weeks now. I promised myself you would not fall into any ill fate as Gandalf."
"Even in your anger, you still hope to save me? For that I thank you. You are a true friend. If we ever make it to my homelands one day, I know my father would take a great liking to you." Boromir said, with a true smile on his face. He stood up, and offered a hand to help Demi up which she took and the two made their way back to camp. As they came upon the camp they found Aragorn standing up, his hands on his hips.
"You haven't seen Frodo have you?" he asked Demi and Boromir. "It has been over an hour and yet he has not returned."
"No we haven't." Demi said, a pang in her gut told her something was wrong. She stopped still and all eyes were on her. "We have to find him." She said at last. "Now!" then she took off at a run, Boromir and Rhia close behind. Demi picked up her sword along the way and put it into its sheath then ran hard up the hill.
"Demi what's going on?" Rhia called out from behind, panting madly.
"I don't know but you two stay close to me." She said, not stopping a beat.
They scootered through the forest searching for any sign of the hobbit. Demi stopped a moment to look at the ground. Nothing was there, and she didn't like it. "We're going the wrong way. He hasn't come past here." Then her voice failed and she heard what the others couldn't. Fell voices yelling in the distance. "Orcs!" she said. "We have to find him! Hurry now!" she tore back down the hill, Boromir and Rhia close behind. Demi searched the ground for any sign of Frodo. Then beneath her she felt the ground tremble. She stood still and wide-eyed.
"Draw your swords!" Boromir yelled and they did so. They ran still the harder towards camp, and then from their right; two hobbits came tearing from the wild at them. "Merry! Pippin! What is it?"
"Orcs, they are after us, we have called them away from Frodo!" Merry said as the hobbits met them, and at least twenty orcs spotted them.
"Oh this is wonderful!" Rhia said sarcastically. The hobbits drew their swords and stood behind the taller beings. Demi focused on one orc running towards her. Boromir blew his horn as the mass of orcs attacked them. Demi bore off several blows before ducking and spearing the orc in the gut with her sword. She pulled it out again and the orc fell to the ground with a thud. Boromir faced three orcs at a time, blowing his horn. Rhia showed her true skills and fought with ease against two orcs. Demi had no time to help Boromir when another orc saw her and came hurtling towards her. Its sword flew down at her shoulder, and she narrowly missed, then again it struck. She swung madly but to no avail. Again and again the orc came at her, but she could not fight it off. She conjured the first spell that came to her mind.
" Pelekta yassen runya!" she yelled. It was the flame strike spell. Hundreds of arrows of fire shot toward the orc and several others and burnt them alive. Up on the hill she saw and orc ready its bow and set an arrow in it, aimed at Boromir. She panicked and cast the spell again towards it. It easily dodged it, unlike its lesser kin, and then aimed at Demi. She let out a squeal and dodged the first arrow, landing behind a tree. "Just what I need." She said dryly. That spell would never work. She needed to be able to sneak up on the orc and slay it, but how when it was after her. Then an idea came to her mind.
"Quella tuulo' elea." She whispered and vanished from all sight. Taking her new invisibility to the advantage, she snuck out behind the tree then around to the back of the orc who looked dumbfounded that he lost her. She drew her dagger and crept up right behind it. The pungent smell of its skin was enough to knock her out alone. Holding her breath, she edged her right arm holding the dagger around the orcs neck, and then in one swift movement, pulled it across, slitting its throat.
The body of the orc fell in a crumpled form on the ground. She then released herself from the spell and looked around. The orcs were all dead, but Demi saw Boromir on his knees, he and Rhia staring out to the north. She jogged up to them.
"What happened? Where are Merry and Pip?" she asked them, panic now returning.
"They took them!" Rhia gasped, sweat running down her face as she wiped a tear away. "There was nothing we could do, then you disappeared and..." her voice faltered. Behind them they heard two sets of heavy footsteps. Demi turned around and saw Aragorn Gimli and Legolas approach.
"What happened here?" Aragorn asked out of breath.
"Merry and Pippin have been taken by orcs." Demi said. "Did you find Frodo?"
"Yes I did." The ranger replied. "He has made his decision. He leaves for Mordor alone, though I lost Sam along the way. He must have taken back to camp."
*** Another author's note:
I have actually added in this chapter. It was meant to be from the two towers but I moved it here into FotR so peeps that haven't read the book understand what's going on. Well that's part one of Oira Laure. Part two will be here Very soon. I don't think I will take much of a break at all between them. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to update all you read this. Life has just been a pain and so has my internet server.
Stay tuned! Now for the replies:
Levanna: I'm not sure if my review of moon went through coz it was stuffing up. I'm just letting you know I reviewed! Why only three chapters! Don't mind me. I'll probably go into withdrawal. I will live, but at a great loss. Thank you. I like to have a change of perspective every once in a while. Yes and Prof/ mean chem., legal studies suck major butt. Good luck with your essays. Thank you for your review.
Maybe I should slow down my updates, I don't know. Just so everyone can catch up. U tell me. Anyways thanks much for all the reviews I have gotten from great reviewers. It means a lot that you go out of your way to tell me how I'm going with the story. Please review OL two coming shortly. Byez!
