Hi! I'm updating today (if the stupid Internet even works! Grrrr. . .
crappy Internet!)to make sure that I get this up by Monday. . . the
'maintenance' thing might mess with it or something. . . so just to be on
the safe side. . .here it is. . .and by the way (please don't hurt me). . .
it might be two weeks before the next chapter gets up (SORRY!) cuz I'm
gonna be out of town all this week and then school starts, so I don't know
when a) I'll be able to write ch. 9 b) I'll be able to upload ch. 9 . . .
SORRY!!! **hands out two extra cookies to make up for it. . .**
Maybe I should change the rating . . .hummmm . . .well . . . give me you're opinion I guess . . .if you think I should change it . . .but I don't think it REALLY should be a PG-13 rating . . .just maybe **shrug** I don't know . . .maybe I should change it just to be on the safe side . . .
Disclaimer: I'm tired of coming up with new disclaimers . . . see previous chapters or go somewhere else for your disclaimer needs.
{ . . .} : translation
= . . . =: song
(* . . . *): me
(. . .) : not me
[. . .] : Elvish
ALL CAP. WORDS : italics (/emphasis)
~*. . .*~ : time change
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Chapter 8: Plans
Aragorn was beginning to worry. It had been three days since anyone had seen or heard anything from Rinathen. She had locked herself up in her room- presumably; no one knew for sure. For some reason Aragorn thought himself responsible, but he knew that it wasn't true . . . somehow he just felt that there was something else.
Aragorn was exhausted. In her absence, Owacyn had taken her place at their daily meetings and Mercad was asked to join them. Owacyn was no help to the situation. He obviously only considered Kianorla's fate in the actions suggested. After the second day, Mercad mysteriously disappeared. Owacyn did not hide the fact that he knew where the Man had gone, but did not say anything when asked for more information.
They sat once again in Aragorn's study to discuss the line of action they would take. As always Owacyn appointed himself in charge of the proceedings. This is going to be a long day, Aragorn thought as Owacyn began to droll on about what he thought would be best for 'Middle-earth' (meaning what would be best for Kianorla). Aragorn looked to his left to find the chair next to him empty. Now where is Gimli? he wondered.
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~* two hours earlier *~
Gimli looked at the oak door. He still had a very darwven dislike for elves, but he seemed to not mind Rinathen as much as he normally would have. He knocked twice and tried the door handle- locked, just as he had expected. He knocked again, "Lady Rinathen, I know you're in there, please open this door . . ." Silence. "Very well then . . .You know . . . Legolas was a close friend of mine too . . ." he turned, not really intending to leave and the door opened a crack.
"And what is that supposed to mean exactly?" Rinathen asked as she realized that it was Gimli knocking at the door, not one of the many people both Aragorn and Owacyn had been sending to try to get her to come out of her room.
Gimli smiled and turned to face her. She had opened the door completely and was wearing a sleek black dress with long sleeves, which gradually opened to fall almost to the floor hanging loosely at her sides with the skirt similarly loose around her. She looked stunning, but it was obvious she had cried much the past days. "It means, Milady, that I was interested in aiding you in rescuing Legolas- and Arwen of course."
She smiled back, "I will be happy to have your aid, master dwarf. Please, come in and we can plan our rescue."
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Aragorn sighed as the 'discussion' being 'led' by Owacyn turned into a heated debate between those in attendance. Owacyn said something outrageous and Aragorn stood. After several minutes of argument, he and Owacyn were practically screaming at each other. I'm almost glad Gimli isn't here, he thought, we don't need another opinion in this pointless yelling contest just yet. And he continued to try to talk sense with Owacyn.
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Gimli was in his chambers mulling over the plan that Rinathen had presented to him in his head. He decided it sounded good enough, much better than anything else they could do did. He would go along with it.
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Aragorn walked through the palace briskly. It felt good to be out of the study, which he had been cooped up in almost all day. The king continued walking for several minutes. He passed the door to Gimli's room and paused. He backed up and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Aragorn tried the door and found it unlocked. What he found surprised him:
King Elessar,
Her majesty, Queen Talithia, has seen fit to take the action against the growing threat in Mordor into her own hands as the daily meetings called in an attempt to come to agreement have failed to bring forth results. We hope that this decision does not offend your Majesty in anyway. Thank you for your hospitality.
Queen Talithia of Kianorla Master Dwarf Gimli, son of Gloin
He crumpled up the paper in anger. What did they think they were doing? he thought as he turned. To his disgust the door was locked from the outside. He seethed but then his anger subsided. Rinathen had never been one to act rashly, although ones first impression may be different. If any plan of hers were to be put into action, it would be well thought out. He sighed, he might as well make the best of his situation and went through an adjoining door into the bedroom to have a much-needed nap before dinner that night.
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Rinathen sat in the darkened room still as a statue. She had not counted on Mercad leaving, but she had to go through with her plan. The door opened and light showed through the room. She straightened a little bit, then reminded herself that she could not look tense and allowed herself to relax. Besides, she thought as Owacyn entered the room, it IS only the two of us.
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Gimli stood waiting outside, the troops from Kianorla were silent behind him, already mounted on their horses, only waiting for their queen and Owacyn to join them. They questioned why they were listening to a dwarf that they didn't even know, but they didn't mind waiting outside Minas Tirith- the night was warm and pleasant.
Where are they? Gimli wondered impatiently as he sat mounted on Arod. He didn't like that Rinathen was making him ride by himself at all, but he had consented knowing that Legolas' life was on the line. He shifted impatiently atop the steed, he didn't like that he had had to lock Aragorn in his chambers before assembling the troops. It was doubtless that the king would be angry at the note, and being locked in his friend's quarters would not please him in the least. Gimli could only hope that they could leave before Aragorn escaped Gimli's chambers and come looking for them.
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Owacyn was slightly taken aback to see Rinathen waiting for him in his chambers. She smiled slyly and rose to greet him. He bowed quickly in both fear and respect, but she crossed the room and told him to rise. There was a look in Rinathen's eyes that Owacyn couldn't exactly name. She smiled again and stepped closer to him. She leaned forward and whispered something in Elvish that he didn't understand, but it sent shivers down his spine as she pulled away, looking into his eyes seductively. He looked at her questioningly and she laughed lightly. "Owacyn, I'm sorry for acting like I did earlier. I was being silly. You were right: why SHOULD I deny myself the true happiness of being with you when I probably won't even see Legolas ever again!? I know you truly love me Owacyn . . ." she leaned into him and whispered in his ear, "I know that I can be happy with you." She felt his hands creep around her as he pulled her closer to him. Good, she thought as he began to kiss her passionately.
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Oh, now what is Rinathen doing? Hehe . . . nah . . . I don't think I'll tell you just yet . . .^.^ **evil grin**
Personal Review Thing:
original-creativity: Yes, I do suppose it IS appalling. . . but so is my obvious (obvious because I'm considering killing the beautiful Legolas) lack of sanity, so it all makes sense, don't you think? I'm glad that you liked the chapter. I'm also glad to hear that my fic has you on the edge of your seat! I take that as quite a compliment! Thank you for your review.
Cutie: Yes, I know you got your braces off. . . but I get mine off in. . .uh. . . one week. . . I think . . . **shrug** so I'm not really THAT jealous. . . and chapter 7 was one of the longest chapters yet ! The second longest I think. . .**shrug** oh well. . . I'm sorry this one is kinda short. . . but would you rather have a short chapter or nothing at all?
RougeElf: uh. . . I see. . .**nods head like I really do understand although I still have no clue** riiiiiiiiight. . . alternate universe. . . of course. . .hehe **points to self** slow. . . But anywho, I'm glad to hear that you like it, but like I've said, I'm not making any promises about whither or not I'll really kill Legolas or not. O: ~D Thanks for the reviews!
orli4eva: Really? You CRIED? wow. . . I didn't know it was THAT good. . .or . . .sad. . .or. . .whatever. . . (I'll take it to mean that it's good) I'm sorry, but I'm not making any promises about wither or not I'll kill Legolas, but if I do, it won't be for awhile, I'm hoping that this fic will be fairly long . . .but who knows. . . I sure don't! hehe. ^.^' REEEEEEEALLY? Do you("we") still think that she'll be 'ripping his balls off'??? **evil grins** O: ~D
**hands out cookies to reviewers** Thank you all. . .please review again! : ~)
Maybe I should change the rating . . .hummmm . . .well . . . give me you're opinion I guess . . .if you think I should change it . . .but I don't think it REALLY should be a PG-13 rating . . .just maybe **shrug** I don't know . . .maybe I should change it just to be on the safe side . . .
Disclaimer: I'm tired of coming up with new disclaimers . . . see previous chapters or go somewhere else for your disclaimer needs.
{ . . .} : translation
= . . . =: song
(* . . . *): me
(. . .) : not me
[. . .] : Elvish
ALL CAP. WORDS : italics (/emphasis)
~*. . .*~ : time change
~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^ ~
Chapter 8: Plans
Aragorn was beginning to worry. It had been three days since anyone had seen or heard anything from Rinathen. She had locked herself up in her room- presumably; no one knew for sure. For some reason Aragorn thought himself responsible, but he knew that it wasn't true . . . somehow he just felt that there was something else.
Aragorn was exhausted. In her absence, Owacyn had taken her place at their daily meetings and Mercad was asked to join them. Owacyn was no help to the situation. He obviously only considered Kianorla's fate in the actions suggested. After the second day, Mercad mysteriously disappeared. Owacyn did not hide the fact that he knew where the Man had gone, but did not say anything when asked for more information.
They sat once again in Aragorn's study to discuss the line of action they would take. As always Owacyn appointed himself in charge of the proceedings. This is going to be a long day, Aragorn thought as Owacyn began to droll on about what he thought would be best for 'Middle-earth' (meaning what would be best for Kianorla). Aragorn looked to his left to find the chair next to him empty. Now where is Gimli? he wondered.
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~* two hours earlier *~
Gimli looked at the oak door. He still had a very darwven dislike for elves, but he seemed to not mind Rinathen as much as he normally would have. He knocked twice and tried the door handle- locked, just as he had expected. He knocked again, "Lady Rinathen, I know you're in there, please open this door . . ." Silence. "Very well then . . .You know . . . Legolas was a close friend of mine too . . ." he turned, not really intending to leave and the door opened a crack.
"And what is that supposed to mean exactly?" Rinathen asked as she realized that it was Gimli knocking at the door, not one of the many people both Aragorn and Owacyn had been sending to try to get her to come out of her room.
Gimli smiled and turned to face her. She had opened the door completely and was wearing a sleek black dress with long sleeves, which gradually opened to fall almost to the floor hanging loosely at her sides with the skirt similarly loose around her. She looked stunning, but it was obvious she had cried much the past days. "It means, Milady, that I was interested in aiding you in rescuing Legolas- and Arwen of course."
She smiled back, "I will be happy to have your aid, master dwarf. Please, come in and we can plan our rescue."
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Aragorn sighed as the 'discussion' being 'led' by Owacyn turned into a heated debate between those in attendance. Owacyn said something outrageous and Aragorn stood. After several minutes of argument, he and Owacyn were practically screaming at each other. I'm almost glad Gimli isn't here, he thought, we don't need another opinion in this pointless yelling contest just yet. And he continued to try to talk sense with Owacyn.
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Gimli was in his chambers mulling over the plan that Rinathen had presented to him in his head. He decided it sounded good enough, much better than anything else they could do did. He would go along with it.
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Aragorn walked through the palace briskly. It felt good to be out of the study, which he had been cooped up in almost all day. The king continued walking for several minutes. He passed the door to Gimli's room and paused. He backed up and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Aragorn tried the door and found it unlocked. What he found surprised him:
King Elessar,
Her majesty, Queen Talithia, has seen fit to take the action against the growing threat in Mordor into her own hands as the daily meetings called in an attempt to come to agreement have failed to bring forth results. We hope that this decision does not offend your Majesty in anyway. Thank you for your hospitality.
Queen Talithia of Kianorla Master Dwarf Gimli, son of Gloin
He crumpled up the paper in anger. What did they think they were doing? he thought as he turned. To his disgust the door was locked from the outside. He seethed but then his anger subsided. Rinathen had never been one to act rashly, although ones first impression may be different. If any plan of hers were to be put into action, it would be well thought out. He sighed, he might as well make the best of his situation and went through an adjoining door into the bedroom to have a much-needed nap before dinner that night.
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Rinathen sat in the darkened room still as a statue. She had not counted on Mercad leaving, but she had to go through with her plan. The door opened and light showed through the room. She straightened a little bit, then reminded herself that she could not look tense and allowed herself to relax. Besides, she thought as Owacyn entered the room, it IS only the two of us.
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Gimli stood waiting outside, the troops from Kianorla were silent behind him, already mounted on their horses, only waiting for their queen and Owacyn to join them. They questioned why they were listening to a dwarf that they didn't even know, but they didn't mind waiting outside Minas Tirith- the night was warm and pleasant.
Where are they? Gimli wondered impatiently as he sat mounted on Arod. He didn't like that Rinathen was making him ride by himself at all, but he had consented knowing that Legolas' life was on the line. He shifted impatiently atop the steed, he didn't like that he had had to lock Aragorn in his chambers before assembling the troops. It was doubtless that the king would be angry at the note, and being locked in his friend's quarters would not please him in the least. Gimli could only hope that they could leave before Aragorn escaped Gimli's chambers and come looking for them.
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Owacyn was slightly taken aback to see Rinathen waiting for him in his chambers. She smiled slyly and rose to greet him. He bowed quickly in both fear and respect, but she crossed the room and told him to rise. There was a look in Rinathen's eyes that Owacyn couldn't exactly name. She smiled again and stepped closer to him. She leaned forward and whispered something in Elvish that he didn't understand, but it sent shivers down his spine as she pulled away, looking into his eyes seductively. He looked at her questioningly and she laughed lightly. "Owacyn, I'm sorry for acting like I did earlier. I was being silly. You were right: why SHOULD I deny myself the true happiness of being with you when I probably won't even see Legolas ever again!? I know you truly love me Owacyn . . ." she leaned into him and whispered in his ear, "I know that I can be happy with you." She felt his hands creep around her as he pulled her closer to him. Good, she thought as he began to kiss her passionately.
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Oh, now what is Rinathen doing? Hehe . . . nah . . . I don't think I'll tell you just yet . . .^.^ **evil grin**
Personal Review Thing:
original-creativity: Yes, I do suppose it IS appalling. . . but so is my obvious (obvious because I'm considering killing the beautiful Legolas) lack of sanity, so it all makes sense, don't you think? I'm glad that you liked the chapter. I'm also glad to hear that my fic has you on the edge of your seat! I take that as quite a compliment! Thank you for your review.
Cutie: Yes, I know you got your braces off. . . but I get mine off in. . .uh. . . one week. . . I think . . . **shrug** so I'm not really THAT jealous. . . and chapter 7 was one of the longest chapters yet ! The second longest I think. . .**shrug** oh well. . . I'm sorry this one is kinda short. . . but would you rather have a short chapter or nothing at all?
RougeElf: uh. . . I see. . .**nods head like I really do understand although I still have no clue** riiiiiiiiight. . . alternate universe. . . of course. . .hehe **points to self** slow. . . But anywho, I'm glad to hear that you like it, but like I've said, I'm not making any promises about whither or not I'll really kill Legolas or not. O: ~D Thanks for the reviews!
orli4eva: Really? You CRIED? wow. . . I didn't know it was THAT good. . .or . . .sad. . .or. . .whatever. . . (I'll take it to mean that it's good) I'm sorry, but I'm not making any promises about wither or not I'll kill Legolas, but if I do, it won't be for awhile, I'm hoping that this fic will be fairly long . . .but who knows. . . I sure don't! hehe. ^.^' REEEEEEEALLY? Do you("we") still think that she'll be 'ripping his balls off'??? **evil grins** O: ~D
**hands out cookies to reviewers** Thank you all. . .please review again! : ~)
