****yup....I'm back....sorry, but I am....so bear with me,
please......well, anyway.....just because the single review for chapter
three mentioned it.......I didn't mention selene's daughter earlier in the
story...I kind of hinted that there was someone that Saruman
was threatening to get her to do what he wanted in chapter 1.....and I'm
sorry about the spacing last chapter.....my computer's kinda dumb.....I'm
gonna try to fix it for this chapter....so, onto the story.....oh....and
this whole scene takes place from when Frodo's pondering on the shore to
the let's hunt some orc part....it may seem to run a bit longer than time
would allow, but Frodo did have to ponder what to do, start out, get half
way there, go back for Sam, and then row all the way back across the
lake....which I imagine, being as small as he is, would take some
time....so, now on to the story, for real....****
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING NOTHING AND NOTHING....and Selene....that's about it........this all came out of J.R.R. Tolkein's brilliant mind....
*Chapter 4*
*Narrator's P.O.V.*
"What?" Legolas said shocked.
"My daughter," Selene repeated. "If I did not get this stupid ring, Saruman would-"
"I do not believe you," Legolas said bluntly.
"Why not?" she said, wiping her eyes.
"What reason have you given me to trust you?" he said, shocked that she would ask such a stupid question.
"Do you not understand? If I do not do something, Saruman is going to kill my child!" she said breaking down and sobbing.
"I am sorry," Legolas said. "I just....I cannot believe anything you say right now. Come on." He motioned to help her up, but she flinched away.
"Don't you touch me," she said.
They walked back out into the clearing where Aragorn and Gimli stood.
"What did you find out?" Aragorn asked quietly.
"She said that if she did not get the ring, Saruman would kill her child," Legolas said.
"Child?" Gimli asked.
"I do not know if we should believe her," Aragorn said quietly. "It could be another trick to get us to try and help her."
"I am not trying to trick you anymore!" she yelled. "I swear on everything...if you would just believe me....I could try to help you, I will tell you everything I know, just please help me."
"Why should we believe you, that you are willing to help us," Aragorn said. "When everything you said to us before has been a lie?"
"It was not all a lie...I just bent some of the truth a little," she said. "I did not lie when I said I was from Rohan...I am, from a small village outside the Westfold, a few miles outside of Edoras. And when I said my father was from Bree, that was the truth too. He came down through Rohan, on his way to Gondor, when he was about twenty-seven and met my mother. It was not too long after when I was born. Needless to say, he stayed."
"And what about this child?" Legolas asked. "Is that also a truth?"
She nodded. "Then where is your husband that your child would not be protected by him?" Aragorn asked.
"I do not have a husband," she said. "Nor have I been married. Her father was a boy from my village. Not long after I found that we were going to be 'blessed' with our little bundle of joy, he came to me in the middle of the night and brought me to a corn field on the outskirts of our village. Saruman was waiting there. Apparently, some kind of debt was owed to Saruman and it wasn't paid. So I offered to serve Saruman by running 'errands' in exchange for my "love's" life. Stupidly, I had thought the errands would be simple things, like cooking and mending, so I was quick to agree, especially since I was also promised a wedding as soon as my son was born. I didn't know that that was conditional on me having a son. After my daughter was born I got a letter from him claiming that he didn't believe the child was his and that I was after the little money his family had, though I had told him many times he was the only person who could be the child's father. So when Saruman sent for me, I immediately said the deal was off, and that he could kill my child's father, I did not care. But Saruman said that when I made the agreement it was to protect my loved ones, including my child and my parents. So I had no choice. I had to do what he said."
"And where is this boy from your village now, that you couldn't leave your daughter under his protection?" Legolas asked.
"He is in Gondor, last I heard from his sister. With a wife and a son. I would have sent my daughter to him long ago except for the fear that he would turn his own daughter out to the street just to save his honor."
"So," Gimli said. "You would be willing to save your child and your parent's life by condemning countless others to death?"
"What do you mean condemning others to death? All I was to do was to get some ring and bring it back to Saruman-"
"Did you even realize what you were doing?" Legolas asked. "The ring you were after was the One Ring."
"The One Ring?" Selene asked.
"The Ring of Power. The Ring of Sauron. One Ring to rule them all," Gimli said.
"But that Ring is gone. The stories about it still being around-those are just fables, stories my mother used to tell me to put me to sleep. Are they not? The ring...and Sauron for that matter were destroyed."
Aragorn shook his head. "The ring that Frodo is carrying is the one ring. We are on our way to Mordor to destroy it."
"Where is Frodo? And the rest of the little ones?" Selene asked.
"Merry and Pippin were taken by the-" Aragorn started.
"The Uruk-Hai? But they were sent for me!" Selene said. Then she remembered '"If you do not bring the ring back to me soon enough, I will be sending a party of Uruk-Hai for it, and you."
"Uruk-Hai?" she asked.
"A breed of orc. A breed of perfection. If you should happen to cross paths with them," he ran his finger across his throat. "Then it is the end for you and-"'.
"And they will be going through Rohan soon, through my village!" she yelled. "I have to get to Rohan. I have to warn them."
"You are not doing anything," said Aragorn. "You are staying with us. We cannot trust that you will not go back to Saruman."
"But-," Selene stammered-only to be ignored.
"If we hurry, we can catch up to Frodo and Sam," Legolas said. "They have just reached the eastern shore."
Aragorn shook his head. "Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands."
"Then it has all been in vain!" Gimli said. "The fellowship has failed."
"Not if we hold true to each other," Aragorn said. "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let's hunt some orc." He ran off into the woods.
"Yes!" Gimli said and ran following him.
Legolas was about to start running when he realized Selene wasn't moving.
"Come on," he said, but she shook her head.
"My daughter's going to die. Why should I go on?"
"If what you say is true, we will find a way to save her. Frodo and Sam will not fail" Legolas said. "Now come." And he pulled her along into the forest.
***Yeah, I know it sucks...so sue me...wait, don't sue me because I have nothing to give you
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING NOTHING AND NOTHING....and Selene....that's about it........this all came out of J.R.R. Tolkein's brilliant mind....
*Chapter 4*
*Narrator's P.O.V.*
"What?" Legolas said shocked.
"My daughter," Selene repeated. "If I did not get this stupid ring, Saruman would-"
"I do not believe you," Legolas said bluntly.
"Why not?" she said, wiping her eyes.
"What reason have you given me to trust you?" he said, shocked that she would ask such a stupid question.
"Do you not understand? If I do not do something, Saruman is going to kill my child!" she said breaking down and sobbing.
"I am sorry," Legolas said. "I just....I cannot believe anything you say right now. Come on." He motioned to help her up, but she flinched away.
"Don't you touch me," she said.
They walked back out into the clearing where Aragorn and Gimli stood.
"What did you find out?" Aragorn asked quietly.
"She said that if she did not get the ring, Saruman would kill her child," Legolas said.
"Child?" Gimli asked.
"I do not know if we should believe her," Aragorn said quietly. "It could be another trick to get us to try and help her."
"I am not trying to trick you anymore!" she yelled. "I swear on everything...if you would just believe me....I could try to help you, I will tell you everything I know, just please help me."
"Why should we believe you, that you are willing to help us," Aragorn said. "When everything you said to us before has been a lie?"
"It was not all a lie...I just bent some of the truth a little," she said. "I did not lie when I said I was from Rohan...I am, from a small village outside the Westfold, a few miles outside of Edoras. And when I said my father was from Bree, that was the truth too. He came down through Rohan, on his way to Gondor, when he was about twenty-seven and met my mother. It was not too long after when I was born. Needless to say, he stayed."
"And what about this child?" Legolas asked. "Is that also a truth?"
She nodded. "Then where is your husband that your child would not be protected by him?" Aragorn asked.
"I do not have a husband," she said. "Nor have I been married. Her father was a boy from my village. Not long after I found that we were going to be 'blessed' with our little bundle of joy, he came to me in the middle of the night and brought me to a corn field on the outskirts of our village. Saruman was waiting there. Apparently, some kind of debt was owed to Saruman and it wasn't paid. So I offered to serve Saruman by running 'errands' in exchange for my "love's" life. Stupidly, I had thought the errands would be simple things, like cooking and mending, so I was quick to agree, especially since I was also promised a wedding as soon as my son was born. I didn't know that that was conditional on me having a son. After my daughter was born I got a letter from him claiming that he didn't believe the child was his and that I was after the little money his family had, though I had told him many times he was the only person who could be the child's father. So when Saruman sent for me, I immediately said the deal was off, and that he could kill my child's father, I did not care. But Saruman said that when I made the agreement it was to protect my loved ones, including my child and my parents. So I had no choice. I had to do what he said."
"And where is this boy from your village now, that you couldn't leave your daughter under his protection?" Legolas asked.
"He is in Gondor, last I heard from his sister. With a wife and a son. I would have sent my daughter to him long ago except for the fear that he would turn his own daughter out to the street just to save his honor."
"So," Gimli said. "You would be willing to save your child and your parent's life by condemning countless others to death?"
"What do you mean condemning others to death? All I was to do was to get some ring and bring it back to Saruman-"
"Did you even realize what you were doing?" Legolas asked. "The ring you were after was the One Ring."
"The One Ring?" Selene asked.
"The Ring of Power. The Ring of Sauron. One Ring to rule them all," Gimli said.
"But that Ring is gone. The stories about it still being around-those are just fables, stories my mother used to tell me to put me to sleep. Are they not? The ring...and Sauron for that matter were destroyed."
Aragorn shook his head. "The ring that Frodo is carrying is the one ring. We are on our way to Mordor to destroy it."
"Where is Frodo? And the rest of the little ones?" Selene asked.
"Merry and Pippin were taken by the-" Aragorn started.
"The Uruk-Hai? But they were sent for me!" Selene said. Then she remembered '"If you do not bring the ring back to me soon enough, I will be sending a party of Uruk-Hai for it, and you."
"Uruk-Hai?" she asked.
"A breed of orc. A breed of perfection. If you should happen to cross paths with them," he ran his finger across his throat. "Then it is the end for you and-"'.
"And they will be going through Rohan soon, through my village!" she yelled. "I have to get to Rohan. I have to warn them."
"You are not doing anything," said Aragorn. "You are staying with us. We cannot trust that you will not go back to Saruman."
"But-," Selene stammered-only to be ignored.
"If we hurry, we can catch up to Frodo and Sam," Legolas said. "They have just reached the eastern shore."
Aragorn shook his head. "Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands."
"Then it has all been in vain!" Gimli said. "The fellowship has failed."
"Not if we hold true to each other," Aragorn said. "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let's hunt some orc." He ran off into the woods.
"Yes!" Gimli said and ran following him.
Legolas was about to start running when he realized Selene wasn't moving.
"Come on," he said, but she shook her head.
"My daughter's going to die. Why should I go on?"
"If what you say is true, we will find a way to save her. Frodo and Sam will not fail" Legolas said. "Now come." And he pulled her along into the forest.
***Yeah, I know it sucks...so sue me...wait, don't sue me because I have nothing to give you