Too Many Meetings
Now we all know what happens to the hobbits at the beginning of the story so let us skip over that part and head straight into it from Bree.
The hobbits left Bree with Bill the pony and their new traveller Strider they were to head for Rivendale of the road and then onto weather top where they unfortunately run into the ring- wraiths who stab Frodo with the knife who needs to be taken to Rivendale as soon as possible run into Glorifindel who puts Frodo onto his horse for the chase to their destination. Now in the time that Frodo is unconscious Elrond sends out messages to those he feels need to come to help go over what do next with the ring.
When king Thranduil received the message he felt too weary to go so instead his son Legolas Greenleaf to go to Rivendale. Now when Legolas was told he was to go his friend (in a manner of speaking) Fariel over heard the conversation and with this she asked her parents leave and then went to pack or in other words take a dress and a parcel of food and went to meet Legolas where the horses were kept. Now when Legolas got there he wondered why Fariel was there
"Look I've only dreamed of leaving to travel middle-earth and now's my chance so your taking me with you whether you like it or not" there's only one way to confront a prince and that's to be frank with him. There was much debate but Legolas knew he was fighting a losing battle and in the end took her with him to Rivendale. He knew that it had to be important for Elrond hadn't summoned any of there kin or kind for 3000 years (before he was born). Fariel to know that something important was going on but se didn't let on.
Mithriel got the message from Aragon (since he is a ranger & she was technically one too) she was not sure about it, but knew that Elrond wouldn't ask her to come if it wasn't important so she went with Aragon and caught up on old times and on the present. What Aragon hadn't told her was that many others from her and different races would be there as well for he knew that she would never come if she did know and plus she wouldn't realise for another week or so.
When they did arrive she was pleased to be back in the place where she learnt so much in but at the same time she was sad that eventually she may never come back. She spoke with Elrond for a short while but he had to go to heal Frodo, Elrond had informed Mithriel of what had happened so far with the hobbits and with Gandalf, she was grieved about what had happened to both parties but was glad about them all being safe. She went to the room Elrond had prepared for her it was the exact room in which she had always stayed in and to her joy it still hadn't changed this was the closest thing she had to a home, She un-packed and went to the hall of fire and there she would spend most of her nights. She could spend an eternity just listening to all of the tales she had missed in her youth,
Apart from Frodo all the others noticed someone huddled in a corner of the hall of fire they could tell that she was a she and that she must have been in the likes of Strider, but they had never heard of a lady being a ranger. They could also tell that she was an elf from her ears and also that she was no ordinary elf by the tone of skin. They were both intrigued and scared of who she might be Pippin and Merry were the only ones out the five that had the guts to get a closer look.
Soon Frodo awoke from his sleep and he too noticed the strange elf as he was exploring the place. He felt the same as the other hobbits intrigued and yet scared. Soon the others that had received messages from Elrond had begin to arrive and when Mithriel noticed the new arrivals she quickly confronted Aragon and said
'What are you playing at, you knew didn't you; you know I'm anti social. I will eventually get you back for this you know that don't you."
"Well how else was I going get you here" replied Aragon
"Well good point oh well I'm here and plus Elrond wouldn't let me leave anyway so for you this is a win situation but I will get you one day". And with this she left to speak with Elrond and on the way she noticed two elves she could tell they were not from around here. One was a of high stature he was perhaps a little older than she was and he seemed of royalty, the other was and elven-maid and she had long flowing golden hair she seemed to looking her direction and with this Mithriel rushed of to avoid confrontation.
Later that evening Fariel didn't see the young stranger and enquired after her the others around didn't know who she was talking about and Legolas replied'…stop this nonsense, there is no one here of that description just leave it' 'Trust you to come up with that Leg-o-lass' answered Fariel after coming up with that lame excuse when she fell of the horse when he suddenly skidded to a halt 'you know Legolas there IS MORE THAN ONE PERSON ON THIS HORSE NOW' she said picking herself up from the ground 'yeah well I'm used to riding ALONE now come on we're here now'. She would never forget that she would get him back someday.
The thing is that Merry over heard the conversation and when dinner was over he came up to her with Pippin and Sam and said
'I know of whom you speak of come we will show you'
With that Fariel nodded and followed the half lings towards a great hall where Sam pointed to a deep dark corner a face, of elven fashion but not of skin tone she seemed to be in a dreamy state of happiness. With this Pippin signalled to come back into the next chamber 'well we have to know who she is' said Fariel
'that we must we've, seen her around for the last week, but she doesn't seem to talk to anyone' said Pippin
'I know who to ask about this one, Elrond'
And with this all of them went together to find him in the upper chambers, Legolas who had just see them all just flit by, followed to see what Fariel had gotten into this time. Fariel and the hobbits found Elrond in the upper chambers on the balcony. 'Um excuse me Elrond, hi um we wanted to know about someone' said Fariel 'yes we would like to know who the mysterious. . . Um elf is it-' Merry got cut of by Elrond 'yes she is master Meriodic she is one who was banished for so was her father" and so he explained that her name was Mithriel and also what happened in her past up until now 'well I recognised her from somewhere but yes her fathers tale is familiar but who was to know that he was to have a child, and now the wretch is here. Fariel you are not to correspond with her'
Legolas, who finally decided to reveal himself made his opinion known 'Legolas! Do not speak of her in that way, this is the exact reason why she doesn't talk to people. She is like my own and you are not to insult her in front of me' and with this he stalked of and Fariel followed behind taunting him from the incredibly full on conversation between him and Elrond. Pippin, Merry and Sam all went to see Mithriel and it was Pippin who made the first move" well hello there, Mithriel right, well anyway I'm Pippin and these are my comrades Merry and Sam" and all three of them held out their hands she shook them but for some reason she didn't look them in the eye " well we know all about you, we wondered who you were and so we just asked Elrond and he explained everything" and after Merry said this she leapt up and said still not looking them in the eye " I-it was lovely t-to meet you but I-I must be leaving you I-I must straighten something out" and with that she rushed of .
There is something I failed to mention to you, the reader Mithriel has what you would call a mutant ability and though the others don't know it so does Fariel. Mithriel has the power to see auras and also to manipulate them in anyway she wants, but it comes at a price. If she looks into someone's eyes she sees they're past until the person has meet her which unfortunately drains her of energy. For mortals its ok but for elves like Elrond, Legolas and Fariel it's different since they have lived for longer. Fariel however has a different ability she has the power to blend in the shadows and wouldn't even know she was there so really this and Mithriel's personality goes well together. But well you can't have what you want.
Mithriel went straight to the upper chambers, for she knew that Elrond would be up there" what did you go tell them my life story for you know how I feel about confrontation" and after blowing some steam Elrond explained "If I didn't tell them then I'm pretty sure they would pester me all the way into the dark lands if they had to and plus you cant hide forever"
And with this Mithriel gave a look of understanding and then left to ponder in her room (for once) about what Elrond had said.
In the meantime Aragon and Legolas with his kin were talking about Mithriel. "I can't believe that someone like her can be here at such an important time. I mean what is she useful for? Cause I quite frankly can't see what she could do" and the rest of the kin agreed, Fariel who had meet Gandalf/Mithrandir, had come into the conversation along with Aragon said simultaneously" there is more to her than meets the eye" then shamefully Legolas backs down and then Fariel mentions of how Legolas got burned by Elrond. Legolas stalks of in a princely fashion as the others laugh about the story.
Late in the same evening Elrond decides to hold a meeting that will take place the next morning so he meets everyone he can in that time and since he knows that Mithriel wont be with everyone else he sends Fariel to go tell her that there is a meeting in the morning and that's when the two meet and Mithriel reveals to Fariel why she cant look into people eyes and then Fariel reveals her secret ability and that's to move around in the shadows. And with this the friendship began though being a bit freaked out Mithriel was getting used to meeting people she let her look into her eyes and afterwards felt incredibly sleepy ( strange since elves don't sleep) but took warmly to what happened to Legolas when Fariel told her what happened and thought that he deserved what he got for thinking she was unworthy of his acquaintance she then had to go to bed for Fariel had forced her to get and early night, she was worried about her she seemed really weak.
The next morning Fariel was glad to see Mithriel as good as new, she then meet the four hobbits and then she after explaining to them why she didn't look them in the eye before did look into all their eyes cause well their life spans compared to the elves was well nothing so afterwards she started to head for the hall of fire, but then the hobbits and Fariel literally made her go to breakfast with everyone else and since she didn't want to hurt anyone she went along. As she entered the room everyone turned around and thought 'who the hell was she'
And reading the tension in the auras Mithriel started to turn around to get away but Fariel and Sam were behind her and they pushed her forward and so she quickly took a seat with Aragon in the shadows with Fariel (to Legolas's disgust) next to her with the hobbits in front of her. The others conversed about the upcoming meeting and Mithriel quickly finished her breakfast quickly escaped into the hall of fire Aragon tried to stop her but he was too late.
Mithriel and Fariel went the meeting 20 minutes early so that Mithriel could avoid going with everyone around her and since Fariel wasn't meant to be there she had to find a good hiding place within the shadows. Later everyone started to file in and as soon as Elrond walked in he told them what they were here for and what they might have to do the conversation began the burn triangle between Legolas, Boromir and Aragon happens and Legolas who is frustrated says to Mithriel " what are you doing here you are not of noble blood" and then she who took the comment about her family to heart said " I know when I'm not wanted" for she could tell some of the others felt the same " I am sorry Elrond I can not stay" she then fled the meeting just as she left Fariel came out of her hiding place, gives the evils to Legolas and then goes after Mithriel but then comes back and yells 'why can't I wear pants" and then hurries of.
Lunch past by and Mithriel was once again not with the others and Fariel could not find her in her usual places and in the end went back to the hobbits and ignored Legolas.
Mithriel in the meantime was in the refuge of Arwen who had been like a sister to her from the early days and talked of how the others didn't understand Mithriel's situation and that maybe they would never understand but at least now she had people to support her.
Later that evening there was still no sign of Mithriel but Arwen informed them that she was out in the forest somewhere. This at least helped Fariel keep at ease. Elrond also at the dinner table announced that there would be a fellowship to go with Frodo and Sam and the number including those two would be 11 people. Which apparently had only 7 places left since Pippin and Merry were determined to go but apart from that no one else for certain was going along.
The next day Fariel found Mithriel back in the hall of fire and forgave her for being away for the day before and then filled her in on what happened in that time. After breakfast which Fariel didn't make Mithriel go to, it was known that Gandalf and Aragon were also going, 4 places taken and 7 to go and 2 of those 7 places were for Pippin and Merry. The next day to Fariel's joy Mithriel got to know Frodo properly and they spent the day with the hobbits while Legolas wondered where Fariel was and what she was doing. The next day was just like the one before except that Mithriel was researching something and Fariel got bored so she went and mucked around with the Hobbits where she listened to part of Bilbo's tale. Mithriel who stopped and went to find where the others were passed the hall of fire and stopped to listened to something in the hall of fire but she didn't sit down. Legolas was by now looking for Fariel thinking that she was getting into some mischief saw Mithriel standing outside the hall of fire, went over to her to ask her where Fariel was. Fariel decided to go get Mithriel to listen to the tale of Bilbo but found that she wasn't where she was before so she went to look for her. Mithriel who thought she heard something went on her guard and was sure that in the next second the attacker would make his move. Legolas went to tap when all of the sudden… Mithriel knew that it was now or never, she turned slightly and moved quickly to move the person over her shoulder and onto the floor and then quickly moved into attack position to find that "why in middle-earth did you do that and how did you do that- ouch " Legolas was trying to get up normally but found his two ribs were broken " Good glory Legolas I-I'm so sorry what was I thinking, but what were you doing- oh it doesn't matter lets get you to Elrond" "What's going on here, have you been having fun without me Mithriel" Fariel had just come into the room " No Fariel. If you must know your so called friend here just attacked me" " I thought you were going to attack me, what was with the swift and silent move, look that too is not important we have to get you healed up Fariel hep me" said Mithriel "I need no help from a banished one, Fariel-' " nope if Mithriel cant help than neither will I" so Fariel and Mithriel to Legolas's reluctance, took him to Elrond who was once again in the upper chambers, Elrond quickly tended to Legolas while outside Fariel was trying to ween the tale out of Mithriel who would say nothing and just stood there silently until the two of them came back outside " look I'm really sorry I didn't mean to but what would you do in my shoes" Legolas stayed silent, and Elrond said "well I think we should hear both sides of the story. Mithriel you first then Legolas" with that Mithriel told what happened after she left the room she was in before and when she was done Legolas told his tale and then both of them understood more than they thought they did. Fariel looked like she was probably going to crack her ribs as well from trying to contain the laughter while Mithriel apologised once again " Sorry is all I can say and you know it " Mithriel felt really bad cause well she didn't like the elf but she didn't want to hurt him in that way " yeah I know, apology accepted but this will come back to haunt you" " are you kidding Legolas this is going to go down in history" and on this matter Fariel had the last say and laugh along with Elrond.
Later that evening Legolas was to be in the fellowship and after much debate so was Fariel and she who was so extremely happy went straight to bed to conserve energy. It was also known that the dwarf Gimli son of Gloin was also to be in the fellowship so that meant that 5 places taken, 6 to go (not including Pippin and Merry's spots).
Fariel who had finally discovered the room that Mithriel was staying in came in early in the next morning to tell her that she was going to be travelling with the fellowship and then said "Mithriel you have a great number of skills you should come along as well. It will be fun" and before she could answered Elrond came in and cut her of " Yes I agree with Fariel you should go, you don't know how useful you will be, and plus you don't have a choice I'm making you go" and with this Mithriel replied " Fine but with one condition, Pippin and Merry get to come along as well" " if that's what its going to take to get you to go, so be it" and with that he left and Fariel started to jump up and down while (did I fail to mention screaming). Mithriel didn't what to do so she joined in and realised in doing so why Fariel was doing it and got into it even more feeling she found something that she had lost. The Hobbits who heard screaming followed the sound to find the two girls jumping and screaming and when they saw them Mithriel yelled " I have just secured yours and my, Pippin and Merry, places in the fellowship" and with that the Hobbits joined in the celebration but as they were having fun Fariel fell flat on her face from jumping on her dress that's when Mithriel stopped the mini party and then told Fariel she was going to make her 2 pairs of pant suits since she was going in to the unknown it was best to be dressed accordingly and on the way to get the materials Fariel explained how she had always wanted to wear pants but Legolas never let her wear them. When they got there Fariel picked out the materials and then they went to Fariel's room and there she measured herself and then with that she told her that she wanted the outfit to be like Legolas's but to have more class so Mithriel went back to her room and while Fariel went to lunch with the others, Mithriel worked on the outfits in her room, one of the elves brought her lunch and she ate it quickly so she could finish the first outfit which was done by 2 in the afternoon. By the next day at 10 in the morning she had completed both outfits and she brought them to her room and left them for her to find after breakfast, she had left her a note on them telling her that they were from her.
Fariel when she read the note and looked at the magnificent craft-man ship of the garments, put them on straight away and went to show Mithriel who was out in the Hall of fire and when she saw her she said "Mithriel these are the best clothes I've had in all my life" "well I'm glad you like them they do fit you well right. You look more comfortable than I've seen before" "That's because they're so comfy, one day your going to teach me how to make these"
With this Mithriel laughed and they both went of into Mithriel's and room and there Mithriel said "listen there's something else I have to give you but don't tell Legolas he wont understand" and then she un-wrapped a parcel and said "I made these for you thought you wouldn't have weapons so I made you some blades there is a sword, a bow and quiver, and some undercover armour." "Wow I'm pretty sure Legolas wouldn't let me have any of these and don't worry I wont tell Legolas" with this she went to pack and get ready. For in two days they would be leaving on the quest to help the ring barer.
The last day was sort of a sad day for everyone for people were leaving people were staying and Mithriel was not happy at the thought that she might never return there again and though Fariel said that they would come back eventually, she didn't understand. Fariel on the other hand was having trouble packing without Legolas checking her every move so she arranged for Aragon to call him to help him decide which boots to 'wear' on the quest to buy Fariel time to pack in all of the things that she wanted to take. To Mithriel's joy everyone was silent at lunch since she got forced to go once again but after a while it started to get depressing and she didn't feel like staying. But out in the hall of fire she got to know that the eleventh person to come in the fellowship was a man from Minas Tirith
His name was Boromir son of Denether. She found this from Gimli another person she got to know the day before, he was of good nature to her and she told him of her problem immediately and he understood and she too was now able to look him in the eye she was happy that so many good natured people were coming along even if there some others that she didn't get along with some others.
It was evening almost everyone in the fellowship was packing except for Fariel but she was trying to explain to Legolas why she needed a Quiver and bow with arrows. The Hobbits were still packing with Aragon's advice. Gandalf had taken an early night in preparation for the next day. Boromir too was resting for the day ahead. Mithriel intended to stay the night in the hall of hall fire where she had spent many nights before, she brought her pack with her and she rested in her corner before falling into her dream status (as elves do normally they, don't fall asleep).