To Meggie-S: hehe, it's a Mary Sue, but it's a good written Mary Sue. With
the ideas I got for this, it definitely won't turn out Mary Sue-ish!
Ok, you know the disclaimer: I take credit for only Elli and Caitlin. Nothing else is mine; it's all Tolkien's.
On we ride!
ELLI'S POV
After I took leave of Elrond, I found the maid from earlier at the bottom of the staircase. She was watching the trickling water, yet she turned at the sound of me.
"Good day again, m'lady. May I help you find your way somewhere?" She had a beaming smile on her face, and before I could ask her why she looked so happy, she went on. "I thought you might get lost, knowing your short stay here so far. And the other halflings wish to see you. Shall you come?"
I nodded, and she led me down other halls that were shining with the warmth of the sun. The sound of the falls carried through the air, and a mist rose up where the water was rough. It cooled me off in the heat of the sun, and I welcomed it. But I couldn't stay out in it long, for the maid had stopped in front an open door. She nodded, and so I walked through.
"M'lady," she said. I turned back around to look at her. "In case of anything else, my name is Táwen. I will be your personal maid during your stay in Rivendell. Good day." Then Táwen bowed and walked away.
I looked into the room then to see Pippin, Merry and Caitlin. I started to wonder where Sam was, but I knew he'd be looking in on the Council since Frodo was in it. I joined the other two hobbits on the bed, and the four of us talked for a while. We had most of the afternoon, and early evening. The Council was an all day event, many men telling stories of the coming danger and the deciding of who would bring the Ring of Power into Mordor.
Caitlin was the only one of us who knew very little of what was going on. I couldn't blame her though; I'd spent countless hours after she'd seen the movie trying to explain what I knew. It was a hopeless cause. But now I wished I'd of tried harder. She was at a complete loss. But it wasn't likely we were going on the journey. But then again, it wasn't likely we'd find our way home either. We might remain in Middle Earth forever.
Before the hour of the evening meal, Sam and Frodo came in, both looking weary and distraught. I thought nothing of their appearance, knowing where they had been and what the whole decision was. But Merry and Pippin were curious.
"Where in the bloody blazes have you been?" young Pippin asked as soon as they were seated.
"I was spying on the Council. I couldn't let my Master make a decision alone. But it seems now that the both us and a few other strong men are going with us to destroy the Ring.
"What!" screamed Merry. "You're both going to leave us here? And Elrond didn't punish you for spying on the hidden meeting? He rewarded you by letting you go! What about us? We want to go with you!"
"I highly doubt that this a reward. It's going to be a hopeless journey," Frodo pointed out.
"But we hobbits have to stick together. We've been with you through tougher times, Frodo," Pippin whined. "You can't get rid of us that easily."
"Merry, Pippin," Frodo began. "I know we have to stick together, and I know you both want to help. But this journey will be hard and extremely dangerous. And you might not be of much help to us, except maybe some company for Sam and I."
They went on like this for a while, the Merry and Pippin feeling left out and Sam and Frodo trying to reassure them that they weren't missing much. In the end Merry and Pippin talked with Elrond and Gandalf, and found a way to go on the journey. But the decision of what to do with Caitlin and me was not yet reached. Elrond had left the choice up to me. And I knew I could help, now matter how small the deed, but that I would have to take Caitlin with me. I wasn't sure if she was so keen on the idea. But it was either stays stuck in Rivendell until Elrond thought of a way out, or journey with the fellowship until they part.
~*~*~*~*~
CAITLIN'S POV
Elli called a meeting between the two of us the next night. Everyone else had gone to bed, except for some singing elves. I could've sworn to you they were drunk or something, but they were singing good and clear, not slobbery or what not. But they were keeping me up.
I met Elli in her chamber, a candle lit on the bedside table. I silently closed the door behind me, and I heard the soft click of the lock with my elven ears. I was really starting to like them.
I joined Elli at the foot of her bed. She looked worried, but she had been the last few days. Something was bothering her.
"I've been thinking," she began. "We don't know of any way home. And if we stay here in Rivendell, we may be here a very long time. It depends on if Elrond can help us. But if we go join the Fellowship on their quest to Mordor, we can help them, and maybe find out how to get back to Earth. We don't know how he got here, so that doesn't help our chances any. And the fellowship may be out only chance Caitlin. But I want to know what you think. Elrond left the choice up to me, and knowing that none of the hobbits or Gandalf was staying here, didn't leave me with much hope. Elrond said that the quest would be dangerous if we go. And I do fear for my life, but if it means risking it to find a way home, I'm willing to do it. I just need to know what you think."
She stopped then, looking at me with frightened eyes. She really did have a lot to worry about. But now she was asking me to help her out. I didn't know anything about this! How much help could I be? Yes it would be dangerous, but I didn't know the extent of it. I wish I had known. My answer definitely would have been different.
"If we stay here, there's still no guarantee that we'll get home. And if we do go, we can try to help the fellowship by knowing what we know. But the story may chance. And we still aren't guaranteed a ticket back to Earth. Am I right so far?"
"Yup. But would you rather risk our lives on the journey, or suffer boredom in Rivendell?"
That gave me my final decision.
"If Elrond and all of them leader folks let us go, then go we shall. I don't want to stay here alone any more than you do. I'm willing."
Elli grew a huge smile on her face and then did the last thing I expected. She hugged me. Hard and grateful. I hugged her little hobbit body back. And then I said goodnight and went off to my own bed.
~*~*~*~*~
ELLI'S POV
Táwen roused me at early dawn, even before the sun had warded off the gray morning chill. "Elrond wishes to see you, m'lady. It's about the Company of the Ring. Come, rise little one. I'll help you to dress quickly."
I put on my famous hunter green dress and followed Táwen to Elrond's chamber once again. This time she knocked, and Elrond allowed both of us to enter. We sat down in his library, and he offered me some breakfast, seeing as how I was up rather early. Táwen stood off to one side like all the maids did.
"I have left the choice up to you, and I knew that you hadn't truly decided before the Council. You knew what was to happen, and that the friends you've made here would leave, and that you'd be alone here with only Caitlin. You're mind has changed."
"Yes, it has. I spoke to Caitlin. And she wants to go, too."
"I will warn you again, young one. You can be of great use if the story is not altered too much. Yet I see great danger ahead for you. If you so choose to go, I cannot stop you. I urge you to be careful."
"I will be. I promise to help and be careful on the journey."
~*~*~*~*~
CAITLIN'S POV
"Caitlin! Caitlin wake up! Come on, rise and shine you stupid brat! Elrond said he'd let us join the fellowship! Come on Bing, get up!"
Elli pulled the blankets off my body and jumped gleefully around the room.
"I'm up shorty. I'm up. When the heck did you ask Elrond?"
"He woke me up an hour ago and asked me to join him in his chamber. He wanted my choice. And I said I wanted to go, and that you did, too. So he said it would be dangerous, and the story may change, but that he can't change my decision so he let us go. We have the rest of the month before we set out south. Do you hear that, Caitie! We get to go! We get to join the fellowship!"
A/N: you knew that was coming. So what do you think? Suggestions and opinions welcome! On to work on the next chapters!
Ok, you know the disclaimer: I take credit for only Elli and Caitlin. Nothing else is mine; it's all Tolkien's.
On we ride!
ELLI'S POV
After I took leave of Elrond, I found the maid from earlier at the bottom of the staircase. She was watching the trickling water, yet she turned at the sound of me.
"Good day again, m'lady. May I help you find your way somewhere?" She had a beaming smile on her face, and before I could ask her why she looked so happy, she went on. "I thought you might get lost, knowing your short stay here so far. And the other halflings wish to see you. Shall you come?"
I nodded, and she led me down other halls that were shining with the warmth of the sun. The sound of the falls carried through the air, and a mist rose up where the water was rough. It cooled me off in the heat of the sun, and I welcomed it. But I couldn't stay out in it long, for the maid had stopped in front an open door. She nodded, and so I walked through.
"M'lady," she said. I turned back around to look at her. "In case of anything else, my name is Táwen. I will be your personal maid during your stay in Rivendell. Good day." Then Táwen bowed and walked away.
I looked into the room then to see Pippin, Merry and Caitlin. I started to wonder where Sam was, but I knew he'd be looking in on the Council since Frodo was in it. I joined the other two hobbits on the bed, and the four of us talked for a while. We had most of the afternoon, and early evening. The Council was an all day event, many men telling stories of the coming danger and the deciding of who would bring the Ring of Power into Mordor.
Caitlin was the only one of us who knew very little of what was going on. I couldn't blame her though; I'd spent countless hours after she'd seen the movie trying to explain what I knew. It was a hopeless cause. But now I wished I'd of tried harder. She was at a complete loss. But it wasn't likely we were going on the journey. But then again, it wasn't likely we'd find our way home either. We might remain in Middle Earth forever.
Before the hour of the evening meal, Sam and Frodo came in, both looking weary and distraught. I thought nothing of their appearance, knowing where they had been and what the whole decision was. But Merry and Pippin were curious.
"Where in the bloody blazes have you been?" young Pippin asked as soon as they were seated.
"I was spying on the Council. I couldn't let my Master make a decision alone. But it seems now that the both us and a few other strong men are going with us to destroy the Ring.
"What!" screamed Merry. "You're both going to leave us here? And Elrond didn't punish you for spying on the hidden meeting? He rewarded you by letting you go! What about us? We want to go with you!"
"I highly doubt that this a reward. It's going to be a hopeless journey," Frodo pointed out.
"But we hobbits have to stick together. We've been with you through tougher times, Frodo," Pippin whined. "You can't get rid of us that easily."
"Merry, Pippin," Frodo began. "I know we have to stick together, and I know you both want to help. But this journey will be hard and extremely dangerous. And you might not be of much help to us, except maybe some company for Sam and I."
They went on like this for a while, the Merry and Pippin feeling left out and Sam and Frodo trying to reassure them that they weren't missing much. In the end Merry and Pippin talked with Elrond and Gandalf, and found a way to go on the journey. But the decision of what to do with Caitlin and me was not yet reached. Elrond had left the choice up to me. And I knew I could help, now matter how small the deed, but that I would have to take Caitlin with me. I wasn't sure if she was so keen on the idea. But it was either stays stuck in Rivendell until Elrond thought of a way out, or journey with the fellowship until they part.
~*~*~*~*~
CAITLIN'S POV
Elli called a meeting between the two of us the next night. Everyone else had gone to bed, except for some singing elves. I could've sworn to you they were drunk or something, but they were singing good and clear, not slobbery or what not. But they were keeping me up.
I met Elli in her chamber, a candle lit on the bedside table. I silently closed the door behind me, and I heard the soft click of the lock with my elven ears. I was really starting to like them.
I joined Elli at the foot of her bed. She looked worried, but she had been the last few days. Something was bothering her.
"I've been thinking," she began. "We don't know of any way home. And if we stay here in Rivendell, we may be here a very long time. It depends on if Elrond can help us. But if we go join the Fellowship on their quest to Mordor, we can help them, and maybe find out how to get back to Earth. We don't know how he got here, so that doesn't help our chances any. And the fellowship may be out only chance Caitlin. But I want to know what you think. Elrond left the choice up to me, and knowing that none of the hobbits or Gandalf was staying here, didn't leave me with much hope. Elrond said that the quest would be dangerous if we go. And I do fear for my life, but if it means risking it to find a way home, I'm willing to do it. I just need to know what you think."
She stopped then, looking at me with frightened eyes. She really did have a lot to worry about. But now she was asking me to help her out. I didn't know anything about this! How much help could I be? Yes it would be dangerous, but I didn't know the extent of it. I wish I had known. My answer definitely would have been different.
"If we stay here, there's still no guarantee that we'll get home. And if we do go, we can try to help the fellowship by knowing what we know. But the story may chance. And we still aren't guaranteed a ticket back to Earth. Am I right so far?"
"Yup. But would you rather risk our lives on the journey, or suffer boredom in Rivendell?"
That gave me my final decision.
"If Elrond and all of them leader folks let us go, then go we shall. I don't want to stay here alone any more than you do. I'm willing."
Elli grew a huge smile on her face and then did the last thing I expected. She hugged me. Hard and grateful. I hugged her little hobbit body back. And then I said goodnight and went off to my own bed.
~*~*~*~*~
ELLI'S POV
Táwen roused me at early dawn, even before the sun had warded off the gray morning chill. "Elrond wishes to see you, m'lady. It's about the Company of the Ring. Come, rise little one. I'll help you to dress quickly."
I put on my famous hunter green dress and followed Táwen to Elrond's chamber once again. This time she knocked, and Elrond allowed both of us to enter. We sat down in his library, and he offered me some breakfast, seeing as how I was up rather early. Táwen stood off to one side like all the maids did.
"I have left the choice up to you, and I knew that you hadn't truly decided before the Council. You knew what was to happen, and that the friends you've made here would leave, and that you'd be alone here with only Caitlin. You're mind has changed."
"Yes, it has. I spoke to Caitlin. And she wants to go, too."
"I will warn you again, young one. You can be of great use if the story is not altered too much. Yet I see great danger ahead for you. If you so choose to go, I cannot stop you. I urge you to be careful."
"I will be. I promise to help and be careful on the journey."
~*~*~*~*~
CAITLIN'S POV
"Caitlin! Caitlin wake up! Come on, rise and shine you stupid brat! Elrond said he'd let us join the fellowship! Come on Bing, get up!"
Elli pulled the blankets off my body and jumped gleefully around the room.
"I'm up shorty. I'm up. When the heck did you ask Elrond?"
"He woke me up an hour ago and asked me to join him in his chamber. He wanted my choice. And I said I wanted to go, and that you did, too. So he said it would be dangerous, and the story may change, but that he can't change my decision so he let us go. We have the rest of the month before we set out south. Do you hear that, Caitie! We get to go! We get to join the fellowship!"
A/N: you knew that was coming. So what do you think? Suggestions and opinions welcome! On to work on the next chapters!