Quite a short chapter I guess. Shorter than the others anyway.
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Chapter 8: You must be joking!
Over the next few days, Amy met a lot more people. She was soon mixing names up, but the Elves found it rather amusing. She would get annoyed with herself for getting the names wrong, and that was the part they found funny. She would scowl at their laughter, which made them laugh even harder.
Legolas watched her with interest. She seemed to settle into new places easily. He wondered if that had anything to do with her past. She had told him she was often moved to new houses with new foster-parents, then was always carted straight back to the orphanage when the adults found her 'too hard to cope with'.
He was called to many meetings regarding the Fellowship and their upcoming journey. He now found he hated the idea of having to leave Amy alone. He half-hoped he could stay, maybe switch with another Elf, but it was not to be, as he well knew.
"I know your heart Legolas," Elrond told him one day when they were walking through the gardens. "You do not wish for her to remain here on her own."
"I just like to be around her, so I know she is safe. I feel as if I have to protect her, look after her."
"Well, what if she was to accompany you with the rest of the Fellowship?"
Legolas stopped and gaped at the Lord before him. Elrond smiled a small, secretive smile. "Lord Elrond, you cannot be serious!"
"I am. I have been talking with Mithrandir on the subject, and he believes also, that she is here for a purpose. We believe that it is to join you and the other members with the Ringbearer."
"But it is such a dangerous journey, and she is not highly skilled in the arts of fighting and combat."
"I am sure you will look after her. That is what you want to do isn't it?"
"Yes, but that is not what I mean…my Lord, I cannot allow her to come. My duty is to look after her, not drag her into goodness knows what other dangers that lie ahead of us!"
"I realise that Legolas, but all I am saying, is that I think she should go with you. It is the right path for her to take, I am sure of it."
"But what of Aragorn?"
"I know he is not keen on her, but I will make him see sense, do not worry. I will tell him. You go and inform Amy of our decision."
"Yes my Lord." He bowed, and hurried towards Amy's room.
He knocked and went in. She was in there alone, standing on the balcony. She smiled at him as he shut the door and walked over. "Legolas, I haven't seen you all day. Where have you been?"
"With Lord Elrond."
"Again? You're always talking with him. Any progress on the Fellowship thing?"
"Yes, quite a bit actually."
"Ooh, tell me everything!" She grinned.
He laughed. "You know, one day your nosiness will make your nose grow so long…"
"Yeah, yeah, I know all that! Come on, spill!"
"I think you had better sit down."
She frowned. "What's wrong Legolas?"
"Just sit down Amy and I'll explain everything." She sat on the end of her bed, and watched as Legolas paced around her room.
"Now, I do not entirely agree with this decision, as I believe it is a far too dangerous one, but…you are to accompany us, the Fellowship, on our journey." He stopped pacing, and looked at her.
She was just staring at him, her mouth wide open like a goldfish. "You…are…joking?"
He shook his head. "No, I'm not. As I was saying, I don't think it is…" but he was silenced by Amy lunging into his arms, squealing.
"Wow, this is so cool! Now I won't have to say good-bye to you! I hate good-byes! Oh Legolas, you'll have to teach me how to use those knives properly, and the bow and arrows and…" but it his turn to silence her by placing his hand over her mouth.
"Don't get overexcited Amy, this is serious."
"I am being serious, totally. How long till we leave?"
"About a month I am guessing."
"Plenty of time. I am quite a fast learner, promise. And you'll have to introduce me to everyone else in the Fellowship, especially the Hobbits! They look so sweet from a distance! I don't want our first meeting to be the night before we are all due to leave, because I'll be all jittery and stupid. Oh, and I'll need some different clothes…" She wandered over to her wardrobe and started peering through.
"Damn it! These are all dresses. You'll have to get hold of a couple of tunics and a few pairs of leggings for me. No way am I going to trek for miles and miles in a dress! I'm only wearing them because there is nothing else. Normally, you would never, ever catch me in a dress, or even a skirt! It was always jeans and t-shirts for me, not forgetting trainers of course." She walked over to her mirror and held a strand of hair up, looking at it distastefully.
"And I must do something with my hair! Maybe cut it a bit shorter…it's gotten so long since I arrived here. Cut a bit off, and I'm sure Arwen could braid it for me somehow…she is wonderful with hair you know. I've had more styles here than I ever did in my world..."
Legolas sighed to himself. He walked over to her and took her hair in his hands. "I think…it does not need to be cut. There is form of braiding, with which you can have it in at any length. I'll get Arwen to do it for you if you don't trust me."
"No, I do. I just didn't realise you could braid hair."
"Of course I do. How else do you think I get mine done?"
"Oh yeah, duh!" She sat down and let Legolas brush her hair so it was knot-free. He then swiftly pulled it all together, and separated strands off. He then began the braiding.
It was done in no more than ten minutes. He stood back, satisfied with his work. "There, how does that feel?"
She looked in the mirror. "Its cool, I like it. You'll have to teach me how to do it for myself."
"Anything else you wish me to teach you my Lady?" he asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, how to pull an Elf. They're all so distant here!"
He laughed. "Sorry Amy, but I don't think you'll be able to 'pull' any of the Elves here."
She grinned when he used her slang. He had gotten so used to it now, he knew what most of her funny little words meant. "Why not?"
"You wouldn't understand. Come on, lets go and find the 'dear, sweet little Hobbits' you are so desperate to meet."
She swatted him round the head as they left her room.
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"What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain...
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop this notice
This crying Earth this we make sure?"
Amy sighed. She always had trouble remembering the Earth Song by Michael Jackson. She loved it thought. It always relaxed her at home, even though the words were so powerful.
"Cheer up," Legolas whispered, nudging her gently in the arm. "We've only just left Rivendell, and already you have a face like a wet mop."
"Who says I'm upset?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him. "I'm just moody because I can never remember the words to that bloody song!"
"What's it called?"
"The Earth Song."
"Simple name."
"I know, but it is a great song. I'm going to try and remember it. Shh." She started muttering and humming under her breath.
Legolas grinned and made his way to walk beside Aragorn. They had left Rivendell a few hours ago, and were not even fifteen miles away yet.
"What's up with her?" Aragorn asked as the Elf joined him.
"You mean Amy?"
"Who else?"
Legolas sighed. Aragorn had taken a disliking to Amy, for reasons he did not know.
"Nothing is wrong with her, she is just trying to remember a song she likes." He looked at his friend. Aragorn was staring intently at the ground, watching it disappear under his every footfall.
"You don't like her, do you?" he asked softly so no one else could overhear.
Aragorns' head snapped up to look at him. "What gives you that impression?"
Legolas almost burst out laughing. "You never call her by her real name, you act so uncivilly towards her, and I can sense the feelings you are so clearly directing at her. Why don't you like her? Do you not trust her and her story? Or is it the fact that she is a human girl? Too weak, perhaps, to join us on this journey?"
Aragorn didn't reply. Legolas' eyes narrowed in annoyance. He hated it when people did this to him, especially his friends. Even more so when it was someone such as Aragorn, who normally acted so maturely in these situations.
"Answer me Aragorn," he said quite sharply.
"I just don't feel that she belongs in the Fellowship!" Aragorn hissed in reply. "Yes, she is female, and so is much weaker than us. You may have faith in her, but I don't. Not as much as you do at any rate. She is a human girl Legolas. How old is she? 25 at the most I reckon. Look at her, singing away to herself. What were you and Lord Elrond thinking?"
Legolas had to refrain from hitting out at Aragorns' harsh words.
"You have no idea what she has been through," he whispered sharply through his teeth, glaring at the man. "You have absolutely no idea about her past life, where she came from, and what things have happened to her. I however, do, and I have faith in her, that she will be ok on this trip. True, she is a lady" he emphasised, "and so is obviously not as physically strong as we males. But I believe she can get through this, as we can." With one last glare at the Ranger, he turned on his heel and marched away, fists clenched at his sides.
Aragorn remained silent.
Amy saw the Elf walk quickly past, going to join Gandalf at the front of the line. She sensed he was upset about something, and looked back to where he had come from. She saw the Man, Aragorn, staring at her, but when she turned around, he averted his gaze. She frowned. He had upset Legolas, and she knew she was involved somehow. She would never forget his expression when she and Legolas arrived in Rivendell. It was him that had been watching them, and she had taken a disliking to him already. That surely, was not a good sign.
She sighed and turned back round.
"What have we done to the world
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son...
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth this we make sure?"
She smiled. She had remembered the second verse! Now for the rest of it…
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See, quite short compared to the others beforehand.
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~Lainfaer~