Okay, heres a new one, I do hope you like it. I wrote this while having
writers block over "Gift from the River" which you will be happy to know
has a new chapter arriving in the next day or so, possibly this afternoon
if I get it long enough. Anyway, diclaimer, wish I did but I don't own a
sausage. I hope you like this one, I'm gonna try something tricky with this
one so let me know in future.
Oh, before I go, I have redone some of the chapters in "Gift from the River", the last one had a big change so I suggest you read it again if you haven't, thanks, sorry!
Enjoy.
Xandrandra xx
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If We Can
'Okay girls, lets, go!' she turned the key and they engine screamed in protest, 'or not.'
'Okay, who's up for calling the AA?'
'I love the amount of faith you two have in me,' said the driver to the other two females, 'come on baby, start baby, let's go.... YES!' she punched the air as the van started,
Moving into gear the trio set off again along the road, the three agreed that the scenery was beautiful, very tranquil one had said, although the tranquillity didn't last for very long as heavy grey clouds began to swarm overhead and slowly blot out the sun and clear sky.
'Ooh, rain!' said the girl in the passenger seat, playing with her dark hair,
'I really should worry about you, but I know you're beyond that.'
'Ha. Ha.' She answered blandly, 'was that thunder?'
'Hello Einstein,'
'Kat asked if we should pull over.' She answered after a few seconds,
'Only if it gets too bad, anyway, I'd prefer to be off the road or in a clearing someplace, not many places to pull over on this road at the mo.'
'Pull over when you can then...'
'Brilliant!'
'What?'
'Dead end! There's been a mud slide up ahead so they've closed the road, hello reverse.' She said dryly,
Thunder boomed and lightening flashed over head as the three continued backwards along the road, the driver suddenly pressed her foot to the floor on the brakes causing the girls to jerk forward and the van to skid slightly, turning them to face a narrow dirt road leading into a large field and then into some trees,
'Kat says that this could be a good place to stop until this clears up,' said the girl in the passenger seat,
'Yeah, why not, we're blocked in anyways!'
'What?'
'Mud slide behind us, I only just saw it in the mirror, we'd either get stuck or slide everywhere, not fun either way. So. Field it is. Lucky we ended up facing this way, I hadn't seen it, I would have gone straight past it...'
The van trundled up the muddy road and stopped just short of the trees, allowing a little shelter but without endangering themselves if one should be hit. The two in the front seats climbed over the back and sat near the third that was asleep among the large cases and backpacks. Unearthing a small portable fridge from a mound of back packs the driver pulled out two cans, opened them, handing one to the dark haired girl while taking a sip of her own,
'On the bright side, at least we have the necessities off life.' She sighed sitting down in a small space against one wall,
'But we have no toilet.'
'Go pee in a bush, no one will be out in this weather,'
'Didn't say I needed to go...'
'Anyway, by the sounds and looks of things, we're going to here a while so, wake me up when it stops.' The driver put her can on one of the cases, pulled a blanket out of one of the backpacks and closed her eyes.
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Slowly she opened her eyes, she could see bright sunlight beaming through the windshield, and carefully stretching she moved each of her limbs to get the blood flowing again. Standing she opened the back doors to let some air in and stepped out into the sunlight to find her two friends petting a rather large black horse.
'Hey, what's going on? Where did it come from?'
'We think it's his,' said the dark haired girl pointing to the grass,
Looking to the other girl who pointed to the other side of the horse where a man of about 30 was lying by a small fire, covered in one of their own blankets,
'Who is he?'
'We don't know, he was unconscious when I tripped over him and the horse was there too, by the river, we brought them both back here, well, the horse just kind of followed.'
'Why didn't you wake me up?'
'You where out of it, completely. Kat knew what to do anyway, nasty gash on his shoulder she said, we've just got to wait till he wakes up!' she grinned,
'Thanks, I needed a decent kip. Let's have a look at this guy then,'
She walked over to the man and knelt down by him, and studied his face before looking at the wound that was near his shoulder. He had shoulder long black hair and a beard and she could see a handsome man underneath all the dirt and blood,
'Kat?' she called, 'can you come here a moment,' the quiet girl in question arrived and knelt opposite her, 'was there id or a wallet or anything? Personal items with names or something?' the girl shook her head, but pointed to nearer the fire where a sword lay, 'hn, that's different... he's waking up... take her back to the van and keep her out of the way, don't was her to freak this guy out,' she asked nodding to the girl by the horse,
Kat left and led the dark haired girl back to the van where they got inside and closed the doors behind them, looking down to the man she watched as his eyes began to flicker and his hands began to move,
'Hey, can you hear me? Focus on my voice... we found you by a river, your horse his here too, if he is your horse, and your sword too... focus on my voice.'
His eyes opened and focused on her face, she was younger than he, not a child but of an age to be married, her skin was pale and her hair was a dirty blonde, plaited back behind her head, her bright green eyes where looking at him with slight concern. She sat back onto her knees as he sat up, inspecting the dressing on his shoulder,
'Thank you.' He said,
'My friends found you and brought you here and fixed you up. Can I ask, why you where in a river with a cut arm, a horse and a sword. Doesn't sound like the best idea in the world?'
'We where attacked by wargs and I was thrown over the cliff, I must have been carried by the current, and I don't know how my horse found me...'
'Wargs? What are they?'
At this question, he notice of her clothing, or lack of it, she wore a pair of trousers that pooled around her lower legs, they where a dark blue and of a strange material, they sat low on her hips and had a loose belt around her. Her top was red and tight fitting and showed her stomach and was cut low on her chest exposing a large amount of cleavage, it was held up with two straps over her shoulders although two other straps could be seen disappearing under the top, the material too was one of which he didn't know, on her feet where a strange shoe with laces, they where blue and grey with a strange sole.
'Are you alright?' she waved a hand in front of his face,
He looked at the three rings on her thumb, index and middle fingers, they where each different but of the same silver colour, he continued to look her up and down in puzzlement.
'Hey, babe? Are you alright? Do you feel okay?' she put the back of her hand to his forehead and then to her own, 'you aren't hot, you don't look like you have hypothermia, babe? Mister? Answer me.' She tapped him on the cheek,
'I am sorry, your clothing is strange to me and I am unsure of from where you hail.'
'Um, you don't have to be posh around me...'
'But it is only proper to...'
'Okay, don't be posh around me, I don't like it, I'm a traveller, but originally from England...'
'I have not heard of this place. What part of middle earth is it in? The far south perhaps.'
'Middle earth? Did you hit your head?'
'I do not think so... why do you ask?'
'Middle earth doesn't exist. It's only in books.'
'Well, you are in middle earth, Rohan to be exact, I, we where on our way to minas tirith when we where attacked.'
'Okay. Which way is it?'
'In the west, if you follow the river you cannot be far wrong, although a more direct route is needed for me.'
'Right, because of the ten thousand orcs and Urak hay marching towards it.'
'Ten thousand!' he gasped,
'Um, I have an idea, me and my friends haven't visited this minas tirith before so, why don't we accompany you there?' she said carefully,
'It wouldn't be safe...'
'Let's put his way again. I and my two friends are following you to minas tirith. Either way, you'd better move fast.'
'Do you have horses?'
'No. but we have.... A, machine which will take us there, when we have time I'll explain it to you. But I'll go get my friends ready, I'm sure you want some time... with... your horse.' She said haltingly before getting up and moving towards the trees.
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Well, let me know what you think and if I should change anyone or anything, as I like twists, one will turn up that I don't think many have tried before, as I said at the top, it will be a challenge. Would anyone like POV's or keep it in this style and let me know if you want me to put a profile of each girl in the next chapter. Well, read and review because I love them, flames too strangely enough, anyway, thanks
Xandrandra xx
Oh, before I go, I have redone some of the chapters in "Gift from the River", the last one had a big change so I suggest you read it again if you haven't, thanks, sorry!
Enjoy.
Xandrandra xx
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If We Can
'Okay girls, lets, go!' she turned the key and they engine screamed in protest, 'or not.'
'Okay, who's up for calling the AA?'
'I love the amount of faith you two have in me,' said the driver to the other two females, 'come on baby, start baby, let's go.... YES!' she punched the air as the van started,
Moving into gear the trio set off again along the road, the three agreed that the scenery was beautiful, very tranquil one had said, although the tranquillity didn't last for very long as heavy grey clouds began to swarm overhead and slowly blot out the sun and clear sky.
'Ooh, rain!' said the girl in the passenger seat, playing with her dark hair,
'I really should worry about you, but I know you're beyond that.'
'Ha. Ha.' She answered blandly, 'was that thunder?'
'Hello Einstein,'
'Kat asked if we should pull over.' She answered after a few seconds,
'Only if it gets too bad, anyway, I'd prefer to be off the road or in a clearing someplace, not many places to pull over on this road at the mo.'
'Pull over when you can then...'
'Brilliant!'
'What?'
'Dead end! There's been a mud slide up ahead so they've closed the road, hello reverse.' She said dryly,
Thunder boomed and lightening flashed over head as the three continued backwards along the road, the driver suddenly pressed her foot to the floor on the brakes causing the girls to jerk forward and the van to skid slightly, turning them to face a narrow dirt road leading into a large field and then into some trees,
'Kat says that this could be a good place to stop until this clears up,' said the girl in the passenger seat,
'Yeah, why not, we're blocked in anyways!'
'What?'
'Mud slide behind us, I only just saw it in the mirror, we'd either get stuck or slide everywhere, not fun either way. So. Field it is. Lucky we ended up facing this way, I hadn't seen it, I would have gone straight past it...'
The van trundled up the muddy road and stopped just short of the trees, allowing a little shelter but without endangering themselves if one should be hit. The two in the front seats climbed over the back and sat near the third that was asleep among the large cases and backpacks. Unearthing a small portable fridge from a mound of back packs the driver pulled out two cans, opened them, handing one to the dark haired girl while taking a sip of her own,
'On the bright side, at least we have the necessities off life.' She sighed sitting down in a small space against one wall,
'But we have no toilet.'
'Go pee in a bush, no one will be out in this weather,'
'Didn't say I needed to go...'
'Anyway, by the sounds and looks of things, we're going to here a while so, wake me up when it stops.' The driver put her can on one of the cases, pulled a blanket out of one of the backpacks and closed her eyes.
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Slowly she opened her eyes, she could see bright sunlight beaming through the windshield, and carefully stretching she moved each of her limbs to get the blood flowing again. Standing she opened the back doors to let some air in and stepped out into the sunlight to find her two friends petting a rather large black horse.
'Hey, what's going on? Where did it come from?'
'We think it's his,' said the dark haired girl pointing to the grass,
Looking to the other girl who pointed to the other side of the horse where a man of about 30 was lying by a small fire, covered in one of their own blankets,
'Who is he?'
'We don't know, he was unconscious when I tripped over him and the horse was there too, by the river, we brought them both back here, well, the horse just kind of followed.'
'Why didn't you wake me up?'
'You where out of it, completely. Kat knew what to do anyway, nasty gash on his shoulder she said, we've just got to wait till he wakes up!' she grinned,
'Thanks, I needed a decent kip. Let's have a look at this guy then,'
She walked over to the man and knelt down by him, and studied his face before looking at the wound that was near his shoulder. He had shoulder long black hair and a beard and she could see a handsome man underneath all the dirt and blood,
'Kat?' she called, 'can you come here a moment,' the quiet girl in question arrived and knelt opposite her, 'was there id or a wallet or anything? Personal items with names or something?' the girl shook her head, but pointed to nearer the fire where a sword lay, 'hn, that's different... he's waking up... take her back to the van and keep her out of the way, don't was her to freak this guy out,' she asked nodding to the girl by the horse,
Kat left and led the dark haired girl back to the van where they got inside and closed the doors behind them, looking down to the man she watched as his eyes began to flicker and his hands began to move,
'Hey, can you hear me? Focus on my voice... we found you by a river, your horse his here too, if he is your horse, and your sword too... focus on my voice.'
His eyes opened and focused on her face, she was younger than he, not a child but of an age to be married, her skin was pale and her hair was a dirty blonde, plaited back behind her head, her bright green eyes where looking at him with slight concern. She sat back onto her knees as he sat up, inspecting the dressing on his shoulder,
'Thank you.' He said,
'My friends found you and brought you here and fixed you up. Can I ask, why you where in a river with a cut arm, a horse and a sword. Doesn't sound like the best idea in the world?'
'We where attacked by wargs and I was thrown over the cliff, I must have been carried by the current, and I don't know how my horse found me...'
'Wargs? What are they?'
At this question, he notice of her clothing, or lack of it, she wore a pair of trousers that pooled around her lower legs, they where a dark blue and of a strange material, they sat low on her hips and had a loose belt around her. Her top was red and tight fitting and showed her stomach and was cut low on her chest exposing a large amount of cleavage, it was held up with two straps over her shoulders although two other straps could be seen disappearing under the top, the material too was one of which he didn't know, on her feet where a strange shoe with laces, they where blue and grey with a strange sole.
'Are you alright?' she waved a hand in front of his face,
He looked at the three rings on her thumb, index and middle fingers, they where each different but of the same silver colour, he continued to look her up and down in puzzlement.
'Hey, babe? Are you alright? Do you feel okay?' she put the back of her hand to his forehead and then to her own, 'you aren't hot, you don't look like you have hypothermia, babe? Mister? Answer me.' She tapped him on the cheek,
'I am sorry, your clothing is strange to me and I am unsure of from where you hail.'
'Um, you don't have to be posh around me...'
'But it is only proper to...'
'Okay, don't be posh around me, I don't like it, I'm a traveller, but originally from England...'
'I have not heard of this place. What part of middle earth is it in? The far south perhaps.'
'Middle earth? Did you hit your head?'
'I do not think so... why do you ask?'
'Middle earth doesn't exist. It's only in books.'
'Well, you are in middle earth, Rohan to be exact, I, we where on our way to minas tirith when we where attacked.'
'Okay. Which way is it?'
'In the west, if you follow the river you cannot be far wrong, although a more direct route is needed for me.'
'Right, because of the ten thousand orcs and Urak hay marching towards it.'
'Ten thousand!' he gasped,
'Um, I have an idea, me and my friends haven't visited this minas tirith before so, why don't we accompany you there?' she said carefully,
'It wouldn't be safe...'
'Let's put his way again. I and my two friends are following you to minas tirith. Either way, you'd better move fast.'
'Do you have horses?'
'No. but we have.... A, machine which will take us there, when we have time I'll explain it to you. But I'll go get my friends ready, I'm sure you want some time... with... your horse.' She said haltingly before getting up and moving towards the trees.
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Well, let me know what you think and if I should change anyone or anything, as I like twists, one will turn up that I don't think many have tried before, as I said at the top, it will be a challenge. Would anyone like POV's or keep it in this style and let me know if you want me to put a profile of each girl in the next chapter. Well, read and review because I love them, flames too strangely enough, anyway, thanks
Xandrandra xx