A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates. There was a problem with ff.net awhile
ago and I am writing an original fic too, so I have forgotten to update.
Oops! But now I am. Thanks to those of you who have reviewed, you guys
rock!
R/N:
Alida Fruit- Thank you so much for your review! I'm glad you like my story so far. I like your's too! When will you update?
Hello Kitty- Hey! Thank you so much for your review! I really appreciate it.
Mojo- Awesome! What part of the U.S are you going to?? Thanks for your review!
Discordia: Thank you as always for reviewing. Ugh. I just can't get those stupid plurals right, can I? *sigh* well, hopefully I got more this time around. Thank you for always reviewing!
**And one more thing. Does anyone see these annoying little boxes and words with accents on them everywhere? Or is my computer just being really stupid??
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Aurora never felt so free in her life. She had never liked running, had hated it in fact. But as the remaining members of the broken fellowship began sprinting after their small friends, she felt like a bird, flying after prey. With the slight difference that her feet pounded upon the ground instead of soared through the air. Maybe it was the fear of more deaths or maybe she was finally accepting the fact that there were things she had to do in order to survive, but she felt like one of the hero's in movies, never stopping nor giving up.
Aragorn led the small group, relentless as he thundered over rocks, meadows, through gullies and streams. Legolas was very close on his heals, his eyes taking in their surroundings, often looking in the distance for any sign of the Uruk-Hai, which he would see first. Scott and Aurora were some distance behind Aragorn and Legolas, but not far enough that they lost them from view. Poor Gimli thundered behind them, gasping for breathe and muttering incomprehensibly.
Uruk-Hai, that is what Aragorn had called the hideous creatures. They were creatures created by Saruman, and that, according to Aragorn, is where they would be leading the helpless Merry and Pippin.
Suddenly, Aragorn halted in his steps, Legolas right behind him. Aurora and Scott caught up to them, both gasping for breathe, looking curiously at Aragorn who had his head resting upon the rocky ground and was apparently listening for something.
Gimli finally reached them and fell on the ground, looking as though he might have a heart attack.
"What is he doing?" panted Aurora, wiping sweat from her forehead as she looked upon Aragorn.
"He is listening for the Uruk-Hai." Legolas replied, shielding his eyes and looking in the distance. He sounded perfectly calm, one could never have guessed that he had just ran a harder course than a marathon.
"What? How?" Scott asked dumbfounded.
"He is well trained in pursuing those who hide. He is a Ranger." Legolas said, acting as though this solved the matter.
Aurora was about to ask what the hell that was supposed to mean when a voice called out from behind them. Curious she turned around. Running toward them, arms waving madly above his head, was a person. Aurora squinted her eyes, trying to see who it was. Who could possibly be here, in the middle of nowhere, chasing after them?
But then the person's face came into view and Aurora couldn't think anymore. She choked, gasping for her. Her head felt dizzy and she felt like she wasn't getting enough oxygen. She fell to the ground in a dead feint.
Scott didn't even notice when she did this. He was too busy looking at the person running toward them.
"Have I gone insane or do you definitely see someone?" He asked quietly, never taking his eyes from the person.
Legolas shook his head, his bow and arrow at the ready. "There is definitely someone coming. I was too busy looking in the other direction to worry about anyone following us." The rest of the group was gazing at the person as well, though they had their swords drawn, prepared to use them if need be.
"D-Dan?" Scott called, still not believing that Aurora's brother and his best friend was running toward them.
"ARE YOU DEAF?" Dan yelled angrily, stopping in front of Scott. "I have been calling after you and my sister for the past bloody three hours! I swear you can't get anymore st-" He suddenly stopped short when he realized a bow, an axe, and a sword were all aimed toward his throat.
Scott stepped before his friends. "Relax, he's m-my friend. Though I can't imagine what in that name of hell he is doing here." Scott turned his gaze on his friend in awe.
Dan, who was tall with black hair and green eyes, looked at Scott grinning.
"Er, before I get to explaining anything, don't you think we should try to wake up Aurora?" Dan asked, bending over his sister with a slightly worried look on his face.
Scott stopped staring and dropped down to Aurora's side. He hit both sides of her face gently, trying to wake her up. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas looked very confused, though, much to Dan's relief, they had lowered their weapons.
Finally Aurora lifted her eyelids in a bemused kind of way.
"Ugh." She murmured, "I had the weirdest dream. For some odd reason I though I saw Dan."
Dan grinned again and whispered, "You did, dear sis."
Aurora gasped and sat up so fast that she hit Scott on the forehead with her own head; he had still been bending over her.
Cursing he flew back, clutching his head.
Aurora grabbed her's too but never took her eyes off her brother.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" She screamed. Dan jumped back covering his ears.
"Damn! No need to yell. I was going to tell you that." He replied angrily. "I don't really know how or why I came here. One minute I was making me a turkey sandwich in the kitchen, next minute I was surrounded my trees. Thousands of arrow's were pointing at me before I had a chance to think about what had happened. Then some Elf woman came and asked if I knew Aurora. I was like 'Yah! Of course! She's my sister.' Then she started telling me I was in Middle-Earth and all this other stuff. She told me all about the quest thing that you all were going on, but she couldn't explain why I was here. Anyway, she told me where to go and she had some Elf guy take me down the river. By the time I got there you guys had already had that war with those monster things and were running full speed. All I can say is I am glad I was on the track team, know what I'm saying? I have been chasing after you guys and FINALLY you stopped."
Everyone could only stare at him in shock. Finally Aurora managed to say something.
"Oh."
"Galdriel," grunted Gimli.
Dan cleared his throat, "Yah! That's who she was. Her and her husband Kettle-born. So who are we chasing after anyway?"
"We?" Aragorn asked incredulously.
Scott turned to Aragorn, "Well we can't just leave him here, can we?"
Aragorn opened and closed his mouth, apparently at loss for words. Finally he roared angrily and said through tightly clenched teeth. "I don't care. We have wasted far too much time. Fill him in as we run." With that he took off down the hill again, Legolas with him. Gimli groaned and began hobbling his way after, muttering once more, throwing suspicious looks in the direction of Dan.
The remaining three started running again, not saying anything as they past Gimli. Finally Dan asked, "So, who are we chasing? And why are you guys here? And do you have any idea why I am here? And why are you guys sticking with this guy, let's ditch the lot of them, I say."
Aurora and Scott looked at each other exasperatedly. Scott took upon the deed of explaining everything to Dan, starting with how they fell into this world, that it was Lord of the Ring's, and all that had happened since. By the time he finished, Dan was as white as a ghost.
"You guys could have died! Oh God. . ." He said, putting his hand upon his hair and pulling it nervously. Scott was now entirely out of breathe, what with running and trying to keep a conversation. Aurora now took up the talking.
"Don't worry, Dan. We're okay now. But I'm not sure for how long. You must have seen the bodies of the Uruk-Hai back there. They have our friends, and we have to save them. And yes, they are our friends. We would trust each of them with our lives and we aren't going to let them suffer."
Scott nodded, catching enough breathe to say, "They are our friends. Maybe at the beginning they weren't, but now they are."
Dan nodded, still looking rather shaken at their tale. "You guys sound so different. You actually sound grown up and responsible for a change." Dan pondered this for a moment, trying to decide whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. "Do you know why you guys came here?" He finally asked. It all too mind boggling, but he figured he ought to do his best to understand things.
Aurora and Scott looked at each other quickly before turning their gazes elsewhere. Dan could feel the tension in the air and he asked the question again.
Scott cleared his throat, looking down at his feet which flew across the rocky ground. "I- well. Aurora is a Mary-Sue. Well, she is supposed to be. But she er. . .she could er. . . you know, still beat it and all." Scott glanced hopefully at Aurora who wouldn't look back at him. "And I was sucked here by accident, we think."
Dan stared at Scott for a moment then laughed as best he could. He was getting to be very out of breathe and laughing took too much air so he tried to stop it as fast as he could.
"Aurora? She doesn't look anything like a Mary-" But then he stopped, gaping at his sister in wide eyed wonder. He hadn't really looked at her until now and he stopped mid-step. It took a moment for Scott and Aurora to figure he wasn't running beside them anymore and they turned back to look at him.
"Rori, you. Wow. You look different!" He gasped.
Aurora groaned and trotted back to him, Scott at her heals. "Yes, believe me I know. But we don't got time to stop, alright? I don't want to lose Aragorn and Legolas. Come on." Still staring at his sister in bewilderment, he started running again.
"Well, you better not become a Mary-Sue! No sister of mine could become a Mary-Sue." Dan said, half joking.
Aurora scowled at him and replied through tightly clenched teeth, "I'm working on it all right?"
"I bet it's that Elf isn't it? You would like someone like him."
Aurora blushed furiously but chose not to answer. Neither did Scott who stared determinedly at the backs of Aragorn and Legolas himself.
Dan didn't understand what was going on but he still had one more question. "Why do you think I'm here?"
Aurora turned to look at him, her feet still pounding across the ground in a steady rhythm. "As to that, I have no idea. I know in Mary-Sues people tend to pop up for no apparent reason. You know, they are usually fan girls who are friends of the Mary-Sue." She paused, trying to catch her breathe while shrugging. "I have no clue why you would come here. Maybe it's because I don't have any friends. I don't know."
Dan nodded in agreement. "That would be it. Never question the ways of a Mary-Sue, right?"
Aurora nodded and then asked Dan a question that had been on her mind, her breathe now extremely labored. "Has anyone asked what happened to Scott and I?"
Dan's face went troubled immediately. "I was worried sick! Mom and Dad haven't even noticed, I don't think. They are so caught up in their own pathetic lives. They're still getting the divorce. Dad doesn't live with us anymore. He just left one day, without saying goodbye. Mom brings home guys every night and she isn't home all day," Dan finished bitterly. "I'd rather be here than there."
Aurora looked deeply hurt but she fought the tears as best she could.
There wasn't much left to say now and so they started running at their own paces. Scott and Aurora running faster than Dan, as they were quite used to all the running by now. Dan was falling alarmingly close to Gimli whose loud curses could be heard a little way back. Grunting, Dan put on an extra burst of speed, so he was right behind Aurora and Scott.
Aurora suddenly tripped, cursing loudly. Dan was more than a little shocked when Scott bent down and helped her up. He put his hand on her face and rubbed away some blood on her head where her hairline began and asking her if she was okay in a worried tone.
Dan came up behind them, forcing a laugh. "Well, I'm surprised at you Scott. I thought you would have laughed and called her a clumsy idiot or something."
Scott glared at his best friend, but continued to hold on to Aurora. She nodded at him, indicating she was okay and they started running again.
Dan took up the rear once more, but with a worried look on his face. Scott and Aurora had never gotten along. Never. It had of course bugged him with all their arguing, but to see them here, perfectly friendly, came as a bit of shock. And it was more than a bit friendly. They had this comfortable relaxation around them. They had fallen into a routine in which both were accustomed to. It was almost as if they had been around each other so long that they were used to the pains of this world, used to exerting themselves, and used to being in company with one another. Dan couldn't believe how well they were getting along. Normally they would be bickering and yelling at eachother, but not anymore. They'd been away for a few weeks, but it was almost as if they had been together for a lifetime. But, he reminded himself, they were just friends and that was a good thing. The thought didn't comfort him as it should; Scott had given Aurora a look a little too tender for his liking.
Gasping for breathe, as he was now very tired, Dan called ahead of him, "So you guys are friends, eh?"
There was silence for a minute before both Aurora and Scott called back, "Yes." At the same time. Both turned to each other and grinned, as though this was the first time either had admitted it. Dan cursed under his breathe, but that was about all he could do. He had to concentrate on being able to keep up. He would talk to Aurora later and find out what was going on.
Just when he was about ready to comlain of an abnormal death of running too much, they stopped.
Legolas was gazing around a valley that stretched beneath the rocky and grassy hill which they were standing upon.
"I see them!" He cried suddenly, his eyes slightly squinted as he gazed into the distance. Dan couldn't see a thing and neither, by the looks of it, could the others.
"They are a day's ride ahead of us!"
Aragorn growled and took off running again. Without hesitation, the others followed, Scott and Aurora included. Groaning, Dan took off as well, wondering just how much of this he could take.
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A/n: I wasn't sure about this chapter, so please let me know what you think. Thanks!
R/N:
Alida Fruit- Thank you so much for your review! I'm glad you like my story so far. I like your's too! When will you update?
Hello Kitty- Hey! Thank you so much for your review! I really appreciate it.
Mojo- Awesome! What part of the U.S are you going to?? Thanks for your review!
Discordia: Thank you as always for reviewing. Ugh. I just can't get those stupid plurals right, can I? *sigh* well, hopefully I got more this time around. Thank you for always reviewing!
**And one more thing. Does anyone see these annoying little boxes and words with accents on them everywhere? Or is my computer just being really stupid??
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Aurora never felt so free in her life. She had never liked running, had hated it in fact. But as the remaining members of the broken fellowship began sprinting after their small friends, she felt like a bird, flying after prey. With the slight difference that her feet pounded upon the ground instead of soared through the air. Maybe it was the fear of more deaths or maybe she was finally accepting the fact that there were things she had to do in order to survive, but she felt like one of the hero's in movies, never stopping nor giving up.
Aragorn led the small group, relentless as he thundered over rocks, meadows, through gullies and streams. Legolas was very close on his heals, his eyes taking in their surroundings, often looking in the distance for any sign of the Uruk-Hai, which he would see first. Scott and Aurora were some distance behind Aragorn and Legolas, but not far enough that they lost them from view. Poor Gimli thundered behind them, gasping for breathe and muttering incomprehensibly.
Uruk-Hai, that is what Aragorn had called the hideous creatures. They were creatures created by Saruman, and that, according to Aragorn, is where they would be leading the helpless Merry and Pippin.
Suddenly, Aragorn halted in his steps, Legolas right behind him. Aurora and Scott caught up to them, both gasping for breathe, looking curiously at Aragorn who had his head resting upon the rocky ground and was apparently listening for something.
Gimli finally reached them and fell on the ground, looking as though he might have a heart attack.
"What is he doing?" panted Aurora, wiping sweat from her forehead as she looked upon Aragorn.
"He is listening for the Uruk-Hai." Legolas replied, shielding his eyes and looking in the distance. He sounded perfectly calm, one could never have guessed that he had just ran a harder course than a marathon.
"What? How?" Scott asked dumbfounded.
"He is well trained in pursuing those who hide. He is a Ranger." Legolas said, acting as though this solved the matter.
Aurora was about to ask what the hell that was supposed to mean when a voice called out from behind them. Curious she turned around. Running toward them, arms waving madly above his head, was a person. Aurora squinted her eyes, trying to see who it was. Who could possibly be here, in the middle of nowhere, chasing after them?
But then the person's face came into view and Aurora couldn't think anymore. She choked, gasping for her. Her head felt dizzy and she felt like she wasn't getting enough oxygen. She fell to the ground in a dead feint.
Scott didn't even notice when she did this. He was too busy looking at the person running toward them.
"Have I gone insane or do you definitely see someone?" He asked quietly, never taking his eyes from the person.
Legolas shook his head, his bow and arrow at the ready. "There is definitely someone coming. I was too busy looking in the other direction to worry about anyone following us." The rest of the group was gazing at the person as well, though they had their swords drawn, prepared to use them if need be.
"D-Dan?" Scott called, still not believing that Aurora's brother and his best friend was running toward them.
"ARE YOU DEAF?" Dan yelled angrily, stopping in front of Scott. "I have been calling after you and my sister for the past bloody three hours! I swear you can't get anymore st-" He suddenly stopped short when he realized a bow, an axe, and a sword were all aimed toward his throat.
Scott stepped before his friends. "Relax, he's m-my friend. Though I can't imagine what in that name of hell he is doing here." Scott turned his gaze on his friend in awe.
Dan, who was tall with black hair and green eyes, looked at Scott grinning.
"Er, before I get to explaining anything, don't you think we should try to wake up Aurora?" Dan asked, bending over his sister with a slightly worried look on his face.
Scott stopped staring and dropped down to Aurora's side. He hit both sides of her face gently, trying to wake her up. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas looked very confused, though, much to Dan's relief, they had lowered their weapons.
Finally Aurora lifted her eyelids in a bemused kind of way.
"Ugh." She murmured, "I had the weirdest dream. For some odd reason I though I saw Dan."
Dan grinned again and whispered, "You did, dear sis."
Aurora gasped and sat up so fast that she hit Scott on the forehead with her own head; he had still been bending over her.
Cursing he flew back, clutching his head.
Aurora grabbed her's too but never took her eyes off her brother.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" She screamed. Dan jumped back covering his ears.
"Damn! No need to yell. I was going to tell you that." He replied angrily. "I don't really know how or why I came here. One minute I was making me a turkey sandwich in the kitchen, next minute I was surrounded my trees. Thousands of arrow's were pointing at me before I had a chance to think about what had happened. Then some Elf woman came and asked if I knew Aurora. I was like 'Yah! Of course! She's my sister.' Then she started telling me I was in Middle-Earth and all this other stuff. She told me all about the quest thing that you all were going on, but she couldn't explain why I was here. Anyway, she told me where to go and she had some Elf guy take me down the river. By the time I got there you guys had already had that war with those monster things and were running full speed. All I can say is I am glad I was on the track team, know what I'm saying? I have been chasing after you guys and FINALLY you stopped."
Everyone could only stare at him in shock. Finally Aurora managed to say something.
"Oh."
"Galdriel," grunted Gimli.
Dan cleared his throat, "Yah! That's who she was. Her and her husband Kettle-born. So who are we chasing after anyway?"
"We?" Aragorn asked incredulously.
Scott turned to Aragorn, "Well we can't just leave him here, can we?"
Aragorn opened and closed his mouth, apparently at loss for words. Finally he roared angrily and said through tightly clenched teeth. "I don't care. We have wasted far too much time. Fill him in as we run." With that he took off down the hill again, Legolas with him. Gimli groaned and began hobbling his way after, muttering once more, throwing suspicious looks in the direction of Dan.
The remaining three started running again, not saying anything as they past Gimli. Finally Dan asked, "So, who are we chasing? And why are you guys here? And do you have any idea why I am here? And why are you guys sticking with this guy, let's ditch the lot of them, I say."
Aurora and Scott looked at each other exasperatedly. Scott took upon the deed of explaining everything to Dan, starting with how they fell into this world, that it was Lord of the Ring's, and all that had happened since. By the time he finished, Dan was as white as a ghost.
"You guys could have died! Oh God. . ." He said, putting his hand upon his hair and pulling it nervously. Scott was now entirely out of breathe, what with running and trying to keep a conversation. Aurora now took up the talking.
"Don't worry, Dan. We're okay now. But I'm not sure for how long. You must have seen the bodies of the Uruk-Hai back there. They have our friends, and we have to save them. And yes, they are our friends. We would trust each of them with our lives and we aren't going to let them suffer."
Scott nodded, catching enough breathe to say, "They are our friends. Maybe at the beginning they weren't, but now they are."
Dan nodded, still looking rather shaken at their tale. "You guys sound so different. You actually sound grown up and responsible for a change." Dan pondered this for a moment, trying to decide whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. "Do you know why you guys came here?" He finally asked. It all too mind boggling, but he figured he ought to do his best to understand things.
Aurora and Scott looked at each other quickly before turning their gazes elsewhere. Dan could feel the tension in the air and he asked the question again.
Scott cleared his throat, looking down at his feet which flew across the rocky ground. "I- well. Aurora is a Mary-Sue. Well, she is supposed to be. But she er. . .she could er. . . you know, still beat it and all." Scott glanced hopefully at Aurora who wouldn't look back at him. "And I was sucked here by accident, we think."
Dan stared at Scott for a moment then laughed as best he could. He was getting to be very out of breathe and laughing took too much air so he tried to stop it as fast as he could.
"Aurora? She doesn't look anything like a Mary-" But then he stopped, gaping at his sister in wide eyed wonder. He hadn't really looked at her until now and he stopped mid-step. It took a moment for Scott and Aurora to figure he wasn't running beside them anymore and they turned back to look at him.
"Rori, you. Wow. You look different!" He gasped.
Aurora groaned and trotted back to him, Scott at her heals. "Yes, believe me I know. But we don't got time to stop, alright? I don't want to lose Aragorn and Legolas. Come on." Still staring at his sister in bewilderment, he started running again.
"Well, you better not become a Mary-Sue! No sister of mine could become a Mary-Sue." Dan said, half joking.
Aurora scowled at him and replied through tightly clenched teeth, "I'm working on it all right?"
"I bet it's that Elf isn't it? You would like someone like him."
Aurora blushed furiously but chose not to answer. Neither did Scott who stared determinedly at the backs of Aragorn and Legolas himself.
Dan didn't understand what was going on but he still had one more question. "Why do you think I'm here?"
Aurora turned to look at him, her feet still pounding across the ground in a steady rhythm. "As to that, I have no idea. I know in Mary-Sues people tend to pop up for no apparent reason. You know, they are usually fan girls who are friends of the Mary-Sue." She paused, trying to catch her breathe while shrugging. "I have no clue why you would come here. Maybe it's because I don't have any friends. I don't know."
Dan nodded in agreement. "That would be it. Never question the ways of a Mary-Sue, right?"
Aurora nodded and then asked Dan a question that had been on her mind, her breathe now extremely labored. "Has anyone asked what happened to Scott and I?"
Dan's face went troubled immediately. "I was worried sick! Mom and Dad haven't even noticed, I don't think. They are so caught up in their own pathetic lives. They're still getting the divorce. Dad doesn't live with us anymore. He just left one day, without saying goodbye. Mom brings home guys every night and she isn't home all day," Dan finished bitterly. "I'd rather be here than there."
Aurora looked deeply hurt but she fought the tears as best she could.
There wasn't much left to say now and so they started running at their own paces. Scott and Aurora running faster than Dan, as they were quite used to all the running by now. Dan was falling alarmingly close to Gimli whose loud curses could be heard a little way back. Grunting, Dan put on an extra burst of speed, so he was right behind Aurora and Scott.
Aurora suddenly tripped, cursing loudly. Dan was more than a little shocked when Scott bent down and helped her up. He put his hand on her face and rubbed away some blood on her head where her hairline began and asking her if she was okay in a worried tone.
Dan came up behind them, forcing a laugh. "Well, I'm surprised at you Scott. I thought you would have laughed and called her a clumsy idiot or something."
Scott glared at his best friend, but continued to hold on to Aurora. She nodded at him, indicating she was okay and they started running again.
Dan took up the rear once more, but with a worried look on his face. Scott and Aurora had never gotten along. Never. It had of course bugged him with all their arguing, but to see them here, perfectly friendly, came as a bit of shock. And it was more than a bit friendly. They had this comfortable relaxation around them. They had fallen into a routine in which both were accustomed to. It was almost as if they had been around each other so long that they were used to the pains of this world, used to exerting themselves, and used to being in company with one another. Dan couldn't believe how well they were getting along. Normally they would be bickering and yelling at eachother, but not anymore. They'd been away for a few weeks, but it was almost as if they had been together for a lifetime. But, he reminded himself, they were just friends and that was a good thing. The thought didn't comfort him as it should; Scott had given Aurora a look a little too tender for his liking.
Gasping for breathe, as he was now very tired, Dan called ahead of him, "So you guys are friends, eh?"
There was silence for a minute before both Aurora and Scott called back, "Yes." At the same time. Both turned to each other and grinned, as though this was the first time either had admitted it. Dan cursed under his breathe, but that was about all he could do. He had to concentrate on being able to keep up. He would talk to Aurora later and find out what was going on.
Just when he was about ready to comlain of an abnormal death of running too much, they stopped.
Legolas was gazing around a valley that stretched beneath the rocky and grassy hill which they were standing upon.
"I see them!" He cried suddenly, his eyes slightly squinted as he gazed into the distance. Dan couldn't see a thing and neither, by the looks of it, could the others.
"They are a day's ride ahead of us!"
Aragorn growled and took off running again. Without hesitation, the others followed, Scott and Aurora included. Groaning, Dan took off as well, wondering just how much of this he could take.
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A/n: I wasn't sure about this chapter, so please let me know what you think. Thanks!