A/N: Oks. Please read the A/N on bottom for information on what the heck im doing with the Rovers.
I dont know when I'll be able to update again. Im in the pit orchestra in my school play and i have a lot of practices. AHhh. But the next chapter is going to be pretty short, so it might be soon.
* Setting Out *
The next few days were pretty uneventful. They collected all they needed for the trip and made some last minute adjustments.
The party now consisted of Allanon, Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter ( who refused to be left behind even though he was afraid of Allanon and Lily, and Arabella), and Arabella.
Narishma would also accompy them to Grimpen Ward, and from there he would head northwest towards March Brume.
Flynn would meet them in Wing Hove, with several of his friends to begin the flight overseas.
Lily was still mad that she didnt find the man and Petunia didnt help by annoying her every chance she got. Most people decided to give Lily plenty of room, since the last guy who had gotten too close and accidently bumped into her got their head bitten off.
Legolas had wanted to come, but decided to stay back and protect the king from anymore mysterious men.
On the morning of the fifth day, the Palace was complete chaos as the seven members got ready to set out on their journey.
Servants were busy putting bundles of food on the packhorses, and the girls and boys were busying packing.
Actually the boys were busy packing. The girls had one small bag each, and were already ready to go.
Before they went, Lily and Arabella took the boys to the weapons room, since they didnt have any weapons of their own, and helped them pick out several swords, knives, daggers, bows and arrows, etc....
" Now, be careful you dont stab yourself with that," Arabella joked while helping Sirius with his sword.
Not a moment after she said this, a small " ouch" was heard, as Peter cut himself on his dagger.
" Petey Pete, what are we going to do with you," Sirius said in a singsongy voice.
" Shut it, Sirius."
" Why dont you girls have any knives or a sword," James asked.
All they had on them were bows and a quiver full of arrows at their hip.
" Oh, but we are carrying knives. Wanna see," Lily said.
At the boys nod, she and Arabella began pulling knives from..well..everywhere.
They both had knives hidden up their sleeves, one in each of their riding boots, as well as strapped to their legs.
Lily even had one behind her neck!
The boys watched in amazement as the pile of weapons grew.
Aside from the knives, they each had two daggers on their person, and at least half a dozen poisened darts, with a plastic cover on the end in case they got poked.
Even though Arabella had more places to hide weapons with her strange clothing, Lily had to most, as she added her last knife to the pile, this one was strapped to the small of her back, right above her waist.
" Well, I think thats it," Arabella said. " Wait, one more," and she threw another dart on top of her pile as she pulled it out of the bottom of her boot.
" Wow," James said." Could you show me how to hide weapons like that?"
They looked at him, then at each other, shrugged, and said, "Sure."
After showing the boys how to successfully hid their weapons, the little group walked into the stable.
All of the boys, except James, had the same horses as they did the other day, Lily was on Lightening, and Arabella and Narishma had two big, tall, grayish horses.
Allanon was on a horse that was pure white with a black mane and tail.
Arabella named her horse Hailene, and Narishma's was Corenne. Allanons horse was aptly named Sei'taer. ( a/n: see a/n on bottom for meaning of these 3 names.)
James decided to name his horse Thunder, since he was jet black, and Lily's horses, Lightenings, brother.
Sirius named his horse Joker, which suited his personality better than his horse's.
They quickly left Arborlon, using one of the back roads to avoid notice. They headed south and by nightfall were 30 miles from Arborlon.
The boys were exhausted, yet everyone else seemed ready to go another ten miles.
Lily and Arabella even voluntered to scout ahead.
The others quickly set up camp and began their dinner, while waiting for the two girls to return.
For dinner they were having cheese and bread with some fruit and dried meat. That all changed when Narishma caught a rabbit, so they decieded to make Rabbit stew instead, ( a/n: ahh poor rabbit. i despise hunting if in you cant tell, i just made myself sad, ok im shutting up now.)
After about 2 hours Lily and Arabella returned with news that there were a few farms ahead, but nothing else. They quickly grabbed some food and sat down between Narishma and Allanon.
After quiet dinner in which Sirius spilled hot tea all over himself and ran around the clearing like an idiot they all settled down and went to bed, on the ground, which James and the other boys didnt really like.
Even though no threat had be seen yet, Allanon insisted on each of them taking watch in two's.
He would go with Peter, Arabella would go with Sirius, and Narishma with Remus. Which left James with Lily.
' Im glad she's not mad at me anymore, or this night would be hell,' James thought.
As a matter of fact, Lily and James were now friends, after working out their differences they found out that they had a lot in common, which amused everyone else to no end, as one of their similar traits were stubborness.
Lily and James would have the first watch, and this is how we find our hero's two hours later, sitting back to back on a small hill above the camp. James watching the camp, with Lily watching the road and surrounding forests.
" Do you miss her?" Lily asked.
" Who?"
" Why, Petunia of course."
James gagged and managed to get out a strangled, " WHAT."
" She'll miss you of course."
" Well I wont miss her, no offense."
" None taken, as you probably know, I cant stand her. To tell you the truth I actually felt sorry for you. Your lucky you got out when you did. She wanted to make you her boy-toy."
" WHAT."
" Yeah, she kept saying how much you loved her and how she was going to marry you and everything."
" Great, I DO NOT want to MARRY her."
" Then I suggest you dont go back to Arborlon, 'tunia has a way of getting what she wants. Does the guilty you-never-pay-any-attention-to-me-you-only-love-Lily thing to Daddy. Usually works, if only becuase he wants her to shut up."
They sat in silence for a few moments before James asked a question which had been bothering him for awhile now. " How is she your sister? She's a human."
Lily sighed and said," Well you probably already guessed that she's adopted."
James nodded, which was pointless since Lily couldnt see it.
" Well, when I was about two or so, some of the Trackers were scouting around the Skull Kingdom, since the Elves knew the truth about what happened to Jerle Shannara, we always knew Brona would return. So we sent scouts into the area to watch for him. On one of these missions, the trackers found a group of children, and brought them back to the City. Most of them lived in the Palace until they were old enough to leave. Petunia was the youngest, shes only a few years older than me. She should have left a year ago, but she sticks around so she doesnt have to do anything for herself. So there you have it, she is extremely jealous of me since Im actually King Elronds daughter, and she's pretty much just with us for charity. Maybe if she actually did something instead of using all of our money she would be more respected."
As Lily fell silent James sat taking in all of the new information.
After awhile Lily spoke. " Daddy is getting tired of her though. He was talking about sending an embassy to Callahorn, and sending Petunia with it. Only having her in the countryside, nobody would believe she was from Arborlon if she wasnt with any Elves, since she isnt an Elf."
" From what I've seen of her, she's pretty evil. How can you stand living with her?"
Lily smiled and said, " Im normally gone. I dont like to stay in one place to long. If Im not with the other Trackers, Im with Arabella or Flynn. Im training to become a Wing Rider, which takes a lot of time, since no Land Elf has ever learned. Lately daddy's been trying to get me to spend more time in the Palace, especially with the war coming. He wants me to learn everything, since I will eventually be Queen."
James stared at her.
" What, do Men only have Kings or something. Elves usually have Queens, its a proven fact that women make better rulers then men."
" HEY."
Lily laughed." Im joking. Geesh."
" Well it is also a proven fact that men are.." James was cut short as Lily quickly spun around and put her hand over his mouth.
" Shush, something's out there," she said, while looking out towards the forest.
James looked towards the woods and saw.. nothing.
" What," he whispered so low that only Lily Elf ears would be able to hear.
" I dunno. Something big," she answered in the same tone.
Thats when James saw it, something big, heading towards them.
Weaving in and out through the trees, and carrying something that looked like a huge tree limb.
" Something like a..." he began and was cut of by Lily hissing,
" Troll."
A/N: Defin.... Hailene- Those who come before. Corenne-The Return
Sei'taer- Straight, level gaze, Honor. -- all these are from Robert Jordans Wheel Of Time Books.
Oks. If you are confused, well so am i. I, for some reason, decided to blend the Rover culture with the Aiel and Seanchan from WoT. Weird Combinations. So for the ROver horses Im saying that the Rovers have a history like the Aiel and even though they are few now, that they are trying to make a Rover nation thing. Somewhat like the Seanchan. Im sorry if this is confusing. If you have read WoT then its probably ok, but if you havent feel free to email me with questions. at Jazzieg18@aol.com....
I dont know when I'll be able to update again. Im in the pit orchestra in my school play and i have a lot of practices. AHhh. But the next chapter is going to be pretty short, so it might be soon.
* Setting Out *
The next few days were pretty uneventful. They collected all they needed for the trip and made some last minute adjustments.
The party now consisted of Allanon, Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter ( who refused to be left behind even though he was afraid of Allanon and Lily, and Arabella), and Arabella.
Narishma would also accompy them to Grimpen Ward, and from there he would head northwest towards March Brume.
Flynn would meet them in Wing Hove, with several of his friends to begin the flight overseas.
Lily was still mad that she didnt find the man and Petunia didnt help by annoying her every chance she got. Most people decided to give Lily plenty of room, since the last guy who had gotten too close and accidently bumped into her got their head bitten off.
Legolas had wanted to come, but decided to stay back and protect the king from anymore mysterious men.
On the morning of the fifth day, the Palace was complete chaos as the seven members got ready to set out on their journey.
Servants were busy putting bundles of food on the packhorses, and the girls and boys were busying packing.
Actually the boys were busy packing. The girls had one small bag each, and were already ready to go.
Before they went, Lily and Arabella took the boys to the weapons room, since they didnt have any weapons of their own, and helped them pick out several swords, knives, daggers, bows and arrows, etc....
" Now, be careful you dont stab yourself with that," Arabella joked while helping Sirius with his sword.
Not a moment after she said this, a small " ouch" was heard, as Peter cut himself on his dagger.
" Petey Pete, what are we going to do with you," Sirius said in a singsongy voice.
" Shut it, Sirius."
" Why dont you girls have any knives or a sword," James asked.
All they had on them were bows and a quiver full of arrows at their hip.
" Oh, but we are carrying knives. Wanna see," Lily said.
At the boys nod, she and Arabella began pulling knives from..well..everywhere.
They both had knives hidden up their sleeves, one in each of their riding boots, as well as strapped to their legs.
Lily even had one behind her neck!
The boys watched in amazement as the pile of weapons grew.
Aside from the knives, they each had two daggers on their person, and at least half a dozen poisened darts, with a plastic cover on the end in case they got poked.
Even though Arabella had more places to hide weapons with her strange clothing, Lily had to most, as she added her last knife to the pile, this one was strapped to the small of her back, right above her waist.
" Well, I think thats it," Arabella said. " Wait, one more," and she threw another dart on top of her pile as she pulled it out of the bottom of her boot.
" Wow," James said." Could you show me how to hide weapons like that?"
They looked at him, then at each other, shrugged, and said, "Sure."
After showing the boys how to successfully hid their weapons, the little group walked into the stable.
All of the boys, except James, had the same horses as they did the other day, Lily was on Lightening, and Arabella and Narishma had two big, tall, grayish horses.
Allanon was on a horse that was pure white with a black mane and tail.
Arabella named her horse Hailene, and Narishma's was Corenne. Allanons horse was aptly named Sei'taer. ( a/n: see a/n on bottom for meaning of these 3 names.)
James decided to name his horse Thunder, since he was jet black, and Lily's horses, Lightenings, brother.
Sirius named his horse Joker, which suited his personality better than his horse's.
They quickly left Arborlon, using one of the back roads to avoid notice. They headed south and by nightfall were 30 miles from Arborlon.
The boys were exhausted, yet everyone else seemed ready to go another ten miles.
Lily and Arabella even voluntered to scout ahead.
The others quickly set up camp and began their dinner, while waiting for the two girls to return.
For dinner they were having cheese and bread with some fruit and dried meat. That all changed when Narishma caught a rabbit, so they decieded to make Rabbit stew instead, ( a/n: ahh poor rabbit. i despise hunting if in you cant tell, i just made myself sad, ok im shutting up now.)
After about 2 hours Lily and Arabella returned with news that there were a few farms ahead, but nothing else. They quickly grabbed some food and sat down between Narishma and Allanon.
After quiet dinner in which Sirius spilled hot tea all over himself and ran around the clearing like an idiot they all settled down and went to bed, on the ground, which James and the other boys didnt really like.
Even though no threat had be seen yet, Allanon insisted on each of them taking watch in two's.
He would go with Peter, Arabella would go with Sirius, and Narishma with Remus. Which left James with Lily.
' Im glad she's not mad at me anymore, or this night would be hell,' James thought.
As a matter of fact, Lily and James were now friends, after working out their differences they found out that they had a lot in common, which amused everyone else to no end, as one of their similar traits were stubborness.
Lily and James would have the first watch, and this is how we find our hero's two hours later, sitting back to back on a small hill above the camp. James watching the camp, with Lily watching the road and surrounding forests.
" Do you miss her?" Lily asked.
" Who?"
" Why, Petunia of course."
James gagged and managed to get out a strangled, " WHAT."
" She'll miss you of course."
" Well I wont miss her, no offense."
" None taken, as you probably know, I cant stand her. To tell you the truth I actually felt sorry for you. Your lucky you got out when you did. She wanted to make you her boy-toy."
" WHAT."
" Yeah, she kept saying how much you loved her and how she was going to marry you and everything."
" Great, I DO NOT want to MARRY her."
" Then I suggest you dont go back to Arborlon, 'tunia has a way of getting what she wants. Does the guilty you-never-pay-any-attention-to-me-you-only-love-Lily thing to Daddy. Usually works, if only becuase he wants her to shut up."
They sat in silence for a few moments before James asked a question which had been bothering him for awhile now. " How is she your sister? She's a human."
Lily sighed and said," Well you probably already guessed that she's adopted."
James nodded, which was pointless since Lily couldnt see it.
" Well, when I was about two or so, some of the Trackers were scouting around the Skull Kingdom, since the Elves knew the truth about what happened to Jerle Shannara, we always knew Brona would return. So we sent scouts into the area to watch for him. On one of these missions, the trackers found a group of children, and brought them back to the City. Most of them lived in the Palace until they were old enough to leave. Petunia was the youngest, shes only a few years older than me. She should have left a year ago, but she sticks around so she doesnt have to do anything for herself. So there you have it, she is extremely jealous of me since Im actually King Elronds daughter, and she's pretty much just with us for charity. Maybe if she actually did something instead of using all of our money she would be more respected."
As Lily fell silent James sat taking in all of the new information.
After awhile Lily spoke. " Daddy is getting tired of her though. He was talking about sending an embassy to Callahorn, and sending Petunia with it. Only having her in the countryside, nobody would believe she was from Arborlon if she wasnt with any Elves, since she isnt an Elf."
" From what I've seen of her, she's pretty evil. How can you stand living with her?"
Lily smiled and said, " Im normally gone. I dont like to stay in one place to long. If Im not with the other Trackers, Im with Arabella or Flynn. Im training to become a Wing Rider, which takes a lot of time, since no Land Elf has ever learned. Lately daddy's been trying to get me to spend more time in the Palace, especially with the war coming. He wants me to learn everything, since I will eventually be Queen."
James stared at her.
" What, do Men only have Kings or something. Elves usually have Queens, its a proven fact that women make better rulers then men."
" HEY."
Lily laughed." Im joking. Geesh."
" Well it is also a proven fact that men are.." James was cut short as Lily quickly spun around and put her hand over his mouth.
" Shush, something's out there," she said, while looking out towards the forest.
James looked towards the woods and saw.. nothing.
" What," he whispered so low that only Lily Elf ears would be able to hear.
" I dunno. Something big," she answered in the same tone.
Thats when James saw it, something big, heading towards them.
Weaving in and out through the trees, and carrying something that looked like a huge tree limb.
" Something like a..." he began and was cut of by Lily hissing,
" Troll."
A/N: Defin.... Hailene- Those who come before. Corenne-The Return
Sei'taer- Straight, level gaze, Honor. -- all these are from Robert Jordans Wheel Of Time Books.
Oks. If you are confused, well so am i. I, for some reason, decided to blend the Rover culture with the Aiel and Seanchan from WoT. Weird Combinations. So for the ROver horses Im saying that the Rovers have a history like the Aiel and even though they are few now, that they are trying to make a Rover nation thing. Somewhat like the Seanchan. Im sorry if this is confusing. If you have read WoT then its probably ok, but if you havent feel free to email me with questions. at Jazzieg18@aol.com....