Disclaimer: Middle-Earth and its wonderful characters are property of the
all mighty J.R.R. Tolkien. Movie references come from the great mind of
Peter Jackson. I seek not to steal their vision, only to humbly expand,
add a dash of humor, and of course promote the power of friendship and
adventure.
"Knee high boots rock," Kristi said trying a pair on.
"I agree," Sarah said modeling some.
They proceeded to get changed when they heard a rustling at the tent's flap. Alex exclaimed, "Did anyone lock the tent?!"
Kristi whirled to her, "How can one lock a tent?!"
Sarah's eyes narrowed at a tiny head that peeked in, "Merry!!!!!"
Aragorn blinked as he heard commotion coming from the tent. "What is that?"
Legolas stifled a smile. "It would appear Merry has reached the tent before us."
Gimli grunted, "Why am I not surprised? That hobbit has been lookin' fer things to do since we got 'ere."
Merry tumbled out of the tent. He hadn't meant to peek, well maybe it crossed his mind a little, but it wasn't his initial intent. He was anxious to see the girls and at times when he was excited he just couldn't contain himself. Yes, that is an understatement.
Sarah emerged from the tent and threw a candlestick at him. Her eyes were smoldering.
Alex came behind her and casually reached for a bow and some arrows, leaning against the tent. "You little pervert!"
Kristi came last, buttoning her top, and casually picked up a rock, tossing it up and down in her hand. "Literally!"
He ducked and the candlestick barely missed his head. "I said I'm sorry!"
"You better be more than sorry when we're through with you," Alex said getting the bow ready.
Kristi lifted the rock, but casually dropped it when she saw Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. She laughed nervously, "Hi guys."
Aragorn looked to her, "Was that a rock?"
Kristi kicked it away. "No."
Legolas walked over to Alex, folded his arms, and looked to her bow, then the arrow. "Ahem."
Alex blinked, turned, smiled widely and threw the items aside. She smiled as innocently as possible.
Sarah was about to speak up when she felt something hit her leg. She saw a mushroom on the ground and quickly looked to Merry. "Damn it! I can't stay mad at you!"
Merry chuckled and walked over to her, giving her a hug.
Legolas smiled to Alex, brushing a strand of her hair out of her eye. "We are glad to see you. We worried about your disappearance, even though Gandalf assured us that you were all right."
Alex nearly melted on the spot.
Aragorn walked to Kristi and placed his hand on her shoulder, touching her head with his. Looking to her, "why have you returned? Gandalf said that he sent you back home."
"We were home," Kristi said, "but we were brought back." She shrugged, "I'm not sure why."
Gimli spoke up. "With Gandalf in Minas Tirith, the girls are outta luck in talkin' with 'im."
"Then we must see that they get to Gandalf safely," Legolas said looking to Aragorn.
Aragorn looked to him. "We cannot take them ourselves. Our path lies here and beyond." He turned to the girls. "We can besiege King Théoden for some horses to speed you on your way and some supplies for the journey. He is making his rounds among the encampments, he should be back around sunset tomorrow."
Sarah asked, "Ponies?"
Merry nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, and they like mushrooms."
"Even better," Sarah said.
Alex looked to Legolas. "But we don't know the way to Minas Tirith."
He smiled to her. "Do not forget that Elven sense of yours. We shall show you a map and then you can imbue that to the horse, who will find its way, guided by the great Valar."
Kristi nodded in agreement with him. "Much better than Yahoo maps or Mapquest."
Aragorn gave her a confused look. "Map quest? Did you lose a map?"
"Erm. . .never mind. Your way is much better," she said patting him on the back. Throwing her arm around him, "now, let's talk about you arming us with some weapons . . ."
Kristi led him away and Sarah blinked. "Wait! You're giving Kristi a weapon! We're doomed."
Merry grinned. "Oh! I want one too."
"You're not coming with us," Alex said absently picking up the bow and arrow.
Merry seemed to pout. "But I can fight. I memorized all the weapons here."
Sarah looked to Merry thoughtfully. "Okay, in that case, find me a good weapon. I'm going to get some riding tips from Eomer and those stable boys over there."
Merry blinked, "stable boys?" He raised an eyebrow, "those look more like stable men."
"I don't really care at the moment," Sarah said with a grin.
Alex turned to Legolas and held up the bow.
"You read my mind," Legolas said. "Have you been practicing?"
"Define practicing."
He chuckled. "In that case come along, we have much work to do."
Night fell and the group gathered near a fire. Eowyn brought over some soup and everyone stared at it for a long moment.
"Go on, eat up," she said with an expectant voice.
Merry happily ate the soup. He was probably the only one in the group who actually liked the soup. Then again, he was a hobbit and he would eat almost anything. Legolas claimed that he already ate some greens he had collected around the camp and Alex chimed in saying that she was with him and ate with him. Gimli pretended to be asleep and Sarah had casually switched some soup with another campfire behind her while Eowyn was distracted. She heard someone gag behind her and then run behind a tent. She calmly ate the soup, which was good, and smiled to Eowyn. Aragorn and Kristi exchanged glances. They were stuck with the soup, all the good excuses were taken and they inwardly cursed.
Kristi sniffed at the soup and took a bite. She chewed and swallowed, forcing the substance down her throat. Aragorn did likewise and forced a smile, elbowing Kristi to do the same. Alex watched them with wide eyes and Sarah thought Kristi was turning a nice shade of green, it almost matched her eyes.
"This is great Eowyn," Kristi said. "Thank you."
"Yes," Aragorn said nodding. "My favorite."
"I'll go get some more!" Eowyn walked back toward the pot.
Aragorn and Kristi tossed the hot soup behind them, narrowly missing Théoden. The king was about to yell, but he saw Eowyn near a pot and took off running.
"You guys are too nice," Alex said shaking her head.
"But it's quite admirable," Legolas said.
Sarah happily ate her normal soup and glanced to Merry who was picking his teeth with a fish bone in the soup. She lost her appetite and handed her bowl over to him.
Eowyn brought over more and watched Aragorn and Kristi eat the rest of the soup. When she finally left Aragorn and Kristi looked as if they were going to hurl.
Legolas asked, "Are you two all right?"
Alex commented, "Come now. It can't be that bad."
"It was," Kristi said stifling a gag. "I'm a picky eater and would NEVER eat that again if I had the choice. What's in that soup anyway?"
Aragorn held his head in his hand and shrugged.
Gimli grinned and walked over to the two of them, "I know what's in it." He whispered to them and both Aragorn and Kristi put a hand over their mouth and took off to the bushes running.
Everyone broke out into hysterical laughter and retired to the tents for the evening, once the two returned from the bushes only a lighter shade of green than before. Kristi walked into the tent to both Alex and Sarah laughing.
"You guys suck," she said plainly.
Alex and Sarah grinned innocently.
"Oh please," Kristi said flopping down on a cot. She absently rubbed her arm with the scar.
"You okay?" Sarah asked tilting her head.
Kristi nodded and Alex smacked her forehead. "I almost forgot. . .when we came here, in that light I saw words."
Sarah and Kristi perked up.
Kristi slowly blinked and tentatively asked, "Words?"
Sarah looked to Alex, "what kind of words?"
"Elvish," she replied. "lusse enyalie. Wanya aman. Tirambar, yaara maranwe. Tirsi ingole ooma ananta kaure i moore, heru si mesta."
Sarah asked, "What does that mean?"
"Whisper memory. Go free from evil. Heed fate, ancient destiny. Heed this magic voice and yet fear the blackness, master this journey," she answered.
Kristi commented quietly, "That's much better than what I saw."
Alex whirled to her. "You saw words too?!"
Kristi nodded.
Sarah turned to her, "Well, come out with it, what were they?"
"Hu-na illska. Garmog tholl ti motsham dru. Hap jishotasaun hak, varanat zemar. Lat timer nalt. . .pafund. . .bot. . .kilos. . ." she said closing her eyes. Opening them she said, "It means, 'Enter evil. Delve deep beyond ancient fear. Open secret revenge, clouded heart. You fear alone. . .abyss. . .world. . .key. . .' I don't know what it means, at the end I just got snippets of words."
Alex nodded solemnly, "what do they mean? All of the things we had to say, including Sarah's."
"I don't know," Sarah said lying back on her bed. "We'll find out soon enough I suppose."
Kristi nodded, "perhaps Gandalf will know."
Sarah and Alex nodded in agreement and were left to their dreams.
Author's Note: giggles This is my favorite chapter because of the soup. I laugh whenever I reread it. Sighs I sooo would get stuck eating that soup too. In the next chapter (about 3 days to an update), the girls' journey takes a few turns and we see the story from others' POVs. Yelps as she sees Eowyn coming with soup and hangs a note on the door reading 'out to lunch. . .far far away. . .please review. . .'
"Knee high boots rock," Kristi said trying a pair on.
"I agree," Sarah said modeling some.
They proceeded to get changed when they heard a rustling at the tent's flap. Alex exclaimed, "Did anyone lock the tent?!"
Kristi whirled to her, "How can one lock a tent?!"
Sarah's eyes narrowed at a tiny head that peeked in, "Merry!!!!!"
Aragorn blinked as he heard commotion coming from the tent. "What is that?"
Legolas stifled a smile. "It would appear Merry has reached the tent before us."
Gimli grunted, "Why am I not surprised? That hobbit has been lookin' fer things to do since we got 'ere."
Merry tumbled out of the tent. He hadn't meant to peek, well maybe it crossed his mind a little, but it wasn't his initial intent. He was anxious to see the girls and at times when he was excited he just couldn't contain himself. Yes, that is an understatement.
Sarah emerged from the tent and threw a candlestick at him. Her eyes were smoldering.
Alex came behind her and casually reached for a bow and some arrows, leaning against the tent. "You little pervert!"
Kristi came last, buttoning her top, and casually picked up a rock, tossing it up and down in her hand. "Literally!"
He ducked and the candlestick barely missed his head. "I said I'm sorry!"
"You better be more than sorry when we're through with you," Alex said getting the bow ready.
Kristi lifted the rock, but casually dropped it when she saw Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. She laughed nervously, "Hi guys."
Aragorn looked to her, "Was that a rock?"
Kristi kicked it away. "No."
Legolas walked over to Alex, folded his arms, and looked to her bow, then the arrow. "Ahem."
Alex blinked, turned, smiled widely and threw the items aside. She smiled as innocently as possible.
Sarah was about to speak up when she felt something hit her leg. She saw a mushroom on the ground and quickly looked to Merry. "Damn it! I can't stay mad at you!"
Merry chuckled and walked over to her, giving her a hug.
Legolas smiled to Alex, brushing a strand of her hair out of her eye. "We are glad to see you. We worried about your disappearance, even though Gandalf assured us that you were all right."
Alex nearly melted on the spot.
Aragorn walked to Kristi and placed his hand on her shoulder, touching her head with his. Looking to her, "why have you returned? Gandalf said that he sent you back home."
"We were home," Kristi said, "but we were brought back." She shrugged, "I'm not sure why."
Gimli spoke up. "With Gandalf in Minas Tirith, the girls are outta luck in talkin' with 'im."
"Then we must see that they get to Gandalf safely," Legolas said looking to Aragorn.
Aragorn looked to him. "We cannot take them ourselves. Our path lies here and beyond." He turned to the girls. "We can besiege King Théoden for some horses to speed you on your way and some supplies for the journey. He is making his rounds among the encampments, he should be back around sunset tomorrow."
Sarah asked, "Ponies?"
Merry nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, and they like mushrooms."
"Even better," Sarah said.
Alex looked to Legolas. "But we don't know the way to Minas Tirith."
He smiled to her. "Do not forget that Elven sense of yours. We shall show you a map and then you can imbue that to the horse, who will find its way, guided by the great Valar."
Kristi nodded in agreement with him. "Much better than Yahoo maps or Mapquest."
Aragorn gave her a confused look. "Map quest? Did you lose a map?"
"Erm. . .never mind. Your way is much better," she said patting him on the back. Throwing her arm around him, "now, let's talk about you arming us with some weapons . . ."
Kristi led him away and Sarah blinked. "Wait! You're giving Kristi a weapon! We're doomed."
Merry grinned. "Oh! I want one too."
"You're not coming with us," Alex said absently picking up the bow and arrow.
Merry seemed to pout. "But I can fight. I memorized all the weapons here."
Sarah looked to Merry thoughtfully. "Okay, in that case, find me a good weapon. I'm going to get some riding tips from Eomer and those stable boys over there."
Merry blinked, "stable boys?" He raised an eyebrow, "those look more like stable men."
"I don't really care at the moment," Sarah said with a grin.
Alex turned to Legolas and held up the bow.
"You read my mind," Legolas said. "Have you been practicing?"
"Define practicing."
He chuckled. "In that case come along, we have much work to do."
Night fell and the group gathered near a fire. Eowyn brought over some soup and everyone stared at it for a long moment.
"Go on, eat up," she said with an expectant voice.
Merry happily ate the soup. He was probably the only one in the group who actually liked the soup. Then again, he was a hobbit and he would eat almost anything. Legolas claimed that he already ate some greens he had collected around the camp and Alex chimed in saying that she was with him and ate with him. Gimli pretended to be asleep and Sarah had casually switched some soup with another campfire behind her while Eowyn was distracted. She heard someone gag behind her and then run behind a tent. She calmly ate the soup, which was good, and smiled to Eowyn. Aragorn and Kristi exchanged glances. They were stuck with the soup, all the good excuses were taken and they inwardly cursed.
Kristi sniffed at the soup and took a bite. She chewed and swallowed, forcing the substance down her throat. Aragorn did likewise and forced a smile, elbowing Kristi to do the same. Alex watched them with wide eyes and Sarah thought Kristi was turning a nice shade of green, it almost matched her eyes.
"This is great Eowyn," Kristi said. "Thank you."
"Yes," Aragorn said nodding. "My favorite."
"I'll go get some more!" Eowyn walked back toward the pot.
Aragorn and Kristi tossed the hot soup behind them, narrowly missing Théoden. The king was about to yell, but he saw Eowyn near a pot and took off running.
"You guys are too nice," Alex said shaking her head.
"But it's quite admirable," Legolas said.
Sarah happily ate her normal soup and glanced to Merry who was picking his teeth with a fish bone in the soup. She lost her appetite and handed her bowl over to him.
Eowyn brought over more and watched Aragorn and Kristi eat the rest of the soup. When she finally left Aragorn and Kristi looked as if they were going to hurl.
Legolas asked, "Are you two all right?"
Alex commented, "Come now. It can't be that bad."
"It was," Kristi said stifling a gag. "I'm a picky eater and would NEVER eat that again if I had the choice. What's in that soup anyway?"
Aragorn held his head in his hand and shrugged.
Gimli grinned and walked over to the two of them, "I know what's in it." He whispered to them and both Aragorn and Kristi put a hand over their mouth and took off to the bushes running.
Everyone broke out into hysterical laughter and retired to the tents for the evening, once the two returned from the bushes only a lighter shade of green than before. Kristi walked into the tent to both Alex and Sarah laughing.
"You guys suck," she said plainly.
Alex and Sarah grinned innocently.
"Oh please," Kristi said flopping down on a cot. She absently rubbed her arm with the scar.
"You okay?" Sarah asked tilting her head.
Kristi nodded and Alex smacked her forehead. "I almost forgot. . .when we came here, in that light I saw words."
Sarah and Kristi perked up.
Kristi slowly blinked and tentatively asked, "Words?"
Sarah looked to Alex, "what kind of words?"
"Elvish," she replied. "lusse enyalie. Wanya aman. Tirambar, yaara maranwe. Tirsi ingole ooma ananta kaure i moore, heru si mesta."
Sarah asked, "What does that mean?"
"Whisper memory. Go free from evil. Heed fate, ancient destiny. Heed this magic voice and yet fear the blackness, master this journey," she answered.
Kristi commented quietly, "That's much better than what I saw."
Alex whirled to her. "You saw words too?!"
Kristi nodded.
Sarah turned to her, "Well, come out with it, what were they?"
"Hu-na illska. Garmog tholl ti motsham dru. Hap jishotasaun hak, varanat zemar. Lat timer nalt. . .pafund. . .bot. . .kilos. . ." she said closing her eyes. Opening them she said, "It means, 'Enter evil. Delve deep beyond ancient fear. Open secret revenge, clouded heart. You fear alone. . .abyss. . .world. . .key. . .' I don't know what it means, at the end I just got snippets of words."
Alex nodded solemnly, "what do they mean? All of the things we had to say, including Sarah's."
"I don't know," Sarah said lying back on her bed. "We'll find out soon enough I suppose."
Kristi nodded, "perhaps Gandalf will know."
Sarah and Alex nodded in agreement and were left to their dreams.
Author's Note: giggles This is my favorite chapter because of the soup. I laugh whenever I reread it. Sighs I sooo would get stuck eating that soup too. In the next chapter (about 3 days to an update), the girls' journey takes a few turns and we see the story from others' POVs. Yelps as she sees Eowyn coming with soup and hangs a note on the door reading 'out to lunch. . .far far away. . .please review. . .'