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Gates Of Moria
It was night and they had decided to stop for camp at the very foot of the mountain. Everyone was utterly exhausted and didn't say much. Except, of course, for Aradel and Legolas who didn't stop talking very often though no one grew annoyed for they spoke in Elvish most of the time, which was not in the least annoying. It was actually quite soothing.
They talked until everyone but Aragorn, who was sitting on the opposite side of the fire as them, was sleeping. They were chatting when Legolas had to stop to yawn and only then did they all realize how late it was.
Legolas stretched and got up. "I think I'm going to turn in for the night. Good-night."
"OK, but I'm going to stay up for a while. Good- night." Aradel replied, as Aragorn simply nodded staring at the fire.
He walked over to lie down beside Gimli and wrapped himself in his cloak. Aragorn looked up at Aradel.
"So, where do you know Legolas from, Aradel of nowhere important?" he asked inquisitively.
She smiled tiredly. "Well, I met him in the forest and we just became good friends from there I suppose. And you?"
He raised his eyebrows in a fake stuck-up kind of way. "What makes you think I know him?" It was her turn to raise her eyebrows. "I heard you two talking in the waiting room for the council." She replied bluntly.
"Fine. His father and my adopted father were friends and visited often. We had no choice but to become friends. If we didn't we'd have to endure long hours sitting in a boring study while our parents talked about things we didn't know anything about and didn't want to instead of roaming freely around the forest playing tricks on my brothers." He replied staring at the fire again.
"Interesting. Well I'd love to pry further into your life but I must get my beauty rest so if you'll excuse me." She got up and walked around the fire. "Good-night."
She went and lay down beside Legolas, and also wrap herself in her cloak. He stayed up longer looking into the fire not thinking about anything in particular almost meditating. Finally he too got up, put out the fire and went to sleep.
He looked back at her briefly just long enough to notice that her eyes looked shut beside Legolas' wide opened eyes, but were in fact only half shut and fluttering as she slept. He wondered why. But exhaustion overtook his curiosity and we slowly drifted off into sleep, dreaming about this and that.
Aradel woke up the next morning with the pale morning sun on her face and a rock in her back. She got up and rubbed the spot where it had been poking her all night. Sleeping on the cold hard ground was definitely not her thing. When she looked around she observed that she was the only one awake and everyone still lay on their backs sleeping under the Elven cloaks that Lord Elrond had given them so generously when they departed from Rivendell.
She walked over to the food bag and started to pick out the beginnings of a breakfast. She started a fire, warmed a pan by it, and prepped the food for frying. In only five minutes she had sausages and eggs, in the frying pan and Lambas bread ready to eat. The wondrous smell woke everyone and they all crowded around her to see what smelt so good.
"Mmmhhh, what have you got there?" Pippin asked hungrily.
She looked at him comically. "A patch of grass and twig, what does it look like? It's sausages and eggs genius." They all either laughed or shook their heads but either way they were all amused and in another ten minutes well fed and ready to go face the world again.
"That was excellent." Legolas commented afterwards as they were again walking side by side. "I didn't know you could cook."
"You never asked or gave me the opportunity to prove that I could." She grinned at him. He laughed. "Are you blushing?!" he asked amazed.
"You wish, it's the cold we're getting to high altitudes now. If this is what you call blushing then so are you and every other living thing on the mountain." She laughed and walked on shaking her head again. They walked for hours more until it was so cold that any chance of conversation was long gone and all energy was put into walking through the now waist deep snow, except Legolas and Aradel who of course who could walk on top of the snow. Their heads were bent down to protect them from the harsh wind whipping at their faces.
Gandalf lead the band followed by Boramir holding Pippin and Merry, who had grown to weak in the cold to carry on themselves. They were followed by Aragorn who carried Frodo and Sam. Behind them were the elf and woman.
"'Tis much to cold, Gandalf, we must turn back!" Boramir said.
Gimli agreed. "I agree! If not go over it then under it! Through the mines of Moria we must go!"
"No, we must continue, the path ahead is far better!" Gandalf replied anxiously.
Slowly both Aradel and Legolas, who had little opinion on which way they went, looked up and walked to the front of the band to stand on the edge of a steep cliff.
"There is a fell voice on the wind." He said, almost yelling above the howl of the freezing wind. Aradel nodded in agreement.
"Saroman!" Gandalf yelled. Just then there was a loud rumble from above and a few rather large rocks fell narrowly missing them. Shortly after a huge clump of snow fell on them, covering them with approximately seven feet of snow.
Legolas was the first to poke his head out of the snow. Then one by one they were all free. And standing by Gandalf looking at him as if to say, "OK, now can we go through the mines of Moria?"
Gimli simply said, "Gandalf." In the sort of way in which you would go along with walk the person saying it was implying they do. The next thing they knew they were heading back down the mountain and were in the warm weather again. Though most of them thought they would never be warm again. They traveled a long way until finally they reached the door to the mines.
It was a huge stone door encrypted with writing, either Dwarfish or Elvish, history does not say. It read "Speak friend and enter". Everyone knew not what to do so they sat and waited for someone to figure it out.
The only one who moved was Pippin, who was throwing rocks into the lake, which lay beside the door. Aragorn quickly intercepted this. "Do not disturb the water." He said blankly, a look of warning on his face.
Finally Frodo spoke up. "Speak friend and enter." He muttered, "Gandalf what's the Elvish word for friend?" he asked.
"Mellon." He answered bluntly. The doors swung wide open. As they did a few, Aradel, Legolas, and Aragorn, noticed the lake making wakes of it's own accord. They paid no notice as the walked through the doors.
A/N: Concerning all the grammer mistakes i am really short on time when i do these and really don't have time for double checking or double writing, I do have a life you know. Well not all that much in this chapter but still more is to come. Now before you make any huge suggestions i have already written a fairly big amount of this story and can't make any drastic changes. Changes like if one of them dies unexpectedly or something along those lines, not going to happen. Changes like what someone says at a certian point, they can be arranged. Well now that that's cleared up, R&R please. Nehoo bye-bye!:
Gates Of Moria
It was night and they had decided to stop for camp at the very foot of the mountain. Everyone was utterly exhausted and didn't say much. Except, of course, for Aradel and Legolas who didn't stop talking very often though no one grew annoyed for they spoke in Elvish most of the time, which was not in the least annoying. It was actually quite soothing.
They talked until everyone but Aragorn, who was sitting on the opposite side of the fire as them, was sleeping. They were chatting when Legolas had to stop to yawn and only then did they all realize how late it was.
Legolas stretched and got up. "I think I'm going to turn in for the night. Good-night."
"OK, but I'm going to stay up for a while. Good- night." Aradel replied, as Aragorn simply nodded staring at the fire.
He walked over to lie down beside Gimli and wrapped himself in his cloak. Aragorn looked up at Aradel.
"So, where do you know Legolas from, Aradel of nowhere important?" he asked inquisitively.
She smiled tiredly. "Well, I met him in the forest and we just became good friends from there I suppose. And you?"
He raised his eyebrows in a fake stuck-up kind of way. "What makes you think I know him?" It was her turn to raise her eyebrows. "I heard you two talking in the waiting room for the council." She replied bluntly.
"Fine. His father and my adopted father were friends and visited often. We had no choice but to become friends. If we didn't we'd have to endure long hours sitting in a boring study while our parents talked about things we didn't know anything about and didn't want to instead of roaming freely around the forest playing tricks on my brothers." He replied staring at the fire again.
"Interesting. Well I'd love to pry further into your life but I must get my beauty rest so if you'll excuse me." She got up and walked around the fire. "Good-night."
She went and lay down beside Legolas, and also wrap herself in her cloak. He stayed up longer looking into the fire not thinking about anything in particular almost meditating. Finally he too got up, put out the fire and went to sleep.
He looked back at her briefly just long enough to notice that her eyes looked shut beside Legolas' wide opened eyes, but were in fact only half shut and fluttering as she slept. He wondered why. But exhaustion overtook his curiosity and we slowly drifted off into sleep, dreaming about this and that.
Aradel woke up the next morning with the pale morning sun on her face and a rock in her back. She got up and rubbed the spot where it had been poking her all night. Sleeping on the cold hard ground was definitely not her thing. When she looked around she observed that she was the only one awake and everyone still lay on their backs sleeping under the Elven cloaks that Lord Elrond had given them so generously when they departed from Rivendell.
She walked over to the food bag and started to pick out the beginnings of a breakfast. She started a fire, warmed a pan by it, and prepped the food for frying. In only five minutes she had sausages and eggs, in the frying pan and Lambas bread ready to eat. The wondrous smell woke everyone and they all crowded around her to see what smelt so good.
"Mmmhhh, what have you got there?" Pippin asked hungrily.
She looked at him comically. "A patch of grass and twig, what does it look like? It's sausages and eggs genius." They all either laughed or shook their heads but either way they were all amused and in another ten minutes well fed and ready to go face the world again.
"That was excellent." Legolas commented afterwards as they were again walking side by side. "I didn't know you could cook."
"You never asked or gave me the opportunity to prove that I could." She grinned at him. He laughed. "Are you blushing?!" he asked amazed.
"You wish, it's the cold we're getting to high altitudes now. If this is what you call blushing then so are you and every other living thing on the mountain." She laughed and walked on shaking her head again. They walked for hours more until it was so cold that any chance of conversation was long gone and all energy was put into walking through the now waist deep snow, except Legolas and Aradel who of course who could walk on top of the snow. Their heads were bent down to protect them from the harsh wind whipping at their faces.
Gandalf lead the band followed by Boramir holding Pippin and Merry, who had grown to weak in the cold to carry on themselves. They were followed by Aragorn who carried Frodo and Sam. Behind them were the elf and woman.
"'Tis much to cold, Gandalf, we must turn back!" Boramir said.
Gimli agreed. "I agree! If not go over it then under it! Through the mines of Moria we must go!"
"No, we must continue, the path ahead is far better!" Gandalf replied anxiously.
Slowly both Aradel and Legolas, who had little opinion on which way they went, looked up and walked to the front of the band to stand on the edge of a steep cliff.
"There is a fell voice on the wind." He said, almost yelling above the howl of the freezing wind. Aradel nodded in agreement.
"Saroman!" Gandalf yelled. Just then there was a loud rumble from above and a few rather large rocks fell narrowly missing them. Shortly after a huge clump of snow fell on them, covering them with approximately seven feet of snow.
Legolas was the first to poke his head out of the snow. Then one by one they were all free. And standing by Gandalf looking at him as if to say, "OK, now can we go through the mines of Moria?"
Gimli simply said, "Gandalf." In the sort of way in which you would go along with walk the person saying it was implying they do. The next thing they knew they were heading back down the mountain and were in the warm weather again. Though most of them thought they would never be warm again. They traveled a long way until finally they reached the door to the mines.
It was a huge stone door encrypted with writing, either Dwarfish or Elvish, history does not say. It read "Speak friend and enter". Everyone knew not what to do so they sat and waited for someone to figure it out.
The only one who moved was Pippin, who was throwing rocks into the lake, which lay beside the door. Aragorn quickly intercepted this. "Do not disturb the water." He said blankly, a look of warning on his face.
Finally Frodo spoke up. "Speak friend and enter." He muttered, "Gandalf what's the Elvish word for friend?" he asked.
"Mellon." He answered bluntly. The doors swung wide open. As they did a few, Aradel, Legolas, and Aragorn, noticed the lake making wakes of it's own accord. They paid no notice as the walked through the doors.
A/N: Concerning all the grammer mistakes i am really short on time when i do these and really don't have time for double checking or double writing, I do have a life you know. Well not all that much in this chapter but still more is to come. Now before you make any huge suggestions i have already written a fairly big amount of this story and can't make any drastic changes. Changes like if one of them dies unexpectedly or something along those lines, not going to happen. Changes like what someone says at a certian point, they can be arranged. Well now that that's cleared up, R&R please. Nehoo bye-bye!:
