Angel
Chapter 19: Caradhras
Authoress' Notes: Guys I'm so sorry for making you wait so long!!!!!!!!! Finals sucked all the creativity out of me for the past month, I'm afraid. But I finally found some that I keep locked in a shoe box (along with my hammer for smashing writers block) and used it to create a new chapter! Enjoy!
"And we're supposed to climb… that." Tersa said, hands on her hips, standing beside Gandalf and looking up at the mighty mountain that was Caradhras.
"Yes. Unless of course, you have a better idea, Tersa Took, in which case I would be much obliged to hear it." Gandalf answered.
"You enjoy making me feel like I'm a moron don't you?" Tersa asked, narrowing her eyes at Gandalf.
"Very much." Gandalf laughed, and then began walking again.
"We are ALL going to die." Tersa muttered to herself, then started plodding along again.
"Most likely." Someone behind her said.
Tersa looked over her shoulder to see Aragorn walking behind her, Frodo, Pippin, Merry, and Sam close by as well.
"You're talking to me? Are you feeling well Mr. 'Scary Looking Guy That Wanders Around Pubs Frightening People'?" She asked. "I thought you were still irked about the incident with the ringwraiths at Weathertop."
"Not really. I think I growled at you enough on the way to Rivendell to ensure that you and certain other hobbits-", He glanced at Pippin and Merry, whom currently had 'What? I didn't do anything! I had nothing to do with it!' looks on their faces, "Won't do anything like that again."
"Feh." Tersa said as Aragorn walked off to try and catch up with Gandalf, who had gotten a ways ahead of them. "It's not our fault the ringwraiths came after us. If anything, he made them angry by turning them into torches afterward."
"You always manage to get out of the blame somehow don't you?" Frodo asked with a smirk. "I wondered how you always managed to avoid being much more than yelled at by your mother for tagging along on Merry and Pippin's raids."
"Well, I only did that twice." Tersa shrugged.
"Sadly. You were quite good at it." Merry grinned.
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"Gandy I don't think this was such a good idea!" Tersa shouted over the howling wind. "In case you haven't noticed, Elfboy is the only one that can walk on top of snow!"
"Quiet!" Gandalf barked, trudging on through the snow. "I hear something!"
"Probably our teeth chattering!" Merry said. "Why don't we just turn around?!"
"Because Dalfy is being a twit!" Tersa answered.
"Confound it Tersa Took if you don't be quiet-"
"Listen!" Legolas cried. "A foul voice on the air!"
Immediately the entire party fell silent and listened, and sure enough, they could hear a voice on the wind.
"SARUMAN!!" Gandalf yelled.
"He's trying to bring the mountain down on top of us!" Aragorn yelled over the wind's nearly deafening howl.
"THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!" Merry, Pippin, and Tersa yelled back in unison.
"To Moria!" Said Gimli. "We cannot go over the mountain, so we must go under it!"
"No! To the Gap of Rohan!" Boromir argued.
"Moria!"
"Rohan!"
"Quiet both of you, we must get off the mount-" Gandalf was suddenly cut off by a gigantic pile of snow falling on top of the entire fellowship.
Well, after they managed to dig their way out and get down off of the mountain, the debate between Gimili and Boromir resumed.
"Moria!"
"Rohan!"
"Rivendell!" Pippin added in hopefully. .
"Are you mad?! You're going to give up that easily!?" Boromir asked. "Let's just get to Rohan!!!!"
"That goes too close to Isengard." Aragorn said.
"And considering that fact that Saruman lives there and he's already tried to kill us once, Rohan's not such a good idea smart one!"
"Be quiet Tersa!" Boromir snapped. "You shouldn't even be here!"
"At least I'm not a ring mad lunatic!" Tersa glared back.
"You little-!"
"Bring it on!"
"Stop it, both of you." Legolas ordered from where he was sitting cross-legged on the ground 7 feet or so away, Frodo, Merry, and Sam close by. "Boromir go back to debating with Gimli and Aragorn, Tersa and Pippin come sit over here with the other hobbits and I."
Tersa glared once more at Boromir, then walked over and sat down next to Legolas, grumbling.
"You'll get yourself hurt by jumping into arguments like that one of these days, Tersa." Legolas said to the sulking hobbit after the argument resumed. "It is best to stay out of disagreements."
"Mngh."
"You are deaf to all other's opinions except Sam's aren't you?" Legolas asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Tersa said, keeping her head down. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"It does you no good to deny it, I've observed you two the entire time I've been in this fellowship and it is very obvious." Legolas smirked. "He might want his cloak back sometime soon by the way."
"He has a spare, leave me alone!" Tersa said, curling up in a ball to hide her blushing.
"Give up Tersa, the tips of your ears are pink and they're sticking out of your hair." Merry grinned.
"Leave her alone Merry." Sam said quietly. "She can't help it and you've teased her enough already this week."
"You wouldn't happen to be taking a fancy to her would you Sam?" Frodo laughed. "It's beginning to seem like it."
"Just leave Tersa alone." Sam said. "You three have teased her forever about her crush on me, and I'm sure it's getting old from her point of view."
"Alright alright, spoil our fun…" Merry sighed.
"Thank you." A soft voice from behind Sam said.
"Tersa? What are you doing over here?" Sam asked, turning around.
"Hiding." Tersa said. "You're the first one to get them to stop you know. They usually start up again in the next few minutes. I am rather pathetic."
"What are you talking about? You're not pathetic." Sam said.
"Come on Sam, I've had a crush on you practically all my life, it IS pathetic. They should have sent me off to the loony bin long ago." Tersa sighed and curled up in a ball again, head to her knees.
"No they shouldn't have. We like you right here with us." Sam said, hugging her.
"If you say so." Tersa said glumly, uncurling with a yawn.
"Tired?" Sam asked.
"No…." Tersa replied stubbornly, fighting to keep her eyes open as the sun slowly sank behind the horizon.
"You never were very good at lying to your friends Ters." Sam said. "You can use my shoulder as a pillow if you want to."
"Mngh…" Tersa said, jerking her head up after almost falling asleep. "No…"
"Are you sure?"
Tersa sighed, glared at him for a moment, then laid her head on his shoulder, falling asleep almost instantly. "Just shaddap and quit moving…" She muttered.
And that's how Merry found them the next morning.
How cute^^ Review please, I know I broke my promise of not taking a month to update again, so feel free to yell at me, I sowwy. u_u