Journey to Mordor (By SUV)
Disclaimer: Sure I own the Lord of the Rings! NOT!!!!! I do own the first two Extended Editions though along with all three theatrical editions, the three books, an Evenstar necklace, and two Aragorn posters (from RotK)!
Chapter Thirty-four: The King of the Dead
Aragorn had found a torch upon their journey in the dark to find the King of the Dead. Finally, the group entered a large open space in which they stopped and looked around. Suddenly, a voice came up and said, "Who dares to enter my domain?".
Aragorn replied, "One who would have your allegiance!" as he raised Anduril.
The King of the Dead appeared, not scary looking, just ugly, and said, "The Dead do not suffer the living to pass!"
"You will suffer me!"
The King had a ghostly green look to him. Then he laughed an odd laugh that seemed to echo off the halls of the dead looking place. The group looked around.
"What an ugly son of a bitch! He's not even scary! Is he supposed to be scary? He's just creepy looking!" Tess remarked to the group.
"Be careful what you say around him," said Aragorn. "The last thing we need is to give him a reason to hurt any of you or tick him off." He glanced meaningfully at Tess.
"What?"
"Lassie, you know that you have a bad habit of speaking without thinking. So watch your mouth," growled Gimli, axe in hand.
"Yeah…" began Legolas.
"Don't even thinking about speaking, wig wearer. The last thing that I want to hear is your two cents. Not that you have two cents to give…"
"Excellent example of what not to do!" said Aragorn.
"Ada…" grumbled Tess.
"What?"
"Nothing."
The Dead were appearing from everywhere and closing in on the group. Aragorn ended up beginning to be separated from the group, while Tess was left standing in the front of the group, sword out as a warning to the green glowing ghosts.
"Moo?" asked Emily, voice trembling.
"Emily, the god damn Jackal in Thirteen Ghosts is scary than these common creeps! There's nothing to be freakin' afraid of!"
Even more ghosts appeared all of, which have a green glow to them, as the King of the Dead laughed. Aragorn and the group turned around to face them as they came towards the group. Hundreds of them appeared all carrying weapons. Aragorn looked a little frightened as he turned back around to face the King.
"The way is shut," said the King. "It was made by those who are dead and the Dead keep it!"
The ghosts surrounded the Aragorn in a circle as the King repeated, "The way is shut!" The rest of the group quickly drew their weapons. Legolas fired an arrow that went right through one of the Dead. Shock showed on his face when he realized that he could not kill them. The Dead came closer and closer to them.
"Ada!" whispered Tess, finally scared of the green glowing ghosts. Her sword was going to be of no use here.
"It's okay Tess, they wouldn't hurt you. They'd have to get through me first!" replied Aragorn, even though he knew that he wouldn't be able to get to her with the ghosts separating them.
"Now you must die!" said the King of the Dead walking towards Aragorn, his sword out and threatening Aragorn with it.
"I summon you to fulfill your oath!"
"None but the King of Gondor can command me!"
Aragorn raised Anduril and parried the King of the Dead's attack. "That line was broken!" cried the King of the Dead as Aragorn grabbed him and brought Anduril to his throat.
"It has been remade!" came Aragorn's reply as he removed his sword and released the King. He stepped back and brought Anduril back to his side.
"Fight for us and regain your honor. What say you?"
Aragorn walked through the gathered group of the Dead, Anduril in hand. "What say you?"
"Ah, you waste your time Aragorn! They had no honor in life, they now have none in death!" said Gimli.
"Shut your fat mouth!" hissed Tess. "Don't piss them off, remember?"
Gimli glared at her and she glared right back. She was no longer scared. And her bad mood was back.
"I am Isildur's heir! Fight for me and I will hold your oaths fulfilled! What say you?" said Aragorn, pointing Anduril in front of him as he turned in a circle.
The King of the Dead smiled. Tess frowned as she looked at him. Did that mean yes? She sure hoped it did.
Author's Notes:
Yeah, I think this works better on it's own. I had it on it's own then added it in with the last chapter but then I changed it again because the Battle of Pelennor Fields was getting very long and I wanted a long chapter for 35. I'm sick again but this time I transferred my writing to my laptop so I can still write even though I can't post. But when I get the energy to post, I have a lot ready to go.
(Added: I REALLY intended to post on Wednesday but I left my house at 7am and didn't home until 9pm that day! I had a FULL day with classes until 3pm, a field hockey game until 5:30pm, running back to school for a dinner in which I just ended up running around the whole time, being chased by people with pillows in the dark! So when I got home, I meant to get on but I didn't have the energy to crawl over and turn on the computer, crawl down the hall turn on the net, crawl back to the computer, sit in the chair and type and the turn off the computer and crawl back down the hall and turn the net off.
And I couldn't post Thursday-Sunday morning because my sister took over my room (yes I spent the last several days on the couch!) and she took my computer from me! So I had no computer access until late this afternoon!)
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(Chapter 32)
Laer4572 – Yep, you just got to love that! Dress wearer Elrond!
(Chapter 33)
Hanna M – Glad you liked it and I'm sorry that I was so slow on the updating! Maybe my Evenstar necklace that I got today will remind me to update.
Jak – No, you can't kill them Emily! They are already dead! And as you can see, well no weapons except Anduril work against them! Sorry!
Laer4572 – Yes, you can't help but feel sorry for Merry! And well I think the Dead speak English, not Splingish. Or the language of Moo!
Ari Moon – I should, should I? Well me and my Aragorn posters, Evenstar necklaces and brand new TTT Extended Edition will just have to run away then! AHHHHHHH! Just kidding! Glad you liked it and Emily the Ghost says MOO!
A Darker Side of Light – Glad I can make somebody happy! Now I can die in piece during my next test in which they stick a camera down my throat! Glad you like it and yeah, Elrond will be at the wedding, whether or not he will survive the wedding to head to the Grey Havens, I can't say yet. Yeah, it is all good in the hood with my two Aragorn posters, Evenstar necklace and TTT Extended Edition!
Dark Borg Drone – It's coming mellon-nin! Soon!