Journey to Mordor (By SUV)
Disclaimer: No I still do not own the Lord of the Rings! I only wish I did.
Part IV: Aftermath
Chapter Forty-five: Decisions
Tess waited until the following day to speak to Aragorn about her decision. But it wasn't easy for her to track him down. As a matter of fact, she gave up on finding him. She disappeared and wandered around the city. She'd try finding him again later.
On his first official day as King, Aragorn was called to many more councils than one could count. Finally he couldn't take it anymore and ran screaming out of a council. He ran through the levels, not caring where he was going just caring that he was getting far away from councils. And he ran right into his daughter, who was day dreaming.
"What the bloody hell was that for?" cried Tess in outrage as she spun around and reached up her sleeve for her dagger.
"It's just me," said Aragorn softly, raising his hands up in the air.
The fierce look in her eyes disappeared when she saw that it was Aragorn. She put her dagger away and relaxed. Surprise showed clearly in her face and eyes.
"Sorry ada. I didn't know you were behind me. Aren't you supposed to be in another stupid ass council right now?"
"I ditched."
"You are sooo bad ada… Just wait until I tell nana that you ditched council… She's going to be sooo pissed…" teased Tess with a smile.
"You wouldn't dare," said Aragorn looking worried.
"How much do ya wanna bet I would?"
"No, I'm not going to bet. I know I'd lose."
"Smart move."
"So are you going to tell on me or not?"
"I was just teasing!"
"Oh. In that case, how are you doing? Now that the war is over, we can send you and/or the others back."
"I don't want to go back," said Tess softly.
"You're staying?" asked Aragorn, surprised and excited all at once.
"In Middle-earth, yes, but I want to leave Minas Tirith, ada."
"What? Why? Where would you go?"
"I long for the Wild, ada! I want to go to the North. I want to become who I was born to be!"
"And what the hell might that be?"
"A Ranger's daughter. I'm not a princess of Gondor and I'm not the Evenstar's daughter. Anyone can tell that. I belong in the Wild not the city!"
"You are not going to live in the Wild! Do you have any idea how dangerous that is? It's like asking to be killed!"
"But you lived in the Wild!"
"But that was different—" began Aragorn but he was cut off quickly by a look and Tess's pissed off tone.
"No it fucking wasn't! You were unsure of yourself so you ran! I'm unsure of myself and I've tried running but I'm always stopped! You found comfort and understanding of yourself in the Wild and stayed there. And I want to do the same thing!"
"I refuse to let you leave so you can go and kill yourself!" growled Aragorn.
"I don't fuckin' care! I'm going!"
"You mean far too much to me Tess. If you die I will never forgive myself," said Aragorn softer.
"If I die, then it's my own fault, not yours!"
"You're still not going…"
"I'm going."
"No you are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Please don't leave me!" begged Aragorn. "Why does everyone always want to leave me? Why?"
"Cause you smell?" suggested Tess.
"Maybe. But why do you want to leave me?"
"Because I'm so much like you and I'm not ready to live in the White City for the rest of life. I need to leave! But I promise that I'll visit!"
"But it's not the same! Please don't go! Don't leave me here!" cried Aragorn as he grabbed Tess's foot, trapping the sixteen year old girl there.
"Ada let go!" hissed Tess, shaking her foot. "I'm not leaving yet!"
"Waaa!"
"Ada get a freakin' grip on yourself!"
"Please don't go!"
"I'm not fuckin' going anywhere yet!"
"But you're still leaving!"
"Not until everything is settled here!"
"You'll miss the wedding!"
"What wedding?" questioned Tess, pausing in her efforts to get Aragorn to let go of her foot.
"Arwen and I are having a formal wedding and Mary and Faramir are getting married also!"
"What the fuck?"
"At least stay for that!"
"Sure ada," said Tess, still frozen in shock. "I will not leave for the Wild until after then."
"Yay!"
"Can you let go of me yet?"
"Kate?" asked Dolly. "Kate?"
"What the hell do you want?" was Kate's nasty reply.
"I was just wondering…"
"Bad idea…"
Dolly shot Kate a dirty look, which Kate ignored.
"Are you going to stay here in Middle-earth or go home?"
"Of course I'm leaving this hell hole and going home! Why the hell wouldn't I leave?"
"And I thought I was the only one who hated this place," murmured Dolly to herself as Kate stared at her.
"Why did you ask?"
"Oh, I was just curious."
"You're leaving too, right?"
"Duh!"
"What about Emily?"
"Yeah, or at least I think so. She does have Jon back at home so she'll probably go back but she's having so much fun with Merry and Pippin that I'm not sure."
"Um hum."
"But Tess is probably staying…"
"Bitch!"
"What?"
"Tess is a bloody bitch! Why can't she tell that Aragorn is freakin' lying to her so that she'll come home with us? She doesn't belong her anymore than we do!"
"I think that Aragorn is telling the truth. I wasn't sure at first but now it seems even more apparent that she is Aragorn's daughter. It's harder to tell that she's Arwen's daughter but I still think she is."
"But you have no proof!"
"Do we need proof?"
"Yeah!"
"Did you really get run over by the SUV?" questioned Pippin.
"Yup, Dolly did it!" said Emily cheerfully.
"Cool!" said Merry and Pippin.
"Moo!"
"What's it like, being a ghost?" asked Merry.
"It's soooo cool!"
"Really?"
"Moo!"
"It sounds cool!"
"I could get Dolly to run you two over and then we'd all be ghosts! Moo!" exclaimed Emily excitedly.
"Really?" asked both cheerfully.
"Moo!" said Emily nodding her head.
"Sooo, what day is the wedding?" Faramir asked Mary, between make-out sessions.
"I think it's in a week."
"You think?"
"I didn't really pay attention to what Arwen was saying. I was too busy staring at you to listen."
"Oh."
"Ya."
"So what color dress are you going to wear?"
"Dress? Since when do I have to wear a dress?"
"Since we were getting married."
"Why must I wear a dress?"
"It's tradition."
"If I must wear a dress then I'm wearing my Charlie sweater with it!"
"Whatever you say sweetheart…"
"Can my dress be black instead of the normal white?"
"Sure!"
"Great! Cause then I can wear what I wore to Aragorn's coronation and not need to get anything else!"
"Wonderful! I loved that dress!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
"I love you, Faramir!"
"I love you too Mary!"
And they started kissing again.
Author's Notes:
So sorry about the long wait! School attacked me and I couldn't do any writing! And this was a long and difficult because of all the different characters that show up in the chapter. Anyways, I will hopefully post a short chapter tomorrow maybe even a double. We will have to see because I still need to do my homework. So expect next update: Sunday, October 24th.
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Jak – Well his name is mentioned in the story. But you are right, he hasn't been mentioned. Sorry about that. It slipped my mind. I'll try to write him in a bit if I can.
Dark Borg Drone – Yeah I could do it if it wasn't pitch black outside when I was supposed to be writing in the mornings on my bus ride. And if homework allowed me to and I wasn't so tired I would write. I'll keep trying. And good luck learning the song! Yeah my job should be pretty easy compared to yours.
A Darker Side of Light – Yes they probably will get me but oh well! I'm glad you enjoyed it because it was written just for you! Yeah I've seen Arwen in mourning in TTT, and it's a very pretty dress! He he, I'm odd because my favorite Arwen dresses are the mourning one and the black and red one that she wears in RotK when she tells Elrond to reforge the sword. You won money? Cool! A double marriage is going to be totally awesome! And Elrond will be a party pooper but is he really any match for a pissed off bride-to-be (you) and a Ranger's daughter? Chances are, he's not. But we'll have to see.