CHAPTER 2-
The next morning men, elves, and dwarfs sat in a small circle gathered for the meeting of who was to take the ring to Mordor.
"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old. You have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate--this one doom" Elrond said calmly as all the members looked around at each other to know who was whom. " Frodo, bring forth the ring".
Frodo gently rose from his seat and placed the ring on the middle table. " So it is true" Boromir said as he gazed at the ring. It was almost like this was he quest and no one elses. The ring was calling out to him. and wouls soon take hold of him. Boromir was not strong. As good as he was in battle he was not strong enough to take the ring to Mordor. The ring would have taken hold of him before he even reached the black gate.
" Why not use the ring, use it against Mordor, this is a gift, we could destroy Saruman, and Saron with this ring. We could do great things, the world would belong to us" Boromir suggested.
" You can not weild it! The one ring answers to Sauron and Sauron alone it has no other master" Aragorn said to make Boromir realised that the ring only response to Sauron. Boromir let out a evil chuckle.
" And what would a ranger know of this matter" Boromir commented. " This is no mere ranger, he is Aragorn son of Arathorn, you owe him your Alliance" Gimli said. " This....this is Isildurs heir". " An heir to the throne Gondor". Frodo could not believe the words that were coming from Gimlis mouth. Aragorn was a king heir. A prince. It did not seem possible. Aragorn looked nothing like a prince or anyone who could rule a kingdom.
" Gondor has no king....Gondor needs no king" Boromir returned to his seat. " The ring cannot be wielded Boromir, it must be destroyed in the fire from wince it came......one of you must do this". The room was know filled with silence. " We cannot just simiply walk into Mordor, this mission....the mission is suicide" Boromir said. " Have you heard nothing lord Elrond has just said, the ring must be destroyed" Gimi stated as he was raised from his sit. Boromir at that was now standing at angered. " and I suppose you are the one to do it, and dwarf would not last a week much less a day in mordor, you are weak creatures". At that the members of the dwarf council arose. An arguement quickly spread. Frodo looked at the ring. It was almost like it was speaking to him. Telling him that he was to take the ring in Mordor, cast it in into the fires. A light appeared and there again Arwen stood before Frodo.
"Do not be afraid frodo. You know that you are the one to take the ring to mordor and cast it into the fire, no one else. These men fight because they are afraid of the ring taking them. This is your quest and your quest alone" Arwen words were almost like a song in his ears.
" umin caure nessa Frodo, an le be tulca. Sina na lelya vandaar lelya er ( do not fear young frodo for you are strong. This is your quest and yours alone)" Arwen said as she began to fade into the light. Frodo was still in a daze. " Yes, I will take it" he whispered. Then he was back to reality. "I will take it" he said a bit louder. " I WILL TAKE IT" he yelled off the top of his lungs. " Though I do not know the way this is my quest and my quest alone, no one elses, I will take it".
" And I will help you Frodo baggins, my duty is to protect you and that duty I intend to keep" Gandalf softly placed and a hand on frodos shoulder.
"If by my life or death, I can protect you, I will..........you have my sword" Aragorn said as he dropped down to Frodos feet. " and you have my axe" Gimli stated.
" You carry the fate of us all little one" Boromir made his way to Frodo side. Sam rounded the corner he was hiding in and was at Frodo side. " I am frodo's body guard, he goes no where without me" Sam stated. He wasn't about to let same get himself into a mess of trouble. " Well, I find that it is hard to seperate you two" Elrond said.
Merry and Pippin soon followed. " Frodo, not going any where without us". Well it seems that we have formed the Fellowship of the ring". The members of the fellowship stood proud till Pippins mouth was soon opened.
" Great! were we going" Pippin said.