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A/N: YAH!!! bounces I've got nice reviews!! huggles everyone You make me sooo happy!!! Sorry it took so long, I've been really busy; I went to French for a little while and had a testing period at school and other stuff! huggles reviewers This chappie isn't very humorous but it is rather long, just to make up to you guys it took so bloody long to update! grins Enjoy! bounces -
Nekomiyu: Thanks for your review! I'm not English either, I'm Dutch so I've got an excuse for my grammatical errors and terrible spelling! Broken from Dinathiel is one of my fav stories too! Though I like Protector from Tara6 a bit more, you should read it once, it's good! Darma Druid writes good Lotr stories too, Legoromances.
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Hanya the Bloody Angel: There arriving at Weathertop in this chappie! Thanks for the info on unicorns! grins Thee hee, I'm gonna use your name and the info you gave me in this one! bounces
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"Words "
' Thoughts '
Chapter 4
"Hey Strider, what's that?" Lea asked nodding her head in the direction of a destroyed tower.
The ranger replied: "That is Weathertop, also called Amon Sul by the elves. It was built by Elendil to hold one of the palantiri, later it was destroyed by the invading Armies of Angmar, the witch- king realm."
Lea looked at Strider with her mouth hanging open, trying but failing to grasp what the ranger just told her.
"So it's...uh...Weathertop?" She replied after a few minutes of silence.
Aragorn grinned at her expression and nodded; "Yes, Weahtertop."
The group arrived at Weathertop, Strider left the unicorn and hobbits to take a look around. Frodo and Lea went to get some sleep.
"Put it out, you fools! Put it out!"
Lea slowly opened her eyes and mumbled something inaudible.
"Oh, that's nice! Ash on my tomatoes.."
The unicorn looked around 'What's going on?'
She saw Frodo stamping around on what supposedly had been a campfire.
Lea was just about to ask something when a bone-chilling cry was heard.
The hobbits unsheathed their swords and ran up to the top of the tower, Lea closely behind.
"Err...I know you're all kinda busy right now but I can't help asking you...WHAT THE FRIGGIN' HELL IS GOING ON?" Lea demanded.
Sam turned to her and whispered one word to her: "Ringwraiths"
"Well thanks a lot Sam, that explains everything very clearly to me." Lea muttered in a sarcastic voice.
The nazgul had reached the top by now and where coming closer to them.
The hobbits all stood between Frodo and the Ringwraiths while Lea was standing beside him.
"So, what's up with protecting Frodo?" she asked in a quivering voice, trying to remain cheerful but very much failing to do so with Nazgul nearby.
None of the hobbits answered her they just grabbed the hilts of their swords a bit tighter.
Merry, Pippin and Sam where swiped away by the wraiths while they came even closer to Frodo.
Lea jumped in front of him and glared at the Nazgul who where NOT impressed...
Seconds later Lea lay sprawled on the ground next to the other hobbits.
Frodo put on the ring and got stabbed by the blade when Aragorn jumped into action.
The Nazgul fled, mostly because they believed they had already achieved their goal, though the angry ranger attacking them with a sword and a torch was a good reason too.
Both Aragorn and Sam immediately ran over to Frodo when he took the ring off.
"Strider! Help him Strider!" Sam cried anxiously.
By now the other two hobbits and Lea had got up too and walked over too Frodo.
"He has been stabbed by a Morgul blade. This is beyond my skill to heal. He needs elfish medicine." Aragorn replied sadly "And it's still 6 days to Rivendell...I'm not sure if he'll make it..."
Sam looked ready to cry and gently took Frodo's hand "Hold on Frodo" he whispered, barely audible.
Frodo lost consciousness.
Lea looked at Frodo and remembered something a friend of hers, Hanya once said about unicorns: "They're supposed to be able to heal people by touching the wound with their horn, you know. Not to mention if they put their horn in water it purifies the water." (A/N: points at Hanya Her line, not mine! grins)
"Err..guys?" she whispered softly.
Everyone was still looking at Frodo and didn't pay her any attention.
"Guys?" she said a bit louder now.
Nobody looked at her.
'Fine, have it your way' the unicorn thought while walking over to the wounded hobbit 'I hope this works, or at least works a little bit...' Lea stood beside Frodo and bowed her head, she touched the wound with her horn.
'What the...?' Lea suddenly felt cold, very cold, she didn't notice her horn glowing blue, she didn't notice herself falling down, just the cold...the cold... (A/N: muhahahahahaha you are cold, very cold hypnotizes everyone)
"LEA!"
She could vaguely hear someone scream something 'Lea?' she heard the word but didn't understand it, it was cold so cold...
She fainted...
Aragorn saw Lea walk over to Frodo and stand beside him, lowering her head.
He didn't give it any thought, being too worried about the Ringbearer.
The ranger got lost in thought, wondering if Frodo would make it and how he could get the hobbit to Rivendell on time...
"LEA!" Strider heard one of the hobbits scream the name and immediately looked up.
He then noticed how the unicorns horn was glowing blue and saw the young 'girl' fall down, not moving.
"By the Valar..." He whispered and within seconds he was next to Lea, checking if she was still breathing, he was relieved when he found out she was.
"What happened?" he asked the hobbits who replied that Lea touched the wound with her horn, which glowed blue and then fell down, not responding to them calling her name.
Cold...he felt so cold, his shoulder was burning but it wasn't hot burning no, it was cold, freezing cold.
Then he felt something, his shoulder was getting warmer, the burning feeling left, he felt more comfortable, as if all the cold was drawn out of him, warmer, nice and warm...
He heard someone scream but didn't hear what, it didn't matter, as long as he was warm...
He felt like he was floating, floating in a warm place...
The warm feeling left, he didn't feel the burning cold in his shoulder anymore but he wasn't pleasantly warm either, his shoulder hurt and he was a tad cold. He murmured a protest and tried to sit up but was too weak and fell back down.
Sam looked at Lea, concern could clearly be seen in his eyes, he had grown rather fond of the strange unicorn, and now she was hurt, at least he thought...and his master Frodo... Sam sighed and looked at Frodo. 'Did he just move' the hobbit thought in surprise but then shook his head, probably imagination... Sam saw Frodo stir again, this time he was absolutely sure. "Mr Frodo?" He whispered softly, his eyes hopeful.
This drew the attention from the other hobbits and the ranger.
Frodo murmured something inaudible and tried to sit up, but being very weak, fell back down.
Sam crawled closer to the ringbearer and took his hand; "Mr Frodo? Can you hear me?" he asked, louder this time. "Frodo?" Aragorn asked gently, coming closer too.
Someone was saying his name 'Sam' he thought with a smile, hearing 'Mr' for his name.
"Sam..?" he murmured, barely audible.
Frodo carefully opened his eyes, looking straight in the hopeful ones of his gardener.
"Mr Frodo!" Sam said happily.
"Sam" Aragorn said gently "Can I take a look at Frodo now?" carefully pushing the overjoyed hobbit aside.
"Now, Frodo, how do you feel?" the ranger asked, while looking closely at the wound.
"I feel...well, my shoulder still stings but it doesn't...it isn't burning anymore, not so very cold...what happened?"
Aragorn looked at him thoughtfully; "Well, your wound now looks like any other wound, made by a normal sword..."
Frodo carefully sat up, and noticed Lea lying unconscious next to him; "Lea?! What happened to her?" the wounded hobbit looked a lot more awake and aware now.
"Well..." the ranger said thoughtfully "It seems that our little unicorn has some healing abilities of her own..."
"What do you mean?" Frodo asked, confused.
"She touched your wound with her horn, it glowed blue and next thing we knew she was unconscious and you woke up" Merry piped up.
Aragorn looked at Lea for a while and then turned to Frodo; "What did you feel?"
The brave hobbit hesitated for a moment; "Well...I was cold, my shoulder was burning, burning cold...then...it seemed as though the cold was being drawn from me...my shoulder was warm and I was comfortable and then...well...the warm floating feeling left and well...that's it actually..."
Aragorn nodded; "We shall stay here tonight, the Nazgul will not return. Frodo, you should get some sleep. Sam, could you give Frodo and Lea some blankets? Make sure they both stay warm. Pippin, can you help me with the fire. Merry, please..."
Lea lay unconscious on the top of the watchtower of Amon Sul in the company of four hobbits and a ranger whose orders could clearly be heard in the dark, silent night...
(A/N: Well, that was pretty long, wasn't it? grins)