Disclaimer: Don't own it... cries WAAAAAH... I want Bill!!!
A/N: Thanks everyone for reading Huggles everyone who reads this and double thanks for everyone who reviews Huggles all reviewers -
Not much action in this chappie, just travelling to Rivendell...
Maybe Glorfindel will pop up in the next chappie... or maybe not... grins
The Nazgul Sith Bitch: "THERE ARE NOT UNICORNS IN MIDDLE EARTH!"
Err... yeah... I know... And I think you mean there are NO unicorns in Middle Earth.
well... there is one now! - bounces Don't like it, Don't read!
"This is a Mary Sue of the most banal sort.
You have been slain by the Ninja."
I'm well aware this is a Mary Sue and if you don't think it's interesting... well...then don't read it... pouts I thought it was pretty original...
O NO! the Ninja slayed me! horrified gasp
...Right... bounces away happily
Saber Apricot: Thank you for your reviews - wow, having so many reviews from you at once made me feel very important grins
Yeah, I've gotten a lot of constructive criticism (Thanks Lady Harleguin -) and I'm very thankful for it, it'll help me a lot on the way. But a review like "There are no unicorns in Middle-earth. shoots unicorn with a rifle, then drags away the bloody carcass to eat it in peace" Is not very helpful to me... It's not a flame but looks a lot like a flame to me (I'm such a sensitive person after all sniffles sees her best friend look at her disbelievingly
Right...
ANYWAYS,
Thank you so much for your review huggles Saber Apricot runs of to read Sabers' fanfic
cindy17: Thank you for your review! - Well, maybe it would be fun if she wasn't able to talk (that's what I thought you wrote?) but it would be a bit mean, being stuck in a different world, in a different body and not being able to talk... tough the elves would probably understand her...
rebelfaux91: grins your evil, did you know? but since I'm Nice as Pie I probably won't do that... though it's a nice idea, it's already used so much... girl falls into ME and annoys the heck out off everyone... -
Zammy: Thank you for your review! huggles Zammy just for the sake of huggling here's the new chappie!
Almost Funny: - grins Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you like it and think its original! - I might revise the first chappies or search for a beta to get out the spelling and grammar mistakes (I don't have spelling and grammar check) and get the characters to speak more in Tolkiens style... but I'm not sure if I wanna bother someone with this fic, it's not to serious yet and I don't update quickly... most of the time anyways...
I'm not to sure what I will do though and if I'll follow the book or movie... probably a mix of both... they'll be attacked by Ringwraiths again... but I don't know if I'll let Lea or Astho...err...Glorfindels' horse take Frodo to Rivendell... what do you think? I'm more for the first... Lea...(I would like to see Lord Elronds face...grins) but I'm not sure yet... I'm sure it won't be Arwen though.
KnowInsight: Thank you for your review - It would be interesting to see how an elf would react, wouldn't it? Should I let Lea take Frodo to Rivendell or Glorfindel???
"Words "
' Thoughts '
Chapter 6
"Errrm Strider?" Lea carefully began.
She stared at the hobbits who looked asleep on their feet and then at the darkening sky.
"Yes?" the ranger replied without turning to look at her.
"Don't you think it's time to stop for today?" She said, looking meaningfully at the hobbits who were dragging their sore feet on and on.
Strider sighed and turned to survey the hobbits and young unicorn "We have to reach Rivendell swiftly, if the Nazgul find out you have healed Frodo they will return, and this time they will probably kill Frodo and take..." Strider trailed of and looked at the sky and at the direction where they were heading.
He shook his head and turned to Lea again, this time with a determined and grave look in his eyes; "We must reach Rivendell as swiftly as possible and even that may not be swift enough."
Lea nodded her white horse-head, making her horn glinster a bit when the last rays of sun hit it; "Whatever you say Strider..." she said quietly "but those hobbits look terribly tired and, no offence or anything, you look like you could use some rest to..." she then turned away from the ranger and muttered to no-one in particular "And a bath, most definitely a bath..."
Aragorn couldn't stop a grin from entering his face when his fine-tuned ranger ears picked up her muttered words and looked at the dirt-covered hobbits, 'and so do they' he thought 'and some decent food, clothing and rest, but alas, I cannot give it to them now.'
He shook the thoughts of the warm baths, food and beds of Rivendell out of his mind 'Later' he thought 'they can have all the food, bathing and rest later, but for now...'
He looked ahead of him and saw the sky was darkening even more, soon they would have to stop for camp 'but for now...'
He turned to look at the tired hobbits, bravely walking on without any complains.
'We will reach Rivendell, little ones, I swear it.'
"Wake up Pip! Rise and shine!" Lea did her best to wake the tired hobbit up and her attempts were finally rewarded with a groan, some not quite understandable muttered words and finally a pair of opened eyes.
Even before Pippin had fully waken up Lea had already walked over to Merry to shake the last of the hobbits awake.
After Merry was somewhat awake Lea happily went to graze with Bill, have a bite of apple and waited for the others to get ready.
"How come you're not tired like the rest of us?" Pippin asked Lea "It's not fair."
Lea grinned (as best as a horse-like creature can in any case.) "Because, dear Peregrin, I'm not sure if you noticed but I, my friend, am a unicorn."
"So?"
"Pippin, Pippin, Pippin." Lea said in a scolding voice shaking her head slightly "I am a unicorn..."
"Yes, you already said that..." Pippin rudely interrupted her.
Lea ignored him and went on; "Which means that I, just like any horse have a lot more stamina then you guys, and, being a unicorn, I have even more so then any normal horse." she finished with a grin.
"It still isn't fair..." Pippin muttered.
"Of course it isn't" Lea said happily "its life, learn to deal with it!"
Then, softly she whispered; "I have..."
She raised her head and looked at the early morning sky with a sigh "Daria..."
Only Aragorn seemed to have heard her.
Aragorn was sitting on a small rock near the hobbits, watching them have a small breakfast and hearing Pippin ask Lea a quite foolish question he turned to look at the disgruntled hobbit and the happy horse.
"It still isn't fair..." he heard the youngest of hobbits mutter and thought to himself 'Life rarely is'
Unbidden a picture of Arwen filled his mind, he had known her for a long time, in human years, but a wedding between a mortal and immortal is a complicated thing...
He was shaken out of his thoughts by Lea's happy voice.
"Of course it isn't, its life, learn to deal with it!"
'Why would she think life unfair?' He wondered, he was so lost in thought he almost missed the softly whispered words "I have..."
He turned to look at Lea, wondering what she was talking about, and saw her quietly looking at the sky, whispering somebody's name, "Daria..."
"You know, I may be a girl, or mare... but that doesn't make me a weakling!"
The hobbits and ranger all turned around at the sudden outburst, then glanced at each other and then back at the unicorn.
"No one ever accused you of being such" Strider carefully said after a few moments of silence.
"Then why don't you give me some of your packs? I mean Bill is carrying a lot of things and you guys all carry your packs, wouldn't we reach Rivendell quicker if I carried some of your load? At the very least you wouldn't be so tired at the end of the day."
Lea looked at the guys dumbfounded faces.
"Or am I being foolish again?" she asked, a bit less confident this time, with a bit of a sheepish smile.
Aragorn chuckled and shook his head; "Would you believe me if I said I never thought of that?"
"No." Said Lea without a moment's hesitation.
Everyone turned to look at her incredulously.
"Err..." Lea was blushing faintly "I mean... err... yes?"
The hobbits burst out laughing and Strider smiled and shook his head while securing some of their load on Lea's back.
"Well you think that you can take me on
You must be crazy
There ain't a single thing you've done
That's gonna phase me..."
Lea was softly singing one of the songs from Disney's Spirit.
"What are you singing?" Merry curiously asked her.
Lea blushed and answered it was just a song she heard once.
"Will you sing it for us?" Pippin asked her, giving her his cutest look.
"Well I don't know..." Lea began
"Please???" Pippin once again gave her his cutest look, the others were looking interested too.
"Fine." Lea softly began singing one of the songs from Spirit.
"Well you think that you can take me on
You must be crazy
There ain't a single thing you've done
That's gonna phase me
Oh, but if you want to have a go
I just want to let you know
Get off my back and into my game
Get out of my way and out of my brain
Get outta my face or give it you best shot
I think it's time you better face the fact
Get off my back
You know it's all just a game that I'm playing
Don't think that you can't find a way in
That's what I'm saying
Oh if you want to have a go
I just want to let you know...
Hey,
Get off my back and into my game
Get out of my way and out of my brain
Get outta my face or give it you best shot
I think it's time you better face the fact
Get off my back"
When Lea was finished with the song she was faintly blushing.
"That was great!" Pippin said with enthusiasm.
The hobbits mood had improved a lot, and they were enthusiasticly praising Lea even though she isn't that good of a singer, her song was a lot different than anything they heard before.
Especially Pippin thought the song was unbelievable funny.
Strider smiled at her and thought for a moment; "Would you allow somone to ride you?"
Lea turned to face Strider with a look that clearly said 'Huh?'
"You don't carry much load, Bill carries most of it. If you can carry one of the hobbits on your back too we may be able to reach Rivendell a tad swifter." Strider explained "The hobbits can switch every once in a while to have a rest while you carry him."
Lea nodded; "Well...I never thought of that..." She looked at the hobbits thoughtfully. "But won't they fall?"
The ranger looked at her thoughtfully; "I could make some sort of reigns from a rope..."
Lea shook her head and took a step back; "Neh he, no way! You're not putting any reigns on me..."
Minutes later found Pippin on Lea's back, holding the so-called reigns carefully.
'I can't believe I'm doing this...' was the last thought crossing the unicorns mind before they set of again.