Twisted Thoughts
Part 6
Chapter 19
What Shadow woke, she was rather confused with her surroundings. She was in a small room, which reminded her of the rooms in Rivendell. "What the hell happened?" Shadow asked aloud.
"You took a nasty hit to the head. Honestly, attacking a troll, I thought you knew better," a very familiar voice teased. Shadow's head whipped around, and she couldn't believe her eyes.
"Matt?" she asked, staring at the tall boy.
"Obviously," said Matt. Within seconds Shadow had enveloped the boy in a hug.
Shadow only let Matt go when he started gasping for air. Stepping back Shadow inspected Matt. He looked different from the last time she'd seen him, which was over 2 months ago. His brownish blond hair had turned completely blond, and grown out a little. His normally blue eyes also had a green sheen to them and his skin had tanned considerably.
"How long have you been here?" Shadow asked, seeing the changes.
"Almost three months. Since October," said Matt.
Shadow nodded, and a thought came to her mind. "Matt, where is Kat?" she asked.
"Kat's here?" Matt asked, confused.
"Yes, she's here. Haven't you seen her?" Shadow demanded.
"No. I was in the group that brought them back. They carried two people when they came back, but I was told the second was a prisoner, and a Spy of Sauron. Wait, you don't think?" Matt asked, his unfinished hanging in the air.
"I hope not, but you know what happened in there. I know she knew, and I know Elrond told Gandalf in full detail where we were from. No one else knew in full detail," said Shadow. "If they did, I'm gonna kill them."
"Come on, we better get this cleaned up. Dealing with one of you when your mad is bad enough, no need to have two," said Matt, leading Shadow out of the Talon. Some of the passing Elves gave them funny looks, but no one said anything to them. In fact, the only time they were stopped was at the entrance to what Matt said was the holding area.
"What are you doing up?" Aragorn demanded.
"I'm looking for my cousin, if you don't mind. My dear friend said she wasn't here when you guys came in, and I would know if she were dead," said Shadow.
"Your cousin is being held for Spying for Sauron, and the murder of Gandalf," said Aragorn, glaring at her.
"The only thing that killed Gandalf was a Balrog. You have 3 seconds to tell me where my cousin is, before I get mean," Shadow growled. The bright afternoon suddenly got darker, and thunder rumbled in the distance.
"How did you know that?" Aragorn asked, his face paling.
"Elrond told us that he'd had a vision about what was to happen," Shadow lied smoothly. She could practically see Aragorn's heart stop in his chest. Shadow growled and shoved the man aside, following the link to her cousin, with Matt following meekly behind.
Shadow soon found herself standing in a small dark room, with a small body curled up in the corner. "Matt, go get a healer, and Galadriel. Now!" yelled Shadow, walking over to the curled up figure.
"I thought the next person that wanted to kill me was to be sent to you Shadow," Kat said, her voice cracking.
"So did I. Remind me to kick Aragorn's kingly ass," Shadow said with a slight glower.
"You'll have to stand in line. You know, the books make you think the elves are gentle with there prisoners. I can definitely say other wise," Kat groaned, sitting up. Shadow noticed finger marks around Kat's neck and a few bruises on her face. Shadow also noticed blood on her shirt.
"What's that from?" asked Shadow, eyes on the bloodied part of her shirt.
"A Goblin/Orc/thing shot me. It's fine, it should finish healing soon. It's at times like these I'm glad I'm a fast healer," Kat said, rubbing the bloodied spot.
"I know the feeling. You know, the Mad Hatter is here," Shadow said with glee.
"Yeah, I saw him when you came in. It's about damn time too. And we have stalking to do while we're here," Kat said, smirking.
"Only after I deem you healthy," said another voice. A she-elf with blond hair and green eyes walked into the room, with Matt and another man carrying a stretcher behind her. Galadriel stood in the doorway watching the whole thing.
"Hi Matt," said Kat upon seeing Matt.
"Hey Kat. You look like hell," he said, smirking.
"I feel so loved big little sister of mine," Kat said, smirking at him.
"You should little big brother of mine," Matt teased. The elves looked confused. Shadow, Kat, and Matt broke out in laughter. Well, Kat tried to laugh, but ended up holding her ribs cursing in about 6 different languages.
"Lean back and relax," said Shadow, pushing Kat flat on her back.
"Whatever, so long as we get to wage war on the Fellowship later," said Kat.
"You know it," Shadow cackled, grinning madly.
Chapter 20And wage war they did. The first day Kat was well enough to get up and move around, the Fellowship, with the exception of the Hobbits, were all sporting neon pink hair. The four Hobbits, come to find out, had protested very loudly to the treatment of Kat. The trio of Shadow, Matt and Kat had yet to hunt down Haldir, who had 'accidentally' broken several of Kat's ribs.
Galadriel had told the three of them to do what they wished so long as she didn't have to become involved. After four solid days of pranks on the Fellowship, the two Elves broke down and tried to apologize. Kat and Shadow accepted, but not before tossing the pair in the river, twice.
Matt, even with all of the pranks they were playing, still wanted to kill Aragorn. "No one touches my little big sister and gets away with it," Matt had declared when Frodo asked why he was so bent on revenge.
Kat's response was "You'll have to wait till me and Shadow are done with him." On the 6th day of humiliating pranks, Aragorn tried to confront Kat while she was walking by herself in the forest. The confrontation had turned into a full-blown screaming match, and Aragorn walked away with a broken nose and black eye.
After hearing about that little incident, Galadriel finally decided the games needed to stop. She called for all of the guards that had handled Kat in any way, shape, or form as well as the Fellowship to a banquet on the 10th night of pranks.
Shadow and Kat were dressed in almost the exact same thing as they had during Elrond's banquet and were escorted by Legolas and Elrohir, who were dressed to match the two girls. Matt was escorting a she-elf by the name of Kina that he seemed to have a fancy for. When everyone one had gathered in the privet dinning hall, Galadriel motioned for the group to sit down.
"I trust you all know why you're here?" Galadriel asked after they were all seated.
"You wish for the Fellowship to stop fighting and work out their differences," said Frodo, from his seat between Kat and Sam.
"Excellent Frodo. I can see why Elrond chose you as the ring bearer, but yes. You all need to work out your differences or at least call a truce. If you do not stop this petty conflict the Fellowship will fail, and Middle Earth will go with it," said Galadriel, locking eyes with every single member of the group.
"I agree with Galadriel, the fate of Middle Earth isn't worth an argument over a mistake, no matter how big the mistake may be," said Pippin. Merry nodded vigorously.
"Alright. We will call a truce. However, Kat and myself reserve the right to kick the ass of anyone who dares insult or lay a finger on us," said Shadow.
"Agreed," said Galadriel, a small smile on her lips. 'The attitudes of those two don't change. I wonder if it will become plus or minus for them in the future,' Galadriel wondered to herself.
Dinner went by quickly for the mass group. Matt disappeared with Kina very soon after the meal, and the warrior Elves all made themselves scarce, before either of the girls had a chance to get their hands on them. Galadriel and Celeborn disappeared, off to do what ever the Lord and Lady did.
So that left the Fellowship. "So we are agreed. Everything that has happened thus far is dropped, and we start fresh," said Kat, looking at the group.
"Agreed," said Boromir. He had gained a kind of respect for the two girls after what had happened on the mountain. Not one woman Boromir knew would have jumped on a troll to save another, or rip an arrow out of their arm so they could keep fighting so they could get everyone else to safety.
"Agreed. I would also like to try to apologize for my behavior on the mountain. It was uncalled for on my part," said Aragorn lowering his head in shame.
"Ay lasses, I would like to apologize me self. It takes a lot of guts to face down goblins, and trolls, like you lot did," said Gimli, nodding in Shadow's direction.
"Apologies accepted, but you are aware that if you do anything like that again, we will have to kick some ass," said Shadow. The whole group laughed and the tension eased.
Chapter 21"You know I'm gonna miss this place," said Kat, strapping on all of her weapons.
"I know the feeling, and the fact that Matt isn't coming only make it worse," said Shadow.
Kat shook her head. "You know him. He wasn't cut out to be a warrior. He has trouble killing spiders, so big, ugly humanoid creatures are totally out of the question," said Kat, shouldering her bag.
"I know, but still. By the way, he said he approves of Ro and Las," Shadow said, chuckling.
"What's there to approve of?" Kat asked, puzzled.
Shadow nearly burst out laughing. Kat could be very clueless sometimes, it was in her genetics, her mom was blond. "He approves of us becoming couples, and don't tell me you don't have a crush on Ro," said Shadow pointedly.
Kat blushed. "Hey, it's not like they like us back Shadow," she said, sitting down on her bed.
"That's not what Matt said, and you know as well as I do that he can't lie," said Shadow.
"We really didn't teach him well in that area did we?" asked Kat. It was true, while Matt could barely tell a white lie, the two girls could have talked Hitler out of his prejudice against Jews if they wanted to.
"No, we didn't, but I really don't think we could have taught him silver tongue anyway," Shadow shrugged. Kat nodded. "Okay, I'm ready, let's roll," Shadow groaned, shouldering her pack.
"Do you think Galadriel is still mad at us?" Kat asked suddenly.
"More than likely," said Shadow.
Flash back
Kat and Shadow had followed Frodo out of the Talon they were sharing during their stay. Frodo had woken panting, which had woken Kat, who was a very light sleeper. When Frodo was out of hearing range Kat had woken Shadow and they 'stalked' him. At first he seemed to be going on a normal walk, until Galadriel appeared and pulled him off.
The two girls followed them cautiously. Both remembered the events from the book, but something felt off. Things went along just like they had in the book, and the girls were just starting to relax when something shifted. When Frodo tempted Galadriel with the ring, she moved to accept.
Shadow and Kat were in action before Galadriel could get very far. "What the hell are you doing you crazy ass bitch?" Shadow demanded, slapping the Lady's hand away from the ring. Kat rolled her eyes, knowing full well that they had probably just woken every Elf in Lothlorien.
"Come on Frodo," Kat whispered, pulling Frodo away from Galadriel who looked shocked, Frodo quickly crawled up onto Kat's back. Whether she was shocked over what she had just done or the fact that Shadow was still screeching at her the two would never know. No less than 6 seconds later several armed Elves, including Haldir and the rest of the Fellowship were surrounding the clearing.
It was a comical sight. A very powerful Elven Lady was standing in the center of a clearing with a human girl yelling at her while the other girl had a hobbit attached to her back. Seeing the several Elven warriors surrounding them Kat and Shadow quickly made themselves scarce, taking the Ring bearer with them.
The next morning the three of them had returned to find the whole Fellowship frantic with worry. Sam, even in his gentle nature, looked like he was going to beat the three of them with his frying pan. The others in the group just looked ready to strangle them.
End flashback
"I thought Aragorn was going to beat us with Sam's frying pan myself," said Frodo, appearing out of nowhere. The two girls squealed and pulled their weapons. Upon seeing it was only Frodo the two girls breathed a sigh of relief and rounded in the hobbit.
"Frodo, if you EVER do that again I will turn you into a Orc," Shadow hissed. The young hobbit tried to hold a glare with Shadow, but ended up breaking down in laughter.
"An O-orc! C-couldn't you c-come up with a-anything better than that?" Frodo asked, doubled over in laughter.
"Yeah sure, I'm sure you'll still be laughing as you see your ugly ass in the mirror," Shadow growled, stalking out of the Talon. Kat couldn't hold it anymore, she burst out laughing and rolled around on the floor with Frodo. After a few minutes the two of them were finally able to stop laughing.
"Come on Frodo, we need to go meet the rest of the fellowship," Kat said, taking in a deep breath. Frodo nodded and the two walked down to the river where everyone else was waiting.
"What have you two been up to?" asked Boromir seeing the red faces of the hobbit and human. Shadow sent a glare at them in warning and they broke out in laughter all over again. "On second thought, I don't want to know," Boromir said, rolling his eyes. This just made the two of them laugh harder.
The odd looks the fellowship and all surrounding Elves gave them caused them to mellow out a little. "Shadow, dear, you really need to work on your comebacks," Kat said, trying to stop her giggling.
"I blame you cousin. I swear, you get blonder everyday," Shadow mocked.
"Oy! What's wrong with blonds?" Legolas demanded, causing Frodo and Kat to break out in giggles all over again.
"Why do I even try?" Shadow asked herself looking at the sky, shaking her head, then she proceed to hit her head against a tree. " Ow…ow…ow…."
(A/N: Again, because both Shadow and I are rather lazy, we aren't answering reviews one by one. Thanks everyone! Glad you like the story! Also, the next chapter may take a while to get out because next week I (Kat) am being dragged to California, while Shadow is going to invade Arizona. I don't think either of us shall be back until August 1st, but expect a few very large updates when we get back. Until then, I shall try and get the next chapter up before I leave, but no guarantees.)