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AN: I am sorry to all of you that were happy I wasn't just focusing on certain characters, but I have this INSANE obsession with Aragorn and Arwen. I am of course still going to have chapters based all the other characters but I think the story will, kinda, revolve around the famous couple. Okay? * awkward silence* HhhhmmmÉ maybe not. Oh well. Love you all! Review!
P.S. I can't believe I am already on chapter 12!!!
Chapter 12 The Meeting
Arwen Undomiel sat in the great meeting room next to Eowyn, who was next to her kin. On her other side was an empty chair that she was saving for Aragorn. The meeting was going to start any minute, and she still had seen no sign of Aragorn. Since her conversation with Glorfindel and Aragorn leaving her, the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain had arrived along with the elves from the havens and from Mirkwood. The trumpets had sounded 3 times, and still no sign of Aragorn.
Aragorn wandered the halls of the school aimlessly. She should have at least told him that she was seeing someone! The way he had been acting! Oh, he sure felt like a fool now. What did she see in Glorfindel anyways? He was just a great stuck up prat! She deserved better. Way better.
"Aragorn! Coming?" yelled a voice behind Aragorn. He turned to see Halabarad.
"Coming where?" Aragorn asked.
"To the meeting of course!
"Is it starting?"
"Yes. Everyone else has arrived, didn't you hear the trumpets sound?" Halabarad asked. Aragorn shook his head no.
"Oh, well you had better come or we will miss it." Halabarad said and then they headed to the meeting hall.
"Why were you here anyways? Erestor said you were with Lady Arwen." Halabard said.
"I wasÉ but I err, decided to leave." Aragorn said and Halabarad fixed him with a stare.
"What happened?" Halabarad asked suspiciously.
"What makes you think something happened?
"I know you Aragorn and I know of your feelings for Arwen. There is no way in all of this world that you would ever willingly leave her. So something must have happened. He said and Aragorn sighed.
"She is seeing Glorfindel." He said with a down cast face.
"Oh. I'm so sorry. But does she actually care for him?"
"I don't know. He came to talk to her earlier and she didn't seem to thrilled about it so maybe notÉ I don't know." Aragorn said.
"Well you should find out!" Halabarad told him. Suddenly they reached the meeting hall and entered in. Arwen was standing at the front of the room waving for Aragorn to come over.
"Go talk to her." Halabarad said giving him a push.
"I cant. It hurts so much to see her when I know she is with someone else and that we can never be." He said.
"Fine, let her be with Glorfindel. But in a year from now I bet they will be engaged. In case you haven't noticed, Arwen is at an age now where she must be wed." Halabarad told him. With those words, Aragorn left Halabarad and went over to Arwen. She smiled at him.
"Would you like to sit with me?" the beautiful elf asked him. He said yes and sat next to her.
"Hello Aragorn." Eowyn said. He nodded to her. The all sat in silence for a while. Eowyn became wrapped up in a conversation with her brother, but Arwen and Aragorn didn't.
"Look Aragorn, about earlierÉ" she said, but suddenly there was a blond elf standing in front of them clad in green and brown.
"Arwen?" the elf said.
"Legolas?" Arwen said jumping up and wrapping her arms around him.
"How wonderful it is to see you my lady!" the elf, Legolas, exclaimed.
"And you as well! I am so overjoyed that you have come." Arwen said then turned to Aragorn. "Aragorn this is Legolas of the woodland realm." She told him with a great grin on her face.
"Oh great, another boyfriend? he thought to himself.
"He is a really good friend of mine. I have known him since I was born. His father is king of Mirkwood and is friends with my father." She said.
"Oh." Aragorn said hiding the relief in his voice. He stood and shook Legolas's hand. "I am Aragorn son of Aragorn."
"Nice to meet you." Legolas said then turned to Arwen. "Well I just wanted to say hello. My father will want me back. But I will see you later?
"Of course friend." She said to him and he left. Aragorn and Arwen sat down. They were silent. Arwen remembered what she had been about to say to him before Legolas came over.
"Aragorn?" she asked him.
"Yes?
"Are you angry with me?" she said. Aragorn was silent for a moment.
"Am I?" He thought. "No." he said, he never could be.
"Oh. Well, still, about earlierÉwith Glorfindel, it doesn't mean anything you know. Him and I, its nothing. He loves me but I don't love him." She told him.
"Why are you telling me this?" he asked.
"I don't knowÉ I just thought you might care or somethingÉ" her voice trailed off and she looked away. Aragorn cringed when he heard the pain in her voice. He took her hand and looked in her eyes.
"I do care. You have relieved my heart." He said. She smiled her beautiful smile and he knew that made her happy. Then they both looked away and blushed. They then heard a ahem and looked up at the stage. The room fell silent. Gandalf stood there. On the stage was a great wooden table and at it sat Elrond, Saruman, and Denethor.
"Hello and welcome to the great school of Middle-Earth!" Gandalf said, and everyone cheered. He then silenced them with a look and went back and sat at the table with the other men. Saruman stood.
"I would like to welcome the four great races of Middle-Earth. Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, and Men. At this school you will all be learning together, with each other, as friends and neighbors. Here is how this school works; you will all be taking classes with different teachers. You wont always have the same classes with the same people. Everyday at 8'oclock you will eat breakfast, at noon lunch, and at 5'oclock, dinner. All meals are had in the dining hall which you will shown to later on." Then he sat down and Elrond stood up.
"Now you will all receive a paper saying what classes are being taught by whom." Elrond said and Arwen looked around. Elves were coming out and passing out papers to everyone. She received one. It said:
Language Arts- Mr. Baggins
Math- Sir ThŽoden
Science- Lord Celeborn
History of Middle-Earth- Lady Galadriel
Survival- Sir Gandalf
Training: bows and arrows, swords, spears, axes- Lord Cirden
Language- Lord Elrond
"Now," Elrond continued once everyone had received a paper. "There will be two dorms, one for the women and one for the men. You will all receive a paper saying who will be in your room with you in your dorm. We tried to put you all in a room with people we thought you would be compatible with."
Arwen once again received a paper. On this one it said:
Arwen Undomiel will be rooming with: Telepriel of Imladris, Eowyn of Rohan, and Lothirial of Dol Amroth, Elenya of the Havens.
Arwen turned to Eowyn. "We are in the same room!" she said with a smile.
"I know! This is great! I was afraid I wouldn't know anyone in the room." Eowyn said.
"Well you know me, and Telepriel is a good friend of mine." Arwen said and Eowyn nodded. Arwen turned to Aragorn.
"Who are you with?" she asked him.
"It looks as if they are trying to put me with future rulers of men in Middle-Earth, or maybe they are just putting me with nobles. " He said and handed her the paper. It said:
Aragorn Telconstar will be rooming with: Boromir of Gondor, Eomer of Rohan, and Halabarad of the North, and Legolas Greenleaf of Mirkwood."Well at least you are with Halabard, And Legolas. Legolas is ever so nice I know you two will get along. And, lets see we have met Eomer, he seems nice but oh. You are with Boromir, future steward. What were they thinking? How is that compatible?" she said and Aragorn laughed,
"Exactly what I thought!" he smiled at her. Then they were silent as Elrond sat down and Denethor stood.
"I would like to thank you all, as steward of Gondor, for choosing to come to this school. I know you will all be great some day." He said with a smile and sat down as everyone cheered.
"Now you will all be led on a tour of the school by Mithrandir." Denethor finished and beckoned to Gandalf. Gandalf stood and walked off the stage and told everyone to follow him.
"I am going to give you are tour of the school and then send you all to your dorms where you will unpack and later on come down for dinner." Gandalf told them. Aragorn and Arwen followed at the end of the line, with their arms around each other.
Has any one else noticed that people are always getting interrupted in my stories? Just wonderingÉLol. Hey, Arwen is in the same room as Eowyn! How exciting! I'm sure you all knew that that would happen though didn't ya'? Yes, yes I know I'm so predictable! Now if you all will please review I will hurry up on that next chapter!
