Chapter 9: THE 12TH DAY OF THEIR JOURNEY: "It's to early, why can we never leave in the afternoon, and why does Zefron get to ride the horse?" asked Pippin practically falling a sleep while walking, Merry shaking him everyonce in awhile to keep him awake. "Because master hobbit, we wouldn't get very far." replied Zefron trotting Templa over to Pippin. "And as for the comment about Templa, if you wanted a ride because you were to tired them all you had to do was ask... now do you want a ride?" Pippin nodded his head up and down secral times before Zefron reached down and pulled him up. "Is this the best she can do?" asked Pippin when Templa only walked. "Very funny, I was about to scout ahead anyway... we shall be back soon." said Zefron saying something in elvish, Templa picking up speed and growing wings, within a few seconds they were high in the sky... and far away behind the mountains. "Do you think we can accually trust him Gandalf?" asked Boromir. "For now I think... he has become a favroite of the hobbits already. Tell the rest about what happened to you Legolas." said Gandalf. "What I have seen is very strange... I saw Zefra." said Legolas. "What do you mean Legolas? She is dead." said Aragorn in disbelife. "That is what Zefron has told us... but there was a strange white mist before she apeared, then she dissapeared without a trace." replied Legolas. "I know of that magic... but only very powerful wizards can preform it, not even I can do that." said Gandalf. Sam, Merry and Frodo were discussing food when Templa apeared behind them. "Where are Pippin and Zefron?" asked Gandalf walking over to the black mare. As if she could understand (Which she could) Templa startd to nod her head in the direction they had gone eariler. "It's as if she is trying to tell us something." said Boromir. "She is Boromir. While we were getting Bill ready we met up with Zefron who told us that Templa could understand the Common Tounge and Elvish." said Frodo walking over to Gandalf. "Are you trying to show us where Zefron and Pippin are?" asked Aragorn feeling embarased for just asking a horse a question. Again Templa kept winning and nodding towards the mountains. "Come Legolas, I may be in need of your elven eyes." said Aragorn jumping onto the saddle, Legolas behind him. Then Templa's wings appeared and took off. "Come hobbits, Boromir, we must assist them." said Gandalf picking up the pace. "Zefron! Pippin! Where are you?" yelled Aragorn as they flew over the mountains. "Over there behind that rock... Zefron is going to shoot Pippin with an arrow!" yelled Legolas pointing to a bit of a large rock formation. Aragorn quickly landed Templa and ran over to them. Legolas and Aragorn tried to stop Zefron from shooting Pippin but they got there to late, and Zefron shot a glowing blue arrow into Pippin's left sholder. "Traitor!" yelled Aragorn unsheathing the red dagger. Zefron looked up in surprize as Aragorn lunged at him holding the dagger to Zefron's throat. 'Why did you kill him? Why!" said Aragorn. "He is not dead, me lord Aragorn... I shot him yes but it was to heal him, he was almost dead after we fell. You can see him, he is alive and healing as we speak." said Zefron trying not to panick or let the daggers blade touch his skin. "He is telling the truth Aragorn, he saved my life... we were attacked by a flock of birds that were working with Saruman and they threw us off of Templa, I was hurt beyond alive after that. He had put a spell on the arrow and it healed me, please don't kill him Aragorn." said Pippin getting up with Legolas's help, the arrow had dissapeared. "yes Aragorn, please don't kill me." said Zefron pleadingly. Aragorn let go and sheathed his dagger once more. Zefron put a hand up to his neck where the dagger had been, it had gotten to close to his skin and had left a nasty burn. "Thank you for almost killing me Aragorn, oh and by the way... the passage south is being watched, found that out the hard way." "Come, we must tell this news to Gandalf." said Aragron walking over to Templa. "Oh no you don't... we can walk. Pippin will go and tell Gandalf." said Zefron running over to Templa first and lifting Pippin onto Templa. "Don't you ever let go of those reigns, got it?" said Zefron then talking to Templa in elvish before she ran off. "Let us start walking back." said Legolas starting to walk back. They had gotten about half way to the others when Zefron remembered something. "I forgot my bow! I shall be with you in a moment." said Zefron running back towards the rocks once more. "Follow him Legolas and make sure he doesn't run off on us." said Aragorn in a low vioce. Legolas nodded and ran after Zefron. When he got there he saw that Zefron was not holding a bow but a staff. Zefron must have heard Legolas because he hid behind a large rock. "I must tell Aragorn of this." said Legolas comming out from his hiding place, when a strange white mist appeared, just like before when... "Do you know why Aragron does not trust Zefron?" asked a girl with blonde hair, a long black dress and violet eyes... it was Zefra. "I do not know why, but why do you not show yourself to the others?" asked Legolas back. "My reasons are my own. Now I must go and so must you before they get you." said Zefra turning around and vanishing into thin air. Legolas stood in shock for awhile then quickly recovered when he heard a flock of birds comming his way. He had but two choises... 1. Let the birds attack him and possably throw him off the cliff or 2. Jump off the cliff now. Then Zefron walked out from behind the rockspointing his staff right at Legolas. The birds swormed around Legolas causing him to lost his footing and hang over the cliff. -!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!- Ohhhhh...... interesting eh' please rivew!!! i need at least three new ones inorder to update!!! sorry 4 the squished writing!!!