You Could Have Caught Me
By:
LiL Pippin Padfoot
Disclaimer: I do not own anything. I wish I owned Faramir.
Chapter 28
The Last Debate
The armies of the West were gathered.
Now, I had to work some magic I had been planning for a while.
I found Aragorn in the thick of the plans.
"Hello." I said cheerfully
He muttered something that didn't sound remotely like hello, but never mind.
"I'm going to go with you to the Black Gate, rather you like it or no."
"Sure, whatever."
Wow, that was simple
I turned to leave.
"Wait! What did I just agree to? No, you must stay."
"Whyyyyyyyyyyy?" I said in a slightly childish voice
"Because this is dangerous." He said
"No more dangerous than Amon Hen, or Helm's Deep."
"Way more dangerous than both those two combined."
"All right, so maybe it is. But that shouldn't matter. I can't stay here!"
"Give me one good reason why I should let you go?"
"If I stay, I may be tempted to do something. Which I shouldn't do. But I still will."
"Speak clearly."
"I can't stay because I'll try to do something that will totally ruin EVERYTHING!"
"Gee, that sounds bad."
"No kidding, Sherlock."
"What? Another nickname?"
"No, never mind, I just have to go with you."
"Talk to Gandalf."
"That's not fair, he'll say no."
"Don't be so sure."
So I walked to where Gandalf was.
"Gandalf? Can I go to the Black Gate with you?"
"Sometimes, I think with you, this is like a game."
"What? I assure you I am very serious about this."
Gandalf sighed
"Anna, right now your making faces behind my back."
Oops. Maybe he's omniscient too.
"Please Gandalf?"
"I have foreseen what will happen if you stay here, and I think that yes, you need to go."
"Cool." I started to leave "Wait, can I have that in writing for Aragorn?"
"Okay, so your going with us?" said Aragon
"Yes." I said
"Well, you're not going in that are you?" he said
"What's wrong with this?" I asked
I had found my hoodie and jeans.
"No, that wont do, go see Elladan and Elrohir, they're kind of our outfit planners."
I just stared at him. Did he say outfit planners?
"Today."
I walked out to find Elladan and Elrohir.
I found them in the livery.
"Hi! I need something."
"What do you need?" said one of them
"I'm not sure."
They rolled their eyes
"Aragorn sent me…"
"Oh, I soldier. Well, come on."
So I had my choice armour from Gondor or Rohan.
I picked Gondor since I had already fought for Rohan.
As soon as I was ready I decided to go see Faramir.
I went to the Houses of Healing.
Faramir laughed when he saw me.
"A true soldier."
"Yeah."
"So you're really going to fight?"
"Yes. Why wouldn't I?"
"Most of the soldiers don't want to fight, and here is a girl half their age wanting to fight."
"Ya, so some of the guys are scared."
Faramir sighed
"Did you even think you should be scared?"
"I don't think about being scared. It makes me get scared."
"Well, I wish you good luck and I hope to see you again. Alive hopefully."
"Don't worry, I'll be back, even if my own horse has to drag me back."
"Not funny."
"Who said I was being funny?"
"I couldn't live with myself if you died."
"Don't put any pressure on me. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'll see you in oh, say 2 days?"
He nodded
When I left, I went to the Head Herb Dude.
"Hey Herb Dude. I got a job for you."
I handed him a note, then ran off to gear up Aracaran.
End of Chapter
Boring, I know, sorry.
I'm going to write an alternate ending, so don't worry. ;)