The next morning arrived, the morning I was dreading. I quickly got a shower and ate breakfast before anyone else was up. I put on black trousers, and my white shirt. I put the belt Elrond had given me, and the sword around my waist. Then Pippin came in, holding a green cloak.
"Morning," he greeted.
"Same to you," I said as I looked at myself in the mirror. I had pulled my hair back into a pony tail, Pippin handed me his extra cloak, and I put it on.
"Just the right size," he said, looking at it.
"Yes, indeed," I said, then suddenly Elrond entered the room and Pippin quickly left.
"Alisa, it is either this or Pippin's idea in sending you to The Shire," Elrond said as he put a hand on my shoulder, as I looked at the mirror.
"I just hope I survive," I whispered.
"Listen to me Alisa, stay near Aragorn, Boromir or Legolas." He said. "Do not leave their side; there are far more worse things out there. Do you understand what I am telling Alisa?"
"Yes," I said.
"Good, everyone is out in the court yard. They are all most ready to leave," and with that he was gone. I looked at my reflection one last time, and then made my way out to the court yards. Everyone stared at me as I made my way.
"Everyone ready," Gandalf asked. Everyone nodded their heads, then everyone started walking, their start their journey. But I stayed back, taking in Rivendell as much as I could.
"Alisa," Aragorn yelled to me. I ran up to the back of the group and we started out.
"We must hold this course west of the Misty Mountains for forty days. If our luck holds, the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us, and from there our road turns east to Mordor" I heard Gandalf explain our route. The green hills where nothing like I had seen before. The walking was rough; I walked next to the hobbits that seemed like I could talk to them for hours.
"Alisa, what happened in your past," the young hobbit Merry asked. I looked at him, wondering how he could know. "I know you hide a past that is horrible." I looked at Legolas, who seemed to be listening but could hide it very well.
"Nothing as bad as you think, my dear friend," I said, Merry looked at me with disbelief.
"We shall stop here on these rocks." Gandalf announced. I walked over to a little rock and sat down, Frodo and Sam sat next to me on both sides, staring at me at first. Then Frodo finally spoke.
"Alisa, can I ask you a few questions," Frodo asked.
"Sure, anything,"
"Have you ever fell in love," he asked, I saw my brother out of the corner of my eye smile. Legolas who stood on a rock, looking out into the distance turned to look at me.
"Once, at home," was all I said.
"What happened" Sam asked.
"Lots of things," I said, looking out into the distance. "I thought I was in love but I really wasn't. Aragorn had set me up with someone, always trying to help. He was a ranger, two years older than me. He was everything I wanted, and a little more that I did not."
"Was that your only love," Frodo asked.
"Yes, after what happened…." Then I stopped, I did not know these people, and I was telling them my past.
"I am sorry," Frodo said, "I am sorry for asking too many questions. I just wanted to get to know you." I looked at him, into his pleading eyes, pleading with me to forgive him. I smiled at him, and he smiled back.
"All is forgiven." I said, Sam began to prepare our food, while Merry, Pippin and Boromir had a sword fight lesson. Aragorn would sit and smoke, throw in his own words of fighting.
I stayed where I was on the little rock. Suddenly someone walked up next to me.
"Mind if I sit with you Lady Alisa," I heard Legolas says.
"Sure and just Alisa." I said.
"Why do you not like lady," he asked. My brother turned around and looked at us both.
"She does not act like a lady," he said.
"Yes I do, even if I don't act the way you think I should," I yelled.
"She fights with a sword, gets dirty, she only shows her manners at feasts," he laughed.
'Don't listen to him, he knows nothing," I said to Legolas.
"I am always trying to help, Lady Alisa," my brother said mocking me.
"You're always trying to help." I yelled at him, he turned around, putting his full attention back to Merry and Pippin. I let out a sigh, as my mind began to wonder back to my home.
"What troubles you Alisa," Legolas asked.
"Can not wait to go home," I said.
"We just got here, now you want to go home," Gandalf asked.
"Yes, I do not belong out here. I should have taken Pippins advice and gone to the Shire." I said.
"Yes good thinking Alisa. Black Riders surround that area. You would be caught and killed.' Aragorn yelled to me. I looked at him, anger in my eyes.
"Can you just shut up for a few minutes?"
"If anyone were to ask my opinion, which I note they're not, I would say we're taking the long way round! Gandalf, we could pass through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome!" I heard Gimli say. Then all of a sudden Pippin let out a cry and before I knew it the two small hobbits where attacking Boromir. Quickly Legolas jumped up and ran to a rock, looking out to what seemed to be clouds.
" It's moving fast, against the wind." Boromir yelled.
"Crebain from Dunland" Legolas said.
"Hide," I heard my brother say. Everyone started gathering their things and hiding. Legolas grabbed my hand and pulled me under a tree as Crebain appeared.
"Spies of Saruman. The passage south is being watched. We must take the pass of Caradhras." Gandalf informed everyone. I looked up at the snowy mountain, I did not do well in the cold.
I walked close to Legolas, he had his arm around me trying to keep me warm. I didn't care who it was next to me, as long as I was getting warm.
"What is wrong with Alisa," I heard Merry ask, concern in his voice.
"She does not do well with cold, do not worry she will be fine," my brother said. Then suddenly Frodo fell and rolled down the mountain. We both stopped to look as my brother picked him up, Frodo searched for his ring, but Boromir picked it up first. Legolas and I where to far away to her the conversation. But I saw the fear in Frodo's eyes, and the anger in my brothers. Boromir finally gave over the ring and Aragorn took his grip off of his sword.
"Come, we must continue," Gandalf said.
The walk on the mountain was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Legolas seemed to differ; he walked on the snow, as graceful as can be. Then suddenly lightning striked the top of the mountain, snow pilled on all of us.
I gasped for air but snow went into my mouth instead. I couldn't breathe, the cold was taking over me, and I soon felt like I was leaving this world. Everything began to fade, and I could do nothing to stop it. Suddenly a pair of strong hands pulled me out of the snow, and the last thing I saw was Legolas and my brothers' face before everything went white.
"Alisa I will always protect you," Aragorn said, but Alisa just looked at him.
"You did not help me that one night," she yelled, her voice cracking.
"And for that, I will never forgive myself…."
My eyes flashed open and I tried to figure out where I was. It was not cold out, but very warm. I could not figure out why I remembered that sudden memory.
"Alisa," I heard a very familiar voice say. "Alisa, talk to me." My vision cleared, and I saw my brothers caring eyes looking into mine.
"Where…what"
"You where stuck in the snow. Legolas found you and pulled you out. We thought it was to late…" my brother said, one single tear fell from his eyes. The tear landed on my cheek, and I touched it. At that very moment it felt like my strength came back to me.
"I am fine," I said as I sat up.
"We are all glad you're ok," my brother said. I felt like all the life had been sucked out of me, I could not feel anything, I could not feel hope, love, or even the will to live.
"Why does she look like that, master Frodo," I heard Pippin ask.
"Yes Alisa, what is wrong," my brother asked, everyones attention was suddenly drawn to me. "You have that look in your eyes."
"What look," I asked.
"The look that you have given up. Do not give up Alisa."
"I given up years ago Aragorn," I yelled, I did not care at that moment who heard me. "I gave up when mom died, I gave up when you where not there."
"Alisa, that was not my fault," he said, "and you know it."
"I do not have faith anymore. I can not feel to hope, or love, I do no feel the need to live anymore…"
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