Disclaimer: I have put a song in this chapter; it is one of my favorite songs. It was sung by Lee Ann Womack, The song's title is I Hope You Dance.
Trouble-15: This one is a little longer than most of my chapters, but it shows alot, and you all have your couragous sorcerous back. Please remember to review.
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As they watched the trees go by Leobelia sang softly to the hobbits that sat in the small boat with her. Sam and Frodo had agreed to row if she would sing to them. Her voice was loud enough for the others to here and the listened also. Her voice was not like most elves; her voice was soft and had a high and low range. Most other elves were loud but could sing well. Legolas was the first to notice this in her voice.
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking,
Loving might be a mistake but it's worth making,
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to selling out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance…
Even with Leobelia singing there was still an eerie feeling in the air. Aragorn watched the shore lines as though there was something there.
"That was wonderful, Leobelia!" Merry smiled when Leobelia stopped singing.
"It is a song my father taught me when I was younger, it is a song of hope. My father said that a friend of his wrote it and he wanted to see how I would sound singing it. So I did, and next thing I know I was performing for the elfish council, I was very nervous, but I did very well. Even the strongest people are afraid of something, death doesn't bother me, but standing in front of older elves and singing does." Leobelia confessed. It was more like a joke for all five in the boat were giggling cheerfully.
When they reached shore Boromir walked into the woods to find dead tree limbs for a fire. Aragorn cleaned his weapons, and Legolas looked around tensely. He could feel the presence of other life, evil life, and he did not feel secure.
"Aragorn we should go to the other side now." Legolas did not ask he sounded more like he was commanding.
"Orcs watch over the other shores, we will wait for the cover of night to slip over." Aragorn explained calmly as he continued to clean his sword.
"It is not the orcs I am afraid of, there are worse thing in this forest, for I can feel them." Legolas said looking into the forest.
Aragorn looked up also but did not respond to his companion.
Leobelia practiced with her new power. She playfully splashed water at Sam and Merry as they sat under a rock. The orb around her neck now let her control water, so she used this power to make small amounts of water spray towards the two halflings, who laughed and hid from the water. Leobelia smiled and continued to practice, for she too felt the evil aura that wondered through the forest. She knew she must learn to control the orbs before anything happened.
Pippin walked back towards the camp that they had set up, his hands full of small twigs and bark. He looked around the camp to see that everyone was there.
"Where is Frodo?" He asked, his voice did not sound concerned but confused.
Legolas and Aragorn both disregard their earlier thoughts, Aragorn noticed that Boromir was also gone and knew that Boromir's weakness to the ring would cause trouble. He and Legolas quickly ran into the forest to find Boromir and Frodo. Leobelia looked at the hobbits.
"You may want to get up and help look, keep your weapons, for I feel that something bad is going to happen." Her eyes showed her worry for Frodo. The hobbits simply nodded and they all went into the forest.
Frodo had just run away from Boromir who tried to take the ring from him. Frodo's heart sank as he thought about what he had to do to keep the others safe.
"I must leave." He said to himself as he walked through the forest.
"Frodo, you should not run off like that!" Aragon walked over to the halfling. Frodo backed away from Aragorn as he came closer.
"Aragorn you would not take the ring from me would you?" Frodo's eyes showed fear and weariness. His hand opened revealing the Ring of Power, Frodo seemed to offer it to Aragorn with no question, but Aragorn had not interest in taking it, for he knew Frodo had agreed to carry it and he would not give up that easily.
"No Frodo, but I would have followed you to the end." Aragorn knelt down in front of Frodo closing Frodo's hand around the ring. Frodo nodded and smiled, happy that Aragorn understood what he was feeling. Aragorn's eyes shot towards the statue that they were behind.
"Go Frodo, take the ring to Mordor, and do not look back!" He said as he stood to face the pack of Uruk-hai, orcs and goblins, Frodo ran into the woods away from the fight. Aragorn drew his sword ready to defend Frodo with his life. The Uruk-hai, orcs and goblins charged forward at the man standing in front of them. The battle began.
Legolas, Gimli and Leobelia soon followed in Aragorn's footsteps, each on fighting the Uruk-hai, Leobelia used her Earth orb, and the water orb was no use to her since the river was so far away she could not summon it. She lifted her hands causing the trees to lift their roots, with a wave of her hand the trees sent their roots flying into the armies of orcs that came at them. Then she shut her eyes and put her hands above her head, a large ball of light appeared in her hands and she opened her eyes and threw the light at the orcs. Even with her power Leobelia had Uruk-hai, and goblins get past her and into the forest after Frodo.
While they were fighting the Uruk-hai, and orcs the four companions could hear a horn.
"The horn of Gondor, Boromir is in trouble!" Aragon yelled as he sliced off another orc's head. Leobelia made another ball of energy and finished off the last pack that was there.
"Let's go then!" She shouted as she ran towards the sound pulling out her bow and arrow and shooting at the orcs that came after her as she ran towards the battle that Boromir was fighting.
Boromir had found Merry and Pippin and now was protecting them from the orcs, and Uruk-hai that were coming after them. He once again blew the horn for help. He had already slaughtered fifty orcs and more poured over the hill.
As Boromir fought the leader of the Uruk-hai drew his bow and arrow aiming for the man who was protecting the halflings. His arrow hit the man in the stomach, but much to the Uruk-hai's surprise the man continued to fight. The Uruk-hai fired three more times, hitting Boromir in the chest and shoulder. Finally he fell to his knees. The orcs grabbed the hobbits that stood watch and continued to flee from the battle. The leader Uruk-hai walked over to Boromir to finish his job, but before he could strike him Aragorn jumped out of the near by trees and tackled the Uruk-hai to the ground. Legolas and Leobelia fought the orcs that tried to kill Boromir while Aragorn fought the leader. Finally Aragorn beheaded his opponent and ran over to Boromir.
Boromir's skin was turning ghostly white and blood trickled down his lips. Aragorn wrapped his fingers around the arrow to pull it out, but Boromir stopped him.
"No Aragorn, let me die in peace, but promise me that you will not let Gondor fall." Boromir coughed as he spoke. Aragorn's eyes became watery as he nodded. Leobelia ran over to the two men.
"Move you fool!" She pushed Aragorn off of Boromir and placed her hand over the arrow in his chest.
"Leave me!" Boromir said as his eyes met with hers he could see she was not going to give him up.
"Boromir do you want to save Gondor or not? Do as I say when I pull the arrow out breathe in as deeply as you can!" Leobelia's body began to glow a golden color as she gripped the end of the arrow, Boromir merely nodded. When Leobelia pulled the arrow out Boromir sucked in all he could, but the air he sucked in was not from the air around him but from Leobelia, who breathed into his mouth, her breath contained a golden essence that healed up Boromir's wound from the inside out. She did this twice more healing his other wounds. Then Leobelia fell off to the side of Boromir, her skin became pale when she hit the ground. Legolas ran over to her lifting her off the ground.
"Leobelia, Leobelia please wake up!" Legolas cried out, his voice sounding desperate.
"Stop shaking me and I will!" Leobelia said putting her hands against his chest to keep him from shaking her any more. She coughed slightly and sat up, placing her hand on her head. All four of the males there looked at her astonished.
"What did you do?" Aragorn asked looking at Boromir whose color began to return to his face.
"I gave his some of my energy, this helped him heal faster than he normally would and kept him alive, but now I feel sick, and we may have to rest a while." Leobelia said her eyes dazed as she fell back into the leaves again. Legolas caught her and placed her head on his lap, his face gleaming from his smile.
"The orcs took Merry and Pippin!" Boromir realized.
"We will go after them later; right now we must get your savior back to health." Aragorn said as he stood up, Legolas knew that they would have to take her back to camp so he picked Leobelia up and walked back towards the camp, Leobelia complaining.
"I'm fine we can continue I am sure I will get my energy back by the time we catch up to the pack of Uruk-hai." Her hands waving in the air trying to make Legolas drop her, her attempts failed.
They rested for about two hours, allowing Leobelia to eat and take a small nap before they continued on the trail of their comrades. Aragorn explained to all of them that Frodo had gone to Mordor with Sam on their own. Leobelia lectured him on how he made a bad decision, but gave up after he stopped listening.
They traveled for three days, on foot, without rest. On the fourth day, a red sun lit the sky, Leobelia and Legolas thought the same thing, blood had been spilled that night. As they continued to travel toward Isengard and Rohan, they found a group of horsemen from Rohan.
At first Aragorn pushed the others and himself behind a large rock to hind themselves from whatever was coming that way. After the horsemen had passed down the hill Aragorn stood and walked out onto the hill calling the horsemen back to him.
"Riders of Rohan!" Aragorn yelled. The leader of the group lifted his hand telling the others to go back.
Soon the companions were surrounded by horses and men, spears pointed towards them.
"Good thinking Aragorn." Leobelia sighed sarcastically.
The leader of the horsemen rode up to the group of companions, he looked down upon the strange group.
"What does two men, an elf, a dwarf, and a…" His sentence was cut off when he looked at Leobelia, her beauty catching him by surprise. Leobelia could not hide the smirk coming on her face.
"I am a sorceress, and we are looking for our friends, they are hobbits." she explained her eyes glinting with humor. The leader's eyes were drawn off of Leobelia's beauty when Aragorn spoke.
"They would look like mere children to your eyes. They were captured by a band of orcs." Aragorn's eyes lit up when the man nodded.
"We saw a group of orcs headed for Rohan, but we killed everything that was there." His head bowed in sorrow for the group. "You seemed troubled young rider, what has happened in Rohan that has bothered you so much?" Leobelia's eyes were now full of wisdom, this was no time for her to be playful, something troubled these men and she knew it had to do with the King of Rohan. The man looked down at her in shock.
"We have had some problems with the king's advisor, and we have been banned from Rohan, I will warn you now, King Theoden can not recognize friend from foe, not even his own kin." The rider took off his helmet; it showed a man with blonde hair, and brown eyes.
Aragon's eyes got big as he looked at the man, but he kept his mouth shut.
"Take these horses; let them lead you to better fortunes." The man pulled up three horses, one black, one brown, and one white. Aragorn nodded in thanks as they group of horsemen rode off into the hills, Aragorn mounted the brown horse, Legolas mounted the white horse, and Boromir mounted the black horse, leaving Gimli and Leobelia to decide who to ride with. Leobelia looked up at the three males on the horses, her green eyes passed over each one, and then a mischievous smile appeared on her face. She walked over to the white horse, Legolas put out a hand to help her on, but she just stopped by the horse.
"Move back, I'm driving." Leobelia said pulling herself onto the horse pushing Legolas back in the saddle. Aragorn simply smiled and pulled Gimli onto the back of his horse. Then once Leobelia was ready they rode off to look for their friends, despair filling their hearts as they got closer to the battle field, the riders had piled the bodies and burned them, so when they go to the site their first place to look was the bones left from the fire. They each looked while Legolas spoke elfish chants to let their souls pass to better places.
"Look at this Aragorn, Hobbit tracks! They are headed towards the forest!" Leobelia yelled as she followed the tracks. A surge of hope shot through her heart as she followed them up to a forest, she stopped abruptly when she saw the forest.
"Fangon Forest, that forest contains magic which not even I can over come, I fear for our friends." Leobelia said as she looked into the forest.
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Trouble-15: Well looks like there is still nine members of the fellowship alive, I am not going to tell Frodo's story, we all know what happens while he is traveling, also this is a Legolas and Leobelia story. This also had a little comedy in it, hope you enjoyed. Please review!!