Disclaimer: Lori is mine; Legolas and Haldir are Tolkiens, savvy? Oh, I think the Sheep thing is from another fanfic story. It's not my idea.
This is my first story. Please tell me if you like
Chapter 47
Elrond stood up and said,
" Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you've been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom," he then turned to a hobbit and said, " Bring forth the Ring, Frodo.
A hobbit stood up and put the Ring on a stone pedestal in the middle of everyone. Once he set the Ring down everyone started talking.
Just like in the movie, thought Lori. When the hobbit sat down everyone was done talking. Everyone was looking at the Ring very hard.
" It is a gift," said Boromir standing up, " A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use the Ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor…"
"Been a sucky Steward," thought Lori.
"… Kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him."
" This guy is driving me nuts," Lori whispered to Legolas.
" You can not wield it. None of us can," said Aragorn, " The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master."
" And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" asked Boromir.
" Someone set this thing straight," Lori whispered to herself.
" This is no mere Ranger." Said Legolas standing up, " He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance."
Boromir looked at Aragorn in disbelief and said,
" Aragorn. This is Isildur's heir?"
" And heir to the throne of Gondor." Said Legolas. Then everyone looked at Aragorn in disbelief.
" Havo dad, Legolas," said Aragorn. Before Legolas sat down, Boromir looked at him and said,
" Gondor has no king," then looks at Aragorn, " Gondor needs no king," and then sat down, Legolas did also.
" Good job," Lori said to Legolas.
" Aragorn is right. We cannot use it," said Gandalf.
" You have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed," said Elrond.
" What are we waiting for?" asked a dwarf who stood up with his axe and tried to destroy the Ring but it only shattered his axe and threw him back.
" The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin, by any craft we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom, only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this," said Elrond.
" Why didn't he just say that?" asked Lori.
There was a long pause and the Boromir, once again speaking out and said,
" One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. The Great Eye is ever-watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, and ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with 10,000 men could you do this. It is folly."
Party pooper! Thought Lori giving him dirty looks
" Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Ring must be destroyed," said Legolas.
" And I suppose you think you are the one to do it!" shouted Gimli.
" And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?" asked Boromir.
Major party pooper!
" I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an elf!" shouted Gimli.
That just set off a major fight. Lori was sitting in her chair watching it all go off. She had nothing to say, except to Boromir, but she would do that later. She watched Gandalf get up and fight and watched Legolas fight with the dwarfs, which was rather fun to watch. All they needed was a boxing ring with Jell-O in it and then would it be up to Lori's standards.
Just then the hobbit stood up and said,
" I will take it." No one listened.
" I will take it," he said again. This time people started listening.
" I will take the ring to Mordor. Though, I do not know the way."
Gandalf went over to Frodo and said,
" I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it's yours to bear."
Aragorn stood up and said,
" If by my life or death I can protect you I will," he went over to him and knelt, " You have my sword."
" And you have my bow," said Legolas, going over to stand by Frodo.
" And I come with him," said Lori.
No, said Legolas in elfish.
Legolas, I can shoot an arrow farther than you can, and I know things you don't so I suggest you let me come, Lori said right back in elfish.
" And my ax," said Gimli.
" You carry the fates of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done," said Boromir.
" Hey!" shouted someone from behind the bushes, " Frodo's not going anywhere without me." Said the hobbit.
" It is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret Council and you are not," said Elrond.
Then two more hobbits ran out and said,
" We're coming too!" they ran over to Frodo and said, " You'll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us," said the one of the hobbits. Then the other one said,
" Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission. Quest. Thing."
" Well that rules you out Pip," said the first one.
" Ten companions," said Elrond, " So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring."
" Great!" said the not so smart hobbit, " Where are we going?"
" Okay, I'm not that dumb!" said Lori.
They all looked at Lori and then Boromir said,
" A She-Elf on the Quest? This is a mans work."
" What, for a man like you?"
" Yes."
" Okay, Capitan Underwear, you need to know a thing about me. Nothing, not even you can get in my way of doing, or going where I want, I don't take crap from anyone like you, and please take a bath before you go on this mission. Because you smell," said Lori.
