Dropped Into Where???
Disclaimer:
Me- Ok, so... shuffles papers where is it? Damn, damn, damn...
Cassy- Sorry 'bout that, she lost her homework. Anyway, neither of us owns anything to do with LotR. Except Shadowwind and Stardust, but Em made them up, so they don't count.
Me- Aha! My grade is saved! And now for the disclaimer!
Cassy- I just did it.
Me- O_O
Cassy- =D
Chapter 6: Edoras
We reached the steam without mishap, and I dismounted. Cassy managed to slide off her horse and crawl to the stream by herself, leaving me to get the horses situated.
I tied the mare a little way from the stream and the gelding right at the waterfront. Then I went and sat by Cass.
She stopped drinking for a second when I sat, looked at me, and then went back to drinking the streamwater from her cupped hands.
I looked at her. "Feeling better?"
She snorted into her cupped hands.
"I'll take that as a yes."
She sat up and looked at me for a second, then her gaze fell on the mare. "What's her name?" she asked, nodding her head at the horse.
"I don't know, she's yours, so you name her."
"What the hell am I 'sposed to name her?"
"You're asking me? She's your mount!"
She looked at me again. "Damn you and your common sense," she muttered.
I grinned. One of my specialties is annoying people.
She stood with a groan and a hand up and walked over to the mare. The mare in turn raised her head and looked at her with one dark eye.
"Hmm," Cass muttered. "Racer's build, but not.... What do you think? Really. Tell me what you think I should name her."
"Stardust. Where the hell that came from, I don't know."
"Well, she's an appaloosa, so it sorta makes sense. Like, light colored dots on her that look like some sort of dust?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"I like one of your ideas for once." Cass pulled a face. "Now I'm scared."
I laughed.
We sat for a minute not saying anything. I sighed and got to my feet. "We'd best get going. We need daylight to see by."
She groaned and got to her feet, one hand flying to her back. I helped her mount Stardust, and then mounted Shadowwind.
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2 days later, while riding, she spotted something on the horizon. How she did that, I will never know. Because though we had plenty of water, there was nothing edible.
"What's that?" she asked suddenly, pointing at a small lump on the edge of our field of vision.
I rode up behind her and looked out to where she was pointing. "I dunno. Want to find out?"
"Yeah," she muttered. "Anything is better than this wasteland."
I tried to laugh, but it came out as a hoarse rasp. "Damn. My voice is going."
She looked at me in alarm. She knew that when my voice went, it didn't come back for a while. A long while.
"Then shut up," she advised.
I canted my head in agreement.
She kicked Stardust into a canter, and Shadowwind followed suit.
............................................................................................................
We were close enough to see what the thing that had been on the horizon clearly by nightfall. It was a large city, situated on a hill/cliff, overlooking a long valley.
"Recognize anything?" I rasped out of my sore throat.
She looked at me. "Didn't I tell you to keep your mouth shut? And yes of course I recognize it. That's Edoras!"
I grinned, and she sighed again and rode up to the gate.
A/N: Once again, weird chap, I know, don't bother telling me. I have been informed. Review! And suggest to other people!
Anyway, thanks to my reviewers:
SpiderSquirrel: If you have paid any attention, I have had far too much time on my hands and spend almost all my free time writing. No offense, but you just read a new chapter, right?
Puka-Shells: Cass, I know you're real, I talk to you all the time. And you know why you fell asleep on watch, so don't bug me any more.
Ladyof Rivendell: Patience. Patience. They'll come in in a few chapters. Or less. I'm not sure yet.
Disclaimer:
Me- Ok, so... shuffles papers where is it? Damn, damn, damn...
Cassy- Sorry 'bout that, she lost her homework. Anyway, neither of us owns anything to do with LotR. Except Shadowwind and Stardust, but Em made them up, so they don't count.
Me- Aha! My grade is saved! And now for the disclaimer!
Cassy- I just did it.
Me- O_O
Cassy- =D
Chapter 6: Edoras
We reached the steam without mishap, and I dismounted. Cassy managed to slide off her horse and crawl to the stream by herself, leaving me to get the horses situated.
I tied the mare a little way from the stream and the gelding right at the waterfront. Then I went and sat by Cass.
She stopped drinking for a second when I sat, looked at me, and then went back to drinking the streamwater from her cupped hands.
I looked at her. "Feeling better?"
She snorted into her cupped hands.
"I'll take that as a yes."
She sat up and looked at me for a second, then her gaze fell on the mare. "What's her name?" she asked, nodding her head at the horse.
"I don't know, she's yours, so you name her."
"What the hell am I 'sposed to name her?"
"You're asking me? She's your mount!"
She looked at me again. "Damn you and your common sense," she muttered.
I grinned. One of my specialties is annoying people.
She stood with a groan and a hand up and walked over to the mare. The mare in turn raised her head and looked at her with one dark eye.
"Hmm," Cass muttered. "Racer's build, but not.... What do you think? Really. Tell me what you think I should name her."
"Stardust. Where the hell that came from, I don't know."
"Well, she's an appaloosa, so it sorta makes sense. Like, light colored dots on her that look like some sort of dust?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"I like one of your ideas for once." Cass pulled a face. "Now I'm scared."
I laughed.
We sat for a minute not saying anything. I sighed and got to my feet. "We'd best get going. We need daylight to see by."
She groaned and got to her feet, one hand flying to her back. I helped her mount Stardust, and then mounted Shadowwind.
............................................................................................................
2 days later, while riding, she spotted something on the horizon. How she did that, I will never know. Because though we had plenty of water, there was nothing edible.
"What's that?" she asked suddenly, pointing at a small lump on the edge of our field of vision.
I rode up behind her and looked out to where she was pointing. "I dunno. Want to find out?"
"Yeah," she muttered. "Anything is better than this wasteland."
I tried to laugh, but it came out as a hoarse rasp. "Damn. My voice is going."
She looked at me in alarm. She knew that when my voice went, it didn't come back for a while. A long while.
"Then shut up," she advised.
I canted my head in agreement.
She kicked Stardust into a canter, and Shadowwind followed suit.
............................................................................................................
We were close enough to see what the thing that had been on the horizon clearly by nightfall. It was a large city, situated on a hill/cliff, overlooking a long valley.
"Recognize anything?" I rasped out of my sore throat.
She looked at me. "Didn't I tell you to keep your mouth shut? And yes of course I recognize it. That's Edoras!"
I grinned, and she sighed again and rode up to the gate.
A/N: Once again, weird chap, I know, don't bother telling me. I have been informed. Review! And suggest to other people!
Anyway, thanks to my reviewers:
SpiderSquirrel: If you have paid any attention, I have had far too much time on my hands and spend almost all my free time writing. No offense, but you just read a new chapter, right?
Puka-Shells: Cass, I know you're real, I talk to you all the time. And you know why you fell asleep on watch, so don't bug me any more.
Ladyof Rivendell: Patience. Patience. They'll come in in a few chapters. Or less. I'm not sure yet.
