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Summary: Two friends and myself end-up in Middle-Earth and meet the fellowship. Might have some romance.
Review ResponseLaer4573: Thanks for the review on chapter Four. You're the first one to do so.
Important A/N – My twin came up with the idea and the basic plotline. This is a different version of her story, 'Children and Fellowships written under the pen name Nathalia Potter. All credit goes her.
High school girls and Fellowships.Chapter Five
At the city of Minas Tirith
I resisted the urge to swear. It was a very tempting idea, but given the circumstances it was vastly inappropriate.
My deranged twin had somehow managed to see the letter that I had written this morning, and hadn't stopped asking when/if I would be getting a proposal after this war was ended, it was now midday and still Natasha kept asking, Sophie eventually managed to get me spared from any farther questions by asking Boromir (who was a bit upset with his father about sending Faramir to re-take the city of Osgilieth when it was now overrun by orcs.) if he would be so kind as to show the two of us around the city, he agreed and we managed to get away before Natasha found us.
When we reached the cities market place it really didn't take Boromir very long to realize that taking a pair of teenage girls shopping is one of the worst mistakes that can be made by the population of male species, after Sophie and I had spent twenty five minutes in the clothes shop, twenty minutes in the hair accessories shop (there is only so much that you can do with a hair elastic and my hair was now waist-length, instead of going just past the shoulders like it had been a month and a half ago, also the scar that I used to have was now gone as well as all of my freckles, and my skin was now a bit of a snowy color instead of it's former peachy color.), forty eight minutes in the bookstore, and a few minutes in a weapons shop (Boromir decided to buy two swords for Sophie and I because Sophie had wanted to learn how to use one since the challenge between Gimli and I during our stay in Lothlorion, and Boromir had agreed to teach her, so that if/when Sauron attacked, Sophie and I would at least be able to defend ourselves.) we asked Boromir if he would please show us the jewelry store that we had passed earlier, when we got there our eyes lit up at the sight of all the things on display, (the shop owner gave Boromir a sympathetic look.) after a few minutes Sophie and I saw two sets of jewelry that really got our attention.
Sophie was now looking at a set of yellow jasper, consisting of a bracelet of diamond shaped sparkling yellow stones set into silver and linked together, and a necklace of three stones, the middle hanging vertical, flanked by a horizontal one on each side.
My attention was captivated by a necklace of silver and sparkling crystal, set in groups of six to resemble flowers and with matching earrings.
While we were trying on the jewelry I noticed a necklace made of silver with silver pendent shaped like the white tree of Gondor (In actual life, not as it was stylized on armor and banners) and a silver bracelet.
I looked at Sophie and whispered into her ear, Boromir seemed to have over heard what we were saying because he asked the shop owner if he could buy the sets of jewelry that we had been looking at much to the shock and amazement of the shop owner, who already thought that the Stewards heir had either made a dreadful mistake by taking Sophie and I shopping or had gone crazy (altogether the jewelry that we bought cost fifty gold coins each, because the jewelry sets came with matching headbands.), when Sophie asked why he had bought all three sets Boromir answered "When you girls were trying on the first two sets of jewelry they looked stunning and I couldn't resist, as for the third set, I heard what the two of you were talking about, and besides, since I have tried everything else to put Eomer of Rohan in a state of shock so why not try that set of jewelry on Lady Natasha." I looked at Sophie and smiled "Natasha will really look beautiful wearing this, and who knows maybe the next time Eomer sees her the jewelry will get him to open up his eyes and admit that he's smitten with her." I said, all three of us laughed, then Boromir continued, "And speaking of being smitten, Lady Sally, when we get back to the citadel may I tell you something that Legolas told me while we were still at Edoras, apparently he was trying to gather the courage to tell you himself, but was having trouble finding it.
When we returned and made sure that Natasha was not within hearing range, I asked Boromir if he would now reveal to Sophie and I what Legolas had told him, Boromir smiled "Legolas had just received a letter from his father, who said that he would only give his blessing if Legolas founded his own realm or colony, and I told him about the woods of Ithilien which are patrolled by my brother Faramir and the rangers of Gondor, and that it might be possible for him to start a colony of elves there once the shadow has departed forever, and after that all he would have to do would be to buy you some kind of ring."
I smiled "Well then, let us hope that Natasha doesn't find out about this." I answered.
Back at Edoras
Legolas was walking down the halls to the room that had been lent to him when he, Aragorn, Gimli, Gandalf, Eomer, and King Theoden had returned from Isngaurd.
Upon entering Legolas saw a letter addressed to him laying on his desk, after opening the letter Legolas read.
Dear Legolas. Said the letter
It has only been a few days since we parted, and yet not one hour goes by that I miss you like the earth misses the rain in the middle of summer.
As you said in your letter that Eomer is becoming blind, Sophie and I have been trying to think of ways to get him to open his eyes and admit that he is smitten with her, but nothing has worked yet (although Sophie has managed to get Boromir to try and help us in succeeding.
Natasha is being annoying and refusing to say anything about whether or not there is anything between them, and threatened to hit Boromir if he mentioned it again.
Natasha also asked that I convey her love and greetings to everyone, most especially Eomer and Eowyn. (See how that goes down!)
However I am straying from the topic, which is naught but that I love you and that I miss you.
All my love.
Sally.
Legolas looked up from reading the letter to see Aragorn, Gimli, Eomer, and Justin all looking at him, all four of them had different facial expressions, Aragorn was trying to hide a smile, Gimli had a expression that clearly said that Legolas would not be hearing the end of this anytime soon, Eomer was looking highly embarrassed, and Justin looked as though he was trying to decide who to threaten first; Legolas or Eomer.
Any reactions that might or would have resulted in some kind of fight were driven out of their minds since Eowyn came to inform them that Rohan was summoned to the aid of Gondor, except that Justin and Carina had to stay at Edoras with the woman and children (Legolas and Eomer had to work very hard to conceal the relief that they felt after hearing this. They had enough to worry about for now withoutreceiving any death threats from Justin.)
Just before they left Edoras, Carina gave Legolas a parcel to put in Arod's saddle bag telling him to "give it to Sally when you next see her, it's something that she keeps for formal occasions."
A few hours later
As the riders of Rohan arrived at the encampment where the Rohirrim were to muster, Aragorn heard the last few verses of a whispered argument that Legolas and Gimli were having, he wasn't paying attention for most of it, but Aragorn found that the last few lines were quite amusing, because the last few bits of the argument were Gimli saying, "If that lass means so much to you then why haven't you given her a ring yet." Followed by Legolas answering, "One: because I have yet to get one for her. Two: I very much doubt that she would believe it if I asked her by writing it in a letter, also my father will not give me his blessing unless I founded my own realm or colony. Three: I don't know what kind of ring she would like. Four: I would like to wait until the shadow has departed forever. So I will just have to wait until I see her again, now won't I."
Aragorn decided that it would be a good idea to stop the argument before it got worse.
Once Legolas and Gimli stopped they began to set up their tents, after they did so Aragorn asked Legolas if they could talk for a moment, when they were out of hearing range Aragorn asked Legolas "So what kind of ring was it that you were planning to give Lady Sally when the shadow has departed forever?" Legolas suddenly found the sky very interesting "Aragorn, please don't tell the dwarf about this, because if he does find out then we both know that I will never hear the end of it, but I was planning to ask her if she would consent to be my wife when this war has ended." Legolas answered.
Aragorn smiled "You know Legolas, her cousin Carina told me before we left that Lady Sally's favorite color is blue, so when you get her a ring why not get her a ring with a stone of such coloring set in it?"Back in Mirkwood
In the halls of Mirkwoods royal palace King Thranduil was in his study taking care of some of the paper work that seemed to never end, when there was a knock on the door, after telling the elf on the other side of the door to come in the door of his study opened to reveal the messenger that he had sent to deliver a message to his son.
After the messenger left Thranduil opened the letter and started to read the message that Legolas had written.
Dear Father. Said the letter.
I am most thankful that you answered my letter and I am amazed that you are acting like Lord Elrond, seeing as both you and he absolutely despise one another.
But going back to the main topic: I wanted to know, as you are the only one of our family still in Arda that has ever proposed or asked a lady to become your queen, is there any advice that you may wish to pass onto your dear son, who has absolutely no idea on what to do? Also, do ladies prefer a certain design or setting on engagement rings, or must the males try to find one and hope for the best?
Your son
Legolas Greenleaf Thranduilion.
Thranduil shook his head. Where was his wife when he needed her? That was a rhetorical question, as she had been killed by orcs many years ago. Why was it, whenever someone decided to marry that someone always went to their parents asking for help either; on finding a ring, or advice on how to propose to the elleth they wanted to marry.
True it had taken him nearly half a millennia after he started to court his departed wife, to ask Legolas's mother, Laure, if she would be his wife and Queen, but that was beside the point.
Thranduil sighed, if his wife were able to see him now from the Halls of Mandos (which she probably could.) then Laure would be laughing hysterically, and if she were still here in middle-earth then she most likely would not stop teasing him about it for months.
The point was; King Thranduil had never met the lady who had stolen his son's heart, (although he certainly hoped that the Lady in question was not like all the other maiden's who were always trying to gain his son's favor.) and therefore had no idea of how his son should ask for the Lady's hand.
What he did know however was this; the proposal had better be good.
Females were notoriously finicky about such things and it normally took an hour for them to stop giggling and another thirty minutes for them to give you a straight answer.
After Thranduil wrote a letter to go back to his son, telling him exactly that, and asking his son if he could give him, in his return letter, a description on exactly what his one day-to-be daughter-in-law was like, then the king of Mirkwood went back to brooding.
In the city of Minas Tirith
"Tell me this Boromir, tell me this why on middle-earth are you teaching Lady Sophie how to use a sword? What chance is there of her ever to need to use one, answer me that question." Lord Denethor ranted at his heir after finding out from one of the city guards that his first-born was teaching Sophie how to fight.
Outside the hall of kings the tower guards were listening to the argument coming from inside and desperately trying not to laugh. It really was none of their business, but to be honest, such confrontations between members of the steward's family were often better than any theatre comedy.
Better yet, at least one of them could be counted upon to say something stupid. When the tower guards heard Boromir's, which really didn't need to be repeated, reply the ones who did not have the job of guarding the white tree raced back to the guardhouse and instantly collapsing into fits of hysterical laughter.
The rest would have to make do with holding onto their spears to remain standing.
Meanwhile.
Boromir was trying to come up with a way to make his father stop yelling and was saved from any more of his father's shouting by Sophie coming into the hall of kings to see what all the commotion that was being heard all around the citadel was about, it was only then that Denethor and Boromir heard the sound of hysterical laughter coming from the courtyard.
A few days later
Sophie, Natasha, Katerina, and I were having lunch with Boromir and his father when there was a commotion outside the hall, after we all ran out to the courtyard to see what the matter was (well Boromir, Sophie, Natasha who was carrying Katerina, and I ran. Denethor like all other Stewards, hastened.) We found a very badly wounded, and unconscious, Faramir being carried towards us on a stretcher.
Before Denethor started to despair, Sophie found a weak, but steady, pulse in Faramir and asked Boromir to help her with getting Faramir to the Houses of Healing, and then to get the soldiers of Gondor ready for battle.
While Boromir gathered the soldiers of Gondor Sophie, Katerina, Natasha, the woman and children of Gondor, Pippin and the boys who were able to fight but were to young to be counted as soldiers, and I, were led by Denethor down to a abandoned barn that led down to a secret ally-way (which had most likely been made for this kind of situation.) after making sure that we were all inside the barn, Denethor went back to fight in the battle that was already underway, about twenty minutes later the sound of the gates of Minas Tirith being smashed open reached our ears and the war-cries of Mordor orcs could be heard coming in our direction.
The next thing that we knew the orcs were almost outside the barn Natasha asked one of the grown up woman to start leading the rest of the group down the ally-way and told Katerina to go with them, then told Pippin to tell the boys to get ready for their first battle.
Only a few seconds later, at least fifty orcs burst in to the barn, I was impressed at how much Natasha had learned from Eowyn about how to use a sword (where as Sophie and I thanked the valar that Legolas and Boromir had taught us how to fight when they did,) as she, Pippin, and I attacked from behind the orcs, while Sophie and the boys attacked the orcs in the front ranks.
To say that the orcs were surprised would have been the understatement of the millennia. They were being fought by a Hobbit, three teenage girls, and about twenty boys all of whom were aged between seven and thirteen and all whom seemed utterly determined that if the orcs were going to try and kill them, then they would die fighting, or at least, in the boys' case, make their parents remember them as soldiers if they did get killed. (Natasha had remarked that their parents would be a lot prouder if they survived, and to get all thoughts of them dying out of their heads!) Luckily for us the orcs shock gave us a slight advantage, soon all of the orcs that had attacked us were lying on the ground dead, however our victory was short lived as we heard the sound of more orcs approaching, we quickly left the barn and made our way back to the rest of the group and hurriedly barricaded ourselves inside the stone house at the end of the ally-way.
After about a hour we heard the next band of orcs coming, quickly helping the woman and children to hide, Natasha, Sophie, Pippin, the young boys, and I got ready for our next battle, just as the door of our hiding place was smashed down we heard the sound of horns being blown in the distance.
Rohan's army had come.
Meanwhile we had our own troubles to worry about as the new orcs got inside one of them knocked my sword out of my hands dodging the blows that the orc sent me I saw a bow and a bundle of arrows to my left, grabbing the Bow and fitting an arrow to it I aimed at the orc that was fighting one of the boys and let go and much to my surprise the arrow actually killed the orc, as the number of orcs thinned out from seventy down to twenty-five I saw Natasha receive a rather deep cut from one of the orcs swords which caused her to pass out, that did it, to avoid making me angry you do not hurt my twin sister in any sort of way, telling the boys to get the rest of our group to a safer location, I started to show the orcs of Mordor just how close twins can be to one another, (and what can happen if you hurt one while their twin is nearby.) but not with out receiving the same kind of injury as Natasha, then all of a sudden the army of the dead floated swiftly through the ten remaining orcs, killing all of them as they passed through. Natasha was still fighting and had come up with a new way of surprising the orcs by using all the swear words she knew.The orcs were not the only ones suprised; Natasha nevercurses!I started to wonder where she had picked them all up. The last thing that I saw before I passed out was Sophie's scared face looking down at me.
A short while later
The soldiers of Gondor were clearing away the dead bodies of the orcs when one of them noticed a trail of dead orc bodies heading down the ally way that was used to get the woman and children of Gondor to safety when the city was under attack, taking a few of the soldiers with him the soldier went down the ally way following the trail of slain orcs, upon arriving at the stone house at the end of the ally way the soldiers found the unconscious forms of Sophie, Natasha, and I before discovering the woman and children hiding behind various objects and with minor injuries, then they saw the young boys (some of whom were the sons of the soldiers that had just arrived.) holding swords and looking worn out but very proud of themselves, and most of them having a large amount of minor cuts and bruises, and the rest of the boys suffering either; a broken arm, being unconscious, or a broken leg and a sprained wrist, or a bit of all three.
After the soldiers looked around in shock for about ten minutes they finally came back to their senses and started taking the people with injuries to the Houses of Healing. The soldiers who were fathers to some of the young boys picked their sons up and ignoring the protests, mostly consisting of; 'Father put me down.' 'Father I am not a little child anymore, I can walk!' 'I am nine years old you aren't suppose to carry me any more!' or 'Father I just won my first battle, stop carrying me around!" followed the others, the remaining soldiers picked up the ones who were unconscious Sophie, Natasha, and I included and carried us to the Houses of Healing.
Later in the Houses of Healing
Natasha, Sophie, and I all woke up five minutes apart from each other and all with the goddess of headaches dancing through our heads, and looked at our surroundings, we were inside a large room and the air around us was scented with the smell of herbs, and medicine, Denethor was sitting at one end of the room questioning the boys who had fought with us against the orcs and that the boys were all taking turns at telling the story in excitement, and were now sadly complaining that their fathers now thought them weak and thought that they had to have their sons be carried around (much to the annoyance of their fathers who kept trying to make their sons stay still long enough for the healers to get hold of them.) amusing though it was this was one of the times that Denethor was utterly relieved that his sons were both grown men. Boromir and Faramir still seemed to be intent on giving him white hair, but at least they sometimes listened to reason.
After the healer told us that we could leave on the condition that we didn't do anything that would strain our injuries. (Sophie had a broken wrist, while Natasha and I had both hurt our left arm. Natasha got of with only a long and thankfully shallow cut down the length of her arm. I had somehow managed to break mine.) The instant that we were outside Natasha wanted to find somewhere that she could find something to read, no surprise there. Sophie asked if she could see where Boromir was, those two would probably end up getting married at this rate, and I just asked if I could wander around the citadel gardens, while Natasha and Sophie went to find what/who they were looking for, I went to the gardens.
As I walked through the citadel gardens, with my thoughts on Legolas I started to sing a song that I remembered listening to before I had arrived here in middle-earth.
I hear the wind call my name, the sound that leads me home again.
It sparks up the fire, a flame that still burns; to you I will always return.
As I sang I didn't hear Legolas coming up behind me (damn elves being able to walk with out making a single noise.) I just continued the song that I was singing and didn't know he was there until I felt him put his arms around my waist.
I whirled around in surprise to see him smiling as he asked "Please, don't stop your song is wonderful." I sighed "Alright, but do not sneak up on me again while my arm is healing, or I will whack you over the head with it." I told him before I continued.
I know the road is long, but where you are is home.
Wherever we stay, I'll remember the way,
I'll run like the river, I'll follow the sun,
I'll fly like an eagle, to where I belong.
I can't stand the distance, I can't dream alone,
I can't wait to see you, wherever we go is home.
Now I know it is true, my heart will always belong to you,
And in the hour of darkness, your light gets me through.
You run like the river, you shine like the sun,
Oh, you hunt like an eagle, yes; you are the one who I love.
I have seen every sunset, and with all that I have learned,
Oh yes, it is to you I will always, always, return.
As Legolas and I kept walking through the gardens and holding each others hands, we told each other of what had happened during the siege of Minas Tirith from our own points of view, before sitting down on a bench nearby, when we sat down it was only a few seconds before we kissed and I allowed Legolas to pull me against him, then, just like in Lothlorien, we were interrupted by someone, only this time it was a Elvin messenger, and not Sophie.
The messenger looked as if he was going to start laughing at any second, but just gave Legolas a letter that was sealed with the crest of the house of Oropher and then left, from somewhere in the distance there came the sound of elfish laughter, it really didn't take a fool to know where the laughter was coming from, or who was laughing. Or the reason, for that matter, but that was beside the point.
Legolas sighed, "I hate it when the messengers come while I am in the middle of doing something."
I smiled "Look on the bright side my love, it could have been worse."
Legolas stared at me "And just how could it have been worse Meleth" he asked.
I smiled again "Simple, Justin could have been the one to have walked in on us, jumped to the wrong conclusion, and I believe that neither of us would have enjoyed what he would have done had that happened." I answered, Legolas grinned, "Good point." he said.
Just then Sophie came out and blushed when she saw us in the same position that we had been in when the messenger from Mirkwood had found us just ten minutes before.
"I am really sorry for breaking up the moment, but Lord Aragorn is holding a council and wants all of us to be there." Sophie told us, trying to avoid making any eye contact.
As we followed Sophie back inside the citadel Legolas looked at the contents of the letter that he had been given by the Elvin messenger, and then buried his face in his hands.
Dear Legolas. Said the letter.
While I do not have any good advice to give you, based on the fact that I have not yet been able to meet the Lady who has claimed your heart, and it would be very good if you would please describe her in your next letter, there is something enclosed in this letter that I once gave to your Mother, it may be just something that your Mother wanted you to give to the Lady that you fell in love with, but sometimes you just have to hope for the best when you do this.
And for the sake of the Valar try and make sure that the proposal is good; otherwise she may just turn you down on principle.
Your father.
Thranduil Oropherion, King of Greenwood.
I looked at Legolas and raised an eyebrow; to my surprise Legolas's face was taking a rather interesting shade of crimson, after he looked up again I asked him "Alright my love, what did that letter say that caused you to turn such a bright shade of crimson?"
Legolas turned to look at me. "What makes you say that meleth?" he asked.
I rolled my eyes. "Easy, because the last time that I saw you turn that shade of bright red was when we were at Edoras and Natasha had been giving a demonstration of 'Girl talk.'"
As Sophie, Legolas, and I reached the Hall of Kings we heard the sound of Gimli muttering about something that we couldn't make out the words of, but none of us got the chance to wonder about what it was about since we arrived in the Hall of Kings just then.
After the council ended we all left the hall, the plan was to give Frodo a chance by drawing Sauron's eye onto them and away from the ring bearer.
I will be starting Tafe on February 7th so when this chapter is up all the other chapters will take longer to write, so be patent.
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