Oops, I forgot to put a disclaimer on chapter two, well if they want a disclaimer they can forget it! The Lord of the Rings is MINE! Just kidding, but Julie and Mavrick are mine!
Julie woke up on the ground. Mavrick was no in sight. There was a camp fire beside her, and several men were sitting around not saying anything, two of them smoked a long pipe, one with red hair and the other with dark hair. Then there was a blonde, he strangly had pointed ears. He was the first to notice Julie was a wake.
Julie stared at him and he stared at her, the man with the dark hair and fumanchu looked at her and then the red haird man who was very chubby and had a long red beared. Julie was the first to speak.
"Where's my horse?"
"What horse?" Asked the red head.
"My horse, he was tall, sleek, black, white star,"
"There was no such steed with you when we found you," The dark head told her.
"Are you well?" Asked blondy.
"I'm fine, but I want my horse," Julie sat up.
"We do not know where he has gone, My lady," Said darky.
"My name is Julie, and please don't call me that,"
"I am Aragorn, son of Arathron, this is Legolas of the Woodland Realm and Gimli son of Gloin," Aragorn pointed the others out.
"Where am I?" Julie asked.
"We near the Gap of Rohan," Aragorn informed her.
"Oh," Julie looked as if she understood, but then said. "where in the hell is that, what has he done! MAVRICK!"
Julie yelled. "BRING YOUR BLACK BUTT HERE THIS INSTANT!"
"Aragorn, I think she is troubled," Legolas whispered to him.
"If you are not quite, ever Orc and Urk-hai will hear you!" Gimli said firmly.
"I'm going to seriously hurt him when I see him," Julie folded her arms.
What Julie didn't know was that Mavrick hid himself well in the woods, he didn't know how well he could trust them, and he would get her as soon as they weren't looking. He hadn't intened on them to find her, but he had forgotten she was weaker than him and couldn't substane traveling through the portals without blacking out. If he were human he would be hitting himself in the head.
Julie actually felt quite as ease with the three men, she layed closest to Aragorn. She felt safe near him for some reason. He gave her odd smile when she first layed down beside him, like he was wondering what she was thinking.
"Are you Ok, My lady?" He asked her.
"Yeah, I've just never been in a different world before, I feel I can depend on you for protection," She told him.
"You can depend on all of us," His smile this time was warm.
Julie layed with her back to him, her eyes open, tears welling into them. Where was Mavrick, why hadn't he come to her when she called him. She didn't feel right without him beside her.
"Mavrick, where are you?" She whispered solftly.
Aragorn heared her, and Legolas's Elf ears picked up on her dispear. Gimli however, began to snore. Julie's saddness turned into aggravation. She put her hands over her ears. Legolas had to do the same, the Dwarf's loud snoring was hurting his ears.
"And he complained about me being loud," Julie mummbled.
"You both hurt my ears," Legolas had heard her over the loud snores some how.
Aragorn found the situation funny, and smiled with closed eyes.
The next morning they were on the move, Aragorn and Legolas wasted no time and left Gimli and Julie behind. Julie was stuck running with Gimli.
"Gimli, do you snore?" Julie asked just to see what he'd say.
"Snore? Me? Of course not, I do not snore!"
"Thats not what I heard last night," Julie smiled and raced a head of him.
Julie had cought up with Legolas who was behind Aragorn. They ran down a small hill in between giant rocks and bolders. Aragorn soon stopped. Niether him nor Legolas were panting, but Julie was. Aragorn pressed his ear to a rock.
"Their pace has quickened. They must have caught our sent. Hurry!" He lifted from the ground.
"Come Gimli!" Legolas called as he and Aragorn started off again.
"And we're running," Julie didn't know how much more running she could take.
"Three days and nights pursuit.. no food... no rest... and no sign of our quarry but what bare rock can tell," Gimli was behind them.
As the four of them ran across the rocks and plains Aragorn's eyes caught a glips of something on the ground. He stopped and bent to pick it up off the ground, it was a Elven brooch.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall," He studied the leaf brooch.
"They may yet be still alive," Legolas stood beside Aragorn.
"Less then a day ahead of us, come!"
"Come Gimli! We are gaining on them!"
"Who are we looking for again?" Julie asked but obviously had not been heard.
"I'm wasted on cross-country. We dwarves are natural sprinters. Very dangerous we are over short distances," Gimli informed them even though he lagged behind.
"The dwarves must not run as fast as them then," Julie was having a hard time keeping up with them now. "wheres Mavrick when I need him?"
Mavrick stayed far enough behind so they wouldn't know where he was. So far they had been good to her, maybe if they stopped for the night again he'd reveil himself.
They are fast runners, but where are they running to? He stopped on a hill over looking a large plain.
Mavrick lifted his nose in the air, he could smell Julie and they others. He could tell them apart easly, but there was another smell in the air that lingered like a fog on a humid morning. The smell was strong to Mavrick, and it smelled bad, save two different sents, it was hard to tell if the two sents were good or not, it was mixed in with the bad smell.
What ever their after, it must not be good, I've got to get Julie before they meet up with them, Mavrick quickened his pace.
The next morning they were still running, Mavrick hadn't caught up with them yet. Hoof beats where heard, they all hid behind some bolders. A large group of horse back riders galloped by, Aragorn quickly realised who these men were. He came out of hiding, followed by Legolas and Gimli, Julie was told to stay in hiding.
"Riders of Rohan! What news from the Mark?" Aragorn shouted.
The riders turned their horses towards them when they got to them they incircled them and they point their long spears menacingly at them.
"What business does an Elf, a Man, and a Dwarf have in the Riddermark? Speak quickly!" Their leader commanded.
"Give me your name horsemaster, and I shall give you mine," Aragorn looked down at Gimli and placed a hand on the dwarf's shoulder.
The man dismounted from the gray horse and walked up to Gimli.
"I would cut off your head dwarf, if it stood but a little higher off the ground,"
"You would die before your stroke fell," Legolas had quickly brought his bow and arrow out, Julie couldn't believe how quick he was.
Aragorn quickly straightened things out, there was no need to fight if they were on the same side. After talking for a while, Eomer gave them two horses, and they were on their way. Julie came out of hiding.
"Well, at least we don't have to run any more, my legs were starting to go JELL-O,"
They looked at her in confusen about this new word.
"What is this JELL-O?" Gimli asked.
"You've never eaten- oh wait, dummy me. We're on a different WORLD JULIE!"
"Aragorn, I still wonder about her," Legolas whispeed to Aragorn.
"She is a different culture Legolas," Aragorn mounted the chestnut horse and Legolas and Gimli got on the gray. "My lady you will have to ride with me."
"Of course I will, can't ride the invisible horse, cause hes invisible. Might make the others jealous," She climbed on the back of Hasufel. "Aragorn, don't call me that."
They rode off towards a pile of stuff burning and smoldering. There was a stinch in the air that ingulfed Julie. When they got closer she could see they were bodies.
"Oh my God," The words barely made it out.
They picked around in the ashs, looking for any clue of the two friends. Only a belt was found. Aragorn kicked the Urk-hai helment, yelled and dropped to his knees. Julie felt sad for them, the only friend she had was Mavrick, he was still alive though, they had lost two of their friends. Legolas mummbled something, and Aragorn saw something on the ground, tracks!
"A hobbit lay here, and another," He ran his fingers on the dirt. "they crawled, their hands were bond."
Aragorn followed their tracks and found cut rope.
"Their bonds were cut, they ran over here. Thye were followed," They followed the tracks. "tracks lead away from the battle, into Fangorn Forest."
They stoped infront of the forest.
"Well ain't that just creepy," Julie commented.
"Fangorn. What maddness drove them in there?" Gimli remarked.
"Julie stay here, it will be dangerous in there, you aren't fit for fiting," Aragorn told her. "stay with the horses."
"I don't want to be left here alone, what if one of those things comes after me?" Fear creped up in Julie as she looked back at the burning carcuses.
"Then get on the horse and ride away from here," He untied his sheath with his dagger in it. "take this, use it if you must."
Then they turned and walked into the forest.
Oh, and thanks for the great reviews guys, keep'em coming...