IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess who's back?!!? Sorry it took me SO bloody long to update. School is crappyful. That, plus I was abducted by aliens and I... oh never mind. That excuse just never seems to work. Ah, I've made this chapter longer to try and make up for my absence.
Hmm..... OOH! I know.....
OK. Hobbit fans. Aragorn fans. Legolas not-fans. Brace yourselves. This is the chapter. The chapter in which the Hobbits are heroes, Aragorn FINALLY gets his revenge good and proper, and Legolas.... well... you'll just have to read to find THAT out!
So here it is...... The probably REALLY long awaited update................................
And so he sat, humming to himself as he listed the pros and cons of each animal. "Perhaps," he thought eventually, "I should use a different animal altogether. That could work rather well, as neither the ladybird, the caterpillar nor the monkey comes out as the ideal choice. Yes..... but what to choose... what to choose.................."
It was early morning, not yet light. Aragorn was the first in the Fellowship to wake. He took this opportunity to put the first part of his new plan into action. During the night he had had a brilliant idea. Silently, he exited his tent and crept across the campsite. In his hand was a small silver object and in his eyes was a gleam of revenge. And this time, it would all work out. He knew it...
"Has anyone seen Aragorn?" Boromir had awoken to find the other bed in his tent was empty. Aragorn had gone.
"No Boromir. Why? Did he not say where he was going?" Gimli replied.
"He was gone when I woke."
"Ah..."
All the Fellowship seemed not to know where Aragorn was. And even more strange was the fact the Legolas refused to exit his tent. Gimli did not know why, nor did anyone else. They had all tried to coax him out, but he wouldn't budge. Pippin and Merry decided to have one more try at bringing Legolas outside.
"Come on Legolas. Gandalf has some wine out here. It is some of the sweetest I have tasted in an age," Merry lied.
Pippin looked confused. "There's no wine out he- Oh!" He caught on, "right. It is soothing to both the throat and the mind. Legolas, I am sure you would most appreciate such a beautiful drink."
"No, thankyou hobbits. I think I will pass on the wine for now." Legolas's voice came from within the tent.
The hobbits sighed. "We tried," said Pippin, bored. They nodded at each other and walked away, looking for breakfast.
In the forest
Aragorn was almost ready for his master plan of revenge. In his hand he held a huge bag full of moving things, and behind him stood the largest army of angry, war-paint smeared, spear holding platypi anyone had ever seen(A/N: thankyou for your AoAP, Noble Platypus!).
"Ok platypi, listen up! I am going to release these chickens on the fellowship, and while they are running around stirring everyone up, I would like you to charge upon them. It should make them think twice about trying to embarrass me in the future."
The platypi nodded and shook their spears angrily. Aragorn sneaked slowly out of the forest, followed closely by his army. When he reached the edge of the trees, he tipped his huge bag upside down, and about 50 chickens fell out. They ran towards the campsite, clucking and flapping their wings crazily. Aragorn slipped back into the safety of the trees, and followed them around the campsite, hidden in the thick leafy branches. He watched with a satisfied smile, as the hobbits ran around in circles, trying to escape from the chickens. One of the birds seemed to have found Frodo, as it was perched on something invisible, and was pecking at it a bit.
Once the chickens had stirred everyone up, and Gandalf had managed to clear them all away, Aragorn motioned for his platypi army to move forward. They charged out of the forest, hooting and waving their spears about their heads.
"Ahhh!" Gimli cried, pointing at the army of advancing monotremes. "It's an army of advancing monotremes!"
"Ahhh!" cried Boromir, Gandalf, Sam, Frodo, Merry and Pippin. They all started running away from the angry platypi, narrowly avoiding being hit by the long sharp spears. Sam grabbed a sword from a tent as he ran past, and held it out to one of the platypi. The creature met his sword with it's spear, and they began a fencing match. Eventually, Sam was the victor, and his opponent ran off into the forest to hide. Meanwhile, Boromir was having some problems. As five platypi surrounded him and backed him towards Legolas and Gimli's tent, he tried to fend them off with his sword. They just kept dodging the blows, and eventually they pushed Boromir into the tent.
"Ahh!" Legolas's muffled voice was heard from inside. "Kindly get off me Boromir." Boromir righted himself, and Legolas appeared from under his sheets.
"Oh my..." started Boromir.
Legolas grabbed at his sheets and pulled them over his head, but it was too late. Boromir had already seen all there was to see.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The man burst into a fit of raging laughter. "Is that why you've been hiding in the tent this entire time?"
From under the sheets, Legolas nodded. "I do not wish for the others to see me in this state."
"Oh, my dear Legolas, it isn't all that bad."
"Really?" The elf pulled the sheets down, revealing an almost completely bald head. Aragorn had obviously thought that it would be funny to cut off Legolas's beautiful locks, and it seemed to have worked.
"Yes. But we need you outside my friend. We have a slight monotreme problem."
Legolas sighed, and reluctantly clambered out of the tent after Boromir.
"Oww!"
"Oh, sorry Frodo," Boromir apologised and the invisible hobbit hopped away, laughing from seeing Legolas's head.
With Legolas now helping, and Gimli and Gandalf finding weapons, the fellowship finally managed to get rid of the platypi army. Once they were gone, everyone gathered together.
"Aragorn?" Merry asked, and received nods of agreement from the others. Pippin suddenly noticed Legolas, and tried to stifle a laugh.
Legolas looked offended. "Look hobbit, 'Tis not my fault that I have been cursed with this fate. The blame lies purely on Aragorn."
Pippin shrugged and even Gandalf had to try hard to conceal his laughter.
"Frodo?" Sam questioned, "are you still here?"
Answering Sam's question, Frodo poked his friend in the stomach playfully. "OK then, uh... yeah thanks." Sam muttered. The fellowship were just about to settle down and have lunch, when they were overwhelmed by a dark and menacing presence.
Gandalf looked around solemnly, and felt the presence of advancing Nazguls. The others felt it too. The hobbits quickly armed themselves, and Gandalf gripped his staff tight. Legolas retreated into his tent to find a weapon. Just then, the Nazgul burst out of the forest. The lead horse reared up on it's hind legs, and the other two halted. The fellowship stood, staring at their foe, when all of a sudden, three arrows whipped through the air towards one of the horses. The arrows met their target, and the horse reared up, neighing in pain. Legolas stood outside his tent, and almost as soon as the first arrows had hit, he strung another two. Gandalf nodded and raised his staff high above his head, chanting, and creating a powerful protective force around the fellowship. Aragorn sensed the danger and came charging out of the forest to aid his friends.
One of the Nazgul dis-mounted from his horse and strode toward to protective shield surrounding the companions. With one sweep of his powerful, gloved hand, he broke the shield and threw Gandalf, Boromir and Gimli across the campsite. Legolas was next in the firing line, when another Nazgul turned the elf's arrows in mid air, and flung them back towards him. He dodged all but one, which hit him in the hip, and he fell to the ground, bleeding steadily. Aragorn ran over to the elf but was hit hard by one of the Nazgul's horses, and fell heavily by Legolas's side.
Only the hobbits remained in action. Merry and Pippin swung their swords around and around, sending their enemies backwards, while Sam was flinging daggers at one. Frodo was of course, invisible to his friends, but not to the Nazgul. He ran back and forth, trying to avoid the dark figures. The hobbits were doing a fantastic job fending the Nazgul off, until...
"Help!" Frodo screamed. Sam looked around. One of the three had Frodo held tightly under his arm, or at least he looked like he did, since Sam couldn't actually see the hobbit.
"Don't worry Frodo, I'm coming!" Pippin yelled charging towards the Nazgul, wielding his sword. Sam and merry joined him, and helped to keep away the other two as well. Unfortunately, they seemed to be losing the fight, when Gandalf regained consciousness and climbed to his feet, chanting all the while. A quick wave of his staff, and two of the Nazguls were blown off their feet and back out of sight. Their horses followed, eager to escape from the battle. As Gandalf helped the hobbits, Aragorn also came to, and grabbed Legolas's bow. He pulled and arrow from the elf's quiver, and whipped it through the smouldering camp fire remains. It caught fire, and Aragorn fired it at the remaining Nazgul. The figure dropped appeared to drop Frodo as he burst into flame, and mounted his horse, which he rode off on quickly.
"Well done hobbits, you were very brave," Gandalf commended. The hobbits beamed. "Now we must help our friend Legolas. He has had a lot of bad luck this day." Gandalf motioned toward the elf, who was lying on the ground, coiled up in pain. Blood flowed slowly out from his wound. Sam hurriedly went about removing the arrow from Legolas's side, and tending to the wound with water and ripped cloth, although he had to try hard not to laugh at the site of the elf's bald head. Frodo, Merry and Pippin went and sat together on a nearby log, trying to regain their composure, and Gimli and Boromir were also recovering from being flung aside by the Nazgul. Everyone was fairly shaken up and they knew that they needed to move away from their camp.
Gandalf gathered them all together, and told them so. "We must carry on our journey ,we have stayed her long enough. Sauron knows we are here now, and he will return. Pack everything up. We will leave at sunset."
OK. It is finally updated. How exciting! : ) Oh, right... reviews..........
-.-CHAPTER TEN-.-
Jaylen: Yes... maybe you and Gimli were meant for each other. Although I have never met anyone who was a fan of Gimli in THAT sort of way... And don't you worry about Sam! He was the hero today wasn't he? Bye for now...
Elf with a lightsaber: No. I will not join with you. I choose to use my powers for good, not evil. Muahahahahaaaaa.. oh, sorry... That was a little evil wasn't it? And obviously I used your suggestion of the platypus, only there was an army of them. And they were angry. Very angry...!
Insane Elven Pirate: Thanks! Keep reading!
The Noble Platypus: Thankyou for letting me borrow your AoAP. They have made this chapter a success! And thankyou for being such a faithful reviewer. What would I do with out you? :D
Moviesavvy: Well there it is... And did you like Gubblebum Pony's punishment? Well, keep reading!
-.-CHAPTER 11-.-
Tweek2: Yes... school is horrible! Anyways... glad you liked Gubblebum Pony's essay! I'll be sure to let her know. Cya soon! : )
The Noble Platypus: I have finally updated. Oh my! I'm turning into you! I have never left a story this long without updating before... Oh well... I hope you're okay with me using the essay idea for Gubblebum Pony? It just sort of seemed like a good idea. Till next time my friend!
Keeper of Insanity: Thanks for your chicken suggestion. As you can see, they were most helpful in this chapter. Hope you liked it, and I look forward to hearing more from you soon.
Mr Padfoot1: I'm sooooo sorry that it took me so long to update. I hope you haven't forgotten me?
DaredevilX: It was odd wasn't it? That's Gubblebum Pony for ya!!!
Jandalf the orange: Where'd you come from? LOL. It's always nice to get new reviewers! Nice name by the way...
Pippinfan25: Yes. It was.
-.-PIPPINFAN25-.-
To answer your very first question, yes, I have seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but I wasn't actually thinking of it when I wrote in the thing about the rabbits.
Gandalf liked Legolas' act, because I am the author and I said he did. As for Pippin, I didn't realise he wasn't mentioned. I was trying to get them all included, but I must have missed him out by accident. And they didn't all get to do an act because I ran out of time.
Legolas does always seem to appear out of nowhere doesn't he? Well that is the mystery of my fanfic. But I bet you're smiling after the end of this chapter aren't you? Go on! Admit it!
Thankyou for reviewing, even if you don't like Legolas. And I hope you liked this chapter!
-.-OTHERS-.-
The Flying Cake of Doom: Thanks a heap. Publicity is always a very good thing. I'm glad you like.
Doom Cake Wannabe: Good to hear that you like my writing so much. It makes me all happy to hear stuff like that. OOOOH! Lease don't kill me! I have continued now.
The Cat in the Bowler Hat: Sorry if Barbarus is dead. I didn't mean to kill him. I have updated now, so hopefully he is still alive to read it. Thanks for your support. :D
Guess who's back?!!? Sorry it took me SO bloody long to update. School is crappyful. That, plus I was abducted by aliens and I... oh never mind. That excuse just never seems to work. Ah, I've made this chapter longer to try and make up for my absence.
Hmm..... OOH! I know.....
OK. Hobbit fans. Aragorn fans. Legolas not-fans. Brace yourselves. This is the chapter. The chapter in which the Hobbits are heroes, Aragorn FINALLY gets his revenge good and proper, and Legolas.... well... you'll just have to read to find THAT out!
So here it is...... The probably REALLY long awaited update................................
And so he sat, humming to himself as he listed the pros and cons of each animal. "Perhaps," he thought eventually, "I should use a different animal altogether. That could work rather well, as neither the ladybird, the caterpillar nor the monkey comes out as the ideal choice. Yes..... but what to choose... what to choose.................."
It was early morning, not yet light. Aragorn was the first in the Fellowship to wake. He took this opportunity to put the first part of his new plan into action. During the night he had had a brilliant idea. Silently, he exited his tent and crept across the campsite. In his hand was a small silver object and in his eyes was a gleam of revenge. And this time, it would all work out. He knew it...
"Has anyone seen Aragorn?" Boromir had awoken to find the other bed in his tent was empty. Aragorn had gone.
"No Boromir. Why? Did he not say where he was going?" Gimli replied.
"He was gone when I woke."
"Ah..."
All the Fellowship seemed not to know where Aragorn was. And even more strange was the fact the Legolas refused to exit his tent. Gimli did not know why, nor did anyone else. They had all tried to coax him out, but he wouldn't budge. Pippin and Merry decided to have one more try at bringing Legolas outside.
"Come on Legolas. Gandalf has some wine out here. It is some of the sweetest I have tasted in an age," Merry lied.
Pippin looked confused. "There's no wine out he- Oh!" He caught on, "right. It is soothing to both the throat and the mind. Legolas, I am sure you would most appreciate such a beautiful drink."
"No, thankyou hobbits. I think I will pass on the wine for now." Legolas's voice came from within the tent.
The hobbits sighed. "We tried," said Pippin, bored. They nodded at each other and walked away, looking for breakfast.
In the forest
Aragorn was almost ready for his master plan of revenge. In his hand he held a huge bag full of moving things, and behind him stood the largest army of angry, war-paint smeared, spear holding platypi anyone had ever seen(A/N: thankyou for your AoAP, Noble Platypus!).
"Ok platypi, listen up! I am going to release these chickens on the fellowship, and while they are running around stirring everyone up, I would like you to charge upon them. It should make them think twice about trying to embarrass me in the future."
The platypi nodded and shook their spears angrily. Aragorn sneaked slowly out of the forest, followed closely by his army. When he reached the edge of the trees, he tipped his huge bag upside down, and about 50 chickens fell out. They ran towards the campsite, clucking and flapping their wings crazily. Aragorn slipped back into the safety of the trees, and followed them around the campsite, hidden in the thick leafy branches. He watched with a satisfied smile, as the hobbits ran around in circles, trying to escape from the chickens. One of the birds seemed to have found Frodo, as it was perched on something invisible, and was pecking at it a bit.
Once the chickens had stirred everyone up, and Gandalf had managed to clear them all away, Aragorn motioned for his platypi army to move forward. They charged out of the forest, hooting and waving their spears about their heads.
"Ahhh!" Gimli cried, pointing at the army of advancing monotremes. "It's an army of advancing monotremes!"
"Ahhh!" cried Boromir, Gandalf, Sam, Frodo, Merry and Pippin. They all started running away from the angry platypi, narrowly avoiding being hit by the long sharp spears. Sam grabbed a sword from a tent as he ran past, and held it out to one of the platypi. The creature met his sword with it's spear, and they began a fencing match. Eventually, Sam was the victor, and his opponent ran off into the forest to hide. Meanwhile, Boromir was having some problems. As five platypi surrounded him and backed him towards Legolas and Gimli's tent, he tried to fend them off with his sword. They just kept dodging the blows, and eventually they pushed Boromir into the tent.
"Ahh!" Legolas's muffled voice was heard from inside. "Kindly get off me Boromir." Boromir righted himself, and Legolas appeared from under his sheets.
"Oh my..." started Boromir.
Legolas grabbed at his sheets and pulled them over his head, but it was too late. Boromir had already seen all there was to see.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The man burst into a fit of raging laughter. "Is that why you've been hiding in the tent this entire time?"
From under the sheets, Legolas nodded. "I do not wish for the others to see me in this state."
"Oh, my dear Legolas, it isn't all that bad."
"Really?" The elf pulled the sheets down, revealing an almost completely bald head. Aragorn had obviously thought that it would be funny to cut off Legolas's beautiful locks, and it seemed to have worked.
"Yes. But we need you outside my friend. We have a slight monotreme problem."
Legolas sighed, and reluctantly clambered out of the tent after Boromir.
"Oww!"
"Oh, sorry Frodo," Boromir apologised and the invisible hobbit hopped away, laughing from seeing Legolas's head.
With Legolas now helping, and Gimli and Gandalf finding weapons, the fellowship finally managed to get rid of the platypi army. Once they were gone, everyone gathered together.
"Aragorn?" Merry asked, and received nods of agreement from the others. Pippin suddenly noticed Legolas, and tried to stifle a laugh.
Legolas looked offended. "Look hobbit, 'Tis not my fault that I have been cursed with this fate. The blame lies purely on Aragorn."
Pippin shrugged and even Gandalf had to try hard to conceal his laughter.
"Frodo?" Sam questioned, "are you still here?"
Answering Sam's question, Frodo poked his friend in the stomach playfully. "OK then, uh... yeah thanks." Sam muttered. The fellowship were just about to settle down and have lunch, when they were overwhelmed by a dark and menacing presence.
Gandalf looked around solemnly, and felt the presence of advancing Nazguls. The others felt it too. The hobbits quickly armed themselves, and Gandalf gripped his staff tight. Legolas retreated into his tent to find a weapon. Just then, the Nazgul burst out of the forest. The lead horse reared up on it's hind legs, and the other two halted. The fellowship stood, staring at their foe, when all of a sudden, three arrows whipped through the air towards one of the horses. The arrows met their target, and the horse reared up, neighing in pain. Legolas stood outside his tent, and almost as soon as the first arrows had hit, he strung another two. Gandalf nodded and raised his staff high above his head, chanting, and creating a powerful protective force around the fellowship. Aragorn sensed the danger and came charging out of the forest to aid his friends.
One of the Nazgul dis-mounted from his horse and strode toward to protective shield surrounding the companions. With one sweep of his powerful, gloved hand, he broke the shield and threw Gandalf, Boromir and Gimli across the campsite. Legolas was next in the firing line, when another Nazgul turned the elf's arrows in mid air, and flung them back towards him. He dodged all but one, which hit him in the hip, and he fell to the ground, bleeding steadily. Aragorn ran over to the elf but was hit hard by one of the Nazgul's horses, and fell heavily by Legolas's side.
Only the hobbits remained in action. Merry and Pippin swung their swords around and around, sending their enemies backwards, while Sam was flinging daggers at one. Frodo was of course, invisible to his friends, but not to the Nazgul. He ran back and forth, trying to avoid the dark figures. The hobbits were doing a fantastic job fending the Nazgul off, until...
"Help!" Frodo screamed. Sam looked around. One of the three had Frodo held tightly under his arm, or at least he looked like he did, since Sam couldn't actually see the hobbit.
"Don't worry Frodo, I'm coming!" Pippin yelled charging towards the Nazgul, wielding his sword. Sam and merry joined him, and helped to keep away the other two as well. Unfortunately, they seemed to be losing the fight, when Gandalf regained consciousness and climbed to his feet, chanting all the while. A quick wave of his staff, and two of the Nazguls were blown off their feet and back out of sight. Their horses followed, eager to escape from the battle. As Gandalf helped the hobbits, Aragorn also came to, and grabbed Legolas's bow. He pulled and arrow from the elf's quiver, and whipped it through the smouldering camp fire remains. It caught fire, and Aragorn fired it at the remaining Nazgul. The figure dropped appeared to drop Frodo as he burst into flame, and mounted his horse, which he rode off on quickly.
"Well done hobbits, you were very brave," Gandalf commended. The hobbits beamed. "Now we must help our friend Legolas. He has had a lot of bad luck this day." Gandalf motioned toward the elf, who was lying on the ground, coiled up in pain. Blood flowed slowly out from his wound. Sam hurriedly went about removing the arrow from Legolas's side, and tending to the wound with water and ripped cloth, although he had to try hard not to laugh at the site of the elf's bald head. Frodo, Merry and Pippin went and sat together on a nearby log, trying to regain their composure, and Gimli and Boromir were also recovering from being flung aside by the Nazgul. Everyone was fairly shaken up and they knew that they needed to move away from their camp.
Gandalf gathered them all together, and told them so. "We must carry on our journey ,we have stayed her long enough. Sauron knows we are here now, and he will return. Pack everything up. We will leave at sunset."
OK. It is finally updated. How exciting! : ) Oh, right... reviews..........
-.-CHAPTER TEN-.-
Jaylen: Yes... maybe you and Gimli were meant for each other. Although I have never met anyone who was a fan of Gimli in THAT sort of way... And don't you worry about Sam! He was the hero today wasn't he? Bye for now...
Elf with a lightsaber: No. I will not join with you. I choose to use my powers for good, not evil. Muahahahahaaaaa.. oh, sorry... That was a little evil wasn't it? And obviously I used your suggestion of the platypus, only there was an army of them. And they were angry. Very angry...!
Insane Elven Pirate: Thanks! Keep reading!
The Noble Platypus: Thankyou for letting me borrow your AoAP. They have made this chapter a success! And thankyou for being such a faithful reviewer. What would I do with out you? :D
Moviesavvy: Well there it is... And did you like Gubblebum Pony's punishment? Well, keep reading!
-.-CHAPTER 11-.-
Tweek2: Yes... school is horrible! Anyways... glad you liked Gubblebum Pony's essay! I'll be sure to let her know. Cya soon! : )
The Noble Platypus: I have finally updated. Oh my! I'm turning into you! I have never left a story this long without updating before... Oh well... I hope you're okay with me using the essay idea for Gubblebum Pony? It just sort of seemed like a good idea. Till next time my friend!
Keeper of Insanity: Thanks for your chicken suggestion. As you can see, they were most helpful in this chapter. Hope you liked it, and I look forward to hearing more from you soon.
Mr Padfoot1: I'm sooooo sorry that it took me so long to update. I hope you haven't forgotten me?
DaredevilX: It was odd wasn't it? That's Gubblebum Pony for ya!!!
Jandalf the orange: Where'd you come from? LOL. It's always nice to get new reviewers! Nice name by the way...
Pippinfan25: Yes. It was.
-.-PIPPINFAN25-.-
To answer your very first question, yes, I have seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but I wasn't actually thinking of it when I wrote in the thing about the rabbits.
Gandalf liked Legolas' act, because I am the author and I said he did. As for Pippin, I didn't realise he wasn't mentioned. I was trying to get them all included, but I must have missed him out by accident. And they didn't all get to do an act because I ran out of time.
Legolas does always seem to appear out of nowhere doesn't he? Well that is the mystery of my fanfic. But I bet you're smiling after the end of this chapter aren't you? Go on! Admit it!
Thankyou for reviewing, even if you don't like Legolas. And I hope you liked this chapter!
-.-OTHERS-.-
The Flying Cake of Doom: Thanks a heap. Publicity is always a very good thing. I'm glad you like.
Doom Cake Wannabe: Good to hear that you like my writing so much. It makes me all happy to hear stuff like that. OOOOH! Lease don't kill me! I have continued now.
The Cat in the Bowler Hat: Sorry if Barbarus is dead. I didn't mean to kill him. I have updated now, so hopefully he is still alive to read it. Thanks for your support. :D