I'm back with another update! Gyah, all my readers disappeared! If any of you are out there… read this?! Lol... okay, thanks Platy, for you review. At least one of you is still reading. Here we go……
The morning brought with it the awakening of the Fellowship. Legolas and Frodo were the first to wake, brains instantly working double speed to decipher the troubles that lurked in the back of their minds. Why did everything feel so familiar? The hobbit studied the area around him, looking for any clues that lead to the reason behind his and Legolas' Déjà vu.
In the pre dawn light, not much was visible to the naked eye. Frodo had no idea where he was, just the feeling that something was wrong. He looked up, discovering Legolas sitting stock still on the rock, but for his eyes, which were eagerly scanning their surroundings.
"Legolas?"
The elf turned his gaze downwards, eyes settling in the spot he predicted Frodo was. It was almost an awkward situation. Though Legolas had sworn to look over Frodo as part of the Fellowship, the two had had little direct conversation. Frodo being invisible added to the weirdness of the situation.
"Frodo," Legolas acknowledged.
"You got it too, didn't you?" Frodo asked.
The elf looked thoughtful. "What?"
"This place is familiar. Or something about it anyway. It makes me a little nervous to tell you the truth."
Nodding, Legolas replied, "It is familiar. I can feel it. Last night, I knew this boulder sat before me. I knew to step, rather than falling over it. I thought maybe it was just my kin's sharp senses, but I noticed other things too. How flat the ground is, and the footprints. There are footprints scattered around this place. Hoof prints too."
Frodo thought for a while. He stood, and let the elf know that he was going to look around a little. Frodo walked slowly in order to avoid crashing into things, and looked closely at trees and rocks, registering their positions in his mind. But while he carefully dodged higher obstacles, he payed little attention to what was directly in front of him. It was too long before Frodo tripped and fell, scattering soot everywhere, and landing on a hard object. He rolled over, groaning.
Legolas heard the painful moans of the hobbit, and sprung up, quickly following the sound. What he saw shocked him more than a little bit.
"Frodo!" the Legolas cried, running to the hobbit's side. "Frodo, I can see you!"
Legolas' excited shouting was all it took to pull his companions out of their peaceful slumber. Eager to see what all the commotion was about, Merry, Pippin and Sam were with Legolas and Frodo in an instant. The daggers held above their heads were quickly replaced into their belts, and the hobbits stared in amazement at Frodo's now extremely visible, nude body.
"Ahhh!" Frodo yelped, and grabbed a branch off an overhanging tree, attempting to hide his nakedness. "Where are my clothes?"
"Ahhh!" cried Gimli, Boromir and Aragorn who had just arrived at the scene. "Where are your clothes?"
Frodo frowned at them, and ran to hide behind the tree, a scarlet hue spread lightly across his cheeks.It seemed that his fall had caused theRing the dislodge itself from whatever it was caught on in Frodo's system.
Gandalf magically appeared by Frodo's side, waved his staff around a bit, mumbled some incoherent mumbo-jumbo, and suddenly, Frodo was wearing clothes again. The very embarrassed hobbit walked out into the open again, dropping his leafy branch on the ground behind him.
Black ashes were smudged across his faces, arms and feet, and caught up in his hair. In the dawn light, the fellowship could now clearly see the remains of the fire that Frodo had fallen on. Also clearly seen was their location.
"Oh in the name of all that is holy…" Boromir trailed off.
"Trust an elf to lead us in the dark," Aragorn grumbled.
"Well you did," Frodo reminded the ranger absent mindedly. Aragorn scowled, and went to sit down on Legolas' boulder.
"Uh, shouldn't we all be panicking or something?" asked Pippin. "This can't possibly be good."
And he was right. Unbeknownst to the companions, Legolas could see no better at night than any of the others could. The result? The elf had guided the party back to their original campsite.
"Sorry," Legolas supplied.
Sam tried to be comforting, "'Tis not your fault Legolas Sir. None of us could see either. Any among our number would have lead us into a similar… or worse situation, I'm sure. Do not worry yourself."
Merry agreed hastily, "Yeah! Besides, Frodo's visible again, so at least something good has come out of this."
Everyone decided that Merry's words were true, but that they were definitely in danger at the campsite. The sooner they moved on again, the better. And they could feel an all too familiar dark presence getting closer to them as they spoke.
Suddenly, with no warning at all, a big bunch of flying dragon like things with Ring Wraiths sitting merrily on their backs, came bursting from above the trees, and swooped menacingly over the terrified Fellowship. There were six of them in all, nobody was sure of where the other three were. As far as they were concerned, six was plenty.
One of the beasts dove down at the fairly defenceless group, and screeched at them evilly. As if in attempt to show how much better at screeching he was, a second beast landed by the first, and let out a mighty loud shriek. A third followed suit. It seemed more like a noise making contest than an assault on the Fellowship. So Frodo joined in.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" he screamed in a deafeningly loud, high pitched, girly scream. The dragon like things fell silent. Frodo did too. A quick glance behind him showed that they were surrounded by Nazgûl. The heavy breathing of the angry winged creatures was the only sound for what seemed like an age.
The situation was getting tense, when five arrows flew through the air, making their mark in one of the dragon's necks. Everyone turned in surprise to see Legolas and Aragorn, both working the same bow. Aragorn held the bow steady, while Legolas strung each arrow, and released the bow string when the elf was ready. Four more arrows zoomed through the air, and hit one of the creatures in the head. The sight of the elf and ranger working together was amazing enough for Gimli and Boromir, that they still stood in awe, long after everybody else had drawn their weapons, ready to fight if necessary.
"We have beaten them before, we will beat them again!" Aragorn yelled. Boromir and Gimli became aware of their battle ready friends, and whipped out their own respective weapons. Gandalf waited as another array of arrows hit their target, and the victim let out a mighty scream, before ordering the companions into battle.
Swords thudded into thick, scaly flesh. Giant, pointed teeth gnashed at shoulders and faces. Screams and moans of agony filled the air around them. Even though nobody had a source of fire, it appeared that Legolas had managed to set his arrows alight before Aragorn launched them, and three Nazgûl were running around on fire.
The Nazgûl themselves were fought off without too much trouble, but their mounts proved a lot more difficult to be rid of. No amount of arrows brought them down. No amount of heavy axe slashes seemed to do anything but anger them further. Things were starting to look bad for the group.
But as it is in situations like these, something unexpected was about to happen. From somewhere deep in the forest, hundreds of pairs of feet thudded on the soft, leafy floor, heading for the fight. Not a single person noticed when a small furry animal, bounded to the edge of the camp and sat, observing the scene. Before long, the animal was joined by at least a hundred others, and with noses twitching, and feet thumping nervously. The rabbits had returned.
There were are. I hope this is liked. More will be up soon. Maybe something with a Christmassy theme, considering that it's this time of year! Of course, in Middle Earth it's not, but hey, an author's gotta have some fun! Since I didn't answer reviews last time, let's get into those now…
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Eowyn Skywalker: I was able to remember what your review said, because I still have them all! No longer evil? Well perhaps I will have to consider joining with you. The forum looks very nifty, I checked it out this morning. The 101 Ways to Die in Middle Earth thread was very funny, though I didn't read them all yet. And I love the introduction on the home page. But I'm very busy currently. So we'll see… Glad you is liking the fic. Hope you lied this chapter too, if you ever read it!
Jaylen: Hehe… it took me a long time to update before… even longer for chapter 13. But do not worry. I will regularly update now, until this is finished… which I can't imagine will take too much longer. A couple of chapters maybe? One of you fave stories? Well that's pretty darn cool. Hope you're still reading, wherever you are!!
The Noble Platypus: My breeding plot bunnies have had a lot of babies. I'm in the process of deciding which ones I like the best, and will be writing more soon, promise! I'm so happy I finally updated, it feels good to be back in the writing gig. Turning into you was meant as a compliment… well, sorta. It takes me so long to update, but if my stories are as good as yours, then hopefully they're worth the wait.
Keeper of Insanity: Yay, cookies! -munches absent mindedly- Thanks a lot! Sorry it took so long for me to update this… gyah… I need to find more time to write. Hope you enjoyed it anyway!
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Ok… so I only had one review for this chapter… -sigh- Thanks Platy. Great to hear you're still reading.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!