A/N: Sorry to take so long to update. But my mom got a new computer and it doesn't have a floppy drive, so I couldn't put my stories into this computer. But I'll try to update the stories that I DID save on the floppy disk, and is ready to update at school.
Captured in a Dream
Chapter 19
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Frodo and Sam reached the top and look towards Mordor.
"Mordor." Frodo whispered. "I hope the others find a safer road."
Sam looks at Frodo, than back to Mordor. "Strider will look after them."
"I don't suppose we'll ever see them again."
Sam looks at Frodo once more. "We may yet, Mr. Frodo. We may."
Frodo looks at Sam. "Sam, I'm glad you're with me."
They both smile and start walking down the rocky path.
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Ailish looked out towards the White City and the ocean. Turning, she looked over to the Tower of Saurman.
"Por favor be alive. Te necesito." Ailish looked up to the sky. "Por favor. If this is really un seño, dejame desperta. I don't want to be in this nightmare anymore." Ailish looked back down to the land, and started heading towards Isengard. (Please... I need you.. a dream, let me wake up...)
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Gandalf's voice echoed through the mountain. "You cannot pass!
"Gandalf!" Frodo yelled.
"I am a servant of the secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Udûn! You shall not pass!" Gandalf slammed his staff in the rock.
As soon as the Belrog stepped on it, the rock collapsed. Gandalf turned to follow the rest but the fire whip caught his foot and tripped him.
Frodo tried to run over to Gandalf but Boromir stopped him. "No! No!"
"Gandalf!" Frodo yelled, tears in his eyes.
Gandalf hanged on to the edge, looking at Ailish holding her tears back. Than he looked at the Fellowship. "Fly, you fools."
Than he let go. Frodo's could be heard as Gandalf fell. "No! Gandalf!"
As Gandalf falls, he becomes straight, his left hand stretched out. He grabbed his sword, than fell on top of the Belrog. He started to stab it with all his might. The Belrog hits the side of the walls, but managed to get a hold of Gandalf. They continued to fall until they hit some water.
Frodo sits up, yelling. "Gandalf!"
Sam, who was asleep next to him, also sits up and looks at his friend. "What is it Mr. Frodo?"
Frodo looks at Sam, than lies back down. "Nothing. Just a dream." Sam takes a last look at his friend, than goes back to sleep.
After an hour of rest, the duo start walking towards the edge of a cliff. The look down, trying to see the bottom. Sam looks at Frodo, than takes out the rope Galadriel has given to him. He ties it into a sharp edge with his best knot and lets the rest of the rope fall. Frodo goes first and starts climbing down, followed by Sam. They were half ways down when Sam spoke up.
"Can you see the bottom?"
Frodo looks down, trying to see past the mist. "No! Don't look down, Sam! Just keep going!"
Sam sighs and was about to take a step down when he slipped. He hanged on to the rope but a box fell out of his pocket. He tried to reach it but he couldn't.
"Catch it! Grab it, Mr. Frodo!"
Frodo looks up to see a box bounce off the wall. Frodo waits as it gets closer than catches it. But this causes Frodo to lose his balance and fall.
"Mr. Frodo!" Sam yells, looking in horror.
Frodo hits the ground, which was not that far down maybe a couple of inches, and stumbles back, looking up.
"I think I found the bottom!" Frodo says in bewilderment. He breathes a sigh of relief, looking around.
Sam sighs and starts to climb down as fast as he can. Once he reaches the ground, he looks at Frodo.
"Bogs and rope, and goodness knows what. It's not natural. None of it."
Frodo looks from Sam to the box in his hand, examined it.
"What's in this?"
Sam walks towards Frodo. "Nothing. Just a bit of seasoning. I thought maybe if we was having a roast chi ken one night or something."
Frodo smiled, almost laughing. "Roast chicken?!"
Sam shrugs. "You never know."
Frodo chuckles. "Sam. My dear Sam." Frodo shakes his head and opens the box.
"It's very special, that." Sam says, looking at Frodo examine it. "It's the best salt in all the Shire."
Frodo smiles sadly. "It is special." Frodo closes it and hands it back to Sam. "It's a little bit of home."
They are silent for a while, as Frodo walks up to the rope. "We can't leave this here for someone to follow us down."
Sam turns to Frodo and walks next to him. "Who's gonna follow us down here, Mr. Frodo? It's a shame, really." Sam looks at the rope. "Lady Galadriel gave me that. Real Elvish rope." Sam admired the rope. "Well, there's nothing for it. It's one of my knots. Won't come free in a hurry."
Sam tugs the rope once and the rope falls to the floor, Sam holding it. Sam and Frodo look at each other, Sam bewilder by it.
"Real Elvish rope." Frodo says, smiling.
Three days since the Fellowship and the four adults have parted. Through jagged rocks, thick mists, and some encounter with wolves did Ailish take this path. She was now heading south, towards Gondor. Ailish hoped she wasn't too late to warn the Steward of the death of his first born, or the upcoming war. Ailish knew that her brother would be all right when her friends go northeast. But she had to convince Denethor to save his men, to forget about Osgiliath.
Stopping for a short rest, Ailish saw that she was now at the border of Emyn Muil. Ailish didn't know how she got north of the Dead Marshes, but she knows she would have to go through it. Ailish shuddered at the thought of walking through the Dead Marshes, but it had to be done. It was the fastest way. Sitting down, Ailish looks around feeling pair of eyes on her. She stands up and starts walking, not even wanting to stay any longer.
She walks into the small forest and once she sure she is deep enough, she starts running. Ailish hears couple of footsteps behind her, and knew someone was following her. She cursed in Spanish, hating being right. Ailish looked back to see nothing but shadows. And since she wasn't looking where she was going, Ailish tripped over a log and was rolling down a hill.
"Ahh! Oof!" Ailish landed on her stomach with rocks digging into her skin. She sat up, one hand supporting her, the other on her stomach. "Ow, that hurt." Ailish groaned.
She than stood up and was meet with men in black clothing, their arrows and spears pointing at her. Without even thinking, Ailish ducked down just as arrows were set loose. She stood up, taking out her sword at the same time and cut threw some arrows that was aimed at her. Ailish turned, as a guy came at her and stabbed him. Taking out her sword, Ailish ducked down just as two more guys came from either side of her and stabbed each other.
Ailish swung her leg around, as another came from behind, than thrust her sword upwards at a guy from the front. Though, before she get the guy that was coming from her right, three others came and the one in back of her hit her head with the hilt of his sword. Ailish fell forward, her eyes rolling to the back of her head. The men stood around her, wondering what to do.
"Kclah tõla prüq. Ræko, elste ckaok anvlgve slauedbs. Eljsnle anldkcome alke gale Meajc." Said the leader. (Tie her hands. Reako, you carry her. We will take her to Mordor.)
A man stepped forward and tied her hands in front of her. He picked up her sword, looking at, than nodded, liking what he saw. He took her sheath and sheathe it. He than picked up Ailish and put her over his shoulder. Than the thousands of men and a dozen Oliphaunt's started marching towards Mordor once more.
Uruk-hai's run through the land of Rohan, in between two high cliff rocks. Three of them held the two Hobbits and the mortal woman. One of the Hobbits is passed out, as the woman is in and out of consciousness. Pippin looks over to Merry, making sure none of the Uruk-hai's hear him.
"Merry?" Silence, so Pippin tries again. "Merry!"
The Uruk-hai's stop in front of some Orcs that popped out from behind a big rock. One of the Orcs that was the leader stepped up.
"You're late. Our master grows impatient. He wants the Shire-rats now."
The Uruk-hai that was in charge growled at the Orc. "I don't take orders from Orc-maggots. Saruman will have his prize. We will deliver them." The leader turns, as the Orc leader sneers, or what sounded like a sneer, at the Uruk-hai leader.
Pippin continues try and wake up his cousin. "Merry! Merry? Wake up." Pippin looks to a Uruk-hai standing behind Merry and tries to get his attention. "My friend is sick. HE need's water. Please!"
The Uruk-hai looks at Pippin, looking at his drink. The Leader of the Uruk-hai pushes a Uruk-hai to the side. "Sick, is he? Give him some medicine boys!"
The Uruk-hai that held his drink walked up to Merry and opened his mouth. He poured some brown/black liquid into Merry's mouth. Merry spits out the drink and starts to cough. The Uruk-hai's start to laugh.
"Stop it!" Pippin yells, seeing that the Uruk-hai continued to give him the drink.
"Can't take his draught!" The leader said, making them laugh harder.
"Leave him alone!" Pippin yells.
The Uruk-hai stops and looks at Pippin. The leader than speaks up and points at Pippin. "Why? You want some?" Pippin doesn't answer. "Then keep your mouth shut."
The leader walks away, and Pippin looks to Merry to see him awake.
"Merry?"
Merry looks at Pippin in a almost daze look. "Hello, Pip."
"You're hurt." Pippin says in concern.
"I'm fine. It was just an act." Merry lies.
Pippin looks at his cousin in confusion. "An act?"
Merry smiled, glad that his cousin fell for it. "See? I fooled you too. Don't worry about me, Pippin." Merry looks over to the other side of his cousin to see Alejandra. "How's Alejandra doing?"
Pippin turns his head to his left and sees that Alejandra's forehead was bleeding slightly. "I think they hit her head. She's been in and out of consciousness."
As the leader makes his way towards the front, one Uruk-hai starts to smell the air.
"What is it? What do you smell?"
The Uruk-hai snarls. "Man-flesh."
The Uruk-hai's and Orcs start to panic and look around the area.
"They've picked up our trail." The leader hisses.
Hearing his, Pippin tries to think who it might be. "Aragorn." He whispers, his hope rising.
"Lets move." The leader yells, as the Uruk-hai's and the Orcs start running.
Pippin looks at his brooch and starts to untangle it. Once he has it in his mouth, he looks around before spitting it to the floor, where a Uruk-hai steps on it but is still visible.
Aragorn leans low on to a rock, his eyes closed, and listening very carefully. "Their pace has quickened." Aragorn stands up. "They must have caught our scent. Hurry!" He starts running, Legolas, Saul, and Alejandro behind him.
Legolas looks back to Gimli who runs up the hill. "Come on, Gimli!"
Gimli pants for air. "Three days and nights pursuit. No food. No rest. And no sign of our quarry, but what bare rock can tell."
The group continues to run all through the day, and the night nonstop. On the second day, the sun was high up in the air. The group than run between two high cliff rocks that the Uruk-hai's and Orcs have been the day before. Aragorn, Saul, and Alejandro look around, trying to find some kind of clue. Aragorn than looks down and kneels, picking up the brooch Pippin left behind.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lórien fall."
Just as he was saying this, Legolas runs past him. But he stops and looks back at Aragorn, as the group stand next to him.
"They may yet be alive." Aragorn stands up. Legolas, Alejandro, and Saul follow Aragorn as he starts walking quickly. "Less than a day ahead of us. Come." Aragorn than starts running, Saul, Alejandro behind him.
Legolas turns around as Gimli falls at the same time. "Come, Gimli! We're gaining on them!"
Gimli stands up and runs after them. "I'm wasted on cross-country. We Dwarves are natural sprinters. Very dangerous over short distances."
The group ran on top of a huge rock. They stopped to admire the land before them, rocks popping up everywhere.
"Rohan." Aragorn says almost a whisper.
Alejandro smirked. "Home of the Horse-lords."
Aragorn looked over to Alejandro surprise that he would know this. Than he looked back to the land in front of him. Gimli ran next to Saul, panting.
"There's something strange at work here. Some evil gives speed to these creatures. Set it's will against us." Aragon said, shaking his head slightly.
The group starts running down the hill, Legolas in front. Legolas than jumps up to a larger rock, squinting his eyes.
"Legolas! What do your Elf-eyes see?" Aragorn yells, as the group tries to catch their breaths.
"The Uruks turn northeast." Legolas said in puzzlement. Than his eyes widen, "they are taking the Hobbits and Alejandra to Isengard."
"Saruman." Both Aragorn and Alejandro say at the same time.
"Come on!" Saul said, already ahead of them.
The group follows, as Gimli runs behind. "Keep breathing. That's the key. Breathe."
"They've fun as if the very whips of their masters were behind them." Legolas said, looking over to Aragorn.
The Uruk-hai's and Orcs have reached the edge of Fangorn Forest by nightfall, all trying to catch their breaths. The Uruk-hai's that were holding Merry, Pippin, and Alejandra threw them down to the floor not to gently.
"We're not going no further until we made a breather." An Orc said, everyone agreeing.
Rolling his eyes, the leader of the Uruk-hai's looked over to his men. "Get a fire going!"
Pippin crawls to Merry making sure no one was seeing. "Merry! Merry!"
Merry looks at his cousin. "I think we might have made a mistake leaving the Shire, Pippin."
"No you didn't." Both cousins look up to Alejandra, who has crawled to them painfully. "You made a good decision. No matter how small you are, you are still part of this war! Besides, even if you weren't here, you would still have fought in the Shire."
"She has a point." Pippin said, nodding his head.
As the Uruk-hai's and Orcs chop up the trees of Fangorn, the trees start to groan. Pippin and Merry look at each other.
"What's making that noise?" Pippin asked a bit terrified.
Merry sits up as best as he could in his stomach, looking a Pippin. "It's the trees."
"What?" Pippin asked confused.
"You remember the Old Forest on the borders of Buckland?" Before Pippin could respond, Merry continued. "Folk used to say there was something in the water that made the trees grow tall and come alive."
"Alive?" Pippin asked in disbelief and shock, looking over to the trees.
"Trees that could whisper," Merry also looked over to the forest. "Talk to each other." Merry looks back at Pippin, who looks at his cousin. "Even move."
"I'm starving. We ain't had nothing but maggoty bread for three stinking days." A Uruk-hai said, throwing some bred on to the ground.
"Yeah. Why can't we have some meat?!" An Orc agrees, looking around. He than looks over to the Hobbits. "What about them? They're fresh."
Scolding at the Orc, Alejandra turned to her back, flip up and stood in front of the Hobbits. "You don't touch them, unless you get through me." She than kicked her foot back, inches away from a Uruk-hai. "ANY of you."
"Don't you worry, lass. They are not for eating!" The leader said, walking in front of the Orc.
Merry and Pippin stand up, hiding behind Alejandra, who was now standing on her two legs.
"What about their legs? They don't need those." Another Orc piped up.
Both Merry and Pippin look down at their legs, than up at the Orcs and Uruk-hai's with wide eyes.
"What about the woman?" A Uruk-hai said, stepping forward and eyeing Alejandra. "We could have a bit of fun, can't we?" He walked forward.
Once he was close enough, Alejandra kicked him were it hurts most men, hoping to whatever god their was that they had what men had. And surely to her surprise, they did and the Uruk-hai was bent over, groaning in pain. Alejandra took this chance and kicked his face, sending him sprawling on to his back.
Alejandra puts her head up high, daring anyone else to come forward. "Anyone else?"
Most of the Orcs and Uruk-hai's just covered their privates, or took a step back. No matter how many there were. But a Orc walked up, licking it's lips.
"They look tasty." He said, taking out it's broad sword.
The leader pushed back the Orc. "Get back scum!"
The Orcs and Uruk-hai's start to snarl at each other, glaring daggers, and making threats to one another. Without notice, an Orc came from behind the Hobbits and Alejandra, it's sword out in front of him.
"Just a bit of meat, that's all!" Once he was close enough, he was ready to strike.
Alejandra ducked down, eyes wide, as the leader quickly turned and swung his sword. He cut off the head of the Orc, it's body falling to the floor, and it's head falling on top of Pippin to the floor.
"Looks like meat is back in the menu boys!" The leader said, as they all yelled in joy.
The hungry Orcs and Uruk-hai's pushed the Hobbits and Alejandra to the side.
"Let's go!" Merry said, as they started to crawl away.
But they were stopped as a Orc put a foot on Pippin. "Go on, call for help." He turned over Pippin, grabbing his face. "Squeal! No one's going save you now!"
Before they could do anything, the Orc shrieks in pain as a spear goes through his back. Alejandra looks up to see the Rohan riders riding from the dark, killing those of unaware of their presences. The Hobbits and Alejandra than start to crawl away. Pippin turns on to his back and sees a horse on it's hind legs. Pippin screams and before he can move, Alejandra grabs him and quickly took him from underneath the horse.
"Thank you Alejandra." Pippin said a bit of a daze and fear.
"Don't mention it." She looked at both of them. "You two get into Fangorn Forest and run!"
"But what about you?" Merry asked.
"I'll be right behind you! Now go!" Alejandra yelled.
Standing up, Alejandra kicked an Orc that was coming at them. Pippin and Merry did what they were told and ran. Looking around, Alejandra started running away from the forest. She ducked down as an arrow was flying right at her. But she was tackled to the ground before she could start running again. A Uruk-hai turned Alejandra over and leaned his face to hers.
"Where are you going?"
"Away from you!" Alejandra punched the Uruk-hai with both her fist, as they were bond together still.
The Uruk-hai's head snapped to the side but look back to Alejandra, snarling. Alejandra chuckled nervously, looking around. The Uruk-hai was than kicked off and a spear into his chest. Alejandra looked up to see Éomer kneeling down and cut her bonds.
"My lady, what are you doing here?"
Alejandra thanked him as he helped her up. "I was captured by them, along with two others. But I told them to run."
"Come, I will take you somewhere-"
"Watch out!" Alejandra pushed Éomer to the side as a broad sword cut into her side.
Éomer quickly took out his sword and cut the Uruk-hai's head off. Alejandra was on her knees, the broad sword still stuck on her side. Éomer kneeled, looking at the sword.
"Take it out!" Alejandra said through her teeth.
"But-"
"Do it!"
Éomer hesitated but grabbed the sword nonetheless. In one quick move, Éomer pulled it out. Alejandra cried out, holding the wound to stop the bleeding. By this time, all of the Orcs and Uruk-hai's are now dead. Éomer called over one of the riders to help him with the wound. Alejandra than blacked out, the last thing she heard wad Éomer telling her not to worry, she will be fine.
A/N: How was it? Good I hoped. Please review!!!