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Chapter 2The next morning was brighter. They walked through the day and with Van Helsing's insistence, they walked through the night too. They reached Rivendell the next morning. Elrond was not there, since he had taken the ship to Valinor. Not one elf was there. It was empty, but was the same, not even age could break its beauty. Everything was there just like it was when the Fellowship assembled. Everyone unpacked and was either in the beds or outside taking a walk. The boys in one room and the girls in another.
"Van Helsing, did you ask Elanor about the werewolves?" Carl asked as he bent down to look at the herb garden.
"No," Van Helsing said bluntly.
"She is in the flower garden," Carl told him quietly.
Van Helsing sighed and walked to the other garden. Elanor standing near a rose bush, she saw him and opened her mouth greet him.
Before she could say anything, Van Helsing asked as he walked towards her, "Do these werewolves transform?"
"No," Elanor replied.
"How do you know? You've never been there," Van Helsing asked as he stopped in front of her and looked down.
"Bilbo Baggins of Bag End wrote a book about his adventures. He saw these werewolves, as you call them, and he saw a friend, who was a wizard, fight them. After Bilbo finished writing his adventure, he handed the book down to his cousin, adopted son, and heir. Frodo had an adventure with my father, Samwise Gamgee, and Frodo wrote his adventure, but there was a few more pages left. Before Frodo left the Shire and went to Valinor, Frodo gave Sam the book. Now, I keep the book with me since I am the oldest," Elanor explained as she looked up.
"Elanor?" Ruby's voice came from behind Van Helsing.
Van Helsing turned around to see Ruby with Carl.
"Nibs told me that you were in here, Elanor. Hi, Gabriel! What's going on?" Ruby said as she held Carl's hand.
"I just needed to find out something from your older sister," Van Helsing smiled.
Van Helsing looked at Carl. Carl shrugged. Elanor rushed forward and took Ruby's hand from Carl and hurried towards the place where the girls' sleeping quarters.
"What's wrong?" Van Helsing asked Carl.
"Ruby said that Rose was sick with a fever. Why don't we get to sleep? We're safe. This is an Elven haven anyway. Come on," Carl said as he pulled Van Helsing to the bedroom.
Carl was unsuccessful.
"You go on," Van Helsing told Carl.
"You haven't slept!" Carl protested as he tried to pull Van Helsing.
"You go on," Van Helsing repeated louder.
Carl heard the tone of Van Helsing's voice and immediately released Van Helsing and hurried off to the bedroom. Van Helsing watched him go. Once Carl was out of his sight he looked at the girls' dorm. Ruby came out from the girls' bedroom. Van Helsing wanted to be left alone, but how can you tell a little girl that?
"Gabriel! Elanor wants to stay here until Rose gets better," Ruby said as she ran towards Van Helsing.
"Alright. We can do that. This place is well protected," Van Helsing told her.
Ruby stopped right in front of Van Helsing. She looked up at him and looked deep into his eyes.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"I am Gabriel van Helsing," Van Helsing said, he knew it didn't answer her question, but he didn't want to answer her question.
"You know what I mean. Who are you?" she persisted.
Van Helsing grunted.
"I know a little about your type of people. You think that there is a place called Hell. Why is your last name like that? Hell sing? Who are you? What is your profession? What is your history? Who are you?" Ruby asked.
"Why do you have to ask?" Van Helsing asked bitterly as he looked about.
"Because I remind you of somebody," Ruby smiled up at him.
"How do you know?" He asked as he looked down sharply at Ruby.
"My father would look at my brother, Frodo, like that. Frodo reminded him of his Master Frodo," Ruby whispered, "You are older than you look too."
"How?" Van Helsing asked angry that a person was pestering him about his past.
"Your eyes. Look at them and you can tell everything. I shan't tell anyone. Sharku, Armorfarthion, Gabriel," Ruby recited his names as she walked towards the bedroom.
Van Helsing hurried forward and grasped her arm.
"You know all about me?" Van Helsing asked her as he pulled her around to face him.
"No, but people's eyes tell everything about them. But there is something strange about your eyes. What was her name? What is your history? You don't remember some of it. I can tell. What is your history?" Ruby asked him as she searched his eyes.
"Anna, but I can't tell you my history," Van Helsing sighed as he gave in.
"Tell me the history you remember," Ruby said.
"He remembers fighting the Romans," Carl's voice came from behind Van Helsing.
Van Helsing whipped around. Carl smiled weakly.
"Hi, monk," Ruby laughed.
"Well, actually, I'm only just a friar," Carl told her.
Van Helsing stormed out of the garden and threw himself on his bed. While back in the garden Ruby and Carl were laughing.
"Well, I got what I wanted," Carl laughed.
Back with Van Helsing, things weren't going to good. Frodo, Merry, Pippin, and Bilbo were pestering Van Helsing.
"That sidekick of yours, what is he?" Frodo asked.
"Carl is a friar from the secret order in the Vatican in Rome," Van Helsing said.
"Where do you come from?" Bilbo asked.
"I come from the Vatican in Rome," Van Helsing half lied.
"How come you wear black?" Merry asked.
"It's good in the dark when the dark creatures come out," Van Helsing sighed annoyed.
"Where are we going?" Pippin asked.
Van Helsing was about to open his mouth, but when he realized what the hobbit said, he was shocked.
"Don't you know?" Van Helsing asked shocked.
"No," Pippin said truthfully
"Then why in the world did you come on this trip!" Van Helsing exclaimed as he rolled over to face them.
"We wanted to come," Merry said as Frodo, Bilbo, and Pippin nodded.
"How can you want to come when you don't know what you are going into?" Van Helsing asked as he sat up.
"We like adventures," Bilbo told Van Helsing seriously.
"Well you won't like this one," Van Helsing said as he left the room and went back outside.
Carl saw a black figure coming out of the room.
"Get behind me, Ruby," Carl told her.
Ruby obediently hid behind Carl. Van Helsing went up to him.
"I cannot understand hobbits. The one, Pippin, he doesn't know where we are going, he doesn't know what we are doing. He doesn't know anything!" Van Helsing exclaimed.
As Van Helsing was talking to Carl, Ruby quietly slipped back into the room.
"Pack up the things, Carl. We're going alone," Van Helsing said tiredly,
Carl went to the room and gathered his things and the bag full of weapons. Once, Carl came out of the room they set off and traveled southward to west of Moria.
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