A/N: okay, i know Legolas, being an elf, would probably NOT be allergic to poison ivy...but in my story, he is! lol. and i may have said in previous chapters that these guys are goin 2 Edoras..but i think they are actually going to Helm's Deep. So thats why its different in this chapter than a previous one and ill fix that at some point.
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"Aragorn, what's this?" Merry asked, walking back from the woods. They had to stop because Merry had to pee. Actually, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, and MC had to stop. Theoden and his men continued on.
"Which one?" Aragorn inquired. Merry had two things in his hands. "In your right hand is a mushroom." Merry rolled his eyes, he'd known that. "In your left hand...hm, I can't remember what that one is. I know it's something of importance...let's see, three leaves..." Aragorn thought for a moment.
MC walked over and grabbed the plant from Merry and examined it. She dropped it, when realization hit her. Aragorn didn't see why she did that, and picked the plant up. "Guys, thats pois--"
"Maybe I can tell." Legolas walked over and took the plant from Aragorn.
"Guys, that's not some--"
"I know I've dealt with it in some way before." Aragorn rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"YOU GUYS!" MC said loudly, attempting, and failing, to get their attention. Legolas brought the plant up to his nose to smell it. Strider snorted, startling Legolas, causing him to shove the plant right into his nose. Then realization hit him, he dropped the plant, intentionally. Aragorn was scratching his head, deep in thought.
"YOU GUYS! I KNOW WHAT IT IS! TC DEALS WITH IT ALL THE TIME! IT'S POISON IVY!"
Aragorn froze, his eyes widened in horror.
"Good news is, you only get it if you're allergic to it." MC informed them. Aragorn and Legolas sighed in relief. "Bad news, 98% of the population is allergic."
"What's poison ivy?" Merry asked, cluelessly.
"A horrible thing." Aragorn told him.
"How long is it going to take to get to Helm's Deep?"Legolas asked.
"About a day."
"Great..."
"It can take up to fourteen days for the reaction to happen." MC stated. Legolas and Aragorn looked a little relieved. Then MC delivered more bad news. "Of course, it can react right away as well."
"Hey! There's a stream right there! We can just wash it off!" Merry pointed out excitedly. MC shook her head.
"Nope. You'd need soap, or some other cleaning agent to get poison ivy's chemicals off your skin."
"You're having fun telling us all this bad stuff, aren't you?" Aragorn asked, glaring. MC nodded. "I don't see why you're so happy about it though, you touched it too you know!" This destroyed MC's joy.
"Ha ha! You guys got it and I didn't!" Gimli taunted, staring at his four companions. It was the next day, and the poison ivy's reaction had set in, for all of them. MC and Merry were least affected, and only had it on their hands. Legolas and Aragorn had it on their hands as well, but Legolas had it around and in his nose, and Aragorn had it on his scalp and chin.
"I say we just leave him here!" Legolas stated, using all his self-control not to scratch. "This sucks! Elves should be immune to this kind of stuff! I mean, we are immortal." Legolas said this last part rather boastfully.
"Yeah yeah, you don't have to rub it in!" Aragorn snapped.
"My, aren't we grouchy?" Gimli teased happily.
"None of is got ANY sleep last night!" MC told him testily.
"Dude...Merry, are you feeling okay? You don't look so good." Aragorn asked, eyeing the rather sick looking hobbit. Merry shook his head, then quickly ran over to a bush. Puking could be heard. Then he walked back.
"Maybe I shouldn't have eaten that mushroom yesterday..."
"Maybe you should sleep." MC suggested.
"I can't."
"Well, don't complain, because this is ALL YOUR FAULT!" Legolas yelled.
"Don't yell at him!" MC retorted.
"I'LL YELL AT WHOEVER I VERY WELL PLEASE!"
"SO YELL AT ARAGORN!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"I WILL NOT! THIS IS ALL MERRY'S FAULT!"
"DIE!" MC flew at Legolas, who stepped aside, and Aragorn was standing right behind him, examining his hands. Needless to say, the unsuspecting ranger got tackled. MC got even more pissed off at the Elf and successfully tackled him. Aragorn was mad at MC and eagerly joined the fight. Gimli just relaxed against a boulder and enjoyed the show.
"You guys realize you are only spreading the poison ivy around more!" Merry said, only to be ignored as MC punched Aragorn in the face, which would later result in a black eye.
"Um..guys?" Gimli said, also ignored. He looked behind him, at the trail they'd come down. He wondered if the fact that a large group of riders coming towards them might be something of importance. "Guys?!" He was, once again, ignored. It struck him how much that happened since they'd all set out from Rivendell. "HEY! GUYS! THERE ARE LIKE, THIRTY PEOPLE RIDING TOWARDS US! YOU MIGHT WANT TO STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND GET READY TO FIGHT THEM!" Finally! Aragorn, Legolas and MC quickly stood up and brushed themselves off. None of them looked too...sane at the moment.
"Who are you?" Legolas asked as the riders neared them.
"I am Halbarad." The leader introduced, and jumped off his horse. "We are looking for one Aragorn, son of Arathorn."
"That's me!" Aragorn said and stepped forward. He looked at the man closely. "HALBARAD! Wonderful to see you again!"
"Same to you! I have brought thirty of my men! Er...what happened?!" Halbarad looked Aragorn up and down. Aside from the poison ivy and black eye, he had a bloody nose, and somehow, every hair on his head was standing on end.
"Well...there are some hobbits travelling with us and they are...demonic, to say the least."
"I didn't know it was poison ivy!" Merry said defensively, now standing next to Aragorn. Suddenly, he got a panicked look on his face, and before he could dash off to the bush, he puked...all over Aragorn. They all just stood there for a moment, their mouths hanging open.
"Gross...." Legolas said, with a look of disgust.
"You're telling me." Aragorn muttered, staring down at his feet, the most affected area.
"Sorry." Merry told him weakly.
"NO!" MC screamed, surprising everyone. "HE'S DYING! MERRY YOU CAN'T DIE! IF YOU SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT STAY AWAY!"
"We should all stay away from Merry, he might be contagious." Legolas told them all.
"No! We can't leave him alone! He'll die!"
"He's not gonna die!"
"He just barfed up his intestines or somthing!"
"He did not! He just...barfed."
"And he's gonna keep barfing and DIE!" MC wailed and went down on her knees, in hysterics.
"We should get to Helm's Deep." Halbarad suggested.
"Good idea." Aragorn agreed. "I guess, Merry, you'll ride on Hasufel with me."
"No!" MC protested. "He has to ride with ME!"
"Why?"
"BECAUSE!"
"Well too bad! We don't need two sick evil hobbits!"
Several hours later, they had more than two sick hobbits. ALL of them were sick. Well, not all of Halbarad's men, but Halbarad, Aragorn, Legolas, both hobbits and Gimli were all sick to their stomach. They could not let their horses exceed a walk or they would vomit even more.
"Merry..." Legolas groaned, but could not finish, for at that moment he leaned over his horse and spewed. "This...is all YOUR fault!"
"We're almost to Helm's Deep!" Aragorn told them.
"Good." Halbarad replied. "The sooner we get their the better, anyone who might be following us would be able to pick up our trail quite easily...what with all that barf everywhere."
"You're here! Finally!" Theoden yelled as they rode in. Then he got a closer look. "My God! What happened."
"Mushrooms...poison ivy..."Aragorn mumbled as he half dismounted, half fell off Hasufel, bringing Merry with him. They both puked at the same time, barely missing Theoden's feet. The King looked up and saw the rest of the company hadn't fared much better.
"This is great." He said sarcastically.
~*~*~
"Aragorn, what's this?" Merry asked, walking back from the woods. They had to stop because Merry had to pee. Actually, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Merry, and MC had to stop. Theoden and his men continued on.
"Which one?" Aragorn inquired. Merry had two things in his hands. "In your right hand is a mushroom." Merry rolled his eyes, he'd known that. "In your left hand...hm, I can't remember what that one is. I know it's something of importance...let's see, three leaves..." Aragorn thought for a moment.
MC walked over and grabbed the plant from Merry and examined it. She dropped it, when realization hit her. Aragorn didn't see why she did that, and picked the plant up. "Guys, thats pois--"
"Maybe I can tell." Legolas walked over and took the plant from Aragorn.
"Guys, that's not some--"
"I know I've dealt with it in some way before." Aragorn rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"YOU GUYS!" MC said loudly, attempting, and failing, to get their attention. Legolas brought the plant up to his nose to smell it. Strider snorted, startling Legolas, causing him to shove the plant right into his nose. Then realization hit him, he dropped the plant, intentionally. Aragorn was scratching his head, deep in thought.
"YOU GUYS! I KNOW WHAT IT IS! TC DEALS WITH IT ALL THE TIME! IT'S POISON IVY!"
Aragorn froze, his eyes widened in horror.
"Good news is, you only get it if you're allergic to it." MC informed them. Aragorn and Legolas sighed in relief. "Bad news, 98% of the population is allergic."
"What's poison ivy?" Merry asked, cluelessly.
"A horrible thing." Aragorn told him.
"How long is it going to take to get to Helm's Deep?"Legolas asked.
"About a day."
"Great..."
"It can take up to fourteen days for the reaction to happen." MC stated. Legolas and Aragorn looked a little relieved. Then MC delivered more bad news. "Of course, it can react right away as well."
"Hey! There's a stream right there! We can just wash it off!" Merry pointed out excitedly. MC shook her head.
"Nope. You'd need soap, or some other cleaning agent to get poison ivy's chemicals off your skin."
"You're having fun telling us all this bad stuff, aren't you?" Aragorn asked, glaring. MC nodded. "I don't see why you're so happy about it though, you touched it too you know!" This destroyed MC's joy.
"Ha ha! You guys got it and I didn't!" Gimli taunted, staring at his four companions. It was the next day, and the poison ivy's reaction had set in, for all of them. MC and Merry were least affected, and only had it on their hands. Legolas and Aragorn had it on their hands as well, but Legolas had it around and in his nose, and Aragorn had it on his scalp and chin.
"I say we just leave him here!" Legolas stated, using all his self-control not to scratch. "This sucks! Elves should be immune to this kind of stuff! I mean, we are immortal." Legolas said this last part rather boastfully.
"Yeah yeah, you don't have to rub it in!" Aragorn snapped.
"My, aren't we grouchy?" Gimli teased happily.
"None of is got ANY sleep last night!" MC told him testily.
"Dude...Merry, are you feeling okay? You don't look so good." Aragorn asked, eyeing the rather sick looking hobbit. Merry shook his head, then quickly ran over to a bush. Puking could be heard. Then he walked back.
"Maybe I shouldn't have eaten that mushroom yesterday..."
"Maybe you should sleep." MC suggested.
"I can't."
"Well, don't complain, because this is ALL YOUR FAULT!" Legolas yelled.
"Don't yell at him!" MC retorted.
"I'LL YELL AT WHOEVER I VERY WELL PLEASE!"
"SO YELL AT ARAGORN!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"I WILL NOT! THIS IS ALL MERRY'S FAULT!"
"DIE!" MC flew at Legolas, who stepped aside, and Aragorn was standing right behind him, examining his hands. Needless to say, the unsuspecting ranger got tackled. MC got even more pissed off at the Elf and successfully tackled him. Aragorn was mad at MC and eagerly joined the fight. Gimli just relaxed against a boulder and enjoyed the show.
"You guys realize you are only spreading the poison ivy around more!" Merry said, only to be ignored as MC punched Aragorn in the face, which would later result in a black eye.
"Um..guys?" Gimli said, also ignored. He looked behind him, at the trail they'd come down. He wondered if the fact that a large group of riders coming towards them might be something of importance. "Guys?!" He was, once again, ignored. It struck him how much that happened since they'd all set out from Rivendell. "HEY! GUYS! THERE ARE LIKE, THIRTY PEOPLE RIDING TOWARDS US! YOU MIGHT WANT TO STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND GET READY TO FIGHT THEM!" Finally! Aragorn, Legolas and MC quickly stood up and brushed themselves off. None of them looked too...sane at the moment.
"Who are you?" Legolas asked as the riders neared them.
"I am Halbarad." The leader introduced, and jumped off his horse. "We are looking for one Aragorn, son of Arathorn."
"That's me!" Aragorn said and stepped forward. He looked at the man closely. "HALBARAD! Wonderful to see you again!"
"Same to you! I have brought thirty of my men! Er...what happened?!" Halbarad looked Aragorn up and down. Aside from the poison ivy and black eye, he had a bloody nose, and somehow, every hair on his head was standing on end.
"Well...there are some hobbits travelling with us and they are...demonic, to say the least."
"I didn't know it was poison ivy!" Merry said defensively, now standing next to Aragorn. Suddenly, he got a panicked look on his face, and before he could dash off to the bush, he puked...all over Aragorn. They all just stood there for a moment, their mouths hanging open.
"Gross...." Legolas said, with a look of disgust.
"You're telling me." Aragorn muttered, staring down at his feet, the most affected area.
"Sorry." Merry told him weakly.
"NO!" MC screamed, surprising everyone. "HE'S DYING! MERRY YOU CAN'T DIE! IF YOU SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT STAY AWAY!"
"We should all stay away from Merry, he might be contagious." Legolas told them all.
"No! We can't leave him alone! He'll die!"
"He's not gonna die!"
"He just barfed up his intestines or somthing!"
"He did not! He just...barfed."
"And he's gonna keep barfing and DIE!" MC wailed and went down on her knees, in hysterics.
"We should get to Helm's Deep." Halbarad suggested.
"Good idea." Aragorn agreed. "I guess, Merry, you'll ride on Hasufel with me."
"No!" MC protested. "He has to ride with ME!"
"Why?"
"BECAUSE!"
"Well too bad! We don't need two sick evil hobbits!"
Several hours later, they had more than two sick hobbits. ALL of them were sick. Well, not all of Halbarad's men, but Halbarad, Aragorn, Legolas, both hobbits and Gimli were all sick to their stomach. They could not let their horses exceed a walk or they would vomit even more.
"Merry..." Legolas groaned, but could not finish, for at that moment he leaned over his horse and spewed. "This...is all YOUR fault!"
"We're almost to Helm's Deep!" Aragorn told them.
"Good." Halbarad replied. "The sooner we get their the better, anyone who might be following us would be able to pick up our trail quite easily...what with all that barf everywhere."
"You're here! Finally!" Theoden yelled as they rode in. Then he got a closer look. "My God! What happened."
"Mushrooms...poison ivy..."Aragorn mumbled as he half dismounted, half fell off Hasufel, bringing Merry with him. They both puked at the same time, barely missing Theoden's feet. The King looked up and saw the rest of the company hadn't fared much better.
"This is great." He said sarcastically.