Chapter 7

After spending a few days in Lóthlórien to recover their strength the fellowship took three boats down the river Anduin. Gimli had made a show of complaining about being in a boat with Legolas but he had a joking tone to his voice that told them that he was teasing the elf so Aragorn didn't rearrange their seating in the boats.

The trip was undisturbed save from them discovering that Gollum was following them and an argument between Aragorn and Boromir about their route to Mordor, but other then that the trip had been rather relaxing, especially for the Hobbits who simply had sit while the others paddled the boats along the river.

Three days after they had set out from Lórien they came to Parth Galen where they were to leave the boats and continue on foot.

"We cross the lake at nightfall. Hide the boats and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north." Aragorn said when the boats where securely beached.

"Oh, yes?! It's just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil? An impassable labyrinth of razor sharp rocks! And after that, it gets even better! Festering, stinking marshlands far as the eye can see!" Gimli said sarcastically, making the hobbits look rather anxious.

"That is our road. I suggest you take some rest and recover your strength master dwarf." Aragorn said.

Legolas stifled a laugh, knowing that the dwarf wouldn't appreciate that comment.

True to his thoughts Gimli muttered under his breath indignantly, "Recover my...?! Phrrrrr..."

"We should leave now." She suggested to Aragorn.

"No. Orcs patrol the eastern shore. We must wait for cover of darkness."

"It is not the eastern shore that worries me. A shadow and a threat has been growing in my mind. Something draws near...I can feel it!" She said looking around the area as if that 'something' was going to jump out at them.

Gimli stalked over to a nearby rock and sat down next to Pippin, "No dwarf need recover strength! Pay no heed to that, young hobbit." He assured the hobbit as he settled down against the rock.

Merry had disappeared into some nearby trees and now returned with a small pile of wood for a campfire. He set the wood down, and then looked around the campsite.

"Where's Frodo?" he asked after finding that his cousin was missing.

Sam jerked out of his doze and looked around for his master, along with the rest of the fellowship; they soon found that Boromir was also missing.

"Gimli, stay here with the hobbits, Legolas you go that way," Aragorn said pointing North-West, "I will go South-west."

Legolas headed in the direction that Aragorn had pointed out to her not only in search of Frodo and Boromir but also on the look out for the danger that she had sensed earlier. Female elves have a higher sense for danger then males, it was thought to be a maternal instinct for when they had children later in life but they were all born with it. However she couldn't inform Aragorn of this as it would alert him of the fact that she was Female.

The longer she searched for the missing fellowship member, the more uneasy she felt. Unable to locate the Ring-bearer or Steward's son, she was heading back towards the camp when she heard Aragorn's voice nearby.

"ELENDIL!!!"

Legolas ran towards the voice and sound of battle that had followed it. As she ran Gimli appeared from behind some bushes, also running towards the fight.

"Where are the hobbits?"

"They all ran off as soon as you left." Gimli complained.

"What? You can't control a couple of Hobbits?" she taunted good naturedly as they ran.

Gimli glared at him as they burst out of the trees into the clearing where Aragorn was fighting the large group of Uruk-Hai and Orcs. The pair quickly went about helping the future king of Gondor in killing the enormous amount of Uruk-Hai and Orcs.

"Aragorn! Go!" she yelled to him, hoping that he would leave to warn the others of the danger. But he stubbornly kept fighting alongside the Dwarf and Elf.

She went to shoot an arrow at on of the Orcs but it was to close, so she rammed the arrow she was holding, between the orcs ribs into its heart then pulled the arrow out and shot it at another.

As they were fighting they all heard three loud blasts of a horn.

"The Horn of Gondor!" she yelled over the noise of the enemy.

"Boromir!" Aragorn confirmed.

They ran down Amon Hen in the direction that the horn had come form, but the Uruk-Hai were too many and they didn't get far before they were once again fighting.

The horn sounded again, this time closer.

Legolas and Gimli continued to fight the Orcs while Aragorn managed to get past them and over to Boromir.

When they finally killed the last of the Uruk-Hai they ran in the direction that Aragorn had taken, only to find the man kneeling over Boromir's deceased body.

They stayed back, giving Aragorn a chance to say his goodbyes to the man. Legolas watched the pair sadly, silent tears running down her face. She saw Gimli bow his head and turn away next to her unable to watch the pair any longer.

"They will look for his coming from the White Tower. But he will not return." Aragorn said sadly, before bending down and picking the son of Gondor up of the ground and carrying him back to the camp to give him a proper burial.

They removed the arrows from his body and laid him gently in one of the boats which they had emptied. They placed his sword, horn and shield inside the boat with him but Aragorn removed the man's wrist guards. They gently pushed the boat out onto the water and watched silently as the boat disappeared over the raging falls of Rauros.

Aragorn strapped on Boromir's wrist guards in the mans honour as he turned away from the falls.

Legolas started to push the final boat on to the water, "Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore." But she stopped when she saw that Aragorn just stood silent and unmoving on the shore.

"You mean not to follow them?" she asked.

"Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands."

"Then it has all been in vain! The Fellowship has failed." Gimli said sadly.

Aragorn placed a hand on each of their shoulders, "Not if we hold true to each other. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let's hunt some orc!" Aragorn said, pushing his knife back into its scabath. (A/N can't work out how to spell can someone please tell me.)

"Yes," Gimli said laughing before following their leader as he disappeared into the trees.

A/N did this chapter while babysitting and watching the Mummy Returns Toy Story 2, was bored, but don't expect updates to often am about to start my TEE, scary, help. Oh well if I pass I pass if not I just don't get a pet snake for Christmas, there's always next year.

Lov

JEDIBANT

PS any ideas that any one gets for this fic please tell me. I have a few but the more ideas I have the faster I will update.

Also reviews can help me update faster as well HINT HINT.

Reviews

WhiteLotus25 Jenny Islander Ok I write Fan Fiction for the fun of it. It gives me stress relief, but I'm not forcing people to read what I write. Personally I think half my stuff is crap, but i'm not trying to be a famous writer I'm trying to have some fun I know I can never be a good writer because I have a learning disability that prevents me from writing what I think and anyway that is the fun of Fan Fiction you can change the story around so it works your way, if everyone wrote fan fiction the way that Tokin wrote his books half the people who read and write Fan Fiction won't. I haven't read the books cause I can't understand a word that he had written, again with the learning disability but that is just me.

I am not forcing you to read this story but I will point out to everyone who reads this that it is AU and I do this for my enjoyment and I love it went other people enjoy them too.

Sorry about the rant but that's the way it is.

Azla Dadaiiro Pointy-eared-elfs Thanks for your positive reviews. I just love feedback. I made it so Gimli took it well because they were meant to be friends in the real story so I wanted them to be friends in this one, and Legolas needed to have someone know.

Lov

JEDIBANT