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Chapter 12: The Fellowship Breaks

Harry, Aragorn, and Frodo had their swords drawn, as the noises in the trees came closer and closer. But Frodo noticed that Sting wasn't glowing blue, so it was either a friend coming or something far worse than an orc.

Actually, it was Hermione. She came dashing up to them, looking wild-eyed. "Thank goodness I found you!" she gasped.

"What's the matter Hermione?" asked Harry.

"Orcs!" she cried, "I heard them talking just now, and they know we're here, they're planning to attack us!"

"What!" asked Aragorn in alarm.

"It gets worse," said Hermione, "They're after you Frodo, and Sam, Merry, and Pippin! They're after the hobbits! And they're after you too Harry, and Fred and George! They're under orders from Sauron; they're supposed to capture you all alive!"

Harry felt sick. He remembered what he'd seen in the Mirror. Now he knew what Sauron had decided to do.

Aragorn turned to Frodo and Harry. Horrified, the hobbit realized his sword was now glowing. "Go, both of you! Run!"

"But what about…"

"I'll be fine Harry, run!"

Harry looked at Hermione. "I've got to warn the others," was all she said before she ran off.

Harry looked at Frodo, and then the two of them ran as fast as they could in the opposite direction. They hadn't run far when they heard the sound of fighting and a harsh orc-cry, "Find the Halfling! Find the wizards!"

"RUN!" yelled Harry and they kept racing through the trees, never once looking back.


Hermione ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She got back to the beach, but to her horror, the camp was empty! Then she calmed down long enough to realize that nothing seemed disturbed, so they obviously had not been attacked. So what happened?

The answer came almost instantly. Hermione heard sounds of battle nearby and Legolas yelling, "Aragorn go!" With a wave of relief she realized that they had heard the Uruk-hai and had gone to help. But she still had to warn Sam, Merry, Pippin, Fred, and George. So off she ran again.


Merry, Pippin, Fred, and George were, at the moment, fighting their way through the woods. Sam had left them all beforehand to look for Frodo, even though Aragorn had told him to stay at the camp. Legolas and Gimli had heard what was happening and went in the direction of Aragorn, but the twins refused to go with them, because they wanted to find Harry and make sure he was all right. So they all split up again.

Pippin looked around and spotted an old rotten log. "Quick," he called, "In here!" His friends followed, and found Frodo crouched behind a tree. Some Uruks ran past but didn't see him.

"Frodo," called Fred, "Do you know where Harry is?"

"Up here," whispered Harry. He couldn't hide behind the tree unnoticed like Frodo, so he was forced to climb.

"Are you ok?" asked George.

"Yeah."

"Come on Frodo, you can hide in here," said Pippin.

But Frodo shook his head.

"What's he doing?" Pippin asked the others.

"He's leaving," said Merry slowly.

Pippin wouldn't hear of it, and ran towards his cousin, the other three following.

"Guys NO!" said Harry. It was too late. Uruk-hai were coming down the hill towards them. In a minute they'd all be caught.

"OI!" yelled Fred suddenly, "Over here you stupid ugly monsters!" George, Merry, and Pippin understood at once and started yelling, pointing at themselves, and running in the opposite direction of Frodo and Harry. It worked. The Uruk-hai charged after them, completely missing the other two.

But Harry couldn't let them do this. He ran after them crying, "Wait, guys STOP!" They didn't hear him. One of the Uruks did, however, and pounced. Before he knew what was happening, Harry found himself fighting the huge, strong, terrifying creature. But it was too powerful for him. He found himself pinned facedown on the ground. The Uruk started to pick him up, but suddenly Harry felt its grip loosen as it collapsed to the ground. An arrow was sticking out of its back.

Legolas ran over and pulled Harry to his feet. "Are you all right?" he asked.

"Yeah, thanks," gasped Harry.

A long low note suddenly sounded throughout the wood. "What on earth was that?" asked Harry.

"The Horn of Gondor," replied Legolas.

"Boromir," muttered Harry. He started running in the direction of the horn blows. "Find Aragorn and Gimli!" he called to Legolas, who nodded and headed in the opposite direction. Harry continued running, with a sinking feeling as he realized he was headed toward where he last saw Fred, George, Merry, and Pippin running.


Hermione sped through the trees, frantically looking for the hobbits. She found one, just not the one she was looking for in particular.

"Frodo!" she cried, "Have you seen Sam, Merry, or Pippin?"

"I saw Merry and Pippin!" he said breathlessly, "They, Fred and George were trying to lure the Uruk-hai away from me and Harry. It worked too. But don't worry, Harry went after them, so I'm sure they'll be alright."

"Where's Sam?" she asked.

"I don't know," he replied.

"I'd better find him first then," she said, "Who knows what he got himself in to. You'd better head for the beach, they won't look for you there, they think we're all fighting out here."

Hermione, of course, had no idea that Frodo was headed in that direction anyway, since he was leaving and needed one of the boats. But he didn't tell her that, instead he simply said, "Ok" and was gone. Hermione went to look for Sam.


Fred and George were out of breath. They had run to an old stone bridge but now they and the hobbits were completely surrounded. Just when it looked like there was no hope for any of them, Boromir charged out with his sword raised and began to fight the monsters. After getting over the initial shock of this sudden turn of events, the other four began to fight too.


"Mr. Frodo!" Sam called more and more desperately, "Mr. Frodo where are you!"

"Sam?" called another voice. But it wasn't Frodo. It was Hermione. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, but where's Frodo?" he asked.

"He's headed back to camp," she replied.

Sam realized what Frodo was going to do as she said this. "No," he muttered, "He can't leave!"

"What!" asked Hermione in confusion and alarm.

"Frodo's going to leave us! He's going to take a boat and go to Mordor alone!"

"Oh no! We have to stop him! We're supposed to stick together!"

"Let's hurry back to the boats then," said Sam.


The Uruks kept coming. The five friends on the bridge were having trouble fighting them all. There wasn't too much Merry and Pippin could do against the beasts, but they did manage to knock a few out by hitting them with rocks.

No one noticed the leader of the Uruk-hai, Lurtz, climbing slowly up a hill nearby. He took out his bow, and fired it in their direction.

In one heart-stopping moment the arrow met its target as it slammed full force into Boromir.

George was the first to notice. He turned to stab another orc when he saw Boromir, gasping and clutching his chest. "Boromir what happ…" he stopped when he saw the arrow sticking out.

By now the others had noticed. They stared in horror at their friend, who turned around and continued fighting anyway, only to find Lurtz firing another arrow into his chest.

This time he nearly collapsed, but took one look at the hobbits and twins and summoned up his last amount of energy to kill a few more Uruks.

Lurtz fired again, and this time Boromir couldn't take any more. Sudden rage filled the four that were still standing and they charged, yelling war cries, desperate to avenge their fallen friend.

But the Uruks simply grabbed Merry and Pippin and carried them away. Two others managed to grab the twins from behind, and a bunch of them managed to drag them away. The other Uruk-hai followed. All that remained was Lurtz and Boromir. Their evil leader wanted to finish the job he'd started before leaving.

But before he could fire his last arrow, he heard someone yell, "Stupefy!" and felt something burning bounce off his thick armor. Harry leapt into the clearing, wand raised and sword gleaming. He didn't know what had happened to the others yet. But he did see what was happening to Boromir, and he wasn't letting this orc get away without a fight.

Lurtz looked at his attacker. He wondered how he could capture him without exactly hurting him too much; he was what Saruman wanted after all. Harry was eyeing him too, this guy was fierce, and he wasn't sure if he'd be able to kill it.

Then Lurtz attacked! Harry found himself using every move he knew, whatever came to his head first, as he tried to fight it. For awhile neither seemed to make a dent on the other. Then Lurtz managed to tackle Harry to the ground, knocking his sword away. He leaned down to pick the boy up when Aragorn came flying out of no where and launched himself on the pair. Distracted, Lurtz began to fight the ranger as Harry ran to get his sword.

Even though it became two against one, Aragorn and Harry still found themselves up against a tough opponent. Harry tried stunning it while Aragorn hacked at it with his sword, but the spells bounced harmlessly off his armor. So instead he grabbed his sword and tried to help his ranger friend, but Lurtz was good at fighting them both at the same time. His only problem that he could see was how to kill one and capture the other without getting himself killed in the process.

In the end, fortunately, that was not possible. Aragorn managed to slice off one of the Uruk's arms, and Harry leaned into stab him. Somehow, Lurtz remained on his feet, glaring at Harry in defiance. Then Aragorn came running up and chopped off Lurtz's head. The battle was over. Harry collapsed onto the ground, completely exhausted. That last fight had taken all the strength out of him, that and the ugly wound he'd gotten when Lurtz tried to put a dagger in his shoulder. He found himself sinking into unconsciousness, vaguely wondering where everyone else was before blacking out.


Frodo pushed one of the boats into the river and started to paddle away. He heard voices crying, "Frodo! Frodo wait!" He tried to ignore them, he knew who they were, Sam and Hermione, but he wouldn't turn around, he was going alone and that was that.

"Frodo stop! We have to stick together!" cried Hermione. Frodo heard the sounds of them crashing in the water and could ignore them no longer.

"Go back guys!" he called, "I'm going to Mordor alone!"

"You can't go by yourself!" cried Hermione.

"If you go then I'm coming with you!" yelled Sam.

"You can't swim," Frodo told Sam.

"I can!" said Hermione. When she saw Sam thrashing in the water, she wrapped her arms around his waste and swam to the middle of the river, where Frodo pulled them into his boat.

"I made a promise Mr. Frodo," gasped Sam, who was close to tears, "A promise. 'Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee!' And I don't mean to Frodo. I don't mean to."

Hermione felt tears stinging her own face as she watched them hug. Frodo turned to her. "And what about you?" he asked, "Are you coming Hermione?"

"Well, considering I just swam halfway across the river to you, I'd think so!" she said.

Frodo smiled at her. "Thank you," he said softly, "I'm glad you two are with me." He took his paddle and continued to row to the other side of Anduin.

As the banks where the Fellowship had camped grew farther and farther away, Hermione felt a little regretful that she hadn't gotten to say goodbye to Harry, Fred, and George. They had just found each other, and now they were splitting up. But she couldn't watch out for them forever. They might've gotten into trouble a lot, but they could all take care of themselves. And maybe if she went with Frodo and Sam, they might find Ron and Ginny along the way. So when they got to the other side, Hermione took one last look at the beach, murmured, "Goodbye guys!" and then followed Frodo and Sam, as they headed to their ultimate destination: Mordor.


"Harry? Harry?"

Harry groaned and opened his eyes. He saw Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli all staring at him with sad, worried expressions on their faces. He realized who was missing. "Where's Boromir?" he asked.

"He died," said Aragorn sadly, "And Harry, I don't know how to tell you this exactly, but before he died, he told me that the Uruks captured Merry, Pippin, and…" he took a deep breath, "Fred and George."

Harry stared at him numbly. He couldn't fully comprehend the words Aragorn was saying. Boromir was dead, and Fred and George were gone. Slowly, he managed to choke out, "Are they alive?"

"I think so," said Aragorn gently, "Harry, you need to lie down and rest now, you've got an ugly cut on your shoulder there, nothing I can't heal, but…"

"WHO CARES ABOUT ME!" Harry roared suddenly, sitting up and wincing slightly because of the pain. Breathing very fast, he started to pace around. "Two of us are dead," he said, "Four of us are captured, and where are Hermione, Frodo, and Sam!"

"I don't know," said Aragorn, "I have not seen them."

"Oh this is perfect," said Harry, "They could be lying dead somewhere for all we know!"

"I think Hermione would've summoned us with her brooch if she was in trouble," said Aragorn, "And I am sure the other hobbits are fine. For now, let's see what we can do for Boromir."

In the end, all four of them agreed the best thing to do would be to put him in one of the boats and let it sail down the river. Then came the decision of what to do next. Legolas wanted to follow Frodo, Sam, and Hermione, since he saw them entering the woods on the other side. Harry felt he needed to go after Fred and George. Besides, as he and Aragorn explained, Frodo wanted to finish this journey by himself.

"Then it has all been in vain," said Gimli miserably, "The Fellowship has failed."

"Not if we hold true to each other," replied Aragorn, "We will not abandon our friends to torment and death."

"Do you think we can catch up to them?" asked Harry, "They've had quite a head start."

"Yes, we can and will," said Aragorn firmly. He sheathed his sword, turned to the others and said, "Let's hunt some orc!"

Gimli cheered and together they all followed Aragorn into the woods, chasing after the trail the Uruks had left behind.

A new stage of their journey had begun.

A/N: And so ends The Fellowship of the Ring! One down, two to go! But don't worry about Fred and George! If I were you, I'd be more worried about the poor Uruk-Hai… (chuckles evilly)

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Kaladelia Undomiel: That would certainly be dramatic, but Hermione's brooch isn't a healing one. And only she can summon people with it, not the other way around. But I have an idea of where she can use it, I know when they're all going to use their gifts, I'm glad you liked them! I love the Gimli/Galadriel thing too, but it didn't exactly fit in with the Hogwarts crew, so I never wrote it in.

Eclipse: Actually the orcs never saw Hermione. I thought everyone understood that. I decided to make her go with Frodo instead, because I want her to meet Gollum. I think they'd have an interesting relationship because Hermione is all about compassion and tolerance, and unlike the hobbits, Gollum has no reason to have a grudge with her. We'll see in the next chapter…

Radszilla: Ooo, wait 'til you see what the twins do with their gift! It won't be for a while though. I hope you didn't mind that I put Hermione with Frodo and Sam! How'd you know Harry would get Gryffindor's sword? Wow, you're smart!

Darknesscomes: Thank you, I shall definitely keep it up!

Mika: I'm not offended, I totally understand! I hope I didn't bomb with this chapter! I'm glad you find it believable and makes sense; I have tried my best so far to make it that way! Definitely no super Harry, I never saw him that way, I don't plan to portray as such. Boromir died, yes, I decided to keep that part the same. Sorry if I disappointed you!

Infallallthingsaremadesplendid: A party! Excellent idea! I don't know how I'd do that though, this is a serious story after all! I guess during the RotK, the party in Rohan will have to suffice.

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