The Rings Slayer
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Chapter 6
The Journey to the Ford
Buffy, Aragorn and the hobbits woke up and gathered their stuff. The got supplies from the inn keeper and went to see if there were any horses or ponies for them to use but all were gone. Except one little pony named Bill. With everything packed up they headed out. When they left everyone was there to see the travelers off and watching them with curiosity.
"So" Buffy asked breathing out loud. "How long will it take to get to Rivendale."
"A couple weeks at most." Aragorn said looking around. "It depends one if we get stopped and all the trouble that happens upon us."
They traveled for miles until Aragorn led them off the road. "We are heading for Weathertop we're suppose to be meeting Gandalf there. If not we'll head for Rivendale without him."
After awhile Merry asked about the last alliance between men and elves.
Aragorn thought for awhile. "It was a great battle. Many fell but we prevailed. Weatertop was not lived in for a long time but the people fought for it. Gil-galad came out of the west and the fought."
"Do you kow any songs for this Gil-galad." Pippin piped up.
"No I don't remember any." Aragorn said. And Piping sighed.
"Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the Mountains and the Sea
His sword was long, his was keen,
His shining helm afar was seen:
The countless starts of heaven's field
Were mirrored in his silver shield.
But long ago he rode away ,
And where he dwelleth none can say:
For into darkness fell his star
In Mordor where the shadows are."
"That was nice Sam." Buffy said looking at him along with the others.
"Do you know any more, Sam" asked Merry.
Sam blushed "No that is all I know."
With that they were silent for a long time. They walked for two more hours before the saw Weathertop in the distance. Buffy sensed something behind them.
She gasped as she saw the riders on the hills behind them. "Aragorn we needed to move faster. The riders are gaining on us."
Aragorn came to see for himself. "We should be at Weathertop by nightfall. Come on we must hasten are pace."
They hurried there and Aragorn found the mark that Gandalf have left. "He has past here several days ago."
They all sat down to rest from the days journey.
"Is there any chance that we could light a fire to have a warm meal." Sam asked "And some heat maybe."
"No we mustn't draw attention to ourselves. A fire will definitely draw that attention." Buffy said leaning against the ruined wall and relaxing.
"Aragorn do you think you could tell us about the elves before the fading times. I would dearly like to hear more about the elves."
"Yeah, come on Aragorn, enlighten us with one of the tales. It should past the time." Buffy said smiling slightly with him.
Aragorn sighed. "I will tell you the tale of Trinomial. In brief for it is a long tale of which the end is not know; and there are none now except Elrond, that remember it aright as it is told of old. It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the tales of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your heats." With that he started to chant:
"The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Trinomial was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering
There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.
Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.
He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as liden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollow quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.
He sought her ever, wondering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantled glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.
When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.
Again she fled, but swift he came.
Tinuviel! Tinuviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
And doom fell on Tinuviel
That in his arms lay glistening.
As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the maiden elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.
Long was the way that fate them bore,
O'er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless."
Aragorn sighed and paused. "This is hard to render in our speech for that was only a bit of an echo of it."
"That was very nice. Do you think I could Ask Lord Elrond to finish it for me." Sam asked.
Buffy laughed. "I don't know about that, Sam. There is more important thinf that has to be done that is worrying, After everything is cleaned up and figured out he would happily finish you.."
Aragorn stood up and looked around. "All of you get some rest. I'll scout the area to see if I can spot anything." With that he went off.
Buffy settled down next to Frodo and dozed off. About a hour latter she was woke up when Frodo elbowed her in the stomach, she rolled over with a groan,
"What are you doing?" Frodo cried in alarm.
Buffy sat up and saw that the other hobbits had lit a fire. "Oh No." And got up quickly.
"Put it out. Put it out." Frodo cried stomping on it.
"HEY." Sam cried.
"They will see the fire and come." Frodo said glaring at Sam.
"It's too late they are already here." Buffy said as she went to fend off the wringwraiths.
They fought them best they can. Buffy tried to fight them and keep an eye on all the hobbits. I was a hard job but she managed not to get cut by the morgal blade knowing the damage that can be done.
"Frodo." Sam cried out.
Buffy whipped around and saw that the wraiths were in a corner and she couldn't see Frodo anywhere. She saw that the wraith in front was bringing a blade down. Buffy ran and towards them. She threw herself in front of it and got the blade in the side. She cried out at the pain and the coldness of the blade. She never felt anything that cold or horrible in her life.
Aragorn came at that moment and took in the sight around him. He grabbed a smoldering log from the fire and started to fight them. When the last one was gone he ran towards Buffy and Frodo. He looked at her wound. "She was stabbed with a morgal blade this is beyond my skill."
"Will she be okay? What's going to happen to her? Frodo cried standing next to a weeping Sam.
"She'll fall into darkness if we don't get her help. Come on we must leave now. Grab your belongings and separate Buffy belonging between us I'll carry her weapons." He strapped all the weapons that were to bulky for him to be able to carry her easily. Then he picked her up carefully and started down with the hobbits trialing behind him.
Sam looked at Buffy scared for her life. "Aragorn we are six days away from Rivendale will she be able to make it."
"I do not know my friend but we will try our best to get her there." With that he sped up more determine not to take any rest unless they were dying of exhaustion.
Please RR. Be nice. Hope you all like this.
The song that Sam says is on page 209-210 in the Fellowship if the Ring chapter 21 A Knife in the Dark.
The song Aragorn does is on the pages216-218 in the Fellowship of the Ring A Knife in the Dark.
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