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Chapter 6: Stupid Bloody Horse…

A/N; I have nothing against horses.

"I can't ride a horse! I can't feel my legs!"

The party of travellers were about three hour's ride from Gondor, and Bridget had been yelling this since the day after they left Mirkwood.

"Bloody Mary-sues are liars," she mumbled, "Every time they turn up in Middle-earth they can just jump on a horse and ride off in to the sunset! But not me, no! I have to get the bloody temperamental horse with ATTITUDE PROBLEMS!"

Legolas had had enough.

"Just shut-up Bridget! We all know how you feel, stop being so vocal about it!"

Bridget shut-up.

He was very grateful that she was listening, for a change, and actually being quite. It wasn't until they got to Gondor and everyone took their horses to the stables, that he realised she was missing.

"Oh for pity's sake!" he cried, "She's so bloody emotional."

Calling over his shoulder to Aragorn that he was going to look for Bridget, Legolas got back on his horse and ambled off out of the city.

Said mortal was walking. And mumbling. Bridget had thought her horse was temperamental, but she was wrong. It was just plain evil.

"It's my own fault for being so petty." She mumbled, "If I had just called for help, then I wouldn't be in this mess."

After Legolas had told her to shut-up, Bridget decided shewould. She wasn't going to say anything unless it was absolutely necessary. So, when her horse had lain down on the grass and refused to move, she hadn't said a thing. Even when everyone else had disappeared from view. (I have no idea why she didn't think this was important, but then, who can tell how she thinks, Bridget's munted.)

She had just started walking, there wasn't much else to do, but then her horse had got up and run off without her!

"Muntified spaz-fit cornflakes!" (Legolas had told her off for swearing.) "I hate you!" she screamed after the horse, and preceded to kick up the turf, resulting in Bridget being covered with mud and grass stains. When she had calmed down sufficiently to notice, she felt more than just a little bit embarrassed.

"My purple monkeys have deserted me…"

Legolas hadn't been riding long when he spied Bridget's horse cropping grass. Bridget her self was no where to be seen. He spoke to the horse in elvish, telling it to go on to Gondor. It would be dark soon. They had won the war against evil, but a lot of evil creatures had now been freed from the dark lords' dominion. He had to find Bridget quickly.

As it turned out, she wasn't that far from Gondor. If he had left her for a few more hours, she probably would have got there herself.

"Bridget, why are you walking? Do you know how worried I've been? What if something had happened to you? What were you thinking!"

'Wow' Bridget thought, 'He's having a spaz fit'

"I did say I couldn't ride a horse. What do you expect when no-one listens?"

"But why are you walking?"

"Because the bloody horse wouldn't walk with me on it! That's why!"

Legolas looked at her.

"Why are you covered in grass stains?"

"The grass stains? Oh, um… I fell over?"

"You fell over? And what, crawled along the ground?"

"Um, yes?"

He laughed and smiled at her. It really wasn't fair that any one person could be so lovely.

"Come on Bridget," he said, pulling her up in front of him. "I'll give you a lift back."

Authors note: Sorry it has taken me so long to update, I'll try and be quicker with the next chapter, but I can't make any promises, I do have exams coming up.

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