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Rein of Hope
Chapter 6 Council
Someone was lightly tapping on her shoulder, like always she just shrugged him or her off. "My lady it is time for you to arise." said a soft and gentle voice in her ear, which she did not recognize. Nelinde turned her head in the direction of the voice.
"I'm up thank you." Nelinde said with a sigh and laid her head back down on the pillow. "You must get up of you will not be able to attend the council this morning. You will be to tired to even get out of bed," the lady said. "Come you must get up." she said while gently pulling on her arm.
Nelinde sat up in bed and stepped of the bed and shed her clothes near the bath that had been set for her. "Thank you very much." Nelinde said. She soaked for a short time and then got out of the bath and wrapped a towel around herself.
"Tell me what would you like to wear?" The lady said. "In that chest there is a gold looking package, will you please grab that for me?" Nelinde asked.
The lady handed her the package to her and Nelinde laid it on the bed. She opened the package to reveal a gold chained like dress. (A/N: if you have seen the movie Scorpion King then the gold dress thing that the sorceress was wearing. That is the dress that she is wearing, yes the gold headpiece and everything.)
Nelinde slipped the dress on and pulled he hair free from the band that held it in place. The lady came behind her and started to brush her hair when Nelinde got in front of the mirror.
"So tell me Lady Arwen, what is it that you have come to talk to me about?" Nelinde asked. Arwen stopped slightly but then resumed her brushing of her hair. "It seems that you know everything of your surroundings Lady Anodien," she said
"He wonders what he has done to have you despise him so." Arwen said knowing that she knew that she meant Aragorn. "It is in my second nature to despise any human that I come across, even if I have not even met this person. I know very well of his love for elves, and their love for him but I cannot stop the way that I feel." Nelinde said.
"I understand everything that you have said to me and I respect your every right to hate them but wont you even spend at least a little time with him. You will be surprised that not all humans are like the ones that you have met in your life. Times have changed my lady." Arwen said slowly.
Arwen had finished the task with her hair and now turned to grab the cloak that sat on her bed. Just as Arwen was placing the cloak on her shoulders there came a knock at the door.
She turned to open the door. Standing there was Celoril. He gave Arwen the necklace and turned to leave. "Thank you," she whispered to him before turning to leave.
"May I ask what is this?" Arwen looked down at it in confusion. "In that there are the guardians of the north." Nelinde said. She took the necklace from Arwen's hands. "Rawien come." Nelinde said softly.
Small figures appeared from the jewel and floated in front of her. "What do they do?" Arwen asked. "Well when I am looking into the future I can get lost. I can get so caught in the vision that sometimes I think that I am actually there. I can lose balance of my body and fall into darkness before I even hit the ground. They are my protectors as much as I am theirs. Looking into the future is a very dangerous thing for nobody can come in contact with me. They pull me out of the darkness and bring me back to normal time." Then they went into the jewel in her headpiece.
"Do you ever regret looking into the future?" Arwen asked. "Almost every time when I can not change things that are to come, for I I do they will end up turning out worse. Think about it having to keep something so horrible about to happen to you. Having the power to change it but knowing that you cannot. Sometimes I dread having to look into the future just as I do today. I get a bad feeling that what I see I will not want to." Nelinde said with a sad face.
"Well let's hope that it is not as you think." Arwen said with a reassuring smile.
"And I hope that everything turns out for the best."
"I do to." Nelinde said and they walked out the door together. "Come spend the morning with me." Arwen said taking hold of her hand. "Sure I have nothing better to do." Nelinde answered. So they spent breakfast together talking and laughing. Nelinde's father agreed to have her as an advisor at the council so she had nothing to worry about now that she had all the right to cover her face without question.
The time for the council drew near. "I really do not want to go and hear men bore me with their disagreements. Nelinde said to Arwen "I wish that you could be with me, maybe I will ask you father if you could stay by my side." "No I think that I can just walk in and sit their he will not ask why." Arwen said. "Good at least I wont be the only female there." "Won't you be glad?" Arwen said as they walked toward the council. Nelinde covered her face with her hood.
Arwen sat by Elrond, with Nelinde right beside her. Her father on her left side and then her brothers. On the other side of Elrond were his sons and Aragorn with other important elves. Next to them were the Dwarfs, beside them sat the elves of Mirkwood and then Gandalf and Frodo.
"Friends of Old," Elrond began "You have been called here to answer to this threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom." He turned to Frodo and gestured to a circular, flat-surfaced stand in the center of the council. "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo." Frodo fearfully glanced at Gandalf then stood to place the ring on the stand.
"So it is true," Boromir muttered, his eyes growing wide, but whispers ran along the circle.
Boromir stood and stated with such fierce in his voice, "It is a gift, a gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this gift? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. The blood of our people keeps your lands safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him!"
Nelinde rolled her eyes. "Typical for the human race, this shall be our downfall." She murmured. Elrond quickly glanced in her direction, he was the only one who heard her other that Arwen, her father, Celoril, and Isorfir.
"You cannot wield it!" Aragorn argued, "None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone! It has no other master." Aragorn said. 'Finally a human with sense' she thought.
"And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" Boromir sneered, taking a step towards him.
"This is no mere Ranger!" Legolas said standing up. "He is Aragorn, Son of Arathron! And heir to the throne of Gondor, You owe him your allegiance."
"Gondor has no King," he scoffed. "Gondor needs no King." He settled back into his seat.
"Aragorn is right," Gandalf concluded. "We cannot use it."
"You have only one choice," Elrond said gravely, sighing. "The Ring must be destroyed."
Everyone started to stir at this thought.
"Then what are we waiting for?" boomed Gimli as he approached the stand with ax in hand. To everyone's complete horror, he swung his ax hard at the ring, and in a flash, Gimli was flung to the floor, the blade of his ax shattered to pieces. Immediately, his father Gloin was at his side, pulling the stunned Dwarf to his feet.
"The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli Son of Gloin by any craft that we here possess," Elrond informed, his voice firm. "The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this." A silence once again took a hold of the council and they stared at each other uneasily.
"One does not simply walk into Mordor," Boromir sighed, his voice tired. "Its black gates are guarded by more than just orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful! It is a barren wasteland riddled with fire, ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men can you do this! It is folly!"
"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said?" Legolas yelled once again standing up. The Ring must be destroyed!" he roared fervently. They stood side by side, both fuming with impatience at the Man from Gondor when suddenly; Gimli Son of Gloin was also on his feet, his eyes challenging the two Elves.
"And I supposed you two think you're the ones to do it?" he accused, marching straight to Legolas, his stubby, gloved fists shaking at them both.
"And if we fail?" he questioned, his eyes shooting daggers. "What then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?"
Gimli now had another ax on his side, his hand ready on its handle as he glared hatefully up at Legolas. "I will be DEAD before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!" At this, all Elves, save Elrond and Glorfindel, were on their feet; shouting curses in Elvish toward the little dwarves, who shouted in spite, "No one trusts an Elf!"
"Will everyone of you shut up!" Amolas yelled which got everyone obeyed. You argue over the simplest thing. When has this occurred that dwarfs and elves has not gotten along together?" He asked. "Never in my life have I ever seen such a thing." He said then taking his seat quite disgusted in them all.
"I shall take the ring." Frodo said unexpectedly. "Though I do not know the way." Gandalf turned and looked to his little friend with encouragement as well as sadness written plain across his face.
"And I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins," he proclaimed, "as long as it is yours to bear." He lifted a reassuring hand and gave his tiny shoulder a squeeze. Aragorn walked calmly in front of the hobbit, and went down on bended knees.
"By my life or death, I can protect you, I will," he stated. "You have my sword."
"And you have my bow!" Legolas announced, walking to his side.
"And my ax!" Gimli followed.
"You carry the fate of us all, little one," Boromir started, nodding his head at Frodo. Glancing around the circle for confirmation, he continued. "If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."
"Hey!" a manic voice called out from the bushes behind Frodo's chair. Samwise Gamgee ran in and stood defiantly next to Frodo. "Mr. Frodo isn't going anywhere without me!"
"No, indeed," Elrond chuckled lightly, "it is hardly possible to separate you, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not." Another cry of displeasure called out, this time from the terrace on the opposite side and in ran two other hobbits,
"Oi!" Merry cried out. "We're coming, too!" They both ran up. "You'd have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!"
"Anyway," Pippin interjected "you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission…quest…thing!"
"Well, that rules you out, Pip," Merry muttered underneath his breath
Nelinde gave a look at her father. "Fine." he whispered knowing what she wanted. Then turned his attention to the others.
"And I shall send my advisor with you." He spoke. Everyone then turned to him. "And who shall this be?" Elrond asked. Amolas waved his hand in Nelinde's direction and she stood.
"How shall we part with a hooded figure?" Boromir asked. Nelinde then unmasked herself.
"Never shall we part with a woman!" Boromir yelled in rage for he was speaking for them all. "We will not spend this journey protecting some defenseless woman!" he yelled Legolas was about to stop him from making her too mad.
"If you ever chose to insult me make sure that you are not a human Nelinde yelled stepping forward only to be stopped be Legolas. Her eyes were full of anger. "You humans only make me sick. Do not underestimate me child for I am the strongest elf there is to walk Middle Earth." She spit.
"She is quite right." Elrond said, "I suggest that you listen to all that she has to say. On other notes Nelinde would you please foretell the path of this fellowship, I cannot see, for the road ahead of them is clouded to my eyes."
" Very well." Nelinde said calming herself and walking to the middle of the room. " If everyone would please sit down I cannot do this with so much movement around."
After everyone was sitting down Nelinde placed herself on the ground to begin.
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Well people that is what I have up for today. I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Please Read and Review. *~* Licia *~*
Thanks for all the reviews.
Rein of Hope
Chapter 6 Council
Someone was lightly tapping on her shoulder, like always she just shrugged him or her off. "My lady it is time for you to arise." said a soft and gentle voice in her ear, which she did not recognize. Nelinde turned her head in the direction of the voice.
"I'm up thank you." Nelinde said with a sigh and laid her head back down on the pillow. "You must get up of you will not be able to attend the council this morning. You will be to tired to even get out of bed," the lady said. "Come you must get up." she said while gently pulling on her arm.
Nelinde sat up in bed and stepped of the bed and shed her clothes near the bath that had been set for her. "Thank you very much." Nelinde said. She soaked for a short time and then got out of the bath and wrapped a towel around herself.
"Tell me what would you like to wear?" The lady said. "In that chest there is a gold looking package, will you please grab that for me?" Nelinde asked.
The lady handed her the package to her and Nelinde laid it on the bed. She opened the package to reveal a gold chained like dress. (A/N: if you have seen the movie Scorpion King then the gold dress thing that the sorceress was wearing. That is the dress that she is wearing, yes the gold headpiece and everything.)
Nelinde slipped the dress on and pulled he hair free from the band that held it in place. The lady came behind her and started to brush her hair when Nelinde got in front of the mirror.
"So tell me Lady Arwen, what is it that you have come to talk to me about?" Nelinde asked. Arwen stopped slightly but then resumed her brushing of her hair. "It seems that you know everything of your surroundings Lady Anodien," she said
"He wonders what he has done to have you despise him so." Arwen said knowing that she knew that she meant Aragorn. "It is in my second nature to despise any human that I come across, even if I have not even met this person. I know very well of his love for elves, and their love for him but I cannot stop the way that I feel." Nelinde said.
"I understand everything that you have said to me and I respect your every right to hate them but wont you even spend at least a little time with him. You will be surprised that not all humans are like the ones that you have met in your life. Times have changed my lady." Arwen said slowly.
Arwen had finished the task with her hair and now turned to grab the cloak that sat on her bed. Just as Arwen was placing the cloak on her shoulders there came a knock at the door.
She turned to open the door. Standing there was Celoril. He gave Arwen the necklace and turned to leave. "Thank you," she whispered to him before turning to leave.
"May I ask what is this?" Arwen looked down at it in confusion. "In that there are the guardians of the north." Nelinde said. She took the necklace from Arwen's hands. "Rawien come." Nelinde said softly.
Small figures appeared from the jewel and floated in front of her. "What do they do?" Arwen asked. "Well when I am looking into the future I can get lost. I can get so caught in the vision that sometimes I think that I am actually there. I can lose balance of my body and fall into darkness before I even hit the ground. They are my protectors as much as I am theirs. Looking into the future is a very dangerous thing for nobody can come in contact with me. They pull me out of the darkness and bring me back to normal time." Then they went into the jewel in her headpiece.
"Do you ever regret looking into the future?" Arwen asked. "Almost every time when I can not change things that are to come, for I I do they will end up turning out worse. Think about it having to keep something so horrible about to happen to you. Having the power to change it but knowing that you cannot. Sometimes I dread having to look into the future just as I do today. I get a bad feeling that what I see I will not want to." Nelinde said with a sad face.
"Well let's hope that it is not as you think." Arwen said with a reassuring smile.
"And I hope that everything turns out for the best."
"I do to." Nelinde said and they walked out the door together. "Come spend the morning with me." Arwen said taking hold of her hand. "Sure I have nothing better to do." Nelinde answered. So they spent breakfast together talking and laughing. Nelinde's father agreed to have her as an advisor at the council so she had nothing to worry about now that she had all the right to cover her face without question.
The time for the council drew near. "I really do not want to go and hear men bore me with their disagreements. Nelinde said to Arwen "I wish that you could be with me, maybe I will ask you father if you could stay by my side." "No I think that I can just walk in and sit their he will not ask why." Arwen said. "Good at least I wont be the only female there." "Won't you be glad?" Arwen said as they walked toward the council. Nelinde covered her face with her hood.
Arwen sat by Elrond, with Nelinde right beside her. Her father on her left side and then her brothers. On the other side of Elrond were his sons and Aragorn with other important elves. Next to them were the Dwarfs, beside them sat the elves of Mirkwood and then Gandalf and Frodo.
"Friends of Old," Elrond began "You have been called here to answer to this threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom." He turned to Frodo and gestured to a circular, flat-surfaced stand in the center of the council. "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo." Frodo fearfully glanced at Gandalf then stood to place the ring on the stand.
"So it is true," Boromir muttered, his eyes growing wide, but whispers ran along the circle.
Boromir stood and stated with such fierce in his voice, "It is a gift, a gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this gift? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. The blood of our people keeps your lands safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him!"
Nelinde rolled her eyes. "Typical for the human race, this shall be our downfall." She murmured. Elrond quickly glanced in her direction, he was the only one who heard her other that Arwen, her father, Celoril, and Isorfir.
"You cannot wield it!" Aragorn argued, "None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone! It has no other master." Aragorn said. 'Finally a human with sense' she thought.
"And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" Boromir sneered, taking a step towards him.
"This is no mere Ranger!" Legolas said standing up. "He is Aragorn, Son of Arathron! And heir to the throne of Gondor, You owe him your allegiance."
"Gondor has no King," he scoffed. "Gondor needs no King." He settled back into his seat.
"Aragorn is right," Gandalf concluded. "We cannot use it."
"You have only one choice," Elrond said gravely, sighing. "The Ring must be destroyed."
Everyone started to stir at this thought.
"Then what are we waiting for?" boomed Gimli as he approached the stand with ax in hand. To everyone's complete horror, he swung his ax hard at the ring, and in a flash, Gimli was flung to the floor, the blade of his ax shattered to pieces. Immediately, his father Gloin was at his side, pulling the stunned Dwarf to his feet.
"The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli Son of Gloin by any craft that we here possess," Elrond informed, his voice firm. "The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this." A silence once again took a hold of the council and they stared at each other uneasily.
"One does not simply walk into Mordor," Boromir sighed, his voice tired. "Its black gates are guarded by more than just orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful! It is a barren wasteland riddled with fire, ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men can you do this! It is folly!"
"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said?" Legolas yelled once again standing up. The Ring must be destroyed!" he roared fervently. They stood side by side, both fuming with impatience at the Man from Gondor when suddenly; Gimli Son of Gloin was also on his feet, his eyes challenging the two Elves.
"And I supposed you two think you're the ones to do it?" he accused, marching straight to Legolas, his stubby, gloved fists shaking at them both.
"And if we fail?" he questioned, his eyes shooting daggers. "What then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?"
Gimli now had another ax on his side, his hand ready on its handle as he glared hatefully up at Legolas. "I will be DEAD before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!" At this, all Elves, save Elrond and Glorfindel, were on their feet; shouting curses in Elvish toward the little dwarves, who shouted in spite, "No one trusts an Elf!"
"Will everyone of you shut up!" Amolas yelled which got everyone obeyed. You argue over the simplest thing. When has this occurred that dwarfs and elves has not gotten along together?" He asked. "Never in my life have I ever seen such a thing." He said then taking his seat quite disgusted in them all.
"I shall take the ring." Frodo said unexpectedly. "Though I do not know the way." Gandalf turned and looked to his little friend with encouragement as well as sadness written plain across his face.
"And I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins," he proclaimed, "as long as it is yours to bear." He lifted a reassuring hand and gave his tiny shoulder a squeeze. Aragorn walked calmly in front of the hobbit, and went down on bended knees.
"By my life or death, I can protect you, I will," he stated. "You have my sword."
"And you have my bow!" Legolas announced, walking to his side.
"And my ax!" Gimli followed.
"You carry the fate of us all, little one," Boromir started, nodding his head at Frodo. Glancing around the circle for confirmation, he continued. "If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."
"Hey!" a manic voice called out from the bushes behind Frodo's chair. Samwise Gamgee ran in and stood defiantly next to Frodo. "Mr. Frodo isn't going anywhere without me!"
"No, indeed," Elrond chuckled lightly, "it is hardly possible to separate you, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not." Another cry of displeasure called out, this time from the terrace on the opposite side and in ran two other hobbits,
"Oi!" Merry cried out. "We're coming, too!" They both ran up. "You'd have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!"
"Anyway," Pippin interjected "you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission…quest…thing!"
"Well, that rules you out, Pip," Merry muttered underneath his breath
Nelinde gave a look at her father. "Fine." he whispered knowing what she wanted. Then turned his attention to the others.
"And I shall send my advisor with you." He spoke. Everyone then turned to him. "And who shall this be?" Elrond asked. Amolas waved his hand in Nelinde's direction and she stood.
"How shall we part with a hooded figure?" Boromir asked. Nelinde then unmasked herself.
"Never shall we part with a woman!" Boromir yelled in rage for he was speaking for them all. "We will not spend this journey protecting some defenseless woman!" he yelled Legolas was about to stop him from making her too mad.
"If you ever chose to insult me make sure that you are not a human Nelinde yelled stepping forward only to be stopped be Legolas. Her eyes were full of anger. "You humans only make me sick. Do not underestimate me child for I am the strongest elf there is to walk Middle Earth." She spit.
"She is quite right." Elrond said, "I suggest that you listen to all that she has to say. On other notes Nelinde would you please foretell the path of this fellowship, I cannot see, for the road ahead of them is clouded to my eyes."
" Very well." Nelinde said calming herself and walking to the middle of the room. " If everyone would please sit down I cannot do this with so much movement around."
After everyone was sitting down Nelinde placed herself on the ground to begin.
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Well people that is what I have up for today. I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Please Read and Review. *~* Licia *~*