DISCLAIMER: It is Lindi's Birthday this Thursday, if you want to donate the
full rights to Lord of the Rings, she would be extremely grateful. Until
then, however, we don't own it.
Abby's Note: I think you will all really like this chapter. It has a lot of characters that are confused about their lives and their role in the fellowship. I warn you, I am a very headstrong and stubborn person, and that shows within this chapter and throughout the story. We have over 180 written pages now! Yippee! Stay tuned in.
Lindi Note: Yep my dreaded b-day is coming up. *sigh* I'm getting to old for this. Lol Yeah but I Do love this chapter a lot! Oh yeah and by the way.. FRODO IS NOT COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD!! I'm sry but he is gone. He is in the "happy hunting grounds" as my dad always says. But it will be ok. After all... Legolas is in this fanfic so what could be wrong w/ that? Oh and could plz review for my b-day present! I would be really really happy! Oha nd the rights to LOTR would be great too!
Chapter 12
It was late at night when Abby told her two friends that she was going a little further into the forest. She said, "I just need to climb a tree and forget my worries... I've had a lot of them lately." She looked pointedly at the thing hanging around Ali's neck.
After many times reassuring Ali, the worry-wart, Abby set off into the woods. She went a hundred paces before she veered off course. She headed back in the direction from which she had come. She skirted around the camp as she neared it once more and headed towards the pedestal. Galadriel stood there still, regal and imperious.
"I knew you would return, for you have the curiosity that most are not grace, or cursed, with."
"You are wise, Lady Galadriel. This is the reason for which I have returned. I have many things to ask. I may only hope you shall answer."
"Ask your questions, and I shall answer in as much truth as may be."
"Then... When we first arrived, you looked into each of our hearts, did you not?"
Galadriel nodded.
"What did you see when you told me: 'Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all...'? What may I do to stay true to the fellowship?"
"it is your heart the I have looked into, and it is for you to discover the truth within it. This fellowship may be on a quest to destroy The One Ring, but other quests are intertwined within it. Each of the fellowship has something to learn. You have already learned a small part of yours..."
Abby blushed, remembering what she had told Legolas of her opinion of the grand lady standing before her.
"Is there something else you wish to ask?"
"But wait!" Abby exclaimed. "You did not answer my question from before!"
"I cannot answer questions from which you yourself must discern the truth."
"Oh... alright..." replied Abby, dejectedly.
"I suppose you still wish to gaze into the mirror?"
Abby thought about this for a moment. She was not sure she wanted to look, but... this is what she had snuck away for.
"Yes," she replied resolutely. "I shall look into the mirror."
Galadriel took one step back as Abby leaned over the pedestal. She cleared her mind of all thoughts and looked.
The face of each being in the fellowship passed by slowly as if in a slide show:
Merry, Pippin, Sam, Gimli, Boromir, Aragorn, Legolas, Lindi, and Ali.
Finally, the image in the mirror returned to Abby's own reflection. She was baffled. This made no sense.
She looked up to where Galadriel was standing but found she was no longer there. She has returned to her own dwellings, apparently.
Abby decided to do what she had told her friends, and go sit in a tree. She found a beautiful one with great, broad branches. She climbed into it as she would a comfortable armchair. While her thoughts became clearer in the higher atmosphere, the meaning of what she had seen still escaped her.
A rustling in the leaves above her interrupted her concentration.
"You have stolen my tree," said Legolas.
"The trees belong to all, do they not?"
"Yes, each tree has its own voice and its own will."
"So how then," asked Abby," Have I stolen a tree from you that you did not own in the first place?"
Legolas climbed down to the branch where Abby was sitting. "You are wise for an elf so young and head strong."
Abby grinned.
"So why have you come out to the forest on this night?"
"I can return that question to you, Master Elf."
"That is very true. Very well, I was enjoying the beauty of which the Valar hath given us."
Abby raised an eyebrow at this. "Come now, Legolas, I thought we were past all this 'walking around words.' Just be frank with me."
"Only if you begin."
"Fine," Abby began reluctantly. 'I looked into the mirror of Galadriel. I saw—"
"That is for you, and for you alone to know. I too have gazed upon the Pool of Insight, and though it troubles me, I know it is for my mind's eye to know only."
Abby was amazed at this. He has dumbfounded her. But she would not give him the pleasure of knowing it.
"Well, I shall leave your tree. I must rest. Who knows what tomorrow will bring."
"I will see you with the rising sun, oh young, Hodoer,"(wise one) Legolas said sarcastically.
Abby jumped down from the tree and headed back to where the others slumbered peacefully. She went to her own tent and laid down on the soft earth.
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Lindi sat in her tent, unable to rest her mind. Thoughts of the mirror, the future and the past all mixed together in one huge mess.
"Why are the young ones so restless on this night?" Lindi looked up to see Legolas standing at the entrance of the tent.
"What are you doing here?"
"I followed Abby back. Her mind was not at rest, the same feeling I am sure you have at this very time."
"My eyes divulge my secrets, for windows they are to my soul. It is true. I can not get peace of mind."
"Mani naa ta?"(What is it?) he asked as he sat down.
Lindi dropped her gaze to the ground. She knew he had seen right through her. "I could not explain it to you," she said.
"Mankoi? It troubles you. Perhaps I may help." (Why)
"No, you cannot. No one can. O will deal with this on my own."
"Look at me."
Lindi raised her head slowly. He could not understand her past. This had all started out as just a big game. Now, it was getting dangerous. Now he was trying to get into her head to find out what was wrong, yet Lindi didn't know what he would see. This was getting as bad as looking into that stupid mirror.
"Legolas, there are some things that I just cannot explain to you. You would not understand."
"I have walked on these lands for many years. I have seen much. You are very young. Why do you think I would not understand?"
"Trust me, you will not understand." How could she even begin to explain? How could she tell him that she was sixteen year old high school student? That she was about to be able to drive a car and was just trying to survive school, church, and the other everyday activities? She sounded stupid just thinking about it.
"I wish you would trust me."
"Right now, I trust no one."
"Not even your friends? You three seem to be inseparable."
"We are... but..."
"But what? Oh... I see."
"you do? Sut?"(how)
"I see it. Ali is slowly being taken by The Ring. Her heart is pure, but it is slowly being eaten away by the evil of The Ring. Abby is lost in her confusion of her purpose in this quest."
"And you found all this out from me?" asked Lindi, questionably.
Legolas chuckled. "No. I have been watching."
"Legolas!" called Aragorn from outside the tent. "I must speak with you."
Legolas got up and headed out.
"Tenna' tul're Arwenamin" (until tomorrow my lady)
Once he had left, Lindi laid down, trying to clear her mind once again. This was getting ridiculous.
*Yes another chapter! Party on! Come on R&R!!*
Abby's Note: I think you will all really like this chapter. It has a lot of characters that are confused about their lives and their role in the fellowship. I warn you, I am a very headstrong and stubborn person, and that shows within this chapter and throughout the story. We have over 180 written pages now! Yippee! Stay tuned in.
Lindi Note: Yep my dreaded b-day is coming up. *sigh* I'm getting to old for this. Lol Yeah but I Do love this chapter a lot! Oh yeah and by the way.. FRODO IS NOT COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD!! I'm sry but he is gone. He is in the "happy hunting grounds" as my dad always says. But it will be ok. After all... Legolas is in this fanfic so what could be wrong w/ that? Oh and could plz review for my b-day present! I would be really really happy! Oha nd the rights to LOTR would be great too!
Chapter 12
It was late at night when Abby told her two friends that she was going a little further into the forest. She said, "I just need to climb a tree and forget my worries... I've had a lot of them lately." She looked pointedly at the thing hanging around Ali's neck.
After many times reassuring Ali, the worry-wart, Abby set off into the woods. She went a hundred paces before she veered off course. She headed back in the direction from which she had come. She skirted around the camp as she neared it once more and headed towards the pedestal. Galadriel stood there still, regal and imperious.
"I knew you would return, for you have the curiosity that most are not grace, or cursed, with."
"You are wise, Lady Galadriel. This is the reason for which I have returned. I have many things to ask. I may only hope you shall answer."
"Ask your questions, and I shall answer in as much truth as may be."
"Then... When we first arrived, you looked into each of our hearts, did you not?"
Galadriel nodded.
"What did you see when you told me: 'Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all...'? What may I do to stay true to the fellowship?"
"it is your heart the I have looked into, and it is for you to discover the truth within it. This fellowship may be on a quest to destroy The One Ring, but other quests are intertwined within it. Each of the fellowship has something to learn. You have already learned a small part of yours..."
Abby blushed, remembering what she had told Legolas of her opinion of the grand lady standing before her.
"Is there something else you wish to ask?"
"But wait!" Abby exclaimed. "You did not answer my question from before!"
"I cannot answer questions from which you yourself must discern the truth."
"Oh... alright..." replied Abby, dejectedly.
"I suppose you still wish to gaze into the mirror?"
Abby thought about this for a moment. She was not sure she wanted to look, but... this is what she had snuck away for.
"Yes," she replied resolutely. "I shall look into the mirror."
Galadriel took one step back as Abby leaned over the pedestal. She cleared her mind of all thoughts and looked.
The face of each being in the fellowship passed by slowly as if in a slide show:
Merry, Pippin, Sam, Gimli, Boromir, Aragorn, Legolas, Lindi, and Ali.
Finally, the image in the mirror returned to Abby's own reflection. She was baffled. This made no sense.
She looked up to where Galadriel was standing but found she was no longer there. She has returned to her own dwellings, apparently.
Abby decided to do what she had told her friends, and go sit in a tree. She found a beautiful one with great, broad branches. She climbed into it as she would a comfortable armchair. While her thoughts became clearer in the higher atmosphere, the meaning of what she had seen still escaped her.
A rustling in the leaves above her interrupted her concentration.
"You have stolen my tree," said Legolas.
"The trees belong to all, do they not?"
"Yes, each tree has its own voice and its own will."
"So how then," asked Abby," Have I stolen a tree from you that you did not own in the first place?"
Legolas climbed down to the branch where Abby was sitting. "You are wise for an elf so young and head strong."
Abby grinned.
"So why have you come out to the forest on this night?"
"I can return that question to you, Master Elf."
"That is very true. Very well, I was enjoying the beauty of which the Valar hath given us."
Abby raised an eyebrow at this. "Come now, Legolas, I thought we were past all this 'walking around words.' Just be frank with me."
"Only if you begin."
"Fine," Abby began reluctantly. 'I looked into the mirror of Galadriel. I saw—"
"That is for you, and for you alone to know. I too have gazed upon the Pool of Insight, and though it troubles me, I know it is for my mind's eye to know only."
Abby was amazed at this. He has dumbfounded her. But she would not give him the pleasure of knowing it.
"Well, I shall leave your tree. I must rest. Who knows what tomorrow will bring."
"I will see you with the rising sun, oh young, Hodoer,"(wise one) Legolas said sarcastically.
Abby jumped down from the tree and headed back to where the others slumbered peacefully. She went to her own tent and laid down on the soft earth.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lindi sat in her tent, unable to rest her mind. Thoughts of the mirror, the future and the past all mixed together in one huge mess.
"Why are the young ones so restless on this night?" Lindi looked up to see Legolas standing at the entrance of the tent.
"What are you doing here?"
"I followed Abby back. Her mind was not at rest, the same feeling I am sure you have at this very time."
"My eyes divulge my secrets, for windows they are to my soul. It is true. I can not get peace of mind."
"Mani naa ta?"(What is it?) he asked as he sat down.
Lindi dropped her gaze to the ground. She knew he had seen right through her. "I could not explain it to you," she said.
"Mankoi? It troubles you. Perhaps I may help." (Why)
"No, you cannot. No one can. O will deal with this on my own."
"Look at me."
Lindi raised her head slowly. He could not understand her past. This had all started out as just a big game. Now, it was getting dangerous. Now he was trying to get into her head to find out what was wrong, yet Lindi didn't know what he would see. This was getting as bad as looking into that stupid mirror.
"Legolas, there are some things that I just cannot explain to you. You would not understand."
"I have walked on these lands for many years. I have seen much. You are very young. Why do you think I would not understand?"
"Trust me, you will not understand." How could she even begin to explain? How could she tell him that she was sixteen year old high school student? That she was about to be able to drive a car and was just trying to survive school, church, and the other everyday activities? She sounded stupid just thinking about it.
"I wish you would trust me."
"Right now, I trust no one."
"Not even your friends? You three seem to be inseparable."
"We are... but..."
"But what? Oh... I see."
"you do? Sut?"(how)
"I see it. Ali is slowly being taken by The Ring. Her heart is pure, but it is slowly being eaten away by the evil of The Ring. Abby is lost in her confusion of her purpose in this quest."
"And you found all this out from me?" asked Lindi, questionably.
Legolas chuckled. "No. I have been watching."
"Legolas!" called Aragorn from outside the tent. "I must speak with you."
Legolas got up and headed out.
"Tenna' tul're Arwenamin" (until tomorrow my lady)
Once he had left, Lindi laid down, trying to clear her mind once again. This was getting ridiculous.
*Yes another chapter! Party on! Come on R&R!!*