Stalking the Fellowship

Chapter 14: "Row row you're boats..."

"I'm bored," yawned Maddy.

"What did you say? Come closer we can't hear you," Mo's voice was like a murmur across the great distance between Mo, Fran and Maddy.

"Move faster PLEASE!" Maddy tried to reason with Bree. Bree wasn't having any of it. "Fine!" Maddy sulked.

Eventually Maddy's boredom prompted her to rummage inside the sacks strapped across the two sides of Bree. One sack was home to a small arsenal of weaponry, including a long sword, a small knife a bow and a set of arrows. The other sack had all the Lembas bread anyone could imagine as well as water, firewood, and ..."BOOTS!" screamed Maddy.

"Boobs? Did Maddy just say boobs?" Asked Fran.

"Boots you imbecile! Elven boots to be exact. We have to stop, I'm going try these on," Maddy said already dismounting, and pulling the knee high boots from the satchel. She hastily removed her tattered plimsolls and slipped her (rather smelly) feet into the soft material.

"Oooohhhh," Maddy exhaled as the boots stretched to fit her foot and snugly.

"Pretty," complimented Mo, "My boots are purple, your boots are a nice shade of green, whilst Fran got pink boots; they probably think pink is her favourite colour, because she wore that pink robe we forced her into."

"Stupid elves can't get anything right" Said Fran rapping her pink boots in her old school uniform to hide them.

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"Is that them?" asked Fran.

"Where?" answered Maddy.

"Over there stupid!" Fran pointed to grey figures on the river.

"Those are rocks! STUPID!" Maddy said.

"See Fran they are the fellowship," Said Mo pointing backwards a few metres.

"Oh yeah," Came Fran's rather dumb reply.

Three boats were steadily making their way further down the wide river.

"Look at Legolas!" Maddy sighed.

"He looks like a woman from behind," Giggled Mo to Fran.

"I HEARD THAT," shouted Maddy.

"When will they be stopping?" Fran asked Maddy.

"Soon, then we'll find a bush to hide behind," Replied Maddy.

"Shh," commanded Mo.

"No. Why should we?" Maddy said, offended.

"Orcs you idiot! I can hear something moving behind us." All three girls turned to see...

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A small furry grey squirrel was cleaning its face with its paws.

"That's a squirrel Mo, a squi-rre,l" Said Fran as if talking to a two year old.

"Not that idiot! Look to your left."

Fran and Maddy turned their head's slightly,

"Orcs again," Maddy whimpered.

"What do we do?" Fran asked urgently,

"Move," said Mo fiercely, holding the reins of Orion already leading him off. Fran grabbed Coco's reins and started moving steadily into the forest. Maddy tugged her reins but Bree stood their obstinately, "Move, you stupid disgrace of a pony," Maddy tightened her calves.

Bree took one step forward and stopped again, "I don't believe this, I'm going to die because of this stupid pony," Bree neighed, "Are you trying to get me killed? Those orcs can hear you! Well I guess I had better do what I usually do, but really quietly. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream," Bree started walking, albeit slower then Coco and Orion. Maddy eventually reached Fran and Mo who had just stopped, waiting for the orcs to pass.

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"I just heard someone singing," Legolas muttered to himself.

"Eh?" Gimli said, "I think you need to be around your kin more."

Legolas suddenly perked up, his brow creased in a frown, "Orcs."

"Orcs singing?" Gimli questioned loudly catching the fellowships attention.

"No. Orcs on the eastern bank," Legolas told Aragorn in the grey tongue. Aragorn nodded.

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"That was close," Said Mo.

"What took you so long?" Fran asked grinning.

"I nearly died and you're laughing?"

"You wouldn't have died!" Fran replied condescendingly.

"Yes I would! Luckily my quick thinking saved my life."

"What? Bree decided to move?"

"No, I made Bree move. Though he's still slower then Francesca working out her 13 timetables," came Maddy's sarcastic reply.

"I can do my 13 timetables! look 13, 26, erm...38?" Fran ventured.

"No Fran," Said Maddy, "Its 13,26,39,52,65,78,91,104,117,130,143,156."

Fran frowned, "How did you know that?"

"Because I use my Brain!" Replied Maddy matter-of-factly.

Meanwhile, Mo sat in the corner and kept watch, knowing that this was one of those arguments she could not stop; no matter how hard she tried.

Ok this is Candy aka Mo here, Long time no talk people. Hides Please don't stone us for such late updates! We've been really busy people, but that's no excuse. For some reason everytime I bug Pixie to update there seems to be something wrong with the site.
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