Stalking the Fellowship
Chapter eighteen: Brought to you by the Daz whitening challenge
Eomer looked between the girls and the remaining fellowship. "Are they part of your group?"
"NO" Aragorn frowned, he turned to them waiting for an answer.
Maddy stood up, "we're ...here as messenger's from er... Galadriel, for you," she addressed Aragorn.
"Message? A likely story," Said Gimli.
"And what is this message?" Legolas asked, turning his gaze to her.
Maddy's mouth went dry, going into a trance, Mo nudged her "Oh...the...er...message. It was ...well I can't tell you."
"If I can hear it, so can Eomer."
"NO, it's not that, you're not to er... hear it yet, not until later."
"How late?" Gimli questioned gruffly.
"Quite late," said Fran standing up.
"How do we know you are who you say you are?"
"We have...Lembas?" Said Maddy, "And these really cool elven boots, I don't know why Galadriel gave them to us, she didn't like us at all that much, in a good way," She added, "but that might have been because of the urgency of the message."
"Can you tell us any of the message?"
"Galadriel said to tell you that we had to stay with you, quite odd really." Maddy volunteered.
"Yeah, odd." added Fran.
Eomer sighed, "I will leave them with you, you can decide what you want to do to them though, I can't spare any horses for them."
"We have horses," said Mo, only just regaining her voice.
"We had a pony to, until someone abandoned it," muttered Maddy, earning an odd look from Legolas, which quickly set her into a dopey mood.
"We'll go get the horses and join you?"
"No, you stay where we can see you," said Aragorn, before saying goodbye to Eomer. "Legolas, get them."
Legolas came back, "there are only two."
"We had a pony but it was slow, so we left it," said Mo. Maddy let out an audible sniff.
"We had better be leaving"
Fran turned to Maddy, "Go ask to ride with Legolas so that I can have some peace."
"He has Gimli, anyway me being a pile of goo for a day isn't a good thing, and I'd probably not let go of him."
Fran grinned, "To right."
"Maddy get on the horse." said Mo passing.
"What an odd name," commented Aragorn.
"Oh, my name's really Madeleine."
"I'm Francesca, call me Fran."
"Or frufru! And I'm Mo, call me Mo!"
They nodded before setting off in a gallop.
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"Maddy! Loosen your grip! What are you trying to do?" said Fran, one hand holding onto the reigns and the other pulling Maddy's hand from her stomach.
"Oh sorry, I was day dreaming," replied Maddy dreamily.
"Yeah and we all know who about," Said Fran.
"I, for one, do not trust those girls," Said Gimli to Legolas.
"I heard that," Said Mo now levelling with Legolas and Gimli, "And I don't blame you really, because we really are what you would call perfect strangers."
"Yeah, apart from the fact that we've been following you since Hollin," Said Fran, absently coming up at the rear.
"Fran!" Shouted Maddy, coming out from her day dream.
"Francesca likes to tell a lot of lies," said Mo quickly. However, the look that she received from Legolas told her that he was not convinced.
"I've heard your voice before!" He said pointing at Maddy, "And come to think of it yours as well," now pointing at Fran.
"Yuck! That stench is getting worse," Said Mo trying to change the topic of conversation. Orion stopped and then started to back away. "What is it boy?" Mo asked looking down. She then spotted an Orc at Orion's foot. "Yuck! This one's uglier then the other ones! Oh and look you got all blood down your hooves!" she said aloud, as Orion kicked the bodiless Orc towards Aragorn.
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"Oh look here we go," Said Mo who was now standing on the floor, whilst Gimli was digging through the pile of burnt orcs.
"Ok just to save time can I tell them about Merry and Pippin?" Asked Mo.
"No, where's the fun in that?" Said Maddy who was slowly inching her way towards Legolas.
"What do you know of our little friends?" Said Gimli grabbing Mo's wrist.
"What the hell? Get of me!" Said a startled Mo, who was now trying to loosen the grip of the dwarf.
"Tell us what you know!"
"Hell no! GET OF ME!" Said Mo stamping on his foot.
"Ow!" Gimli yelled and was about to lunge at her, but before he could Maddy and Fran had their swords at his throat, and Legolas was with his bow trying to cover both of the girls.
"Let them be. It is clear they are not going to tell us anything, but we have to go to Fangorn. For there are two trails that lead into it," Said Aragorn.
"Let them be? We don't know anything about them!" cried Legolas.
"Put your swords down, we are all friends here. We don't have the time to be fighting amongst each other," said Aragorn the peace maker.
Maddy and Fran lowered their swords cautiously.
"Thank you," Gimli gulped.
"I still don't trust you!" confessed Legolas now lowering his bow.
"Well we're here to stay! DEAL WITH IT!" Replied Mo, who was now stomping towards Fangorn.
"Well she's bossy," Gimli said to Legolas.
"That's not the half of it; I think Aragorn's met his match," Fran commented.
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"Can I tell them now?" Pleaded Maddy.
"No," Mo answered.
"How 'bout now?"
"NO!"
"NOW?"
"Piss off Madeleine!"
"Shh!" Hissed Aragorn, "Keep quiet."
"I want to tell them about Gandalf not being dead!" Whispered Maddy to Mo.
"What did you say?" Asked Legolas.
"Nothing," Hissed Maddy and Mo together.
"Why did you say that?" Mo said to Maddy.
"Legolas will trust us more."
"Or less, because he'll want to know how we knew. What are we supposed to say? I read that chapter in the Two Towers already? I don't think so!"
"Shh," hissed Aragorn, who was getting pretty angry.
"They can't know this is a book."
"Er...no. this is real if you hadn't noticed."
"Legolas just realised someone is behind us," Said Fran quietly, "Now they're drawing their weapons."
A blinding white light began to radiate above a pile of age worn rocks.
"You're looking for..." However, the towering voice was interrupted by a screech.
"GANDALF!"
"Shut up Maddy," Scolded Fran.
"Don't worry Legolas it's only Gandalf," Added Maddy.
"Gandalf?" Aragorn said dumb founded, "Is that you?"
"Yes actually, it is." Gandalf's glow faded and Gandalf himself began fiddling with his staff. "I forgot all about the whole Gandalf the grey thing."
"See Leggy I told you it was Gandalf," Maddy said very pleased with herself. Fran raised her hand and swung a back handed slap onto the side of Maddy's head. "OW! What was that for?"
"SILENCE!" Cried Gandalf the white (brought to you by the Daz whitening challenge; as seen on TV).
"Who are you? You're certainly not supposed to be here."
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