Stalking the Fellowship

Chapter twenty five: A block of black marble

"My butt hurts," Complained Fran.

"What?" Answered Maddy.

"It's really sore from all this none stop riding."

"At least you have a saddle!" Mo said at a gentle trot beside Maddy.

"Can we stop for a bit?" Fran asked sweetly to Maddy.

"First I have to put up with you whining 'are we there yet? Are we there yet'," said Maddy exaggerating each syllable, "and now you want to stop completely?"

"Yep, besides we haven't washed ourselves in 2 days!"

"Good point," added Mo.

"No one really cares that people smell REALLY bad here."

"We are about to battle the forces of evil...No one cares about hygiene, they want to stay alive!" Retorted Maddy.

"I've also noticed that Aragorn has a serious B.O. problem," Fran reported.

"HEY! Leave Aragorn alone he's the hero of this story," Said Maddy.

"Ooooooooooooh, so sorry 'Mrs greasy head'," Laughed Mo.

"I'm not defending him! He's a very important character."

"She fancies him!" Mo and Fran said in sync.

"Oh leave me alone!" Maddy urged her steed forward, away from her giggling companions.

"I'm bored," Fran declared.

"Bored?" Mo replied.

"Honestly, this thing has gotten out of control. Visiting elves, seeing hobbits, meeting the fellowship it was fun. But I'm not willing to risk my life in a war I assumed to be fictional!"

"You've put a lot of thought into this haven't you?"

"Well I have my moments!"

.-.-.-.

Hours had passed and the companies progress was slow but steady. An eerie darkness had layered itself upon all those approaching the prickly black tower dominating the murky skyline.

"Well you don't see that every day," Mo smirked.

"Nar mate!" Said a ever cockney Francesca Andrews, " I ain't going near that thing!"

.-.-.-.

"Yay! We're seeing Merry and Pippin again!" Said an excited Maddy.

"Yay? I wouldn't put it like that, rather that I'm happy to be seeing them at least alive," added Mo.

"That's just because you still embarrassed about what happened back at Lorien," Said Fran.

"What happened back at Lorien?" Asked Legolas as he rode up to level with the girls.

"Nothing," Mo quickly said.

"She meant the time when..." But before Fran had time to finish Mo had slipped behind Coco and slapped his behind sending him galloping towards the front where Gandalf was, at the same time shutting Francesca up. Shooting a warning look at Maddy she carried on as though nothing had happened.

"Is she does that to her friends I wonder what she would do to people who she really hated," Whispered Gimli to Legolas.

Madeleine was now staring at Legolas as though she had been hypnotised, "Maddy?" Mo called, yet still she stared. "Fine then!" Just then Francesca came riding towards them.

"Man there was no need to slap Coco!" Fran yelled.

"Ok then, I'm sorry Coco."

"What about me!"

"What about you?"

"Grrrrrrrrr...forget it."

"Awwwww you know you love me in a friendly sort of way."

"I ain't even gonna say anything 'bout that."

"MERRY AND PIPPIN!" Screamed Maddy.

"Oh great," Sighed Mo.

"Look Pippin! There's that elf Ithildin and Aragorn? Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas! What are they doing with you?" asked Merry.

"Ithildin? Who's that?" Asked Gimli.

"She's the elf we met in Lorien."

"Merry? There is none here by the name Ithildin," During this time Mo dismounted Orion and tried to hide behind him.

"Yes there is! She's hiding behind that big nasty looking horse," At this Orion grunted, and all eyes turned to Mo.

"Hi, again?" She said at Merry and Pippin

Damn! Here we go again with the trust thing, Thought Maddy.

A/n PiXiE here! I'm still on my Easter holidays so I'm updating today- I don't go back until next Tuesday though I won't necessarily be updating later this week as I'm working on a farm…

Faeriekittie306animelover: Wow, that's a long name! The past is coming back to haunt us; whatever will Mo do?

LadyGlory: You went back to school really early! I'm still sleeping in until midday, though from tomorrow I have to wake up at seven; which is still later then when I go to school so it's not to much of a problem as I get to play with all the cute lambs and stuff. 20 circuits of the gym? How awful!

Sweetiepie15: Thank you so much.

Jousting elf with a sabre: This might be something you were bantering about with Mo, but ideas for what? Sorry, I have a short term memory; I have to look up names of our characters all the time.

Kaye Thorn: Y'know as I 'edit' these chapters I am reminded of stuff that I have completely forgotten about. I think two lines of the last chapter were lifted from the actual books; I would check but I have to go and do the washing up now.

Review please, I love reading them; they're much more interesting than the disease fact sheet on bovine (cow) tuberculosis that is currently sitting on my desk.

PiXiE