And here is the new chapter. And what happens in this one? A new character. And this one isn't from the girls world. They're from the Middle Earth. I really hope you like this one. It's my favorite so far. Well enjoy.
Chapter 7
Departure of the Fellowship and "The Women!"
Cora woke early the next morning, anxious to be off. She dressed in the dark, having no desire to light any candles in that dim predawn hour. She was sitting in the chair at the foot of her bed when a light knock came to her door. She rose and crossed the room to answer it, walking slowly. Opening the door she found Tie standing fully dressed in front of her. Cora gave her a wry smile.
"Couldn't sleep?" She knew the answer to the question even as she asked it and hadn't truly expected Tie to respond, but Tie's nerves must have been thin because she replied short and sarcastically.
"No, I just wanted to knock on your door in the middle of the night fully dressed for no reason." Cora shook her head and let her friend into the room, rolling her eyes.
"That kind of a night, huh?" This time Cora expected the don't be stupid glare her comment had elicited from her friend. Smiling broadly, she walked over to Tie and patted her mockingly on one shoulder.
"Come on. It's not often I can pick on you." Tie smiled slightly in response, knowing that it was usually Cora that was the butt end of the playful joking. Sighing, Tie sat in the chair that Cora had occupied before answering the door. Cora went and sat on the foot of the bed and the girls sat for a long while not speaking, just sitting there, each feeling the enormity of the day settle down on their shoulders.
The shadows in the room were slowly chased away as the sun rose above the horizon, sending its light in. The night birds stopped their melody, and all was still in that period when the night creatures had dozed off and the morning animals hadn't quite woken. Hours later, the girls had moved only to eat a small light breakfast, there was a knock at the door to break the serenity. Cora rose to answer it, Tie not far behind her. She opened it and looked out, seeing Boromir's face smiling down at her.
"It's time," he said, his voice soft in the early morning. Cora nodded and after grabbing her pack, she and Tie, who had brought hers into the room with her, stepped into the hall. The girls followed Boromir through the still manor, seeing few people and hearing only a little to tell them that there was life in the house at all.
In the courtyard the council had entered days before, the rest of the Fellowship had gathered. The hobbits stood off to one side, looking tired, but otherwise fine. Legolas stood alone, holding his bow, caressing the tip. Aragorn and Gandalf were loading the pony with the supplies for the journey. Gimli was sitting on the ground, looking rather grumpy and irritable with his pipe protruding from his mouth and his brow scrunched together in a scowl, glaring over at Legolas.
The Fellowship was preparing to leave when an elf with long blond hair ran into the Courtyard.
"My Lord Legolas!" He yelled, sliding to a stop before the other elf. He stood panting for a moment before being capable of speaking again. "My lord, I have a message from your father. He told me to give it to you only if you were to be going on what ever quest the council might decide was needed."
"What is it, Elendae?" Legolas' voice was calm compared to the panting voice of his countryman. Elendae gazed around at the companions, his gaze coming to rest on the girls and, more specifically, Tie.
"Take me with you," he said. The men of the Fellowship were to stunned to speak at first.
"My father did not say for me to bring you with us, Elendae. Now what did he have to say?" Legolas' voice as cold and toneless, but there was a warning hidden in it that Elendae did not miss.
"No, he didn't say for you to take me with you, but…but…if you don't take me with you, I won't tell you." He finished the sentence in a rush.
"Elendae!" Elendae stepped away from the young prince and shook his head resolutely, his mouth shut. Still, glaring, Legolas asked, "Why do you want to come with us anyway?"
"I want to help protect the women," he said eagerly. Tie's jaw dropped, disgusted. She was glad they hadn't put this man in the film, but then there wouldn't have been reason for him to come because she and Cora weren't either. She looked back at Cora and saw that she had edged a little closer to Boromir.
"They can protect themselves," Legolas said dryly.
"But…but…the women!" Elendae's face fell as he almost begged with his words to come.
"Persistent isn't he?" Boromir whispered softly in Cora's ear and she grinned.
"You know you're a disgrace to the elven race, right?" Legolas said.
"But the women!" Elendae cried with dismay.
"Their human women!"
"They're still women!"
"Oh?" Legolas raised one eyebrow, folding his arms across his chest. "What about Orc women?" Elendae got a mischievous smirk at the corner of his mouth.
"That's just sick, Legolas! We don't need to hear about your fantasies!" Legolas' face went blank for a moment. Then he took an arrow out of his quiver and aimed it at Elendae in one motion. Then spoke calmly.
"Do you wish to say that again?"
"Nope, not really," Elendae answered.
"What did my father tell you to say?"
"Take me with you." Legolas' eyes flashed and he pulled back a little harder on the bowstring. Tie almost thought he was going to let go, but Aragorn placed a hand on his shoulder, and he relaxed.
"You must know what your father had to say," he said in a quiet voice. "There will be no harm done if he comes with us." He turned to Elendae. "What did the king have to say?" Elendae smiled knowing that now he could come.
"Good luck."
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The Fellowship left Rivendell with two of their company irritated and rest driven by nerves that were on edge. Boromir made a point to stay near the girls until they stopped for lunch, keeping a close eye on Elendae the whole time. When they stopped, the girls helped Sam, the expert on food, prepare a quick lunch. Most of the company, sat talking as the 3 busied themselves with food. Tie and Cora both found they had an adoring eye watching them, and while Cora was quite content with hers, Tie would have preferred not to have Elendae watching her every move. Tie mentioned this to Cora and Cora grinned at her friend and whispered teasingly in her ear.
"He wants to ravish you!" Tie gave Cora a frightened look and glanced to where Elendae sat to be sure that he hadn't heard.
"Don't say that," she hissed in response. "You might give him ideas!" Cora laughed and the two went back to helping prepare lunch. The meal was finished in short time and the Fellowship set out on its way again.
When they stopped for the night, the hobbits lay down and were instantly asleep, after eating of course. The rest of the company sat about the small fire talking and laughing. Legolas kept shooting Elendae glares as he sat across from his countryman. Boromir found some random excuse to sit near Cora, and Tie found every excuse to move away from Elendae as he repeatedly moved to her side. The third time she tried this Elendae grabbed her wrist, knocking her off balance and causing her to fall. He took advantage of the situation and caught her, wrapping her in his arms. Tie glared at him, and his actions earned him a severe rapping across the head by Legolas, and Tie moved to sit by Aragorn's side where Elendae let her be. Finally the companions put out the fire and lay down to sleep, the elves finding a comfortable place to meditate, Legolas at the edge of camp with his back to the dying fire, and Elendae in camp not far from where Tie lay.
Cora was on the verge of sleep when she felt someone wrap their arms around her, and lay down, their body pressed against her own. She turned quickly to see who it was, frightened for a moment that it might be Elendae giving up on Tie, but found Boromir instead.
"I thought you might feel safer with me near by with that elf in camp," he whispered, placing extra emphases on the word elf. Cora saw through the excuse but decided not to say anything. Instead she laid her head on his shoulder and together they fell asleep.
Late into the night, Tie woke an odd feeling stealing over her. She opened her eyes and for a moment her voice froze in her throat. Elendae lay in front of her, with only a little space between their bodies.
"Hi," he whispered, reaching one hand out to touch her long hair. His movement freed her voice and Tie screamed, scrambling away from Elendae. Everyone in camp was on their feet instantly, the men having drawn blades.
"What? What's going on? Are we being attacked?" Aragorn looked over at Tie, having recognized her voice. His hand relaxed on his blade as he saw Elendae gazing fondly at the girl. Tie, too stunned to speak, pointed a shaking finger at Elendae. Legolas caught onto what she meant and yanked Elendae to his feet by his tunic collar.
"What do you think you are doing?" He yelled. The rest of the men had fully relaxed at this point; Gandalf even looked on the verge of tears from holding back the laughter that shook his entire body. Elendae gave him a dazed smile.
"Admiring the beauty of yon angel." Legolas smacked him across the back of the head and flung him to the ground.
"You fool!" He screamed. "If we had been anywhere outside of this region half of the enemy forces would have heard her scream! Now leave her alone before I send you home!" After that everyone settled back down to sleep, with the exceptions of Legolas and Tie. Legolas stood near the edge of camp where he had been meditating before, too angry to sleep, and Tie at on the ground, her knees drawn up to her nose, shaking and rocking back and forth. At some point before he fell asleep, Tie's rocking drove Boromir crazy and he whispered into Cora's ear.
"Do you want me to hit her with something so that she might sleep?" If Cora hadn't known that he was irritated with Elendae, she might have thought he was serious.
"No, leave her alone," she said in a calm voice. "I'm sure if that had happened to me, I would be doing the same thing." Boromir sat quiet for a moment, thinking.
"Good point," he replied, wrapping Cora a little tighter in his arms and finally dropping off to sleep again.
So, what do you think? Do you like my Skirt-chasing elf? I love Elendae! And he is an original character so please don't take him away from me. Well Review please and tell me how I'm doing. Byebye!