Hey guys! Guess what? I have a public service announcement:
Please read our third story added to our family of...stories, and...
Okay, I butchered that. Anyway, Nickel's posted this new story (on our account) and she needs some help. She's sent some girls to ME (how original) and she doesn't know what period in time in ME to send them to. After that, she'll probably have a vague sense of where to send the story.
Anyway, reviews...
BlackRosePoison-Orchid(1)-Amen. Thankfully none of them will have to feel my wrath. Well...no, Gimli might eventually...
BlackRosePoison-Orchid(2)-...Little yellow birdy? Meagan disappeared, for all we know. : 0 We're still deciding what's REALLY going on...
Gina-Well, I'm glad we actually served a purpose (seeing as those times are few and far between!)! Hope you didn't murder that poor, poor little girl (note the sarcasm!)! --The Editor
iceprincess141414-Ooh...Sorry about the anxious-isity (not a word, I know)...Anyway, welcome to the reviewer family! When you review for the first time you get to see the extreme gratification in the authors (and editor). But, if you review again in the next fifteen minutes, you will get the gratification and we will send you one of the males (according toyour choice) from this story to help you with your chores! But, if you call in the nex--KELSEY! WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT UP AND STOP SOUNDING LIKE A STUPID INFOMERCIAL!--sorry! I can get a little carried away! --The Editor
Orcs, Rapids and Sleep-Slapping
---- Mandy's PoV ----
Maybe I was in love. I stared at Legolas all day, grinning stupidly in spite of myself. I think Kelsey was trying to talk to me, but when I asked her what she wanted, she just huffed.
"You never pay attention to me anymore," she whined before turning back to rowing. I frowned at her and then shrugged. It wasn't my problem.
We'd been rowing for awhile now, and even though I had The Sickness (A/N: haha!), I couldn't help but be a little paranoid.
"What was that?" I hissed quietly when a tree branch broke.
"The wind," Kelsey reasoned a little coldly, pushing her paddle deeper into the water.
"Or something else," Sam's voice floated over. Thank Eru I wasn't the only one who was paranoid.
"I agree with Sam," Aragorn said, frowning. "Something is—" An arrow whizzed through the air, striking the side of our boat with a dull thud. I screamed.
"Paddle faster! Paddle away! The rapids of Sarn Gebir are upon us!" Boromir shouted. "Get away from the area!" This brought a new realization to us as we felt rocks scraping the boat. Still screaming, I grabbed my paddle from the bottom of the boat and paddled as fast as I could.
"Mandy! Calm down!" Kelsey grabbed me as a shower of arrows hit the water.
"Why calm down?" I shrieked, still paddling.
"Because what you're doing now is making us go in circles!" I stopped paddling. "Good. Now, stroke twice on the left, then twice on the right, okay?" I nodded slowly. "Good. Now right, one . . . two . . . left . . . one . . . two . . . right . . . one . . . two . . ." I paddled only a tad slower than before, but this time we were actually going somewhere. Within minutes, we had escaped the orcs and the rapids and found ourselves alone in the river until the others caught up.
"I sure 'ope we don't run into those again," Sam breathed.
"Dude, that was awesome!" Pippin disagreed.
"It was way coolio." Merry flipped his curly hair. Kelsey and I rolled our eyes at each other. When the Hobbits copied us, they copied us.
As the Hobbits argued, I looked up at the sky. "Hey, I can see the stars!" I gasped quietly as Kelsey started singing "Stars" by Switchfoot. "There's Orion and the Big Dipper!" I pointed them out. "And . . . what's that?" Everyone looked up as a loud shriek erupted.
"Nazgul!" Boromir hissed.
"We have another Captain Obvious." I rolled my eyes as I picked up my bow and arrow. "I'll shoot it."
"No, Mandy! You don't know how—" I let the arrow fly before Kelsey could finish her sentence. It flew a couple of feet into the air. Suddenly, the arrow flipped over and zoomed toward the water.
"Aah!" I screamed, flinging my arms over my head.
"Mandy, paddle out of the way!"
"Why me?"
"Mandy!" I screamed and ducked as a bow twanged and an arrow whistled. Something snapped as the bow sand a second time. I cautiously looked up.
"Mandy, it's okay!" Kelsey whispered when the Nazgul screeched, looking around. "Legolas shot the Nazgul!"
"What about the arrow?" I hissed as I looked around again, finding a broken arrow in the water.
"It broke."
"How?"
"Legolas shot that, too!" Pippin piped up.
"Coolio," Merry agreed.
'Yeah . . ." I trailed off. "Can we camp for the night?"
"No. we must keep going," Aragorn explained.
"But I wanna camp!" I moaned.
"Me too, Ada!" Kelsey agreed.
"Me too!" Pippin whined.
"Me three," Merry corrected, "and me four!" Aragorn looked pleadingly at Legolas, Gimli and Boromir.
"I must side with the ladies," Legolas admitted. Inside, I swooned.
"Aye! I am getting cramps," Gimli fessed up. In front of me, Kelsey grimaced.
"TMI!" she yelled.
"Huh?" Was Gimli was a bit behind on the times or what . . .
Narrator's PoV
After much disagreement that almost caused the Fellowship to have a Civil War (over something as stupid as camping), they eventually camped. This was only achieved by much puppy-dog-eyes on Kelsey's part as she acted pitiful in order to sway Aragorn to let them camp.
Nickel's PoV
"Are we there yet?"
Kelsey's PoV
"Legolas? Want to do it now?"
"Yes, but—"
"Shh! Come on!" We approached Mandy, who, the moment we had landed, set up a sleeping bag and fallen asleep immediately.
"Okay . . ." I tapped Mandy on the shoulder.
"Stop it!" Mandy ordered sleepily. I stifled my giggles.
"Mandy, Leggy wants to talk to you," I said softly.
"Leggy?" Mandy murmured. I raised my eyebrows and nudged Legolas.
"Mandy, do you love me?" I rolled my eyes.
"I love you sooo much!" Mandy mumbled. "I love you this much!" She demonstrated just how much by flinging out her arms and effectively smacking Gimli's forehead.
"What was that for?"
"Strawberries . . ."
Fairly short, but highly necessary! Hope you enjoyed it! The next one should be longer . . . --The Editor
Strawberries! I had Starwberry pie for breakfast this morning.
LOL! I'm not liking these chapters as much...too much...er...Strawberries! Oh well, hope you like these chappies--they're longer! Yeah! R&R, my wonderful readers! Please?--Mandy
