Hermione- Idril/ Sparkling Brilliance
Severus- Iston/ The Wise One
Harry- Amarth/ Fate
"Amarth," Halbarad asked, entering Harry's sitting room, "Aragorn," he acknowledged his leader. "Amarth, I would like to ask for your permission to start courting Idril..."
Harry's magic filled the room, his eyes shone with magic, his hair; now down to his shoulders, began flying around him. He stood and it was like he grew to the size of a giant. The room felt hot like a fire was going to fill with fire at any second.
"I'm sorry, what did you ask me?" Harry said, in a low and dangerous voice.
Halbarad cleared his throat.
"I would like your permission as Idril's brother and most important person if I could please start courting her." He repeated.
He heard creaking and groaning like the room was stretching. Harry seemed to fill the room.
Severus came into the room with Huan and Gandalf. He walked to Harry and calmed him with his arms on his shoulders and soft words. When Harry was finally calm he glared at Halbarad. Hermione had just come running into the room it was clear she'd come from outside somewhere. She had Fáli with her so he was sure that she'd come from Lune Door.
"Amarth, what's wrong?!" Hermione cried, rushing to him and holding him.
"No," Harry told Halbarad calmly. "No, you may not 'court' my Idril." Hermione let out an annoyed sound, as more Dwarves came in. "You have not proven to me that you can take care of her properly."
"AMARTH!" Hermione snapped.
"But, you can," Harry said, cutting her off. "We're about to take on a massive undertaking and if you want to "court" my Idril you will come with us and prove yourself."
Aragorn sighed, he knew what they were planning but he also knew Halbarad would be able to handle it.
"If you need me to prove myself I will," Halbarad nodded, "Why am I not shocked both of you acted the same way when I asked?"
Harry and Hermione blinked at Severus.
"He called me her father so I acted like it," Severus said, defending himself. He was blushing.
Hermione giggled and stood on tiptoe to kiss Severus' cheek.
"I'm honored," She told him.
All the Rangers, Gandalf, Fáli, some other Dwarves, Hermione, Aragorn, Huan, and Severus were all in the room comfortably with Harry explaining what he wanted to do. He had pinned up several maps and was pointing out a path.
"and that's how we'll reach the Misty Mountains." Harry said, "From there..." He flipped to a different map. "Idril, Iston, and I have decided to take this path up in the mountains. About here." he pointed to a red circle, "Is a cave that the Goblins and Orcs have built that will lead inside the mountains itself. Once we make it here our true mission begins."
"What's our true mission?" Fáli asked, raising his hand.
"Our mission, should you choose to accept it, is to liberate the mountain from Goblins and Orcs and capture..." he flipped a map to a drawing of Gollum. "This creature here. He goes by the name of Gollum and I want him alive. Now you're all wondering how we are going to accomplish this especially with such small numbers." There was nodding. "I've come up with a plan."
Hermione moaned loudly.
"Silence you!" Harry told her but it didn't have a bite to it. It was like he was just saying it absently. "We'll ward off whatever section we're working in so that reinforcements can't arrive and keep it warded off so that we always have a safe place to fall back on should we need it. The farther we go the more wards we place so that what we win won't be reclaimed. Iston and I are studying Healing and The Rangers have experience with it as well. We will have plenty of rations to keep us going. It is our goal..." He flipped slowly through a few maps. "Our main goal and the reason that I have called the Dwarves here is ..." He flipped to a large map that had the Dwarves gasping. "to liberate Moria and return it to the Dwarves."
"So you're wanting us to go on what amounts as a suicide mission?" Severus asked. Then hummed, "I'm in."
"Count me in," Hermione said, nodding. "From all I've heard about Moria, I would dearly wish to see it."
"Count me in," Halbarad said, instantly.
"I am going anywhere you go," Aragorn informed.
The Rangers and Dwarves didn't take much convincing which is why Harry hadn't made much of a presentation.
"We name you Dwarf Friend!" Fáli declared. "I must tell Balin about this."
"Please, do." Harry said, "I hate to say it but I do not think it wise to take a huge group with us. We will do better with stealth."
"What if we brought Dwarves in to claim the places that we've already captured and freed so that they can start about restoring them?" Hermione pipped up. "and we'll have a greater chance of success."
Harry thought about for a while then nodded.
"Very good." He finally said. "Let's do that but they must swear to leave the fighting to us."
"We'll see it done," Fáli swore.
"I'd like to see if the Elves would like to get involved," Gandalf said.
The Dwarves stared at him.
"The Elves and Dwarves used to be friends," Gandalf said, "Let this be a step forward in re-establishing the Old Ties."
Harry sat frowning hard and Hermione and Severus could almost see his thoughts and his brooding.
"We can send riders out to the Elf Kingdoms." Severus said, "To see if any are interested but, we'll handle Rivendell ourselves. We are heading that way and will have to pass there."
Harry calmed a bit that would keep Aragorn with him for a little while longer at least but then again...
"I think it would be best if a member of the team went with the Dwarves on their way to alert the other clans..." he said, slowly. "That way we can establish Homes along the way..."
"That's a good idea," Hermione said frowning. "But there only four of us and Huan."
"Aragorn is on the team," Harry said, confused, "That's six."
"Now it's five because you are heading straight for Rivendell," Hermione pointed out, "and someone needs to get you there because you know damn well you can't get there under your own power right now."
Everyone else in the room stayed silent and tried to make themselves invisible while the siblings fought.
"Idril,..." Harry sighed.
"ISTON!" Hermione snapped, "SAY SOMETHING!"
"I agree with Idril," Severus said, instantly.
"GANDALF?" Hermione demanded, "HUAN? ARAGORN?"
"We agree with Idril." Gandalf and Aragorn stated.
Huan nodded rapidly.
"Traitor," Harry said, frowning down at his wolf who whimpered.
Harry and Hermione were to set out with Fáli while Gandalf, Aragorn, and Severus went with other Dwarves to the other holdings of the Dwarves. Huan was with them and Fáli seemed worried that Harry was leaning heavily on his staff. They had left out of Lune Door and because Hermione wouldn't shut up they themselves were going to go to the Grey Havens. She was looking forward to meeting Círdan and seeing the wonder of them.
"I'm telling you, Lady Idril, that there is no crossing in that area." Fáli tried again and his kinsmen chuckled.
"Now you listen here, Master Fáli, " Hermione said, "Lune Door lets out right next to the Gulf of Lune itself. If we go up North-West from here following the river we'll eventually reach the Grey Havens, from there we keep North-West and we'll eventually reach where the Lune meets Lake Evendim. We continue North-West and we'll reach where the Lune meets the branch that runs through the Blue Mountains here we turn west and head straight for the mountains."
"Don't argue with her, she's got it worked out." Harry sighed, shaking his head.
The Dwarves were shocked by her knowledge of the area. Harry just wanted to know how long and how well Hermione had studied the maps of Middle-Earth. He agreed with her path though.
When they made camp that night they had gone miles but it didn't look like they'd made much progress to Harry.
Hermione seemed to read his mind.
"It's because Lune Home is at the bottom point of the Lune that lets out in the Belegaer the Great Sea," Hermione explained she frowned as Harry rubbed a cream into his right pinkie toe. "What's that do?"
"Heals nerve damage." Harry hissed a bit. "I'm starting small."
"Does it hurt?" She asked.
"It's waking up nerves that were hurt and probably died years ago." Harry said, "It hurts like hell and I'm not used to it. I'm starting to feel broken bones, torn ligaments, muscle damage," He could tell that he was making her worry. He pulled his sock and boot back on and stood up. "Sword practice lets go."
"You tell me that then you want to train?!" She yelled at him.
"Hermione, it's fine, now come on." Harry told her, "I need to in shape and not let my muscles seize up, on me."
She sighed and drew her sword as Harry drew his they began sparing. They pushed themselves to push each other to their best. Hermione was clearly at a disadvantage but was doing her best to keep up and improve.
Three days they'd been out here for three days. Harry was loving it really. He finally spotted something.
"What's that?" He said pointing. "Who lives out here?"
"What?" Hermione asked frowning. "We couldn't have reached the Grey Havens already." she thought hard as they continued walking towards a settlement that Harry had spotted. "Oh, I forgot about Harlond! It means 'Southern Haven' it's an elf settlement. I completely forgot it was along the Lune. There is also a port and docks in Gondor with the same name."
"Elves really like these shores don't they?" One of Fáli's Kin asked. There was no malice or anything in his voice. "I had long forgotten that they lived on our doorstep."
"As Gandalf said, Elves and Dwarves used to be friends," Harry said, he was leaning heavily on his staff. "When do we come to hills around here?"
"Well, if we head off to the East and come to the back of those part of the Blue Mountains we'll reach Harlindon. It's supposed to be lush and wonderful and has a lovely forest where the Ent-Wives may roam." Hermione said, stopping and leaning on her own staff. It was new like Harry's they'd made new ones before leaving. "We could go along the south of those Mountains and around to the door to Nogrod. Then go around the North tip of this part of the Blue Mountains and still reach the Grey Havens and take my original path."
Harry nodded thinking.
"That seems like a good path to take," he said, finally, then looked at the Dwarves. "What do you think? We're not in a hurry."
The Dwarves didn't much like going into the woods but agreed because it was as Hermione had said a perfect route for them. They continued on to Harlond first though.
Notes:
I use Funtranslations/elvish for my Elvish translations. If you know a better site let me know, please.
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