Chapter 5- I speak to the fellowship

Over fields and mountains, through storms and fair weather I travelled, all the while watching the fellowship. Their progress so far had been at the pace of a small child being told to stop playing and wash the dishes. Slow. However, the team got along a lot better than I had originally thought, especially in the case of Borimer. The scuffle at the council as if it had never happened. So after some thought and consideration, I sent my signal to Gandalf to say that I would join the company.

Gandalf Pov.

We were trekking through a wheat field when a kite (the BIRD not the toy) came and flew alongside us for a few seconds. About 3 miles later, an eagle came and did exactly the same. Another 3 miles a hawk flew alongside us. "What's up with all of these crazy birds?' muttered the dwarf under his breath. " They're probably after those apples you keep on snacking on." I replied. "If it bothers you, I suggest you leave the provisions alone." Pippin gave a short laugh, which he quickly turned into a cough.

3 days/nights/ whatever later. Roamer POV

They had taken shelter behind a handy outcropping of rock, in a large hidden space created by the tree behind it. A small fire was blazing. The stars shone like sparks in the night sky, but the moon was covered by a few wispy clouds. Merry and pippin were emitting an air of boredom. It was the perfect opportunity.

"Have any of you ever heard of the legend of The Roamer?" Gandalf asked. The hobbits suddenly became alert. "No we haven't" blurted out Pippin "but we would like to" Merry quickly butted in. "The what?" Gimli asked. The elf shook his head slowly, as did the ranger. "Many a tale I have heard, but that not be one of them" he said slowly.

"It is said that for millennia, a mysterious figure cloaked, hooded, travels middle earth." Gandalf began. "It is said he can travel at incredible speeds. He might be saving a drunken man in Bree from falling in a river, but just hours later be reported to have killed a rouge troll attacking a village in Gondor. Many don't know whether he is friend or foe." "Is he a ringwraith!" said an alarmed Frodo. "No my lad, no" Chuckled Gandalf. "Anyway, the main thing is that no-one has ever seen his face. Many think that he has a horrible facial deformity. Others will say it's to keep his mysterious air. The most of him anyone has ever reportedly seen is the hood and cloak. They say that one of his favourite haunts though is the base of Caradhras." Gimli shuddered, as they were indeed just a few miles away from the base of the mountain. " Sometimes he is reported to help questers, but only if he deems the quest worthy. I even have a suspicion that he may have played a role in Bilbo's adventures." That did it. "If this Roamer has done so much, how come we have never heard of him?" Borimer asked. "Because, Borimer of Gondor, I only have direct contact with the people I save. And when they tell people what happened they are usually assumed to be exaggerating." I said, sitting up in the tree with my usual lopsided smirk on my face. "Who said that! where?" The Gondorian looked around in confusion, but all the others were just as confused as he was. With the expectation of Gandalf who was laughing so hard he could have lost his beard.

I dropped down from the tree, a few meters away from the Gondorian. Several people gave a yelp of surprise. "Nice to meet you all" I said dryly. "This my friends is the Roamer" Gandalf said after finally being able to stop laughing. "I assume you know who everyone here is?" Gandalf said. "Yes" I said neutrally.

"He's creeping me out" Sam whispered to the other hobbits, who nodded in agreement. "he reminds me of a wraith" Frodo said. "I assure you mister Baggins I am not a wraith" I said to them. They looked at me stunned. When I say looked at me, they looked at my pale mouth and pointed chin. Everything else was concealed under my cloak. "What's he talking about" Legolas muttered in elvish to Aragorn. Even he hadn't heard the hobbits whispering with his elf hearing. "For your information, Legolas, the hobbits over here" I gestured toward them, " thought I was a wraith." "I d-didn't mean to offend you sir" stuttered Sam. "I wasn't." I said, in my usual neutral tone, and my strange accent. (From now on assume everything roamer says from now on in this story is said like this, unless stated otherwise) "And please don't call me sir." "What do we call you then - sir. " Merry said. " For starters I am female. And my name is Darke (dark). That is what you can call me."

I withdrew and sat towards the edge of the circle to let everything that had just happened sink in. They had had a rather large shock, especially Borimer after I dropped out of the tree right in front of him. I could see Gimli was bursting to ask a question. Finally he let it out. "What is that strip of material covering your eyes?" he blurted out after several minutes. Though I showed no emotion, I was shocked. That was one of the last things that I thought he would ask. "How do you hear so well?" Aragorn asked me politely.

I answered their question frankly. "To make things simple and easy for all of us, I'm blind" I explained to them. "You're what!" Pippin shouted. "Blind master Took, I'm blind." "Oh" he said and shrunk back. "Ok that's it!" yelled Borimer. "We are not going to let some mysterious creepy woman may I remind you join our fellowship. A woman cannot defend themselves, and may I remind you she's blind. Blind I tell you. She'll drag the whole thing to the bottom of the ocean." "That I could not disagree more too." Gandalf said, saving me at the last moment. "She has more experience than almost anyone in middle earth and knows more about dark lords than anyone but themselves." That quietend everyone down for a while. The fire began to die, and the hobbits began to yawn. "I'll take watch" I said. And with that, I was a part of the quest to destroy the one ring.

a/n- Schools about to start again, so I don't know how often I will be able to update after 06/10/14. I will try and update every 2-3 days but it might take up to as long as 2 weeks.