The Fellowship Of The Yu-Gi-Oh Cast

Took me long to update this! So sorry! But here is a new chapter. Enjoy, and please forgive me…


Guess Who's Back, Back Again…

Back at Fangorn forest, tree young men were trying to find their way to two of their friends. Joey was still following the tracks with Seto and Duke behind him. The forest was just as frightening and dark as from the moment they had stood at the borders of Fangorn.

"Wait, what is this?" Duke asked. He pointed at a leaf. It was covered with a red stain.

"Blood." Joey answered boldly.

"Are you sure?"

"Wha' tha hell could it else be?" Joey asked now. "Strawberry jam from the happy squirrels that have breakfast here every Sunday morning with their friends the bunnies?"

Duke looked at Joey frowning. "…sorry…"

Joey looked back at the ground. "Their tracks end here… and another crazy track begins."

"Crazy?"

"Ya, like something huge and heavy got them and continued. I can't imagine anything that would cause for tracks like these…" The young blond raised his head abruptly. Something had got his attention.

"What is it Wheeler? Did you shit your pants?"

Joey had a hard time fighting the urge to pick a stick off the ground and attack Seto with it. "Something is out there…"

Seto's eyes narrowed. Although he didn't want to admit it, Seto had told himself to trust in the blond whenever this one would 'feel something coming'. He had made the mistake to ignore another one of these feelings when they were at the lake, which caused the whole group to split up. That, and the fact that Joey was an Elf now and could do everything like other Elves could.

"What is it?"

Joey was silent and then finally spoke. "..The White Wizard…"

"Don't let him speak, he will curse us all."

Seto wrapped his hand around the hilt of his sword, Duke tightened the hold on his axe, and Joey notched an arrow to his bow. A white figure approached them from behind, slowly but obviously, like it didn't care if it would be discovered or not. With a yell the trio turned around to attack. However everything went wrong. Duke's axe and Joey's arrow were deflected and Seto dropped his sword as it became red hot in his grasp. They shielded their eyes with their hands from the bright light emanating from the White Wizard.

"You are searching for two people." The voice concluded.

"Where are they?" Joey spat out.

"Ooh, they passed here some time ago! Poor darlings were exhausted! They met someone they didn't expect to. Does that comforts you?"

Seto recognized the way of speaking from this voice, but he couldn't really place it. "…Who are you? Show yourself!" He demanded.

The bright light dimmed, revealing no one else than the one and only…

"PEGASUS?"

The three were astounded. Duke even dropped his axe on the ground... again, just after he had picked it up.

"It cannot be!" Seto exclaimed, refusing this revelation. "You fell!"

Pegasus waved with his hand like he tried to blow Seto's argument away. "Yes, yes that little tumble. It wasn't such a big deal, Kaiba honey! But I'm very happy to see you are this concerned and stuff, it surely makes my day sunny and shining!"

"How did you survive?" Joey asked, also shocked by the sudden reunion.

"Well you see, I fell down together with that bad toon and I said to myself 'Pegasus, sweetheart, you can't give up here, the world needs you!'," Seto scowled loudly. "so I got my staff and then I…punch, pawn, ppfffwwwwh…!" Pegasus started to make weird moves with his hands and arms. Everyone sweat dropped. "…Phuh! It's such a boring story. It ended with reincarnation and stuff. Sounds like some cheesy Jesus film to me, doesn't it?"

They walked back to the borders of the forest where their horses were standing, Pegasus leading the way. He was wearing a grey cloak above the white one, in order to avoid anyone getting permanent eye-damage.

"Now our two little sweet pies are safe, we have to travel to Edoras with all speed!" Pegasus said. Immediately after that he started to whistle piercingly, damaging everyone's ears who was nearby. Then all of the sudden a beautiful, white, horse appeared from the plain, answering Pegasus' call.

"Shit! That's one helluva white horse!" Joey gasped.

The horse stopped in front of Pegasus. "This is the lord of all horses: Shadowfax…" Pegasus explained. "… but I don't really like his name and decided to call him 'Fizzlycake' from now on!"

The three youngster looked at the older man who was proudly patting his horse.

The horse wasn't very happy with his new name either….

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In the mean time Yugi and Yami were climbing a high rock overlooking Morannon.

"The Black Gate of Mordor…" Gollum said, almost terrified by his own words.

At the enormous Black Gate, Orcs were patrolling and on the towers there were guards standing. More Orcs were standing on the walls. And if that wasn't enough, from the right an army of Easterling soldiers was marching towards the Black Gate.

"Darn!" Yami said narrowing his eyes. "My ol' Gaffer'd have a thing or two to say if he could see us now…"

"Your ol' what?"

Gollum interrupted the 'conversation'. "Master says to show him the way into Mordor, so good Sméagol does. Master says so!"

Yugi looked at the creature and then back at the gate. "I did…"

"Yeah it's all real swell but how are we going to try getting passed that?"

A command was heard and an Orc sounded a horn, signalling for the Gate to be opened. Two enormous cave trolls stretched and growled and then pulled the mighty Gate open.

"Look! The gate is opening!" Yami said. "I think I see a way down!"

Yami moved closer to the edge when suddenly the rock underneath him gave away and he fell down, towards all the creatures that wanted to kill him. What a way to go…

"Yami! No!" Yugi said loudly when his friend fell down. He immediately went after Yami.

"Master!" Gollum said now.

Two Easterling soldiers saw the streams of dust coming down the cliff made by Yami and Yugi. They moved away from the troop to investigate. Yugi reached Yami who was stuck in the scree. As the Easterlings moved closer and closer, Yugi threw his Elvish cloak over himself and Yami.

"Please, don't let this be the bunny cloak…" Yugi mumbled.

The soldiers were now directly in front of Yami, but their eyes saw nothing but rock. Yugi and Yami peered from underneath the cloak. The soldiers soon left and after a moment, Yugi threw back the cloak and pulled Yami out. The gate was still open, the Easterlings passing trough it.

"I do not ask you to come with me, Yami."

"Oh, I… what?... It uh, it's not because of this? You know: me falling, getting us almost killed…"

Yugi shook his head. "No, no… Don't mind that… too much."

"I won't leave you at this point Yugi." Yami said, facing his Hikari.

The both nodded at each other and they prepared to make a run for the Gate.

"Now!" Yugi said, but then he was pulled back together with Yami.

The looked at Gollum who was still holding their collars. "No! No, no master! They catch you! They catch you! Don't take it to him! He wants the preciousss. Always he's looking for it! And the preciousss is wanting to go back to him. But we mustn't let him have it."

Yugi again tried to make a run for it. Who knew if they would ever get a chance like this again? But for the second time Gollum pulled the small boy back.

"No! There's another way. More secret. A dark way."

"Why haven't you spoken of this before?" Yami asked furious and then he pointed at the hill he had fell off some seconds ago. "We almost got killed!..." He paused for a time. "… because of you!"

"But master did not ask!" Gollum defended himself, ignoring the sudden accuse of Yami.

"He's up to something!" Yami said turning to Yugi.

The boy looked utterly confused. "So there's another way into Mordor?"

"Yes! There is a path, and some stairs and then… a tunnel."

Yugi and Yami looked at the closing Gate and it was like their hope was disappearing behind the enormous black doors, together with the army of Easterlings. Gollum started to stroke Yugi's arm as in a gesture to comfort him, but then the creature cried himself.

"He's led us this far, Yami." Yugi said, having pity with the creature who had buried his face in the Elvish cloak now.

"Yugi, no…"

"He kept his word."

"No!" Yami repeated with a whisper.

Yugi looked at Yugi, a little bit disappointed in his friend. He looked back at the creature. "Lead us the way Sméagol."

The creature nodded hastily. "Good Sméagol always helps!"

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On the plains of Rohan. Pegasus, Seto, Joey and Duke stopped as Edoras came into view.

"Edoras and the Golden Hall of Meduseld!" Pegasus said wisely. Just like Seto he had taken the time to inform himself about this world. Or actually, they had forced Pegasus to take that time. "Théoden lives here, he's the king of Rohan, his mind is overthrown by that nasty guy, Saruman, who locked me up on top of that tower! Saruman's hold over the king is very strong. But you know, if you ask me? I would say it was old age and The king is just getting demented." He nodded, approving his own theory.

Nobody answered.

"Do not look for a welcome, they're not that cheery here…"

As Seto passed the entrance to Edoras, a flag, that apparently came off it's pole, floated down and landed near him. Edoras was silent and somber. It was hard to tell in which place they would have rather been: Fangorn forest or here. Everyone looked at the newcomers in silence. Seto looked up at the hall, seeing a lady in white standing above the stairs. Then he looked down again, studying the townsfolk.

"God," Duke said, "a graveyard is more cheerful than this."

Seto looked up to the hall again, but the woman was gone. They stepped off their horses and climbed up the stairs. They were stopped by guards at the door.

"Cheery-o!" Pegasus said.

The guard was silent for some seconds. "I uh, I cannot allow you before Théoden-King so armed, Pegasus. By order of Grima Wormtongue."

"All right." Pegasus nodded at the others as a signal to surrender their weapons. Seto handed over his swords and knives. Joey gave a little twirl to his knives before handing them to the guards. Seto rolled his eyeballs in boredom. And as last, Duke handed over his axe. But then the guard gestured at Pegasus.

"Your staff."

"Hhmm?" Pegasus glanced at this staff. "Oh. This is no staff! No, no! This is a… an oar! Yes an oar." The guard looked at the staff, unable to believe something that looked like that could be used as an oar. "I made it myself." Pegasus added..

"Oh!" The guard nodded in approval. He gestured the group to follow him into the hall. Pegasus gave a little wink to Seto and entered the hall. Seto shivered in disgust. The hall wasn't that big. At each side of it there were tables with benches and at the end was the throne of the king. Théoden was sitting there, looking as white as a sheet of paper, his eyes were terribly absent. Next to the man, was Grima standing: he looked almost equally unhealthy, but his eyes were alert. He leaned down towards the king, whispering.

"My lord, Pegasus the Grey is coming. He's a herald of woe."

"The courtesy of your hall is somewhat lessened of fancy, Théoden." Pegasus said. As he approached the king, Seto, Joey and Duke pulled back carefully and surveyed the hall and the guards. A group of them started to follow them with hostility.

"He's not welcome here." Grima informed Théoden whispering.

Théoden made an attempt to lift up his head. "Why should I welcome you, Pegasus… the Gay?"

"A just question and statement, my liege!" Grima said.

Pegasus looked grumpy. Very grumpy.

Grima walked towards Pegasus. "Late is the hour in which this conjurer chooses to appear. Lathspell spell I name him. Ill news is an ill guest."

"Shut up! I've come to talk with the king, not with some ugly hobo like you!" Pegasus raised his staff threatening.

Grima's eyes grew the size of tennis balls. "His staff!" He backed away and looked at the guard. "I told you to take the old man's staff!"

"But sir! He said it was an oar!" The guard replied thunderstruck.

"Does it look like one to you?" Grima asked.

"He said he made it himself sir!"

"GET HIM!" Grima demanded.

The guards attacked. Seto, Joey and Duke started to defend themselves with their fists. Pegasus continued to approach the king, the sound of cries of pain and punching fists in the background.

"Théoden, too long have you sat in the shadows! That… and your servant called me old and gay! I can't have that!'

Grima tried to crawl away unseen, but Duke caught him and pinned him to the floor. "I would stay still if I were you." He coughed. "And I would wash myself too, Jesus!"

"I will release you from you spell!" Pegasus said.

A weird croaking sounded out of the king's throat. He was laughing. "You have no power here, Pegasus."

But then Pegasus threw off his grey cloak and the white cloak underneath it was almost as bright as the sun. Théoden was threw back in his seat with a yell.

"I will suck you out, Saruman!"

The guards almost dropped their weapons: the battle stopped. Everyone's mouth dropped open in disgust. Joey covered one of his ears with one hand and with the other hand he started to shake his finger, trying to delete Pegasus' words from his mind. Even Théoden looked terrified.

"LIKE POISON FROM A WOUND! A WOUND!" Pegasus yelled.

The lady in white came in the room: Éowyn. Thinking her uncle was in danger she wanted to rush over to him, but Seto stopped her. Saruman in the mean time was covered from shock.

"If I go… Théoden dies!"

"No way he will, darn me!"

Théoden lunged at Pegasus, but he threw him back in the throne with his staff. The king moaned and slumped forward in the chair. This time Éowyn couldn't be stopped by Seto and she ran to her uncle's side. Théoden raised his head again and his face gradually changed in the one of a much younger-looking man. His eyes didn't have the absent stare anymore.

The king looked at his niece closely. " I know your face. Éowyn… Éowyn."

Éowyn let out a sob of joy. Joey couldn't help smiling.

"Pegasus?"

"Didn't I told him you wouldn't die? Huh? I'm so good…"