I know I know! I'm sorry I haven't written in so long. But I had to delete one of my other stories in the vamp category and made a new one. Plus I've been working on two new fanfics that I'm planning on putting on the site soon. Anyways, the point is I'm back for a new, long chapter. Oh and I'm just warning you right now, I put the part in the book about the whole blindfold thing cause they don't do that in the movies, but I had to return the book to the library like 2 weeks ago so if I accidentally change or skip something or it doesn't sound exactly right, it probably isn't, so let me know if I missed something or messed something up when you review. just warning you ahead of time.
Disclaimer: I don't own LOTR. Not nearly creative enough for that. You people know what to do. R&R!
"Mother fuck! Haven't you people ever heard of painkillers?" I screamed. One of the hobbits had woken me up to tell me we were leaving. I had forgotten about my arm until I tried to use it to sit up. I grabbed the place where the arrow had been while I waited for the pain to go away. Unfortunately, it only seemed to hurt worse. Aragorn strode over and carefully lifted me to my feet.
"When we reach Lothlorien you will be able to get help from the elves there. Their power of healing is far greater than anything I can do for you at the present time," Aragorn replied shortly. I glared at him. He shouldn't be in a pissy mood. He hadn't had anyone pull an arrow out of his arm just a few hours ago! Everyone gathered up their stuff and we continued our journey. Legolas and Gimli were walking together at the back. I walked up ahead with Aragorn and Borimir. Borimir looked over his shoulder and then back at me.
"What has he done?" Borimir inquired. I shrugged.
"That depends. Who exactly are you talking about?" Borimir laughed and leaned in closer to me.
"You and the elf have been inseparable since the beginning of this trip. Is something the matter?" Borimir asked quietly. I quickly took another look at Legolas, who was occasionally glancing over at me throughout his conversation with Gimli. Aragorn shot me a warning look. I rolled my eyes and glared at him.
"Aragorn whatever-your-last-name-is-I-don't-know-it-cause-im-not-a-big-enough-fan-of-the-books-to-go-searching-for-it, don't you dare look at me like that. It's not my fault he knew we were talking about him," I snapped.
"Just so everyone knows, I'm an elf. I can still hear you even though I'm back here!" Aragorn, Borimir, and I all rolled our eyes and ignored Legolas.
"This is why I stayed away from guys back at home. Because they're douche-faces," I sighed exasperatedly. Borimir and Aragorn stared at me. "No offense. I was thinking about the elf in particular." They both nodded sympathetically. "And I'm not mad at him. We had a serious…discussion …last night, so things are just a teensy bit awkward between us. No big," I continued vaguely. Borimir looked as though he knew exactly what the discussion had been about and grinned. Aragorn didn't think it was so funny. He moved to the back of the line and I looked back to see him whispering with Legolas. I groaned and stamped my feet. Borimir tossed back his head and laughed.
"Now now little one," he said softly, putting an arm around my shoulder, "do not become so upset. Everything will be fine. You will see." I leaned into him and sighed.
"Ugh. Yeah I know but still. Everything I do seems to go wrong. Why did Elrond put me in the stupid Fellowship? I know people in my world who would donate their kidney to be here right now! Why not one of them?" Borimir started to laugh again. "It's not funny!" I whined.
"Actually…" Borimir said. I pouted and we continued walking in silence for the next 45 minutes, until Aragorn came back. I grabbed his arm.
"What did you say?" I asked eagerly. Aragorn looked at me and smiled.
"We were working out our problems. It is no business of yours," he answered. I wrinkled my nose.
"You sound like you just got back from marriage counseling," I laughed. Aragorn glared at me.
"No."
"Yes. Leggie and Aragorn sitting in a tree. K-I-S-"
"Stop it!"
"I agree!" I heard Legolas yell from the back. I pouted.
"You guys ruin everything! The only fun I've had since before we left for this stupid quest thingy and you guys act like total sissies." Pippin spoke up from behind me.
"What are sissies?" Pippin asked.
"Never mind, Pippin," I replied. Aragorn grumbled something under his breath and shot me the Death Glare. I turned around and saw Legolas looking at me the same way.
"It wasn't funny," Legolas said. Borimir and I cracked up. It took every ounce of strength I had not to completely lose it.
"Shut up," I said. Aragorn and Legolas made sure to stay away from each other for the next few hours, until we came to a line of trees. Lothlorien. We all halted, a dark, foreboding feeling dropping over all of us. Frodo started fiddling with the ring again as he looked apprehensively through the trees. Gimli and Legolas moved up to the front.
"So…we have to go in there?" I asked nervously. Aragorn was the first to go in, followed closely by Legolas and Borimir. Gimli motioned for me and the hobbits to get behind him. I was going to argue that I wanted the front, but considering I don't have any skills, it was probably best I stay at the back. At least if we were ambushed from behind, I would be the loudest screamer. Me and the hobbits had already tested that theory.
"Stay close, young ones. They say that a great sorceress lives in these woods, an Elf-witch, of terrible power. All who look upon her, fall under her spell…and are never seen again…" Gimli whispered loudly. I rolled my eyes.
"Well, if she has so much power, you don't have to whisper cause she already knows we're here," I said, keeping my eyes on Frodo. He was looking around like a deer caught in headlights, and Sam was trying to get his attention. Gimli snorted.
"Well, here is one dwarf she won't ensnare so quickly. I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox," he said, nearly running into Haldir's notched arrow.
"Well then Oh Great Gimli. How did he get here?" I asked loudly. Gimli gave me a nasty look and said something rude in Dwarfish. The blonde elf was slightly shorter in stature than most elves that I had seen since I've been here. He didn't look very much like the Haldir in the movie. His hair was more of a darker, honey blonde with natural blonder highlights running through it and his eyes were so light they were almost grey. His hair was a little longer than Legolas', and his voice wasn't nearly as creepy as it sounded in the movies. Actually, he had a very nice voice, almost musical and quite soft, yet he still gave off a regal demeanor. In short, he was so much hotter.
"The dwarf was breathing so loud we could have shot him in the dark," he told Aragorn. I laughed and Gimli glared at me.
"Well it's true," I exclaimed in my own defense, "I'm not an elf and I can hear you breathing from like a billion miles away!" Haldir cocked a golden eyebrow (No they weren't all black and bushy like they were in the movie where it looked like he'd gotten it colored at the Hair Cuttery). I blushed and put my hands behind my back. "Continue," I said. Then "Whoa! Where did all of these elves come from? I know there weren't this many when you first got here," I cried, in response to the three more elves that had filtered out of the trees when I wasn't looking. There was a very uncomfortable silence where everyone just stared at me. I flushed an even deeper red and motioned zipping my mouth shut. Haldir decided that I wouldn't push him any farther and he turned back to Aragorn. It seemed like they were having an argument, but I didn't really care, so I entertained myself by giving each of the elves a once over. I settled for staring at the most handsome, a tall red haired elf with cool gray eyes. Seriously, the guy was hot. I think he even surpassed Legolas, although this elf was way too serious. I wasn't even the one carrying the ring and he was mad at me. The guy needed to take that uber large stick out of his ass. I suddenly got a mental image of it and laughed before I could even think about it. The elf looked startled and glared at me, making me laugh even harder. He muttered something under his breath, and I think he was swearing. I cracked up and Pippin asked me what was so funny. I told him and at first he didn't get it. Then I saw him think about it harder and a huge grin spread out of his face. We both exchanged a look and snickered at the elf. The elf notched his arrow and stepped way too close, definitely an invasion of my bubble.
"Ce pen-inn?" he asked, his cheeks flaming red. Legolas had been speaking quietly with one of the elves, but when he heard the elf snap at me, he rushed to mine and Pippin's side.
"Man agorech?" Legolas demanded of the Ginger Elf. I grinned to myself, proud of myself for thinking up such a "clever" nickname for the stupid elf, and tried quickly to hide it from the elf, but Ginger Elf caught it in time and so did Legolas.
"What's so funny?" he asked. I put my hands on my hips and tried to look indignant. The hobbits all snickered behind their hands. Pippin had told them and they were all visualizing the same thing.
"Nothing. He's mad because I kind of laughed at him," I said. Legolas scowled at me and narrowed his blue eyes.
"Why were you laughing?"
"Um…no reason?"
"What did you do!"
"I didn't do anything. Ginger can't take a joke. Look, all I said was that he looked like he had a stick up his butt cause he looked all serious and everything. And then I got mental images of it," I admitted sheepishly. Legolas let out a frustrated sigh and shook his head.
"For once, can't you just act like a mature young lady?"
"But that's no fun." Legolas rolled his eyes and explained everything to Ginger Elf. GingE (yes I know quite clever isn't it?) at first seemed confused. Then angry. Then disgusted. And then just annoyance. Like the kind of look you give a guy when he makes a really crude joke about burping or farting. But it was worth it. To this day, it was so worth it, I can't even lie. Suddenly, Aragorn announced that Haldir had agreed to take us to see Galadriel, only they called her something in Elvish. I dunno. Then we had to be freaking blindfolded, which I think was stupid. Me and Legolas even argued a really good case as to why. He said because he was an elf and some kind of distant relative person. He knows people in high places. I claimed retardation and the fact that blindfolding me and expecting me to walk is practically asking me to commit suicide. Aragorn told me I was being overdramatic.
"Besides, it would not be fair for Gimli to be the only one blindfolded. If one of our own loses their eyes, so do we." And that was the end of it. Of course, after we started walking the elves soon realized that it was impossible for me to walk. Even with GingE leading me, I couldn't do it. I tripped every ten seconds. Actually, I blame it partly on GingE. I think he was trying to get back at me for making fun of him. Stupid, immature elf. Anyways, we had to slow done for me, but apparently I was still going too slow, so GingE just slung me over his shoulder like a bag of potatoes and carried me like that for the rest of the time. To pass the time, I ignored the elves that had decided to act as tour guides and were telling us about the forest and stuff and instead just started humming "My Strongest Suit" from "Aida" over and over again. GingE shook me kinda hard after the 10th time so I took it as the signal for me to shut up. I had to listen to Tour Guide Barbie the rest of the time until they finally put us down. It was dark out and the elves were unrolling a rope ladder from the tree. There was a really huge flat piece of wood all the way at the top. If I hadn't seen them take the ladder down, I never would have noticed it. It was decided that me and the hobbits would be sleeping in one tree with Haldir and his brothers. GingE and a few other elves would be in another tree with Aragorn, Borimir, Legolas, and Gimli. I felt a little better knowing GingE wouldn't be the one watching over me while I slept, and one look at his face when he found out the sleeping arrangements told me the feeling was mutual. But once up in the tree, I couldn't sleep. I snuck a worried look at Haldir.
"So you're sure I won't fall off of this thing?" I asked him. Haldir nodded.
"How do you know? What if I start having a nightmare and move around. There are no railings or anything on here!" Haldir sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Then I will catch you before you fall," he replied. I looked over the edge and felt sick. I decided that I called the middle of the platform and crawled over to my spot. But even then I still couldn't get to sleep. I just couldn't get comfortable. I listened to Haldir humming for awhile, some Elvish song. It was a really pretty song ,and I fell asleep almost instantly.
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They woke us up in the morning. Frodo and the other hobbits looked like they hadn't slept all night. I knew the feeling. I felt like total crap and was kind of sore from tensing my shoulders while I slept. The hobbits looked even worse. I poked Frodo in the shoulder and he turned bleary blue eyes to me.
"What's wrong?" I asked. The hobbits weren't the only ones acting weird. The elves were quietly talking amongst themselves, their faces somber. I stood up and went to the edge of the platform and looked across to the next tree. Aragorn and Legolas were speaking with two blonde elves and GingE. I swear to God, if I met any more blonde elves, I wouldn't be able to recognize Legolas anymore. Borimir saw me looking over and mouthed, "Orcs". My eyes widened and I made my way over to Haldir. He handed me my blindfold. I groaned and stamped my foot.
"I still have to wear this? I nearly killed myself yesterday, and I don't think GingE wants to carry me anymore," I complained. Haldir looked confused.
"Who is GingE?" I had forgotten that they didn't know about my nickname for him.
"Oh sorry. I mean, the red elf." Haldir cocked an eyebrow and chuckled.
"Mahtan?" he clarified. I nodded. "Yes you have been quite a challenge to him. But he will soon get over it," he replied. I gave a sigh of relief and clasped a hand on his shoulder.
"Good. Because I have more than enough boy problems already. I don't need one more," I confided loudly. Haldir stared at my hand on his shoulder and then back at me. I released him and clasped my hands together in front of me. "Sorry." He nodded and smiled at me and turned to talk with the other two elves who looked a lot like him, except less hot. They were blonde too. Jesus, this whole blonde thing was going to get annoying. I suddenly remembered the question I had wanted to ask him before. "Haldir wait!" The elf turned around and gestured for me to continue. "What's this about Orcs?"
"Did Legolas tell you?" he asked. I sighed exasperatedly.
"Oh my gosh. Legolas is not the only person I talk to! I have other friends!" Haldir once again raised his eyebrows. I even got a look from Legolas. Damn elves and their stupid hearing.
"A band of Orcs came through last night. We were not too concerned. It was the small creature that stayed behind. It walked with a bent back and we could hear it's heavy breathing as it struggled to climb up the tree. But we made some noise, and the creature left," he told me, looking even more worried. My eyes got wider and I threw my hands in the air.
"Gollum! You had the chance to shoot Gollum and you didn't! Do you even know what you've done?" I shrieked. Haldir looked surprised.
"You know this creature?"
"Duh! It's been following us for days and it tried to kill Bilbo. But I didn't read The Hobbit so I don't know anything else," I exclaimed, "Why am I even here? Obviously, nobody listens to girls in this world, even if they can tell the future!" I got another look from Haldir and I got a few other stares too.
"I will tell this to the other Elves. In the meantime, eat this quickly and put on your blindfold," Haldir ordered, handing me a crispy wafer-like thing. I stared at it for a few seconds before I realized that eh was actually serious about wanting me to eat this crunchy pastry that reminded me of a frozen toaster strudel. Frodo finally managed to convince me it was good and I ate it, feeling surprisingly full after wards. Then I climbed down the ladder and put my blindfold on. Mahtan refused to carry me, so I had to struggle the entire time to stay on my feet, although to be fair to the elf, he did catch me whenever I tripped. After hours and hours of walking, they finally took off my blindfold. I gasped as I set eyes on the grand elf city, Lothlorien.