...I'M SORRY! I know, it's been awhile. But with finals and all that studying...grr. But now that's over with. Thank goodness. Also, you guys really disappoint me. 3 reviews?! 3! I really think we deserve some appreciation here!
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Jousting Elf with a Sabre--Coolio! We're b-day gals! YAY! Ugh...I feel terribly old. As Nickel reminded me, not too much longer 'till I can drink achohol legally! Heehee...talking about short attention span, you should so read this review I wrote for this one girl. If you want me to post it with the next chapter, review. ; )
Aranel Cugedhiel--Sorry it's taken awhile. Stupid finals and studying...btw, funny you mention that about Nickel making out with Legolas. She thought it'd catch people's attention. Apparently it did...
Gina--6 more to go!!!! Will we get it on this chapter? Order people to review and maybe we will...Geez, my hair is so messed up right now. An hour and a half of tennis while wearing a hat and my hair looks like crap. Joy...
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The Plot Unfolds...Slowly
Nicole's PoV
"Okay, fine. I realize that we're carrying wounded people and stuff. But can we please move faster?!" I yelped from my spot at the head of the column.
"Excuse me, but I am the King!" Theoden yelled. As if I needed reminding—the guy's last name was King, may I remind you. "The King is at the head of his people."
"Well I'm not 'your people', am I?" I retorted. "Now can we please go faster?"
"Lady Nicole," Legolas said in what sounded like a low hiss. "Helm's Deep is only a few leagues away. Can you not see it?" I looked in the direction he was pointing and squinted.
"Oh yeah…last one there's a rotten egg!" I yelped, kicking my horse. It stopped. "Hey! What gives?"
"Allow me." Legolas offered, sighing.
"NO!" I pointed my staff at him. "Knowing you, you'll do something very mean!" Legolas shrugged.
"Noro lim."
"NOOOO!" I screamed as the horse leapt forward. "I'll get this for you Legolas!"
"Look out! Duck! No! That means get out of the way!" I screamed. The stupid Rohan guys thought they could stop a horse after it had been told to run faster in Elvish. Idiots. "Eeeaaahhhh!"
"Whoa!" Some guy jumped out of the shadows and grabbed my horse's reins. Amazingly, the horse stopped.
"Legolas!" I shouted. "I'm going to kill you!" I then turned to my hero, some guy who seemed about my age. "Gee, thanks." The boy bowed.
"It was my pleasure." Oo…he was hot.
"No! Mind out of the gutter!" I yelped, hitting my forehead. The boy gave me a funny look as I dismounted.
"Nickel!" Someone body-slammed me, knocking me to the ground. "You're back! You're not dead! How was it? Where's Legolas? Where is he, Nickel? What is—"
"Mandy!" I yelled, pushing her off me before I looked around. "Where is Legolas?" How lucky. They were riding up right now. The moment they stopped, I leapt at Legolas.
"Nicole!"
"Idiot! Idiot, idiot, idiot!" I hit Legolas with the frying pan and my staff.
"No! Bad Nicole!" Mandy shrieked, pulling me off Legolas.
"Ha! Now you won't like him anymore!" I yelled in delight. "He's battered beyond recognition!" Mandy stared at him as he tried to hide a black eye and a rather large bump on his head.
"Yeah right," she retorted as he dismounted before hugging him tightly.
"EW!" I scrunched up my nose as Eowyn glided down the stairs.
"So few," she murmured. "So few of you have returned."
"Yeah, well don't worry," I advised. "Aragorn'll come back." Eowyn looked startled at this. "Yeah, we know you've been crushing on him."
"Was it really that obvious?" she asked, flushing.
"Uh…yes. Very obvious." Mandy answered, grinning.
"Now, as for Kelsey—" I continued.
"Kelsey?" Mandy looked around. "Where is Kelsey?"
"She's with Aragorn."
"Oh." Eowyn looked disappointed.
"It's okay, it'd be weird if you married him," Mandy assured her. "'Cause Kelsey thinks of him as her daddy."
"Hi everybody!" Ernie walked up.
"Where have you been?" I asked. "You've been gone since…well…a really long time!" He looked a bit uncomfortable.
"Uh…well…okay, but Eowyn doesn't get to hear. And neither does Legolas! it's kind of," his voice dropped to a whisper, "strange."
"Well, Nickel can tell me later," Mandy announced, edging toward Legolas.
"No," I told her. "You are staying with me." And with that, I dragged her by the ear to a room. Ernie followed, slowly closing the door behind him.
"Okay," he started. "Well, after Gina disappeared."
"Gina?"
"We've gone over this, Mandy."
"Sorry."
"Well, I was laying on the ground since you knocked me out—"
"Nickel!" Mandy shrieked at me.
"What?"
"That wasn't nice!" she complained.
"Hush."
"—And this big eyeball, the Eye of Sauron, I think, was staring at me."
"Odd," Mandy commented.
"Hush, Mandy," I snapped.
"So I decided on a conversation."
"Good plan." I reached over and slapped Mandy.
"Anyway, I asked It where I was," Ernie continued.
"Did it answer?" I asked. Mandy took this opportunity to hit me back.
"No, It just floated around there and looked menacing."
"That's really corny," Mandy muttered.
"And then I woke up by then and you guys were gone."
"And that's even cornier," Mandy commented. "I'm leaving."
"Wait!" Ernie grabbed her arm. "Then I heard a voice."
"So? We all have voices." I tapped my head.
"It was the Eye!"
"…Oh."
"It said one word."
"What was that?"
"Master."
"Yeah…" Mandy edged towards the door.
"But what does that mean?" Ernie demanded.
"You're having delusions?" Mandy suggested.
"We knew that," I chided. "It's probably of great importance, whatever's going on. In fact, I'm sure of it." Mandy frowned.
"Nickel, what's going on?"
"Ernie is Sauron's Master, obviously." All I got was blank stares. "Therefore, he's got to be Morgoth, Melkor, the fallen angel!" I shrieked.
"Oh…" Ernie looked thoughtful—an unusual occurrence. "So what's that got to do with anything?" With that, I launched into a tirade over Morgoth, who he was, what he did, and the like. Mandy and Ernie just sat on the floor and played rock, paper, scissors. What kids.
"So, that is why it matters," I ended.
"Could you repeat that?" Ernie asked, looking up at me.
"No!" I snapped.
"Geez! Sorry…" He mumbled. I looked around.
"Hey, where's Mandy?"
Mandy's PoV
I skipped down the hallway, gloating.
"I got away from Nickel! I got away from Nickel!" I sang softly.
"Mandy!" I ran from Nickel's voice, ducking behind doors. Not a great hiding place, really, but it would do. Then I heard another voice. I put my ear to a rather obvious hole in the wall.
"Valar! She ought to be punished…that stupid, insolent she-elf worthy of orc's company! Arg!" I frowned. Leggy was mad…and I think it was because of Nickel. (A/N: No…dur. Man, my character's stupid…)
"Someday, Valar, make her suffer as she has made me suffer!" I heard something bang against the wall and I leapt back.
"Leggy!" I shouted. "Don't hurt Nickel!"
"Arg! My conscience!" Something hit the wall again. Peeking through the hole this time, I saw Leggy holding his head and wincing.
"Stop hurting yourself Leggy!" I whimpered. "You're already hurt enough!""Evil conscience!"
"Leggy! It's me!"
"Who?"
"Mandy—"
"MANDY!" I winced as Nickel threw open the door I was behind and grabbed my ear. "You bad, bad girl!" And with that she dragged me down the hall, ignoring my protests.
Kelsey's PoV
"Hey! Where are the Uruk-hai?" I asked, frowning. I leaned forward on the horse and scanned the surrounding land in a dramatic fashion.
"Hmm…" Aragorn answered.
"Hello? Are you awake?" I gently nudged him, giggling as he slumped forward.
"Mmm…"
"Guess not." I urged the horse forward. Night was pretty far off, but we still had a long way to ride.
Not too long after midday, I stopped the horse.
"There they are!" I shrieked, watching a large mass of ugly guys march in front of me. Aragorn snorted. "Oh, be quiet! Noro lim! Ride like the wind, Bullseye!" (Gollee! I sound like such a dork!)
Mandy's PoV
I sat quietly—no need to get in more trouble—watching Nickel pace in front of me. Ernie sat in another chair reading something. We were in the room we'd claimed before and Nickel was about to chew me out. Hey…this room was really pretty! It had a gold-like ceiling and the walls were a dark mahogany…or a really, really dark brown. (A/N: the difference being that mahogany grows in South America and is kind of reddish.) There was a red couch, which I was sprawled on, a blue chair, where Ernie was, and a pretty bed…I want to go to sleep…Wow, I got off topic really fast.
"I am ashamed of you, Amanda!" Nickel raged. Ooo…she had used my full name. Now I'm in big trouble. "You left us during a time of great trial for Ernie! Don't you see that we must assist him?" Okay…apparently she hadn't seemed to realize why I'd snuck off. "Furthermore, I have a job for you." I perked up immediately.
"I need you to keep watch in the tall tower with the horn for Kelsey and Aragorn." I thought about it.
"Okay!" I yelped, leaping up. I could get Leggy to come with me. Then he couldn't kill Nickel. She is my friend, no matter her faults.
I scampered off.
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