Chapter 5: Council

"…Bring the Ring forth, Frodo," came the majestic voice of the elven Lord. The young Halfling stood up and Dasha couldn't help but notice his hesitation before he dropped the Ring onto the pedestal. She also noted Boromir sit up and murmur something about the "doom of men".

"I can't believe that stuck up arsehole," she whispered into Nora's ear. The other girl rolled her eyes in reply.

"…Isildur's Bane is found!" heard the two girls. Dasha set up and began clapping.

"Well done! I couldn't 'ave told that better myself," she had a smirk on her face and was looking at the man with lazy eyes. "You however need to work on your dramatizing: it was a little overdone." She cocked her head slightly and grinned a mocking smile. Nora sat in her seat looking at her friend with shock evident in her face, What on Earth… er… Middle Earth is she DOING? Was running through her head as Dasha ended her little mock sesion.

Boromir gave Dasha a cold stare, "What is a girl doing here?" he spat out the word 'girl' like something foul.

"I don't know, you tell me," said the still grinning Dasha. Nora knew her well enough to tell that Boromir's words had very little effect on the blonde, however if he continued like that Dasha will be livid. The rest of the council seemed to be in slight shock at the female's actions. She had just insulted a Lord, and that was not commonly seen in these times.

Boromir seemed to have caught sight of the Ring and walked slightly towards it not noticing the worried expression on Dasha's face as she knew what was to come next. So my little distractions aint going to help… Well me and Nora did always enjoy the way Gandaf—She didn't have time to finish her thought before the sky grew dark and thunder roared high above them.

The two girls clasped their ears as Gandalf began to chant, "Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul!"

"Holy fuck! That was awesome!" luckily for Dasha no one apart from Nora heard her little outburst.

"Stop ruining awesome moments you idiot!" her friend hissed, after a short pause she leaned to the blonde's ear again and whispered, "I have to agree though." Smirking she turned away.

"Never before has any voice uttered the words of that tongue here in Imladris!" Elrond looked angry, And rightly so! Put in Dasha's head.

"I do not ask your pardon, Master Elrond, for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West! The Ring is altogether Evil," Gandalf's voice was raspy and he suddenly seemed older as if the chanting took all his force away. The old wizard sat back down in his chair. Boromir however took that as an invitation to speak… again…

"It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this Ring?" he now stood up and began pacing back and forth in front of his chair, his voice was more like mumbling. "Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe! Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him!"

"You cannot wield it! None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master," this time it was Aragorn that spoke and the two girls anticipating the fight ahead leaned back in their chairs with identical, exasperated sighs and thoughts: Here we go again…

"And what would a ranger know of this matter?"half sneered the Gondorian.

Legolas sprang up at those words taking a menacing step towards him, "This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance."

"God, what do you see in this pansy?" whispered Dasha to her friend immediately groaning from a sharp jab of an elbow into her side.

"…throne of Gondor!" exclaimed the elf and Dasha realized that she had missed half the conversation.

"Havo dad, Legolas," The elf nodded as he heard the monarch talk and satin his place just as Boromir graced Aragorn with a hard stare.

"Gondor has no King. Gondor needs no King."

At this point both the girls were having a hard time keeping in their laughter, and Gandalf decided to take things into his own hands returning to the matter at hand, "Aragorn is right, we cannot use it."

"You have only one choice, the Ring must be destroyed," as Elrond said that Nora noticed Frodo's eyes widen slightly but before she had the chance to think on it she saw Gimli jump up and run towards the pedestal with his axe raised high. There was a loud bang and the dwarf ended up on the floor.

"The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Glóin, by any craft that we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came," Elrond's voice seemed slightly annoyed and fed up. No surprise there, I mean no one even pays attention, even the elves look half asleep… or they did until Gimli did that. Dasha snickered in her mind, or so she thought because Nora gave her a look that certified the fact that the snickering was heard. Unless you usually recieve the what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you? looks for not doing anything.

"One of you must do it," his voice had finality in it that even made the two girls somber up. Whispers rang loud through the people present and many looked at the elven Lord in shock and astonishment.

"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its black gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there…" by this point Dasha tuned out Boromir's voice already knowing the entire dialogue that was to come.

"Hey Nora do you think we can just fast-forward all this crap?" she whispered to her friend.

"I wish… But I want to see the picking of the Fellowship! You know how adorable Pippin is by the end of this," there was a tiny smile on her lips and Dasha nodded in agreement. This was in fact their most favorite scene in the movie, not counting Lothlórien and Moria.

"You'll all be destroyed!" Gandalf's voice brought the two girls out of their little chat. They both adopted broad grins and looked expectantly at Frodo. The little hobbit seemed slightly in pain and he grasped his shoulder. Just then Dasha felt that same tug of pain in her side and saw flames. Fuck, I'm not only a Mary-Sue but I'm also a 'Frodo'… and just like that the image disappeared and she looked at the standing hobbit.

"I will take it! I will take it!" the argument died down and everyone turned to look at the tiny creature that was speaking, "I will take the Ring to Mordor, though… I do not know the way…" he looked down looking almost embarrassed. The two girls had a hard time not "awing" at the adorable expression on his face.

"I will help you bear the burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it is yours to bear," Gandalf walked towards the small hobbit and putting a hand on his shoulder stood behind him.

Aragorn stood and knelt before the hobbit, "If by life or death, I can protect you, I will. You have my sword."

"And you have my bow," at the elf's words Dasha saw her friend sigh in the most girly way possible, she simply smirked at her antics and turned to see Gimli walking up to the forming Fellowship.

"And my axe!" he exclaimed standing next to a slightly disgruntled Legolas.

"You carry the fate of us all little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council," At this Boromir made a slight pause and looked over to where Dasha sat locking eyes with her before finishing, "Then Gondor will see it done."

The girls looked at each other and squeezed their hands together with very wide and goofy grins on their faces just as there was a rustle of leaves and Sam jumped into the clearing to stand with Frodo. "Mr. Frodo isn't going anywhere without me!"

"No indeed, it is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not," amusement laced through Elrond's voice as he said that.

"Wait! We are coming too!" the last two members jumped out from behind the pillars and raced to join Frodo and Sam, crossing their hands over their chests.

"You'd have to send us back home tied up in a sack to stop us!" said an exited Merry not noticing the raised eyebrow from Elrond.

"Anyway you will need people of intelligence on this sort of mission, quest… thing!" agreed Pippin.

"Well that rules you out Pip," muttered Merry to his long time friend. The entire Fellowship was laughing at the hobbits' antics and the girls had tears running down their faces. All of a sudden Dasha stood up and marched up to the Fellowship with Nora close behind.

"You aint going nowhere without us!" said the blonde.

"It is a bad omen to have women travel with you!" said Boromir with the rest of the Fellowship nodding ever so slightly.

"I have a feeling that if you won't take them, it'll only be worse," said the still smiling Gandalf, the twinkle in his eyes ever present. What's up with the Pirates of the Caribbean lines? Thought Dasha as Nora made her way to stand beside Gandalf.

Elrond looked them over stopping on the two women and then with a nod said, "So be it! You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring!"

Here it comes!

"Great! Where we goin'?"

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