PythonAnon: I'm not sure if Thranduil is going to enter yet or not. If he does, he'll definitely be at least runner up. Zane's Girlfriend: Aha! You'll have to wait until the next chapter to find out! *spoilers spoilers* OneSizeFitsAll: Actually, I think Lindir is pretty creepy in his LotR incarnation. But I wouldn't say he's the creepiest. Lily Lindir-Aubrey: But yes, he does deserve a prize of some sort. Are you possibly a bit biased? ;) BlueberryMuffins76: I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this story, actually. :P Glad you enjoyed!
Chapter 15: The New Nazgul
Gimli managed to push aside the flapping black robes of the nazgul who had captured him and look around. He was on the back of a fell beast and the ground seemed a dizzying distance below, although it was too dark to tell for sure so he was basing this belief on the force of the wind rushing around him and the intense cold.
"Are we almost there?" he asked, shivering.
"Stop asking questions," said the nazgul irritably.
Gimli looked ahead and was shocked to see something green and glowing coming closer and closer. He thought at first it was some ghostly apparition but in another minute he could see it well enough to discern the dread outline of Minas Morgul. The nine nazgul swooped down and entered the radioactive citadel.
Gimli was unceremoniously dumped in a dungeon and fed bread and water for two days (for no reason except that if he wasn't, this story would involve time travel). Eventually he was taken out and dragged before the leader of the nazgul who was sitting on a glow-in-the-dark throne, looking ominous.
"I'm not afraid!" said Gimli, who actually was. "Be ye man or wraith, I fear you not!"
"I am no man!" said the nazgul, standing up and removing its helmet to reveal blond hair and...
"Eowyn!" said Gimli, shocked.
She was wearing a black leather jacket and black leather skirt covered with chains and skull-shaped studs, tons of black eye-liner around her eyes and black lipstick.
"But-but you were such a nice girl," said Gimli sadly.
"Oh yeah?" said Eowyn, flipping a dreadlock over her shoulder. "Well, no more Miss nice girl now! You can call me the Witch Queen."
"What happened to the Witch King?" asked Gimli.
"I stabbed him," said Eowyn. "Proving that I'm way cooler than he is. Now the nazgul follow me."
"Why did you capture me? I used to be your friend."
"I was trying to capture the whole fellowship. Sauron offered a huge reward for them."
"But why should you be working for Sauron?" said Gimli who was still confused. "He's the bad guy. He's the one who told Saruman to attack Rohan, remember?"
"Well yeah, I guess so; but he's the lord of Middle Earth now."
"But that doesn't mean you have to work for him. You have the nazgul. That means that you can do whatever you want to do."
"Hey, yeah;" said Eowyn. "It does."
"You can go join the rest of the fellowship and help them defeat Sauron," Gimli went on logically.
"Okay," said Eowyn. "Where are they?"
"They're supposed to meet Aragorn at the crossroads in Ithilien."
"You hear that?" said Eowyn to the other nazgul. "Let's go! Hey wait," she said as Gimli prepared to run off. "Aren't you coming with us?"
"No, I'm going to go save Lady Galadriel!" shouted Gimli, departing through the back door.
Yes, very short. I'm wanting to hurry up and get to the next chapter.
I like mean!Eowyn.
Next week: Will Aragorn meet the fellowship at the crossroads, or did he perish gruesomely in the Paths of the Dead? Oh, yeah that's right I had him in another chapter so we know he survived.
Okay, but will he show up? Really, who cares, but hey whatever...