Queen of His Heart
Fan Fiction-Hobbit/Chronicles of Narnia
I do now own the copyrights to the Hobbit; book or movie. Nor do I own any to the Chronicles of Narnia
A/N= 1) I got this idea off a You Tube video someone made. I figured I couldn't find a sequel to their video, so I am writing one here. 2) I also have messed with time frames and facts for the sake of the storyline, but remember this is FAN-FICTION nothing more.
One down and Another Secret Exposed
Ch. 7
Lucy had no way of knowing the truth of Diane's situation, nor was it a main concern of hers. Frodo was leading them to Gandalf's home and she hoped he'd be able to tell her more of Thorin. Was he really all right? Had he gotten back on the right track as others were saying? And most of all was there still a chance for their love? The questions stopped not because they'd reached Gandalf's home, but the screeching of the previous night returned.
"Run for cover!" Frodo yelled with everything he had. Diane and Lucy heeded the warning with no question; Jean did not. The woman was convinced if the creatures she'd missed the night before would not come near a cold house they'd not attack anyone in the heat of day. So, no matter how hard the yelling was to dive for cover she took her sweet little time.
"Idiot!" Lucy yelled throwing politeness to the wind. "Get under cover before they get you!" She shouted from where Diane, Frodo and herself had found cover.
"They wouldn't…." were the last words the three heard Jean say as the next sound was a loud scream mingled with the Raygar's screech.
The three cringed knowing what the picture would look like once the creature got done, but stayed hidden knowing there was nothing they could do to save Jean. "I don't remember those things coming out during daylight. I thought that was another way they were different from Harpies." Diane whispered so low Frodo almost didn't hear her.
"Normally, they don't. " The hobbit leading them confessed his confusion. "They haven't been this aggressive in years. They hoard their jewels and live to themselves. I don't know why they'd start attacking total strangers now."
"They hoard jewels?" Lights began to turn on in Lucy's head. "Any nearby?"
"Maybe…why?" Frodo saw the wheels turning and asked if she'd spotted any.
"Yes, deep purple ones." Lucy glanced at Diane whose mind was now remembering what her friend was taking about.
"I remember that." Diane kept her voice low as the creatures were still squawking over their perceived victory. "There was a nest full of them. It was like Jean lost her mind. She started picking them up and putting them in her pocket. Lucy told her to put them back that they weren't hers to take."
"They're just sitting here for the picking I've been poor long enough." Jean had tossed her head and refused to take the stones out she'd stuck in her pocket.
Lucy shook her head at the memory. "Later I thought I'd had her convinced to ditch them; I didn't know she still had them." The trio come out of hiding when they knew the creatures were gone. Jean was nowhere in sight and the three didn't talk much after that. Nonetheless; they kept an eye out for any more of the creatures as the sun descended and were relieved when Gandalf's place came into sight.
Bilbo may have been so familiar with the place he'd not bothered with taking notes on the place's appearance, but Lucy was not. The two-story gray house stood in an A-frame with lights spilling out it's windows. Gandalf stepped out onto the porch and welcomed them in.
The front room was nothing fancy; a simple box shape holding plenty of books on its side. Where Legalos had been sitting was a simple one step rise. Nothing fancy but a couch, table, chair and; of course, a bookshelf. "Sit my friends." The wizard looked around and asked about their friend. "I see." Was all he said on the matter and then apologized if he was being rude, but that he needed to talk to his old friend, Diane outside, alone.
"You know Diane?" Lucy fought being irked ."Since when?"
"A long time now, right Diane?" Gandalf smiled gently and Diane confessed what he said was true.
"Please, Lucy, don't ask." Diane's eyes pleaded. Lucy reluctantly respected her wishes and watched the two go out the door, wondering what other secrets Diane kept.
The moonlight shone as the two talked. Their words were not heard though and even if the Raygar had still been after the group they'd have left them alone on 'his' place. "You need to go." Gandalf spoke softly in response to Diane's dilemma. "You're heart never left that place anymore than Lucy's left Thorin."
"What if I'm not wanted? What if that is seen as breaking a promise." Diane had no way of knowing what Galadriel had told the two Elvin kings, nor of their response, so her reluctance for going was understandable.
"Go.' Gandalf laid a hand on her shoulder. "You'll not be breaking any oath. Take Lucy with you. She's been your friend for a very long time. I think that has earned her the right to be let in on what is going on." The man's hand rested on Diane's shoulder as he spoke. Finally he told her to go back in and send Lucy out.
"Mind telling me what's going on?" Lucy demanded once she was by Gandalf's side.
"You'll find out soon enough." Gandalf crossed his hands and then tilted his head slightly down. "I believe you're here for someone else?" That got Lucy's mind back on Thorin instead of any secrets her friend may be keeping from her.
"Is he all right? I mean really all right?" Unconsciously, Lucy had laid her hand on Gandalf's arm with a pleading look which shouted her hope of Thorin not being what he once was.
"Thorin's fine, but…" Gandalf sighed. "…he guards his heart with a fierce passion." The man stroked the back of her hand. "I think he loves you far more than even he realizes." He sighed and continued "I fear he may not risk opening it back up. Please, don't turn back now though. I am positive Legalos has told him by now you are coming his way."
"Thank you , Gandalf." Lucy said, hugging the old wizard before going into to talk to Diana about a trip to visit the palaces she'd been told belonged to the Elvin race.