Author's note: I am such a horrible human being. D: I haven't updated in about 3 months. You guys are allowed to hate me forever. I've been so lazy lately and really haven't felt like writing at all but I willed myself to write this chapter. I was working on it without break and I haven't revised it much. I just wanted to get it posted but I will look over it more later and change a bit of it. Please review and tell me what you think even if you hate it.
Chapter 5: "You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring."
Hermione Granger stood up and said
"You have my magic."
All eyes were on her. For a few moments no one spoke. Just stared at her. Some of them looked confused, other disgusted, Hermione couldn't read a few peoples excretions. Than finally someone broke the silence. That someone was Boromir.
He started laughing as if this was all a huge joke.
"What's this? A woman? Going to war?" He said laughing.
A few people gave nervous laughs a long with Boromir.
Anger pulsed through Hermione but she remained silent.
Boromir decided to continue to be a sexist asshole.
"I mean look at her. Thinking she could ever fight alongside us! She'd just drag us down."
Hermione felt herself shaking all over in anger. How dare he talk to her like he knew her! How dare he act like he knew a thing that she went through. How dare he suggest that she couldn't fight in a war just based on the fact that she was a woman.
They continued to stare at Hermione waiting for her to strike back.
Hermione tried to remain calm as she said
"You know nothing about me. At all. I have seen things you wouldn't believe. I want to help. I want to fight. I am not just going to stay here while this world that I'm stuck in falls apart. And if I die, I die." She said calmly.
Her voice cracked at her next sentence.
"I have nothing left to live for anyway."
Some people looked at her with pity others still looked skeptical. Boromir still looked unfazed.
"You can't really think you're capable of fighting do you? You're a mere child."
Hermione grabbed for her wand that she had set on her seat. She squeezed it with her shaky hand.
Boromir continued to go on his prejudice rant but Hermione was only half aware of the things he was saying.
"Impossible...Have you ever heard such nonsense ...needs to know her place...we don't need someone like her slowing us down." Hermione was shocked at all the things he could claim Hermione of being when he hasn't even spoke one word to her before.
"...Crazy a woman thinking she has any place in war.."
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" Hermione yelled finally snapping.
A few people jumped obviously not expecting Hermione to lash out like that.
The spell found Boromir, her target and his rant finally was cut short. His legs and arms snapped together and Boromir would have came face to face with the floor if a few people standing around didn't support him up. Shocked faces looked at her but she strode forward to Boromir and pointed her threateningly a few meters from his face. She grabbed on to his shoulders so their faces were almost touching.
"How dare you speak about me as if you know me. You know nothing about me. Nothing at all. I have been in a terrible war. Ever since I was a little girl people have hated me because of something I could never control. I have seen people, good people die in front of me. It only takes two words. Two words and a innocent life can be taken. In one word I could have you or anyone else doing whatever I wanted and in another word I could torture you. Make you feel pain no human or creature should ever feel." I said. Finite She thought and the curse was lifted from Boromir.
"Don't call me weak!" She asserted sitting down like the matter had been settled.
Once again silence. She looked between the men standing in front of her. Boromir threw death glares at Hermione though she didn't waver a bit.
After a few more moments of silence and they were sure Hermione wasn't going to say anything more Gandalf spoke.
"This is a very big decision that I recommend you be very sure of before you go a long with it. But I do think you have potential and could help us a great deal. You have magic I have never seen before."
Hermione averted her eyes away from Boromir for the first time to look at Gandalf he was smiling at her though Hermione noticed that it was a sad smile.
Another voice made her turn to look away from Gandalf.
"I have no trouble if you want to join but you have to prove that you are worthy. What can you do?"
Hermione was so shocked that he had no problem letting her come along that she was momentarily at a lose for words.
"Well I- I can heal injuries, I can perform all different types of magic which can help from little everyday things to saving lives. I'm pretty smart and catch on to things quite quickly, I've also been to war before and I know how to fight. " She concluded.
"If you want to go you may but just know that there is no guarantee that you will come back." He said calmly.
"I know." I stated.
I looked over to Boromir one last time to see the disbelief on his face. No one in crowd looked thrilled but Hermione didn't really care.
"Very well th-" Elrond was cut off short by a rustling in a bush close by for a second before Samwise jumped out.
"Mr. Frodo is not goin' anywhere without me!" He stared running swiftly to Frodo's side.
"No indeed, it is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not." Elrond said looking amused.
"Wait! We are coming too!" Two voices cried. Hermione smiled as Merry and Pippin ran past her and joined themselves with Frodo and Sam.
"You'd have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!" Merry said.
"Anyway you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission, quest... thing." Pippin said stupidly. He seemed pretty content though.
"Well that rules you out Pip." Hermione heard Merry whisper to him. She smiled to herself.
Elrond glanced around at us,
"Ten companions... So be it! You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring!"
