Disclaimer in chapter 1. I am also using lines from the movie but also adding some of my own and changing them up a bit.
"..." -Talking
"~...~" -Speaking Elvish
*...* -Mind connection
Chapter 6: The Council of Elrond
I walked into the room where the meeting would be held and sat next to my brother, smiling at Aragorn. "Now that everyone is here, the Council may begin," Lord Elrond said. I saw a Man with reddish hair glare at me from across the room.
"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old... you've been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor." Elrond began as a few members looked around. "Middle-earth now stands upon the brink of destruction. None shall escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom. Bring fourth the Ring, Frodo."
The hobbit I had saved stood up and placed the One Ring, the Ring that could destroy all of Middle-earth, on the small stone table. Whispers started up as the Man who glared at me stood.
"In a dream... I saw the eastern sky grow dark but in the West a pale light lingered. A voice was crying: 'Your doom is near at hand, Isildur's Bane is found.' Isildur's Bane." He reached out towards the Ring as Elrond called out his name in warning, standing as Gandalf started speaking the dark words.
My eyes widened in slight fear as the sky grew dark and Gandalf's voice was echoed by another. Legolas winced and slightly turned his head towards me. Boromir backed away and a dwarf yelled, grabbing his ax. *Much help that will do.*
Elrond sat back down, hand on his forehead as I looked at Aragorn. He nodded, calming me effectively as I sat back and listened to Elrond.
"Never before has any uttered that speech in Imladris," Elrond glared as the old wizard wobbled back to his seat.
"I do not ask you pardon, Lord Elrond...for the Black Speech may soon be heard in every corner of the West!" Gandalf wheezed. "The Ring is altogether evil."
"No, it is a gift! A gift to the foes of Mordor." Boromir corrected. I rolled my eyes with a scowl on my face as he stood again. "Why not use the Ring? 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."
*Is he trying to guilt trip us? Because I don't believe it's working.* I tell my brother as he shrugged and tried not to laugh.
"Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him!" Boromir finished. I scoffed and he turned to me with a glare.
The Ring will use your people one by one until it get's back to it's true Master. You are a fool if you think you can control it." I hiss at the son of the Steward of Gondor.
"I agree with Aranel. You cannot wield it. None of us can." Aragorn spoke up. "The One Ring will only ever answer to Sauron. It has no other master."
"And what would two Rangers know of this matter?" Boromir seethed. "Obviously more than you," I said with a grin. Aragorn cracked a smile and a few others snickered.
"You would do well, wench, to learn to keep your tongue behind your teeth before it gets cut off." Boromir threatened as my brother jumped up to defend me, as well as Aragorn.
"It would do you well not to speak of or to my sister, the Princess of Mirkwood, that way before an arrow finds it's way into your heart." Legolas warned. "And he is no mere Ranger either. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him you allegiance." I saw Frodo look between myself and Aragorn surprised.
"Aragorn. This is Isildur's heir?" The Man questioned, unable to believe it.
"And heir to the throne of Gondor," I replied, just to spite Boromir. "~Sit down, Legolas,~" Aragorn told him as Boromir looked back at us. "Gondor had no king." Then he looked at Aragorn. "Gondor needs no king." He then sat down. I pulled back into his seat but (sadly) he was still able to do it gracefully. Sometimes I hate when he's an elf, I'm not able to embarrass him as easily as I could someone else.
"Both Aragorn and Aranel are correct. We cannot use it." Gandalf said from his seat as Elrond stood one again and spoke. "Then we have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed."
"What are we waiting for?" The dwarf with the red beard said and stood, grabbing his ax and walking quickly to the Ring. He raised the ax and brought it down on the Ring but what happened was not expected.
The ax broke into shards as soon as it touched the Ring and threw the dwarf back. I snickered as two dwarfs stood to help him up but glared at my brother when he nudged me sharply in the ribs.
*What was that for!* I yelled at him.
*Lord Elrond was watching you!* He defended himself. *You know how he acts when you mock the other races! I bet you're already in trouble for the Man from Gondor!*
I muttered a few choice words under my breath then listened to the Council once more. "The Ring cannot be destroyed by any craft we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there it can be unmade.
"It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this." Lord Elrond said. The room was silent until Boromir spoke once more, telling the doom people would face in Mordor.
*He sure does have a knack for talking doesn't he?* I question as my brother smirked.
"One does not just simply walk into Mordor. It's Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is an evil there that does not sleep. And the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, and ash, and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with 10,000 men could you do this. It is folly."
*Well, isn't he just a ray of sunshine on this beautiful day.* I ask sarcastically.
"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Ring must be destroyed!" Legolas said, jumping up out of his seat.
*Do you really have to jump up every time you speak? Valar!* I ask him annoyed.
"And I suppose you think you are the one to do it?" Gimli, the dwarf, yelled at my brother.
"And you are?" I countered, ignoring the fierce glare Elrond sent in my direction.
"If we fail what then? What happens when Sauron finally takes back what is his?" Boromir asked as the dwarf stood.
"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!" He yelled as I stood up along with the rest of the Elves.
"Oh, believe me. That can be arranged." I glare as Legolas held us Elves back, mostly me though. I was slightly surprised when I saw Gandalf join the argument. Soon everyone quieted down when Frodo said he would take the Ring.
"I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though... I do not know the way." He said, quieter now that everyone was silent. I decided to sit back down again.
"I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it is yours to bear," Gandalf said with a hand on the small hobbits shoulder, standing beside him. Aragorn stood and my face paled.
"If by my life or death I can protect you, I will." He walked over and bent on one knee. "You have my sword." *No!* Legolas looked at me sadly before walking up to Frodo himself.
"And you have my bow." He said. I was about to stand up to offer my own services but Legolas, Aragorn, Elrond, and Gandalf all glared at me, making me sit back down.
"And my ax." Gimli said, standing beside my brother. I didn't even laugh at their expressions.
Boromir joined as well and the other three hobbits came out of their hiding places.
"You'll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!" Merry said, joining Sam and Frodo up front. *I'll get the sacks.* Legolas teased, trying to get me to laugh but failed. My sad eyes glanced at Aragorn to see him watching me worried, so I put on a fake smile.
"Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission. Quest. Thing," Pippin said as everyone turned to him. "Well, that rules you out, Pip," Merry replied sourly as Pippin nodded then looked at him confused.
"Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring." Elrond announced as I stopped myself from glaring.
"Great," said Pippin. "Where are we going?"
A/N: Yeah, Aranel/Jade has a lot of...comments but please no flames or anything (for anything I write if possible). Please review though!
The chapter after next is when I decide what she will be doing when the Fellowship leaves. I give you guys 2 days before posting the one that decides it to give you some time to send your votes via review. Thanks