Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 3 of Princess Theolynn. Thank you to all of those who have left reviews for this story. It does mean a lot to me. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Without further ado Chapter 3.

Chapter 3

The next morning Gandalf, Frodo along with a group of Men, Elves, and Dwarves, as well as the two women that had joined them all sat in a circle around a stone pedestal.

Lord Elrond looked around at the group that was before him. "Strangers from distant lands, friends of old. You have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate- this one doom." Elrond gestures to the pedestal. "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo."

Frodo raised slowly and walked over to the pedestal placing the Ring down.

Theolynn nervously moved in her seat.

The council began to whisper among themselves.

"So it's true…" Boromir said, looking at it.

Theolynn looked over at her intended.

"The doom of man…" A man said softly.

Boromir stood up slowly. "In a dream, I saw the Eastern side 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." Boromir said, taking each step closer to the Ring.

Theolynn stood up quickly, the skirts of her blue gown swished around her legs. She moved quickly forward and grabbed onto Boromir's arm in a way that only a lover would. She would not allow her intended to fall to the power of the one Ring.

Boromir reaches for the Ring with the arm that Theolynn was holding onto.

Theolynn closed her eyes. She could only hope that Boromir would not grab the Ring.

Lord Elrond shot up out of his seat. "Boromir!"

Boromir jumped and looked at Elrond. His blue eyes were wide. Never once did someone yell at him other than his father when he was given orders.

Gandalf stood up. "Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg tharakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul." Gandalf shouted in Black Speech.

The sky grew dark and the council winced as if they were in pain.

Theolynn led Boromir back to his seat. "Foolish thing that you could have done, Boromir." She said, shaking her head. She sat down carefully in her chair trying not to trip over her blue skirts.

The sky lost the darkness that had been formed.

Lord Elrond took his head out of his hands. "Never before has any voice uttered to words of the tongue here in Imladris." He said, looking at Gandalf.

Gandalf looked at his friend tiredly. "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."

"It's a gift," Boromir said insistently.

Theolynn looked at Boromir as if he had gone mad. "Boromir it is no gift." She said, placing her hand on his arm. She didn't like the Ring. She had heard stories of where it corrupted people and led them to their deaths.

Boromir jerked his arm away from her.

Theolynn looked down, hurt.

"A gift to the foes of Mordor! Why not use this Ring?" Boromir stood up and began to pace. "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!"

Theolynn looked over at Boromir in surprise. She knew the reason why they brought them together and that was to destroy this doom.

"You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master." Aragorn said, looking at Boromir.

"And what would a ranger know of this matter?" Boromir questioned angrily.

Theolynn couldn't believe it. Boromir never lashed out at people like this.

Legolas stood up with an angry look on his face.

"This is no mere ranger," Legolas said. "He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance."

"Aragorn?" Boromir turned his head, taking in the sight of the ranger. He didn't like the look of the man who sat there with the rest of the council. This was Isildur's heir to the throne? No he would not allow it. "This… is Isildur's heir?"

"And heir to the throne of Gondor."

Frodo looks at Aragorn with wide eyes.

"Havo dad Legolas," Aragorn said to his friend.

Legolas took his seat next to Elemmire.

"Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king." Boromir said, returning to his seat.

Theolynn looked down at the ground. She knew that Gondor needed a king, but Boromir was stubborn like any other man that she had known.

"Aragorn is right. We cannot use it." Gandalf said to the council.

"You have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed." Lord Elrond said, looking at the council.

"What are we waiting for?" Gimli stood up and grabbed his ax. He approached the pedestal. He yells as he strikes the Ring as hard as he can, but it is thrown back, falling to the ground.

Frodo winced in pain.

"The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin 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."

The council was silent.

"One of you must do this."

Boromir scoffed. "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its black gates are guarded by more than just orcs. There is 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 ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly."

Legolas stood up. "Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Ring must be destroyed!"

Gimli leaped up to his feet. "And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?!"

Boromir rose to his feet. "And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?"

"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an elf!"

Legolas put his hand out to stop the others from starting a fight.

"Never trust an elf!"

Gandalf raised to his feet. "Do you not understand that while we bicker among ourselves, Sauron's power grows? None can escape it!"

"You'll all be destroyed!" A man said.

Frodo remained silent as the arguing continued.

Theolynn grabbed onto Boromir's arm. "Boromir enough."

"Stay out of this Lynn."

Frodo stood up. "I will take it. I will take it!"

Everyone stops arguing.

Gandalf closed his eyes.

Everyone turned to Frodo in surprise.

"I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though… I do not know the way." Frodo admitted.

Gandalf walked towards Frodo. "I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins, so long as it is yours to bear." He put his hand on Frodo's shoulder.

Aragorn raised to his feet and walked towards Frodo. "If by my life or death, I can protect you, I will." He kneeled before Frodo. "You have my sword."

"And you have my bow," Legolas said, walking over and standing next to Frodo.

"And my ax," Gimli said.

Legolas and Gimli exchanged dark looks with one another.

Boromir approached them slowly. "You carry the fates of us all little one. If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."

Theolynn walked towards Frodo. "And so will Rohan."

Boromir looked over at Theolynn with wide eyes.

"Hey!" Sam emerged from the bushes. He ran towards them. "Mr. Frodo is not going anywhere with me."

Lord Elrond looked amused at the young hobbit that now stood by 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."

Merry and Pippin came running down. "Wait! We're coming too!"

"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.

"Well, that rules you out Pip."

Lord Elrond looked at the ten people that stood there. "Ten companions… So be it! You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring!"

"Great! Where are we going?"

LORLOR

Theolynn stood outside near the fountain looking up at the stars. She crossed her arms trying to keep whatever warmth that she had in her body. She had made a choice. Perhaps that this choice was the best and her father would be able to return to what he was before Grima Wormtongue had gotten his dirty little paws on her father and made him a mindless quim.

"That was a silly thing that you did." Boromir said, coming out of the shadows. His arms were crossed as he looked at the woman that he would one day call his. But the choice that she had made still bothered him a lot.

Theolynn looked over her shoulder at him. She was still hurt by the way that he had acted at the council. She just kept silent as she continued searching his blue eyes for the answer. Whatever it may have been.

"Why on earth would you do that? Put yourself in a place like that. You would be willing enough to die? And for what? What would your father say and what would your brother say?" Boromir said, grabbing onto her arms and making her face him.

Theolynn narrowed her eyes at him. "And what would your father say about your choice? He would be risking his eldest son's life in something that is folly on your terms. Plus you said so yourself, it was a gift." She said in a harsh tone.

Boromir's blue eyes widened. He had never expected the woman that he loved to take such a tone with him.

She turned away from him. "Besides Boromir, it doesn't matter if the line is secure with my brother. I am the second born. I am not really that important to my father's reign to make sure that it is our blood that still rules the kingdom." She shook her head. "I have to do some good. Otherwise, it would be folly for me to return home."

"What do you mean by that?"

Theolynn shook her head.

"Lynn, what do you mean by that?"

Theolynn looked over her shoulder. "It does not matter anymore." She said as she walked away from him.

Boromir stood there in confusion. What was Theolynn hiding? It worried him that she was acting this way towards him. Where was Theolynn that he was supposed to marry? What caused her to be this way? He would only hope that he would get the answer soon.

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This is the end of chapter 3. Please let me know what you think of this. If there is anything that you would like to see in a future chapter please let me know. I will try to update this as soon as I can. Until next time.