I woke the next morning to voices outside. Lifting my head up slightly, I saw the Fellowship seated around the same table as last night, eating breakfast. I stood up and realized that I was still in my dress. I would change before we left, knowing that I wouldn't be able to travel with a dress on.
I groaned as I got up and pulled my boots on and checked my reflection in the mirror by my bed. My hair was reasonable, so I left as it was.
The Fellowship looked up when I walked out of my room and smiled at me. Smiling back, I sat in the only seat available, which was next to Aragorn and Pippin. "Legolas wanted to save you this seat, but I took it." He told me. I shoved him and then smiled across the table to Legolas. His elf ears probably heard what Aragorn told me, and he smiled and rolled his eyes at Aragorn.
The food was delicious, just like the night before. After our short meal, I returned to my room and changed into my black pants, blue shirt and boots that were now clean. I put my weapons in their place on my body and walked out to where the rest were standing. They were standing by the shore of a river where there were boats waiting for us. Lady Galadriel was standing in front of them, speaking to each of the Fellowship individually. Taking a place next to Legolas, I heard what she was saying. She was giving gifts to each of us. To Sam, she gave an elvish rope that was very strong. To Frodo, she gave a light of their most beloved star, that I didn't hear the name of.
She began to walk my way, and I wondered what she would say to me. "Ryanne," she began in her soft, melodic voice. "You are a warrior of your time. Your place is in this fellowship. To you, I give a dagger of your mother's. She left it here before she passed." She handed me a small dagger. I opened it and the blade was a pure gold color, the handle being the darkest purple. It was beautiful. "Thank you." I whispered, overcome by the beauty of it. I put it in a strap in my boot, knowing I would use it well.
The Lady finished giving to us and directed us to the boats in the water. I climbed in one with Legolas, Gimli, Merry and Pippin. Legolas picked up a paddle and began to follow Aragorn's boat out of Lothlórien. I turned to see the Lady waving to us on the shore. I gave her a small wave and smiled at her. She returned the smile and soon we were out of sight.
I began to think of my mother. Was she a warrior like me? Was my father? If they were, how did they get so easily killed by Wargs? I sighed, knowing that these questions would never get answered. I missed my parents dearly. Even though I never really knew them, they were still missed and loved by me. Another question popped into my mind suddenly. Did my parents use to live here in Lothlórien? Lady Galadriel mentioned my mother leaving her dagger here before she died. What did that mean?
I sighed again, now frustrated with my confusion and lack of information. "What's wrong?" Legolas turned to me. "You keep sighing." I debated telling him what I was really thinking about. "Do you ever want something, that you know you never could have?" I asked him. He seemed surprised at my question, probably wondering what I was talking about. "I guess, sometimes." he answered slowly. "Why?" I looked down at the slow-moving water. "That's how I feel about my parents." Legolas looked at me sadly. He leaned over and quickly kissed me on my forehead. "I'm sorry." he whispered, comforting me.
I smiled sadly up at him. I reached into my boot and pulled out my dagger. It was sharp and looked like it could do some permanent damage. I loved it and decided to use it towards the first Warg I saw.
Putting it back in my boot, I looked up at the scenery. We were passing two giant statues of kings holding their arms outstretched. They were on both side of the wide river. There was amazing detail on each of them, their faces, hair, hands and even clothes. I was surprised, these probably took a very long time to build.
After a while, our boats finally hit land. I was the first to step out of our boat, followed by Legolas than Gimli. I turned to help the two Hobbits climb out, as the boat was much bigger for them. We started to make camp, as the evening was coming up behind us very quickly. Aragorn made a small fire to roast meat over, while Legolas and I ate Lembas bread, a very filing Elvish food.
As the day grew into night, Aragorn let our fire die out, in case we had enemies nearby. We also didn't need the heat from it, it being quite humid out. I pulled my cloak off and laid it over the leaves that were covering the ground. I set my quiver, bow and swords besides me. Sleeping with my knives was a routine thing that just made me feel safer, so I left those on. I laid on my back, watching stars become clear in the growing-darker sky.
After a while, I felt someone lay down next to me, on my left. I knew who it was and smiled. "They are beautiful, are they not?" Legolas said, referring to the stars. Nodding, I said "They are the only things that are always there no matter what happened the day before." I saw him smile out of the corner of my eye. We continued to lay there together in peace, until it was pitch black. I felt my eyes beginning to feel heavy, so, placing a hand on one of my knives, I allowed myself to fall into a deep sleep.
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The next morning I was the last one to wake up, again. I awoke feeling very much better than the day before. Not needing to eat, I put my cloak back on, than put my weapons over it.
I walked over to where Aragorn had started another fire and the Hobbits were crowded around it, eating. Aragorn was siting on a log, smoking, with his eyes closed. I looked around for Legolas, who was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, I felt arms come around me from behind, wrapping me in a hug. I smiled, loving his warmth and his sweet smell. I began to laugh. "What?" he said to me, clearly amused. "I swear, I almost pulled my knife on you!" He laughed at me. "I'm glad you didn't." "How long have you been up?" I questioned. "A few hours. I was shooting." Oh. That's why he wasn't here. I nodded. "Ok." Legolas moved from behind me, taking his arms from my waist. He put his quiver on the log next to Aragorn who opened his eyes.
"Where is Frodo?" Aragorn asked us. We turned our heads, looking for the Hobbit, but finding no one. Merry and Pippin called out to him but he didn't show up. Each second we looked, the more scared we became. Than I realized somebody else wasn't here as well. "Where is Boromir?" I asked. My question got everyone much more scared. We all saw how he had gotten slightly attached to the ring. I figured that I could at least try to hear something with my elf ears. I shushed the Hobbits, who were still yelling. "Hush! Hush! I'm trying to listen!" Legolas was doing the same, trying to hear a familiar voice or even a sound.
We heard the same thing at the same time. Boromir's voice calling Frodo's name. It was very, very faint. We could barely hear it with our ears. We turned to each other with troubled faces. Aragorn stood up and put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "What is it?" He asked. I didn't answer, turning quickly, and sprinting into the woods. "Ryanne!" Aragorn called after me. I didn't turn around, needing to get to our ring-bearer, to make sure of his safety.
I ran through the woods as silently as I could, knowing Legolas was following me. I knew this due to the occasional twig snapping, when he landed too hard. I began to hear other footsteps behind us, knowing that was Aragorn and the Hobbits. What were the Hobbits doing? I wondered. They had no weapons. Besides the pair of daggers that Pippin had been gifted from Lady Galadriel.
Reaching, a broken, stone structure, I saw Frodo standing on top of it clutching the ring in his hand. "Frodo!" I called out to him. He turned to me and began to back away. "Frodo it's okay!" I assured him. What had Boromir done? He looked frightened, as if I would charge at him and hurt him. But before I could assure him with more words, I heard Legolas yell out my name, sounding scared.
On instinct, I grabbed one of my knives from their place on my thigh and swiveled around. Standing a few yards away, was the biggest Urak-Hai, I had ever seen. He had his weapon drawn and pointed at me. I wondered why I didn't hear him coming. Not wasting a second, I pulled my arm back and threw my knife. I threw it so quickly that the Urak-Hai didn't have time to move. I struck him right in his chest, instantly killing him.
Running up to it and yanking my knife out, I turned to see Legolas with his bow drawn, already killing Urak-Hai. Soon, Aragorn ran up with his sword drawn and began to fight with us. The Hobbits and Boromir were to not be seen. Deciding my knives wouldn't be fast enough, I ran up to the stone structure and began to fire my arrows.
After killing a bunch, I heard screams coming from behind me. I identified them as Hobbit screams. My blood turning to ice, I put my bow on my back, drew one of my swords and began to run in their direction. I pulled out as many of my arrows as I could along the way, returning them to my quiver. As I ran, I prayed that nothing had happened to them. They were as defenseless as they could be. Except for Pippin, who I doubted would even be able to kill someone.
I than saw Merry and Pippin hiding behind a rock, looking at Frodo. I saw Boromir a few yards besides them, fighting off more Urak-Hai. I was relieved he was safe, and I began to slice open some Urak-Hai's necks. I knew we were outnumbered without Legolas or Aragorn, but I had no idea how to get them to us.
Out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly see Boromir pull out a horn. I recognized that horn and the sound it made. He blew it three times before he was struck in the chest with an arrow.
Time seemed to slow down as I yelled out his name. I knew that Aragorn had heard that horn, and would be coming, but there was no telling how long that would take. Boromir took the horn away from his mouth and stood there, shock all over his face. I pulled out my bow and aimed an arrow at the Urak-Hai that had shot him. Before I could shoot, Boromir got hit with another arrow, bringing him to his knees.
I couldn't move, couldn't shoot my arrow, I almost couldn't breathe. Boromir growled and stood up, swinging his sword and killing more of our enemy. There was blood pouring out of his wounds, making him visibly more and more weaker. The same Urak-Hai raised his bow a third time and shot Boromir again. I screamed out of pain, fear and adrenaline. Not watching Boromir, I fired my arrow at the Urak-Hai that had probably just killed Boromir. I hit him in the chest, drew another arrow and hit him in the chest a second time. Figuring that I killed him, I put my bow around my shoulders and ran over to Boromir.
He was laying down, barely breathing. "No, no, no, your going to okay. Your going to be fine. I'm going to get you up and we are going to make you better." I spoke to him in comforting words. But it seemed as if I was trying to convince myself more than him. He looked at me. "No Ryanne." he whispered in a strained voice. "I'm going. I'm moving on. Make sure that Frodo succeeds in destroying the ring. Make sure!" I nodded, trying so hard not to cry. "I will." I promised.
I was going to cross his arms over his chest with his sword, but I got roughly picked up and thrown over someone's shoulder. It was a Urak-Hai and I saw Merry and Pippin being carried by them too. I screamed again and began to hit the Urak-Hai holding me. It wasn't doing anything, but I didn't stop.
It reached up, and with the back of it's weapon, it hit me on my head, sending me into darkness.
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