Darkness (LOTR x OC)

IV

It was butt freezing cold, everything was cold, her breath froze as she breathed it out. The wind was chilly and felt as if passed right through her body, making her shiver as froze her. Her neck even felt cold, no longer providing warmth for her hands

Five days of this terrible cold

"We should of went through the mines!" Gimli yelled out "it'd be warm and no more stupid snow" he kicked up some snow that landed near Aragorn

"No, we will not go in there" Gandalf answered, stern in his words like a parent to a child

Gimli was muttering something under his breath and turned his head away bitterly

They continued walking for a bit, the cold wind still blowing, the cold snow brushing by there legs. Foxglove felt it brush by her ankles.

A few flakes of snow fell, pretty little polygon shaped designs on them, each different sized and unique. She smiled as she collected them on her hand, admiring every one of then

"Foxglove, hurry up lass you're falling behind"

She chuckled and shook the snow off her hand before catching up to the line

"Sorry lads" she grinned at the small flakes of snow

"Merry! Catch em on your tongue" pippin exclaimed

"No! I'm too cold and don't need cold insides" Merry answered "no pippin! Don't eat the snow!"

"But it has a good texture" he answered, shoving snow into his mouth

"Pippin! You'll get cold, get that away you crazy man!" He swatted the snow off his hand

"Oy! That was my snow" he gave him a stink eye before picking up another handful and started biting the snow

"You're biting snow... does that not hurt you're teeth!? It's cold Pippin!" Foxglove laughed "stop eating the snow"

"Let me enjoy my snow" he said, sounding sassy "you're just jealous"

"You're gonna be cold later Pippin" Foxglove shook her head

"Pippin she's right, you'll be an icicle, frozen like this mountain" he placed his hand on Pippin's shoulder

"Shoo, mine" Pippin moved his hand off his shoulder then grabbed another handful of snow

Merry shook his head in disbelief, Foxglove laughed "You have me impressed, biting snow like that" her hand was on his shoulder for a moment before she continued walking

Slowly the path became harder to walk on, large steps appearing and ledges to climb over. Some were icy, causing some of them to slip.

"Sam... help" Frodo called, trying to walk on some ice and reaching for sam's hand

"Just reach Mr Frodo" he smiled and reached his hand out then pulled him onto the snow and off the ice

"Merry I'm cold" Pippin complained "it's so cold uhhhhh!" He reached his cold hands to Merry

"Get your coldness away from you, that's what happens when you eat snow!" He swatted his hands away

"But I'm cold Merry, please" he groaned afterwards

He then felt a cloak being placed over his shoulders and wrapping around him, larger then him "Use this, should help a bit" Foxglove spoke

"Thank you lass!" He grinned before merry sighed "pippin, now she's gonna be cold"

"But I'm warm" Pippin said

Foxglove put her hand over Merry's mouth and shook her head "it's alright" she then moved her hand away

The group then stopped by a large ledge, taller then Legolas by a bit "we have a problem" Legolas spoke with a calm look

"We could get up if we have someone stand on another's shoulder" Gimli said

"Maybe, but they'd have to be tall enough and strong, light as well, which counts you out Dwarf" Legolas answered

"Well, that isn't Gandalf either, he's old and fragile, and I'm sure it'll take too people to help prop them up and-" Gandalf raised an eyebrow "-and can't pull us up!"

They all stopped and turned to Foxglove, the hobbits moved aside

"huh, what's going on? Did I do something wrong?" She cocked her head to the side, a confused look appearing on her

Aragorn walked over to her "mind if you'll allow me and Legolas to get you on that ledge?" He said softly to her

"... uhh sure"

Aragorn brought her to Legolas. Foxglove placed her boots onto Legolas shoulder, Aragorn had his hands under her arms, helping her balance as Legolas stood up

"Can you reach?" Aragorn asked, letting go and standing behind Legolas

"Yup, give me a second" she grabbed onto the ledge with her hand and started pulling herself up, trying to use the stone on the ledge to balance her a bit. She then got her torso over and crawled on "I'm on"

"Pass the hobbits first" Gandalf said. Aragorn and Legolas held up the hobbits as Foxglove took there hands and lifted them up

"Merry it's so high!" Pippin yelled as Foxglove pulled him up

"Alright next one"

They got Frodo up, Foxglove started to pull him up before stopping and noticing the ring around his neck on a chain. She stared at it for a moment, her pupils dilated. Frodo took notice and placed the ring back under his clothing

"Sorry Frodo" she said, snapping out of the trance and pulling him up

"Alright Hobbits, grab onto my legs, I don't want to slip off" she moved Forward and leaned down as Sam and merry grabbed her ankles

"Who's first"

Legolas reached his hand to her and she pulled him up, then frodo and pippin held down his ankles as they pulled up Boromir and Aragorn

"I admire your strength" Aragorn said as he he was pulled onto the ledge "allow me to aid you"

They both reached down and pulled up Gandalf "careful now, it's a long fall" he said to them

"Gimli just grab his hand!" Boromir exclaimed as Legolas and him were trying to pull him up

"I refuse! I shall not dirty my hands with an elf"

"Gimli grab it" Boromir snapped back, slightly annoyed

Legolas sighed and grabbed his hand forcefully then pulled him up with Boromir

They pulled up Gimli, both groaning and pulled him up all the way, letting out breaths of relief as they finally got him up. Gimli turned to Legolas and gave him a nod of acknowledgement

Gandalf stood up "come along now, no time to lose!" The wizard seemed to never tire

"A quick rest wouldn't hurt, can't we have one?" Boromir complained

"We rest when we sleep, up, up, up!" He smacked his leg with the bottom of his staff

They all got up and continued following Gandalf, it was colder as they kept going up, and a storm seemed appear out of no where, revealing itself from behind the mountains and heading to them, the wind picked up. Foxglove regretted giving her cloak away to Pippin

But when she saw him all warm and smiling, she decided to not say anything and just freeze. She'd just embrace it

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I feel like I'm making Gandalf seem like master Yoda xd