Recap-
A red-headed dwarf, stepped forward. He was short, but had a massive beard, that held two small braids which joined two bigger ones.
"Gimli, son of Gloin at your service." He spoke, roughly.
I looked to Adad, and nodded.
He knew of my choice. Gimli, son of Gloin.
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* apostrophe ' in italics are thoughts 'hallo peoples!'
I'm extremely sorry this is late, and short! My boyfriend has been staying over for a long time since his work is 5 miles away. We went for a hike in the woods yesterday, while the power was out (It was awesome!! He had another day off - 2 in a row.) Before yesterday we spent all day 'up town' (in our 'city' messing around on a date.) Anyway.. So yeah, I'll be on more soon. Lol. Sorry! >.<
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Adad nodded his head slightly. "Gimli, Son of Glóin, come with us please. Fror, Thrarin, you are dismissed."
They bowed and turned to leave, I spoke up. "Thank you both, for coming."
"Anything for the Princess Arietta." Fror said with a smile as he turned around slightly.
"Yes, I must agree with Fror, it is only right to do anything for the House of Durin." He bowed yet again before they turned for the door.
I held in a laugh. 'They sound so..formal.'
"Now, Gimli, son of my old friend, Glóin. My daughter has chosen you as a companion for a possible quest that she is going on. Are you willing to accept?"
"Aye. I am, your Majesty." Gimli spoke. "It sounds like a great opportunity to protect the Princess, to see the mountain side, and to fight Orc, Goblins possibly Wargs!" He explained.
I 'hummed.' Haven't thought of seeing Wargs, to be honest. And seeing the beautiful places around Middle Earth... 'What would we see this time? Will we visit The Shire?' I wondered.
"Well, we will get ready for the trip tomorrow morn.' I'm not sure when our escort will arrive. Or who they are, for that matter..." I told Gimli.
"Sounds good to me, your Majesty." He replied.
"You are dismissed, Gimli." Adad spoke.
Gimli bowed and left.
We sat on our Thrones and discussed what was to come.
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Three days later Gimli and I were packed and ready to travel. The Company would fret over us now and then. So would Layla. I often saw her along side Bofur. Actually, I almost never saw them apart....
On the fourth day, well, it started out normal until Bofur ran into my room out of breath. Layla not far behind.
"Arietta..." Bofur panted, hands on his knees. "There's someone.." He took a deep breath. "Here to see you."
I walked forward, highly confused. "Come, sit down. I'll get you a mug of ale." Knowing he'd much prefer that over water any day. "Would you like something Layla?" I asked.
"Oh, no, I'm good. Thank you though!" She spoke standing behind Bofur's chair.
I nodded my head, and headed off to get his drink.
'I wonder what he's talking about?' I thought. As I was walking back to Bofur and Layla.
When I reached them, he spent next to no time in spitting out the news.
"Now then, I was minding my own business, walking the halls with Layla. When a Dwarf bumped into us saying that Thorin wanted to talk to us in the study. Naturally we changed our destination - not that we had one. And went to see Thorin." Bofur took a drink.
"When we entered the study room, thing. We were surprised. - Layla most of all. She froze on the spot."
"What were you surprised by...?" I asked.
"Well, a person stood their, someone unexpected. They were dressed in brown. A brown cloak, and robe. Brown boots. And a circlet, and silver clasp holding the robe together. They had long black hair."
"Well, go on! Tell me who it is, Bofur!" I said frustrated.
"It was Lord Elrond, of Rivendell."
My eyebrows furrowed.
"Lord Elrond informed me that he was your escort."
"Ah, that makes sense.. Honestly? I had forgotten to keep my eye out for an escort." I replied. "I've been so busy with other things."
"Back to what I was saying, Thorin wants to see you, also. I think it's time, Arietta." He finished, sadly.
And so, the three of us found ourselves walking to where Adad and Lord Elrond were. Most likely Gimli, too.
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It may be a little iffy, I know :/ but I'm on a limited time schedule atm D:
(should've wrote earlier but my eyes were being stupid, I felt like I was going to throw up, and I couldn't stand....let alone get to my computer! xD)
Ah, the life of an Epileptic gotta love it, eh? -note the sarcasm.
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