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Falling In Love is Hard on the Knees	By : sarahjean Category: Lord of the Rings Movies > General Views: 3149 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I feel your earth shake

I feel your body quake, forever, forever

Oh, I see the walls break

I feel your heartache, whenever

Do you know how I feel inside

I feel like I'm caught in the tide

I'm caught in the landslide

- Slash�s Snakepit, Landslide

Fear is a very powerful thing. It can change someone�s most stubborn opinion � can reduce men to tears. It lays the way for betrayal and loss; it shapes us into who we are.

I was afraid.

The great Caradhras was under our feet, and I could do nothing, even though I knew what folly lie ahead. My attempts to warn Gandalf had been fruitless. He feared Moria and he was prepared to risk the path into the snowy mountains. I couldn�t believe his blindness, the stupidity of the situation. If he would only listen, less time would be wasted.

I love the cold, I really do. Give me rain and snow over sunshine any day. But this was ridiculously cold. My very heart felt like an iceberg. My mind was trying to work but was falling into numbness. I was afraid of Caradhras and what lay beyond it.

Just before starting the climb into the winding paths of the mountains, Frodo had a little fall. He fell backwards, toppling through the snow, his weariness getting the better of him.

Aragorn, who continually watched the hobbit protectively, hauled Frodo up gently. Frodo instantly felt about his neck, where he wore the One Ring on a chain. It was not there.

We all seemed to collectively hold our breaths when Boromir bent over something glinting in the snow. I kept my eyes on him, worried and cautious. He picked it up by the chain, holding it in front of his face as though for close inspection.

�Boromir,� Aragorn said, but Boromir didn�t seem to have heard.

�It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.�

A pain sliced through my head. I could feel the lust Boromir felt for the Ring, and it aggrieved me. The pain was hideous, and through it, I could see wreaths of flames. I had to do something, anything.

�Boromir,� I said, and I realised how dark and unnatural my voice sounded. It certainly shocked Boromir, who turned to glance at me. �Give the Ring to Frodo,� I ordered.

Boromir blinked, as though he didn�t know what I was talking about. Then he noticed the chain held tight in his grasp. He cleared his throat. �As you wish.�

He walked over to Frodo and Aragorn, and held the Ring out for Frodo to take. The hobbit practically snatched the Ring from Boromir.

Boromir gave a nervous chuckle. �I care not,� he said, and walked off. As he did, I saw Aragorn remove his hand from his sword hilt.

*

Partway in, all hell seemed to break loose. Jack was once again with the hobbits, who seemed to like him quite a bit. Legolas was scouting ahead, since he was so good on his feet (which I envied him for). Tommy was talking to Gimli, and Penny was walking next to me, though we barely spoke to each other. She seemed to know I wasn�t in a very tolerant mood.

Tommy was talking about Reiss. �He�s a great little nipper,� he said to Gimli. �He can write too, which is pretty good for his age, seeing as he�s four��

�Don�t rub it in,� Penny said.

Tommy blinked at her. �What?�

�You�re rubbing it in,� she snapped. �That Leela can�t write.�

�I�m not,� Tommy started indignantly.

�You�re always doing this,� Penny snapped. �Always making Reiss out to be the good one. What�s wrong with Leela, huh?�

�There�s nothing fuckin� wrong with Leela, Pen, I�m just bound to speak highly of him, he�s my son � �

�You always have to try and outdo me by saying Reiss is this and Reiss is that!� Penny cried. By now, everyone was watching with wide eyes. �Sure, Leela can be a little�high spirited, but she can do just as much as your son!�

�Wait just a minute,� Tommy started, getting angry. The fight was getting louder and more full blown.

�What, can�t handle the truth, Trashmouth?� Penny sneered.

�Uh,� Jack said quietly, since he was standing next to me now. �Should we do something?�

I frowned, then stepped between my fighting siblings. �SHUT UP!�

They both fell silent and looked at me.

�Okay, now, just shut up and listen to me,� I said, looking from one to the other. �Tommy was just speaking highly of Reiss because he�s his child, as you are prone to do with Leela, Penny. Oh, and while we�re on the subject of Leela � you�ve gotta get the chip off your shoulder that everyone�s out to get her. They�re not, they just resent the fact that she�s allowed to get away with frickin� murder.�

�She does not!� Penny yelled angrily. �You�re just saying that because you prefer Reiss!�

�Reiss hasn�t given me a firm backhander across the face!� I yelled back. �If your daughter was disciplined more, she wouldn�t have been so �high spirited�, and maybe fewer people would be so afraid to approach her in case she lets rip on them!� I shook my head. �You�ve gotta stop thinking there�s competition between the two of them, Penny! Reiss is Tommy�s son, and he has his strengths, which Tommy is bound to brag about � and vice versa for you and Leela! This isn�t a race, they�re two entirely different children who aren�t part in a pedigree prize show, for fucks sake!�

Penny had the decency to look ashamed, her face a hue of crimson. Tommy looked surprised, but grateful.

�And before I dismiss this case, don�t call him a fuckin� Trashmouth, or I�ll bloody kill you,� I said. After all, it was pot calling the kettle black.

I walked away, shaking my head, and the rest of the group started moving too, embarrassed to have witnessed the arguments. My face was burning, as I could feel eyes on me. I slowed my pace next to Legolas.

�So, has my family scared you into catatonia yet?�

He cast a soft smile my way, and it made me want to melt. �Nay, not scared�but they are rather unusual��

I snorted. �Unusual, yeah. And completely outta their minds. You know, from when I was 1 to 7, I thought Tommy was God. Then from 7 � 10, I thought Penny was. Then from 10 � 16, I thought Jack was the best. Then, from 16 and ever since, I�ve batted back to Tommy. They keep changing so much that it makes my head spin, but turns out that Tommy seems to be the only one who��

�Makes you feel as though you do indeed exist, not just for existing but because you can feel, love and be loved,� Legolas said quietly.

I stared at him, stunned.

�I too have siblings, Melamin,� he said softly. �I understand how you feel.�

It seemed that someone who so beautifully ethereal and unreal had become real, like going from 2D to 3D. All I could do was look at him and see him in a new light � I realised with shame that I had considered him a fictional character, and therefore without much content. I was embarrassed to realise that he was deeper than I had first thought.

�I�m sorry,� I said.

�For what, Lirimaer? You have done nothing but made me see that there are others out there with likenesses to myself.�

I smiled softly. �Melamin, Lirimaer�what do these names mean?�

He cast me an almost cocky smile. �You shall find out.�

I shook my head, smiling. �Well then, tell me�what is �my friend� in Elvish?�

�Mellonamin,� Legolas replied. I nodded, processing this. �Carrie�� He started, then said, �You are proving to be different from how I first perceived you��

�It was a pretty bad first impression I gave, huh?� I said, smiling wryly.

�Nay,� Legolas replied, shaking his head. �You showed fight men most mortal women would cower. For that I respect thee. But that was precisely what I meant � you are different from other mortal women not only in that way, but because none others I have met have shared my feelings so closely��

�I�m nothing special,� I said quickly. I didn�t want to hear him glorifying me in any way because not only was none of it true, but because it would make the fact that he could never be close to me in any way other than a friend more painful. �I just know what I see is right and I follow it.�

He glanced at me. �I should like to speak to you more freely, when we have even a short time to spare.�

�And we shall,� I nodded. �But right now, we must get past this�� I paused, realising I was about to reveal the future. �Mountain�� I finished awkwardly.

Legolas nodded, before leaving to scout on ahead. As he did, I caught sight of Gandalf, and wondered if perhaps I should ask him what Legolas�s Elvish names for me meant, but I was so afraid that they weren�t positive that I stayed my mouth, and instead walked alone. As I walked, I placed my hand over the pouch at my hip, and decided that once out of the snow and out of Moria, I would do a reading. I did not want to damage my cards in any way.

Tommy came up beside me. �Thanks for sorting that out, sis.�

�No problemo,� I said, forcing a smile to my face. I seemed to be doing that a lot these days � nothing ever seemed to make me smile anymore.

�I hate the whole fighting for the pedestal thing,� Tommy said, frowning bitterly. �Reiss is my little boy and I love him because he�s him, not because he can write and Leela can�t.�

�Don�t worry about it,� I replied. �I think everyone knows that no one�s perfect.� As I said this, I cast a glance at Legolas�s back. I wondered what his imperfections were � if he had any. I shook my head. �Here�s to hoping we survive this,� I said, patting Tommy on his shoulder.
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The blizzard was strong and rather painful. I had to do my old trick of keeping myself stable by tensing my muscles, and slowly but surely, cramps were on the way. Everyone except Legolas were finding it hard to move along through this blizzard. Tommy was holding my arm, keeping both me and himself stable as the snow whipped at our faces, stinging our cheeks and making as gasp.

It had started very quickly, this storm. So quickly that it was ridiculous. To top it off, the pain in my forehead was growing, and by now, I knew that this meant bad shit was happening � which I knew anyway because, hey, Caradhras said it all.

�There is a fell voice on the air!� Legolas called, as he scanned the skies.

�It�s Saruman!� Gandalf cried, as boulders and large clumps of snow began to fall.

Aragorn shook his head, as he and Boromir tried to support the hobbits. �He is trying to bring down the mountain! Gandalf, we must turn back!�

�No!� Gandalf cried, and even in my frozen, half-living state, I felt angry and defeated. He then began chanting. �Losto Caradhras, sedho, hodo, nuitho i 'ruith!�

Over the deafening roar that was the blizzard, we heard a voice replying to Gandalf on the wind. I knew I must have looked quite stupid, standing there with my hair askew and frozen in places, my mouth hanging open, my eyes half shut. My mind could barely process anything, and I could feel the familiar drowsiness that I normally felt when drunk. The only thing being, somewhere in my mind, a voice said; remember what you read in English class. You fall asleep now, you die.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck a nearby overhanging mountain top, and a cascade of snow and rocks began to fall. A shitload of snow hit me hard, bringing me down. My mind barely perceived the coldness and the pain before blackness washed over me and I stopped thinking.
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