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With the Fellowship	By : Sighs4l Category: Lord of the Rings Movies > Het - Male/Female Views: 1848 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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6. Caradhras

It
was a bright day, the sun high, no cloud in the sky. The Company had stopped for their mid-day
break. The Countess, tired from
traveling in the sun, found a place to rest in the rocks, under some bushes,
away from the others.
No
one was in a hurry to move on. Boromir
was engaging in more swordplay with Merry and Pippin, teaching while
playing. Aragorn was watching them,
offering advice now and again.
Legolas
was listening in on the conversation going on behind him. Gimli was arguing with Gandalf about the best
road to take south. �Dwarves,� thought
Legolas. �As if anyone
would listen to his advice.� They
would be getting ready to leave soon and he wanted to wake Orenin. He turned and walked across the rocks when
his eyes caught a dark smudge against the clouds in the southern sky.
One
by one, the travelers noticed and commented on the oddity. Legolas stared intently � no, it was not just
a �whiff of cloud.� Then, suddenly, they
were in focus and he shouted �Crebain from Dunland!� Gandalf
had given enough warning that they all knew what that meant and Aragorn�s shout
of �Hide!� was unnecessary.
Legolas
ran over the rocks to where the Countess was resting and threw himself down
next to her. She was already awake. �Stay down, Orenin,� he whispered.
They
watched the large black birds pass overhead.
She sighed and shook her head.
�They already know we�re here, Love,� she told him.
After
the birds had passed on going north, everyone climbed out of their hiding
places. �Spies of Saruman,� said
Gandalf. �The passage south is being
watched. We must take the pass of Caradhras,� he said, looking up at the snow-covered
mountain.

The
sun was so bright the Countess was as deep in her cloak as she could be. She walked behind Legolas, in the middle of
the line of travelers that were stretched out in a line going up the
mountain. She turned at the sound of a
disturbance behind her. Frodo had
fallen, tumbling down the mountain, to be caught by Aragorn. Boromir had run down the slope to try to
catch up to Frodo. He stopped to bend to
pick up something and, immediately, she sensed in Aragorn a rising tension.
�Boromir�
he said.
�It
is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a
thing,� said Boromir, lost in thought, studying the thing he held. �Such a little thing.�

Farther
up the mountain, Legolas had stopped with the others when Gandalf had turned to
look down the incline at the stragglers.
He watched Orenin, black against the snow, like a shadow sliding down
the snow, as she went down the mountain past Gimli, stopping just behind
Boromir. They couldn�t see and only
Legolas could hear what went on.
Suddenly, she turned and began walking back up the mountain; then
Boromir turned up the mountain, followed by Frodo and Aragorn. Legolas relaxed and turned back up the
mountain. �It is over,� he thought. �We may continue.�

They
walked through a light snowfall. The
Countess still walked behind Legolas, watching him walk on top of the snow,
while the rest of them were sinking into the snow. �That is a wonderful trick.� She loved watching him and discovering his
differences; he was a miracle. �Too bad
you can�t teach me that.�
He
smiled at her. �I would not change
anything about you.�
Gandalf
called for another short break for rest; these breaks were becoming more
frequent than the Countess thought practical or wise. She walked up to Legolas. �Are you going to be all right, Love?� she
asked him, concern for him in her eyes.
�You are so lightly dressed.�
�Do not worry for me, Love.� His smile for her faded as
he looked over at the others. He
sighed. �The hobbits will be dead and
the men will be dying before I am affected.�
He looked over at Gandalf. �What
can be in his mind? Gimli was
right.� He looked at her to see her
smile at that. �We should have gone
through Moria.�
She
looked over at Gandalf and shook her head slowly. �There�s something he�s not telling us.�
They
turned to look up at the sky to watch the dark birds flying far overhead; they
watched them wheel and turn south. Then
they heard Gandalf call for them to move on.

The
Company was stretched out going up the mountain. They had not been far in their path up the
mountain before the Countess began to have serious misgiving about Gandalf�s
choice. She was not affected by the
cold; she�d been much colder for much longer and it had not harmed her. She would have been happy to fight enemies
who walked but there was no fighting the cold and the difficulties of walking
through the deepening snow. The hobbits
made no complaint but she pitied them, walking through the snow in their bare
feet. She had become very fond of
Pippin; he�d walk with her, keeping up a steady stream of chatter, not asking
anything of her but only half an ear to listen to him. He was silent now, all of his strength going
to putting one furry foot in front of the other.
When
Pippin suddenly stopped walking, and then fell forward, the Countess, who had
been watching him carefully, rushed over to him. He was so cold and pale. �Come here, Pippin,� she said and picked him
up.
Aragorn
came up, studied the group and sighed heavily.
�Boromir, take Merry.� He turned
to Sam and said �Up you go, Sam.�
�I�m
all right, Mr. Strider,� Sam said softly but made no other objection as Aragorn
lifted him onto Bill�s back. Aragorn
handed the pony�s lead to Gimli and then he turned to Frodo. �Come here, Frodo� and picked the hobbit
up.
With
their new burdens, they resumed trudging up toward Gandalf and Legolas, up the
mountain.

They
were high on the mountain now and the weather had turned evil, wind whipping at
them, driving snow against them. Gandalf
still led them, breaking up the snow with his staff to ease the way for the
others. Legolas had dropped to the back
of the line to make certain no one fell behind.
The
Countess�s head was beginning to ache. Unable to hunt for some time, she had not fed
and had been exerting her strength fighting the sun, carrying the hobbit, and
now this mad storm. She was startled by
Legolas; walking on top of the snow, he passed the group. He walked up to and then past Gandalf and
stopped at the precipice to peer out over the valley. �There is a fell voice on the air,� he called
back to them. They hadn�t heard it
before but now they did. And it was
getting louder.
�It�s
Saruman!� shouted Gandalf, bringing down blocks of overhanging snow, falling
past them into the valley below.
�He�s
trying to bring down the mountain!
Gandalf, we must turn back!� shouted Aragorn.
�No!�
shouted Gandalf and stepped up onto the ridge of snow. He shouted into the storm, his voice
competing with the voice in the storm.
�Sleep Caradhras, be still, lie still. Hold your wrath.�
But
it did not help. Lightning hit the
mountain above them, breaking up the snow built up on the overhang above
them. Legolas moved up and pulled
Gandalf back to the mountain wall. But
this time the snow did not miss them and they were all buried in the
snowfall. After a few seconds spent
recovering from the shock, they struggled up and out of the snow.
Boromir
shouted �We must get off the mountain, make for the gap of Rohan and take the
west road to my city.�
Aragorn
argued �The gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard.�
Gimli
decided to try again to talk sense to the others. �We cannot pass over the mountain; let us go
under it. Let us go through the mines of
Moria.�
The
Countess knew she had nothing to contribute to this but also knew they didn�t
have much time. This Saruman would not
need his magic tricks to kill the hobbits.
They
all watched Gandalf, waiting for his decision.
And
then Gandalf did something they did not expect.
He
said �Let the Ring-bearer decide.�
There
was a pause; he was giving over the decision to the hobbit?
Boromir
shouted �We cannot stay here. This will
be the death of the hobbits!� The
Countess feared that he would prove right.
The hobbits would be dead from the cold soon enough.
Gandalf
only said �Frodo?�
Frodo
said �We will go through the mines.�
Gandalf
said �So be it.�
And
they all turned back, back down the mountain, down to
Moria.
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