Thranduil, perched delicately on upon a rock, watched in disdain as the knight of Rohan trained the halflings to fight. He could not believe how utterly bored he was.
"Galion, where's my wine?"
Galion sighed, wondering how he had gotten dragged along on this horrible quest. To make it worse, nobody considered him an actual member! Thranduil called him a pack mule, for Eru's sake. He was, in fact, so done, that he was in the midst of a very in-depth plan, involving him sneaking away once they reach Lothlorien. His only excuse was that since he was not considered a part of this 'Fellowship', he could not be accused of deserting.
Yes. It was a very good plan.
Thranduil continued to lament his decision, only now he was sipping his wine.
"If anyone was to ask for my opinion, which I note they're not, I'd say we were taking the long way round. Gandalf, we could pass through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome."
Thranduil's head swiveled on his shoulders and he sent an acidic glare down at the dwarf seated several feet away. "If we go even within a mile of that foul place, I will abandon this foolish quest and gladly," he sneered.
Gimli glared at the Elvenking, opening his mouth to retort when Gandalf interrupted. "I must.. ahem… somewhat agree with Thranduil. I would not take the roads through Moria unless I had no other choice."
Gimli huffed angrily, crossing his arms as Thranduil sent him a smirk of victory.
The mock fight between the hobbits and Boromir suddenly escalated (rather ridiculously, in Thranduil's opinion) and the conversation was momentarily halted. Thranduil huffed and rolled his eyes skywards. So bored…
Out of the corner of his eye, a he saw something moving, and he turned his head, raising an eyebrow at the unexpected sight.
Sam looked up. "What is that?"
Gimli snorted. "Nothing. Just a wisp of cloud."
Thranduil rolled his eyes again. What an idiot.
"It's moving fast… against the wind!" Boromir exclaimed. Oh look, another simpleton.
"It's Crebain, from Dunland…" Thranduil drawled, getting up from his seat and meandering over to a bush. "Hopefully my hair won't be too ruined," he muttered, ignoring the panicked shouts of the rest of the Fellowship as he pulled his hood up and carefully crawled in, shielding his beautiful hair. Galion flailed in a split second later and Thranduil sent the butler a nasty look.
As the black birds circled around their encampment, the Elvenking sighed and rubbed a speck of dirt off his tunic. Poor Galion was huddled in a ball, staring out of the bush with wide eyes. If only he had stayed at the palace… After a few minutes more of the raucous noise, the birds finally flew away. Thranduil hastily exited the bush, drawing his sword and holding it up in front of his face so that he could fix his hair in it's reflection.
"Spies of Saruman! The passage south is being watched… We must take the Pass of Caradhras," Gandalf said ominously.
"Oh for Eru's sake," Thranduil groaned.
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Thranduil flounced alongside the struggling members of the Fellowship, taking careful care that the dwarf saw how easily he walked upon the snow. Galion followed meekly behind, still wondering why he was here and lugging wine, since he still wasn't acknowledged as part of the Fellowship. It was almost as if he were a floating wine bottle and nothing more…
The wind whipped about their heads and the snow blew into their faces, obscuring the view of most and merely irritating others. Thranduil could feel his eyebrows getting frosty, and was irritated beyond comprehension that he couldn't get rid of it.
Frodo suddenly yelped, tumbling down the snowy slope towards Aragorn.
"Frodo!" Aragorn shouted, wading towards the fallen hobbit and helping him to his feet. Frodo immediately began shuffling through the snow, desperately looking for the Ring.
"Clumsy child…" Thranduil muttered, drawing his cloak tightly around himself. He looked over to see the man of Gondor, clutching the Ring and examining it closely.
"Boromir," the ranger warned, placing a hand upon his sword hilt..
"It is a strange fate we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… Such a little thing," Boromir mused, seemingly bewitched by the ominous jewelry dangling from his closed fist.
"Boromir, give the Ring to Frodo!" Aragorn shouted.
Boromir shook his head, seeming to see the group around him for the first time. "As you wish. I care not." Frodo snatched the Ring from the man's hand, glaring suspiciously at him. The Fellowship continued on their tedious journey, all but the elves struggling through the snow. Thranduil begrudgingly assisted the hobbits here and there, but refused to even look at the nasty dwarf.
A sudden echoing began, and the storm seemed to intensify. Thranduil lifted his head and narrowed his eyes at the sky. "Cuiva nwalca Carnirasse; nai yarvaxea rasselya!"
"Saruman knows we are here!" the Elvenking shouted, aiming his words towards the wizard. An avalanche of snow thundered down upon the unexpecting group.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain!" Aragorn hollered. "Gandalf, we must turn back!"
"No!" Thranduil and Gandalf both spoke. Gandalf glared suspiciously at the fuming Elvenking, stepping slightly out of the snow and towards the edge of the mountain, raising his arms.
"Losto Caradhras, sedho, hodo, nuitho i 'ruith!" he chanted.
"Cuiva nwalca Carnirasse; Nai yarvaxea rasselya; taltuva notto-carinnar!" Saruman's voice echoed back.
"Scum," Thranduil muttered, picking a clump of snow from his cape. Lighting cracked, and a second avalanche cascaded down. Thranduil groaned and lunged forwards and grabbed the wizard's hood, yanking Gandalf away from the edge.
"Watch your feet, Mithrandir," he spat.
"Watch your tongue, Thranduil," Gandalf retorted.
"We must get off the mountain! Make for the Gap of Rohan and take the west road to my city!" Boromir spoke, raising his voice to near full volume and distracting both of the ancient beings.
"The Gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard!" Aragorn retorted.
"If we cannot pass over a mountain, let us go under it. Let us go through the Mines of Moria!" Gimli hollered.
Thranduil's head whipped around and he glared daggers at the dwarf. "No," he protested.
Gandalf thought for a moment, a worried look upon his face.
"Let the Ringbearer decide…"
There was a pause and Thranduil's head whipped back towards the wizard. Gandalf ignored him.
"Frodo?"
Frodo looked up just in time to see Thranduil's head ever so slowly turn towards him, eyes spitting fire. Frodo gulped and for a moment, considered just risking Caradhras.
"We will go through the mines…" he said eventually, barely able to make himself look away from the venomous Elvenking.
"So be it," Gandalf muttered.
As Thranduil stalked past the dark-haired hobbit, he leant down and hissed, "I can promise you, you will regret this decision… halfling."
A/N: Um… hey guys. Hows it goin'? How's 2016? How's life? Can you put those axes away?
Heheheh… sorry it took so long…
So one thing, I'm sure you've noticed, is that I am trying to avoid using any of Legolas' lines, for obvious reasons… so yeah. LOL And now Thranduil kinda hates Frodo… uh-oh heheh…
Uhhh… I will try and update this soon. This is actually surprisingly easy to write, so if I do in fact take forever to update again feel free to get those axes back out haha.
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