Mountains Marching On
Lord Of The Rings Fan Fiction
By: Bluegrass Elf
Chapter 2: A Talk
This chapter is about Merry. Merry is in Rohan during this chapter. It takes place wjile the Rohirrim are encamped on the slopes of Dol Baran shortly before Pippin looks into the Palantir. The previous chapter took place in Rivendell. Aragorn plays a large role in this chapter. Enjoy.
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Aragorn nodded thankfully to a rider who handed him a plate of the food that was being handed out. He walked over to the fire and sat down.
“Strider,” called Merry, coming to sit beside him. “I need to talk to you. Gandalf says I need to learn ‘something of this country’ only he won’t say anything so I’ve decided that you’re the next best person to ask.”
Aragorn smiled and set his plate aside.
“That sounds like Gandalf,” he said. “What do you want to know?”
“I don’t know,” said Merry, shrugging his shoulders. “Ask Gandalf what I need to know. Only I don’t think he’ll tell you anything. He’s rather close you know.”
Aragorn shook his head. Only hobbits could talk of there betters so and get away with it. It was incredibly hard to become angry with them
“Well,” he said. “Since asking Gandalf seems a waste of time then I suppose I should tell you About Edoras. That is where King Theoden lives……..” he paused.
“Merry,” Aragorn sounded ever so slightly worried. “How did you get that cut above your right eye?”
Merry looked uncomfortable. “I’d rather not talk about it,” he muttered.
Aragorn wouldn’t let the subject drop. “Merry,” he said. “ I need you to tell me how you got it so I can make sure it isn’t serious.”
“It isn’t serious, Aragorn. I am fine.”
“At least let me look at, Merry.”
Merry nodded, reluctantly. Aragorn looked the wound over and decided it was healing nicely and didn’t need any medication. But he still looked worried about something.
“Merry,” he asked. “Did the orcs put any medicine in the cut?”
“Yes,” said Merry. “At least I think it was medicine. But it burned. It burned like fire.”
A sudden look of understanding came over Aragorn’s face.
“It was medicine,” he said. “But not very pleasant medicine. That is going to scar, Merry.”
“That’s all right,” said Merry with a grin. “ The only bad thing about it is that its there.”
“Merry, I have never met a more cheeky person in all my life. Except, of course, Pippin.
Now I think I was telling you about Edoras.”
To be continued………………………eventually.
Bluegrass Elf