Lily sat to the right of Lord Elrond, with an old man on the right. Lily had been told by Lord Elrond she knew many of the languages of Middle Earth and listened intently to the conversations of those around.
"Excuse me." Lily turned. She saw the old man had spoken.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I'm Gandalf. Are you Lady Indil?"
"Yes I am. Nice to meet you Gandalf." Lily straitened as her grandfather began speaking.
"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old. You have been called together to answer the treat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands on the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fail. Every race is bound to this fate, this one doom."
Cheers! Lily thought. Lord Elrond's eyes rested on a hobbit. "Bring forth the ring, Frodo."
Lily paled. She knew the ring had no hold over her, but she saw a man in a tunic with a white tree on it stand and speak.
"In a dream I saw the Eastern sky darken, but in the west a pale light lingered. A voice was crying, "Doom is near at hand. Isildur's bane is found." He paused and reached for the ring. "Isildur's bane..."
Suddenly Gandalf stood and shouted, "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them! One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them!"
Lily gasped he had not spoken Common, but the black speak of Mordor!
Lord Elrond sighed. "None have ever uttered that tongue here, in Imladris."
Gandalf was somber, "I do not ask your pardon Master Elrond, for the black speech may yet be heard in every corner of the west! The ring is all together evil."
Lily stood. "If there are those who cannot see this than they are blind!" She sat back down to surprised glances. Lord Elrond nodded in agreement to Lily.
"Lady Indil speaks wisely."
The man stood once again. "It is a gift, a gift to the foes of Mordor! Why not use the ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands keep safe! Give Gordor the weapon of the enemy! Let us use against him!"
"You cannot wield it. None of us can. The ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master!" Another man had spoken. He showed more sense than the man from Gondor.
The man from Gondor, frowned. "And what would a ranger know of this matter?"
An elf with blonde hair and blue eyes stood. "This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathon. You owe him your allegiance."
Aragorn stood. "Havo dad, Legolas."(Sit down, Legolas.)
The Gondor man looked shocked. "Aragorn?" He frowned, "Gondor has no king, Gondor needs no king."
Lily stood. "You are fool man of Gondor. Your love for your city has blinded you to the nature of the ring!"
The man sniggered. "Child, you do not know of the world. You only see a tricket and hear of the nature of it. Children will believe anything."
Lily frowned. "I obviously know more than you. You say Mordor is pushing your borders. What of us? We must help others, not only ourselves." Lily sat.
Lord Elrond spoke. "You only have one choice. The ring must be destroyed."
A dwarf stood, "What are we waiting for?" And hit the ring with his axe. A shock went around the clearing. Lily and Frodo both flinched, seeing visions of the eyes of Sauron.
Lord Elrond sighed, "The ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli son of Gloin, by any craft that we here posses. It can only be destroyed by being thrown into Mount Doom, the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this."
The man from Gondor gave a speech about how that was folly. Legolas stood and spoke and everyone started arguing.
Lily stood and looked at Frodo. His eyes were looking at her. They screamed, this is my task. Lily's replied, tell them and stop the fighting.
Frodo called, "I will take it! I will take the ring to Mordor." Lily clamped her hand on his shoulder. "Though I do not know the way."
Gandalf stepped forward, "I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it is yours to bear."
Aragorn stepped forth, "By my life or death I will protect you. You have my sword."
Legolas called, "And my bow."
Gimli held up his broken weapon."And my axe!"
The Gondor man sighed, "If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done."
Lily stood. "You need a person of languages on this trip. I will join you."
The Gondorian snorted. "No girl could match us!" Lily walked to him and glared. She snapped, "Also, someone else with manners, to make up for you."
3 hobbits ran up and joined the group.
Lord Elrond sighed. "So be it. You will be the Fellowship of the Ring."
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*Okay, from now on You'll see the story from Lily's point of view.*