The Summoners

By: Lady Harle

A "Lord of the Rings" Fanfic

DISCLAIMER: The wonderful world of J.R.R Tolkien is NOT MINE, and never will be! I'm just borrowing the locations, characters, the plot and some of the words themselves so I can play around with them (especially Legolas drool). I also borrowed some ideas from various animes, particularly Fushigi Yuugi, Rurouni Kenshin, and Magic Knight Rayearth. Once again, I'm just using them so I can have some fun. Any and all original characters and situations are MINE.

NOTE: Words in ^^ are spoken in Elvish.

WARNING TO PURISTS: If you are a Tolkien purist who believes that this story must have some basis on The Silmarillion and the other works of Tolkien that relate to the world of LOTR, then I am sad to say that you may be disappointed with this story. I haven't read The Silmarillion yet, so the "creation" of Middle-Earth might be different from that stated in The Silmarillion. If you wish to read this, I beg you to please have an open mind, as this comes from the mind of a person who has only started to read the wonderful works of Tolkien.

THE LEGOLAS ISSUE: There are two kinds of Legolas: Movie Legolas and Book Legolas. Movie Legolas is Orlando Bloom looker with blonde hair and blue eyes. Book Legolas is…well, I can't really tell you WHO he looks like but he sure ain't no blonde. If you need further proof on that, read "The Fellowship of the Rings", Book II, Chapter IX "The Great River". But for this story I'll be using Movie Legolas. Why? Because I have a weakness for blonde hair and light-colored eyes ^_^. And because Orlando Bloom makes one hot Elf.

SEPARATIONS: Paragraphs separated by (*   *   *) mean a change in POV. Paragraphs separated by (~   ~   ~) mean a flashback. Paragraphs separated by (*   ~   *) mean that there is a dream sequence going on.

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SUMMARY: This Tale begins with some events that were not chronicled in the History of Middle-Earth. This concerns mostly HOW the Four Great Spirits of Middle-Earth were awakened, and how the Elven-Kingdom of Mirkwood ended up with such an unusual Queen. It tells the Tale of the two unsung HEROINES of the War of the Rings: the two Summoners of Other-Earth. They are Eli and Camille, two friends from another realm, who have crossed the vast reaches of time and space to aid the Fellowship in their Quest to destroy the One Ring of Power.

Prologue

Three Rings for the Elven Kings under the sky,

Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their halls of stone,

Nine for mortal Men, doomed to die,

One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne

In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie,

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them

One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them,

In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie

But from the Other-World they shall rise

Seeking to challenge the Dark Lord

Summoners of Spirits, they shall rise

Seeking to challenge the Dark Lord

Bound by friendship strong and true,

Make the sky change its hue

From dark and cold to light and warm

They shall lead all through the storm.

Fairer than any yet to be seen,

One shall become a mighty Queen,

And the other, meant for greatness,

Shall receive honor of no less

Dragons bow at their command,

Great is the power in their hand,

As the darkness grows ever deeper,

So shall Spirits rise from slumber

~ "Prophecy of the Summoners", translated from the Elvish by Camille Selvitar