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Chapter Five: The Council of Elrond

Arriving in the courtyard, Adara let her brown eyes roam over the faces of the various groups already seated. Aragorn had let go of her hand just before they stepped into the Councils view and had already sat down, gesturing for her to sit next to him. Legolas was there with the Elves. Boromir. Gimli and Glóin. A huge smile appeared on her face when her eyes met Frodo's and Bilbo's. She had met Frodo the day he had woken and had become close friends with him. Leaving Aragorn's side, she raced over to her Hobbit friends and embraced them both. Pulling away from them, she looked over Frodo and asked, "How are you my friend?"

Frodo looked at her solemnly before answering, "I am fine. A little tired but nothing I can't handle," he said. "I just want to get rid of the Ring and for this to be over so I can return to the Shire."

Adara looked at him sadly, knowing that he would not see the Shire for a long time but only embraced him again then left back to her seat. While she had been talking to the Hobbits, everyone else had arrived so when she moved back to her seat, all eyes were on her. She heard the whispers of why she was there or why was a woman amongst them. The talk mainly came from the men of Gondor but she just ignored them. Sitting down, she smiled at Aragorn before giving Lord Elrond her full attention. The Elf Lord looked regal and serious as he sat on his, what she could only describe as a throne.

Each of the races stared at him inquisitively although the Dwarves looked like they would rather be anywhere than listen to the Elf Lord. One of them even looked like he was trying to fall asleep. "Strangers from distant lands, friends of old. You have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor." She had to struggle to hold in her laugh as she watched this particular Dwarf was startled awake. Aragorn stared at her confused but she only shook her head.

Looking away from the Dwarf, she listened in to what was being said. "Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall." Everyone side-eyed each other, some of them even outright glared at the other races as if there's was to blame although truthfully, the blame laid with Isildur.

"Each race is bound to this fate — this one doom." He gestured towards the pedestal in the middle of the courtyard. "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo."

Frodo looked around at all of them before finding her eyes. She smiled encouragingly before nodding at him to not be afraid. The Hobbit grinned brightly then stood and placed the Ring upon the pedestal for all to see. Adara glared right at the Ring, her attention so focused on it that she did not see the gaze of others on her fuming form. Frodo returned to his seat in between Gandalf and Bilbo, the relief clear in his expression. The members of the Council seem to be mesmerised by the Ring. Adara knew what was happening. The Ring was calling to each of them, promising them all different things. It even called to her, telling her that they could send her home or bring her parents back to life but unlike the other members of the Council, she had made her peace. She knew that she would never return to her world nor would she see her parents again until death found her. And she was okay with that.

"So it is true..." Her gaze immediately locked onto Boromir, who looked at the Ring like a shiny new toy. Her eyes narrowed on his form. Aragorn saw this and immediately resolved to watch the Gondorian more closely from then on.

Boromir stood from his seat and addressed the Council, "In a dream, I saw the eastern sky grow dark. But in the West a pale light lingered. A voice was crying: 'Your doom is near at hand.'" He approached the Ring on the plinth before continuing, "Isildur's Bane is found."

His hand reached out towards the Ring, just hovering above it. Adara stood, meaning to stop the man from touching the Ring when Gandalf leaped up and started chanting in Black Speech. The Ring echoed his harsh and filthy words. Thunder crackled as darkness suddenly appeared. The Council looked around in fear and trepidation. Although she could not understand his words, she knew what he was saying. 'One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them'.