Here's another LOTR story of mine. I don't do that many, cuz people don't seem to agree with me, it's not 'book-correct', as they say. Well, without further ado:
On with the show!
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Prologue
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A young girl yelled and slashed her sword through another meaningless Orc, causing it to slump to the ground. She spun around, driving her blood splattered blade into the chest of an Orc. Yelling and fighting with few surviving others for an hour since the attack of Orcs on her city, the girl's hoarse breath rasped through dry lips. She coughed, blood dripping from a corner of her mouth, caused by the innumerable wounds her body had endured for the sake of her family and her city.
She screamed suddenly and clutched her arm in pain, blood covering her hand from the fresh wound in her arm, caused by an Orc weapon that had just been slashed into it. Turning and quickly decapitating the creature, she searched for the other few survivors that were fighting off the invading Orcs elsewhere. She spotted another swordsman, also badly injured, and slowly made her way toward him. When she reached him, she laid a hand on his shoulder, for support and to get his attention.
"Hey Nerai. How are you--" Her sentence was abruptly cut off by the sound of an Orc sword being driven through the chest of Nerai, the leader, captain, and friend of the last defense force of the city. His limp, lifeless body slowly fell to the ground, much to the abject horror of the girl, who quickly knelt down and tried to help him to the best of her ability. "No, no, no. Please don't die, Nerai. We need you. Don't die," she kept whispering repeatedly. Nerai coughed and turned his head to face the girl weakly.
"I- I'm sorry, milady. I have failed thee." And with those parting words, Nerai passed away. The girl yelped as two strong hands gripped her arms from behind and dragged her away. "Nerai, Nerai!" she wailed. "No, no! Let me go! I will never give in!" She gripped her sword tighter and fought off the assailant Orc with the last of her remaining strength. After the creature was dead, the girl slowly dragged her tattered, beaten body into the forest with many a weakened struggle and loss of blood, until she finally collapsed.