Chapter 1
Flight from Gondor
(Editor's note: this is not a prequel kind of thing to my other story. I actually had a dream about this as corny as that sounds this is the dream written down. Do not ask. I have very weird dreams my whole life this one just happened to give me a plot idea. Just don't ask.)
"We are in your debt Kerri." Aragorn son of Arathorn told Kerri as he passed her his daughter Tumuril to Kerri who held her in her arms. Aragorn had long shaggy black hair and brown eyes. He was the tallest one in their in the King's garden. Kerri was five foot five with long brown hair and blue eyes. She had come to Gondor at the end of the war of the Ring and gained favor in the sight of the King of Gondor and Queen (for four years). At first Kerri had worked in the houses of healing but then she moved up in the world when Arwen hired her to watch Tumuril when they couldn't. Kerri had come from distant lands where exactly she would not say but it became clear she was welcome and would stay with the Queen and King. "Let us not speak of debt till the child is returned safely to the home of her parents." Kerri said. "Mama!" Tumuril cried. "Hush child you need to be quiet and mind Kerri." Arwen said in Elvish. "Are we ready?" Legolas asked coming down the steps. Kerri had come the same time Legolas Greenleaf now King of the Mirkwood Elves and Gimli son of Gloin had returned from their travels of Middle Earth. "Yes." Kerri replied coolly. Somehow she and the Elf started on the wrong foot and each one disliked the other. They never went out of their way to make each other miserable but there was a definite coolness in their regard for one another.
After the war of the Ring Aragorn let some soldiers of Sauron live on feeling they couldn't be much of a threat. And at first they weren't but somehow they'd grown and wanted revenge for their Lord. Rohan had come to help Gondor but a threat grew against Arwen and Aragorn's first child and heir to the throne Tumuril. Pippin returning from the Shire into the Kings service with fellow Hobbit Merry suggested that Kerri and Legolas smuggle Tumuril out of Gondor down into the Shire while the war raged on. Legolas and Kerri led by Merry and Pippin were to leave that morning by horseback as both parents were riding out to war.
"The horses are waiting." Pippin said. Pippin had brown curly hair and at four foot tall was considered tall among his folk. He wore war gear of Gondor as after the war he had grown comfortable in them than the usual clothing of Hobbits. "We are ready." Kerri replied. Arwen bent down and kissed Tumuril on her forehead. "May the light of the Evanstar go with you." Aragorn said placing Arwen's necklace around Tumuril's neck. "Aragorn we are needed in battle." Gimli reminded him. Legolas, Kerri, and Pippin met marry at the back entrance of Rohan. Merry had blonde curly hair and blue eyes and was the same height as Pippin. He to chose to wear clothing of Gondor. Four horses of Gondor stood saddled and bridled. Kerri got on hers first and Pippin handed Tumuril to her. Kerri waited for the Hobbits to get on and they headed out.