A/N- Hello! This is my first LOTR story. It's already completed in handwriting and now I just need to type it. As you can see it isn't a normal pairing so I hope its something different and you guys like it!
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Lord Of The Ring Characters... Aletha is my character though.
"Eomer, take your party to the back. We shall surround them before we attack." Theodred ordered his cousin. Eomer nodded and turned his stallion around. He signaled for his men to follow him and they disappeared behind a group of trees. After giving Eomer some time to get ready Theodred gave the signal to attack.
Theodred's men entered the battle first, but were quickly followed by Eomer's group. The men quickly dispersed and killed off the small band of orcs they had come across with no losses and only a few injured. "Pile up the bodies and burn them." Theodred ordered. The men started piling up the dead orc bodies, but before they could light them on fire arrows started assaulting the group from the forest they were next to.
"More orcs! Get back to the horses! Prepare to fight!" Theodred yelled. His horse turned in circles as he watched his men fall from the surprise attack. On one turn he looked into the line of trees and saw an arrow coming at him. He was able to dodge it, but another arrow pierced his arm. The orcs emerged from the forest and the remaining men met them head on. Theodred used his good arm to fight and trusted his horse to lead him through the battle. He saw another orc taking aim at him, but before the monster fired another arrow hit and killed it. Eomer was unable to see who saved him for more orcs rushed him. As the battle continued Theodred occasionally saw the mysterious arrows flying at the orcs.
When the battle was finished Theodred looked around, finding some men dead, another few injured, and other exploring the edges for more orcs. "Eomer, report." He said as he walked over to his cousin.
"Seven are dead, twelve others are injured. It is amazing we survived."
"It seems we had some help." Theodred said as he saw one of the arrows and tore it from one of the orc's bodies.
"An elf? There are no elfin kingdoms near here though." Eomer said as he too studied the arrow.
"I do not believe it was an el. They do not usually help us anyways." Theodred responded to Eomer's statement.
"Lord Theodred, Lord Eomer, we've found someone." Gamling called from the forest's edge. They walked over and could hear someone yelling at the men who were holding the person captive.
"Let me go you overgrown pigs!" The person yelled as they tried to fight off Eothain, who was currently in charge of holding the person. Eomer walked over to the hooded person and took one of their arrows. "Hey! That's mine!"
"You helped us." Theodred stated after examining the arrow after Eomer had given it to him.
"What do you mean, my lord?" Gamling asked.
"Go look at some of the orcs." The person spat.
"What's your name?" Eomer asked. This time the person stayed quiet and ignored Eomer's question. "I asked you for your name!" Eomer growled. He grabbed the person's hood and pulled back revealing long blonde hair. "A woman?"
"What? Surprised a woman can shoot so well?" The woman asked. Her blue eyes looked up and glared at the man whose hand was just leaving her hood. The woman crossed her arms over her just making the rest of the cloak fall behind her shoulders. She was wearing a leather top that just covered her top. The same leather material was used to make some pants that hugged her body. She had on some tall black boots that almost went up to her knees. Her hair was in a loose braid that hung down to her mid back. Two soldiers held her bow and arrows and her sword was strapped around her waist. Theodred guessed that there was at least one dagger hiding in her boots.
"My cousin means no insult; we just are not used to seeing a woman that is able to fight." Theodred said. The woman's eyes snapped from glaring at Eomer to studying Theodred.
"Well you are forced to learn when you live alone." The woman said after a minute.
"Come back to Edoras with us." Theodred offered.
"Why should I?" The woman asked skeptically.
"You just saved our prince." Eothain said behind the girl.
"You're a prince?" The girl asked looking at Theodred again.
"Aye, my father is King Theoden." Theodred said. "Giving you a place to sleep is the least we can do. It is also not safe for anyone to be living alone in dark times such as these, especially a woman."
"My lords, the orcs are burning, shall we break camp up wind?" A soldier asked coming into the clearing where the others were interrogating the woman.
"Yes, let's go." Theodred said. "Bring the girl as well." Eothain nodded and followed his captain out of the forest with the girl in front of him. He handed the girl to Gamling who was already on his horse. The soldiers waited for Eomer and Theodred until they were ready to go. "We ride north tonight!" Theodred called. The group instantly took of, away from the scene of the battle that had recently taken some of their comrades' lives.
Eventually he group stopped at the side of a cliff to break camp. "You can use this blanket. The soldier who it belonged to died in the last battle." Eomer said, throwing a bundle at the girl who was sitting a few steps away from the men and the fire they were huddling around.
"I don't need it right now, thank you." The girl said, leaving the blanket sitting where it had dropped.
"Then come sit near the fire. The plains get cold at night." Gamling said. The girl thought about it for a moment before sighing and moving to sit next to the older man. "What is you name?"
"Aletha. What is your name?" Aletha asked.
"I am Gamling and that is Eothain." He pointed to the man who had been holding Aletha captive in the forest. "That is-"
"Eomer and Theodred." Aletha finished for Gamling.
"You know who we are?" Theodred asked.
"You already said that you were the son of Theoden and you kept calling Eomer your cousin." The men's astonished faces did not disappear so Aletha rolled her eyes and continued. "I said I lived along, but that does not mean I am stupid and I do not know what is going on in the lands where I roam." The men's faces returned to normal, but the group remained still remained silent. "If you four are done questioning me, I am going to go get some sleep." Aletha smiled and returned to where she had been sitting under the cliff again. Within a few minutes she was asleep and almost oblivious to the world around her.
"Interesting woman." Eothain muttered.
"Yes, very interesting." Theodred agreed. His eyes stayed on the sleeping woman for a few more minutes before he returned to the conversation his friends were holding around the camp fire.
