Disclaimer: I own nothing of the LOTR only the slight change in plot and the OC.
Chapter 1: The four hunters
Ana
We ran until Aragorn dropped to the ground to place his head on a rock. I stood up again and looked forward. "Their pace has quickened. They must have caught our sent, Hurry!" he said as he took off. "Come on Gimli! We're gaining on them!" Legolas called over to him as he fallowed after Aragorn. I rolled my eyes and waited for Gimli to catch up to me. Once he was close enough to me he started grumbling to me. "Three days and nights pursuit. No food. No rest. And no sign of our quarry, but what a bare rock can tell." Gimli huffed. I shrugged and together we fallowed the first two.
After a bit we came to a path between to big rocky cliffs. Aragorn stopped and picked something up. I stopped a little behind him and my eyes locked onto the familiar broach that the fellowship wear. "Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall." Aragorn said. Legolas stopped beside him. "They may yet be alive." He agreed. A small smile appeared on Aragorn's face. "Dare I hope?" I thought to myself, while looking at the broach. "Less than a day ahead. Come." Aragorn said. We raced off. But not before I heard a thud and a groan. "Come Gimli! We're gaining on them!" Legolas called to him.
"I'm wasted on cross country. We dwarves are natural sprinters. Very dangerous over short distances." Gimli retorted. "Then remind me to never stand on the opposite side of the battle field and yell insults at them!" I yelled back to him. I got Aragorn and Legolas to laugh and more huffing from Gimli. We came to a stop on a big hill. "Rohan. Home of the horse lords. There's something strange at work here. Some evil gives speed to these creatures. Sets its will against us." Aragorn said, I stopped beside him and lean slightly against him to catch my breath. Legolas walked past me.
I look up and catch Legolas watching me. I feel my cheeks warm up and spread across my face. "I don't understand what this feeling is I'm having every time he looks at me but it will have to wait till this adventure is done and over with." I thought to myself. Aragorn and I fallowed him up a little ways. "Legolas what do your Elf-eyes see?" Aragorn asked. "The Uruks turn northeast. They are taking the Hobbits to Isengard." Legolas called back. "Saruman." Aragorn said angrily. "That bastard was looking for Frodo!" I ground out. We pushed onwards fueled by our anger. Soon enough I started to smell them. "Ugh! I can smell them from here!" I said covering my nose from the offensive smell. I watched my step going down a hill. I looked up to see another sharp rock ledge, I looked down at my already barely covering skirt and hoped it would last through this train.
"Keep Breathing, that's the key. Breathe." Gimli said to himself. I rolled my eyes and fallowed after him. "They've run as if the very whips of their masters were behind them." Legolas said as I passed him on my way down. We ran into the sinking sun.