Disclaimer: I own nothing that Tolkein wrote. I am simply borrowing them for the purpose of this story as a form of entertainment for other. I am by no means making any money off of this. So suing me will not be necessary. The only person that is I own is Alexandra Mathews.

Alexandra Mathews was 24 years of age. She lived alone on her family ranch out in the woods of Northern Vermont. Her only other companion was her horse Thunderfoot. Thunderfoot was a beautiful pure black horse, who stood 20 hands high and when he would run across the fields it would sound as if a thunder storm was rolling across the plains, hence his name Thunderfoot.

Alexandra had acquired Thunderfoot when he was just a day old. His mother had died during his birth, so Alexandra took care of him night and day. Bottle feeding him until he was strong enough to eat on his own and from that point on the two of them were inseparable.

Alexandra herself stood at a relatively normal height of 5'5". She was in relatively good shape because of all the work that she did around her ranch and all the activities that she did as a child. She had slightly wavy brown hair with natural blonde high lights, which fell slightly below her shoulders. She had a natural tan skin tone, due to her Mexican and Indian heritage. She also had a rarity among her ancestry; she had light/bright blue eyes.

Alexandra's parents were self made millionaires; they were both killed in a tragic car accident when she was only ten. Alexandra's parents had made sure that she received the best of everything in life. They gave her everything that they never had, the best schooling with the best teachers. From the day she was born her father made sure she was around horses and given equestrian lessons in both side saddle and the western saddle. Her father who wanted to always protect her but knew that he could not always be there, made sure that she was given the best self defense lessons. Alexandra also on her own while in school took up fencing and archery. She had done fairly well at both but she was by no means the best.

When she was 18 Alexandra was given full ownership of her families estate and turned her parents companies over to the CEO's, she sold their family town house took Thunderfoot, bought the ranch in Vermont and moved away from the city and all the 'evils' that it held. And for the next 6 years she lived by herself only going into town when she needed to pick up supplies. She had very little contact with others and the outside world, the only people she talked to where the store clerk who she occasionally had a nice conversation with, and with the CEO's of her parents companies, when they would call to inform her on the success of the companies. But that was all abut to change.

Alexandra walked out to her barn with a set of saddle bags full of food and containers of water. She also had with her a duffle bad with cloths init and the basic necessities for female living. She had a bed roll and a blanket, plus a tarp with rope incase it rained. Strapped to her back was a bow with a quiver of arrows, and strapped to her upper right thigh was a small knife/dagger. When she made it to Thunderfoot she made sure that the sword her father gave her for winning her first fencing competition was attached to his saddle. She really didn't think she would need any of them but 'better safe then sorry' she always said. Besides she only planned to be gone a couple days. She was just going to take a ride around her property line and make sure that no one was trapping or baiting on her land, she had been having a problem with that lately. Once she had everything mounted to Thunderfoot's saddle, Alexandra swung herself up into the saddle and headed out.

Alexandra and Thunderfoot had been riding around for about 2 hrs. and she had not seen anything that would make her believe the baiters had come back. So she decided to stop and give herself and Thunderfoot a little rest. She turned Thunderfoot towards a small clearing that housed a small natural pond, but as Alexandra and Thunderfoot crossed the boarder of the forest and the clearing something happened. Instead of ending up in the clearing with the pond she and Thunderfoot ended up on some plains with vast mountain ranges. To say Alexandra was a little surprised would be an understatement, looking around Alexandra exclaimed to Thunder foot,

"Well boy I don't know what happened or how it happened but whatever did happen I know one thing for sure. We are sure as hell not in Kansas anymore". Thunder foot pawed at the ground and shook his head up and down agreeing with his mistress

Looking around the plains Alexandra could not see anything in any direction so she decided that when in doubt head north. After figuring out which way was north Alexandra and Thunderfoot took off at a well paced cantor. After a good 30 minutes of riding Alexandra heard the pounding of a thousand hooves on the far horizon. After glancing around and not seeing anyplace that she could hide, Alexandra decided that the best course of action would be to continue on her way and act as normal as possible.

Pretty soon the pounding of hooves got closer and closer. Alexandra knew that the people on the horses were right behind her, but she did not turn around to look at them. She kept her back straight, and her head held up as she bounced along in Thunderfoot's saddle across the plains.

As the first of the riders past her Alexandra fought with herself not to look at them and to keep her eyes straight ahead, but she ended up losing that battle. Especially when the riders that pasted her turned around and blocked her path. Alexandra pulled Thunderfoot to a halt and had him stand at a stand still as the rest of the riders caught up to her and surrounded her. Thunderfoot shifted from side to side in unease as he and his mistress were surrounded. Alexandra leaned forward slightly and rubbed his neck while whispering in his ear soothingly, to calm him down. As Alexandra sat back up in her saddle she was approached by one of the riders.

"Who are you? What is your business in the Riddermark?" the rider asked in a very authoritive and commanding voice. The tone that he used gave Alexandra the impression that this man would not hesitate to kill her if she stepped out of line. So being the smart person that she is Alexandra decided that it would be better to play along for not, at least until she found out the information that wanted to know.

While she was lost in her thought the rider that had spoken to her became irritated by her slowness to answer and snapped at her.

"Come on, quickly now! Are you deaf or just mute?" The riders' voice broke through her thoughts and pulled Alexandra back into the reality of the situation.

"I'm sorry", she said "I was lost in my thoughts. My name is Alexandra Mathews, this magnificent beauty is Thunderfoot" she said while patting his neck. Thunderfoot tossed his head from side to side as if to say 'that's right'. "As fro my business here… I didn't even know where here was until you told me just now." Alexandra finished.

"What is your business here?" the man asked again in a very tight/stressed voice.

Alexandra became a bit peeved with the man because she had just told him that she hadn't even known where 'here' was, so how could she have business.

"I just told you, I didn't even know where 'here' was until a few moments ago when you told me. So how could I have business here?" Alexandra said. "God, with the way you go on one would think that you believed me to be a threat to you."

The man moved his horse closer to Thunderfoot, causing Alexandra to look into his dark brown eyes. "Are you a threat? How do I know that you are not a spy of the dark lords'?" The rider asked with malice in his voice.

Now in most situations Alexandra is very calm and collected but there are those rare occasions where her temper is quick to flare and run away with her. This just happened to be one of those times.

"Look buddy," Alexandra said moving her head closer to the rider so that they were nose to nose. "I don't know who you are or what your deal is, but you have a serious attitude problem and you need to back off before I make myself a threat to you."

The two of them sat there on the back of their horse's nose to nose, helmet to forehead for a good five minutes before the rider backed off by sitting back in his saddle.

"Forgive me mi' lady. These are dark times and all have become suspicious of strangers in their lands".

Alexandra also sat back in her saddle, but eyed the dramatic change in the stranger wearily, but took what he said as meaningful.

"That's ok; I can understand your trepidation around people you do not know. I know that I would act the in the same fashion as you if I found strangers on my land. But how about we clear this up and are strangers no more. I have given you my name, but you have not given me yours. I think it only fair you return the gesture", Alexandra said.

The rider bowed his head and removed his helmet. "Of course mi' lady you are correct, it is only fair. My name is Eomer son of Éomund. I am the Third Marshal of the RidderMark. These are men are my eored, all of who are loyal sons to Rohan."

"Well Eomer son of Éomund it's nice to meet you." Alexandra said. "Now that we are no longer strangers perhaps you could explain to me where exactly I am and could you perhaps explain to me who this dark lord is that you mentioned before?"

Eomer looked at her a little strangely when she asked him to explain who the dark lord was. Surely she must have been joking; everyone in all of Middle Earth knew who the dark lord was. But coming back to his senses Eomer nodded his in agreement toward Alexandra.

"Of course mi' lady. I will tell you what you need to know, but first we must ride a bit further before we make camp and when we make, we will talk" Eomer said. After turning his horse around he turned toward Alexandra to see what her answer would be. She of coursed agreed and told Eomer so. Nodding his head Eomer called out some orders to his men in a language that Alexandra had never heard and motioned for her to ride next to him near the front of the column.

Alexandra and Eomer, along with his eored rode in silence for many hours. There were a few times when the men would talk amongst themselves and every now and then Eomer would ask her if she was ok, but that was about it. Finally when it started to get dark Eomer called a halt to his men, before giving out orders. Once the men started to turn and go about completing their orders Eomer dismounted his horse and motioned for Alexandra to do the same. Once she was down Eomer lead her over to where some men had set up a temporary holding pen for the horses. Motioning to a young solider Eomer turned to Alexandra.

"This is Eothain; he will take care of your mount and make sure that your things are brought to you".

However when Eothain reached over to take Thunderfoot's bridle from her, Alexandra pulled Thunderfoot out of his reach. The two men looked at her a little surprised.

"You do not have to fear mi' lady. You are among the horse lords, your mount will be well taken care of", Eomer told her hoping to ease her fears.

"I do not doubt yours or your men's skill with horses Eomer and I do not fear for the safety of Thunderfoot" Alexandra said.

"Then what do you fear mi' lady" Eomer asked

"I fear for the safety of your men" Alexandra replied.

Eomer gave her a strange look causing Alexandra to laugh quietly before explaining.

"Thunderfoot does not take well to strangers. Many a men have tried to get close to him and received naught for their attempts except for some bruises and the occasional broken bone".

With a thoughtful look on his face Eomer walked up to Thunderfoot, looked him in the eye and patted him on the nose and neck. "He seems to be fine to me. I see no reason why you should not leave him in our care".

Alexandra gave him a mischievous smile and decided to let them find out for themselves what Thunderfoot could be like. "Alright Eomer you have proven that you are truly horse lords. I'll leave my fears aside and let your men take care of Thunderfoot".

"Good. Come with me and I will show you where you will be staying while in our care and company."

Eomer and Alexandra had walked no more then 10ft away when they heard Thunderfoot neigh loudly and they heard Eothain cry out, whether it was in fear or surprise no one could really tell, but when Eomer and Alexandra turned around they saw Eothain laying 3ft away from Thunderfoot, who was prancing in an agitated way. Some of the other men ran over to help Eothain, why a few others tried to get Thunderfoot. But this only caused him to become more agitated and he started to turn around in a circle trying to get away. Eomer had a look of surprise on his face while Alexandra had an 'I told you so' look. Crossing her arms and leaning into her hip she looked at Eomer, who looked back at her and addressed the situation.

"Well aren't you going to do anything?" he exclaimed.

"But, I'm in the presence of the horse lords. I would think that you could handle one horse" Alexandra said in a slightly amusing and mocking tone.

Eomer just gave her an irritated look causing her to laugh, but when she heard the cries of Thunderfoot and the men who were getting thrown around, she sobered up and turned to the scene at hand.

Whistling she called to Thunderfoot. "Thunderfoot, eso es suficiente, viene aquí!" Hearing his mistress calling him, Thunderfoot took off at a run toward Alexandra, causing many men to jump out of the way, or end up getting run over.

Thunderfoot came barreling over to Alexandra and Eomer, now Alexandra was perfectly calm, but Eomer was slightly nervous because it appeared as if Thunderfoot had no intention of stopping. But just as Thunderfoot was about to run into Eomer and Alexandra and right as Eomer was getting ready to jump out of the way… Thunderfoot stopped and put his head on Alexandra's shoulder, nuzzling his head into her.

Alexandra just rubbed his neck and spoke softly and calmly to him. "It's alright, calm down boy. Your ok, it's alright. I'm sorry I left you over there, I won't do it again, Calm down, shhh"

Eomer just looked on in awe of the young women who had this great beast nuzzling into her shoulder looking for comfort from the scary situation that he had just been in. Alexandra turned to look at Eomer as she re-guided Thunderfoot to the temporary holding pen. As she walked with the mighty horse the men he had thrown murmured among themselves about the crazy horse. Alexandra glared at any man who called her horse crazy and sent them limping away. Eomer came up to Alexandra as she was taking off Thunderfoot's saddle and took it from her as she pulled it off his back.

"Thank you" she said.

"You're welcomed" Eomer replied. "Is he alright?" he asked while gesturing toward Thunderfoot.

"Yes, he'll be fine. He just needs to calm down. He was quite frightened, but he'll be ok. Won't you boy" Alexandra said while petting down Thunderfoot.

"I'm sorry that I did not listen to you. He is your horse and you would of course know him better then any one even the horse lords" Eomer said with a slightly guilty smile.

Alexandra smiled at him, "It's ok I should not have let your man take him. I should be the one apologizing to you because I knew exactly what would happen when I left him alone".

"Why did he act like that? My own horse does not care for others, but not even he has acted like that before" Eomer asked.

Sighing Alexandra turned to look at Eomer, "The thing that you have to understand is that since the day he was born I have always taken care of Thunderfoot. His mother died shortly after he was born. I was the one who found him laying next to his mother; he was so small and helpless. He couldn't even stand on his own legs he was so weak. I went for help immediately; some of the farm hands were able to get him to the family barn. We called the vet to come check him over and after looking at him the vet said that he was to weak, to small to make it. He said that the best thing to do would be to humanly euthanize him" Alexandra pauses here to collect herself and rub Thunderfoots' neck in a calming fashion. "I remember that after the vet had said that I kicked him and started screaming at him. I don't remember what I said, but whatever it was it made him leave, after he left I didn't. I lived in that barn for a month and a half, I took care of him, nursed him back to health, I trained him once he was strong enough and when I left the family farm to live on my own I took him with me" Alexandra said as she gave Thunderfoot a pat on the hind quarters to send him on his way into the holding pen. Turning to Eomer who was looking at her with a thoughtful look on his face and continued to speak. "He's my best friend, he's always been there for me when I needed him and I have always been there for him. He takes care of me like I take care of him" Alexandra finished up.

Eomer looked at Thunderfoot as he munched on some grass in the holding pen before looking back at Alexandra and voicing his thoughts.

"I understand that you both have a close bond with each other, my own stead and I have a very close bond, he too had been with me since the day he was born, but I still do not see why Thunderfoot acted the way he did".

Alexandra sighed again and new that she had to tell him what caused Thunderfoots mistrust of others.

"One time when I was 15 I had to leave, I was needed for some important business and I could not take Thunderfoot with me" taking a deep breath Alexandra turned to look out over Thunderfoot and the other horses, "I was only going to be gone for two three says tops. I thought that I was leaving Thunderfoot in the safe and capable hands of the head horse trainer on the family farm, but I was wrong, so very wrong. When I came back I immediately went to see Thunderfoot. When I can to his stall he was backed up into the far corner and would not come to me, so I went into his stall. When I got to him…" Alexandra's voice faltered "When I got to him I saw… I saw…" Alexandra's voice failed her as she chocked back a sob. Covering her mouth with her hand to quiet her sobs Alexandra turned from looking at the horses to stare at the ground.

Eomer seeing the crying girl walked up to her and laid his hands on her shoulders, trying to offer her some comfort. He was surprised when she turned around and buried her face in his chest as she cried. Once Alexandra got herself under control she removed herself from Eomer's arms.

"I'm sorry" she said sniffling and whipping at her face.

Eomer just smiled and whipped away a few stray tears that she had missed. "It's alright little one. Do you think that you can continue or is it to painful for you to talk about?"

"No its ok, its better that I talk about it, besides you deserve to know why Thunderfoot acts that way. When I went into Thunderfoot's stall I saw on his hind quarters and on his back switch marks. I guess that while I was gone he didn't act the way the lead horse trainer wanted him too so he took a switch to him to make him obey. Ever since then Thunderfoot has always been weary of others especially men. I know your probably wondering 'why then did he not act that way around me', well it's because I was standing right there next to the two of you and Thunderfoot knows that I wont let anything like that happen to him again"

"What did you do to the man who beat him?" Eomer asked.

"I fired him and told him that if I ever saw him near any horses or animal in general again, I would take a switch to him, I also told the horsing community about him so no one would hire him"

"Well that was kinder then anything that I would have done" Eomer replied

"What would you have done?" Alexandra asked

Eomer looked away from her fro a few moments before turning back and replying "I would have killed him where her stood, run him through with my sword" Eomer said, then walked away. But before he got to far away he stopped and motioned for Alexandra to follow him.

After Eomer showed Alexandra to a tent he left her to go see how his men were doing. Alexandra fro the most part explored her new surroundings. As she was looking around she discovered a bag, being the curious person that she is Alexandra decided to take a peak inside. When she opened the bag she found cloths and pieces of parchment that appeared to be letters. When she picked one up to read she discovered that they were indeed letters and not just any letters but letters to Eomer. Alexandra let out a gasp as she realized who's tent she was in.

While lost in her thoughts Alexandra failed to realize that Eomer had reentered the tent. She was brought out of her thoughts by Eomer as he ripped the letter she had been reading, from her hands. Shocked and surprise Alexandra looked up to see Eomer glaring angrily down at her.

"Eomer… I didn't hear you come back"

"Obviously not, for I'm sure you would have put everything away before you could have gotten caught had you heard me coming back. Who do you think you are going through my things, reading my personal letters ?"

"Eomer, I'm sorry. I just found the bad and my curiosity got the better of me. I did not realize they were your things until I started reading the letter. I am truly sorry, I meant no disrespect" Alexandra said in a rush.

Eomer stared into her eyes and saw no lie in her eyes. Sighing he took a deep breath to help calm his anger. "No, I am sorry. I should no have acted so rash, you are not from here and you are only curious about your surroundings. In fact you remind me much of a young colt being allowed into the field for the first time" Eomer said

"Yes, that might be true my dear horse lord but do you know what the difference between myself and a young colt is?" Alexandra asked

"No" Eomer replied

"The difference my dear horse lord is that" Alexandra said as she came to stand in front of Eomer so she could whisper in his ear "I am not as easily tamed as a young colt is" she whispered breathlessly into Eomer's ear sending shivers down his spine.

Alexandra turned and left Eomer standing in the middle of the tent with his mouth hanging open. When she reached a pile of furs that she assumed was the bed, she turned around to look at Eomer. She let out a round of laughter as she saw Eomer standing in the same spot with his mouth open.

"Close you mouth there horse lord, or else your going to end up catching flies like that"

Hearing Alexandra snapped Eomer out of his stupor. He just looked at her sitting on the pile of furs and collected his thoughts.

"Forgive me. I was lost in thought" Eomer said

"Sure you were horse master, what where you thinking about that caused you to blush so?" Alexandra asked

This caused Eomer to blush even more. He cleared his throat trying to cover up his discomfort, this caused Alexandra to laugh some more.

"If mi'lady will excuse me I will let you rest, for I am sure that you are tired and wish to rest. I have things that I must attend to so I will bid you good night" Eomer said while heading for the tent flap.

"Good night horse lord, will I see you in the morning" Alexandra asked

"Yes, I will come and fetch you in the morrow" Eomer replied then left

Once he left Alexandra flopped back onto the pile of furs and let out a tired sigh, before sitting back up. She looked down at her dirty and now uncomfortable clothing, she didn't want to change it her clean cloths because then they wouldn't be comfortable to ride in tomorrow. So looking around the tent her eyes again fell onto the bag that help Eomers' things. A smile made its way onto Alexandra's face as she got up and made her way towards the bag.

Translation: "Thunderfoot thats enough, come here"
AN: Alright this is my first time EVER writing a Lord of the Rings fanfic. I love the movies and have watched the hundreds of times and I am in the process of reading the books right now. But as a watched the movie I fell in love with Eomer. One because Carl Urban plays him, but also because of the way he is portrayed, the hero yet not thrust into the lime light, he is like the silent hero to me. But please I ask you for reviews, if there are not enough people who like how I am going to be doing this then I will not put anymore chapters. I know a lot of people dislike Maine Characters with OFC's but I feel I write stories better this way. So just let me know what you all think of it and if I should put up another chapter or two.

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