Okay I couldn't do Truth or Dare yet! But I will!
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Chapter Four
"I thought we were going to Osgiliath next?" Alyssa asks Ryan as they travel to where there teleportation device is.
"We were, but instead we are going to Rohan. Remember in the movies Faramir doesn't find Boromir's body until the 'Return of the King'? We are now in the 'Two Towers'. We are needed in Rohan now." Ryan replies.
"Well, that makes sense, now, onward towards Rohan!" Alyssa says as they reach the device.
"It's a box, really Aly?" Ryan asks as they step into it.
"Shut up, it was the only thing I could find at the time." Alyssa replies as she closes her eyes and gets ready for the unpleasant process of teleporting.
"Okay, sure." Ryan says just before they teleport.
As Alyssa and Ryan walk through Edoras they come to the realization that Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli have yet to arrive.
"What do we do now Aly?" Ryan asks.
Alyssa looks around at the people of Edoras, all dressed in black, scowls on their faces as they stare at Alyssa and Ryan. "I guess we go to Meduseld. Come on, let's hurry." She replies turning towards the great hall.
When they make it to the hall, Háma greets them. "What is your business in Meduseld?" He asks, not unkindly but not nicely.
"We are weary travelers, and wish for rest and a good meal." Alyssa says to him, "We await our friends' arrival, Gandalf Greyhame; we have come to you at the turn of the tide." She says so both Háma and Ryan can hear.
"Really, you had to use Gandalf's line?" Ryan asks her.
"Very well, you may have an audience in front of the king." Háma replies leading them into the diminished grand hall to stand in front of possessed Théoden and the worm.
"What do you want?" Possessed Théoden asks them.
"We ask for but a place of rest and food for a small number of day's milord." Alyssa says loud enough for it to travel through the halls.
"Why must you put troubles on a troubled man?" The worm asks.
"Isn't that what he asks Gandalf?" Ryan asks her.
"You would think he'd come up with something else." She replies to Ryan then says to Grima, "I do not understand how asking for a place of rest for but a few days is trouble for a king?" making him mad.
"How dare you speak to me like that? Do you know who I am?" He asks
"Forgive my sister milord, for she is weary and her mind is not in the right. We will travel on to Lothlórien." Ryan says to him as he walks out of the hall, pulling Alyssa with him.
"Wait! You may rest in Meduseld." A voice calls. Alyssa and Ryan turn to see Eowyn rushing towards them.
"Thank you milady, we cannot express our gratitude." Ryan replies.
"Alyssa sees Wormtongue lurking in the hall and shouts at him. "We are not talking to you worm!"
"Come I will show you to your rooms." Eowyn says quickly, leading them through the corridors.
"Thank you." Alyssa says following.
"Háma has told me what you are here for. It is the least I could do." Eowyn whispers to them. "You may stay in these two rooms. Will I see you at supper?" She asks.
"We will be there. If Alyssa can keep her mouth shut." Ryan says looking at his sister.
"Very well, I will have places for you at the table."
"Now what do we do?" Ryan asks Alyssa when Eowyn walks away.
"Want to annoy Wormtongue?" Alyssa asks him.
"Why not? It'll be fun." He replies grinning.
Alyssa and Ryan are sitting in the hall waiting for one of their favorite groups; Gandalf and the two and a half men. Ryan is sharpening his sword while Alyssa is singing.
"Lim-strang wæs geboren
Bearn léod-cyninga
Magorinc Mearces.
Bunden in byrde tó lædenne
Bunden in lufe tó thegnunge
Lang beadugear cyythath
Lic onginneth búgan.
Swift déadlic géar Stieppath geond willan.
Ac éagan gíet lóciath Beorhtre gesihthe;
Heorte gíet béateth. "
(Strong-limbed he was born
This son of Kings;
This warrior of Rohan.
Bound by birth to lead.
Bound by love to serve.
Long years of war begin to show.
The body has begun to bend.
Swift mortal years outpace the will.
But the eyes still watch clear-sighted.
The great heart is beating still.')
"What was that one called?" Ryan asks her.
"Just remember it when you know who comes in here." She replies.
"Oh okay." He says when the grand doors open.
"My lord, Gandalf the Grey is coming. He's a herald of woe." Wormtongue whispers not so quietly to possessed Théoden as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli walk in.
"The courtesy of your hall is somewhat lessened of late...Théoden King." Gandalf says.
"He's not welcome." Wormtongue says, again with the whispering.
"Why should I welcome you...Gandalf Stormcrow?" Possessed Théoden asks Gandalf, looking to the worm for agreement.
Alyssa and Ryan tune out the whole thing until Théoden is standing with his sword and looks to Wormtongue. After the guards throw Wormtongue out of the hall and the King goes to slice him Aragorn jumps in and grabs his arm.
"No, my lord! No, my lord. Let him go. Enough blood has been spilt on his account."
"It is also told that once you cut a worm in half you get two worms." Alyssa speaks up.
Wormtongue growls at her and spits on Aragorn's proffered hand and runs away, like the coward he is.
"Hail, Théoden King!" Háma shouts as he steps up by Alyssa.
Théoden ignores everyone that bows to him, Alyssa and Ryan too, and looks around for his son. "Where is Théodred? Where is my son?" He shouts.
"Nú on théostrum licgeth Théodred se léofa
hæ´letha holdost.
ne sceal hearpan sweg wigend weccean;
ne winfæ´t gylden guma sceal healdan,
ne god hafoc geond sæ´l swingan,
ne se swifta mearh burhstede beatan.
Bealocwealm hafað fréone frecan forth onsended
giedd sculon singan gléomenn sorgiende
on Meduselde thæt he ma no wære
his dryhtne dyrest and maga deorost."
(Now dear Théodred lies in darkness,
most loyal of fighters.
The sound of the harp shall not wake the warrior;
nor shall the man hold a golden wine-cup,
nor good hawk swing through the hall,
nor the swift horse stamp in the courtyard.
An evil death has set forth the noble warrior
A song shall sing sorrowing minstrels
in Meduseld that he is no more,
to his lord dearest and kinsmen most beloved.)
After Théodred's funeral Alyssa and Ryan follow everyone back into the great hall leaving Théoden and Gandalf to talk. As everyone is eating Alyssa starts singing, again.
"When the cold of Winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams
I can hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
I will go there
And back again."
Ryan is about to ask which song that one is when Gandalf and Théoden rush in with the two children. Both Alyssa and Eowyn jump up and run to them. Eowyn takes the boy and Alyssa takes the girl. After they are wrapped in blankets everyone sits around listening to Théoden and Gandalf argue.
"Sometimes people are so dumb." Ryan says to Alyssa.
"Ignorant." Alyssa replies.
"Unaware." Ryan says.
"Uninformed." Alyssa says.
"In the dark." Ryan says.
"Sometimes I despise humanity." Alyssa says, accidently out loud.
"She does that occasionally, talks out loud." Ryan says as everyone looks at her. She just smiles at them.
Thanks to Seriya Silvermist and horseyyay!
Okay songs(in order):
Lord of the Rings – Edoras
Lord of the Rings - Théoden's Exorcism (with lyric)
Lord of the Rings - Lament For Théodred's (with lyric)
Lord of the Rings - In Dreams (with lyric)
Tell me what you think!