Aragorn stood up. "What? Who?" He asked.
"I believe it's Orcs, sire," the servant said nervously.
"Everyone get your weapons ready," Aragorn shouted.
The Pevensies and the Russos glanced at each other.
"Will we have to fight?" Max whispered.
Edmund looked at him. "I'm afraid so," he said.
"But we don't have any training," Alex complained.
"They need anyone who can handle a weapon," Peter said. "That includes us. Luckily it's just an attack, not a battle."
They started out cautiously towards the front of the City, where they saw several ugly-looking creatures with weapons.
"Orcs, I presume?" Justin said.
"I believe so," Peter replied.
Legolas and Susan began shooting as many orcs as possible. Aragorn, Peter and Edmund drew their swords. The Russos stood there, not knowing what to do. Finally, Justin drew his sword.
"I guess we should make ourselves useful," he said grimly. He started slashing the orcs, not having any idea what he was doing. Max followed his brother, while Alex chose to stay a few more moments before taking out her sword.
Finally, many bruises and dead orcs later, they were finished.
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"I thought we already defeated Sauron!" Pippin exclaimed, referring to the War of the Ring.
"We did, but there will always be evil in the world," Legolas said.
"It looks like we have a new enemy on our hands," Aragorn said gravely.
"What do you propose we do?" Peter asked.
"I say we forget the whole affair," Gimli, a gruff dwarf, said.
"No. We can't do that. The orcs aren't smart enough to attack on their own. They have to have a leader," Aragorn said.
"What about calling for reinforcements?" Susan asked.
"Yes, what about that? Rohan and Dale will surely help us," Faramir proposed.
"My father will aid us, I know it," Legolas exclaimed.
"We need someone to go and give them the message," Aragorn said.
"We'll go," Peter exclaimed.
"We will?" Alex asked bluntly.
Peter glared at her. "We will."
Legolas stood up. "I will accompany you, as I can show you the safest paths through Mirkwood." Although he wasn't to thrilled to be with Susan, he knew he had to help them.
"Great," Susan muttered, equally thrilled to be going with Legolas.
"We'll have you set off tomorrow," Aragorn said.
A messenger raced into the room. "Your majesty, we have more visitors!" he exclaimed.
"Who?" Aragorn asked, having had his fill of visitors.
A regal-looking man and a beautiful, blond-haired women appeared. Aragorn's eyes widened, and Faramir particularly looked pleased.
"Eomer!" the King exclaimed as he hugged the man. "We did not think you'd be back so soon!"
"We wanted to come as soon as possible," Eomer said, "Because of them." He pointed to Eowyn, who was embracing Faramir.
"Ah, have they set a date for the wedding yet?" Aragorn asked.
"They want it to be as soon as possible, I think," Eomer answered. Aragorn called the Pevensies and the Russos over. "Eomer, these are our visiting royalty, the Pevensies, and their friends, the Russos." He turned to them.
"This is Eomer," he said. "He is the King of Rohan, our strongest ally."
Eomer smiled at them. "It's a pleasure to meet you all," he said.
He and Aragorn walked away to discuss the attack.
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Justin and Alex faced off in the hall.
"There is no way I'm staying here!" Alex exclaimed.
"Why do you say that?" Justin asked.
"Hello, there's a war about to start, in case you didn't notice," she shot back.
"I know that," Justin replied, "And I think we should help."
"Are you kidding? We barely know these people!" Alex exclaimed.
"So? We know them well enough," Justin said. "And besides, how would we get back home? We don't have our wands."
Alex sighed. "Alright, I'll stay, if only because of that," she complained.
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The Pevensies and the Russos were gathered in Susan and Alex's room.
"So how are you guys kings and queens?" Max asked.
"Well it's a long story," Susan said.
"We've got time," Justin said.
"It all began when we had to leave London because of the air raids…" Peter began. He told the story of their adventures in Narnia. Justin glanced at Max and Alex.
"Should we tell them?" he whispered.
"I think we can trust them," Max replied.
They turned back to the Pevensies. "Well, we have something to tell you guys too," Justin said. "The truth is, we're not regular people," he took a deep breath. "We're Wizards."
"You guys are Wizards? That's so cool!" Edmund exclaimed.
"Can you do spells and stuff?" Susan asked.
"Well, yes, small ones, but we need our wands for the bigger ones," Justin told them.
"Oh, and guys, don't tell anyone," Max begged.
"Yea. Our Dad would like kill us if anyone else found out," Alex said. "He's like so worried about it."
"Alex you know he's just trying to protect us," Justin remarked
"It sounds like you guys have good parents," Edmund remarked.
"Please. They're so strict about everything," Alex complained.
"Just be glad you have parents that love you," Lucy said quietly.
"What Lu?" Peter asked.
"Our Dad died in the air raids, and now our Mum's married to a man who doesn't even like us," She said.
"There's something else you should know," Peter said. "Bill's a drunkard."
"What? How could Mum ever get mixed up in that?" Lucy looked like she was about to cry.
Susan put her arm around Lucy's shoulders. "It's like we said the other night. Mum was so heartbroken that she just wanted some comfort."
"At least we have each other," Lucy said. She looked at the Russos. "And you too. I'm glad you're with us."
Alex glanced around the room, finally starting to understand. "That's right," she said. "We're not going to leave you guys. We're gonna stick with you, to the very end."
