Hello, asylum breakies!! I'm sorry to say that Merry and Pippin won't be in this chapter, but they will probably be in the next one. Anyway, one with the chapter!
Chapter 7: A Mighty Fortress
Elrohir, Elladan, and Kira had saddled their horses and rode according to Elrohir's lead. The rode for several hours going south.
"You two are up to something, I can tell." Kira said.
"Just you wait, we have a big surprise for you." Elladan said.
Just as he said that, they rode up over a hill and Kira gasped at the sight before her. There was a huge fortress surrounded by several other smaller buildings. The buildings were smaller than the fortress, but they were still pretty big.
"What do you think?" Elrohir asked.
"Is that...?" Kira's voice trailed off.
"Yes, that's your fortress." Elrohir answered.
For a very long time, Kira had wanted a fortress, but Elrond refused. Kira had drawn up several plans for what she wanted her fortress to look like and finally her dream had become a reality. Elrohir and Elladan had built this fortress in secret just for her.
"Shall we go down and see it?" Elrohir asked.
"Yes." Kira answered excitedly.
They rode down and tied their horses to a hitching post outside the door. They walked up to the door and it slowly opened. The door was made of very heavy oak, overlaid by Rohirric filigree. The entire fortress was decorated in Rohirric stonework. There were two large trebuchet mounts on either of the two front corners of the fortress. Kira thought the fortress was glorious on the outside, but she hadn't seen the inside yet.
They walked in and Kira tried to stifle a gasp. Just inside the door on the right was a huge stable to house the many horses of her very own army. To the left was a large well to supply water to the people inside the fortress. In the center of the fortress was huge Citadel to house the captains of the army and to hold meetings of the army and to plan out battle strategies. A little further back was a large tavern for the army. In the back right corner was six large storehouses. In the back left corner was six large inn-like buildings to house either the army or the common people of a town or city during times of war. A few feet out from the left wall was a huge House of Healing. There was a large garden behind the House of Healing in which many different types of healing herbs were grown.
Several of the finest soldiers in the army were there, standing straight and proud before their head captain...Kira. Kira knew how head captains reviewed their troops, she had watched it being done before. She took up her place as head captain of these troops. She had her left hand wrapped around the hilt of the sword, which was hanging from her belt on her let side, and had her right hand rested on the end of the hilt. She walked up and down in front of her troops, inspecting them.
"They're in wonderful fighting condition." she said.
Elrohir and Elladnan then took her to see the stable. It was done in Rohirric style woodwork. It was very, very large on the inside. It had spacious stalls for each of the 36,000 horses owned by the army. It had two stories of stalls with a ramp leading up to the second floor. Even on the inside, it was richly decorated in Rohirric woodwork. At the back of the stable on the back wall was a large stable made especially for Kira's horse.
"This is wonderful." Kira said.
Her twin brothers then took her to the tavern. It was big enough to allow all 36,000 troops to have a wonderful time. It also was two stories high. It was decorated in Rohirric stonework. It had a huge, long bar with almost every type of ale, rum, and beer in Middle-Earth.
They then took her to the storage rooms. They were very spacious with plenty of room for all the weapons and supplies for the army. All six of them were made like that.
They then took her to the inn-like houses for the troops and possibly common people. They were each three stories high and had plenty of room for 6,000 troops each, and 2,000 common people each.
The smaller buildings dotted around the fortress was a large barracks to train new knights and squires. There was a large archery range for the soldiers to practice their shooting skills. There was also a huge farm to supply food to the troops and common people. A couple miles away was a huge ranch that housed many different types of cattle and herds and flocks of other farm animals to either slaughter for food or to sell. Also on the ranch was a huge marketplace to buy, sell, and trade goods. There was a huge building made especially for buying, selling, and trading animal hides, horns, meat, and either mounted or stuffed game animals. Overall, the entire fortress stretched over a plot of land that was 3,000 acres. They toured the building for marketing the game animal products last.
"Well, what do you think?" Elladan asked when the long tour was done.
Kira turned around, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"It's so wonderful, I don't deserve it." she said, flinging her arms around her two wonderful brothers, "Thank you so much!"
A/N: You better like this chapter! I worked very hard and for about two hours on it!
