Cast Out

Disclaimer- I do not own any of the "Lord of the Rings" characters from the book trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien or the movie trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. I do, however, own Thalyin and Lady Jenece and others you don't recognize. Based on both the books and the movies, so you'll see things from both.

Summary- Thalyin is the daughter Lord Denethor never knew he had. When she is pulled into the destruction of the One Ring, she meets interesting people who can answer the questions to her past... and her future. LegolasOC, ÉomerOC, OCOC

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LOTRlover1066- I tried to make the last chapter answer a few questions and bring up a few more. I'm glad that you thought that it was interesting.

KillerRubberDuckiesR-J- Yes, Wargs and their riders are evil. You will see very soon if Aragorn 'dies' or not. I'm happy that you liked the chapter, it's okay that you didn't review earlier. Car crash? That's really bad, I know some people who were greatly injured in car crashes.

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Thal was walking between Legolas and Anwanir, though she stood closer to Legolas. Behind them, Gimli was sitting on a horse, that was being led by Éowyn, and he was ranting about Dwarf women. "It's true, you don't see many Dwarf women. And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance that they are often mistaken for Dwarf men."

Éowyn looked back to Aragorn, "It's the beards." He whispered as he pretended to stroke a long beard. Éowyn turned away and tried to hid the fact that she was laughing. Legolas, Anwanir, and Thal each let out a snort of laughter, but subdued them as Gimli continued.

"And this, in turn, has given rise to the belief that there are no Dwarf women, and that dwarves just spring out of the ground." Éowyn laughed with Gimli, "Which, of course, is ridiculous. AH!" He called out as the horse he was ridding on took off running and he fell. Éowyn ran to him, "It's all right, it's all right! Nobody panic. That was deliberate, it was deliberate!" Thal shook her head.

"Ah, dwarves, such stubborn creatures." Anwanir whispered. Legolas laughed and agreed with him. Thal, however, elbowed him in the ribs and shook her head at him, "What?"

"Dwarves aren't the only ones." She snapped back. Anwanir looked into her eyes, wondering why she was acting so strangely, but he saw no answers. Thal jerked forward as her legs stopped moving. She looked down and saw a familiar child attached to her, "Anwanir?"

Anwanir followed her gaze downward, "Tarí!" He called, "I think you lost something." He finished in elvish. "Táranis, will you please let go of her?" The small girl shook her head, "Why not?"

"She's pretty! I like her." Thalyin closed her eyes and smiled, still rather confused why she had a child latched onto the lower half of her body. "Hello, who are you?" She asked Legolas.

He stood there astounded that whoever this girl was had so bluntly asked that question, "Táranis!" A female voice called. "What have I told you about wandering off?" She asked as Táranis let go of Thalyin and ran to her, "I'm very sorry about this."

"It's nothing, Tarí. No harm done." Thalyin nodded, "I believe that you have already met Thalyin, correct?" Tarí nodded as well, "This is my oldest friend, Legolas. I don't think that I ever introduced you."

"It's a pleasure." Tarí replied as Legolas looked dumbfounded. "It's getting dark, I think that we will be stopping soon." She left and Thal and Anwanir rolled their eyes at their friend. Well, that wasn't obvious at all. Anwanir placed his hand on Legolas' back and pushed him forward.

"She's right." Thalyin said, "Look, Théoden is stopping and having the soldiers make a camp." Anwanir nodded and looked around at all the families setting up mini-camps and huddling together. He sat next to a large rock and offered her a spot next to him, "I'm probably going to go with Ireth and everyone else. To talk and get to know them."

"Oh." Anwanir replied, somewhat hurt, "Of course. That is to be expected, they are your family after all." Thal waved good-bye and walked off. "What is the matter with her?" He asked himself. "What makes her fear to be with me for more the a moment or two?"

"Maybe she knows that you are keeping something from her." Legolas said as he sat down next to Anwanir, "She can sense when you lie, she knows that there is something different about you." Anwanir shook his head, knowing that Legolas was probably right, as usual. Annoying, stuffy, overbearing know-it-all. "You need to tell her the truth! If you don't you will drive her away, into another man's arms. You will lose your chance."

"No, Legolas, we have been through this before." Anwanir sighed and placed his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands, "I can't put Thal through something like that. I won't tell her for her own good."

"Hers, or yours?" Legolas asked bitterly; so much so that it surprised Anwanir, "Do you not tell her because you care about her, or because you fear that she will feel the same? You can not tell her because you don't want to watch her grow old and die, is that it?" Anwanir sputtered in his response, letting Legolas know that he was right, "Anwanir, do you want to lose her, and regret it for eternity? Or do you want to spend as much time as possible with her when you have the chance?" Legolas stood up and walked away in a huffy manner. He was right, Anwanir could tell that Thalyin knew something, no matter how much he wanted to deny it. But how could she? Surely Legolas didn't tell her, he never told anyone any business that he had been told secretly.

He looked over towards Thal, she was sitting and laughing with Ireth and Éowyn. One would think that they did not have a care nor worry, if it wasn't for the shadow lurking in their eyes. He saw their lips moving minimally, as to not disturb any of the people surrounding them.

"They are frightened." Éowyn mumbled, "The children will not sleep." She shook her head, "No one will have to strength for the remainder of the journey." Ireth nodded in agreement.

"My father has been having strange feelings since we left Edora." She replied, "He is worried about something, but refuses to tell anyone what is the matter. Men, always so stubborn."

"Yes, they are." Thal muttered.

"Thalyin..."

"Thal, just Thal." She corrected, "It was what my mother and friends called me. And my brother." Ireth's eyes widened at top speed, "From before my mother met my father."

"Okay, Thal." Ireth said. She smiled but turned her attention behind Thal, "Father?" She asked. Thal turned around to see what Ireth was looking at, and saw that Amrod was doubled over in pain, while Théoden, Nienna, Maranwë, and Nolofinwë looked on in shock, horror, and confusion. "Father?" Ireth asked again as she ran over to him.

"Ireth?" Thalyin asked as she and Éowyn ran over with her. She followed Ireth's lead and tried to comfort him and calm him down. At the same moment, both of their hands touched the scar on his chest and the other's hand, sending both of them into a strange state, both seeing the same flash in their minds.

A tall, dangerous, and immensely ugly man was speaking to Saruman in a dimly lit tunnel. He grabbed a large sword out of the air, and smiled deviously. The sword was being sharpened to an outrageous point, and the man snapped the neck of the orc that was doing so, because he wasn't sharpening the sword fast enough.

Both girls called out as they were thrown backwards from Amrod by some magical force, sending them Ireth into a soft spot of grass, and Thal into a soft spot of mud. "Oh, brilliant!" Thal grumbled as she stood up and walked back over to the group. Amrod stood, as he was perfectly fine, "Did you see that as well?"

"Yes, what just happened?" Ireth asked. "Father?" Amrod was just as confused, but he hadn't seen anything. "I think I need to go rest, excuse me." Thalyin nodded and followed.

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"Where is she?" Éowyn asked Aragorn as they were continuing the walk to Helm's Deep. Aragorn looked over to her, "The women who gave you that jewel?" She finished pointing out the Evenstar that was hanging around Aragorn's neck. Thal perked up her ears to hear his relpy. Aragorn seemed to go into a flash back of some sort, prompting Éowyn to ask again, "My Lord?"

"She is sailing to the undying lands with what is left of her kin." He replied somberly.

Thalyin scoffed and angrily muttered, "Of course she has! And then Gimli will start wearing a dress and trying to convince everyone that he is an elf maiden!" Legolas, Anwanir, and Tarí laughed. Táranis shifted in her sleep on Anwanir's back, "What? You know it is the truth. There is more chance of people believing that Gimli is an elf maiden then of Arwen not coming back!"

"That may be true Thal, but..." Legolas started, "Wait a minute." He mumbled as he saw Gamling and Háma ride ahead, "I'll be right back." He ran up ahead as well and soon came back. Aragorn saw and raced past them, "A scout!" Legolas called to Aragorn.

Aragorn rushed back to the group, "What is it? What do you see?" Théoden asked.

"Wargs!" Aragorn called back, "We are under attack. Over here!" The Rohirrim began screaming all around them. Éowyn handed Aragorn a horse, "Warg attack!" He called again.

"All riders to the head of the column!" Théoden called. Anwanir handed Táranis off to Tarí, and swung himself onto Shadow Breaker. Thal ran off towards the battle before anyone could stop her. She raced passed Amord and Nolofinwë, who were getting on their own horses.

Gimli, Thal noticed, was having a hard time with his horse, "Come on, get me up here. I'm a rider."

Thal made her way to Legolas' and Anwanir's sides before the riders got in front of her, "Well, this is what he sent?" Thal said. She pulled out her bow and arrows, following the elves lead, and shot down several orcs and Wargs. The calvary came up behind them and Leoglas raised himself onto Gimli's horse, in front of Gimli. Thal began to run forward, but Shadow Breaker grabbed a hold of her shirt with his teeth. Thal rolled her eyes and took Anwanir's outstretched hand. She landed behind him, "If we don't die, remember to remind me that I hate this horse."

"At least he hasn't bitten you!" Anwanir exclaimed as the riders ran their horses toward the Wargs and their riders. As the riders clash, Thal jumped off of Shadow Breaker and Gimli fell off of the horse that he was sharing with Legolas. Thal pulled out her sai's and began to fight.

She stabbed a charging Warg in the chest with one and slit the throat of it's rider with the other. Thal looked back, seeing Gimli ready his axe as a riderless Warg approached, "Bring your pretty face to my axe." He growled. Thal quickly placed her sai's back in her belt and pulled out her bow and arrows again. She shot at an orc that had engaged itself in a battle with Amrod. He smiled in thanks and Thal looked just in time to see Legolas kill the riderless Warg that Gimli was pursuing, "That one counts as mine!" He yelled.

In the distance Shadow Breaker whinnied causing Thal to look over and see a riderless horse surrounded by Wargs; he was stomping on the Wargs in an attempt to get free. Thalyin sighed and shot at the Wargs, taking special care to not hit the insane horse that resided inside their circle. She pulled out her throwing knives and threw them in the back of the skulls of two of the nasty creatures. With a flick of her arms, Thal pulled her knives out of the Wargs heads and swung herself onto Shadow Breaker's back. After killing the remainder of the horse tormenting Wargs, Thal whispered, "What makes me hate you makes me love you." He whinnied again and ran off towards were Anwanir was fighting an orc and not noticing the orc behind him that was ready to chop off his head. Thal slid off of Shadow Breaker and stabbed the orc in the throat as Anwanir turned around.

"Lose something?" She asked, indicating the horse that was standing behind her and stomping on an immobile Warg.

"Thanks." Thal shrugged and threw her sai's passed Anwanir's head and into the stomach of an orc and the mouth of a Warg. She grimaced as she ran and pulled them out of the creatures. "Do you know something I don't?" Anwanir asked his horse. Shadow Breaker fluttered his lips as Anwanir jumped on and rode back towards the remainder of the battle.

Thal stood on top of a large boulder and saw Aragorn fighting with an orc and fall from his horse. As he stood up, a Warg passed and he grabbed a hold of it and jumped on its back. He head butted the rider and fell to the ground, but got his hand caught on the rigging of the Warg. He stabbed the rider and it feel off, but Thal saw that the Warg was running at full speed towards a cliff. She raced towards him and sliced off the rigging with her sai's, but not in time, and she dropped the sai's on the ground. Aragorn, the Warg, and Thalyin were pulled over the side of the cliff. The Warg fell all the way to the water, but Thal grabbed a hold of the bottom of a protruding rock, and Aragorn caught her other hand, pulling the hand holding the rock into a painful position. Blood started to drip down her arm as she tried to pull him upwards, but the blood and sweat on their hands made it impossible.

Above them Legolas, Gimli, and Anwanir were yelling for them. The pain in her hand was growing as blood dripped down onto her other hand. Finally, she lost her grip and Aragorn fell into the water with an inaudible splash. Thal tightly closed her eyes as he fell. She figured that someone had to look over the cliff, but as she was hidden by the rock that she was clinging to life on, it wouldn't matter. Thal felt tears run down her cheeks as she clearly and undeniably heard, "Get the wounded on horses. The wolves of Isengard will return. Leave the dead. Come."

Thal pulled all of the strength that she had left into a collective strength. Gripping the rock with both hands, she pulled herself up so that she fit her feet into a crack in the rock, and climbed.

Not knowing that Thalyin was alive, the group of remaining soldiers, including Amrod and Nolofinwë, walked off in the direction of Helm's Deep. Anwanir was leading Shadow Breaker, until the horse started bucking and trying to get away, "Shadow Breaker, calm down." He whispered in elvish, trying and failing to not attract everyone's attention, "Shh, I know, I don't want it to be true either." Shadow Breaker shook his head and ran off, finally getting away from Anwanir. Sighing heavily, Anwanir followed and saw his horse at the edge of the cliff with something in his mouth. When the horse pulled back, Anwanir saw what it was, "Thal!" He cried out, catching more attention then before. He ran off towards her as Legolas and Gimli followed.

Anwanir kneeled next to her and placed her head on his legs. Legolas and Gimli kneeled next to Anwanir, "I dropped him." She muttered, disbelievingly, "I couldn't hold on. I dropped him." Anwanir wiped a tear from her cheek, "I should have held on." Next to her were the sai's that she had dropped. Anwanir held them to her hand and she grasped them.

"Legolas, help me get her up." Anwanir said. Legolas stood up and held onto her arms as Anwanir pushed on her back to get her to stand up. Anwanir whistled, "Shadow Breaker," The horse came back over, "Good job, mellon nîn." He whispered as he patted Shadow Breaker in the nose.

"Anwanir, we need to get her out of here." Legolas told him. Anwanir nodded and he and Legolas pushed her onto Shadow Breaker, with help from Gimli and Thal herself. "Let's go, we don't want to get to far behind."

"Of course." Anwanir replied as he led Shadow Breaker. Legolas and Gimli watched carefully to make sure that Thalyin wouldn't fall off. They quickly caught up to the remaining riders.

"She's alive!" One of them whispered as he saw them coming, "I saw her fall off the cliff, but she is alive." Amrod and Nolofinwë looked back on shock. Mutters of amazement broke out and they passed.

"That is no ordinary women." Amrod said proudly as he watched Thal pass him.