Chapter 25: Minas Tirith
They climbed the many different levels of the tower until they reached the very top.
"Gandalf…the tree! That's the tree!"
"The Tree of the King. Lord Denethor, however, is not the King. He is the Steward of Gondor. The leader until the King returns," Before they entered the tower, Gandalf turned to Pippin. "Listen to me: Denethor is Boromir's father. Don't say a thing about his death to his father. Actually…just keep your mouth shut and everything should be alright."
Pippin only blinked and followed him into the marble throne room. At the center was a high throne, at the feet of the staircase was another chair, in which sat a frail man.
"Hail Denethor, Lord and Steward of Gondor."
The man didn't answer. "We bring you news of war—"
"Did you come to tell me, as well, that my son is dead?" The man whimpered, holding up two halves of a horn. Boromir's horn. Gandalf blinked.
Now what?
"Yes, now what, Harry?"
Why do you do this to me?
"Boromir died protecting me and a friend of mine," Pippin said. Gandalf's jaw tightened. "I am forever in your service my Lord, as repayment to the debt I owe Boromir."
"Get up, you fool!" Gandalf hissed. "There will be time to greive later, Denethor. As Steward of this city, you are meant to protect the people. Where are Gondor's armies?"
Denethor stood and glared at Gandalf. "I guess you would know about that. With your right hand you plan to help me, hence your left hopes to betray me. I have seen that Aragorn, son of Arathorn. I tell you now that I will not back down and bow to a Ranger from the North."
Gandalf snarled. "You are in no position to deny the return of the King, Steward."
"The rule of Gondor is MINE and no others!" Denethor shouted before sitting down again.
Gandalf seethed. "Come on, Pippin." Pippin followed Gandalf like a pet dog to a different room, but Pippin dared not to speak, not wanting Gandalf to lash out at him.
I know that this chapter was really short, but I wasn't sure what to add. The rest of it would have been in Pippin's POV and I wanna keep it in Gandalf/Harry's POV as much as possible.