Aragorn rode over the grassy plains of Isengard and crossed the river of Isen,only stopping a short while to wander through Saruman's tower without getting caught.
Borboro neighed at him and he mounted his horse and within hours he arrived just outside of Rivendell.To go in would be a mistake,surely for the good will of himself.But if he camped outside the elves would be sure to find him and call him a worker for Sauron or an orc spy.
"Ride on,Borboro,"he whispered."Go which way you feel,either way I will follow."His horse neighed and began a slow trot torwards Rivendell.
Aragorn had no choice but to let his horse take him into the elven city of Rivendell.If he was lucky Elrond and Arwen would not recognize him.
"Be quiet,Borboro and I will see if we may stay the night in Rivendell,"Aragorn chirrped.His horse nodded and walked through the city.Many of the elves stopped and stared at Aragorn as he walked and many others walked up to Borboro and shook Aragorn's hand.
*The house of Elrond*
"Lord Elrond!"an elf shouted."A man has entered our citadel and is looking for some place to board for the night."
"Bring this man to me,I wish to see him for myself,"Elrond said.The elf bowed and ran from the home.
*outside*
"Lord Elrond wishes to see you before giving you room to board,"the elf said.Aragorn nodded and jumped down from Borboro.
"As he wishes,"Aragorn replied following the elf into the home of Elrond."Lord Elrond."He bowed to the elf and waited to be called to his side.
"Come here,man,"he said."What is your name?"
"Strider,"he said."Cousin of Handleth the Ranger,he sends me here to board for the night before setting off to Brie in the morning,and then to the Shire to watch upon the Halflings."
"You may board in my home,my daughter is out for the night.You may sleep in her room,Strider Cousin of Handleth the Ranger.What of your parents?"
"They were murdered when I was young,too young to remember,"Aragorn said bowing his head,"I was taken in by an elven family here in Rivendell.I was turned out when I was fifteen.I then met Gandalf the Grey and he took me to the Fangorn Forest where I met with Handleth and the other rangers of the Wood.I am now a Ranger and wishing only but for a room for the night."
"Prince Legolas,"Elrond said to the elf."Take Strider to Lady Arwen's room to stay."
The blonde elf by the door nodded and led Aragorn to Arwen's room."You are not who you say you are?"Legolas asked.
"How would you know or even care?"Aragorn asked taking his cloak off and laying it on the bed.
"Because,Lord Elrond may have stayed from your mind but I always do enjoy seeing into a mortal's mind,"Legolas said with a sly smile."Your name is Aragorn,is it correct?You lived with Elrond many years ago and fell in love with Lady Arwen.No wonder he turned you out into the wild.Have a good night,Aragorn Heir of Islidor."
"Good night,Prince Legolas,"Aragorn said as the elf shut the door softly."He read my mind?"
Aragorn!"a voice shouted.He nearly leapt from his skin as he heard his name being shouted."Aragorn,come quickly!"
"Handleth?"he croaked.
"Trouble is brewing in the North we must get there,"Handleth said.He raced to Aragorn's bed and bowed to him.
"What about the hobbits?"Aragorn asked.
"Gandalf sends word that Bilbo has not left yet,but we must go,"Handleth said."When Bilbo leaves,Gandalf will tell us.Now come on,we must ride."
Aragorn put his clothes on and ran to Borboro."Aragorn!"a voice shouted."Aragorn!Here's mithril,put it on before you go into battle.Rivendell and the Rangers do not need to lose a king,"Legolas said bowing slightly to him.
"Thank you,Legolas,"Aragorn said."Ride Borboro!"The horse neighed in reply and galloped after Handleth and his horse,Nemariah.
The two Rangers rode until dawn on the plains before swtching to the forests."What kind if trouble is there,Handleth?"Aragorn asked as the horses slowed to a trot on the North side of the Fangorn Forest.
"Orcs,"Handleth sad."Tons of them attacked last night.Mirschkav and Linon were killed by them.The other Rangers went off to find help,and I was sent to get you by the order of Gondor."
"How many orcs did you kill off?"Aragorn asked.
"Only about ten,we did not have time to stick around and slaughter them,we needed help,"Handleth said.
Aragorn dismounted Borboro and pushed aside the bushes."Only ten?"He unsheathed his sword and walked into the orc camp.
At once fifteen orcs at the least attacked him and each one died with the pain of a sword being sliced through their neck."This is only a warm up!"Aragorn shouted to his friend as he cut the head off a particularly ugly orc.
"Only to you would it be that way!"Handleth shouted battling against three orcs.
In the distance a horn sounded off."The Riders of Rohan are near!"Handleth shouted."The others must have went to them!"
"The Riders?"Aragorn asked sticking his sword through the back of an orc."I thought they were not our allies!"
"Things change over time,Strider!"Handleth shouted.
The Riders of Rohan galloped in on their mighty horses,killing orcs by the dozen as they went."They took my practice away,"Aragorn joked to Handleth.
"The Rangers tell me of a king in these parts,"one of the riders said."Where is King Aragorn,supposedly the King of Gondor?"
"I am naught but a mere Ranger,"Aragorn said stepping forth."My name here is Strider."
The rider dismounted his horse and stood beside him."My Lord,"he said bowing to him."King Denethor has taken over the throne of Gondor as his father did before him.His sons;Boromir and Faramir are next in line unless you go to Gondor."
"What is your name,boy?"Aragorn asked.
"Eomer,"the rider said.
"Eomer is son of King Theodin,"Handleth said.
"So you are my Lord,not the other way around,"Aragorn said bowing to Eomer.
"Aragorn,"Eomer said sternly."With Sauron rising again with the power of the ring which resides in the Shire with a Hobbit Rohan and Gondor need your help."
"I have no help to give,"Aragorn said.
"Are you not the son of Arathorn?"Eomer asked."If you are you should be crowned king of Gondor to help us all through said times!"
"I have chosen exile!"Aragorn said sheathing his sword."I do not wish to become a king who has no authority when it comes to war!I wish to fight with the angers and stay a fighter till my death!"
"Come Aragorn,"Handleth said."Ride to Brie.You have work to do.Meenal,Gorschav,Leman ride with him!Strider,if you see the hobbits take them to Rivendell,stay in the wild or the Ringwreaths will get you.Ride strong and fast,do not stop!"
The four Rangers mounted their horses and rode off into the noon sun."They will not last,"Eomer said mounting his horse."Riders!Onward!"
Borboro neighed at him and he mounted his horse and within hours he arrived just outside of Rivendell.To go in would be a mistake,surely for the good will of himself.But if he camped outside the elves would be sure to find him and call him a worker for Sauron or an orc spy.
"Ride on,Borboro,"he whispered."Go which way you feel,either way I will follow."His horse neighed and began a slow trot torwards Rivendell.
Aragorn had no choice but to let his horse take him into the elven city of Rivendell.If he was lucky Elrond and Arwen would not recognize him.
"Be quiet,Borboro and I will see if we may stay the night in Rivendell,"Aragorn chirrped.His horse nodded and walked through the city.Many of the elves stopped and stared at Aragorn as he walked and many others walked up to Borboro and shook Aragorn's hand.
*The house of Elrond*
"Lord Elrond!"an elf shouted."A man has entered our citadel and is looking for some place to board for the night."
"Bring this man to me,I wish to see him for myself,"Elrond said.The elf bowed and ran from the home.
*outside*
"Lord Elrond wishes to see you before giving you room to board,"the elf said.Aragorn nodded and jumped down from Borboro.
"As he wishes,"Aragorn replied following the elf into the home of Elrond."Lord Elrond."He bowed to the elf and waited to be called to his side.
"Come here,man,"he said."What is your name?"
"Strider,"he said."Cousin of Handleth the Ranger,he sends me here to board for the night before setting off to Brie in the morning,and then to the Shire to watch upon the Halflings."
"You may board in my home,my daughter is out for the night.You may sleep in her room,Strider Cousin of Handleth the Ranger.What of your parents?"
"They were murdered when I was young,too young to remember,"Aragorn said bowing his head,"I was taken in by an elven family here in Rivendell.I was turned out when I was fifteen.I then met Gandalf the Grey and he took me to the Fangorn Forest where I met with Handleth and the other rangers of the Wood.I am now a Ranger and wishing only but for a room for the night."
"Prince Legolas,"Elrond said to the elf."Take Strider to Lady Arwen's room to stay."
The blonde elf by the door nodded and led Aragorn to Arwen's room."You are not who you say you are?"Legolas asked.
"How would you know or even care?"Aragorn asked taking his cloak off and laying it on the bed.
"Because,Lord Elrond may have stayed from your mind but I always do enjoy seeing into a mortal's mind,"Legolas said with a sly smile."Your name is Aragorn,is it correct?You lived with Elrond many years ago and fell in love with Lady Arwen.No wonder he turned you out into the wild.Have a good night,Aragorn Heir of Islidor."
"Good night,Prince Legolas,"Aragorn said as the elf shut the door softly."He read my mind?"
Aragorn!"a voice shouted.He nearly leapt from his skin as he heard his name being shouted."Aragorn,come quickly!"
"Handleth?"he croaked.
"Trouble is brewing in the North we must get there,"Handleth said.He raced to Aragorn's bed and bowed to him.
"What about the hobbits?"Aragorn asked.
"Gandalf sends word that Bilbo has not left yet,but we must go,"Handleth said."When Bilbo leaves,Gandalf will tell us.Now come on,we must ride."
Aragorn put his clothes on and ran to Borboro."Aragorn!"a voice shouted."Aragorn!Here's mithril,put it on before you go into battle.Rivendell and the Rangers do not need to lose a king,"Legolas said bowing slightly to him.
"Thank you,Legolas,"Aragorn said."Ride Borboro!"The horse neighed in reply and galloped after Handleth and his horse,Nemariah.
The two Rangers rode until dawn on the plains before swtching to the forests."What kind if trouble is there,Handleth?"Aragorn asked as the horses slowed to a trot on the North side of the Fangorn Forest.
"Orcs,"Handleth sad."Tons of them attacked last night.Mirschkav and Linon were killed by them.The other Rangers went off to find help,and I was sent to get you by the order of Gondor."
"How many orcs did you kill off?"Aragorn asked.
"Only about ten,we did not have time to stick around and slaughter them,we needed help,"Handleth said.
Aragorn dismounted Borboro and pushed aside the bushes."Only ten?"He unsheathed his sword and walked into the orc camp.
At once fifteen orcs at the least attacked him and each one died with the pain of a sword being sliced through their neck."This is only a warm up!"Aragorn shouted to his friend as he cut the head off a particularly ugly orc.
"Only to you would it be that way!"Handleth shouted battling against three orcs.
In the distance a horn sounded off."The Riders of Rohan are near!"Handleth shouted."The others must have went to them!"
"The Riders?"Aragorn asked sticking his sword through the back of an orc."I thought they were not our allies!"
"Things change over time,Strider!"Handleth shouted.
The Riders of Rohan galloped in on their mighty horses,killing orcs by the dozen as they went."They took my practice away,"Aragorn joked to Handleth.
"The Rangers tell me of a king in these parts,"one of the riders said."Where is King Aragorn,supposedly the King of Gondor?"
"I am naught but a mere Ranger,"Aragorn said stepping forth."My name here is Strider."
The rider dismounted his horse and stood beside him."My Lord,"he said bowing to him."King Denethor has taken over the throne of Gondor as his father did before him.His sons;Boromir and Faramir are next in line unless you go to Gondor."
"What is your name,boy?"Aragorn asked.
"Eomer,"the rider said.
"Eomer is son of King Theodin,"Handleth said.
"So you are my Lord,not the other way around,"Aragorn said bowing to Eomer.
"Aragorn,"Eomer said sternly."With Sauron rising again with the power of the ring which resides in the Shire with a Hobbit Rohan and Gondor need your help."
"I have no help to give,"Aragorn said.
"Are you not the son of Arathorn?"Eomer asked."If you are you should be crowned king of Gondor to help us all through said times!"
"I have chosen exile!"Aragorn said sheathing his sword."I do not wish to become a king who has no authority when it comes to war!I wish to fight with the angers and stay a fighter till my death!"
"Come Aragorn,"Handleth said."Ride to Brie.You have work to do.Meenal,Gorschav,Leman ride with him!Strider,if you see the hobbits take them to Rivendell,stay in the wild or the Ringwreaths will get you.Ride strong and fast,do not stop!"
The four Rangers mounted their horses and rode off into the noon sun."They will not last,"Eomer said mounting his horse."Riders!Onward!"