A/N: Sorry . . .another cliffhanger. (I'm running to hide from the rotten tomatoes being thrown at me.) I swear the next part isn't a cliffhanger.
Part 11
So yelde ned naar was real, Haldir thought. Galadriel had told him and others about the Daughter of Heaven's Fire but he didn't think she would really exist. He thought she was just a tale to give the Fellowship hope. They were told she wouldn't be as strong as Gandalf, Sarumon or Sauron but she was a powerful wizard in her own right. The tale was, when her magick and Gandalf's were united they could defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.
Haldir looked over to his left to where she was standing near Aragorn and Legolas. She would be put through trial of fire in this battle. He hoped Galadriel was right in how much power she had.
Willow nervously looked out over the plain at the thousands of Uruk-hai. She hoped her magick would be enough until Gandalf came. She looked up and down the wall to see how the citizens of Rohan were doing when faced with these odds.
Aragorn saw the look of fear in the citizen's faces. Theoden and Eowyn were on the other side. He needed to rally those around him. He gave Willow's hand a squeeze and raised his sword.
Legolas saw Aragorn raise his sword, "You're friends are with you."
"Let's hope they last the night." Gimli mumbled.
Aragorn looks over to the Uruk-hai and then back to the people, "Show them no mercy, for they will show you none."
Gimli hops up, "What is happening out there?"
Legolas smirked as he looks over to his friend, "Would you like a box or shall I describe it to you?"
Eodwor's arm was getting tired. It had been years since he had been in a battle. It seemed like hours since he picked up this bow and arrow. His arm began to shake from the tension and then he watched in horror was the arrow flies from his bow.
Aragorn couldn't believe when he saw an arrow fly from the Helm's Deep straight into a Uruk-hai. "HOLD!"
There was an eerie silence and then an unearthly roar as the Uruk-hai charge the keep.
Haladir whispers, "So it begins."
Legolas yells, "Their armor is weak at the neck and under the arm."
Aragorn yells down the line, "Fire!"
Willow lets two arrows fly and hits her targets.
"Keep firing."
Willow grabs more arrows to fire when she hears someone yelling, "Ladders!"
Gimli swings his axe in anticipation, "Good."
The Uruk-hai set the ladders against the wall and they begin to climb. Gimli attacks two as they climb over the wall. "That's two."
Legolas smiles at his friend as he fires two more, "That's nineteen."
Willow throws down her bow and pulls on the energy of the Earth. A fireball appears in the palm of her hand just before she throws it at some oncoming Uruk-hai.
"Is that all you've got Saruman?" Theoden yells.
"Oh he shouldn't have said that." Willow mumbles as she throws more fireballs.
Aragorn turns to make sure Willow is safe and smiles when he sees her throw her fireballs. He turns back to the battle and watches as the men and women of Rohan fight with courage. They are all holding their own and they might win this battle yet.
Out of the corner of his eye he sees a flame. He quickly goes to the wall and sees an Uruk-hai holding what looks like a torch running towards them.
He frantically calls over his shoulder, "Kill him, Kill him Legolas, Kill him."
Legolas quickly dispatches arrow after arrow. He watches in horror as the Uruk-hai keeps running even though he has been severely wounded.
The Uruk-hai throws the torch that also houses gunpowder toward the gate. A massive explosion hits tearing down part of the wall and taking some lives.
Theoden sees Saruman's army begin to crowd through the hole in the wall. "Brace the gate. Hold them back!"
Aragorn turns back to Gimli, Legolas and Willow, "Prepare to charge." He turns to Haldir and the Elves, "Hado i philinn! Herio!" Hurl the arrows! Charge!
They all charge at the Uruk-hai. Legolas grabs a shield and stands on it as it glides down the stairs firing arrows as he approaches the Uruk-hai below. Willow watches in awe, he is so going to show me these little tricks if we get out of this.
Mumbling incantations she teleports some of the Orcs away. Moving stone with her mind she crushes some of the Uruk-hai as they try to enter Helm's Deep.
Theoden yells down at Aragron, "Pull back to the gate!"
Aragorn nods and yells to Haldir, "Na Barad! Na Barad! Haldir! Na Barad!" To the Keep! To the Keep, Haldir! To the Keep!
Haldir nods and tries to drag Gimli away.
"What are you doing?"
"To the Keep, Gimli." Legolas yells as he makes his way back.
Willow continues throwing fire when she hears Aragorn yell, "HALDIR!" She turns and sees Haldir fall. She quickly rushes to his side.
"NO! You are not going to die, dammit." Willow places her hand over Haldir's wound.
Aragorn watches in horror as Orcs approach Willow and Haldir. They are too far away for him to do anything. Willow's head is suddenly thrown back and her red hair blows in the unnatural wind. She turns unseeing eyes to the Orcs and with a wave of her hand they are all thrown back.
She turns back to Haldir who is shakily getting to his feet. She places his arm around her shoulder and with Legolas firing arrows at the oncoming army they make their way to the Keep.
Aragorn takes Haldir away from Willow and pulls her into his arms. "Don't ever do that again."
"What? Save Haldir?"
"No, scare me like that!"
Gimli joins them, "How did you do that, Willow?"
"Do what? Save Haldir? I used Earth's magick like I healed Aragorn in Rohan."
"NO, how did you make the Orcs fly away from you when you were healing Haldir?"
"I don't know. I just looked up and saw them coming. I was angry and frustrated and then I felt my power growing and crackling around me. I waved my hand and poof they flew."
Theoden quickly approaches issuing orders, "To the gate! Draw your swords!"
One of the warriors turns back, "We can't hold them much longer."
The army on the other side of the gate is using a battering ram to try to break it down.
Aragorn stands by Theoden, "How long do you need?"
Looking around at the men and women who fought bravely he answers, "As long as you can give me."
"Gimli."
Gimli follows Aragorn as they leave through a side door. Aragorn peers around the corner and sees many Orcs trying to enter the gate.
"Come on. We can take them."
Aragorn gives a small smile to Gimli. "It's a long way."
Gimli leans around Aragorn to judge the distance. With a sigh he says, "Toss me."
"What?"
"You heard me, toss me. Just don't tell the elf."
Aragorn grabs Gimli and tosses him into the fray. He jumps the gap and joins him. They kill as many as they can until they hear Theoden yell down, "Gimli, Aragorn get out of there."
"Easier said than done." Gimli grumbles and kills another Orc.
"Aragorn"
Aragorn looks up to see Legolas throw down a rope. He grabs the dangling rope and throws his arm around Gimli. Legolas and Haldir begin to pull them up. Willow stands off to the side holding her hands out and chanting a protection spell. The Uruk-hai hurl spears toward Aragorn and Gimli but they are deflected off of Willow's protective shield.
Theoden approaches and lays a comforting hand on Aragorn's shoulder. "Get them inside. Come, to the keep!" Theoden leads them back inside. "The fortress is taken. It is over."
