I don't own anything even remotely well written as the Lord of the rings,
or the beautiful song sung by enya.
Thank you again Kalythianna. You are totally awesome. This chapter is for
you again. Ok the last few lines of the last chapter aren't really supposed
to make sense because he's drunk and drunks don't exactly make sense.
Anyway. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Eomer
I woke up to the sound of laughter outside my room. It made my head ache. I rolled
over and stared at the spinning of the ceiling. Slowly the world stopped spinning and I
was able to get up without emptying my stomach on the floor. I stumbled from my
room down the stairs and outside. I squinted in the sunlight and waited for my eyes
to adjust then I looked around the big yard outside and saw Covren and Eowyn sitting
wrapped in blankets while Faramir entertained them with stories. I stumbled over to
them.
"Eomer. Goodmorning." Covren said. I waved my hand at her as a dismissal.
"Eomer." Eowyn asked. " Are you allright?" I nodded.
"Faramir." I said walking up to him. "What happened last night?" He smiled.
"Oh you just told me all about the girl that used to be a man and the girl that you had
and didn't even know about." He trailed off. I groaned and pinched my nose. Faramir
laughed.
"Eomer." Eowyn said I turned to her. "You should ahve told us about Covren along
time ago." She said. I looked at the afore mentioned. She sat there looking innocent.
Damn it. I thought.
"Why do you say that?" I asked. She smiled.
"She is rather entertaining with her stories of across the sea." Eowyn said. I looked
at Covren and turned my head slightly in confusion. She smiled.
"I wasn't lying about that." She said. Eowyn and Faramir looked at her. Covren
turned to them.
"You see I pretended to be a boy for a while so that I might travel freely." She said.
"Eomer is angry because I didn't tell him I was a girl." Eowyn and Faramir turned to
me.
"Why not?" Eowyn said. "I pretended to be a boy and saved a whole army." I
groaned. Theses two woman were trying to ruin me.
"Really." Covren said leaning forward.
"Yes. " Eowyn said. "Only he won't admit it." She said jerking her head in my
direction. I gasped.
"I won't admit that you saved an entire army?" I repeated. Eowyn smiled and nodded.
"When did I deny this?"
"When first I saw you after the war." She said.
"She's right Eomer." Feramir said looking at me. "I was there. You marched right up
to her and demanded to know what in the middle earth she was doing dressed as a
soldier." I glared at Faramir.
"Thank you for supporting me." I said sarcastically. He smiled and nodded.
"Anytime." He said. I groaned and shook my head.
"Eomer." Covren said concerned. "Are you allright?" I glared at her. How dare she
ask me how I was after she had lied to me.
"Don't concern your self with me lady." I said rudely. A look of hurt crossed her face
and I felt remorse fill me. She stood and started to walk away. Eowyn gave me a hard
look. I started after her.
"Covren." I called she stopped and turned to me.
"No Eomer." She said looking at the ground. "I deserved that. Please excuse me my
lady. My lord."She turned to Eowyn and Faramir and bowed. Then she turned and
walked away. I stood there staring after her.
"Eomer." Eowyn growled. I grimaced and turned. "How blockheaded can you be."
She cried. She rose and stomped past me. FAramir looked at me with a guilty, giddy
expression. If that is possible.
"Well I'd say that you made a mess of that one." He said. He walked over and patted
me on the back. "A real mess." He walked after the two woman. I sighed, closed my
eyes, and pinched the bridge of my nose. This day was not going well.
Covren
A baby's cry drew me from my room to the one given to Eowyn for her children. I
pushed the door open and saw a maid trying to calm Denethor. I smiled, wiped my
eyes, and walked over to her.
"Here. Give him to me." I said extending my arms to take him. The maid smiled
relieved and handed the baby to me. I cradled him in my arms.
"Oh, oh." I crooned to him. He sniffled and stared up at me out of big blue eyes. I
looked up at the maid.
"You may go. I will watch him." She bowed and left quickly. I watched her go then I
turned and gently rocked the babe. He still sniffled and gave an occasionally hiccup
but he had quieted. I sang a song to him that I had learned when I was young. I
looked into the cradle holding Theoden and saw that he was staring up at me wide
eyed. I giggled and gently touched his chubby cheek with one hand. Their angel
faces comforted me. I carried Denethor to the window and looked out. The sun was
shining and birds chirped. The fresh snow from the night before glistened in the field
outside the steading. The song bubbled up inside me again.
" When the cold of winter comes."I sang. " Starless nights will cover day. In the
veiling of the sun. We will walk in bitter rain. But in dreams------ . I can hear----- your
name-----. And in dreams------ we will meet------ again--------. When the sea and
mountains--- fall and we come--- to end of days-------. In the dark I hear a call.. Calling
me there------. I will go there and back again-----." I finished the song. Fresh tears
falling down my cheeks and wetting the baby's blanket as I stared out at the snow.
"That was beautiful." I heard behind me. I turned and saw Eowyn. I smiled and dried
my tears hastily with one hand.
"Thank you." I said with a laugh. Eowyn walked up and took the baby from me. "My
mother used to sing it to me." I told her. She smiled sadly and nodded. I walked over
to the crib and looked down at Theoden.
"They are truly beautiful." I told her.
"Thank you." She said. I sighed and looked down away from the baby. A silence.
"Please do not be cross with him." Eowyn said after a while. I looked up at her. "He
does not mean to offend."
"I know. I am not angry with him." I told her. " It is he who should be angry." She
looked at me questioningly.
"I told you I pretended to be a boy. Well. "I looked away from her." I lied to him to
gain acceptance and favor. He found out I was girl in a very bad way. I wished to tell
him myself when I thought the time was right. But chance decided different." Eowyn
nodded. I was surprised. I had expected her to be angry with me for lying to her
brother. Instead she nodded like she understood.
"He is angry with you." She said. I picked up Theoden who had begun to get restless
just laying there. "But people mend. Give him time and he will come around." I smiled
at her and then turned my attention to the baby.
I was surprised to find myself seated at Eomer's table that night for the banquet in
Eowyns honor. I had walked in and expected to stand and server but Eomer had
seen me and smiled and waved me over. Confused I did as he had bidden. At the
head of the table he put his hand on my back and smiled at the crowd. Many people
were there. Fear froze me in place.
"As many of you already know this is lady Covren." He said to the silenced crowed.
"She has come to us in a rather strange way but we welcome her just the same."
The whole room raised their glasses to me and cried out. "Welcome lady Covren." I
smiled shyly and then allowed myself to be lead to my seat. I was to sit next to
Eowyn. I knew that this was his way of apologizing. I smiled. I would have to thank
him later.
Eomer
I woke up to the sound of laughter outside my room. It made my head ache. I rolled
over and stared at the spinning of the ceiling. Slowly the world stopped spinning and I
was able to get up without emptying my stomach on the floor. I stumbled from my
room down the stairs and outside. I squinted in the sunlight and waited for my eyes
to adjust then I looked around the big yard outside and saw Covren and Eowyn sitting
wrapped in blankets while Faramir entertained them with stories. I stumbled over to
them.
"Eomer. Goodmorning." Covren said. I waved my hand at her as a dismissal.
"Eomer." Eowyn asked. " Are you allright?" I nodded.
"Faramir." I said walking up to him. "What happened last night?" He smiled.
"Oh you just told me all about the girl that used to be a man and the girl that you had
and didn't even know about." He trailed off. I groaned and pinched my nose. Faramir
laughed.
"Eomer." Eowyn said I turned to her. "You should ahve told us about Covren along
time ago." She said. I looked at the afore mentioned. She sat there looking innocent.
Damn it. I thought.
"Why do you say that?" I asked. She smiled.
"She is rather entertaining with her stories of across the sea." Eowyn said. I looked
at Covren and turned my head slightly in confusion. She smiled.
"I wasn't lying about that." She said. Eowyn and Faramir looked at her. Covren
turned to them.
"You see I pretended to be a boy for a while so that I might travel freely." She said.
"Eomer is angry because I didn't tell him I was a girl." Eowyn and Faramir turned to
me.
"Why not?" Eowyn said. "I pretended to be a boy and saved a whole army." I
groaned. Theses two woman were trying to ruin me.
"Really." Covren said leaning forward.
"Yes. " Eowyn said. "Only he won't admit it." She said jerking her head in my
direction. I gasped.
"I won't admit that you saved an entire army?" I repeated. Eowyn smiled and nodded.
"When did I deny this?"
"When first I saw you after the war." She said.
"She's right Eomer." Feramir said looking at me. "I was there. You marched right up
to her and demanded to know what in the middle earth she was doing dressed as a
soldier." I glared at Faramir.
"Thank you for supporting me." I said sarcastically. He smiled and nodded.
"Anytime." He said. I groaned and shook my head.
"Eomer." Covren said concerned. "Are you allright?" I glared at her. How dare she
ask me how I was after she had lied to me.
"Don't concern your self with me lady." I said rudely. A look of hurt crossed her face
and I felt remorse fill me. She stood and started to walk away. Eowyn gave me a hard
look. I started after her.
"Covren." I called she stopped and turned to me.
"No Eomer." She said looking at the ground. "I deserved that. Please excuse me my
lady. My lord."She turned to Eowyn and Faramir and bowed. Then she turned and
walked away. I stood there staring after her.
"Eomer." Eowyn growled. I grimaced and turned. "How blockheaded can you be."
She cried. She rose and stomped past me. FAramir looked at me with a guilty, giddy
expression. If that is possible.
"Well I'd say that you made a mess of that one." He said. He walked over and patted
me on the back. "A real mess." He walked after the two woman. I sighed, closed my
eyes, and pinched the bridge of my nose. This day was not going well.
Covren
A baby's cry drew me from my room to the one given to Eowyn for her children. I
pushed the door open and saw a maid trying to calm Denethor. I smiled, wiped my
eyes, and walked over to her.
"Here. Give him to me." I said extending my arms to take him. The maid smiled
relieved and handed the baby to me. I cradled him in my arms.
"Oh, oh." I crooned to him. He sniffled and stared up at me out of big blue eyes. I
looked up at the maid.
"You may go. I will watch him." She bowed and left quickly. I watched her go then I
turned and gently rocked the babe. He still sniffled and gave an occasionally hiccup
but he had quieted. I sang a song to him that I had learned when I was young. I
looked into the cradle holding Theoden and saw that he was staring up at me wide
eyed. I giggled and gently touched his chubby cheek with one hand. Their angel
faces comforted me. I carried Denethor to the window and looked out. The sun was
shining and birds chirped. The fresh snow from the night before glistened in the field
outside the steading. The song bubbled up inside me again.
" When the cold of winter comes."I sang. " Starless nights will cover day. In the
veiling of the sun. We will walk in bitter rain. But in dreams------ . I can hear----- your
name-----. And in dreams------ we will meet------ again--------. When the sea and
mountains--- fall and we come--- to end of days-------. In the dark I hear a call.. Calling
me there------. I will go there and back again-----." I finished the song. Fresh tears
falling down my cheeks and wetting the baby's blanket as I stared out at the snow.
"That was beautiful." I heard behind me. I turned and saw Eowyn. I smiled and dried
my tears hastily with one hand.
"Thank you." I said with a laugh. Eowyn walked up and took the baby from me. "My
mother used to sing it to me." I told her. She smiled sadly and nodded. I walked over
to the crib and looked down at Theoden.
"They are truly beautiful." I told her.
"Thank you." She said. I sighed and looked down away from the baby. A silence.
"Please do not be cross with him." Eowyn said after a while. I looked up at her. "He
does not mean to offend."
"I know. I am not angry with him." I told her. " It is he who should be angry." She
looked at me questioningly.
"I told you I pretended to be a boy. Well. "I looked away from her." I lied to him to
gain acceptance and favor. He found out I was girl in a very bad way. I wished to tell
him myself when I thought the time was right. But chance decided different." Eowyn
nodded. I was surprised. I had expected her to be angry with me for lying to her
brother. Instead she nodded like she understood.
"He is angry with you." She said. I picked up Theoden who had begun to get restless
just laying there. "But people mend. Give him time and he will come around." I smiled
at her and then turned my attention to the baby.
I was surprised to find myself seated at Eomer's table that night for the banquet in
Eowyns honor. I had walked in and expected to stand and server but Eomer had
seen me and smiled and waved me over. Confused I did as he had bidden. At the
head of the table he put his hand on my back and smiled at the crowd. Many people
were there. Fear froze me in place.
"As many of you already know this is lady Covren." He said to the silenced crowed.
"She has come to us in a rather strange way but we welcome her just the same."
The whole room raised their glasses to me and cried out. "Welcome lady Covren." I
smiled shyly and then allowed myself to be lead to my seat. I was to sit next to
Eowyn. I knew that this was his way of apologizing. I smiled. I would have to thank
him later.