Covren
I woke up quickly and blinked in the new light of dawn. I looked groggily around the
room. Eomer was standing in the doorway. I sighed and closed my eyes and laid my
head back down.
"Goodmorning." I said. I heard him step into the room.
"Goodmorning." He said. I opened my eyes and watched him. He was leaning over
Denethors crib. "You look very sweet sitting like that." I smiled.
"Thank you." I said. He turned and leaned against the crib.
"I did not mean to wake you." He said.
"It's allright. I don't mind." I said shifting in my chair.
"I wanted you to know that Feramir and I will be hunting today." He said. I nodded.
"Eowyn will probably sleep for most of today." I nodded again.
"Good hunting Eomer." I said. He nodded and left. I sighed and waited for the door to
close. I turned back to the sleeping baby.
"Oh Denethor." I said to the baby. "I think that I am in love with him." Denethor just
kept sucking his thumb. I looked out the window. When had it happened? I thought to
myself. When did I fall for him? I pictured his chiseled face. His long hair framing his
bearded face. His well built limbs wrapped tightly in cloth and leather. I smiled and
sighed and laid my head back.
"Oh Eomer." I whispered to the breeze. "Please be well on your trip. Be safe and
protected." I sent my prayer out the window.
Eomer
I walked into the courtyard and avoided looking at the burnt down barracks. My
horse was saddled and ready. Feramir was already in the saddle.
"Come on Eomer." He called good naturedly to me." We don't want to miss
everything because your to moony eyed over that girl." I walked slowly down the
stairs and stood next to my horse for a moment. Making sure that the straps of the
saddle were tight. I mounted and looked up at the window above the door of the hall.
It was where Covren was. With the children. I felt a breath of fresh air wash over me
and I breathed deep. It smelled of spring. I turned my horse and together with Feramir
we headed out to hunt in the forests of Fanghorn.
"You like her." Feramir said as we rode. I turned and looked at him." It is plainly
clear." I snorted and looked ahead again.
"You have not had enough sleep so that it is clouding your mind." I told him. He
laughed.
"And you have also not had enough sleep. I think though that it is clouding your brain
far more then mine." He replied." I think that you should go back there and stare at
her for a minute and then you will wake up and realize that, indeed yes, you are in
love with her." I laughed.
"You have been in Gondor too long." I told him." Love at first sight does not happen in
Endoras." We had entered the forest and were just ridding and talking. Feramir
seemed to be about ready to make a reply when I silenced him.
"I hear something." I told him. He pulled his sword and glance quickly through the
trees. Light spilled through in some places making pillars of light where the flying dust
could be seen. A shadow passed behind one. I raised my bow quickly and took aim
but it was gone. A noise to my left. Feramir and I turned simultaneously. Nothing.
Feramir lowered his bow.
"Whatever it was it is gone now." He whispered.
"If it is gone." I said slowly never taking my eyes from the spot that I had heard it."
Than why are you whispering?" Suddenly a huge buck jumped out of the brush right
at Feramirs horse. The horse screamed and backed away but the buck hit it fully on
the side. I heard Feramir cry out. The buck turned and charged for me this time. I sent
the arrow through it's shoulder. But he huge beast did not even stumble. I felt the
horns hit the side of my horse around my leg and the next thing that I know , I was
laying on the ground pinned beneath the weight of my animal. I felt it shiver under me
and then it breathed regularly for a moment and stood. I jumped up and limped to
Feramirs side. He had fallen from his horse and was now laying on the ground
clutching his leg. I knelt over him.
" Fermair." I said. He opened his eyes and looked at me.
"By the one ring this hurts." He hissed through clenched teeth." Why couldn't it be a
small mouse that you heard or a thrush." I laughed and examined his leg. It was not
badly hurt. Just a cut going along the side of his calf. I straightened.
"You are the biggest baby that I have ever laid eyes on." I told him. " Form what I
heard you had a wound far worse then this and you did not even flinch."
"That's because I was unconciess you dolt." He shouted. I laughed.
"Right right." I said helping him to his feet. I let him stand on his own and slapped his
back hard.
"Be a man." I told him. He tottered on his good leg for a moment the he regained his
balance.
"I am a man." He sniffed indignantly. "Though I could not say the same for you. You
didn't even hit it."
"I did too." I told him back.
"You couldn't have hit the brood side of a barn had you been standing next to it."
Feramir shouted back.
"Oh yeah." I shouted." Well lets just go and see if we can find it. And then I 'll prove
that I did too hit it." We headed deeper into the woods.
"I can't believe that you are dragging an injured man further through the woods."
Feramir whined for the third time. I turned my head slightly and looked at him out fo
the corner of my eye.
"Married life has made you soft." I told him. " Once you lead whole armies against
Sauron and now you can't even walk through the woods with a hurt leg."
"I'll show you soft." He shouted lunging at me. I had not expected this so I was not
prepared to dodge. He hit me and we went rolling. He tried to get ontop of me but I
just kept rolling over. And by the time that I hit a tree and stopped we were both
laughing so hard we could barely breath. I sat up and brushed the leaves from my
hair. Feramir fell back onto his hands.
"How's that for soft." He said through a laugh. I started to laugh harder. We laughed
for what seemed like hours. We couldn't even look at each other without having to
laugh again. Fianlly I laid back and stared at the forest ceiling.
"We should go and get the horses and head home." I said. Feramir gave a short
laugh.
"Yeah we should." He said."But I do beleive that Eowyn and Covren will be expecting
us to bring home meat. What do we tell them?"
"We tell them that we were attacked while on the hunt and were unable to get proper
prey." I said. Feramir laughed.
"Yeah that'll work." He said rolling over and standing up. I followed suit and soon we
had reached the clearing where we had left the horses. Only now it was different
because there were no horses. Feramir groaned.
Well." I said looking at him." Are you ready to walk back in the snow." He groaned
again and started to hobble out. I looked at the tree's and there tops. It had been a
half a day's ride to get to fanghorn. How would we make walking?
I woke up quickly and blinked in the new light of dawn. I looked groggily around the
room. Eomer was standing in the doorway. I sighed and closed my eyes and laid my
head back down.
"Goodmorning." I said. I heard him step into the room.
"Goodmorning." He said. I opened my eyes and watched him. He was leaning over
Denethors crib. "You look very sweet sitting like that." I smiled.
"Thank you." I said. He turned and leaned against the crib.
"I did not mean to wake you." He said.
"It's allright. I don't mind." I said shifting in my chair.
"I wanted you to know that Feramir and I will be hunting today." He said. I nodded.
"Eowyn will probably sleep for most of today." I nodded again.
"Good hunting Eomer." I said. He nodded and left. I sighed and waited for the door to
close. I turned back to the sleeping baby.
"Oh Denethor." I said to the baby. "I think that I am in love with him." Denethor just
kept sucking his thumb. I looked out the window. When had it happened? I thought to
myself. When did I fall for him? I pictured his chiseled face. His long hair framing his
bearded face. His well built limbs wrapped tightly in cloth and leather. I smiled and
sighed and laid my head back.
"Oh Eomer." I whispered to the breeze. "Please be well on your trip. Be safe and
protected." I sent my prayer out the window.
Eomer
I walked into the courtyard and avoided looking at the burnt down barracks. My
horse was saddled and ready. Feramir was already in the saddle.
"Come on Eomer." He called good naturedly to me." We don't want to miss
everything because your to moony eyed over that girl." I walked slowly down the
stairs and stood next to my horse for a moment. Making sure that the straps of the
saddle were tight. I mounted and looked up at the window above the door of the hall.
It was where Covren was. With the children. I felt a breath of fresh air wash over me
and I breathed deep. It smelled of spring. I turned my horse and together with Feramir
we headed out to hunt in the forests of Fanghorn.
"You like her." Feramir said as we rode. I turned and looked at him." It is plainly
clear." I snorted and looked ahead again.
"You have not had enough sleep so that it is clouding your mind." I told him. He
laughed.
"And you have also not had enough sleep. I think though that it is clouding your brain
far more then mine." He replied." I think that you should go back there and stare at
her for a minute and then you will wake up and realize that, indeed yes, you are in
love with her." I laughed.
"You have been in Gondor too long." I told him." Love at first sight does not happen in
Endoras." We had entered the forest and were just ridding and talking. Feramir
seemed to be about ready to make a reply when I silenced him.
"I hear something." I told him. He pulled his sword and glance quickly through the
trees. Light spilled through in some places making pillars of light where the flying dust
could be seen. A shadow passed behind one. I raised my bow quickly and took aim
but it was gone. A noise to my left. Feramir and I turned simultaneously. Nothing.
Feramir lowered his bow.
"Whatever it was it is gone now." He whispered.
"If it is gone." I said slowly never taking my eyes from the spot that I had heard it."
Than why are you whispering?" Suddenly a huge buck jumped out of the brush right
at Feramirs horse. The horse screamed and backed away but the buck hit it fully on
the side. I heard Feramir cry out. The buck turned and charged for me this time. I sent
the arrow through it's shoulder. But he huge beast did not even stumble. I felt the
horns hit the side of my horse around my leg and the next thing that I know , I was
laying on the ground pinned beneath the weight of my animal. I felt it shiver under me
and then it breathed regularly for a moment and stood. I jumped up and limped to
Feramirs side. He had fallen from his horse and was now laying on the ground
clutching his leg. I knelt over him.
" Fermair." I said. He opened his eyes and looked at me.
"By the one ring this hurts." He hissed through clenched teeth." Why couldn't it be a
small mouse that you heard or a thrush." I laughed and examined his leg. It was not
badly hurt. Just a cut going along the side of his calf. I straightened.
"You are the biggest baby that I have ever laid eyes on." I told him. " Form what I
heard you had a wound far worse then this and you did not even flinch."
"That's because I was unconciess you dolt." He shouted. I laughed.
"Right right." I said helping him to his feet. I let him stand on his own and slapped his
back hard.
"Be a man." I told him. He tottered on his good leg for a moment the he regained his
balance.
"I am a man." He sniffed indignantly. "Though I could not say the same for you. You
didn't even hit it."
"I did too." I told him back.
"You couldn't have hit the brood side of a barn had you been standing next to it."
Feramir shouted back.
"Oh yeah." I shouted." Well lets just go and see if we can find it. And then I 'll prove
that I did too hit it." We headed deeper into the woods.
"I can't believe that you are dragging an injured man further through the woods."
Feramir whined for the third time. I turned my head slightly and looked at him out fo
the corner of my eye.
"Married life has made you soft." I told him. " Once you lead whole armies against
Sauron and now you can't even walk through the woods with a hurt leg."
"I'll show you soft." He shouted lunging at me. I had not expected this so I was not
prepared to dodge. He hit me and we went rolling. He tried to get ontop of me but I
just kept rolling over. And by the time that I hit a tree and stopped we were both
laughing so hard we could barely breath. I sat up and brushed the leaves from my
hair. Feramir fell back onto his hands.
"How's that for soft." He said through a laugh. I started to laugh harder. We laughed
for what seemed like hours. We couldn't even look at each other without having to
laugh again. Fianlly I laid back and stared at the forest ceiling.
"We should go and get the horses and head home." I said. Feramir gave a short
laugh.
"Yeah we should." He said."But I do beleive that Eowyn and Covren will be expecting
us to bring home meat. What do we tell them?"
"We tell them that we were attacked while on the hunt and were unable to get proper
prey." I said. Feramir laughed.
"Yeah that'll work." He said rolling over and standing up. I followed suit and soon we
had reached the clearing where we had left the horses. Only now it was different
because there were no horses. Feramir groaned.
Well." I said looking at him." Are you ready to walk back in the snow." He groaned
again and started to hobble out. I looked at the tree's and there tops. It had been a
half a day's ride to get to fanghorn. How would we make walking?