Covren
We rode in silence after Feramir had told us about what had happened. I heard Eomer
snort behind me when Feramir had told us of the giant buck attacking them. I laughed
inwardly. Apparently it had not happened the way that Feramir described it. Eowyn
bought it though. I giggled when she cooed over him. Then Eomer had laid his head
against my back and I heard his breathing even and I knew that he was asleep. It had
made me uncomfortable when he had wrapped his arms around me and tightened his
grip but now I had no idea how I was going to make it back. Eowyn rode up close
next to me and smiled.
"Seems we have," She said." two sleeping dears." I looked at Feramir and saw that
he had as well laid his head against Eowyns back and was asleep. I giggled.
"I wouldn't mind doing the same." I told her. She giggled as well.
"Yes. Though I doubt that I am as tired as you." She said. "I slept well into today.
And you did not." I nodded.
"I did sleep a little this morning with Denethor." I told her. She smiled.
"I was thinking." She said." How would you like to come with us when we go back to
Gondor. We would love to have you there to care for the children." I smiled.
"I will think on it." I told her. She nodded and we rode in companionable silence for
awhile.
"You know that when Eomer was young he used to follow after Theoden." She told
me." He would wait till after they had left then he would saddle a horse and ride after
them. He would get dragged back everytime by Theoden but no matter how much
punishment he would receive he would always go back out." I laughed.
"He must have been an adorable child." I said. Eowyn nodded and looked back at
Eomer.
"He was adorable. But he was also a very horrible child." She said. I laughed softly
not wanting to wake him.
"Of course he was probably only horrible because I was a girl and he was a boy and
he did awful things to me." Eowyn told me. "He would pull my hair, and run by pull
my arms, and spin me around, and he cut my clothes up. I was three years younger
then him and I think he felt left out when I came. So he paid back for all the attention
that I received." I tried to hold my laughter in.
"My older brother never did anything to me." I told her." He ignored me completely. He
was ten years older then me and had better things to do then annoy a younger sister." I
Felt Eomer stir but he did not awaken. I looked up into the snowy night and tried to
see lights from Endoras. Nothing.
"We should be there soon." Eowyn said as if reading my thoughts. "We have been
riding for well over a few hours." I nodded and sighed.
"At least we don't have to worry about the cold." I said jerking my head back to
indicate Eomer. Eowyn laughed.
"We may have to worry about their backs getting frost bitten. "She said
laughing."And our fronts." I laughed with her for a moment then we quieted.
"Why did you decide to leave the west and come here?" Eowyn asked me after a
moment of silence. I thought back sadly.
"The elves call it The grey Havens." I told her." My people call it Isumbred. It is
wonderful there. There is no winter so everything is always green. Though i love the
snow now that I have experienced it. When the elves come the trade stories for
provisions to go out and find homes. That's how I knew about the one ring and of your
adventures. Though I did not hear that you were a girl. I met Frodo and Gandalf and
Elrond." I told her. She smiled sadly.
"The ring was too much for him." She said. I nodded.
"He looked tired. But he was well."I said reasuringly."Anyway. They came and told us
their story. The greatest story ever told in Isumbred. We asked them to stay with us
and tell the stories to our nobles. They declined and went out of the city. Just in time
to. Just after that a band of roves. A people who live in the sandy desserts outside of
Isumbred. They came and destroyed our city. But my father fought back and won. Or
so we thought. They had another army waiting. WE did not expect. They came and
wiped out my people. What they didn't kill they took as slaves or raped. The leader of
the roves came to my castle with a band of men and killed my family in front of me."
My eyes welled with tears. "I ran and somehow escaped. I will never know how. And
bought passage on a ship sailing here for the last remaining elves. I thought it best to
travel as a man to avoid anything..... dangerous to my person as a female. I was
fifteen when it happened."
"I am sorry Covren." Eowyn said. I nodded and brushed the tears from my eyes.
"It is well. My family died well. And I have no regrets about coming to this place." i told
her. She smiled.
"You have seen nothing. We must travel to the shire and visit the hobbits and o
mirkwood." She said. I smiled and nodded.
"I would like that." I told her. Silence returned and this time no one wanted to break it.
Except for Eomer and Feramirs snoring the night was silent.
As we neared the gates to Endoras I felt relief and sadness. After tonight Eomer
would probably never be this close to me again and his warmth and weight was
reassuring to me. Eowyn looked at me with concern.
"You have hardly slept today. I slept a lot. I will watch my children." She said. "So that
you may sleep." I nodded.
"Thank you." I said. A cry rang out at the gates of Endoras.
"Who goes there." Some one said.
" Lady Eowyn and lady Covren." Eowyn called. The gates swung wide and we rode
into the courtyard. A man rushed over and grabbed the reins of our horses.
"My lady's." The man said." What were you doing out so late in this bitter cold?"
"We went for a ride with our men and they fell asleep on us." Eowyn said. I blushed
as she said our men. The guard looked at us skeptically but said nothing. He reached
up to help Eowyn down but she shook her head.
"We will ride ahead to the stables and dismount there." The guard nodded and
released the reins. On the way up the hill I gently tried to wake up Eomer.
"Eomer." I said over my shoulder." Eomer. We are home." I said gently. He snorted in
his sleep. I laughed and looked at Eowyn. She was laughing as well.
"Well all right then." She said. We reached the top of the hill and a man ran out of the
stables to get our horses. He was wearing a robe and looked as if he had just been
awakened.
"My lady's." He said grabbing the reins. I turned in my saddle dislodging Eomer's
head from my back. He sat up quickly and looked around disoriented.
"Where are we?" He asked. I smiled at him.
"We are home." I told him. He rubbed his eyes then he slipped off the horse.
"Eomer." I said. He turned and looked at me. "Are you allright?" He smiled and
walked over to me. He reached up and helped me off the horse. I placed my hands on
his shoulders and let myself be lowered.
"I am fine." He said quietly. "Thank you for coming for us." He took one of my hands
in his and kissed it gently. I smiled and looked away.
"I worried." I told him. " IT is not often that your king goes out for the day and his
horse returns without him." He laughed.
"Go and sleep My lord." I said. "I will put the horses away." I grabbed the reins to my
horse and lead him into the stable behind the man pulling Eowyns horse. THe stable
was warm and it stung my frozen ears tips and nose.
"Covren." I heard behind me. I turned and was enveloped into Kiel's warm hug. "Where
di you go?" He asked. I sighed tiredly into his shirt front. He held me at arms length
and looked me over.
"When King Eomer's horse and Feramir's horse returned without them Eowyn and I
went after them." I told him.
"Are you crazy." He demanded. I nodded and looked longingly at the hay that lined
the horses stalls.
"Come on Covren." he said wrapping an arm around my waist. "Let's get you to
bed." I nodded and allowed him to lead me outside.
Eomer
"Got to sleep my Lord." She said to me. I watched the flickering firelight playing with
the shadows on her face. "I will put the horses away." She walked away. i stared after
her for a moment then I turned and headed into the hall. Yet at the great doors I
stopped and stood there for a moment. I turned and looked back at the light from the
stables and was about to go back and help Covren when she walked out on the arm
of Kiel. The man i had fought with in the great war. A feeling of dread came over me. I
slumped my shoulders. She had not told me that she had taken a shine to one of my
men. I would never have held her hand. Or held her about her waist like I did had I
known. I walked quietly into the hall and to my room. I shut the door quietly and fell
onto my bed. It was as if I wasn't alive anymore. Everything that I had had just flown
out the window when I had seen Covren on that man's arm. I had not realized till that
moment that I loved her. It was a shock. But I did nonetheless. And now she was
some one elses. I sighed sadly and rolled onto my side. What would I do now?
After that night I avoided her. She seemed hurt at first and I felt pain rip through my
insides but I would remain distant to her as long as she had someone else. After
awhile she seemed to accept it and she respected my wish and did not speak to me
unless necessary. It tore me up inside. I wanted nothing more then to take her in my
arms and kiss away her frown. Or her smile for that matter. I wanted to kiss every
inch of her. Which made avoiding her even harder.
"Had Eowyn asked you to join her in Gondor?" I asked her one evening as we sat
together. She stopped her work and sat there for a moment as if shocked that I
would speak to her. She nodded and resumed her work.
"What have you decided?" I asked.
"I have not decided yet." She told me. I nodded.
"It would be a good decision" I told her. She looked up at me." You would be able to
care for the children. And I will send with you a guard. Some one you know to
accompany you." I thought I saw tears well in her eyes but I brushed that aside as a
trick of the firelight.
We rode in silence after Feramir had told us about what had happened. I heard Eomer
snort behind me when Feramir had told us of the giant buck attacking them. I laughed
inwardly. Apparently it had not happened the way that Feramir described it. Eowyn
bought it though. I giggled when she cooed over him. Then Eomer had laid his head
against my back and I heard his breathing even and I knew that he was asleep. It had
made me uncomfortable when he had wrapped his arms around me and tightened his
grip but now I had no idea how I was going to make it back. Eowyn rode up close
next to me and smiled.
"Seems we have," She said." two sleeping dears." I looked at Feramir and saw that
he had as well laid his head against Eowyns back and was asleep. I giggled.
"I wouldn't mind doing the same." I told her. She giggled as well.
"Yes. Though I doubt that I am as tired as you." She said. "I slept well into today.
And you did not." I nodded.
"I did sleep a little this morning with Denethor." I told her. She smiled.
"I was thinking." She said." How would you like to come with us when we go back to
Gondor. We would love to have you there to care for the children." I smiled.
"I will think on it." I told her. She nodded and we rode in companionable silence for
awhile.
"You know that when Eomer was young he used to follow after Theoden." She told
me." He would wait till after they had left then he would saddle a horse and ride after
them. He would get dragged back everytime by Theoden but no matter how much
punishment he would receive he would always go back out." I laughed.
"He must have been an adorable child." I said. Eowyn nodded and looked back at
Eomer.
"He was adorable. But he was also a very horrible child." She said. I laughed softly
not wanting to wake him.
"Of course he was probably only horrible because I was a girl and he was a boy and
he did awful things to me." Eowyn told me. "He would pull my hair, and run by pull
my arms, and spin me around, and he cut my clothes up. I was three years younger
then him and I think he felt left out when I came. So he paid back for all the attention
that I received." I tried to hold my laughter in.
"My older brother never did anything to me." I told her." He ignored me completely. He
was ten years older then me and had better things to do then annoy a younger sister." I
Felt Eomer stir but he did not awaken. I looked up into the snowy night and tried to
see lights from Endoras. Nothing.
"We should be there soon." Eowyn said as if reading my thoughts. "We have been
riding for well over a few hours." I nodded and sighed.
"At least we don't have to worry about the cold." I said jerking my head back to
indicate Eomer. Eowyn laughed.
"We may have to worry about their backs getting frost bitten. "She said
laughing."And our fronts." I laughed with her for a moment then we quieted.
"Why did you decide to leave the west and come here?" Eowyn asked me after a
moment of silence. I thought back sadly.
"The elves call it The grey Havens." I told her." My people call it Isumbred. It is
wonderful there. There is no winter so everything is always green. Though i love the
snow now that I have experienced it. When the elves come the trade stories for
provisions to go out and find homes. That's how I knew about the one ring and of your
adventures. Though I did not hear that you were a girl. I met Frodo and Gandalf and
Elrond." I told her. She smiled sadly.
"The ring was too much for him." She said. I nodded.
"He looked tired. But he was well."I said reasuringly."Anyway. They came and told us
their story. The greatest story ever told in Isumbred. We asked them to stay with us
and tell the stories to our nobles. They declined and went out of the city. Just in time
to. Just after that a band of roves. A people who live in the sandy desserts outside of
Isumbred. They came and destroyed our city. But my father fought back and won. Or
so we thought. They had another army waiting. WE did not expect. They came and
wiped out my people. What they didn't kill they took as slaves or raped. The leader of
the roves came to my castle with a band of men and killed my family in front of me."
My eyes welled with tears. "I ran and somehow escaped. I will never know how. And
bought passage on a ship sailing here for the last remaining elves. I thought it best to
travel as a man to avoid anything..... dangerous to my person as a female. I was
fifteen when it happened."
"I am sorry Covren." Eowyn said. I nodded and brushed the tears from my eyes.
"It is well. My family died well. And I have no regrets about coming to this place." i told
her. She smiled.
"You have seen nothing. We must travel to the shire and visit the hobbits and o
mirkwood." She said. I smiled and nodded.
"I would like that." I told her. Silence returned and this time no one wanted to break it.
Except for Eomer and Feramirs snoring the night was silent.
As we neared the gates to Endoras I felt relief and sadness. After tonight Eomer
would probably never be this close to me again and his warmth and weight was
reassuring to me. Eowyn looked at me with concern.
"You have hardly slept today. I slept a lot. I will watch my children." She said. "So that
you may sleep." I nodded.
"Thank you." I said. A cry rang out at the gates of Endoras.
"Who goes there." Some one said.
" Lady Eowyn and lady Covren." Eowyn called. The gates swung wide and we rode
into the courtyard. A man rushed over and grabbed the reins of our horses.
"My lady's." The man said." What were you doing out so late in this bitter cold?"
"We went for a ride with our men and they fell asleep on us." Eowyn said. I blushed
as she said our men. The guard looked at us skeptically but said nothing. He reached
up to help Eowyn down but she shook her head.
"We will ride ahead to the stables and dismount there." The guard nodded and
released the reins. On the way up the hill I gently tried to wake up Eomer.
"Eomer." I said over my shoulder." Eomer. We are home." I said gently. He snorted in
his sleep. I laughed and looked at Eowyn. She was laughing as well.
"Well all right then." She said. We reached the top of the hill and a man ran out of the
stables to get our horses. He was wearing a robe and looked as if he had just been
awakened.
"My lady's." He said grabbing the reins. I turned in my saddle dislodging Eomer's
head from my back. He sat up quickly and looked around disoriented.
"Where are we?" He asked. I smiled at him.
"We are home." I told him. He rubbed his eyes then he slipped off the horse.
"Eomer." I said. He turned and looked at me. "Are you allright?" He smiled and
walked over to me. He reached up and helped me off the horse. I placed my hands on
his shoulders and let myself be lowered.
"I am fine." He said quietly. "Thank you for coming for us." He took one of my hands
in his and kissed it gently. I smiled and looked away.
"I worried." I told him. " IT is not often that your king goes out for the day and his
horse returns without him." He laughed.
"Go and sleep My lord." I said. "I will put the horses away." I grabbed the reins to my
horse and lead him into the stable behind the man pulling Eowyns horse. THe stable
was warm and it stung my frozen ears tips and nose.
"Covren." I heard behind me. I turned and was enveloped into Kiel's warm hug. "Where
di you go?" He asked. I sighed tiredly into his shirt front. He held me at arms length
and looked me over.
"When King Eomer's horse and Feramir's horse returned without them Eowyn and I
went after them." I told him.
"Are you crazy." He demanded. I nodded and looked longingly at the hay that lined
the horses stalls.
"Come on Covren." he said wrapping an arm around my waist. "Let's get you to
bed." I nodded and allowed him to lead me outside.
Eomer
"Got to sleep my Lord." She said to me. I watched the flickering firelight playing with
the shadows on her face. "I will put the horses away." She walked away. i stared after
her for a moment then I turned and headed into the hall. Yet at the great doors I
stopped and stood there for a moment. I turned and looked back at the light from the
stables and was about to go back and help Covren when she walked out on the arm
of Kiel. The man i had fought with in the great war. A feeling of dread came over me. I
slumped my shoulders. She had not told me that she had taken a shine to one of my
men. I would never have held her hand. Or held her about her waist like I did had I
known. I walked quietly into the hall and to my room. I shut the door quietly and fell
onto my bed. It was as if I wasn't alive anymore. Everything that I had had just flown
out the window when I had seen Covren on that man's arm. I had not realized till that
moment that I loved her. It was a shock. But I did nonetheless. And now she was
some one elses. I sighed sadly and rolled onto my side. What would I do now?
After that night I avoided her. She seemed hurt at first and I felt pain rip through my
insides but I would remain distant to her as long as she had someone else. After
awhile she seemed to accept it and she respected my wish and did not speak to me
unless necessary. It tore me up inside. I wanted nothing more then to take her in my
arms and kiss away her frown. Or her smile for that matter. I wanted to kiss every
inch of her. Which made avoiding her even harder.
"Had Eowyn asked you to join her in Gondor?" I asked her one evening as we sat
together. She stopped her work and sat there for a moment as if shocked that I
would speak to her. She nodded and resumed her work.
"What have you decided?" I asked.
"I have not decided yet." She told me. I nodded.
"It would be a good decision" I told her. She looked up at me." You would be able to
care for the children. And I will send with you a guard. Some one you know to
accompany you." I thought I saw tears well in her eyes but I brushed that aside as a
trick of the firelight.