Merry and Pippin meet up with Treebeard.

Treebeard:

Good God! Ooh, what a rumpus!

Merry:

That smoke, what can it be?

Treebeard:

That wizard! He'd like to break us

But he ain't smart, not he.

Merry:

Oh Treebeard, what is this fight?

Treebeard:

Some pointless mortal stupid thing!

Merry:

Oh Treebeard, fight it with us!

Treebeard:

What will you give me?

Merry:

Anything!

Treebeard:

Got you all excited now,

But God knows what you see in war

Ain't you all rushed and hasty now

No, I don't want any part of that, sir...

Pippin:

Good Treebeard! Do this for us...

Drop us off where Saruman lives

But careful how you go

Find the dead trees you used to know

Treebeard – the wizard killed your kin!

(Winking to Merry, as the Ents prepare for war)

You see, I told you so!

There's lots of things I know

That Pip... he knows the way to win!

Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, having discovered that Merry and Pippin are no longer in their power to rescue, are suddenly and inexplicably struck by a moment of inactivity, as they sit around chatting about how they will bring Sauron down. While this is mostly due to the fact that The Author cannot allow them to get to Rohan until "In My Life", she merely explains it as cold feet on the part of the Three Hunters.

Legolas: In Rohan, the sections are prepared!

Gimli: Over in Gondor, they're straining at the leash!

Legolas: Students, workers, everyone

There's a river on the run

Like the turning of the tide

Middle-Earth coming to our side!

Aragorn:

The time is near

So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!

And yet beware

Don't let the wine go to your brains!

For the army we fight is a dangerous foe

With the Orcs and the Wraiths that we never can match

It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies

But the Dark Lord of Mordor will be harder to catch.

We need a sign

To rally the people

To call them to arms

To bring them in line!

Aragorn, after impressing on them the need for battle, falls asleep and dreams of Arwen. The next morning at breakfast…

Legolas:

Aragorn, you're late.

What's wrong today?

You look as if you've seen a ghost.

Gimli:

Some ale and say what's going on!

Aragorn:

A ghost you say... a ghost maybe

She was just like a ghost to me

One vision there, then she was gone!

Legolas:

I am agog!

I am aghast!

Is Aragorn in love at last?

I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'

You talk of battles to be won

And here he comes like Beren Erchamion

It's better than an o-per-a!

Gimli:

(Just to irk Peter Jackson, after that last comment about him "running the show" – grrrr, Gimli throws off the mantle of comic relief and takes control of the Three Hunters)

It is time for us all

To decide who we are

Do we fight for the right

To a night at the opera now?

Have you asked of yourselves

What's the price you might pay?

Is it simply a game

For rich young boys to play?

The colors of the world

Are changing, day by day...

Red - the blood of angry men!

Black - the dark of ages past!

Red - a world about to dawn!

Black - the night that ends at last!

Aragorn:

Had you been there that night

You might know how it feels

To be struck to the bone

In a moment of breathless delight!

Had you been there that night

You might also have known

How the world may be changed

In just one burst of light!

And what was right seems wrong

And what was wrong seems right!

Legolas:

Red...

Aragorn:

I feel my soul on fire!

Legolas:

Black...

Aragorn:

My world if she's not there!

Gimli & Legolas:

Red...

Aragorn:

The color of desire!

Gimli & Legolas:

Black...

Aragorn:

The color of despair!

The Author:

Aragorn, you're no longer a child

I do not doubt you mean it well

But now there is a higher call.

Who cares about your lonely soul?

We strive toward a larger goal

Our love lives don't count at all!

All:

Red - the blood of angry men!

Black - the dark of ages past!

Red - a world about to dawn!

Black - the night that ends at last!

Aragorn:

Well, Legolas, do we have all the arms?

Frodo has the Ring, our time is running short.

Gimli, put the ale down!

Do we have the swords we need?

Legolas:

Dwarven ale on his breath -

Yes, he'll breathe them all to death!

Legolas:

In Lothlorien they're with us to a man!

Aragorn:

The Paths of the Dead are tearing up the stones!

Legolas:

Twenty bows as good as new!

Gimli rushes in from Fangorn, shouting.

Gimli:

Listen!

Aragorn:

Twenty rounds for every man!

Gimli:

Listen to me!

Legolas:

Double that from Rivendell!

Gimli:

Listen everybody!

Aragorn:

Tons of men from Théoden!

Gimli:

Listen!

Gandalf the Grey is *not* dead!

Aragorn:

Gandalf isn't dead.

Gandalf! His death was the hour of fate.

Our brave maia...

His rebirth is the sign we await!

When we enter Rohan they will honor his name,

With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes!

Put down the candle of grief, we shall kindle their flame

With the name Gandalf the *White* shall our barricade rise!

The time is near!

Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer

Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts

With a jubilant shout

They will come one and all

They will come when we call!

Aragorn:

Do you hear the people sing?

Singing a song of angry men?

It is the music of a people

Who will not be slaves again!

When the beating of your heart

Echoes the beating of the drums

There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes!

Legolas:

Will you join in our crusade?

Who will be strong and stand with me?

Beyond the black of Mordor

Is there a world you long to see?

Gimli:

Then join in the fight

That will give you the right to be free!

All:

Do you hear the people sing?

Singing a song of angry men?

It is the music of a people

Who will not be slaves again!

When the beating of your heart

Echoes the beating of the drums

There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes!

Gandalf:

Will you give all you can give

So that our banner may advance

Some will fall and some will live

Will you stand up and prove your worth?

The blood of the martyrs

Will water our own Middle-Earth!

All:

Do you hear the people sing?

Singing a song of angry men?

It is the music of a people

Who will not be slaves again!

When the beating of your heart

Echoes the beating of the drums

There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes!

Éowyn stands on the steps of Meduseld as Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf ride up.

Éowyn:

How strange

This feeling that my life's begun at last

This change,

Can people really fall in love so fast?

What's the matter with you, Éowyn?

Have you been too much on your own?

So many things unclear

So many things unknown.

In my life

There are so many questions and answers

That somehow seem wrong

In my life

There are times when I catch in the silence

The sigh of a faraway song

And it sings

Of a world that I long to see

Out of reach

Just a whisper away

Waiting for me.

Does he know I'm alive?

Do I know if he's real?

Does he see what I saw?

Does he feel what I feel?

In my life

I'm no longer alone

Now the love in my life

Is so near

Find me now, find me here!

Théoden:

Dear Éowyn,

You're such a lonely child

How pensive, how sad you seem to me

Believe me, were it within my power

I'd fill each passing hour

How quiet it must be, I can see

With only me for company.

Éowyn:

There's so little I know

That I'm longing to know

Of the world that I see

Outside my window...

There's so little you say

Of the life you have known

Why we keep to ourselves

Never battle the unknown

So dark! So dark and deep

The armies Sauron keeps!

In my life

I have all that I want

You are loving and gentle and good

But uncle, dear uncle,

In your eyes I am just like a child

Who is lost in a wood

Théoden:

No more words

No more words. It's a war that is dead

There are fights

That are better unfought,

Tears better unshed.

Éowyn:

In my life

I'm no longer a child and I yearn

For the fights that you know

In the years… year to go!

Théoden:

You will learn

Valor is given by God

To us all in our time

In our turn

Théoden returns to his throne… erm… and Gríma's enchantment of old age and mindlessness. (Apparently, it comes and goes).

Gríma:

(Skulking behind a pillar)

In my life

She has burst like the music of angels

The light of the sun

And my life seems to stop

As if something is over

And something has scarcely begun.

Éowyn

You're the love who has brought me here

Thanks to you I am one with the gods

And Heaven is near!

And I soar through a world that is new that is free

Éowyn:

(to herself)

Every word Gríma says is a dagger in me!

(Looks to Aragorn)

In my life

There's been no one like him anywhere

Anywhere, where he is...

If he asked... I'd be his

Éowyn and Gríma:

In my life

There is someone who touches my life

Éowyn:

Waiting near

Gríma:

Waiting here

In order to appease Peter Jackson – and hopefully keep him from looking for Movie Arwen (whom I have hidden in my closet *bwu-ha-ha* ) I insert some sappy love drivel between Aragorn and *Book* Arwen, in a flashback moment…

Aragorn

A heart full of love

A heart full of song

I'm doing everything all wrong

Oh God, for shame

I do not even know your name

Dear Elvish maid

Won't you say?

Will you stay?

Arwen:

A heart full of love

No fear, no regret

Aragorn:

My name is Aragorn, son of Arathorn, heir of Elendil, heir of Isildur, wielder of Narsil, the blade that was broken, and Andúril, the blade that was reforged…

Arwen:

(Interrupting)

And mine's Arwen

Aragorn:

Arwen, I don't know what to say

Arwen:

Then make no sound

Aragorn:

I am lost

Arwen:

I am found!

Aragorn:

A heart full of light

Arwen:

A night bright as day

Aragorn:

And you must never go away

Arwen, Arwen

Arwen:

This is a chain we'll never break

Aragorn:

Do I dream?

Arwen:

I'm awake!

Aragorn:

A heart full of love

Arwen:

A heart full of you

Aragorn:

A single look and then I knew

Arwen:

I knew it too

Aragorn:

From today

Arwen:

Every day

Arwen & Aragorn:

For it isn't a dream

Not a dream after all.

Éowyn: (Interjecting):

He was never mine to lose

Why regret what cannot be?

These are words he'll never say

Not to me...

Not to me...

Not to me...

His heart full of love

He will never feel this way...