By: SilverRose82
Oh I keep forgetting to do this. I'll think I'm gonna thank them and then I forget to do it. Well I'd like to thank all 30 of you that have placed me as one of your Favorite Authors I feel honored. I think I'm gonna cry. ^_~, Big thanks and a box of chocolate chip cookies for everyone. Peace.
Long, well long for me, five pages and a little over five thousand words. Seeing as the elvish is all the way up here and the translations are normally all the way at the bottom of the story which would make about five pages of travel to get to the translations. Here's the translations. But the Answers to Reviews will be at the bottom of the page this time.
Cosmosamin. Vetar le teemao galad. Im yello an i rodyno le gothwenlya. Rodyn toio beleg baur. : I am Cosmos. As High Queen to the Order of Light. I call for the power of the soldiers. Thy powers are of great need.
gothwen : Female warrior
Elenion Ancalima : (GC Translation)Brightest of Stars. Really means Star of Long Light
It took me a while to write this. I wasn't feeling the mood, then I find out the FF.Net gonna be down. When the page goes down I don't update for a while because with my luck everything will get deleted. I have a paper I have to write for English/History that I have to get done and I can't get past the second paragraph.
I know that in the book no other elves were at Helm's Deep beside Legolas, but yeah.
Helm's Deep = Similar to movie but with my own flare. This chapter is a bit on the detailed side with the battle and gore. Not much gore mine you or even I wouldn't be able to read it, but there's some. And even then it's not much detail. Just have to warn y'all. Some sort of Unwritten Author Code.
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"Cosmosamin. Ve'tar le teemao galad. Im yello an i rodyno le gothwenlya. Rodyn toio beleg baur." A tall figure whispered into the cloudy night sky, raising her hand above her head she allowed a small gasp as the pin prick of light that had first been within her grasp began to grow larger. It pulsed as more power began to swirl around her open palm, gazing into the center of the multi-coloured sphere, she smiled. Her braided hair whipped around her as her insignia began to glow in the darkness that surrounded them. Artemis shaded his eyes as he was forced to turn from the brilliant light that swirled around his mistress. Helios standing a few feet away from him had turned his gaze upward towards the heavens.
Slowly lowering her palms she cupped the glowing ball of light. It sparkled and bounced with the brilliant colours of an after rain, rainbow and beyond. Turning to face the two guardians she nodded in triumph as her gaze landed on the sphere, it twinkled at her. A horn brought the three out of their thoughts as they gazed towards the stone bridge that was the only way for entry into Helm's Deep.
"No horn of Isengard." Artemis murmured as he moved to stand behind Ren, Helios moved to lean over the stone wall to gaze at the ground below. He watched silently as the gates were opened to allow a silent, orderly army to pass into Hornburg, gazing out at the leader of the elven army he drew back. His lavender eyes landed on his lady, she turned to gaze from him back onto the little ball of light.
Looking back up at him with determination she fled down the stairs leaving the tower they had been standing on. Artemis letting his gaze fall onto the Horn of Helm Hammerhand, followed after her, hoping the nothing ill would come out of her plans. Helios sighed, running a hand through his wind blown hair, he followed after Artemis.
"Serenity, what do you plan?" Artemis asked as they appeared on the Deeping Wall, he gazed out at the soon to be battle ground, turning back to look at his lady he could only watch as she gazed silently at the light she held within her cupped hands.
"Elenion Ancalima." Helios whispered as he appeared behind them, looking over at him, Ren smiled brightly before raising her hands above her head. Her leather battle outfit transformed into her sailor form, silver hair surrounding her in a torrent as it mixed into the translucent cape that swirled and fluttered around her body. The small ball of power began to shake as it listened to the heart of its lady.
"Go to the hearts of those in doubt." Cosmos whispered as the light shattered into separate tiny parts, each flying back towards Hornburg where most of the people were congregating. The three watched in silence as tiny stars disappeared before the people they chose to strengthen. A pale silver white glow surrounded Cosmos as she gazed out at the people and elves that were preparing for a battle that was soon to come.
Catching the gaze of the elven prince, she stood proudly before reaching up to press the circular silver broach that lay above her chest, the design was of a five petal flower, each petal a different shade of blue, ranging from icy blue to the royal blue that only appeared with the setting sun. Once she lost the transformation into her sailor form she gazed at Helios and Artemis once before brushing past them and rushed down the stairs.
"And so the battle begins." Helios whispered as he turned to look at his long time friend. Artemis nodded silently as he gazed into the cloud covered sky above him. Blue lightning flashed across the slate coloured clouds illuminating the grounds around Helm's Deep. Turning to stare across the endless plain that surrounded the front of Helm's Deep he could just make out the small outline of orange flames.
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Ren appeared silently in the old sitting room, glancing around the room she spotted who she was searching for, the Lórien captain turned his gaze onto the elder elf. Bowing in respect, he moved to stand before her, smiling up at her he could see a mix of emotions running torrent. Closing her eyes for a moment, Ren cupped the elf's face, lowing his head slightly she kissed his forehead. Gazing into his startled eyes she was forced to turn away as Helios and Artemis appeared in the room behind her.
"Serenity. Much is to be done before the sky cries her pain." Artemis spoke up as he watched his queen reunite with a friend she had made on her travels. Haldir glanced over at Ren once more, grasping her smaller hand within his, he slowly brought her hand up, laying a kiss on the back of her hand he let her remove her hand from his grasp. Turning away Ren gazed once more around the room, Legolas and Aragorn were talking silently in one of the corners of the large stone room. Théoden was staring at her with a mix of emotions, turning away from the King of Rohan she glanced over at Gimli and Helios.
"He speaks truth." Haldir whispered as he smiled over at Ren, he had always been fascinated with the Lady of Silver, the true Lady of the Stars, the mother of the twilight and shadow. Smiling slowly, Ren turned to gaze at Haldir once more, nodding she turned back and left the room with Helios, Artemis stayed behind to speak with Haldir and the other Lórien elves.
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There was a silence over the group as men and elves once again allied together for a cause that was greater than their common distrust for one another. Ren slowly gazed at every single face that surrounded her. Turning to locate Artemis she saw the old advisor was beside the other elves his bow draw, a silver, fiery feathered arrow knocked on his bow. Standing silently she gazed out into the sea of black mass, pale orange flames danced around, dotting the ground before her, she could hear the lead Uruk-hai calling out orders given to him from Saruman him self.
She had chosen to hold her own in this battle forcing Helios, Artemis, Gimli and even Legolas to find other spots upon the wall. Many dark memories flashed before her as she remembered gazing out at another mass of Mordor soldiers much like this. She remembered that battle to be one of the turning points in her long life, it had been the last time that she had truly feared for herself. Shaking her head to clear thoughts that would farther interfere with her fighting skills she listened in silence as Aragorn commanded the elves. His orders drowning out the cries of the Uruk-hais, drowning out the claps of thunder that had once been her worst enemy. Rain poured down from the heavens flooding lower parts of ground, reaching up she pushed back strands of hair that had strayed from their confined within her braid.
Turning around at the sudden clatter she watched, transfixed on the image, as the Uruk-hais began to beat against their armor. Black figures wishing for battle, though none had previous skills in battle, they knew what to expect and how to carry it out. The thought made her shutter as her grip on the hilt of the Sword of Artemis tightened. She heard Aragorn's orders to fire as elven arrows shot over the heads of many standing on the Deeping Wall. Knowing that her sword would not be of assistance at this point of the battle she left it in it's hilt and called for her bow.
Smiling silently as the silver bow appeared in her hands, she wordlessly pulled back the string, knocking an arrow as she did so with a flip of her fingers, steadying the arrow, she let the black feathered arrow fly, just as it was about to hit one of the Uruk-hais it burst into an array of red flames. The Uruk-hai and few that had been within close proximity, fell to the ground lifeless, the flames having seeped into their body destroying what was left of their corrupted souls.
Waving her hand in front of her face, an invisible wall was erected to block incoming Uruk-hais arrows. Running across the wall, behind the men and elves lined up firing arrows and pushing ladders off the wall, she made it to Helios' side. The white haired priest of Elysion gazed at his Lady. They shared similar glances of understanding, whirling around Ren stared up at Aragorn as he cried for Legolas to kill an Uruk-hai. Taking a steady breath, Ren jumped to the ground in front of the water channel, turning to stare at the Uruk-hai as it continued to run towards the stone tunnel even with arrows riddling its body.
Raising her hand above her head, a black gold glaive appeared in her hands. Spinning the deadly weapon above her head, she slammed the base of the glaive into the ground, a purple black glow appeared in front of her as the Deeping Wall exploded from the large bomb carried by the now dead Uruk-hai. The rocks that flew back from the force hit the violet shield and fell to the ground. Anyone who had been above the wall when it had blown up were standing in a daze behind Helios. The guardian surrounded in a golden light tinted with flecks of powdery pink.
Pulling the end of the glaive out of the muddy ground, she whipped around slicing through the necks of three Uruk-hais before leaving to battle elsewhere. Running back up the stairs she past dead bodies of those who had fallen to Uruk-hai arrows. Letting the glaive fade from existence she unsheathed the Sword of Artemis, keeping the blade close to her body to prevent deaths from happening to soon. Haldir appeared by her side as the two gave a quick death to an approaching Orc.
"I feel I will not live to see the next rise." Haldir spoke as he pushed a ladder away from the wall. Ren gazed up at him, giving him a small smile, she fled to help a group that was being over powered by a couple Uruk-hais. Flipping over the group she appeared behind confused Uruk-hais, spinning around she cut into the neck of each, though they were still able to move, the Uruk-hais slowly collapsed as the poisonous stone took effect. Over the clatter of metal against metal, screams of agony, Ren could hear Gimli bellowing his score for Legolas to hear.
Ren cried out as she plunged into the core of orcs that surrounded her at Helm's Deep. Fighting with the Sword of Artemis she killed all that the poisonous blade touched. Glancing around at the back of the battle, where she had taken to her fighting. Orcs were scurrying around trying to break in the wall and the door, black bodies littered the ground, some slashed by her sword, others killed by an elven arrow.
Her golden silver hair was plastered to her forehead as she twirled around to jump out of the way of an Orc blade. Battling with the creature for a few minutes, it seemed, she watched as the creatures head slowly fell from its place onto the muddy battle field, it's body falling in a heap a few feet from her still form. Turing to try and locate the Fellowship, she could see the white gold hair of the elven prince as he fought against orcs, however, she could only hear Gimli's battle cries allowing her only to pinpoint his rough location from his cries of outrage and determination to beat Legolas in their game. Aragorn harder to locate, for he possible was outside of the complex, fighting to keep any more orcs from entering the keep.
With another sweep around the area she found that she stood alone, most of the orcs had moved deeper into the inner walls of Helm's Deep, leaving her to watch the battle on the bloody stairwell she stood upon. With one last sweeping glance around her she charged silently down the stairs, her hair flying behind her in a cord of thick white gold.
Sword poised for attack she slashed through a group of orcs that hadn't been prepared for an attack from behind. Ren almost felt sorry for killing them in a dishonorable fashion but knowing what they created and insured made that guilt wash away as she barely missed the swipe of an Orc sword to her left side. Charging the creature that tried to attack her she raged another battle against the creatures of Saruman.
"If I wasn't an honor bound woman, that understood that everything is to play out as it wishes too, all of you would be dead right now." Ren muttered as she watched another Orc die at the blade of an elven sword. Nodding her thanks to whoever had saved her from the creature she slashed through the Orc before her watching as his black green blood spilled from the wound on his stomach as the creature crumpled to the ground, dying in pain as Ren continued her slaughter.
The battle at Helm's Deep lasted long into the night only stopping when the retreat was called, Helm's Deep had fallen to Uruk-hais. The group fighting to keep Middle Earth from falling into darkness had taken refuge in the fort for awhile. The men had tired after a night of fighting and killing some for the first time, Ren studied the orcs that were before them, many littered the ground while some still mingled around outside the fort. Minutes after taking safety within the four walls of Helm's Deep she had lost the transformation she had worn, for the one she was normally seen wearing.
Clean and tired from the night's battle she just stood looking out at the blackened ground around the fort as her hair flew in a golden tornado of current around her still form. Wrapping around her like a blanket, protecting her from the outside world. Her eyes were shut as if she were only listening to a tune within the wind, hiding the silvery blue orbs that captured many peoples attention.
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"I never wanted to fight. When I was fourteen years old and found that cat, I cursed that day for the rest of my life until I watched my friends die before me. Then I became Cosmos and I understood my destiny. My destiny was to forever protect the universe, forever guard it. I still hate fighting; last night I killed so many orcs and I do not regret it. Is that wrong?" Ren asked turning to the two she had known for an eternity. Helios and Artemis, even Gimli, turned to study the woman before him; who, for the first time in the time they had known her questioning herself and her cause. Her delicate face was set like stone, the three were surprise to hear an answer come from Legolas who appeared behind them suddenly.
"No, it was not wrong. They serve the Dark Lord, nothing which weakens his army is wrong." The younger elf told her as he appeared beside her. Ren glanced down at the shorter elf and nodded her head before turning to look at the others once more.
"Ren, 3020 years ago you said something, at the battle of the Last Alliance. Do you remember it or have you blocked out that battle because it nearly brought you death?" Helios asked as he and the others in the room watched as she bow her head and eyelids closed over silver blue orbs remembering the day that nearly brought her to the doors of Hades.
"I wished to forgive them, but I could not forgive them of their sins. They had chosen their side and I condemned them for it." she whispered before looking up at them with tear filled silvery blue eyes. "Then I realized something, not all of them had chosen that side by choice, some had been tortured into it. And I tried to heal them and nearly killed myself because of it. Last night in so many words I condemned them again. Is that right? Even since I left Middle Earth all those years ago, I questioned myself on my words, my actions. I have done so much for this universe that you would think that I would not care anymore. But I always wonder why was the role of Cosmos given to me, someone who used to looked for the good in all of her enemies. I am suppose to be heartless. Stand alone, never love, never know feelings again. I do and I do not. I cannot understand my role in life anymore, I do not think I ever have."
"There are no answers that I can see for what you ask. I don't believe that anyone has them or ever have them. Life is a mystery one that can never be solved, you live it day by day but you may never find what you are looking for." Artemis told her as he turned to find Aragorn and rid the eyes that held so many emotions in them it surprised the old guardian. So much pain that would never leave the elven queen before him.
"How many lives will I have, Artemis? One day you will be given eternal rest, while I still stand in my palace. Life is not a mystery it is a curse that I have wished to rid since day one. How would you feel to know that your eternal death would forever plague the universe into darkness? I live with that every day of my life. All four million years of it. I cannot die, that is my curse. My immortality goes far beyond that of even the elves. They are immortal but they can die and have eternal sleep." Ren told him angrily, but tears fell from her eyes as she spoke of her life and her duty. Her curse. They watched eyelids close over bewitching eyes. No sound came from the grieving elf, Legolas reached out to rest his hand on her shoulder but stopped. It was Gimli who did something to bring her out of her pain.
"What would the hobbits say if they saw you like this, Lady Ren? Why, Master Merry and Master Pippin would probably cry from the sight of it and Master Frodo would fear it was his fault. Cheer up, Lady Ren, if not for yourself for the hobbits you love so much." Gimli told her as Ren's eyes snapped open, staring into the onyx eyes of Gimli she nodded before brushing past Legolas, leaving the room they had taken cover in and left for the armory.
"I don't know if that was for better or ill." Aragorn muttered as he turned leaving the dwarf and elf to stand by the west wall of the fort. Gimli stared that the elf before him, muttering curses to himself as he sat down to sharpen his axe. Legolas watched the goings within the fort and outside its stone walls.
"What caused you to stop, Master Elf?" Gimli asked as he looked up at the now startled elf before him. A small smile hidden behind his beard for startling the elf he had started a friendship with. Turning to watch the doors they had boarded up with furniture, the rattling didn't falter as the Uruk-hais slammed into the cedar doors.
"I do not know."
"Many don't. However, in your heart you know the real reason. You just hide from it." Gimli told him as he continued sharpening the axe blade, Legolas raised an eyebrow at the dwarf's words.
"What do you know about the Lady?" Legolas asked as he slid down the wall and turned to face the dwarf before him. Gimli stared over at the elf, debating in his head whether or not to tell the elf what he knew. But staring into the sky blue eyes of the elf, curiosity brewing, he knew he would not be able to leave without some sort of answer.
"She wasn't always so filled with dark thoughts of herself. She shone like a cluster of diamonds in a dwarven mine. She still does only it's dimming because her going into Mordor, again, will kill her and that kills her because she can do nothing to help the little halflings she loves. That's her only reason for coming with us, it wasn't to visit with the elves of Lórien, for she dislikes most of them, it was to protect the hobbits. She nearly took off Aragorn's head with that stone sword of her's when she found that Master Frodo was injured while in his care. Now be mindful of this Master Elf, never allow yourself to be cut by that blade. Even with all her powers there is nothing she can do to counter the poison within that stone blade. Stone that is strong enough to cut through a diamond as if it were a piece of spider's silk. And you must know that diamonds are the only stone that no one can cut through." Gimli told Legolas as he flipped his axe over to sharpen the other side. He continued to run the stone over the blade until it shone in the sunlight that was peaking through the clouds above them.
"How is it that most know of her?"
"She's a very social elf, always loves to tell a good tale or two, would be considered a hobbit in that case. Surprised me the first time we meet, I was probably no older than Master Merry when we started this journey. Visiting somewhere but her transport isn't always the best and does send her to some strange places. Mainly in the mines of the dwarves when she was trying to go to the Shire to visit with Bilbo I suppose. I don't know which of us were more startled." Gimli's gruff laughter was heard as Ren yelled something at him, he couldn't make out the words but he knew she wasn't to happy with the dwarf at the moment. Legolas watched in confusion, the language the woman had spoken was nothing like the languages of Middle Earth however the dwarf laughed it off like nothing more than a simply joke.
"It's an old tongue, Master Elf, one that she learned years ago as the princess of a long forgotten kingdom. Lunarian, I believe, beautiful language to know fowl words in don't you think?" Gimli could only laugh more when Legolas raised an eyebrow in confusion more than likely thinking the dwarf lord before him had gone mad.
"This entire thing confuses me. Why do I feel that I know her from some where?" Legolas asked, Gimli's laughter came to a slow halt at the elf's question. Looking at the elf before him he stood, strapped his axe to his side and tied the stone he used to sharpen it within a leather pouch.
"You may have met her or felt her power, lad. She has been around the lands of Middle Earth many times." Gimli told him quietly before following the arguing voices of King Théoden and Aragorn. The two made their way into the chamber where Aragorn and King Théoden were debating on what action to now take. Over in the corner Ren was speaking quietly to a group of elves that had lived through the battle. A cold wind swept though the room, as the sounds of a battering ram could be heard through the stone walls. Everyone turned to study the room they had left moments before, peering out of a window Legolas could see a group of twenty Uruk-hais standing on the ramp trying to break into Helm's Deep.
"Artemis, Helios. I shall not be here when they ride out. I leave for Isengard. Artemis, Legolas will need your speed and strength once again. Helios, go back to guard the Unicorns. My path is my own." Ren told her two friends as she stared up at a small square window, sunlight was seeping through grey storm clouds. Helios nodded as he placed a hand on Ren's shoulder, bowing he took a step backwards before disappearing in a fury of golden light. Artemis stared into the eyes of his queen, seeing that she would not change her mind, he spun on his heels and strolled through the doors leading to the stable.
"The sun is rising." Gimli pointed out as he gazed at the same window Ren continued to stare at solemnly. Théoden and Aragorn both turned to the window, remembering Gandalf's words hope seemed to appear in the king's tired eyes.
"The Horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep one last time." Théoden cried out as Gimli ran up the stairs to sound the horn. Ren gazed at them silently, watching them bring horses into the main room ready to ride out. Turning to glance at one white blonde haired elf, she smirked softly before striding over to him.
"It appears that I was wrong."
"The heaven's sung for you last night and for everyone that was spared. Ride out with them." Ren told him quietly as she backed away from the group of elves. Passing by the same group of boys she had saved during the battle she glanced over them, each had a sort of happiness in their eyes that they had all made it out of their first battle with their lives. The elves watched in silences as Cosmos faded from their sight, nothing lay where her feet had once touched.
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Reviews :
Senshi's Tenshi : Thanks, well I hope your head will allow you to continue reading my story. Pairing, everyone keeps asking about it, and I still haven't got the slightest idea about what to tell. An Actual book? Erm I wish. It would be cool though. I like mouse, I've made one before but I don't know what happened to him..... So sad.
Callisto Star : Thanks for pointing that out to me.... It was a typing error on my part, I thought it looked wrong but I get that way as if I look at a word to long I think it's spelled wrong..... I've fixed that error.
Rheia : Information about the Elvish is down below. Yes, any one can learn it. Romance is not my a bit theme in my writing.
Celestial Moon : Thanks. I have a dictionary of Tolkien's work, yes. Check below for more information. I'm not perfect at the language and someone who is would probably cry at my translational skills. ^_^ Erm, this isn't really a Romance story.
DragonGirl : Yes, battle scenes are going to be in the next chapter. I may split it into two parts if it gets to be too long however.
BenRG : Erm, I still think doing it that way looks tacky, but no worry, I'm probably not going to be using much more elvish in the remaining chapters. Yup, surprising enough, I didn't think that I would be able to get it done and re-edited to fix how Chapter 12 turned out. No fears, Aragorn around. Well she's gotten a lot of years under her belt but she can't change completely it wouldn't make her, her.
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ELVISH
I put a lot of Elvish in the last chapter and the first line as you can see is Elvish as well. For everyone who's looking for dictionaries, online translators, Ect.
This is the book that I use for some, not all of my translations. The Language of Tolkien's Middle Earth, By Ruth S. Noel and you can get it at Borders for about $16. It's a mix of all fourteen languages
I use the Grey Company Elvish to Common Downloadable dictionary. It's a mix of Sindarin, Quenya, and their own.
I also use www.elendor.net/ it has, Sindarin, Quenya, Silmarillion and Teleri. You'll possibly have to use thesaurus.com to look up similar words. And there may be a great deal of words to sift through if the word you're looking for has more than one meaning or it's within another longer word.
This page also has lessons and some simple translation links on it. www.uib.no/People/hnohf/
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