I ran up to the house and standing before me was my ladies maid.
"Hurry your ladyship, plans have changed. You are to leave immediately."
"Why Toreina? What's wrong?"
"Its not my place to tell you that my lady, no, not my place at all. When one tells me a secret, I keep my mouth shut yes I do. No one can get a word outta me when it's a secret, no sir."
"Not to worry, I will find out later."
"Well you are in my charge here at Rohan, you have a right to know seeing as you're a princess."
"If it's a secret though…"
"Now… Siraviel, don't you be trying to talk me into telling you. Trying to get me to slip up. I won't talk miss, it isn't in me."
"Of course not."
"Well now, you need to know, for you're own safety and all. I will tell you what I know. A band of stranded orcs are heading' this way and as mean as can be. The King and Queen figure if you all leave now you will be long gone before they have a chance to get here. Now I don't know anymore, so don't you try and get it out of me. I can always keep a secret, my lady, and you do well to remember that."
And with that she headed towards my chambers and I followed her chuckling. Toreina couldn't keep a secret if her life depended on it though she liked to believe she could. I remembered the orcs then and grew serious. Orcs were no laughing matter. When the One Ring was destroyed and Sauron with it, the orcs had no one to command them. They were left wandering, leaderless and very dangerous. The warriors of the city would take care of them after we'd gone. While Toreina packed up my things, I changed in to riding pants and a light shirt for the journey. Mother would most likely be shocked, but what else was new? She would expect me to ride in the carriage, but there was no way I was missing out on the action. Toreina handed me my baggage and I raced down the stairs and toward the doors that led to the outside. Everyone was already there, mother, father, and Filith, my brother.
I waited for my mother to start the lecture on my attire when I noticed she too had chosen pants over a gown. She looked at me with admiration in her eyes, like she saw something of herself inside of me. She looked proud.
I placed my things into the carriage then noticed Celebreth was already there, waiting for me. I looked over at Seleth and he was grinning, he must have expected what I would do. I mouthed a thank you then turned back to my horse. I smoothed down her mane and whispered in her ear. She was ready for an adventure, and so was I.