Chapter 7

Never An Absolution


Levanna stared at her cousin, she was beyond the point of shock. She carefully read over the inscription on her arm over and over.

"M - Merry?" She gasped out, her cousin smiling.

Tigerlily sat up and looked at her arm, gently caressing the name. "Lovely, eh? Since Frodo most likely wont make it out of Mordor alive..."

"He will!!!!" Levanna shrieked in disgust.

"I've moved on." She continued as if what her cousin had said meant nothing.

Levanna was breathing raggedly and she was full of fury. She glared at her cousin and snarled, "How could you do that to Lana, to our cousin our blood?"

Tigerlily shrugged. "She'll get over it," She paused thoughtfully. "You always did"

With that Levanna lunged at her, reaching out, trying to strangle her. Tigerlily was strong and held her back, screaming for help. Legolas and Aragorn ran in, Aragorn taking Levanna gently, but firmly by the arms from behind and pulling her off .

"You filth! You're nothing but a half breed Levanna! You and that filthy cousin of yours! I see you as nothing more than dirt!" Tigerlily cried. "You're nothing but a half breed!"

"Hush Tigerlily! Speak in no such manner, your cousin is highly honorable and certainly no half breed!" Legolas scolded.

Tigerlily coldly stared. "She is no cousin of mine, I wash my hands of her."

In disgust Levanna tore herself away from Aragorn and turned to leave but before doing so she spit upon Tigerlily. "You shame me and the rest of our family."


Olane`a woke later to find Pippin and Merry silent. They looked off into the near distance of Isengard. She sat up and scooted closer to them. Merry looked at her, alarmed and frightened it seemed.

"What?" She asked timidly.

"N-nothing." He responded.

Pippin shook his head with an eye roll, annoyed at Merry's procrastination. Hew ignored his cousin a bit, trying not to look at him.

Aggravated Merry turned to her. "Can we go talk?"

She seemed surprised. "Of course." She replied.

Merry led her up a few branches and then sat with her. "Listen Olane`a, Pip and I, we heard you talking in your sleep. And you said, you said you loved me."

She stared at him gaping in horror. "I did?"

He nodded shyly. A furious blush covered her cheeks.

"I may have been dreaming of the future. I don't remember. I mean, I do like you Merry, I like you a lot, but love is so strong, bad choice of words I suppose."

"You mean it?"

"Yes, I'm terribly sorry."

"Oh I believed that part, I meant the whole really liking me part?"

She laughed at his facial expression. "Yes, Merry, I do like you."

He grinned. "I like you too, Olane`a." She smiled fully and he leaned in, bringing himself closer to kiss her.

"THERE IT IS YOUNG HOBBITS! IIIIIISENGAAARRRD!" Treebeard roared, nearly causing Merry and Olane`a to fall of off him. The two decided to get down from the top and hold on to his branches below.

"Well, here goes nothing then." Pippin whispered.


Levanna knocked on the door of Gandalf 's sleeping quarters, nervously constricting her fingers as he called out.

"Come in, Levanna." She inhaled and exhaled deeply then stepped into the dark, damp room.

Gandalf smiled, setting aside his pipe. "You surprised us all with your arrival, what made you leave Frodo?"

She sighed. "A little blonde birdy told me to, you must know what this is about?"

He smiled weakly. "Well, I don't have a mirror to tell me but it all adds up." He said shaking his hand and standing to pace.

"How bad, Gandalf?" She asked, her eyes for one of the first times wide with fear.

He looked gravely to her. "Bad... 10's of thousands of orcs. Two hundred men."

Levanna stared in disbelief. "Te- tens of thousands? But that would surely..."

"I know." He stopped her, before she could say it. "We need help but Theoden will not hear of it. I leave for the Galdhirim today, for help. Tell no one. Also someone you know will be arriving to help soon."

She was perplexed. "Who, I can't..." She trailed off. "No,"

He nodded. "She is being sent for."

"Gandalf no, I could not bear it if..."

"Olane`a is just as good a warrior as you."

"Yes, but I would sooner die than allow her to die in battle before she and Merry..."

"They will be fine, as will Olane`a in this... We need her, Levanna, we need the best." He sighed. "Frodo can't go into Mordor, I've made sure of that, until you hurry back, right when the battle ends you have to leave though, Levanna, time is short."

She breathed deeply. "I know," She turned from him to look out the window. "Believe me, I know."


Olane'a looked out at the holes built to house orcs and goblins building more orcs and goblins. She felt pity for the elves in the foredays that had to be tortured to become orcs.

She jumped as a voice greeted her from the telekinesis she possessed. 'Hello, Lana.'

'Levanna, is that you?' Olane`a asked overjoyed.

'Yes, listen we haven't much time. You must get to Rohan, and to Helms Deep, there will be a battle, we really need people. Just tell Pippin and Merry you'll be back shortly.'

'But how can I leave them?' Olane`a asked in outrage.

'You have to, I left Frodo and Sam, you can leave Merry and Pippin, be strong, I promise you they will be all right.'

Olane`a sighed. 'All right, how do I get there.'

'A horse will be there momentarily, she'll get you here within a day.'

Olane`a nodded and Levanna was gone from the telepathy. She turned to the other hobbits. "I have to go to Rohan, Levanna has just spoken to me, I will be back soon."

Merry yelped. "Y-you're going to leave us here?"

"Oh Merry, only for a day or so, and besides Treebeard will keep you safe."

He looked deeply into her eyes and Pippin turned away. "A- all right, hurry back."

She grinned. "I will." She leaned in, kissing his cheek. The sound of a neigh filled the air and Olane`a jumped right onto the mares back, and then rode off.


Levanna sat in the armory room the next morning, lovingly sharpening her sword and her arrows. Legolas entered, he smiled at her and began to work on his own weapons.

"So, what is Gollum like?" He asked curiously.

"Like a giant fur less rat." She mumbled showing the creature no pity.

"Arf arf! And what of Masters Gamgee and Baggins?"

She flinched under his watchful eye. "Not good, Frodo is under the Ring's power and Sam thinks his angry bellows are his fault."

Legolas nodded and they looked up when Aragorn came in. "Good morning." He said with a smile.

They nodded and continued on with their weapons. "Is Lily up?"

Legolas shook his head. "No, and it's good, I highly doubt she's going to get much sleep inside the fort."

Levanna sighed. " I do not see why she cannot fight."

"We don't need to lose three women in battle," Aragorn reminded softly.

"It wouldn't be three, if Olane`a hadn't been..."

"Oh do shut up!" Came Tigerlily's incredulous yell from the doorway.

Levanna bit back an insult and continued to work. Tigerlily gave Aragorn a flirty smile. "So handsome." she said stroking his chest where Arwen's medallion lay.

"Oh go to hell!" Levanna cried standing. "The only thing you are good for is flirting, you would make an excellent whore only you don't go so far as to sleeping with them, you just brag and flirt! And then when something else comes along you go for the gold!"

Tigerlily lunged for her but Aragorn restrained her. "Hav a danatu, Levanna." He commanded. She sat down and began to mumble about something in Elvish, there was a knock.

"Miss me?" Came Olane`a's voice.

Levanna was up again and hugging her cousin kissing her cheek and whispering in Elvish.

"Yech, calm down, Beradan!" She cried shoving Levanna off of her. "Im here to fight, not be buttered up!"

She hugged both Aragorn and Legolas walking past Tigerlily unnoticing.( Salty, eh Lana?)

"Well Olane`a dear, that's a bit rude!" Tigerlily pretended to be insulted.

Without warning Levanna ripped away the sleeve of her gown, exposing the scarred name. Olane`a gasped.

"Merry?" She asked.

Tigerlily nodded.

Olane`a reached out slapping her. "Levanna may let you walk all over her and her men, but I won't. Stay away from him." She warned icily, then she left the room, shortly followed by all others but Tigerlily, still holding her cheek in shock.


Needless to say it took a couple of days to arrive at Helms Deep and once in sight people began to run to it, but not before a large battle, which took Aragorn over a cliff.

"You can't just leave him to die!" Levanna cried to Theoden.

"We have not the time to go after him!"

She grabbed his robes and stopped him, he was to say the least surprised by her strength. "Listen you bastard, that's my cousins betrothed back there, and if you let him die how can she live?"

He roughly seized her hands. "Listen you, I'll admit you are indeed attractive and I would have you, but you are not even the price of us all going back to him when we could jeopardize our future." He walked away, leaving her hurt and insulted she found Olane`a.

"Take care of the others, I'm going back."

"What?"

"Just do it!" She harshly responded.


Next and final chap before the Final Way, completely based on Battle of Helms Deep, In Rain and in Fury