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Lashing Out at Loved Ones
"I'm assuming we are to go with them, my lord?" she said, being unexpectedly polite.
Aragorn nodded. "Have the visions stopped, Laura?"
"Yes. I'm fine now," she lied. Legolas glanced at her, but did not say anything.
The next day Gandalf left with Shadowfax, and the people prepared to relocate to Helm's Deep. She walked with Epona, alongside Legolas and Arod. She looked back at Eowyn and Aragorn, who walked side by side. She'd seen them together earlier in the barn, too. She smelled a soap opera in Middle-Earth.
"I'm seeing sparks fly between those two lately, and I'm not sure if I like it. He's gonna break someone's heart if he keeps pimpin' like that, don't you agree, my lord?" she said, mainly to break some of the tension she felt in the air.
"I've been meaning to ask him about it, you know? Having to decide if he's ever going to see Arwen again or just move on. Do you think he'd talk about it with me?" she asked, squinting her eyes under the sun.
"No," Legolas replied shortly. "I do not think Lord Aragorn would be discussing anything so personal with you. You shouldn't have said anything about it."
"Okay, Mr. Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Tell-Me-Anything."
"My lady, have you no shame?"
She laughed. "Okay, don't flip out on me."
He turned to her. "Then please, do not continue to talk of nonsense."
"A little jumpy, are we? You wanna tell me what's going on? You need to chill out." She could tell that something was bothering him. Was it her? She was always humorous in times like that, and, as immature as it was, loved pressing his buttons. She hated being serious. But, she left him alone and watched the two riders go ahead of the group. Legolas followed them.
She furrowed her brow. She did sense danger. The Elf was right! She stood on her tiptoes to try and see ahead of them. Orcs? Of course, Orcs. That was the only danger ever.
"Orcs!" Aragorn cried. Nice. Panic all those helpless women and children.
"Assemble the riders!" Theoden commanded. "Eowyn, you must get the women and children to Helm's Deep," he told her.
"But I can fight!" she insisted.
"No! You must do this for me."
Without giving it a second thought, Laura mounted Epona and headed for where Legolas stood on a quarry of rocks. He was shooting his arrows at Orcs on wolves, she could now see. As she came closer, Legolas reached up and swung himself around Epona and onto her back.
"That was hot," she said, impressed. He looked back at her and winked. She felt her chest begin to pound. Not the time Laura, she told herself. Focus on those Orcs.
"Hey, I bet I can kill more than you can," she challenged him. She couldn't reach anything from horseback, so she jumped off. The wolves were as ugly and menacing as the Orcs, but better them than a bunch of Uruk Hai.
She was about to slaughter her first one, when Legolas rode by and shot it with an arrow. "One!" he called.
"Hey!" she said angrily.
These men that surrounded her were not ready to fight at all. Many of them were killed. After slaying her fifth one, she looked up to see Aragorn being dragged by an Orc on a wolf. The Orc was about to kill him. She quickly pulled an arrow out of her quiver and shot it as it wrapped its hand around his neck. She was brought back to the battle when one of those wolves ran into her, knocking her over. The wind was knocked out of her, and she unsuccessfully tried to get to her feet as the thing was standing on her arm and crushing her. Then she felt the weight lift off of her. Legolas had shot the wolf. He stood before her, looking triumphant.
"That would be sixteen," he said as he helped her to her feet. She scowled at him.
She looked around. "Aragorn?" she called. "Aragorn!" Legolas joined her as they searched for their friend. An Orc nearby was laughing evilly.
"He fell," the Orc said with his throat somewhat cut open. "He took a little tumble off a cliff." It was the one that she had shot to save Aragorn. Legolas pulled him close.
"You lie!" he accused it. As it choked to death on its own blood, his eyes fell on something. It was Arwen's necklace in its hand. He took it, and the two of them joined King Theoden in looking over a nearby cliff.
She looked down. There was only a river flowing through the canyon. What? He could not be dead, could he? She looked hopelessly at Legolas. He looked just as unsure as she did.
"Carry the injured. Leave the dead," Theoden commanded. He placed a hand on Legolas' shoulder. "Come."
The two of them stood on the cliff, looking down. She felt lightheaded and sick again. She grabbed Legolas' arm to support herself. He looked at her, but did not say anything as they headed on to Helm's Deep. Dead? No way. She had made a promise to her sister, he couldn't be! She didn't feel it in her heart that he was dead. She still felt a little faint, whether from the encounter with Sauron or what.
She passed Eowyn in Helm's Deep, but did not say anything to her. She could see her speaking with King Theoden as she went with Legolas.
"We do not have much time," Legolas began informing her. "When King Theoden gives the order, you are to go down into the Glittering Caves with lady Eowyn and the women and children."
"Whoa, whoa. Have you seen these men lately? You need me to fight and you know it."
He shook his head. "With Aragorn gone, I cannot allow any harm to come to you."
"Oh, give it up already! Just what are you trying to protect me from anyway? I'm not sitting in a cave hoping we'll beat the Uruk Hai. Aragorn would fight, and so will I."
Legolas sighed. "You make things more difficult than they must be, Laura."
She put her hands on her hips. "Well, you should've realized that before you talked to my dad." She knew she was being difficult, but she was not staying in a cave with crying babies and panicking women everywhere. Talk about boring. Besides, if she died, she wanted to die with the only friend she had left now.
Lashing Out at Loved Ones
"I'm assuming we are to go with them, my lord?" she said, being unexpectedly polite.
Aragorn nodded. "Have the visions stopped, Laura?"
"Yes. I'm fine now," she lied. Legolas glanced at her, but did not say anything.
The next day Gandalf left with Shadowfax, and the people prepared to relocate to Helm's Deep. She walked with Epona, alongside Legolas and Arod. She looked back at Eowyn and Aragorn, who walked side by side. She'd seen them together earlier in the barn, too. She smelled a soap opera in Middle-Earth.
"I'm seeing sparks fly between those two lately, and I'm not sure if I like it. He's gonna break someone's heart if he keeps pimpin' like that, don't you agree, my lord?" she said, mainly to break some of the tension she felt in the air.
"I've been meaning to ask him about it, you know? Having to decide if he's ever going to see Arwen again or just move on. Do you think he'd talk about it with me?" she asked, squinting her eyes under the sun.
"No," Legolas replied shortly. "I do not think Lord Aragorn would be discussing anything so personal with you. You shouldn't have said anything about it."
"Okay, Mr. Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Tell-Me-Anything."
"My lady, have you no shame?"
She laughed. "Okay, don't flip out on me."
He turned to her. "Then please, do not continue to talk of nonsense."
"A little jumpy, are we? You wanna tell me what's going on? You need to chill out." She could tell that something was bothering him. Was it her? She was always humorous in times like that, and, as immature as it was, loved pressing his buttons. She hated being serious. But, she left him alone and watched the two riders go ahead of the group. Legolas followed them.
She furrowed her brow. She did sense danger. The Elf was right! She stood on her tiptoes to try and see ahead of them. Orcs? Of course, Orcs. That was the only danger ever.
"Orcs!" Aragorn cried. Nice. Panic all those helpless women and children.
"Assemble the riders!" Theoden commanded. "Eowyn, you must get the women and children to Helm's Deep," he told her.
"But I can fight!" she insisted.
"No! You must do this for me."
Without giving it a second thought, Laura mounted Epona and headed for where Legolas stood on a quarry of rocks. He was shooting his arrows at Orcs on wolves, she could now see. As she came closer, Legolas reached up and swung himself around Epona and onto her back.
"That was hot," she said, impressed. He looked back at her and winked. She felt her chest begin to pound. Not the time Laura, she told herself. Focus on those Orcs.
"Hey, I bet I can kill more than you can," she challenged him. She couldn't reach anything from horseback, so she jumped off. The wolves were as ugly and menacing as the Orcs, but better them than a bunch of Uruk Hai.
She was about to slaughter her first one, when Legolas rode by and shot it with an arrow. "One!" he called.
"Hey!" she said angrily.
These men that surrounded her were not ready to fight at all. Many of them were killed. After slaying her fifth one, she looked up to see Aragorn being dragged by an Orc on a wolf. The Orc was about to kill him. She quickly pulled an arrow out of her quiver and shot it as it wrapped its hand around his neck. She was brought back to the battle when one of those wolves ran into her, knocking her over. The wind was knocked out of her, and she unsuccessfully tried to get to her feet as the thing was standing on her arm and crushing her. Then she felt the weight lift off of her. Legolas had shot the wolf. He stood before her, looking triumphant.
"That would be sixteen," he said as he helped her to her feet. She scowled at him.
She looked around. "Aragorn?" she called. "Aragorn!" Legolas joined her as they searched for their friend. An Orc nearby was laughing evilly.
"He fell," the Orc said with his throat somewhat cut open. "He took a little tumble off a cliff." It was the one that she had shot to save Aragorn. Legolas pulled him close.
"You lie!" he accused it. As it choked to death on its own blood, his eyes fell on something. It was Arwen's necklace in its hand. He took it, and the two of them joined King Theoden in looking over a nearby cliff.
She looked down. There was only a river flowing through the canyon. What? He could not be dead, could he? She looked hopelessly at Legolas. He looked just as unsure as she did.
"Carry the injured. Leave the dead," Theoden commanded. He placed a hand on Legolas' shoulder. "Come."
The two of them stood on the cliff, looking down. She felt lightheaded and sick again. She grabbed Legolas' arm to support herself. He looked at her, but did not say anything as they headed on to Helm's Deep. Dead? No way. She had made a promise to her sister, he couldn't be! She didn't feel it in her heart that he was dead. She still felt a little faint, whether from the encounter with Sauron or what.
She passed Eowyn in Helm's Deep, but did not say anything to her. She could see her speaking with King Theoden as she went with Legolas.
"We do not have much time," Legolas began informing her. "When King Theoden gives the order, you are to go down into the Glittering Caves with lady Eowyn and the women and children."
"Whoa, whoa. Have you seen these men lately? You need me to fight and you know it."
He shook his head. "With Aragorn gone, I cannot allow any harm to come to you."
"Oh, give it up already! Just what are you trying to protect me from anyway? I'm not sitting in a cave hoping we'll beat the Uruk Hai. Aragorn would fight, and so will I."
Legolas sighed. "You make things more difficult than they must be, Laura."
She put her hands on her hips. "Well, you should've realized that before you talked to my dad." She knew she was being difficult, but she was not staying in a cave with crying babies and panicking women everywhere. Talk about boring. Besides, if she died, she wanted to die with the only friend she had left now.
