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"Eotheod, Eotheod, the sun is rising Eotheod."

He noticed it was a servant of the hall who was awakening him. "Thank you."

"You have some clean clothes on the table over there."

"Thank you, again."

"You are welcome. Now if you would pleas excuse me, I have some other guests to attend to."

Eotheod thanked the servant once again as he left the room. He then changed into the clothes that the servant gave him. As he looked down at the pants, noticing that they were big, folded them up so he would not trip over them.

He stood near the window for a short period of time, meditating on his thoughts, listening to the birds, feeling the sun on his face, and the wind in his long hair. Suddenly, it hit him. He had long hair!

~Where did that come from?~

Staring at his hair he noticed it was light brown, not the short brown hair he had before he fell.

~That's it! I fell, got three wishes, and wished that I would be IN the Lord of the Rings. That's why I felt like I was with the company for longer than I really was with them.~

He was stopped in his thinking when there was a short rap on the door.

Taking one last deep breath of the fresh air he spoke quietly "Come in."

The door opened for Eotheod to see Frealaf soaked. "Frealaf what happened?"

"Oh, my two little sisters poured some cold water on my head to wake me up."

Eotheod, who could not help giggling said "Fun. You did not tell me you had two sisters."

"I guess I did not tell you I have a older brother, either."

"No, you didn't. What are their names?"

"Freyda is the oldest girl, she is eleven. Haleth is my youngest sister, she is six. And Heorl is nineteen."

"What do they look like?"

"Freyda has hazel eyes, and dark brown hair. Haleth has the same appearance as Freyda. And Heorl as blue eyes and dark brown hair."

"Why did you come here?"

"King Theoden announced that Rohan must make for Helm's Deep, so I came here to ask you if you would help me and my family pack and get ready."

"Yes, I think I will. Will you help me get ready before I leave to help you?"

"Of course I will!"

Frealaf helped Eotheod put on his belt which held his sword and dagger in their scabbards, and the armor he received the night before.

"I feel heavy." said Eotheod.

"I have never worn armor either so it will be my first time as well."

"I am ready, let's go!"

They ran out the door and into the street, around the corner and were soon there. Eotheod studied the house and it's neighboring houses and realized how poor Frealaf's family's house was and the other houses compared to the Golden Hall. They were made out of tall logs, furs, and string to tie the logs together.

~It is amazing how happy they appear to be, although they are so poor.~

They soon entered the dimly lit room and Eotheod saw Frealaf's mom, Heorl, Freyda, and Haleth packing only their clothes and all the food they owned in small crates. Giving them all a hug, except Heorl, who he gave a hearty handshake.

Frealaf's mother spoke, "Frealaf, who is this?"

Eotheod walked over to her, bowed, and introduced himself, "I am Eotheod, milady."

"Nice to meet you, Eotheod."

The two girls stood giggling in a corner of the room, "Hello, Eotheod." and giggled some more.

Heorl stood up and walked over to Eotheod, "My name is Heorl, nice to meet you."

"The same to all of you."(Nice to meet you).

Freyda and Haleth giggled some more.

"Freyda, Haleth, stop that giggling." said their mother.

"Yes, mother." chimed both of them.

"I came to help your family pack." Eotheod addressed their mother.

"Thank you very much, but we are almost done. You may go outside with Frealaf, and the girls if they wish to prepare the horses."

So they went out to the stables to prepare the horses and Freyda and Haleth tagged along.

"How old are you?" asked Freyda.

"Twelve."

While they were saddling the horses, Eotheod had caught Freyda staring at him several times. After each time she smiled, blushed, and turned away.

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Sooooooo, that's number three. Pretty good, Eh?

Nobody knows what is to come. Muhahahahaaaaaaaaaa!

Chill,

Eothain