Cerridwen: Thank you for your kind reviews!!! I'm glad that you still like it also there are some shock moments*gg*!!!

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A girl stood on top of the hill, laughing softly. She wore a white dress, very similar to Galadriel's white robes, and the wind played with some strands of her hairs. Aragorn couldn't believe his eyes. It was Alia!

"Aragorn, that must be a trap! She can't be alive, someone is playing an evil game with us," shouted Legolas. The elf was about to ride into the girl's direction, when hundreds of Orcs appeared on the edge of the hill. A strange looking man went to Alia's side and lay one arm around her. She smiled at him and snuggled against his chest, ignoring her father and her brother as if she wouldn't know them.

The man looked the army of the king up and down, than grinned. They would be so easy to kill and Arda would belong to him in the end. "Who's the winner now, Tulkas," he whispered and turned around to face his Orcs. Thanks to the might he had given them, they now were stronger than any creature Ilùvatar had ever created and could conquer every part of Arda, even Valinor. They would chase the damn Valar away, back to their glory master and Tulkas laughter would fade. But first they had to deal with the tribes living on Arda. They had to be destroyed.

"Little girl, do you remember what I taught you," asked the man and looked Alia deep in the eyes. The girl nodded and touched a silver necklace she wore. "Good girl, than go and make me proud. Kill them and start with the man in front of the army, the king. The Orcs follow your commands my dear, they'll do whatever you demand. Now go, go!"

Alia walked down the hill and stopped a few meters in front of her father's army. Aragorn tried to calm down, to believe it wasn't her anymore but was overcome with emotions. His little girl was still alive and he had to safe her. This man had done something to her, she wasn't herself anymore, she didn't even remember them. "Alia, my love, what are you doing? Come over to me," demanded the king.

"Keep your mouth shut, fool, I won't listen to you. My masters army will destroy you, the only chance for you and your people to survive is to follow my master. Either you accept this or you will be killed. There's no hope for you to win a battle against our army. They have the power of gods, thanks to our master. So make your choice, king," yelled the girl but was stopped by the strange man.

"What the hell are you doing there? I told you to kill them, not to discuss possible chances to survive with them! I want them dead, not in my army!! Do you understand this," he screamed in anger and suddenly an earthquake let the surface shake.

The girl touched her necklace and a soft beam of silver light shot out of it. For some seconds her gaze met her brother's and he could see some kind of sadness in her eyes. 'Please, please little sister, come back. You must be somewhere inside this body that isn't yours anymore,' he thought and felt hopelessly helpless.

The beam of light hit one rider in the chest and the man fell dead to the ground. Alia muttered something and the light turned red as if it was out of fire. She pulled it out and directed the beam at the ground which immediately caught fire. Within seconds the army was surrounded by flames and unable to flee. The girl stood in the middle of the fire circle, the flames touched her arms but didn't hurt her flesh.

Just when she was about to direct the beam at Aragorn's chest, a strange noise filled the air and Alia looked up to the sky in confusion.

The sound came nearer and nearer, followed by a strange thing looking like a little twister. When it reached them, it stopped and everybody could see another tall man standing in front of the fire. His hair and beard was red and even his skin seemed to be light red. He laughed at the girl and took the necklace from her, smashing it to the ground.

"Nooo!!!!" Came a scream from the hill and the strange man seemed full of anger and hate. The other man with the red hair turned around, still laughing. "Did you think that the Valar wouldn't notice that you've managed to get free, Melkor? Did you really think we are that stupid? I don't know how you managed to get free but that doesn't count, soon you'll be arrested again. Come down and fight with me," he demanded and crossed his arm over his chest.

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