Chapter 12. Eve of Battle
We rode to the huge gates and the opened as we looked at them. Wonderfully carved, they had giant kings carved into them.
We rode in the king's eyes staring at us.
When we rode I had to stop myself from laughing at the looks the Gondorian soldiers gave us.
Trin was sure enjoying the attention.
We rode up to the courtyard and unmounted. I walked over to Merry and Gandalf waited for us.
"You two listen! Denethor if Boromir's father." we looked at each other. "Don't make him grieve any more than he has to. Don't mention Aragorn, Frodo, or the ring. In fact just let me talk."
We both nodded and walked behind him. We walked into a huge hall made of white stone like everything else. There were statues of kings lining the hall. The people here must be very bored seeing the same white stone with the same kings.
I sighed, maybe the most exciting thing is when they got a new statue. I was so involved in my thought I ran right into Gandalf who had stopped in front of the steward. Merry snickered as I stumbled back. Gandalf gave me a glare and bowed. Merry bowed as well but I noticed Trin was behind me and we bowed in a elvish fashion.
When we rose I saw the horn of Gondor in Denethor's hands. My eyes widened and I'm sure Merry saw the same thing, Boromir's horn.
"I bring news Denethor." Gandalf started in his boring slow voice.
"Have you brought news about why my son is dead?" he asked looking at us tears in his eyes.
My breath came faster and I couldn't help myself. "Boromir died because of us, my cousin and I."
"Pippin." Gandalf glared at me wacking me with his staff to shut me up.
I did but Merry didn't "He fell saving our lives from many foes if it wasn't for him we would both be dead." Now Gandalf wacked both of us and Trin gave me a hard glare.
"No, go on." Denethor whispered. Oh no, I looked at Gandalf ready to catch his staff if it came near my head.
"Our camp was attacked and our group fled in different directions." I stopped there, how could I tell him without telling about Frodo.
"Our kinsman was trapped and we distracted the Uruk-hai by running away. One of them was about to chop us in two when Boromir came." Merry helped out.
"He was shot many times before he fell. Then the Urks caught us and were bringing us to Isengaurd because.." I was stopped there by a really hard wack from Gandalf.
"So why are you here?"
"We bring help from both Mirkwood and Rohan. Mordor will strike hardest here." Gandalf said loudly so we wouldn't say anything else.
"We don't need any help." the steward said softly. What an idiot, I thought, we bring over two thousand good men and six thousand more of the Rohirrim were coming.
"Yes you do." Gandalf said.
"And what would we want with the Rohirrim who never came to our aid and a bunch of horrid elves!" he shouted.
"Ir sabo ho pedo?" 'What did he say?' I heard Trin whisper. I winced, afraid he would ask. I muttered and saw him tense up glaring at the man.
"Do you think I don't know about this Aragorn! How could a lowly ranger become the king! I wont allow it! I think this is insane letting him take the throne. He would be an awful king!" the man shouted.
"Baw!" 'No!' I exploded. "Ho peth no a edo ara tó let peth ai no!" 'He would be a better king than you would ever be!' I shouted earning a really hard wack from Gandalf.
"He speaks the language of the elves." He growled.
Oops, I sort of shrunk and saw Merry trying his hardest to not laugh. I meant every word.
"Trin take them to where they will be sleeping." Gandalf muttered. The elf looked confused and I translated quickly then he nodded and pulled us out. It's not like Gandalf cant speak elvish maybe he was too mad to even try.
I better stay clear.
We went into another room of white stone and Trin sat us on the beds making sure we weren't going to destroy anything.
When he left we reorganized our room to show as little of the white as we could. We pulled out some of the extra sheets and hung them on the walls. Now the walls were a dark blue with the occasional white tree.
Merry yawned and looked at our colorful room.
"Sleep?" I asked and he nodded. We argued over who got the bed by the window and he won he always wins. Maybe it's because he's older.
We were both asleep in moments.
A loud horn blasted through the quiet room. We both jumped and looked around in a daze.
"That was the noon horn." I heard a voice and jumped. Aragorn smiled. "You both slept late." I nodded and leapt out of be onto the hard ground.
"I see you did some redecorating." he said looking around.
"White's boring." I said as I walked over to Merry who's head was buried in his blanket.
"WAKE UP MER!" I yelled into his ear. When he still slept I yelled "ORCS!" into his ear. That got him. He shot out of bed his hand flying to his sword.
"Where?" he said groggily.
"That was mean." Aragorn smiled. I shrugged and looked at Merry, he was still trying to figure out where the orcs were.
"We use to do that all the time when we were kids, one would yell 'GOBLINS!' into the other's ear. It was fun." I grinned at Aragorn who was trying to picture us young and yelling goblins.
"Hurry, you have to help, the battle will probably be tonight." and with that said the ranger walked out. Merry was pulling on his newly tailored hobbit coat.
"That's the coat you wore out of the Shire right?" I asked softly.
He looked down "Yeah. Where's yours?" I grinned and pulled out my old blue jacket and scarf.
"I really couldn't train with a scarf and heavy jacket now could I?" I asked while I pulled off my sleeping tunic. I rummaged through all my cloths and pulled out a blue tunic and pants. When I had finished dressing and brushing my hair we walked outside.
Catapults were being put up all over the place. We walked to where they were putting more chains on the door and gathering up all the men able to fight. I saw a young man in armor saying goodbye to his young wife who's cheeks glistened with tears. I sighed and tried not to cry myself.
"Pippin! Have you gotten your armor?" The captain of the army walked up to me.
"Um..no." I said in a soft voice.
"I put it in your room." he said nodding and walking away.
"Merry! Your armor's in your room too!" A Rohirrim soldier yelled to Merry. We just walked back to our room.
Lying on Merry's bed was a leather and silver chest plate, helmet, and chain mail. I looked at my armor. A silver chest plate, a golden chain mail shirt, and a golden helmet. The helmet was really interesting. It's sides came down father than Merry's, what looked like a hawk was at the nose. It's beak protecting the nose.
"We better get this stuff on, I want to get use to it." I nodded and pulled on my chain mail. I was surprised at how light it was. I buckled on my chest plate and found a neck guard also. I fastened it around my neck and turned around.
Merry was in his armor and was smiling. "Sort of says 'Hit me!' Doesn't it." I glared at him. I knew he was talking about my armor.
"Yeah, I guess so." I grinned. "Might as well wear targets."
"C'mon."
Merry said grabbing his helmet and walked out the door. I followed him running into the captain outside.
He looked at me and narrowed his eyes. "Where are your arm guards?" he asked.
"I didn't get any." I said softly. He just smiled.
"Here." he handed me some silver arm guards that I strapped on while trying to follow Merry.
"It's gettin darker." he said looking up.
"Yeah." I said lost in thought. Then I saw something marching to us. At first it looked like a cloud on the ground. When it got closer I saw thousands and thousands of orc, uruk-hai, and trolls. Off in the distance there were thousands of oliphaunts.
"So it begins." Merry whispered.
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Sorry about the wait I was out of town and wasn't able to get internet
We rode to the huge gates and the opened as we looked at them. Wonderfully carved, they had giant kings carved into them.
We rode in the king's eyes staring at us.
When we rode I had to stop myself from laughing at the looks the Gondorian soldiers gave us.
Trin was sure enjoying the attention.
We rode up to the courtyard and unmounted. I walked over to Merry and Gandalf waited for us.
"You two listen! Denethor if Boromir's father." we looked at each other. "Don't make him grieve any more than he has to. Don't mention Aragorn, Frodo, or the ring. In fact just let me talk."
We both nodded and walked behind him. We walked into a huge hall made of white stone like everything else. There were statues of kings lining the hall. The people here must be very bored seeing the same white stone with the same kings.
I sighed, maybe the most exciting thing is when they got a new statue. I was so involved in my thought I ran right into Gandalf who had stopped in front of the steward. Merry snickered as I stumbled back. Gandalf gave me a glare and bowed. Merry bowed as well but I noticed Trin was behind me and we bowed in a elvish fashion.
When we rose I saw the horn of Gondor in Denethor's hands. My eyes widened and I'm sure Merry saw the same thing, Boromir's horn.
"I bring news Denethor." Gandalf started in his boring slow voice.
"Have you brought news about why my son is dead?" he asked looking at us tears in his eyes.
My breath came faster and I couldn't help myself. "Boromir died because of us, my cousin and I."
"Pippin." Gandalf glared at me wacking me with his staff to shut me up.
I did but Merry didn't "He fell saving our lives from many foes if it wasn't for him we would both be dead." Now Gandalf wacked both of us and Trin gave me a hard glare.
"No, go on." Denethor whispered. Oh no, I looked at Gandalf ready to catch his staff if it came near my head.
"Our camp was attacked and our group fled in different directions." I stopped there, how could I tell him without telling about Frodo.
"Our kinsman was trapped and we distracted the Uruk-hai by running away. One of them was about to chop us in two when Boromir came." Merry helped out.
"He was shot many times before he fell. Then the Urks caught us and were bringing us to Isengaurd because.." I was stopped there by a really hard wack from Gandalf.
"So why are you here?"
"We bring help from both Mirkwood and Rohan. Mordor will strike hardest here." Gandalf said loudly so we wouldn't say anything else.
"We don't need any help." the steward said softly. What an idiot, I thought, we bring over two thousand good men and six thousand more of the Rohirrim were coming.
"Yes you do." Gandalf said.
"And what would we want with the Rohirrim who never came to our aid and a bunch of horrid elves!" he shouted.
"Ir sabo ho pedo?" 'What did he say?' I heard Trin whisper. I winced, afraid he would ask. I muttered and saw him tense up glaring at the man.
"Do you think I don't know about this Aragorn! How could a lowly ranger become the king! I wont allow it! I think this is insane letting him take the throne. He would be an awful king!" the man shouted.
"Baw!" 'No!' I exploded. "Ho peth no a edo ara tó let peth ai no!" 'He would be a better king than you would ever be!' I shouted earning a really hard wack from Gandalf.
"He speaks the language of the elves." He growled.
Oops, I sort of shrunk and saw Merry trying his hardest to not laugh. I meant every word.
"Trin take them to where they will be sleeping." Gandalf muttered. The elf looked confused and I translated quickly then he nodded and pulled us out. It's not like Gandalf cant speak elvish maybe he was too mad to even try.
I better stay clear.
We went into another room of white stone and Trin sat us on the beds making sure we weren't going to destroy anything.
When he left we reorganized our room to show as little of the white as we could. We pulled out some of the extra sheets and hung them on the walls. Now the walls were a dark blue with the occasional white tree.
Merry yawned and looked at our colorful room.
"Sleep?" I asked and he nodded. We argued over who got the bed by the window and he won he always wins. Maybe it's because he's older.
We were both asleep in moments.
A loud horn blasted through the quiet room. We both jumped and looked around in a daze.
"That was the noon horn." I heard a voice and jumped. Aragorn smiled. "You both slept late." I nodded and leapt out of be onto the hard ground.
"I see you did some redecorating." he said looking around.
"White's boring." I said as I walked over to Merry who's head was buried in his blanket.
"WAKE UP MER!" I yelled into his ear. When he still slept I yelled "ORCS!" into his ear. That got him. He shot out of bed his hand flying to his sword.
"Where?" he said groggily.
"That was mean." Aragorn smiled. I shrugged and looked at Merry, he was still trying to figure out where the orcs were.
"We use to do that all the time when we were kids, one would yell 'GOBLINS!' into the other's ear. It was fun." I grinned at Aragorn who was trying to picture us young and yelling goblins.
"Hurry, you have to help, the battle will probably be tonight." and with that said the ranger walked out. Merry was pulling on his newly tailored hobbit coat.
"That's the coat you wore out of the Shire right?" I asked softly.
He looked down "Yeah. Where's yours?" I grinned and pulled out my old blue jacket and scarf.
"I really couldn't train with a scarf and heavy jacket now could I?" I asked while I pulled off my sleeping tunic. I rummaged through all my cloths and pulled out a blue tunic and pants. When I had finished dressing and brushing my hair we walked outside.
Catapults were being put up all over the place. We walked to where they were putting more chains on the door and gathering up all the men able to fight. I saw a young man in armor saying goodbye to his young wife who's cheeks glistened with tears. I sighed and tried not to cry myself.
"Pippin! Have you gotten your armor?" The captain of the army walked up to me.
"Um..no." I said in a soft voice.
"I put it in your room." he said nodding and walking away.
"Merry! Your armor's in your room too!" A Rohirrim soldier yelled to Merry. We just walked back to our room.
Lying on Merry's bed was a leather and silver chest plate, helmet, and chain mail. I looked at my armor. A silver chest plate, a golden chain mail shirt, and a golden helmet. The helmet was really interesting. It's sides came down father than Merry's, what looked like a hawk was at the nose. It's beak protecting the nose.
"We better get this stuff on, I want to get use to it." I nodded and pulled on my chain mail. I was surprised at how light it was. I buckled on my chest plate and found a neck guard also. I fastened it around my neck and turned around.
Merry was in his armor and was smiling. "Sort of says 'Hit me!' Doesn't it." I glared at him. I knew he was talking about my armor.
"Yeah, I guess so." I grinned. "Might as well wear targets."
"C'mon."
Merry said grabbing his helmet and walked out the door. I followed him running into the captain outside.
He looked at me and narrowed his eyes. "Where are your arm guards?" he asked.
"I didn't get any." I said softly. He just smiled.
"Here." he handed me some silver arm guards that I strapped on while trying to follow Merry.
"It's gettin darker." he said looking up.
"Yeah." I said lost in thought. Then I saw something marching to us. At first it looked like a cloud on the ground. When it got closer I saw thousands and thousands of orc, uruk-hai, and trolls. Off in the distance there were thousands of oliphaunts.
"So it begins." Merry whispered.
Reviews:
littlesaiyangirl- Thanks I'll look that up. :)
Ri0t-Gurl- Thank you so much!
Wren- Yeah but you have to remember it's all AU so the war can last longer.
Rachel13- Thank you and say hi to your pet hobbit for me :)
Ice Ember- I know aren't they adorable!
Sorry about the wait I was out of town and wasn't able to get internet
