'No! Uncle, no!'
The man placed his hands on either side of Theoden's face and pulled him put. But the sound of the person crying did not sound like a man crying. The man placed Theoden's head back down on the ground and removed his helmet. The long, golden hair of a woman fell out.
'Eowyn', cried one of the men. 'What are you doing here? The battlefield is no place for a woman!'
'No it isn't Eomer', the woman sobbed. 'I see why now.'
She looked back at her dead uncle, tears still falling down her cheeks. Gandalf and the Hobbits rode up and looked at the still body of Theoden. Gandalf sighed.
'So passes Theoden son of Thengel, King of Rohan. But know is not the time for grieving. We have a wizard to capture.'
Gandalf looked at Wyatt, a surprised look on his face.
'You are even more powerful then your mother when it comes to magic', he muttered. 'Your brother is strong too. Beware, both of you, of Saruman. He will be even more scared of you than he was of your mother, and look what he nearly did to her. Stay out of the way when we get to Orthanc. Come.'
Piper, Paige and Aragorn found three horses and climbed up on to them. Wyatt rode with Piper and Chris rode with Paige. Piper rode up beside Gandalf.
'Gandalf, you sensed that these boys were more powerful then both of us. They can help us defeat him.'
'It is bad enough when women are in battle, let alone children. I will not let them take part in this.'
'What makes you think that you can over power Saruman. You know these boys can so let them fight.'
'These children were not born for the battles of Middle Earth', Gandalf said angrily.
'But they were born to destroy evil and fill the world with good. If you don't let them do this, you'll be giving evil a chance to win.'
'No!'
Wyatt threw out his hand towards Gandalf and Shadowfax stopped walking in midstep. Gandalf couldn't move, but he could speak.
'What are you doing?' Gandalf roared. 'Let me go!'
'Wyatt', said Piper sternly. 'Let Gandalf go!'
She stopped the horse.
'Gandalf', Wyatt said slowly. 'If I can stop you and the horse just like that then I can stop Saruman. Let me and my brother fight.'
Gandalf didn't look at all happy with this idea but had no other choice but to agree.
'Very well', he muttered.
Wyatt released the spell and Shadowfax kept walking as if nothing had happened. A few minutes later they arrived at Orthanc. They jumped off the horses and walked up the steps, Wyatt and Chris leading the way. When they reached the top step, they found the door was already open so they walked in. Saruman was just walking out into the hallway when they walked in. He stiffened at the side of Wyatt and Chris. He raised his hand and a look of concentration passed over his face. A second later, a dark arrow appeared in midair and flew into Chris's stomach. He fell to the floor groaning.
'Darklighter poison', Saruman hissed with glee. 'Nothing works better on a half Whitelighter don't you think? You next boy.'
He threw another arrow, this time at Wyatt. Wyatt threw out his hand and the arrow stopped an inch from his hand. It dropped to the floor. Saruman threw another arrow at him, but this time quicker. Wyatt stopped that one to. Seeing he wasn't going to be able to poison Wyatt, he threw a dark curse at him. It was visibly a dark red colour. Wyatt caught it and threw it back. Saruman, caught off guard by the fact Wyatt could throw spells back, was hit by the curse and thrown to the ground. He got up again quickly. Wyatt pointed at Saruman and tried to freeze him. The spell only half worked. Saruman was moving rather stiffly, but he could still move. He began to try and throw the spell back on Wyatt. Wyatt staggered but held on.
'Mom', he panted. 'If we ever needed a spell... It would be now.'
Piper thought back to a spell she had seen in the Book of Shadows but she altered it to suit her needs.
'Evil you are and evil you shall remain,
But over Middle Earth you shall not reign.
Be gone you evil, back to the depths of Hell
And it is there you shall forever dwell.'
Saruman screamed and fell to the floor, but he held on, still trying to force the spell on Wyatt. The tension of the spell was begging to visibly show between them. A light blue pulse was coming out of Wyatt and a dark red pulse was coming out of Saruman. The two forces met in the middle and were creating and energy ball that was slowly growing.
'Repeat it!' Wyatt roared.
Piper and Paige glanced at each other and repeated the spell.
'Evil you are and evil you shall remain,
But over Middle Earth you shall not reign.
Be gone you evil, back to the depths of Hell
And it is there you shall forever dwell.'
Everyone joined in with them, even Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and the Hobbits. It wasn't magic though that they were giving. It was the will to concur evil and that was helping the spell. When they had repeated the spell for the third time, the energy ball in the middle of the room flew towards Saruman and hit him squarely in the middle of his chest. Saruman screamed again and exploded into dust. It fell to the floor and disappeared.
Wyatt instantly turned to his brother and knelt down beside him. He gently turned Chris over and looked at his face. His face was a pale white and his skin was clammy. Wyatt looked down at the arrow and gently pulled it out. As soon as it was out, he placed his hand over the wound and healed his brother. When he was done, Chris looked up.
'Wyatt... Where is Saruman?'
'He's gone for good, Chris', he answered his brother. 'He won't be hurting us again.'
When Chris was strong enough to walk, they all walked out side to find the horses. Gandalf stepped aside with Wyatt for a moment.
'I'm sorry Wyatt for doubting you', he said humble. 'I wasn't sure if you could handle Saruman even if you have more magic then your mother. I wasn't sure with you being as young as you are, if you would... maybe... side... with Saruman.'
Wyatt sighed.
'I wasn't always good you know', Wyatt said quietly. 'In my world, in another future, I was the Source of All Evil. But a messenger came form the future when I wasn't even a year old and stopped it from happening. That messenger was Chris. '
Gandalf gave a start. Wyatt looked down at his brother who was trying to mount a horse without his mother's help.
'When he was twenty-five, he came back from the future to save his older brother from becoming evil, and I've never been able to thank him enough. That's why I love him so much. He doesn't know about what he did, but he will, one day, when he is old enough to hear it. He won't like it though. My mother only told me a few weeks ago, and I've been mad at her since then. '
He looked back at Gandalf.
'You have good reason to question me Gandalf. I've questioned myself everyday ever since I found out.'
Wyatt walked down the stairs and jumped smoothly on to a horse. Piper joined him once Chris was safe on a horse with Paige. Everyone mounted their horses and the fellowship gathered around each other.
'Gondor has thought that their King is dead long enough', said Paige. 'We are going to orb to Gondor, and announce the King has returned.'
'The return of the King', said Legolas with a smile
'Thank you for stating the obvious Legolas', said Piper coolly. 'Paige, you can orb the Hobbits and Mr. Obvious over. Wyatt can take the rest of us. Let's go.'
They all disappeared in a huge swirl of orb lights, leaving Rohan's people in shock of both the magical disappearance and their King's death.
They all appeared in front of Minas Tirith's gates and began to shout. The confused men inside the gate began to open the gate. Aragorn drew his sword. When the gates where open far enough, he brought his horse into a gallop and charged through. After exchanging a quick glance, everyone followed him.
'Elendil!' Aragorn cried.
People watched in wonder as they saw the king whom they had thought dead charge past them, up to his home. Women came out of their houses with their children and watched as more horses bearing riders pass. When every horse had past, they began to follow, more slowly up the way. Happiness had returned to Gondor. Their King had returned.
