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Note: Thanks for all the reviews. I will have to see if I use the ideas, just read on with the story and you will see. Let´s begin
Joyce had been talking to Eowyn trough out the ride. The Lady and her were begining to become fast friends.
"So Lord Aragorn is your brother?" Eowyn asked.
"No, he is not. He is one of my closest friends. I see him as a bigger brother sometimes but by blood he is not. I have a lot of people that are like brothers or sisters to me. Most are Elves." Joyce answered.
"Like who?" Eowyn asked again.
"Well. The Lord of Rivendell is Lord Elrond. He is a Half-Elf. He has 3 children. Two boys and one girl. The boys are called Elladan and Elrohir. They are twins and when they were younger, they pulled so many pranks that Elrond did not know what do but to teach the how to use weapons. Not that it helped much. They are away most of the time, but when they are at home, they teach the pranks to all the other Elflings. They are very protective when it comes to people they love. Sometimes it can be very anoying."
"And they try to protect you to?"
"Yes at every change they get. They didn´t even want me fight in this war. But I am fighting in the war right now, so instead they gave me a knive." Joyce answered while showing the knive to Eowyn.
The lady smiled before asking. "So you grew up in Rivendell. And you trained with Gandalf. After this war, where then will you go?"
Joyce smiled and blushed a bit before answering. "I am not interly sure. I think I want to travel for a little while. But I am going to visit Mirkwood, that is for sure. After that I will see."
"Why are you going to Mirkwood? I don´t understand. I tought those woods were very dangerous. You must of got a very special reason to go there." Eowyn asked.
Joyce smiled and looked back to where Aragorn and Legolas were riding and talking. She then turned back to Eowyn. "Yes, I guess you could call it a very special reason indeed. I have never traveled to those woods, but someboyd who I love very much asked me to travel there when this war is over."
"Who is that?" Eowyn asked courius.
Joyce looked around and tought for a moment how to tell her without revealing his identitie to the rest of the riders. "He is the only Elf in this company. It is not that hard to guess now it it."
Eowyn looked back and then while looking at Joyce again, she them mounted the word "Legolas". Joyce smiled and nodded.
Eowyn her face broke into a smile, but then her face saddened when she said. "I am happy for you, you atleast have someone who returns your love. I still can not stop the feeling I am having for Lord Aragorn."
Joyce leaning in and patted her on the shoulder. "I am sure in time you will find somebody you love. Don´t be so hard on yourself. You are a nice lady. And one day somebody will come along and you will see that he is right for you."
Eowyn smiled and looked up again. "Thank you very much, Joyce. Look there is dunharrow." She said while pointing to a large mountain.
King Theoden was riding at the lead with Aragorn. All of the army stood up to see the king. Joyce heard people shouting how many men the had brought. To her it did not seem much.
After they had ridden above and Joyce had petted and taken care of Bredo, Aragorn took her by the arm and brought her to the king.
King Theoden was looking down at the army gathering. "6.000 spears. Les then half of what I hoped for." He then said to them.
"6.000 will not be enough to break the lines of Mordor" Aragorn answered.
"More will come" Theoden answered.
"Every hour lost hastens Gondor´s defeat. We have till dawn, then we must ride."
Theoden nods at Aragorn and then sees Joyce standing behind him. He smiled at her and said. "Come, we need to speak."
Joyce nodded and followed the King to his tent. When they both stepped inside and Theoden offered her something to drink he said. "I know you ride with Aragorn and not with us. Aragorn told me. The soldiers do not know this. I would like to keep it that way. I need to ask you something. Is that okay with you?"
Joyce nodded and said. "Please ask you question. I will tell you if I want to answer it or not."
"My niece Eowyn, she seems quite taken with Aragorn. I think he would be a fine man for her. But you must tell me does she have a change?"
Joyce tought for a moment, but then decided to tell the truth. "Have you seen the neck less that Aragorn has hanging around his neck?"
Theoden nodded.
"It is given to him by Arwen Evenster. Daughter of Elrond of Rivendell. She has the chooice of immortality or to become mortal. Aragorn and Arwen met a long time ago. Aragorn fell in love with her from the moment he layed eyes on her. He has loved her ever since. Arwen returned that love years later. By given him her neck less Arwen gave her immortality to him. If he were to marry her, she would become mortal. When he becomes the King of Gondor, he will wed Arwen. I daresay he loved her with all his heart and she loves him back. I am sorry but it is better that Eowyn does not get to close. Aragorn will chooice Arwen over her:"
Theoden his gaze was dropped to the floor. "Have you told me niece?"
Joyce nodded before saying. "I did. But I think it is best if you tell her also. I would not want to see her get heartbroken."
Theoden nodded and then said. "Thank you Lady Joyce. For being so honest with me. You are free to go now."
Joyce walked out the tent.
Joyce had tried to catch some sleep, which had actualy worked until somebody woke her up. Looking around she saw that it was a dark hooded and cloaked figure. He had his hand over hermouth to stop her from yelling.
"Don´t scream or attack me. I am a friend. Easy little One. I will show you my true identity now." With that he trow back his cloak to reveal Elrond.
When Joyce had come over the first shock, she had jumped up and hugged Elrond with all his might. The Elf returned the hug before pulled her back and looking at her.
"You have changed again. I can not believe it, but it seems you have found somebody to love. Tell me who is the lucky man?
"He is not a man. He is a Elf." Joyce answered.
"But who?" And then his eyes lid up. "Of course. The only Elf on the quest, Legolas. I am happy for you child. We can talk about this another time. I heard from Aragorn that you would travel with him to Minas Tirith. You must leave now. He is waiting for you and needs you more the ever. I saw you stuff had already been packed. I woke you up to see you before the war really started and to give you this advice of Lady Galadriel. She says that it is time to follow you heart. Make the right choiced and your dreams will come true. Believe in that and you will find a way. And this is my advice. Do not stop your emotions, they might be the key for something more powerfull and pure then you have ever seen before."
Joyce nodded in understanding and strapped her sword to her back. Elrond looked at her before hugging her again and saying. "Trust you own power and the power of your crystal it will work, trust me. May the Valar look over you and keep you safe. Namarie."
Joyce nodded before bowing her head in respect and then walking to Bredo. She leads the horse with her. She sees Aragorn standing there, while talking to Gimli, who want to come.
Smiling at the man, he smiles back at her before telling Gimli that he can´t come. Then Legolas also joins them. "Have you learned nothing of the stuborness of dwarves?" He asks Aragorn while smiling.
"Might as well accept it, laddy. We are coming with you."
Joyce shares a smile with Aragorn, before the man nods. Legolas looks at her for a minute. He did not nknow that she would join Aragorn. But that is alright. It is better with her there.
After that they all mount and ride for the paths of the dead.
Hope you liked it. Please review.
Note: Thanks for all the reviews. I will have to see if I use the ideas, just read on with the story and you will see. Let´s begin
Joyce had been talking to Eowyn trough out the ride. The Lady and her were begining to become fast friends.
"So Lord Aragorn is your brother?" Eowyn asked.
"No, he is not. He is one of my closest friends. I see him as a bigger brother sometimes but by blood he is not. I have a lot of people that are like brothers or sisters to me. Most are Elves." Joyce answered.
"Like who?" Eowyn asked again.
"Well. The Lord of Rivendell is Lord Elrond. He is a Half-Elf. He has 3 children. Two boys and one girl. The boys are called Elladan and Elrohir. They are twins and when they were younger, they pulled so many pranks that Elrond did not know what do but to teach the how to use weapons. Not that it helped much. They are away most of the time, but when they are at home, they teach the pranks to all the other Elflings. They are very protective when it comes to people they love. Sometimes it can be very anoying."
"And they try to protect you to?"
"Yes at every change they get. They didn´t even want me fight in this war. But I am fighting in the war right now, so instead they gave me a knive." Joyce answered while showing the knive to Eowyn.
The lady smiled before asking. "So you grew up in Rivendell. And you trained with Gandalf. After this war, where then will you go?"
Joyce smiled and blushed a bit before answering. "I am not interly sure. I think I want to travel for a little while. But I am going to visit Mirkwood, that is for sure. After that I will see."
"Why are you going to Mirkwood? I don´t understand. I tought those woods were very dangerous. You must of got a very special reason to go there." Eowyn asked.
Joyce smiled and looked back to where Aragorn and Legolas were riding and talking. She then turned back to Eowyn. "Yes, I guess you could call it a very special reason indeed. I have never traveled to those woods, but someboyd who I love very much asked me to travel there when this war is over."
"Who is that?" Eowyn asked courius.
Joyce looked around and tought for a moment how to tell her without revealing his identitie to the rest of the riders. "He is the only Elf in this company. It is not that hard to guess now it it."
Eowyn looked back and then while looking at Joyce again, she them mounted the word "Legolas". Joyce smiled and nodded.
Eowyn her face broke into a smile, but then her face saddened when she said. "I am happy for you, you atleast have someone who returns your love. I still can not stop the feeling I am having for Lord Aragorn."
Joyce leaning in and patted her on the shoulder. "I am sure in time you will find somebody you love. Don´t be so hard on yourself. You are a nice lady. And one day somebody will come along and you will see that he is right for you."
Eowyn smiled and looked up again. "Thank you very much, Joyce. Look there is dunharrow." She said while pointing to a large mountain.
King Theoden was riding at the lead with Aragorn. All of the army stood up to see the king. Joyce heard people shouting how many men the had brought. To her it did not seem much.
After they had ridden above and Joyce had petted and taken care of Bredo, Aragorn took her by the arm and brought her to the king.
King Theoden was looking down at the army gathering. "6.000 spears. Les then half of what I hoped for." He then said to them.
"6.000 will not be enough to break the lines of Mordor" Aragorn answered.
"More will come" Theoden answered.
"Every hour lost hastens Gondor´s defeat. We have till dawn, then we must ride."
Theoden nods at Aragorn and then sees Joyce standing behind him. He smiled at her and said. "Come, we need to speak."
Joyce nodded and followed the King to his tent. When they both stepped inside and Theoden offered her something to drink he said. "I know you ride with Aragorn and not with us. Aragorn told me. The soldiers do not know this. I would like to keep it that way. I need to ask you something. Is that okay with you?"
Joyce nodded and said. "Please ask you question. I will tell you if I want to answer it or not."
"My niece Eowyn, she seems quite taken with Aragorn. I think he would be a fine man for her. But you must tell me does she have a change?"
Joyce tought for a moment, but then decided to tell the truth. "Have you seen the neck less that Aragorn has hanging around his neck?"
Theoden nodded.
"It is given to him by Arwen Evenster. Daughter of Elrond of Rivendell. She has the chooice of immortality or to become mortal. Aragorn and Arwen met a long time ago. Aragorn fell in love with her from the moment he layed eyes on her. He has loved her ever since. Arwen returned that love years later. By given him her neck less Arwen gave her immortality to him. If he were to marry her, she would become mortal. When he becomes the King of Gondor, he will wed Arwen. I daresay he loved her with all his heart and she loves him back. I am sorry but it is better that Eowyn does not get to close. Aragorn will chooice Arwen over her:"
Theoden his gaze was dropped to the floor. "Have you told me niece?"
Joyce nodded before saying. "I did. But I think it is best if you tell her also. I would not want to see her get heartbroken."
Theoden nodded and then said. "Thank you Lady Joyce. For being so honest with me. You are free to go now."
Joyce walked out the tent.
Joyce had tried to catch some sleep, which had actualy worked until somebody woke her up. Looking around she saw that it was a dark hooded and cloaked figure. He had his hand over hermouth to stop her from yelling.
"Don´t scream or attack me. I am a friend. Easy little One. I will show you my true identity now." With that he trow back his cloak to reveal Elrond.
When Joyce had come over the first shock, she had jumped up and hugged Elrond with all his might. The Elf returned the hug before pulled her back and looking at her.
"You have changed again. I can not believe it, but it seems you have found somebody to love. Tell me who is the lucky man?
"He is not a man. He is a Elf." Joyce answered.
"But who?" And then his eyes lid up. "Of course. The only Elf on the quest, Legolas. I am happy for you child. We can talk about this another time. I heard from Aragorn that you would travel with him to Minas Tirith. You must leave now. He is waiting for you and needs you more the ever. I saw you stuff had already been packed. I woke you up to see you before the war really started and to give you this advice of Lady Galadriel. She says that it is time to follow you heart. Make the right choiced and your dreams will come true. Believe in that and you will find a way. And this is my advice. Do not stop your emotions, they might be the key for something more powerfull and pure then you have ever seen before."
Joyce nodded in understanding and strapped her sword to her back. Elrond looked at her before hugging her again and saying. "Trust you own power and the power of your crystal it will work, trust me. May the Valar look over you and keep you safe. Namarie."
Joyce nodded before bowing her head in respect and then walking to Bredo. She leads the horse with her. She sees Aragorn standing there, while talking to Gimli, who want to come.
Smiling at the man, he smiles back at her before telling Gimli that he can´t come. Then Legolas also joins them. "Have you learned nothing of the stuborness of dwarves?" He asks Aragorn while smiling.
"Might as well accept it, laddy. We are coming with you."
Joyce shares a smile with Aragorn, before the man nods. Legolas looks at her for a minute. He did not nknow that she would join Aragorn. But that is alright. It is better with her there.
After that they all mount and ride for the paths of the dead.
Hope you liked it. Please review.