A/n: Hey! I am finally updating again I bet you guys can tell that I am
trying to slow this down as much as possible as I'm waiting for the Return
of the King. I don't really want to go from movie version, to book version,
back to movie version again. But I'll probably end up doing that at least a
little! I will be updating every two weeks until Return of the King comes
out and then I will update every week! I couldn't update last week cuz it
was my birthday *does happy dance* I'm 17 now! Go me! lol. Neways, I would
like to thank ALL of you who reviewed last chapter. Nothing makes me
happier than hearing what you all have to say. *hugz* You guys are great!
Please review again!
I've decided to keep the title. I think most of you like this one from what I can tell ^_^ Thanks for helping me out guys!
I'm glad you liked the love part in the last chapter. I wasn't sure about it so I'm glad you all liked it. Yay!
Does anyone know how to keep the bold and italic's when you transfer it to fanfiction? Whenever I try, it never works.-_-
R/n:
Tears of Jade: Hey! Thank you SO much for the review. I don't think you have reviewed before, have you? Well, please do it again! Your review was awesome. I was kind of depressed and then I read it and I was all happy! Hehe. I hope my writing has improved a little. It sucked before and it still sucks, but I'm hoping that it's at least improving! Thanks for reading this hun. I'm glad you like it!
UnDeadGoat: Lol. Make them snog? Is that kissing or more than kissing? I need to be educated in European..uh.the word I'm looking for is not coming to my head *sob* European. . .omg. This is gonna bug me. But you need to tell me what snogging means, alright? LOL! Thanks for reviewing.
Princess-Snake: Lol! I take it you don't like Dan all too much? Or maybe you like Haldir more than much! Sadly, I can't change it. I would like to stay as true to the movies as I can. *sigh* Poor Haldir.
Alida: Aw man! That was a good idea. *sigh* why can't I think of anything funny like that? No fair! Hehe. I'm glad you liked this chapter. I was very unsure about it. Here comes the battle. Or at least part of it *muahahahaha* Thanks for the review hun! You know I love hearing from you.
KnowInSight: Awww! You're so awesome. I'm glad you like this story so far. *does happy dance* Hopefully I won't blow it, huh? Thanks for sticking with this! You're great!
Vorserkeien: hehe! Thanks! The next chapter is here. Now! Lol! Thanks for the review. *hugz* and thanks for sticking with this story!
Oil Pastel/Sara: Yay! Hehe. I was laughing so hard when I read your review. I'm glad you liked it! I wasn't sure if that was the best way to present it or not but you liked it, so I'm happy. ^_^ When will you update woman? And thanks for the review!
Noa9: Aww! Lol! Poor guy that called you..*whimpers* I think he should be afraid. Hehe! J/k. Yay! I'm glad you liked the 'moment' so well. I wasn't sure about it. Thanks for your reviews. I love getting them. You're awesome! Luv ya hunni!
Mojo: Lol! Yay! I finally did it. I was waiting for the perfect moment. I always imagined it would be in that scene. *shrug* I'm glad you liked it so much! You're so awesome. You stick by my stories no matter what. Thanks girl! Love ya! *hugz*
LotrFreak/Sueslasher: Hehe! Legolas the Elvish-Translator. Woowoo! I dunno about you but I would sure as hell love him to translate for me *muahahaha* Thanks for your review. I'm gonna go check to see if you posted the story yet!
LoverofLegolas: Heya! I'm glad you liked this chapter! Have you been reading this story for long? Well, thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you like it! Thanks!!
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The first wave of Orcs climbed boldly off the ladder's and were met with the rage and battle cries of Elves and Men atop the mighty stone wall. Aurora, Scott, and Dan couldn't appreciate this sight. They had seen Legolas fight alongside Aragorn plenty of times but a native of Middle Earth would have been awed by the mingled Elves and Men fighting and dying alongside one another.
Aurora could feel the adrenaline pump through her body as she swung her sword in every direction, not being able to stop as she was assaulted from all sides. She was thankful that she had experience with fighting these monsters. She could already see unpracticed men falling and drowning in their own blood. She could hear the cries of stunned pain echoing through the Orc grunts; the gasps of dying men. Aurora soon learned to block it out of her mind. She had only ever seen Boromir die and that had been a lot more than she had ever wanted to.
Aurora lost sight of Scott and Dan (much to her fear) but found Legolas and Gimli who were fighting near each other and had a pile of bodies surrounding them. They were playing a ridiculous counting game and Aurora managed to call out, "How on earth can you be playing this game now?"
Legolas grinned but never lost his focus, "How could you pronounce your love in the middle of a war?"
Aurora thought about this, frowning, trying to avoid being hit by an Orc who managed to clip her arm as she dodged out of its way. "That's completely different."
Legolas pulled an arrow from his quiver and inserted it into the throat of an Orc. He stole a quick glance in Aurora's direction and it was a very lucky thing that he did for she happened to be in a highly vulnerable spot. He fired an arrow into the head of an Orc who was attacking her from behind. "It's not so different."
Aurora rolled her eyes as she dropped to the floor and rolled, narrowly avoiding being beheaded. "Thanks."
Legolas ducked under an assault from an Uruk before calling, "You're welcome."
Soon Aurora had moved away from Legolas and she was fighting by herself. She doubted whether she could have continued a conversation anyway. She was gasping for air as she swung her sword around; already she was beginning to tire. It was an odd thing but whenever she was faced with death her fears were not so overpowering. Maybe all of her strength and all of her effort were focused on staying alive that her mind would not register the fear that should be pumping through her veins.
Aurora soon found a spot that wasn't too hard to defend. She stood before a ladder and hacked at the creatures coming up it. They weren't able to defend themselves with only one hand and she stopped quite a few of them from coming up. This worked very well until an enormous Uruk saw what she was doing and moved to attack her from behind.
"Aurora!" she heard Dan call urgently.
She spun around and shrieked, seeing the Uruk, and ducked quickly before he could insert his rusted sword into her chest. The Uruk then did something highly unpredictable and kicked her in the stomach with his armor clad knee. Her sword went flying and she fell to the ground, gasping in pain. The Uruk was attacked from behind and was therefore distracted momentarily. It was enough time for Aurora to gain her breath. She felt around for her sword but she couldn't find it. "Shit, not good, not good," she muttered frantically, scanning the floor.
Finally she saw it under the body of a fallen Elf. She began picking herself up and managed to get to her knees but the Uruk who had attacked earlier realized her intentions. Faster than Aurora could react the monster stabbed her directly in the shoulder blade. He had missed her heart because she had shifted in the few seconds that she realized what he was going to do. The wound hurt more than anything she had yet experienced. She screamed, feeling the white hot blade tear away from her flesh. She crumpled to the floor in an agonized wail, breathing heavily and shutting her eyes tightly.
"Goddamnit," she heard Dan mutter frantically. She opened her eyes in time to see the Uruk fall to the ground next to her, eyes wide and staring.
"Are you alright?" Dan asked, dashing to her side.
"Oh yes, doing great." Aurora muttered through clenched teeth.
Dan was very pale and he had several small wounds across his body. "Can you get up?"
Aurora took a deep breath and stood up slowly. The only reason she and Dan were not being attacked was because Legolas had seen what had happened and he was covering them by shooting arrows at Orcs who came near them. Aurora was surprised to feel that the wound didn't hurt. On the contrary, she couldn't feel it at all.
"Your body is in shock," Dan said, steadying her as she swayed.
"Thank God for that, let's go!" She staggered over to her sword and picked it up with her good arm. Luckily the wound was on her left shoulder so she would still be able to fight.
"Aurora, you need to go get help." Dan said incredulously.
"It's not that bad brother. I'm fine."
"Where's Scott?"
Aurora looked around nervously. 'I don't know."
Aurora then had to spin around to parry an attack from an Orc. She fought by Dan's side for as long as she could but they got separated again as a new ladder rose between them and the Uruks and Orcs began an assault. Aurora was being pushed closer and closer to the wall and she was most definitely not liking it. The wound in her shoulder had stopped bleeding when she tore off a piece of her shirt and wrapped it tightly around it. It was now, however, beginning to ache and she feared that it would hinder her and weaken her too quickly.
"Shit," Aurora whispered. She was on the very edge of the wall now and was defending herself from the front, trying to push her way back to safer footing. An Orc came particularly close to her in an attempt to behead her with a short sword. "Damn, I thought I had bad breath." Aurora muttered to herself, trying to take her mind off the edge of the wall.
"Aurora!" she heard Aragorn call. She soon realized the warning as an Orc grabbed her from behind. The Orc had apparently lost his weapon but he was holding onto Aurora by the neck, he was overpowering her slowly and was pulling her to the edge of the wall. Aurora was kicking desperately, trying to get out of his grasp when suddenly the Orc toppled off the wall with a moan. The lack of someone holding her nearly made Aurora topple off the wall after him but Scott reached out and caught her.
"Thanks," Aurora whispered softly, holding onto him, realizing that he had killed the Orc before it could pull her over.
Scott grabbed her hand and together they made their way away from the edge. "I'm not letting you out of my sight." Scott said determinedly.
"Ok but can you please loosen your grip on my hand?" Aurora asked, wincing. "I can't feel my fingers anymore."
"What the hell is that?" Scott asked suddenly, stopping in his tracks. Aurora crashed into him before stopping as well. It seemed as if everyone had stopped fighting.
Below, an Orc was running with a brightly flaming torch. There was a clear path and Aurora had a horrible feeling that something bad was about to happen.
"Togo hon dad, Legolas!" Aragorn screamed.
Aurora and Scott stood transfixed, watching as Legolas shot and missed the running Uruk. Had the situation not been so perilous, Aurora would have laughed and commented that the Uruk looked like an Olympic torch runner. But this was no time to joke.
"Dago hon! Dago hon!" Aragorn cried fearfully.
Legolas shot again and this time hit the Uruk in the shoulder. The Uruk staggered but in a last effort he threw himself forward.
Nothing happened for a second that seemed to span an eternity. Suddenly and more quickly than Aurora could have imagined, there was an enormous explosion that shook the ground like a colossal earthquake and deafened her ears. Aurora felt herself being torn from Scott's grasp and thrown into the air so fast that she couldn't even scream.
She landed roughly on the stone ground and could feel debris hit her head. The next second all she saw was darkness.
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Dan had managed to get far away from the Deeping Wall when it exploded. He stopped and when he realized what had happened he ducked, protecting his neck from small rocks that fell like bone crushing rain. When he could feel no more debris he jumped up and looked fearfully at the wall. That was where he had last seen Aurora. He prayed that she had gotten away before it exploded.
Hundreds of Orcs were streaming in through the newly opened hole and Dan could see Aragorn's unconscious body directly in their path. Cursing, he jumped up and dashed forward. Gimli had seen this too and he jumped off the wall with a cry, right into the center of the Uruk's.
"Stupid idiot," Dan muttered desperately, putting forth an extra burst of speed.
Aragorn slowly came conscious, saw the now overpowered Gimli, jumped up and shouted in Elvish to the Elves behind him. They all rained their arrow's down upon the Uruk's and Gimli managed to stand up once more.
Dan reached Aragorn and stood panting beside him. "Close one, eh?"
"Very close."
With a very dignified and determined look, Aragorn pulled out his sword and began charging forward, Dan right beside him.
-- A/n: Eeek! Hopefully it wasn't too bad. Thanks for reading! Please review!
I've decided to keep the title. I think most of you like this one from what I can tell ^_^ Thanks for helping me out guys!
I'm glad you liked the love part in the last chapter. I wasn't sure about it so I'm glad you all liked it. Yay!
Does anyone know how to keep the bold and italic's when you transfer it to fanfiction? Whenever I try, it never works.-_-
R/n:
Tears of Jade: Hey! Thank you SO much for the review. I don't think you have reviewed before, have you? Well, please do it again! Your review was awesome. I was kind of depressed and then I read it and I was all happy! Hehe. I hope my writing has improved a little. It sucked before and it still sucks, but I'm hoping that it's at least improving! Thanks for reading this hun. I'm glad you like it!
UnDeadGoat: Lol. Make them snog? Is that kissing or more than kissing? I need to be educated in European..uh.the word I'm looking for is not coming to my head *sob* European. . .omg. This is gonna bug me. But you need to tell me what snogging means, alright? LOL! Thanks for reviewing.
Princess-Snake: Lol! I take it you don't like Dan all too much? Or maybe you like Haldir more than much! Sadly, I can't change it. I would like to stay as true to the movies as I can. *sigh* Poor Haldir.
Alida: Aw man! That was a good idea. *sigh* why can't I think of anything funny like that? No fair! Hehe. I'm glad you liked this chapter. I was very unsure about it. Here comes the battle. Or at least part of it *muahahahaha* Thanks for the review hun! You know I love hearing from you.
KnowInSight: Awww! You're so awesome. I'm glad you like this story so far. *does happy dance* Hopefully I won't blow it, huh? Thanks for sticking with this! You're great!
Vorserkeien: hehe! Thanks! The next chapter is here. Now! Lol! Thanks for the review. *hugz* and thanks for sticking with this story!
Oil Pastel/Sara: Yay! Hehe. I was laughing so hard when I read your review. I'm glad you liked it! I wasn't sure if that was the best way to present it or not but you liked it, so I'm happy. ^_^ When will you update woman? And thanks for the review!
Noa9: Aww! Lol! Poor guy that called you..*whimpers* I think he should be afraid. Hehe! J/k. Yay! I'm glad you liked the 'moment' so well. I wasn't sure about it. Thanks for your reviews. I love getting them. You're awesome! Luv ya hunni!
Mojo: Lol! Yay! I finally did it. I was waiting for the perfect moment. I always imagined it would be in that scene. *shrug* I'm glad you liked it so much! You're so awesome. You stick by my stories no matter what. Thanks girl! Love ya! *hugz*
LotrFreak/Sueslasher: Hehe! Legolas the Elvish-Translator. Woowoo! I dunno about you but I would sure as hell love him to translate for me *muahahaha* Thanks for your review. I'm gonna go check to see if you posted the story yet!
LoverofLegolas: Heya! I'm glad you liked this chapter! Have you been reading this story for long? Well, thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you like it! Thanks!!
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The first wave of Orcs climbed boldly off the ladder's and were met with the rage and battle cries of Elves and Men atop the mighty stone wall. Aurora, Scott, and Dan couldn't appreciate this sight. They had seen Legolas fight alongside Aragorn plenty of times but a native of Middle Earth would have been awed by the mingled Elves and Men fighting and dying alongside one another.
Aurora could feel the adrenaline pump through her body as she swung her sword in every direction, not being able to stop as she was assaulted from all sides. She was thankful that she had experience with fighting these monsters. She could already see unpracticed men falling and drowning in their own blood. She could hear the cries of stunned pain echoing through the Orc grunts; the gasps of dying men. Aurora soon learned to block it out of her mind. She had only ever seen Boromir die and that had been a lot more than she had ever wanted to.
Aurora lost sight of Scott and Dan (much to her fear) but found Legolas and Gimli who were fighting near each other and had a pile of bodies surrounding them. They were playing a ridiculous counting game and Aurora managed to call out, "How on earth can you be playing this game now?"
Legolas grinned but never lost his focus, "How could you pronounce your love in the middle of a war?"
Aurora thought about this, frowning, trying to avoid being hit by an Orc who managed to clip her arm as she dodged out of its way. "That's completely different."
Legolas pulled an arrow from his quiver and inserted it into the throat of an Orc. He stole a quick glance in Aurora's direction and it was a very lucky thing that he did for she happened to be in a highly vulnerable spot. He fired an arrow into the head of an Orc who was attacking her from behind. "It's not so different."
Aurora rolled her eyes as she dropped to the floor and rolled, narrowly avoiding being beheaded. "Thanks."
Legolas ducked under an assault from an Uruk before calling, "You're welcome."
Soon Aurora had moved away from Legolas and she was fighting by herself. She doubted whether she could have continued a conversation anyway. She was gasping for air as she swung her sword around; already she was beginning to tire. It was an odd thing but whenever she was faced with death her fears were not so overpowering. Maybe all of her strength and all of her effort were focused on staying alive that her mind would not register the fear that should be pumping through her veins.
Aurora soon found a spot that wasn't too hard to defend. She stood before a ladder and hacked at the creatures coming up it. They weren't able to defend themselves with only one hand and she stopped quite a few of them from coming up. This worked very well until an enormous Uruk saw what she was doing and moved to attack her from behind.
"Aurora!" she heard Dan call urgently.
She spun around and shrieked, seeing the Uruk, and ducked quickly before he could insert his rusted sword into her chest. The Uruk then did something highly unpredictable and kicked her in the stomach with his armor clad knee. Her sword went flying and she fell to the ground, gasping in pain. The Uruk was attacked from behind and was therefore distracted momentarily. It was enough time for Aurora to gain her breath. She felt around for her sword but she couldn't find it. "Shit, not good, not good," she muttered frantically, scanning the floor.
Finally she saw it under the body of a fallen Elf. She began picking herself up and managed to get to her knees but the Uruk who had attacked earlier realized her intentions. Faster than Aurora could react the monster stabbed her directly in the shoulder blade. He had missed her heart because she had shifted in the few seconds that she realized what he was going to do. The wound hurt more than anything she had yet experienced. She screamed, feeling the white hot blade tear away from her flesh. She crumpled to the floor in an agonized wail, breathing heavily and shutting her eyes tightly.
"Goddamnit," she heard Dan mutter frantically. She opened her eyes in time to see the Uruk fall to the ground next to her, eyes wide and staring.
"Are you alright?" Dan asked, dashing to her side.
"Oh yes, doing great." Aurora muttered through clenched teeth.
Dan was very pale and he had several small wounds across his body. "Can you get up?"
Aurora took a deep breath and stood up slowly. The only reason she and Dan were not being attacked was because Legolas had seen what had happened and he was covering them by shooting arrows at Orcs who came near them. Aurora was surprised to feel that the wound didn't hurt. On the contrary, she couldn't feel it at all.
"Your body is in shock," Dan said, steadying her as she swayed.
"Thank God for that, let's go!" She staggered over to her sword and picked it up with her good arm. Luckily the wound was on her left shoulder so she would still be able to fight.
"Aurora, you need to go get help." Dan said incredulously.
"It's not that bad brother. I'm fine."
"Where's Scott?"
Aurora looked around nervously. 'I don't know."
Aurora then had to spin around to parry an attack from an Orc. She fought by Dan's side for as long as she could but they got separated again as a new ladder rose between them and the Uruks and Orcs began an assault. Aurora was being pushed closer and closer to the wall and she was most definitely not liking it. The wound in her shoulder had stopped bleeding when she tore off a piece of her shirt and wrapped it tightly around it. It was now, however, beginning to ache and she feared that it would hinder her and weaken her too quickly.
"Shit," Aurora whispered. She was on the very edge of the wall now and was defending herself from the front, trying to push her way back to safer footing. An Orc came particularly close to her in an attempt to behead her with a short sword. "Damn, I thought I had bad breath." Aurora muttered to herself, trying to take her mind off the edge of the wall.
"Aurora!" she heard Aragorn call. She soon realized the warning as an Orc grabbed her from behind. The Orc had apparently lost his weapon but he was holding onto Aurora by the neck, he was overpowering her slowly and was pulling her to the edge of the wall. Aurora was kicking desperately, trying to get out of his grasp when suddenly the Orc toppled off the wall with a moan. The lack of someone holding her nearly made Aurora topple off the wall after him but Scott reached out and caught her.
"Thanks," Aurora whispered softly, holding onto him, realizing that he had killed the Orc before it could pull her over.
Scott grabbed her hand and together they made their way away from the edge. "I'm not letting you out of my sight." Scott said determinedly.
"Ok but can you please loosen your grip on my hand?" Aurora asked, wincing. "I can't feel my fingers anymore."
"What the hell is that?" Scott asked suddenly, stopping in his tracks. Aurora crashed into him before stopping as well. It seemed as if everyone had stopped fighting.
Below, an Orc was running with a brightly flaming torch. There was a clear path and Aurora had a horrible feeling that something bad was about to happen.
"Togo hon dad, Legolas!" Aragorn screamed.
Aurora and Scott stood transfixed, watching as Legolas shot and missed the running Uruk. Had the situation not been so perilous, Aurora would have laughed and commented that the Uruk looked like an Olympic torch runner. But this was no time to joke.
"Dago hon! Dago hon!" Aragorn cried fearfully.
Legolas shot again and this time hit the Uruk in the shoulder. The Uruk staggered but in a last effort he threw himself forward.
Nothing happened for a second that seemed to span an eternity. Suddenly and more quickly than Aurora could have imagined, there was an enormous explosion that shook the ground like a colossal earthquake and deafened her ears. Aurora felt herself being torn from Scott's grasp and thrown into the air so fast that she couldn't even scream.
She landed roughly on the stone ground and could feel debris hit her head. The next second all she saw was darkness.
--
Dan had managed to get far away from the Deeping Wall when it exploded. He stopped and when he realized what had happened he ducked, protecting his neck from small rocks that fell like bone crushing rain. When he could feel no more debris he jumped up and looked fearfully at the wall. That was where he had last seen Aurora. He prayed that she had gotten away before it exploded.
Hundreds of Orcs were streaming in through the newly opened hole and Dan could see Aragorn's unconscious body directly in their path. Cursing, he jumped up and dashed forward. Gimli had seen this too and he jumped off the wall with a cry, right into the center of the Uruk's.
"Stupid idiot," Dan muttered desperately, putting forth an extra burst of speed.
Aragorn slowly came conscious, saw the now overpowered Gimli, jumped up and shouted in Elvish to the Elves behind him. They all rained their arrow's down upon the Uruk's and Gimli managed to stand up once more.
Dan reached Aragorn and stood panting beside him. "Close one, eh?"
"Very close."
With a very dignified and determined look, Aragorn pulled out his sword and began charging forward, Dan right beside him.
-- A/n: Eeek! Hopefully it wasn't too bad. Thanks for reading! Please review!