Note from Nikki

I've updated again! I'm so sorry I missed last week. I was just so busy and I had way too many things to do. I've updated now though! I don't have enough time to do reviewer notes but I promise I will do that next time for sure. Thanks to everyone!!

Nikki

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The wind carried Aurora and the others down the river. Slowly the sounds of battle became increasingly more coherent, well, as far as screams of pain and dying went.

And then she saw it. A battlefield filled with carnage, smoke billowing from a crumbled castle, blood staining the earth. Despite all of this, there was still fighting. Aurora felt nauseated. Her brother was in there somewhere. Perhaps still fighting or perhaps lying dead among the countless, nameless bodies. And then Aurora experienced another jolt of fear. She had just seen the banner of Rohan. Scott was somewhere here too.

"Aurora," Aragorn hissed. "Get down!"

Aurora snapped out of her reverie and quickly ducked so that she wasn't visible as a ghost steered the boat to shore.

"What are we doing down here?" Aurora whispered.

"We must keep the element of surprise," Gimli grunted.

Aurora nodded in understanding. She was ready for this battle. She was shocked that she suddenly felt a wave of excitement. Now was her time for revenge. Now was her time to unleash her hatred. She would kill every last one of these hideous creatures if it was the last thing she did. Aurora felt no fear. She felt only determination and excitement coursing through her.

"Now!" Aragorn suddenly shouted.

Aurora and the others grinned and leaped over the side of the boat. The look on the Orcs' waiting faces brought happiness to Aurora's heart. Their plan had worked. And now they would save Gondor and this stupid war would be over.

"Now there's plenty enough for both of us," Gimli grunted to Legolas.

"You're playing that stupid game again?" Aurora asked, rolling her eyes.

Suddenly Aragorn stopped, his mouth turned into a malicious grin. He drew his sword and the others followed suit (except for Legolas who would only fight with a bow). Aragorn charged forward, Aurora, Gimli, and Legolas in his stead.

And then the ghost appeared behind them, their eerie green lights lighting up the battlefield. Aurora felt an overwhelming sense of pride as they swarmed over the confused and terrified monsters.

"Aw hell!" Aurora shouted to Gimli and Legolas who were intent on counting. "I might as well join in too. That's one!"

"We've got competition!" Gimli shouted gleefully.

"Indeed!" Legolas agreed.

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"Hanalee!" Dan cried.

"Hanalee!" Scott echoed.

They had searched everywhere, or so it seemed. Hanalee was no where to be found. No matter how loud the two shouted, they never once received an answering call.

"She's alright Dan," Scott said comfortingly, not sure if that was really true.

"I know that," Dan snapped back.

He was terrified. Scott had never seen his best friend look so scared in his entire life. No matter how much Dan wanted to believe that she was still alive, something inside was trying to accept the fact that she might not be.

Suddenly the battlefield became completely silent. Scott and Dan stopped in their tracks and turned along with everyone else where large booms were sounding.

"Holy shit," Scott whispered.

There were enormous elephant like things stomping toward them. Scott heard someone whisper Mûmaki.

"What the hell are those?" Dan asked, forgetting about his rescue mission for a moment.

"Reform the line! Reform the line!" Théoden shouted.

Scott and Dan saw no other alternative so they quickly charged forward and stood alongside other men, including Éowyn and Merry of course.

"Sound the charge!" Théoden shouted.

A horn bellowed loudly around the clearing.

"Charge!" he shouted.

Dan and Scott leaped onto abandon horses and rode forward, yelling at the top of their lungs. Men were immediately crushed beneath the enormous feet of the Mûmaki and Scott and Dan learned from their mistakes. Instead of charging at their feet, they wove through their legs, hacking and slicing as best they could.

They caught a glimpse of Éowyn doing the same and were surprised when she successfully toppled on the huge things over.

"Wow," Dan said in awe as the creature crashed to the ground with such a thud that it sent shock waves up their bodies and felt like an earthquake beneath their feet.

"You're telling me. That girl is a fighter! And she's damn good at it if I must say so myself," Scott agreed.

Just as they were saying this an elephant nearly landed on Éowyn's horse. She rolled away but Scott and Dan could no longer see Merry.

"Merry!" she screamed.

"DAN?"

Dan spun around and there stood Hanalee. "HANALEE!" he cried.

Hanalee half ran, half limped into his arms, tears of happiness sliding down her dirty, bloody face. Scott was torn between staying with them and helping Éowyn search for Merry. His choice was made for him as several Orcs began attacking the small group of three.

But before they could do anything, the Orcs stopped attacking and watched in frozen surprise. Confused, the three of them also turned to see what was going on.

Somehow Théoden had gotten crushed underneath his very own horse.

"Feast on his flesh," a black monster whispered darkly.

"What the hell is that?" Scott asked in horror.

"The Witch-king," Hanalee answered. Dan wrapped his arm around her trembling form and pulled her closer.

"I will kill you if you touch him!" Éowyn suddenly said. Scott hadn't even noticed that she was near.

"Do not come between a Nazgûl and his prey."

Éowyn suddenly lunged and before any of them could register anything, the head of the monster was chopped off. Scott didn't think this was such a good idea but he was too shocked and terrified to move.

The Witch-king suddenly rose from the body of his fallen monster and grabbed onto Éowyn neck. The others willed themselves to move forward, to do something, but their bodies were frozen in shock.

"You fool, no man can kill me! Die now. . ." the Witch-king whispered in a deadly voice.



Suddenly Merry appeared and stabbed the Witch-king in the leg. Merry fell back, clutching his arm in pain. The Witch-king crumbled to the ground, shrieking in surprise.

Éowyn stood up and took of her helmet, shaking her long golden hair loose. "I am no man!" she said with deep anger.

With a cry Éowyn stabbed the Witch-king in the face with her blade. She then fell to the ground as the Witch king withered and crumpled into nothing with a shrill cry.

Before any of them could do anything, another cry of pain registered. Dan gasped in shock as Hanalee fell from his arms, a blade twisted roughly through her heart.

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Aurora stabbed another monster through the chest, bringing her total up to 103. She was fighting alongside Gimli and Legolas and the three of them were gleefully counting up their totals and occasionally calling out there number.

"Where are you going?" Aurora asked Legolas as he took off toward one of the huge elephant things.

Legolas only grinned and Aurora and Gimli kept half an eye on him as they attacked Orcs and Uruk's with their other one.

Legolas skillfully and elegantly climbed aboard one of the monster, much to Aurora's awe. She was sure that Gimli was pretty impressed too but the dwarf would never admit such a thing.

Legolas carefully cut the ropes from the elephant's back and used the falling cart as a leverage to carry him up. Next he slayed the elephant by shooting an arrow through its head and the elf managed to slide off the end of the trunk in the most sexiest way imaginable.

Legolas stood right in front of the stunned woman and dwarf and was unable to suppress an incredibly smug look.

"Argh!" Gimli finally said. "He still only counts as one!"

Aurora shook her head. "No way! He has to be at least ten."

"I agree," Legolas said, nodding enthusiastically.

"But it doesn't matter," Aurora said smugly. "I'm still winning! I have 106!"

"We can't let a lady beat us!" Gimli cried, clearly outraged.

Aurora happened to look over his shoulder and she saw thousands of green ghosts heading rapidly their way.

"Uuum. . ." Aurora ventured. "I think we should get out of their way."

Legolas nodded and three of them dashed out of the way of the thousands of ghosts. They watched as they swooped everywhere and completely destroyed the enemy.

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A/n: Wow, this sucked. I'm sorry. I'm afraid I have lost any writing skill that I once possessed (not that I was much to begin with). Hopefully I'll get better with time!