...:: Magic ::...
Gimli hobbled up and down, excited. Everyone was in their positions,
ready for the war to begin. Through the air ran chills of excitement,
fright, and utter anguish. No one really wanted to fight. Well, almost
no one. There was only one who had the heart for it. One whose sorrow
and pain could only be released through the fight. Buffy. She stood
beside Legolas, now, waiting until Aragorn came to bid her to be
beside Haldir. She didn't want to face him, though, it was too hard to
look in his eyes and see the pain he felt. Gimli grumbled, frustrated.
"You could have picked a better spot!" He continued to jump up and
down, trying to see the army which was approaching at a fast
pace. Buffy looked to Legolas to see his reaction but only saw a
smile. Aragorn came up behind them all and placed his hand on Buffy's
shoulder. "Good luck." Aragorn kissed Buffy's cheek as she bade both
Legolas and Gimli good luck, leaving to go beside Haldir.
Gimli turned toward Aragorn, reguarding him with a skeptic glance.
"Well lad, whatever luck you live by, let's hope it lasts the night."
Overhead, thunder and lightening came hand-in-hand. Legolas looked
up at the night sky and then toward Saruman's approaching army. "Your
friends are with you, Aragorn." Gimli nodded, grunting. "Let's hope
they last the night." Aragorn and Legolas gave a faint smile at
Gimli's sarcasm.
Buffy nudged Haldir, smiling at him playfully. Haldir gave her a smile
in return, but his attention was on the approaching army. Buffy
continued to nudge him. "Buffy, it's not the time for games!" Haldir
whispered. Buffy shrugged, laughing a bit and then facing the army.
"Tis never the time for games when you're in battle, but Haldir, is
this why I fight better than you?" Haldir gave Buffy a sneered glance.
"You do not fight better than me." Buffy laughed again. "Yes I do and
you know it." She gave a look to him seeing his defeated expression.
"Loosen up, melamin." Haldir grinned. "And act like you?" Buffy
nodded, her grin becoming bigger. "Now you understand!" Haldir
laughed. The army could now be visibly seen from the wall. It began to
rain down on them heavily and Aragorn paced behind them shouting out
orders. Haldir turned to Buffy, "Perhaps a sign of what must come to
pass tonight?"
Gimli poked Legolas with his axe, trying to look at the army. He was
extremely impatient. "What's happening out there?" Legolas took his
eyes from Buffy and Haldir and placed them on Gimli. "Shall I describe
it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?" Gimli laughed
heartily, seeing Legolas's eyes go back on Buffy and Haldir. Gimli's
eyes followed, curiously. "Laddy, she loves you! Remember that when
you fight; fight for her honor." Legolas smiled at his dwarf friend.
"I shall." He reguarded him with another nod and then his focus was on
the enemy.
The Uruk-hai began to stomp their feet and pound their spears on the
ground below, jolting the earth beneath them. Aragorn drew his sword,
walking over to Haldir and Buffy. "Guide this side, this is in fact,
your army." Haldir and Buffy both nodded. The mortal soldiers placed
their arrows to their bows, readying themselves. An old man
accidentally let one fly loose, bulls-eyeing one of the Uruk's in the
neck. It fell and the other Uruk's growled in anger. "Dartho!" More
roaring from below before the Orcs charged. Aragorn shouted for them
to prepare to fire and so the elven army pulled out their arrows and
drew them against their bows. Buffy smiled, her heart beating with
excitement. Haldir poked Buffy with his elbow. "Back me up once this
begins." Buffy looked at him and nodded. "I shall!"
Legolas handed out some advice, telling the soldiers around him that
their armour is weak at the neck and under-arms. Aragorn shouted for
them to fire and they did so, killing off the first row of Uruk-hai.
Still, more progressed onward, intent to kill and destroy. Gimli
looked up at Legolas with impatient curiousity. "Anybody hit
anything?" Legolas did not answer, too busy killing off more Uruk-hai.
The mortal men behind the elves were given an order to volley and so a
new row of arrows flew through the air, killing off more Uruk-hai.
Gimli hit his axe against the stone hole in front of him. "Come on!
Send them to me!" Some elves off the eastern wall fell, Legolas turned
his attention to Buffy who was fighting alongside Haldir. Arrows
flying, elves dodging. Ladders with Uruk-hai on them came flying up
the wall. Aragorn yelled out a quick warning. "Good!" Gimli had
finally heard his cue.
Buffy drew her sword, followed by Haldir. "Haldir, I'll back up them
over there, you can take this side." Haldir reguarded her only with a
slight nod. She began to walk off in west direction but Haldir
couldn't let her go without saying farewell... just in case she or
himself did not make it. "Buffy!" She turned around in a hurry. "Yes?"
A moment of silence, Buffy's eyes eyeing her surroundings and shooting
a couple of arrows at Orcs. "If anything should happen...." Buffy
stopped him with a grin. "Haldir, do not fear! This is what I live for
and if anything should happen, let it." She turned and ran to Haldir,
kissing him quickly. "Good luck! I shall be back as soon as I can."
Haldir starred after her speechless.
Gimli axed down two Uruk and turned to his Elven friend who continued
shooting arrows. "Legolas, two already!" He yelled it, proud of
himself. Legolas turned and gave him a playful grin. "I'm on
seventeen!" Gimli's eyes widened in surprise. He grunted caught up in
the competition. "I'll have no pointy-ear outscoring me!" He turned
and the competition went on as both continued killing off Orcs,
counting. Legolas turned back to Gimli. "Nineteen!" Gimli hacked away
fiercely. "Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. Twenty. Twenty one. Twenty
two." Legolas continued firing his arrows, counting out loud as well,
still with a large headstart before his dwarf friend. Buffy ran up
beside him and shoved her sword into the Orc that Legolas was about to
fire upon. He gave her a huge grin, glad to see her by his side. "I
hear there is a competition over here." Her tone harsh, non-playful.
Legolas and Gimli looked to her with shame at their previous game. "We
are truly sorry!" Buffy laughed. "I was wondering if I could join!"
Legolas and Gimli gave each other surprised glances. Legolas nodded
and Gimli walked up to her, patting her back. "I'm afraid of this game
now!" Legolas reguarded his dwarf friend. "You're dropping out?" Gimli
shot him a funny smirk. "The game isn't that frightening! And besides,
now we might actually have a game!"
Buffy pointed to an Uruk soldier who was carrying a torch and running
through two lines of Uruk soldiers trying to propell himself into the
culvert beneath the wall. "Dagon hon, Legolas!" She yelled urgently.
"Dago hon!" Legolas drew an arrow quickly and shot at the Orc. It hit
the Orc in the upper shoulder and Legolas drew another arrow as Buffy
yelled for him to fire again. This time, the arrow hit the Orc's neck,
causing him to falter slightly, but not killing it. The orc flung
himself below the culvert, causing a huge explosion. Everyone on the
middle of the wall flew in the air in all directions, along with
stones and debris. "Oh my..." Buffy and Legolas stared at the flying
soldiers and spotted Aragorn in the pile. Buffy rushed over to the
gape as Legolas picks up an orc shield and slides down the stairway
shooting arrows.
Aragorn and the elven soldiers down with him, fought with the orcs
trying to break through the gape in the deeping wall. They fought
together, Gimli jumping into the fight, fighting beside Aragorn.
Legolas took out his twin swords and killed Orcs quickly. Buffy fought
off Orcs trying to reach Haldir, but it seemed that one after the
other, they piled in to fight her. Her dress (armour), red cape, and
bare head made her clearly visible to the enemy and showed that she
was someone of great importance. She could see Haldir heeding passage
for some of the elven soldiers to escort the injured down to the keep.
Overhead she head Theoden hollering for Aragorn to pull his men back
to the keep. Below, she heard Aragorn ordering everyone to the safety
of the keep. Buffy was almost at Haldir's side. "Buffy! Haldir! To the
keep!" Haldir nodded, ordering the elves beside him to the keep. Buffy
reguarded Aragorn with urgency and nodded none-the-less.
Haldir thrusted his sword into an oncoming orc and followed it with
another, but yet another orc came up to his left and thrusted its
sword into his side. He barred down on it, killing it and then holding
his rib. "Ahh!" He cried out in pain. "Haldir!" Buffy and Aragorn
yelled at the same time. Buffy fought her way through as she saw what
she had been fearing for months. An orc came up behind Haldir in his
wounded state, holding its axe up high over the Guardian's head, about
to bring it down. Time seemed to slow as Buffy forced her way through
the endless army of orcs. Nothing could stop her, she was determined
to save Haldir. Just as the axe was coming down, Buffy came between
the Uruk and the Elf whom she loved. "It's magic!" Haldir mumbled as
Buffy pulled him to the side of the wall. More orcs were heading in
their direction. "No, melamin. Would you like to see magic? I'll show
you magic." Buffy got up as Aragorn came to Haldir's side and began
killing off every orc in her path. "She's a hell of a woman!" Haldir
remarked, coughing trying to conceal the pain in his side. "Indeed!"