Chapter 5

" These are so beautiful!" Arwen said as she looked around a garden of bloomed red roses. Arwen and Aragorn had been walking in the woods when they had come across the a garden of red roses.

" You're beautiful!" Aragorn said

" Don't say those lies!" Arwen stated.

" A king never lies!" Aragorn said as he kissed Arwen softly on the lips.

All of a sudden there was a loud sound coming from the entrance of the garden. It was the sound of horse hoofs. Then a man on horseback came into view. He was a young man with dirty blonde shoulder length hair, which swayed in the wind. He had a deep cut just above his baby blue eyes that showed pain and hurt. His right hand was clutching his left shoulder, which had red blood oozing out of it. An arrow had entered his shoulder.

As soon as Arwen and Aragorn saw the man, they ran towards him. At once Aragorn recognized the man as Manuel, a brave solider who was apart of the Gondor Army.

" Lord Aragorn.... Gondor is being attacked." Manuel managed to say as he fell off his horse. Then they saw an arrow sticked out of Manuel's back. He was dead.

Arwen's face turned pale as she heard the awful news.

" Arwen stay here, it is not safe for you to come with me," Aragorn said.

" No I'm going!" Arwen said firmly.

They both knew, there was no time to argue! Gondor's life was hanging by a thread.

" Fine but hide as soon as we get there!" Aragorn said as Arwen nodded her head in agreement.

Then the couple mounted Manuel's horse and took off leaving the beautiful roses behind them in the dust.

" Oh my!" Arwen exclaimed as they came up to Gondor. Gondor hadn't fallen completely, there was still a couple buildings intact, but most of them were being destroyed. Houses were being burnt and windows had been broken. Debris was everywhere and dead bodies covered the ground, framing Gondor in a graveyard. Tears fell freely from Arwen's face and Aragorn's face showed care and fear for Gondor.

" Go, hide quick!" Aragorn said as he kissed Goodbye to Arwen.

" I love you!" Arwen said.

She was just about to unmount the horse when she heard him.

" You're not going anywhere!" a deep voice said.

Aragorn and Arwen both looked to see Shenek with a dozen men standing behind him.

Arwen stood frozen in her tracks and Aragorn's eyes gleamed with determination.

" ATTACK!" Stone Rider yelled!