By: Keladry of Masbolle Title: All Shall Fade... Pairings: K/N, T/D Disclaimer: Danny is mine. Phantom is mine. I own the LotR okay maybe I don't...I do own the books... because I bought them! Yay!! This chapter is dedicated to Oceanspike....read her stories they are great!!!! Oh and Tobe didn't do anything...Yet...Oh Crap...I watched Return of the King last night and I forgot what happened after Pippin...got hurt...crap...off to the movies!! Two chapters in one day Yay! And I will do where Pippin...ya...here's the story!

Ch5 The unexpected visitor.

A rider rushed up on a warhorse to Isenguard. His horse was sweat-streaked and upon closer inspection it was a pale color like sand and was streaked with brown and white splotches. His horse suddenly stopped, its eyes were wide with fear, for in front of them was a Tree...a living Tree! The rider shook its head and attempted to speak with it. "Um...Tree..." but was cut off. "I am no tree I am an Ent, a tree-herder if you prefer" The rider nodded. "Well...Ent...I am looking for my friends, they came here a while ago, if my guesses are correct." The Ent nodded. "Your friends are still here, if you wish to see them. They are over in that building." The Ent pointed a direction. The rider nodded its thanks and rode off in that direction.

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The rider saw a man and an elf at the stairs to the building where he was told to go. He dismounted from his horse. The man, who had been watching the rider from a distance, asked "Who are you?" The rider said with a hint of jolliness, (I bet you know who it is now) "I am Sir Owen of Jesselaw; a knight, I am looking for my friends Sir Nealan and Lady Keladry. Are they here?"
The man nodded "I am Aragorn and the elf is Legolas. Your friends are inside but they might be sleeping. You can pull up a pallet next to them if you wish, and you can stable your mount in the building right next to us" He nodded towards the other direction.

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After Owen stabled his mount and got a pallet set up, he had just lay down when he heard a rustle of cloth but shrugged it off thinking that it was just a restless sleeper.
Then he heard a voice "What are you doing Pip?" 'Pippin, yes that's the one who me, Dom, and Merric, are supposed to protect' Owen heard some more bits conversation when suddenly there was a cry of "Help!" Owen instantly got up flinging the covers back and drawing his wrist dagger.

As Owen got up he saw someone on the floor, he thought it was Pippin and the other one, supposedly Merry, was getting Gandalf up. Pippin was screaming silently and clutching a ball of fire. He did the first thing that came to mind and that was to grab the ball. Owen grabbed the ball and dropped it almost instantly. Gandalf, who had woken up, grabbed the ball from the ground and stuffed it in a bag.

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(They had the conversation)

Gandalf rushed out the doors to the stables. Following him was Merry and Pippin. Merric, Dom, and Owen, went to get their horses from the stables after rushing to get their things. "Show us the meaning of haste" Gandalf said to Shadowfax, as he and the other horses sped off to Minas Tirith.

A/N sorry it's so short...I just wanted to get this up and I will be doing another chapter soon.