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A/N: As always thing in bold are spoken in Elvish.
Diana leads Gelmir out of the stables and away from the busy crowd. She pats him on the neck before making sure she tightened the saddle enough. She looks up when Eowyn leads her horse past her. "Eowyn," she calls.
Eowyn stops and Diana walks over to her. "I know what you are planning," Diana tells her.
Eowyn starts to say something but Diana stops her by holding up her hand. "I'm not going to stop you. I just want to tell you to be careful in case I don't have a chance to talk to you later. This battle is going to be worse than anything you could imagine so just watch your back," Diana says seriously and then grins. "And show them what women are made of."
Eowyn smiles. "I will do just that."
Diana smiles and watches her as she walks away before swinging up onto Gelmir's back.
"What was that about? It sounded as if Lady Eowyn was planning on going to battle." Diana jumps and turns to find Legolas standing next to Gelmir.
"Legolas," she sighs. "You cannot tell anyone. You either Gimli," Diana says looking up at Gimli, who is already sitting on Arod. "Eowyn does something in this battle that no one else will be able to."
Legolas mounts Arod and looks at her curiously. "And what is that? Why should I not tell Theoden what she is planning?"
"She kills the Witch King, Legolas. And saves many lives in doing so, including Merry's," Diana says seriously.
"No man can kill the Witch King," he exclaims.
"She's not exactly a man now is she, lad. Is that the trick? Is it because she is a woman?" Gimli asks.
"I don't know Gimli," Diana shrugs. "All I know is that she is able to kill him and lives to tell about it. So you two have to promise not to say anything." Diana looks back and forth between them.
After a minute they both agree and Diana lets out a sigh of relief. "Thanks."
"Now is the hour," Eomer shouts and they all turn to look in his direction. "Riders of Rohan, oaths you have taken. Now, fulfill them all. To lord and land!" A shout rings out from the soldiers and the army starts moving out. Legolas and Diana move to take their places behind Aragorn and the king.
That evening Diana, Legolas and Gimli are walking through the camp. They walk past a group of men trying to calm the nervous horses and Legolas shakes his head. "The horses are restless and the men are quiet."
"They grow nervous in the shadow of the mountain," Eomer says from nearby as he tries to calm one of the horses.
Gimli nods toward a pass in the mountains curiously. "That road there, where does that lead?"
Legolas looks at the pass thoughtfully. "It is the road to the Dimholt, the door under the mountain." Diana turns and looks at the pass and a shiver runs through her body. She never was one for ghost stories and she would soon be walking right into one.
"None who venture there, ever return." Eomer turns back to tending the horse. "That mountain is evil."
"Well, that's enough ghost stories for me. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight, Lord Eomer," Diana says and glances toward the road one last time.
"Goodnight, Lady Diana," he chuckles.
Legolas walks her back to her tent but Gimli stays to talk with Eomer.
"That road scares you," Legolas states as he enters her tent behind her.
Diana stands with her back to him as she takes her cloak off. "It's not the road that scares me. It's what lies at the end of it."
Legolas steps behind her and slips his arms around her waist. He begins kissing her neck, playfully. "Then I shall stay and protect you," he says as he contiues his teasing.
Diana turns her head to look at him and he places a soft kiss on her lips. "You and I both know that protecting me from ghosts is not what is on your mind," she laughs and she feels him smile against her lips as he kisses her again.
"Why would you think that?" he grins.
"I don't know. Maybe because of where your hand is currently wandering to," she tells him between kisses.
"You mean this one?" he whispers in her ear as he gently squeazes her breast through her dress.
"That's the one," she gasps and turns in his arms to face him. Legolas kisses her passionately as he begins undoing the ties on her dress.
Diana snuggles into Legolas' side and lays her head on his shoulder, her hand resting on his chest. He pulls her closer and kisses her on the forehead. "If we make it through this war..."
"When." She props herself up on her elbow and looks down at him. "When we make it through the war," she says.
He smiles and kisses her softly. "WHEN we make it through this war will you let me call you wife?"
Diana stares at him blankly, trying to register what he just asked. After a second she blinks in realization and grins. "Yes."
"Yes?" he questions hoping he heard her right.
Diana cups his cheek in her hand. "Yes," she laughs happily. "I would be honored to call you husband."
Legolas grins and pulls on top of him, kissing her passionately. He brushes her hair behind her shoulders and runs his hands down her bare back as he looks in her eyes. "I love you."
"I love you, too," she says as she traces his lips with her fingertips.
Without warning, he flips her onto her back so that she's underneath him. He laces his fingers through hers and moves her hands above her head as his lips trail down her throat to her chest.
A comotion outside her tent interupts them however.
"Someone is about to lose their head," he growls in irritaion as they quickly dress.
They step outside the tent to find a guard ushering someone toward the King's tent. The hooded figure glances over his shoulder and Diana snickers. "You just threatened to decapitate Lord Elrond."
Legolas looks at her wide-eyed. "What would bring Lord Elrond this far from Rivendell?"
"Arwen," she says as Gimli walks up to them. "She is dying, her life is now tied to the Ring. If it's not destroyed she will die. Lord Elrond has reforged Narsil and brought it to Aragorn who must now decide if he will become the King he was born to be." She sighs and looks over at Legolas and Gimli. "If you intend to continue on with him then we better ready our horses. He will be taking the Dimholt road soon."
Diana turns and makes her way over to where Arod and Gelmir are being kept with Legolas right behind her. Gelmir lets her know that he knows where they're going and he's not happy about it by making it difficult to saddle him.
"Gelmir," she says sharply and reaches for the strap he caused her to drop. "Would you stop being a donkey? Arod's not throwing a fit about going. Are you going to let him out do you?"
Gelmir stops fidgeting and she grins. "That's what I thought."
"Gelmir has almost as much spirit as you do," Legolas chuckles as he slips his arms around her waist and rests his chin on her shoulder.
"Yeah, well, sometimes it gets me into trouble. For instance talking back to an angry Elf that is holding you prisoner," she says and looks up at him to see his reaction.
He grins at her. "But that is one of the reasons I fell in love with you. The moment that you looked me in the eye and said, 'I fear a lot of things, but you, Prince Legolas are not one of them.' I knew that I would end up losing my heart to you."
Diana's mind drifts back to that day and she laughs. "You were standing so close that I can't believe you didn't notice I was trembling."
He turns her to face him. "You did fear me," he frowns at the thought of her being scared of him.
"Yes and no." she slips her arms around his shoulders. "I was never afraid that you would actually hurt me. Somehow I knew that you wouldn't. What I feared was how my body reacted everytime you got close to me," she blushes.
He grins and leans his forehead against hers. "Do you still fear it?"
He brushes her lips with his. "No," she whispers against his lips. "I fear not having you close to me."
He hugs her close to him. "I fear that also," he admits.
Diana spots Aragorn speaking with Eowyn while saddling Brego and pulls away reluctantly. "It's time to go."
They lead the horses over to Aragorn, who is now speaking with Gimli. "Not this time. This time you must stay, Gimli."
"Have you learned nothing of the stubborness of Dwarves or elleths?" Legolas questions and Aragorn smirks at him.
"Or princes," Diana adds, narrowing her eyes at Legolas when he playfully swats her on the rear.
"You might as well accept it. We're going with you, laddie," Gimli says.
Aragorn sighs in defeat and smiles at his friends before mounting Brego. The other three follow suit and then enter the passage that leads into the mountain.