By the Light of the Moon
Disclaimer~ I do not own any of Tolkien's creations. I only own SOME of the storyline and the characters I made up. This takes place during "The Two Towers". Legolas is a sexy elf.I'd love to own him! *smiles*
~Well, I thought it best to give you all the first half of the battle to keep you busy. Enjoy~
Chapter 12~ The Battle of Helms Deep: Part I
The night grew dark and clouds filled the sky. Both men and elves were lined up along the Deeping Wall and the gates. Elves even stood far behind the wall as a powerful source.
Legolas stood with his bow and stared out at the Uruk-hai who were approaching rather quickly. Gimli stood to the left of him. He was struggling to see over the wall, but he was too short. "You could have picked a better spot," the dwarf groaned. Legolas just smirked and looked to his right at Mariah. She held her bow tightly and gulped at the sight of the enemy. "Legolas, we're not going to die, right?"
"Nothing is certain, but we should be fine," the elf replied. Mariah felt someone brush past her and then saw Aragorn standing behind Gimli. "Well lad, whatever luck you live by, let's hope it lasts the night," the dwarf stated, looking up at the ranger.
"Your friends are with you Aragorn," Legolas said.
"Let's hope they last the night," the dwarf interrupted. Aragorn glanced over at Mariah and saw her shaking in terror. Her eyes were wide and continued to change from green to yellow every five seconds. Aragorn walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and then turned her head to look at the ranger. "You'll do fine, my lady. Relax now," he whispered. Mariah nodded her head and then looked back at the army of ten-thousand Uruk-hai coming towards them.
King Théoden stood at the highest point in the Hornburg and watched the army march toward the Deeping Wall. He then felt a raindrop on his head. Within moments, it was pouring and chiming against the armor of both men and elves. There was silence except for the storm and the loud thunder of evil creatures. One of the Uruk-hai stood on a rock and gave a war cry, which stopped the army.
Aragorn paced the upper level where most of the Elven army stood. "Eruchîn, ú-dano i faelas a hyn an uben tanatha le faelas (Show them no mercy! For you shall receive none)!" the ranger shouted. Mariah stood nervously, anticipating when the monsters would make an advance on the fortress. She looked over at Gimli who was still making an attempt to see what was happening beyond the wall. "What's happening out there?" he asked.
"Shall we describe it to you," Legolas began.
"Or would you like us to find you a box?" Mariah finished. Gimli and Legolas both eyed her and laughed. The elf brought his cheek next to hers and whispered, "You took the words right out of my mouth." She blushed slightly, but then her eyes caught the Uruk-hai roaring and pounding the ground. She gulped and took a deep breath, trying not to let herself change yet, for she knew it was bound to happen.
Suddenly, Mariah caught sight of an arrow that was accidentally released by an old man. It hit one of the creatures in the neck and he fell to the ground. "Dartho (Hold)!" Aragorn shouted. Soon enough, the Uruk-hai charged at the Deeping Wall after their leader screamed. "Tangado halad (Prepare to fire)!" Aragorn screamed. Everyone notched their arrows and aimed them at the enemy. Mariah had no idea what she was doing, but she had to try. "Faeg i-varv dîn na lanc a nu ranc (Their armor is weak at the neck and beneath the arms)," Legolas said.
"Leithio i philinn (Release the arrows)!" Aragorn shouted. All of the elves released their arrows and killed many. Mariah released hers as well and felt proud to have hit one of the creatures. Gimli looked at Legolas and asked, "Are they hitting anything?" He didn't answer and just continued to fire his arrows.
Moments later, the men began firing their arrows too. They would kill the Uruk-hai in front of the line, but dozens and dozens would continue to break through. "Send them to me! C'mon!" Gimli shouted impatiently Mariah kept firing and glaring at the evil below her. She saw many of them get to the wall and start swinging ladders up. "Pendraid (Ladders)!" Aragorn shouted, "Swords, swords!"
"Good," the dwarf said excitedly. Mariah quickly threw her quiver onto her back and unsheathed her Elven sword she found at Edoras. As she did, an Uruk-hai jumped and toppled onto her. She screamed in fear, but then realized that her sword had gone through its abdomen, killing it. She rolled it off her and thrust her sword through another enemy, but it fell to the ground with her sword. When she reached for it, one of the horrid creatures pushed her and she fell onto the ground. He raised his weapon as if to strike, but stopped abruptly and collapsed. An arrow was through his head and Legolas stood with a smile on his face. "Thank you," she said as he helped her up.
"You're welcome," he whispered as he went back to fighting. Mariah withdrew her sword from the dead Uruk and sliced the head off another one. She fought with her back to Legolas and realized that it was much harder to battle without her power. She had the idea to unleash it, but then she could be seriously hurt if someone didn't know. She turned her head to hear Gimli shout, "Legolas, two already!"
"I'm on seventeen!" the elf replied cheekily. Gimli looked astounded. "Argh! I'll have no pointy-ear outscoring me!" the dwarf yelled in outrage as he hit an Uruk in the groin and killed it as it fell from the wall. Legolas quickly fired two more arrows and shouted, "Nineteen!" Mariah laughed heartily as she stabbed another enemy in the chest. "How many is that? I think it's ten," she muttered under her breath as she kept fighting.
The battle waged on for a long time. Gimli now stood on the wall between two ladders and was hacking away at the Uruk-hai as they came to him. "Seventeen! Eighteen! Nineteen! Twenty! Twenty-one! Twenty-two!" he shouted.
Mariah suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arm and collapsed in ache. She had moved away from Legolas and had been stabbed from behind. Luckily it was just her arm. She gripped the gash in pain and looked up at her attacker. He lifted his sword and she glared at him, her eyes turning yellow. She growled and leapt up, leaving her sword on the ground. She did a flip and landed on her feet, fully transformed. The Uruk in front of her gave her what looked like a questioning look until he fell to the ground dead. Mariah had whipped out her daggers and sliced his throat.
"Na fennas (Causeway)," Aragorn shouted. There were shielded Uruk-hai charging up the wall. Many Elven warriors fired arrows at them, killing some, but many were making it through.
Meanwhile, King Théoden stood where he had been and looked around. Their side seemed to be winning the fight. "Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Saruman?" he asked no one in particular.
What he didn't notice was that spiked bombs were being thrown into the breech of the Deeping Wall that was used as a drain. Soon, an Uruk carrying a torch was running towards it. Aragorn noticed and screamed to Legolas, "Togo hon dad (Bring him down), Legolas!" The elf hit the creature in the shoulder, but it kept running. "Dago hon! Dago hon (Kill him! Kill him)!" the ranger shouted again. Mariah finally saw what was happening and gasped. Legolas quickly aimed and shot the Uruk again, but it dove into the breech.
BOOM!
CRASH!
The wall exploded, throwing men and elves everywhere. Aragorn happened to be one of them and he hit the shallow water below him. Théoden gasped when he saw what had happened. The wall was breeched. Many Uruk-hai charged in through the crashing water. Aragorn slowly got up, covered in mud and water. He was in the path of the enemy. "Aragorn! Argh!" Gimli shouted from up on the wall as he jumped off and landed on some of the creatures.
"Gimli!" the ranger shouted back. He watched the dwarf begin to take these creatures out, but he was soon overpowered. "Hado i philinn (Hurl the arrow)!" he shouted to the elves behind him. They all fired their arrows and killed the Uruk-hai surrounding Gimli, though more were breaking through. "Herio (Charge)!" Aragorn screamed as he lifted up his sword and led the elves into hand-to-hand combat with evil. He made it to Gimli and picked him up out of the water.
Mariah stood on top of the wall and looked down. It was a long way to fall and the stairs would take too long to get into battle. She screamed when she felt a strong arm grip her around the waist. Her feet were lifted off the ground and then hit a shield. She quickly looked up and saw Legolas smiling. He began to shoot Uruk-hai over her head as they slide down the stairs on the shield. As they hit the ground, the shield slammed into and Uruk and Legolas stabbed him.
Mariah had gotten a rough landing and bumped into an Uruk, knocking him down. He was still alive and towered above her with his sword, but then looked upon her face. He shouted something in a deep voice and held out his hand to her like she was an ally. She took it and smiled as she got to her feet. "Stupid piece of shit!" Mariah shouted as she thrust her daggers into his neck. He died instantly and she smiled proudly. "That's thirty!" she yelled so only she could hear.
The battle went on for a while longer and Mariah fought next to Legolas once more. He was firing arrows like there was no tomorrow and she was continually stabbing the Uruks. She suddenly felt something throughout her entire body. She could feel the pain in her arm, even though it healed instantly after she had been stabbed. ".you have a purpose that we are unaware of." Legolas' words echoed through her mind. She looked up and saw Haldir on the wall, surrounded by the enemy and few allies. "Aragorn! Fall back to the Keep! Get your men out of there!" Gamling yelled.
"Na Barad! Na Baraad! Haldir, na Barad (To the Keep! Pull back to the Keep! Haldir, to the Keep)!" Aragorn yelled to his friend. Haldir nodded and motioned for the elves to fall back. He then hacked a few more Uruk-hai and glanced toward the gate. He suddenly let out a scream. He had been stabbed. Haldir killed his attacker and then glanced at his dead companions that were laid among the dead Uruk-hai as well as his wound in disbelief. What he didn't know was that another one was behind him.
The creature raised its weapon and was about to strike, but something stabbed it in the arms. Haldir turned around in shock and saw the Uruk fall. What he saw next shocked him. There was a strange animal.at least it looked like an animal in human form.behind it. Its mouth hung open, exposing sharp white fangs as it dove onto the Uruk and stabbed it in the neck to make sure it was finished off. Haldir tackled the creature and lifted his sword high above it until he heard it speak, "I'm afraid." It was a woman's voice. "Please don't hurt me!" it begged.
Haldir stood and gave it a questioning look. The creature stood and rested a hand on his shoulder. "We must hurry and get to the keep!" it shouted as it grabbed him and brought him back toward the keep. When they finally reached the doors, the creature helped him inside and sat him down. "You must rest," it said as it turned to leave.
"WAIT!" the elf cried as he grabbed the creature and pulled it back to him, "Have I seen you before?" The creature nodded. Haldir looked the animal over and then noticed its clothing. It wore Elven garments. "Lady Morgan?" he asked. It nodded. "How.you.what-?" She silenced him by putting a finger to his lips and running out.
Disclaimer~ I do not own any of Tolkien's creations. I only own SOME of the storyline and the characters I made up. This takes place during "The Two Towers". Legolas is a sexy elf.I'd love to own him! *smiles*
~Well, I thought it best to give you all the first half of the battle to keep you busy. Enjoy~
Chapter 12~ The Battle of Helms Deep: Part I
The night grew dark and clouds filled the sky. Both men and elves were lined up along the Deeping Wall and the gates. Elves even stood far behind the wall as a powerful source.
Legolas stood with his bow and stared out at the Uruk-hai who were approaching rather quickly. Gimli stood to the left of him. He was struggling to see over the wall, but he was too short. "You could have picked a better spot," the dwarf groaned. Legolas just smirked and looked to his right at Mariah. She held her bow tightly and gulped at the sight of the enemy. "Legolas, we're not going to die, right?"
"Nothing is certain, but we should be fine," the elf replied. Mariah felt someone brush past her and then saw Aragorn standing behind Gimli. "Well lad, whatever luck you live by, let's hope it lasts the night," the dwarf stated, looking up at the ranger.
"Your friends are with you Aragorn," Legolas said.
"Let's hope they last the night," the dwarf interrupted. Aragorn glanced over at Mariah and saw her shaking in terror. Her eyes were wide and continued to change from green to yellow every five seconds. Aragorn walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and then turned her head to look at the ranger. "You'll do fine, my lady. Relax now," he whispered. Mariah nodded her head and then looked back at the army of ten-thousand Uruk-hai coming towards them.
King Théoden stood at the highest point in the Hornburg and watched the army march toward the Deeping Wall. He then felt a raindrop on his head. Within moments, it was pouring and chiming against the armor of both men and elves. There was silence except for the storm and the loud thunder of evil creatures. One of the Uruk-hai stood on a rock and gave a war cry, which stopped the army.
Aragorn paced the upper level where most of the Elven army stood. "Eruchîn, ú-dano i faelas a hyn an uben tanatha le faelas (Show them no mercy! For you shall receive none)!" the ranger shouted. Mariah stood nervously, anticipating when the monsters would make an advance on the fortress. She looked over at Gimli who was still making an attempt to see what was happening beyond the wall. "What's happening out there?" he asked.
"Shall we describe it to you," Legolas began.
"Or would you like us to find you a box?" Mariah finished. Gimli and Legolas both eyed her and laughed. The elf brought his cheek next to hers and whispered, "You took the words right out of my mouth." She blushed slightly, but then her eyes caught the Uruk-hai roaring and pounding the ground. She gulped and took a deep breath, trying not to let herself change yet, for she knew it was bound to happen.
Suddenly, Mariah caught sight of an arrow that was accidentally released by an old man. It hit one of the creatures in the neck and he fell to the ground. "Dartho (Hold)!" Aragorn shouted. Soon enough, the Uruk-hai charged at the Deeping Wall after their leader screamed. "Tangado halad (Prepare to fire)!" Aragorn screamed. Everyone notched their arrows and aimed them at the enemy. Mariah had no idea what she was doing, but she had to try. "Faeg i-varv dîn na lanc a nu ranc (Their armor is weak at the neck and beneath the arms)," Legolas said.
"Leithio i philinn (Release the arrows)!" Aragorn shouted. All of the elves released their arrows and killed many. Mariah released hers as well and felt proud to have hit one of the creatures. Gimli looked at Legolas and asked, "Are they hitting anything?" He didn't answer and just continued to fire his arrows.
Moments later, the men began firing their arrows too. They would kill the Uruk-hai in front of the line, but dozens and dozens would continue to break through. "Send them to me! C'mon!" Gimli shouted impatiently Mariah kept firing and glaring at the evil below her. She saw many of them get to the wall and start swinging ladders up. "Pendraid (Ladders)!" Aragorn shouted, "Swords, swords!"
"Good," the dwarf said excitedly. Mariah quickly threw her quiver onto her back and unsheathed her Elven sword she found at Edoras. As she did, an Uruk-hai jumped and toppled onto her. She screamed in fear, but then realized that her sword had gone through its abdomen, killing it. She rolled it off her and thrust her sword through another enemy, but it fell to the ground with her sword. When she reached for it, one of the horrid creatures pushed her and she fell onto the ground. He raised his weapon as if to strike, but stopped abruptly and collapsed. An arrow was through his head and Legolas stood with a smile on his face. "Thank you," she said as he helped her up.
"You're welcome," he whispered as he went back to fighting. Mariah withdrew her sword from the dead Uruk and sliced the head off another one. She fought with her back to Legolas and realized that it was much harder to battle without her power. She had the idea to unleash it, but then she could be seriously hurt if someone didn't know. She turned her head to hear Gimli shout, "Legolas, two already!"
"I'm on seventeen!" the elf replied cheekily. Gimli looked astounded. "Argh! I'll have no pointy-ear outscoring me!" the dwarf yelled in outrage as he hit an Uruk in the groin and killed it as it fell from the wall. Legolas quickly fired two more arrows and shouted, "Nineteen!" Mariah laughed heartily as she stabbed another enemy in the chest. "How many is that? I think it's ten," she muttered under her breath as she kept fighting.
The battle waged on for a long time. Gimli now stood on the wall between two ladders and was hacking away at the Uruk-hai as they came to him. "Seventeen! Eighteen! Nineteen! Twenty! Twenty-one! Twenty-two!" he shouted.
Mariah suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arm and collapsed in ache. She had moved away from Legolas and had been stabbed from behind. Luckily it was just her arm. She gripped the gash in pain and looked up at her attacker. He lifted his sword and she glared at him, her eyes turning yellow. She growled and leapt up, leaving her sword on the ground. She did a flip and landed on her feet, fully transformed. The Uruk in front of her gave her what looked like a questioning look until he fell to the ground dead. Mariah had whipped out her daggers and sliced his throat.
"Na fennas (Causeway)," Aragorn shouted. There were shielded Uruk-hai charging up the wall. Many Elven warriors fired arrows at them, killing some, but many were making it through.
Meanwhile, King Théoden stood where he had been and looked around. Their side seemed to be winning the fight. "Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Saruman?" he asked no one in particular.
What he didn't notice was that spiked bombs were being thrown into the breech of the Deeping Wall that was used as a drain. Soon, an Uruk carrying a torch was running towards it. Aragorn noticed and screamed to Legolas, "Togo hon dad (Bring him down), Legolas!" The elf hit the creature in the shoulder, but it kept running. "Dago hon! Dago hon (Kill him! Kill him)!" the ranger shouted again. Mariah finally saw what was happening and gasped. Legolas quickly aimed and shot the Uruk again, but it dove into the breech.
BOOM!
CRASH!
The wall exploded, throwing men and elves everywhere. Aragorn happened to be one of them and he hit the shallow water below him. Théoden gasped when he saw what had happened. The wall was breeched. Many Uruk-hai charged in through the crashing water. Aragorn slowly got up, covered in mud and water. He was in the path of the enemy. "Aragorn! Argh!" Gimli shouted from up on the wall as he jumped off and landed on some of the creatures.
"Gimli!" the ranger shouted back. He watched the dwarf begin to take these creatures out, but he was soon overpowered. "Hado i philinn (Hurl the arrow)!" he shouted to the elves behind him. They all fired their arrows and killed the Uruk-hai surrounding Gimli, though more were breaking through. "Herio (Charge)!" Aragorn screamed as he lifted up his sword and led the elves into hand-to-hand combat with evil. He made it to Gimli and picked him up out of the water.
Mariah stood on top of the wall and looked down. It was a long way to fall and the stairs would take too long to get into battle. She screamed when she felt a strong arm grip her around the waist. Her feet were lifted off the ground and then hit a shield. She quickly looked up and saw Legolas smiling. He began to shoot Uruk-hai over her head as they slide down the stairs on the shield. As they hit the ground, the shield slammed into and Uruk and Legolas stabbed him.
Mariah had gotten a rough landing and bumped into an Uruk, knocking him down. He was still alive and towered above her with his sword, but then looked upon her face. He shouted something in a deep voice and held out his hand to her like she was an ally. She took it and smiled as she got to her feet. "Stupid piece of shit!" Mariah shouted as she thrust her daggers into his neck. He died instantly and she smiled proudly. "That's thirty!" she yelled so only she could hear.
The battle went on for a while longer and Mariah fought next to Legolas once more. He was firing arrows like there was no tomorrow and she was continually stabbing the Uruks. She suddenly felt something throughout her entire body. She could feel the pain in her arm, even though it healed instantly after she had been stabbed. ".you have a purpose that we are unaware of." Legolas' words echoed through her mind. She looked up and saw Haldir on the wall, surrounded by the enemy and few allies. "Aragorn! Fall back to the Keep! Get your men out of there!" Gamling yelled.
"Na Barad! Na Baraad! Haldir, na Barad (To the Keep! Pull back to the Keep! Haldir, to the Keep)!" Aragorn yelled to his friend. Haldir nodded and motioned for the elves to fall back. He then hacked a few more Uruk-hai and glanced toward the gate. He suddenly let out a scream. He had been stabbed. Haldir killed his attacker and then glanced at his dead companions that were laid among the dead Uruk-hai as well as his wound in disbelief. What he didn't know was that another one was behind him.
The creature raised its weapon and was about to strike, but something stabbed it in the arms. Haldir turned around in shock and saw the Uruk fall. What he saw next shocked him. There was a strange animal.at least it looked like an animal in human form.behind it. Its mouth hung open, exposing sharp white fangs as it dove onto the Uruk and stabbed it in the neck to make sure it was finished off. Haldir tackled the creature and lifted his sword high above it until he heard it speak, "I'm afraid." It was a woman's voice. "Please don't hurt me!" it begged.
Haldir stood and gave it a questioning look. The creature stood and rested a hand on his shoulder. "We must hurry and get to the keep!" it shouted as it grabbed him and brought him back toward the keep. When they finally reached the doors, the creature helped him inside and sat him down. "You must rest," it said as it turned to leave.
"WAIT!" the elf cried as he grabbed the creature and pulled it back to him, "Have I seen you before?" The creature nodded. Haldir looked the animal over and then noticed its clothing. It wore Elven garments. "Lady Morgan?" he asked. It nodded. "How.you.what-?" She silenced him by putting a finger to his lips and running out.