Journey to Mordor (By SUV)

Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with Lord of the Rings besides owning a copy of the DVDs and books. So do not even think about suing me! I'll sue you first! I only claim rights to the idea of this story and my plot lines. And I own Tess. Emily, Dolly, and Kate are all being used with permission. And I borrowed the Suburban from my Aunt Debbie.

Chapter Twenty-one: Party in Rohan!

A big party to celebrate the victory at Helm's Deep was in full swing by the time Tess, Aragorn, Legolas, Dolly, the Hobbits, Emily, Kate, Theoden, Eomer, Gimli and Gandalf arrived. Gandalf went off to spend time alone with his shiny object and his pipe and pot. Theoden went to his place in the front of the room with Eomer following him. Everyone else just gathered around. Kate was once again glued to Legolas's side and he was already sick of it. And no matter what he did, she followed him. Merry, Pippin and Emily were plotting again as to do with what they would do at the party. Tess of course followed Aragorn around. And Dolly sulked in a corner.

Within fifteen minutes, the Hobbits and Emily had gotten drunk and were dancing on tables, singing songs. Most of them were drinking songs and the three had mugs in their hands as they sang. They also had drinking contests while everyone watched. Tess wasn't paying much attention to it but Dolly was. It raised her spirits just a bit but then she saw Tess and Aragorn talking and she sank back into her depression.

Tess went off to get some drinks and food for her and Aragorn and Eowyn shoved a bowel of stew into her hands. Tess looked at Eowyn expecting to see some evil look on her face but saw nothing. Eowyn looked almost sorry. So Tess stopped her glare before it showed and looked at Eowyn with a curious expression.

"I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier, Tess, daughter of Aragorn. I truly am. I hope you will forgive me. Eat this stew, it is very good," said Eowyn.

"Thank you Eowyn, and I'm sorry for the way I acted too."

"All is forgiven."

"Same here," said Tess as she nodded to Eowyn and walked off. She found a spot at a table and sat down. She was about to take a bite of stew when Legolas showed up, looked scared. Tess narrowed her eyes at Legolas.

"What's wrong with you?" she questioned him. "Dwarf beat you up?"

"Ha ha, very funny. As a matter of fact, your friend has been harassing me again. I'm trying to hide from her. She's crazy!"

"And you wonder why we call her 'Crazy Kate'!"

"Where did you get the stew?"

"Oh Eowyn gave it to me. She said it was a good stew and apologized for her earlier actions. She seems to be really sorry."

"Wait a minute, did you just say that Eowyn gave you this stew?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"Eowyn has never apologized to anyone! Never! And no one else had stew here, its not being served. That means that she made it herself."

"So?"

"You humans."

"What's wrong with us, Elf? Need I remind you that I'm only half human and also half Elf? So did you just say something wrong?"

Legolas glared at her. "You are all alike! So naive! Just because someone acts like something doesn't mean anything. Besides, do the words 'broken heart' mean anything to you?"

"Should they?"

"Eowyn was clearly upset when she found out about you being Aragorn's daughter and that he was married to Arwen Evenstar. She had 'broken heart' written all over her. Someone with a broken heart doesn't forgive the person that they hold responsible for their pain the next day. They don't. And they don't make food for them either."

"Cut the chase already, Legolas so I can eat my stew! I'm starving!"

"Anyways, Eowyn blames you for Aragorn's refusal to like her. She wants you gone. She's not sorry, she wants to get even. She wants you dead Tess. That's why she made the stew and went to the trouble to give it to you. She's poisoned the stew so that you can die, Dolly and I can get blamed for it, and she can hopefully end up with your father."

"That's horrible! What an awful woman!"

"Can I see that stew now?"

"Sure you can. I'm certainly not going to eat that now!"

Legolas took the stew from Tess and studied it for a moment before speaking. "Go get your father, Tess. Quickly."

Tess nodded and got up and took off in search of Aragorn. She saw him, talking to Eowyn, who had a cup of something in her hand and seemed to be offering it to him. He was politely refusing it and seemed to be searching for her. Gray-blue eyes met gray-blue eyes and Aragorn walked towards Tess. A worried expression was on Tess's face.

"What's wrong?" Aragorn asked.

"Legolas asked me to find you."

"Why?"

"I'll let him tell you."

Aragorn was puzzled but followed his daughter to where his friend was sitting. Aragorn and Tess sat down besides the blond Elf and Aragorn looked straight at his friend and asked, "What's wrong, mellon-nin?"

"Aragorn, someone just tried to kill your daughter," said Legolas, as calmly as he possibly could considering what was going on.

"What?!" exclaimed Aragorn quietly.

"Someone wants Tess dead and they almost succeeded. They poisoned this stew that she got to eat with some deadly stuff. A few bits would have probably killed her. Take a look at it," said Legolas as he pushed the bowel of stew towards Aragorn.

Aragorn examined the stew for a minute or two. He looked at what was in the bowel and also smelled the contents. Sure enough he could detect several deadly poisons hidden in the bowel of stew. But who would do such a thing and why? No one really knew that Tess was his daughter, or did they? Had word gotten out about her? But could he possibly have enemies that hated him so much that they would try to do something like this to his daughter?

"Who gave her the stew?" Aragorn asked Legolas.

"Eowyn, the White Lady of Rohan."

"Eowyn? You don't think that she tried to…"

"Yes I do."

"What? Why?"

"Eowyn had a major crush on you Aragorn. It was quiet easy to tell. Tess told me about the conversation that she had with Eowyn and it all made sense. Eowyn thought that if Tess died, blame would fall on Dolly and I and that Arwen would also blame you for letting Tess out of your sight and divorce you and then she would be able to comfort you in your grief and end up with you."

"What a sick, twisted little bitch!"

"Tell me about it," muttered Tess under her breath.

"This is crazy," said Aragorn.

"That's what I first thought, ada. But then what Legolas said made some sense. Then finally it made perfect sense. Eowyn sees me as a threat so she wants me gone. I don't know if she's going to give up or keeping on going."

"What are we going to do?"

No one got a chance to answer because at that moment, Kate appeared and Legolas had to run. Kate was chasing after the Elf, calling, "Hey, Legolas! Where the hell are you going? Come back here! Legolas!"

Tess smiled as she watched the tall Elf run from her short friend. Aragorn studied his daughter for a brief moment. How would he have felt if Eowyn had succeeded in killing Tess? Would he be upset? Or would he be glad to get rid of the tag-along? Did he even want her to stay in Middle-earth?

Emily and the Hobbits snuck some marshmallows that they had found at Isengard and Emily's flame-thrower into the party. They lit the marshmallows and began to chase random people around the room with them, trying to light them on fire. The Hobbits' main targets were Legolas, Kate, and Gimli because they were fun to annoy. Emily was chasing Eowyn around with her flame-thrower. And Emily succeeded in setting Eowyn's hair on fire along with her dress.

Someone dumped a bucket of water on her and put out the flames. But what a sight it was after the water was poured on Eowyn. Her once beautiful white dress had burn marks and was soaking wet. Her long blond tresses were singed and parts were completely gone, swallowed up by flame. She was a mess. Everyone stopped what they were doing and pointed at her as they began to laugh. Tess and Aragorn laughed the loudest.

Fuming, Eowyn spoke to Aragorn, "Can't you keep your monkeys under control, Aragorn? It's bad enough that you can't control your own daughter, but still you should try to get the monkeys to behave better!"

"Was that an insult?" Emily whispered into Tess's ear.

"I think that it was meant that way," was the whispered reply.

"Oh, because I want to be a monkey!"

"Shh!"

"Sorrreeeeeeeee!"

Aragorn said nothing and Eowyn stormed out of the room. Tess called to her," At least your hair looks better!"

"Oh shut up!"

Tess shrugged it off and went back to partying with the others. It was a great way to end a stressful day.

[Author's Notes:

Finally someone got smart about how to deal with Eowyn! Set her on fire! Go Emily! Now, I don't hate Eowyn in the movies, too much, but in this fic I'm taking out all my anger against her on her! She's an okay character but I was always like why can't she stop chasing every guy around? So she finally will! Ya!

Expect next update: Later today, Monday, September 6th. TRIPLE POST DAY!

Reviewers!

Jak – Okay, then…

Ari Moon – Yes it was all your fault! Fireworks! Yay! Ya, my sister thought I had a new pet. Yeah I think that you've barely than yours off. Mum wouldn't let me wear mine anywhere but the house. The car was the limit. And ya, Kate's crazy like that. Breadsticks must die!

Dark Borg Drone – I'll see what I can do. Writer's block is evil! School has that affect on me too, except I'm normally too tired to write by the time I get my ideas.

TrekieGreenieShannaraElfofME – I hate that too, but it works for this story. Glad you like the story!

musical geek – That's okay, I've been pretty busy too. Glad you liked the twist, I was afraid that some people might kill me for that.

A Darker Side of Light – Yes, Eowyn must die! And she gets some of what's coming to her now. But you're going to kill her. Well I did injure my leg but it doesn't impair my writing, just my ability to get from the internet switch to my computer. And I'll try to get some pre-writing in today. But the posts will stop from Wednesday to as late as Saturday due to a trip with my school. Stuck in the woods for several days! Ahh! Maybe I'll get some good ideas. But I'll try to write and post those chapters before I leave. If not, you'll get several multiple post days. And I too am looking forward to seeing Eowyn go bye-bye… And more is coming…