Journey to Mordor (By SUV)

Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own it! And I probably never will!

Chapter Thirty-one: Brego

Tess ran through the woods at break-neck speed. She followed the SUV's track back to where they had first been lost when following Emily. She now knew where to go. She knew that Aragorn would no longer be in Rohan because Theoden and the Riders of Rohan were heading to the camp at Dunharrow before moving on to Gondor and war. And she knew that she had to be close to Dunharrow.

Suddenly Tess heard a horse and turned around, startled. In the bushes she saw a familiar muzzle and then a whole face. A white star shone on the horse's face and the plate on the leather halter glistened. The horse then stepped out of the bushes and stopped in front of Tess, a lead rope dragging along the ground. Tess glanced at the nameplate, which confirmed her thoughts. The nameplate read, 'ES Brego'.

"Brego! Mellon-nin! You found me! Oh Brego I've missed you so much!" cried Tess as she hugged her horse. "I thought I'd never see you again!"

Brego nickered and gestured to his back. Tess understood immediately what Brego was telling her. She quickly tied the lead rope into reins, flipped the reins over Brego's head and hopped lightly onto Brego's bare back. Then with a whisper in the horse's ears, Brego took off at a gallop heading for Dunharrow.

Meanwhile, Emily had floated to Dunharrow and after searching, she found Aragorn.

"Moo!" cried Emily upon spotting him.

"Emily?" questioned Aragorn when he heard her voice and then stared at her. "What happened to you?"

"Long story. Moo!"

"Where's Tess, Emily? Where's my daughter?"

"She's coming to find you. She set out on foot from the SUV. I was sent to tell you of her coming. Moo!"

"What was she thinking, wandering the wild alone?"

"She is not alone. She has found a friend and he is helping her get here. They will be here soon I believe."

"What?"

"Moo!" replied Emily as she floated off, leaving a confused Aragorn behind.

Aragorn stared after Emily for a moment before taking off in search of another tent for Tess.

Not too much later, it was beginning to get dark. Tess had finally reached the outskirts of the Dunharrow camp. A guard noticed her and stopped her from entering. He grabbed Brego's reins, pulling him to a halt.

"Who are and what business do you have at our camp? Speak quickly!" roared the guard at Tess.

"Unhand my horse you freakin' ass hole!"

"What did you just call me, little one?"

"I just called you a freakin' ass hole, ass hole!"

"I can not unhand your horse, no matter what you call me. It is the orders of Theoden King."

"Well maybe you can at least help me. I need to see the Ranger called Strider. He is a guest of Theoden King."

"There is no such Ranger here. You are liar!"

"But there is a Ranger here known as Aragorn, son of Arathorn, this much I know and I must speak with him!"

"There is no such Ranger at this camp! You will have to be taken to the King because I think you are a spy! And we don't like spies much!" said the guard as he pulled Tess off Brego and grabbed her arm and dragged her towards the tent of Theoden. Brego was led away by another guard.

Tess protested and cursed the whole way. She did not like the way that this guard was treating her. But the guard refused to listen to a word she said and continued to drag her alone. Finally they arrived at Theoden's tent and the guard stopped for a moment to speak to the guard at Theoden's tent before they continued into Theoden's tent. Theoden looked up when he saw them enter.

Theoden was quite surprised to find a young Ranger, who was weaponless, being dragged into his tent. He was even more surprised to hear all the cursing come out of the kid's mouth which was Elvish. He stared at he Ranger for a moment before he saw the flashing, angered gray-blue eyes and then looked into the face of Aragorn's daughter.

"My Lord, this ruffian is demanding to speak to a Ranger named Strider or Aragorn. I have told him repeatedly that no such Ranger is at this camp, but he insisted that there is. I think he might be a spy, my Lord," said the guard.

Aragorn heard Elvish being spoken as he passed Theoden's tent. He stopped and listened for a minute and was disgusted at the words being spoken. Someone was clearly very pissed and an Elf. Then he heard his name mentioned and he entered the tent.

"Did I just hear my name said?" asked Aragorn.

"Why, Aragorn, yes you did," said Theoden.

Aragorn smiled at Theoden and turned to see who had been cursing. To his surprise, he saw a person dressed in Ranger clothing, who had just traveled a long way with short, wavy, messy brown hair. The person turned around to face him and Aragorn saw the gray-blue eyes that mirrored his own, filled with anger and hate.

"Sir, I must demand that you let that Ranger go," said Aragorn to the guard.

"Why?"

"Because you don't know who it is that you have. That is no mere Ranger. That is a very angry Ranger who is half Elven and I know them very well."

"My Lord?" asked the guard, looking to Theoden for approval. Theoden nodded and the guard released Tess who spat a series of Elven curses at the guard before going to Aragorn's side.

"Ada, can you ask that they return my horse also?" questioned Tess.

"Sure. Sir, do you happen to know where my daughter's horse is? We like it back now," said Aragorn.

"Your daughter, my lord Aragorn? I did not know you had a child! Forgive me for my actions!"

Tess opened her mouth to say some thing rude but Aragorn stuck his hand over her mouth and spoke before she could. "You are forgiven. Now could you find the horse?"

The guard nodded and ran out of the tent. Aragorn uncovered Tess's mouth and turned to face her.

"You sure now how to make an entrance, Tess."

"Sorry but he refused to let me speak to you. He thought I was a spy and he dragged me all the way from the outskirts, where I rode in, to here. I was pissed off."

"I know, I heard you cursing from outside the tent. You need to work on your language, my daughter."

"Sorry."

"It's okay. Now, where have you been?"

"Emily was sleep walking that night so Dolly and I followed her in the SUV. Before we knew it, we were lost and then we ran into Gollum, who bit Emily's right hand pinky finger off. Then Dolly lost control of the SUV and ran over Emily, flattening and killing her. Now she's a ghost. And then we decided to drive to Mordor. Then Dolly and I got into a fight so I left and decided to try and find you."

"And where did you find a horse?"

"He found me actually."

"What?"

"He's my horse, ada. The one I've told you about? He must have been included in the spell because he found me. He brought me to Dunharrow."

"Can you show me this horse of yours?"

"Sure," said Tess, leading the way out of the tent. She stopped outside and called, "Mellon-nin!"

Sure enough, Brego came to her. She hugged her horse again and then led Brego to Aragorn.

"Ada, this is Brego. He's my horse."

"So this is Brego," said Aragorn and then he spoke Elvish in a whisper and thanked the horse for bring Tess to the camp safely.

"Yep, isn't he wonderful? I missed him so much!"

"Where did you keep him, before?"

"He stayed at my aunt's house in the country. My cousin has a horse herself, one named Beauty and he stays there, with my cousin's horse."

"Do you see him often?"

"Not often enough. I only get to go and see him on weekends or breaks or during the summer."

"Oh."

"Yeah, it sucks."

"I can imagine."

"So where am I supposed to stay?"

"Oh, I had a tent saved for you. Emily came and told me that you were coming so I got a tent set up for you."

"But what about my stuff? Its all back in Rohan!"

"Nope, I brought all of your stuff with me to the camp. I hoped that I would be able to return it all to you."

"Well where is it?"

"I'll show you," said Aragorn, leading the way to the tent that was Tess's and Tess and Brego followed.

Author's Notes:

Longer than I originally thought it would be! Anyways, the next chapter is called "Anduril" after Aragorn's sword. Maybe it'll posted today, but it all depends. It might be posted Sunday, September 26th. But if I feel like typing it up, I'll post it today.

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