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Saruman stood looking into the palantir and laughed maniacally. "Finally! The ring will come to me!!! Stupid Elainor, did you really think you could get away from me? Your own father?"
Aragorn blessed Boromir and turned away from him with tears in his eyes. He picked up Pippen, noting how shallow and slow his breathing came. Looked around him, and saw Legolas struggling for air. Gimli sat on the ground beside him and held the elf's head to his chest. Aragorn could see two arrows in Gimli's leg. Aragorn rushed to his comrades sides and laid down the hobbit. He ordered Gimli to hold Legolas's shoulders to the ground and he wrapped his hand around the arrow in Legolas's chest, and ripped the arrow out. Legolas' body tremored let out a scream. He repeated the process to the dwarf's leg and handed him some herbs to treat Legolas, then Aragorn turned to cleaning the bloody gash that covered the hobbits should and neck.
A hooded and cloaked figure rushed into Lorien and was stopped by the guard. Haldir looked at him and smiled warmly. "You are late, Mellon. Come, we must make haste now." Haldir swiftly led the figure through the trees and across the ropes to Caras Galadhon. Haldir left him with the Lord and returned to the border.
Water. Thundering, unforgiving water. If was everywhere. Frodo couldn't breathe, he had swallowed so much water and he couldn't even see. His hands thrashed about in a struggle to reach the surface. Something grabbed his hand and yanked him hard. He saw a tunic and heard a voice. "Gandalf? Gandalf!!!" he called, and was met with a hard slap.
"Ellie? I-I'm alive?"
"Yes, Frodo, can you stand?" the hobbit nodded and Ellie stood up and looked at the waterfall. "The falls of Rauros are unforgiving, the valar are watching over you my friend." Frodo smiled.
"Where are the others? Where is Aragorn?" Frodo looked behind Ellie to see trees, and more trees. "Ellie?" the lf looked down at the hobbit, and sighed, "Frodo, we must be strong now. Which way do you wish to go, East or West?" Frodo choked on his tears. He looked at the water and cried. "First we lost Gandalf, now this. Ellie I do not wish to go back into the water, let us set course to Gondor."
"Frodo! Do you trust me enough to pass the lands of the tower of Isen with me?" she said kneeling to eye level with her friend. Frodo nodded and took her hand leading her into the trees. They both took one more look at the falls before trekking away. "Frodo..."
"Hmm?" "I know king Theoden of Rohan; from Rohan we will leave with a good horse and supplies and head to Gondor. From Gondor, nen mellon we will then head to Cirith Ungol. The fortress of the Witch King of Angmar. We will enter Mordor through the lair of Shelob, mother of all black spiders." Frodo shuddered and his stomach growled. Ellie looked down at her friend and smiled, then remembered the small packet of food Haldir hand put on her hip, under his sword. She took it out, and looked at the wet case. She opened it and handed the surprisingly dry Lembas to Frodo. Surprised the hobbit took the treat gratefully. She stored the other piece in her pouch and the hobbit broke his in half and handed it to her. "No Frodo, eat it, or save it, that is all we have for 3days of hard and swift travel." Soon the hobbit became sleepy and begged to stop, but Ellie pushed him further on. "Frodo, come I will carry you, that way you can sleep and i will continue." She cradled he hobbit in her arms and ran towards Rohan.
The cloaked figure rowed his boat hard. –They couldn't have made it too far, I have been tracking them closely since the mines...Argh, where is that blasted group?- He continued rowing until on the horizon he saw another elven boat and sighed.
Legolas was up and walking again. Gimli was limping around cursing under his breath about, "blasted elven haling powers" and Aragorn turned away from the boat that held Boromir's body, and faced Pippen who was sitting up and eating like nothing ever happened. "They will look for his return in the white tower, but he will not return..." he mumbled. "Aragorn we have failed, all is lost, we are now only to wait for Sauron to close his hand, and come for middle earth." Legolas said falling into sitting position and putting his head into his hands. Gimli rose, "Aragorn, he is right. We have lost Gandalf, we have lost Boromir, two hobbits were taken from us, and the other, the ring bearer, has been tossed to his death. And that crazy elf jumped after him." He turned to Legolas, "Are all elf women as crazy as she? It is no wonder that elves are immortal, otherwise all your women would be dead."
"Gimli, son of Gloin, I would not insult an elf who holds the fate of middle earth in her hands." Called a hooded figure as he pushed his boat ashore. Legolas pulled his bow and loaded it, Aragorn unsheathed Anduril. "She has probably found Frodo and the ring now." He looked at the man, dwarf, elf and hobbit who were eying him with malice. "Peregrin Took!! How did such an inquisitive hobbit like yourself manage to stay with Aragorn? That is a wonder, well tell me everything that has happened." Pippen looked at the figure then dropped his hobbit sword. "Gandalf!!!!" he jumped to the figure uncloaking him. "Fool of a Took!!! Get off of me!!" The other members of the Fellowship looked at Gandalf. Thy jumped for joy and tears of happiness fell from their faces as they embraced their lost leader. "You know, I thought Ellie would kill Frodo and take the ring, but I was quite mistaken. I guess she has changed." Aragorn looked at him in surprise, he had never called her Ellie, he never trusted her enough to use that name. "Gandalf, you are sure that she and Frodo live?" Aragorn asked.
"Yes, I was with Celeborn only shortly, but he saw her and Frodo. If they are smart they should be half way through Emyn Muil now. If they travel too close to Isengard Saruman will feel them."
Legolas looked at his mentor, "Gandalf, what are we too do now?"
"We will not abandon Merry and Sam to torment and death, we shall seek them out."
Pippen smiled. "But I must make for Rohan, Theoden is struggling under the hold of Saruman, I have to be by his side ere his falls into Saruman's hands. And I shall not venture alone." He said. All eyes shifted to the injured hobbit. "Peregrin Took, you shall come with me to meet with the king," Pippen looked around, "I don't have much of a choice do I?" All shook their head and Pippen nodded in defeat. "It would be for the better young hobbit, your injuries would slow you down, and all of us with you... ouch!!" He yelled as Pippen poked his injured leg. "What about you Master Dwarf?" Pippen said. "Gimli, son of Gloin, for once the hobbit is right. We will leave the hunting to Aragorn and Legolas, we will journey to Rohan together." The Dwarf opened his mouth to contest, but Aragorn put his hand on his shoulder and shook his head. "I am sorry friend." The dwarf hung his head in defeat and took his place next to the hobbit, skulking.
Aragorn looked at Legolas. "We should leave now, while the sun is up." Legolas nodded. The duo packed up and said their goodbyes.
Sam was struggling with the hair of the Urak-Hai that carried him. It kept getting stuck in his nose and the stench made him sick. Merry was on the Orc next to him, and was out cold. Blood flowed freely from his cut on his head and Sam worried if he would make it alive. Soon the orcs stopped to sleep and Sam laid where they left him and Merry and stared at the stars. –I wonder how Mister Frodo and Strider are doing. I hope they get to Mordor soon. I hope they can save Middle Earth- Next to Sam, Merry stirred. Sam turned to him and Merry smiled. "Sam," he whispered, "Where are they taking us?" "Isengard I think." Merry looked around him. "Sam look. There are trees if he hide under on of them, wee might get away." Merry started biting his hand binds, trying to cut through them. Just then a shrill scream was stifled as two orcs were speared straight through from the darkness. A army had emerged from the darkness and was slaughtering the orcs. "Quickly Merry!!!" Sam stood up and ran into the trees followed closely by Merry.
Ellie was exhausted. She had carried a sleeping Frodo for a day and a half now. True he was exhausted by the weight of the ring on his fragile body, but the ring had been calling to Ellie all morning and night, promising hr things she really wanted. Promising her she'd see her mother again, promising her father would love her, promising her Legolas's eternal love. She resisted fairly well in the beginning, but her immunity was wearing down. She had chosen to go through Fanghorn Forest and then turn straight to Edoras where Theoden King would greet her with open arms. She missed her friend Eowyn, and wished to see her too. She heard a loud scream that was immediately silenced to her right and she resisted the urge to investigate she had a duty to Frodo, she had to get out of danger, soon. She ran closer to the end of the tree line remembering that in about another few miles she had to turn out of the forest. The something collided into her hard. She threw Frodo into the air and unsheathed Haldir's sword in one motion. She looked around her and saw two little children cowering in front of her. She dropped the sword and caught Frodo and knelt down to look at the children, and put Frodo down. "Merry!! Sam!! You're alive!!" they looked up at her, "Ellie!! You're here!!" She smiled and hugged the hobbits, tears streaming down her face. Sam looked around her, "Ellie, where's strider? Where's Mr. Frodo? Where is everyone?" Ellie cut the binds of the two and took Merry into her arms. "Frodo is right here, he is sleeping. As for the others, Sam, they were outnumbered when I left them, Legolas..." tears came to her eyes and she turned away. Sam and Merry began crying and then they heard a rustling in the bushes. Ellie motioned for the hobbits to follow her and they ran deeper into the Forest, all the while with Frodo in Ellie's arms. Finally Ellie hid the hobbits under a large tree root and aimed her arrow towards the sound of feet following them. Sure enough a single orc stepped into the clearing and she let loose her arrow, right between his eyes. Her keen senses searched the rest of the area for anymore intruders, and then she reattached her bow to her back. She returned to the hobbits.
They built a fire and Ellie warned the hobbits not too show their swords and to only collect dead wood for the fire. "The trees are alive master hobbits, they would be most disturbed if we cut their limbs off, for our selfish purposes. Now come here Merry, and let me look at that cut." Soon Frodo was awake and both parties recounted their stories and tried with no avail to deduce if their companions were alive. "So I guess we left them to their demise," Ellie said, suddenly becoming stronger as the words continue to sink in, "Hobbits, we will be going to Rohan then Gondor. From there we will be venturing to Minas Morgul, to take a secret way into Mordor." The hobbits shuddered. "Come now it is time to sleep, I will wake you early. Most likely ere the sun rises." She stood up and perched herself, bow drawn, on a rock. "Hoooom... Let me see there. Is that you Elianor?" The hobbits ran up to huddle under Ellie's cloak. Ellie looked up at the talking tree, "Treebeard!!! It has been a long time!" The hobbits stepped out from under her cloak and looked at the tree. "Master hobbits, this is my life long friend Fanghorn. He has lived by the tower of Isen for many years.
"Hooooom. Lee, we have much to speak of. Lately your father has been destroying my forest, chopping down trees, burning them. It hasn't been a whole lot but it has been enough to bother me." Ellie looked up at her friend, "I am sorry Mellon nen. I have long left my father's side and realized the error of his ways. He is blinded by greed and blood thirsty." "Hoom...Hvvvvooomm. You are well to leave his side, elves are not evil Elainor, they are our friends." He looked around him to reveal several more walking trees. "Merry! What are those, talking trees!!" Ellie let out a boom of laughter, "No young hobbit, they are Ents. Treeherders Master Gamgee" Then Ellie turned to Treebeard, "Can you take us to the east border, by Edoras?" the Ent nodded, and bent down to let them climb onto his back.
Saruman stood looking at his army of Orcs. 10,000 strong. He looked up too them and gave his speech, "Today we will dominate, today we will show middle earth that the orcis master! Never again will then men of Rohan hunt you! Go, Go to Edoras, and then Helms Deep and kill all who stand in your way. Do not fear from Elainor, she has betrayed you! Killed your brothers! Tonight her blood and the blood of Rohan will moisten the Earth! To ARMS!!!" swiftly the army turned and marched out of Isengard.
"Legolas!! What do your elven eyes see?" Aragorn called, trying catch his breath. Legolas perched on a high jut of land, "I see smoke, black smoke." Aragorn looked up at the sun. "A red sun, Legolas" "Aye, nen mellon. Blood has been spilt this night." "Hurry, it is but half a day from here." With that Aragorn and Legolas took of running again.
"Come Gimli. Surely you stubborn dwarves know how to ride a horse?" Gandalf said as he followed Legolas and Aragorn's progress with his eyes, "Quickly now we must get off this rise ere we make for Rohan." Gimli kicked the horse back into a trot as he watched and envied the hobbit who was asleep on Gandalf's horse.
"... and then he said 'I didn't do it' hahahahah!!" Treebeard's voice bellowed as he laughed. Ellie laughed along with him as the hobbits sat in confusion. "Mr. Frodo, are you okay sir?" Sam asked Frodo, he nodded and stared off into the trees. "Hoom. This—my—my... ARGHHHHHHHHH. HOOOOM HRMM. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM HRMHOOM." Treebeard screamed as he walked into a clearing- that wasn't supposed to be there. "SAR-U-MAAN!!!" he bellowed and soon more ns stepped out from their places too see what was happening, they all started screaming as the looked on the vast expanse of land that was once the most beautiful part of the Forest. Treebeard put down his cargo and went over to the rest of the Ents and started speaking to them.
--2hours later—
Treebeard returned to his new friends too find the hobbits asleep in Ellie's arms. "Lee!" he said as she looked up to met him with tears in her eyes. "Fanghorn, I am sorry dearest of all friends." She got up and wrapped her small arms around his vast leg and he bent down to look at her, "The Ents have decided to put a stop to this, we are going to storm Isengard! I will personally rip that wall apart!!" Ellie clapped her hands together with tears in her eyes, "Good, oh, you are going to defend Fanghorn forest!!" The Ent looked at her, "Lee, I have one this to ask of you, come with us! The Ents would be more encouraged if the Daughter of the enemy led us against him." Ellie looked at her age old friend, then to Frodo. He had awoken and was listening intently to the conversation. He stood up and looked at treebeard. "Fanghorn, we will all accompany you, only if you promise to take us to the eastern border afterwards!" "You are stout young hobbit" Fanghorn smiled. "We leave now." Ellie picked up the two sleeping hobbits and climbed with Frodo up to Fanghorn's shoulders.
Aragorn laid his head to the ground and cried. They were too late. Gandalf stood behind him. He decided it would be better to travel together since they were all going to Edoras. Tears streamed down his eyes as he watched Legolas say a quick prayer over the dead bodies. They were sure they had lost their friends. "It is time we made camp." Gandalf said dismounting. "We have not failed in our quest just yet. Frodo moves closer to Mordor everyday, our duty is to keep Sauron's eye on us! Distract him from Frodo."
They lit a fire away from the massacre area, and cried together.
The Ents ripped down the wall and broke down dams. Ellie had left the hobbits with Fanghorn and was engaging the orcs in battle. She gazed in awe as Haldir's sword, which she named Lothamin, in affection did its work. –I never thought I would be fighting against Ada. I never thought it would come to this, here and now.- Ellie slashed the orcs behind her and took out her own sword fighting with two swords she slashed the orcs to her left and right. She was covered in thick dark blood, and her whole body was drenched, reeking orc. On Fanghorn's shoulders the hobbits threw rocks at the orcs below them and complemented each other.
Soon shouts of joy and victory came out of the hobbits mouths and the Ents jumped and waved their limbs joyously. Fanghorn and another Ent barred the entrance to the tower of Isen with a fallen tree trunk. Elli scaled the side of tower and jumped into a window. Siilently she followed the voice of the wizard until she came into a room that looked much like a throne room, in the middle of the room stood the palantir, a seeing stone. She looked around, her sword drawn and stepped into the room, she pulled out the leather pouch that contained nothing but lembas crumbs now and put the seeing stone in it.-No longer will you watch our progress, and report to Mordor, Ada- She turned around and saw her father standing in front of her. "Elainor, come child and hug your father. I have missed you dearly." She looked at him, never has he been affectionate to her. She took a few steps back and looked at him. She turned to jump through a nearby window, but her father sealed it with his staff. She turned to another, he sealed it. Then another, and another. "You will not leave without giving back to me what is mine, she looked at him. "No," she said defiantly. Then he hit her with his staff, knocking her to the ground. He bent down and picked up the sword she dropped. She quickly jumped up and drew Lothamin. Her father engaged her in a deadly battle as the fought with their swords though the halls, upstairs and downstairs. She fell down on the last staircase by her room and her father stepped on the hand that had Lothamin in its grip. He pointed the sword at her heart and she looked up at him.-I brought these for you- her mind remembered words being said by a soft wavering voice. She watched her father drawn back the sword –They used to be his... Arwen! I love you.- Her mind flashed back.-No daughter of the white hand will ever be trusted by me... love you.. love you..- She drew the knife from her left shoe and threw it at her father's head. It landed true, and blood dripped onto her face, she grabbed the sword that was about to driven into hr body and veered away from him before he fell on her. She leapt from the nearest window, still in shock at what she had done, and landed on her feet on the tree trunk. She started crying as she ran to find her friends. "Fanghorn!!!! Fanghorn, where are—ouff." She slammed into his foot and looked up, "Please, take us to the east now!" Fanghorn looked startled, "Hroooom, you are very hasty folk you are. Very well come." Ellie joined her hobbit friends on Fanghorn's shoulder and he carried them to the eastern border.
Aragorn tossed in his sleep, he felt warm arms wrap around him. "Aragorn... Wakeup my love," he smiled and turned around and found himself in Imladris again. "Arwen..." she smiled at him. He found himself standing on a bridge with her. She was wearing a bright white dress looking at him, "Renech i lu ned ol reniannen? (Translation: Do you remember when we first met?) Aragorn smiled, "Nauthannem i ned ol reniannen." (Translation: I thought I had strayed into a dream.) Arwen looked deeply into his eyes, "Gwenwin in enninath. U-arnech n naeth i si celich. Renech i beth i pennen?"(Translation: Long years have passed. You did not wear the troubles you carry now. Do you remember what I told you?)
Aragorn returned her gaze smiling lovingly, "You said you'd bind yourself to me, forsaking the immortal life of your people."
"And to that I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you, than face all the Ages of this world alone." (She hands him her necklace, a symbol of her immortality) I choose a mortal life." Aragorn looked at the jewel she had seen on her neck for so long, "You cannot give me this." Arwen shook her head, "It is mine to give to whom I will. Like my heart." Thy kissed each other deeply and Aragorn found himself holding the jewel on his neck as he awoke. Legolas was sitting next to him, "You are thinking of her," he said staring up at the stars. Aragorn looked at his friend and understood what his friend was thinking, "Legolas, she is alive. You will see her before the end."
"There you go Lee. I see Edoras from here. The Ents will take care of Isengard, now off you go." Ellie nodded and sighed. She whistled a high pitched whistle and through the trees broke her old friend, Moonstar. He had returned to Isengard, rider-less, after she left Imladris. "Come old friend, carry us to Edoras." She leapt up to his back and pulled Frodo in front of her, he shifted to the left too make space for Merry, who sat on her right. "Sam, come behind me." After Sam was seated she said, "Hold on tightly hobbits. I will ride swiftly to Edoras, no stops. Understood?" After a few grunts and 'yeses' she bent over to her horse, "Noro lim". The Horse took off with great sped and carried on like that for another two hours, when finally Ellie had entered the gates of Edoras. She dismounted and pulled down the hobbits. "Come, let's make haste. I need a hot bath." The hobbits sprinted after her, thinking of food. She ran head first into her old friend Hama. "Hama!! Too long it has been!" She placed her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. "I come to see the king. How does he fair?" At this her friend's face fell, "He has been strange of late. His counselor Grima has poisoned his mind." Ellie looked at him in surprise, Grima? That snake that used to work for her father? "Hama, do you refer to wormtongue?" "Aye, to him is who I refer, dearest Lee" "Let me in then." His face fell again. "I cannot let you in before the king so armed friend of old." She regarded him with a raised brow. "Orders of Wormtongue." She nodded and gave up her sword and Lothamin. He gave him her bow and quiver, but left the two daggers Haldir had fastened into her boots in.-One must be cautious where Grima dwells...-Her mind warned. The hobbits did the same. "Hama," she said looking at him, "Put these weapons in my old room. Go now." He nodded and took of with the weapons. "Now young hobbits we meet Theoden King. Follow my lead friends."
They packed up camp and Legolas joined Gimli on his horse. Aragorn joined Pippen and Gandalf, and they took off. "Edoras, if we ride swiftly and true to our course, is half a day's ride. We should arrive ere nightfall," The company nodded, said its last prayer for its lost friends and headed off to Edoras.
"Hail Theoden King!! Theoden! The warm welcome of your hall has been lessened of late! How fare you friend of old? Tell me where is Eowyn and Eomer? For I very much wish to speak with them." A fragile old man looked up at her from the throne. "Elainor... Err, why should I welcome you, one who has betrayed her own father?" Ellie flinched as she remembered pulling the dagger from her father's head, and being spewed with his blood, blood that was still on her tunic. "A just question my lord." A creature said into the king's ear and stood up too full length. Grima was as tall as her father, He stood looking down at her, "You have pained your father of late Elainor, daughter of the white hand. You bear a mark that you are not worthy of. What would your father say if he saw you walking around killing orcs instead of people who oppose the white hand?" –nothing snake he is dead...- "Put your fork tongue in your mouth Grima, I am not here to speak to you." She shoved him to the ground, and he called for the guards. Six men came out and made to grab Ellie but she dodged easily, so they grabbed the hobbits instead. Before she could make a move to protect them a stern voice shouted in the background, "HALT!!" Ellie turned to see Eomer, now a fully grown man wearing the attire of the Rohirrim, beside him stood his sister Eowyn smiling. "LEE!" she ran to her Ellie and hugged her tightly. "E-wy-nn. My lungs, I can't breathe." Ellie gasped. Eomer let out sweet laugh, "Sister!! Let her breathe." H turned to the guards as Eowyn let go of Ellie, and addressed them, "Any friend of Ellie is friend to the Realm of Rohan! Let them go!" He guards let go of the hobbits who rushed to Eowyn's side. "Fools, do not let them go!! Take them now!" he guards hesitated, in fear of angering Eomer. Grima drew his sword and rushed at Ellie. In one swift motion she retrieved a dagger from her boot and sent it to his head. Grima fell to the ground. Ellie walked up to him, pulled out the dagger, and wiped it clean on his garb. She turned to look at the king.
She walked up to him and bent down to look at the old man, "This is not the Theoden I remember. Why do you wear such a guise?" She took the man's face in her hands and kissed his forehead. "Elea I'dolen mellon nen Theoden," (Translation: Reveal yourself, Theoden my friend.) "Poika tuulo' 'kshapsae o Ama handasse." (Translation: I hear by cure you of the cunning hand.)
Almost immediately the old man turned young and looked around, his hair turning from grey to blonde, and his eyes deepening. "Ah, that is the Theoden I know!" Ellie smiled and the King got up and hugged her. She stepped back as Eowyn and Eomer embraced their Uncle. "Sister Son! Sister Daughter!" Ellie turned around and introduced the hobbits and Hama threw open the doors of the great hall, "Hail Theoden King!!" Theoden stepped into the sunlight and cheers rang out through all of Edoras, "The King has returned! All hail Theoden King!!" The country bowed and soon the king steeped back into the chamber and took off his large fur cloak. "Take this body away! Burn it!!" guards hustled to carry out the dead body. "Now, dearest Ellie come and sit before me and tell me of your travels, tell me of the world, for I feel as though I was away for a long time. Eomer take the young travelers to the kitchen for some food." Ellie smiled as the hobbits left smiling. Eowyn seated herself beside the King and looked at Ellie. Elli seated her self on the stairs of the dais and looked up at the King. She began her story, "Father had trained me for four years to be an assassin, so that I could kill the one the elves call Estel..."
"We have arrived. Now the King is under a terrible spell. He thinks Saruman is a friend, and for a few moths now has been doing his bidding, do not look for friendship here." Gandalf dismounted and pulled down Pippen. Aragorn and the rest dismounted and followed Gandalf up the stairs that led to the kings chambers.
"... and I picked up the dagger and cleaned it. Fanghorn then proceeded to carry us to the border by Edoras and well he rest you now know." The King had been listening intently and as were Eowyn and Eomer who had joined then earlier and was sitting next to Ellie. He handed her Lothamin. "I know how you hate being without your sword." She smiled and sheathed it. On her left. The suddenly the doors were thrown open.
"Legolas, I would pull me hood over my head, if I were you. Rohan is not elf- friendly as of late. Gimli I would do the same. For that matter we all shall." Gandalf pushed open the door and stepped in. "Hail Theoden King. I have come to request audience of the King. It is time with sealed our business with him."
Ellie looked up. The Figure that spoke looked much like her father. –Didn't I just kill you? Do I have to do it again?- She stood up and threw back her cloak. She unsheathed Lothamin and picked up a dagger in her other hand. "Who dares enter before Theoden King hooded, cloaked and armed so?" she stared. Eomer stood up and drew his sword and soon he three Hobbits ran to her side, swords drawn as well.
Gandalf looked up and the King stepped down from the dais and looked at the intruders. Legolas stepped forward. Ellie raised the dagger and turned it to face his head. Theoden laughed, "I will have you know that she is a trained assassin, and she has sent that very dagger into the head of two different people today." Gandalf stepped forward and threw of his cloak, "And if she throws it now, I will have her head!" Ellie looked up. She dropped both weapons, and so did the hobbits and Gandalf found himself piled under four quite heavy beings. Then Ellie pulled the hobbits off of Gandalf and stood him up, "Gandalf, I hate to be the bearer of bad news," her face fell, and the hobbits started crying and tears started filling her eyes, "Gandalf, at the falls of Rauros we were ambushed, by orcs, and Legolas..." She started to sob, "He, and Aragorn, Boromir, Pippen... Pippen is dead. I am sorry Gandalf, I have failed you." At this Gandalf smiled. The figures behind Gandalf laughed heartily, and let fall their hoods. The sobbing party looked stunned. "Merry! Merry, here I am, your Pippen!" Ellie looked baffled as the young hobbit darted through her legs and tears of sorrow turned to tears of joy. The four hobbits cried together holding each other, and Ellie looked behind the wizard as he was pulled into an embrace by the King who proceeded to tell him what happened from Isengard until the present. Ellie picked up the dwarf, for he was nearest to her and hugged him. After his protests faded she put him down and threw herself at Aragorn. Then she turned to him, her Melamin. "Melamin, amin lle Melamin," she broke into sobs. "I thought I lost you, Legolas." H held her tightly, "My love, I thought I lost you." He looked down into hr tear streaked face and kissed her. Everyone had already moved to embracing the ring bearer and then distancing themselves from him and asking of the ring. "Hrm. Hrm. Ellie, do not think we deserve to know what happened after you threw yourself so foolishly down the falls? Foolish elf!!" Gimli stated. So for the third time Ellie retold her tale.
After dinner the hobbits were sent to bed. "Theoden, though Saruman is dead, his underlings are heading for Edoras as we speak. You have to rally the eorlingas, the Rohirrim, call Gondor for aid! You must stand and fight!" Ellie's voice rang in the halls as she addressed the table. "The time has come to defend middle earth, it is time to stand!" Theoden shook his head. "No fighting, my people have suffered enough. We will go seek refuge in Helms Deep." "Bu..." "Lee, I have spoken, it is time to sleep, tomorrow, ere sunrise we will be on our way to Helms Deep. The fort that's has never fallen as long as men of Rohan have defended it!" Gandalf stood and met his eyes. "This is folly! Why do you run and hide, when you should stand and fight!!" Aragorn nodded, "No Theoden King, you should rally your allies, this is war, if you do not go out and met it, it will come to you," Theoden looked at Aragorn, "When last I checked, Theoden Son of Thingol was King of Rohan, not Aragorn son of Arathorn." With that Gandalf left the hall in fury and Theoden stood and dismissed the guests to bed.
The company followed Gandalf to the stables. He mounted Shadowfax and looked at Aragorn. "He is but a fool. He will need you ere the end. Travel with him. Look for me on the fifth day ere the sun rises in the east." Ellie ran in panting, "Gandalf!!! I brought this for you," she looked at him holding up the lather pouch with the palantir. "Galadriel told me to expect you soon." He took the pouch and rode off.
A/N: I am writing this daily so sorry if I am a little slow. I try to update daily. Any how what are your thoughts so far? I am planning of splitting them up into four groups again soon. But it's so hard to keep up with four different stories!! Oh, I was planning on ousting one of the hobbits in helms deep. Can anyone guess who?
Please review it encourages me!!!