You Could Have Caught Me

By:

LiL Pippin Padfoot

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, except the character, because it is me, myself, and I. I just randomly picked out a name from the Silmarillion to use. That is not my real name.

Chapter 16

While I'm Supposed to Be Working...

I got a chance to talk with King Théoden for a while, while others were preparing to ride to Helm's Deep. I too, had been helping, but I had snuck away to see Aracaran. On the way back from the stables King Théoden caught me.

"Have you been in the stables?" he questioned, a glint in his eye.

"Uhhh"

"Because," he said "I do not believe that straw falls out of the sky into one's hair."

"Oh." I said and brushed a few stalks of straw out of my hair.

"I have heard that you have renamed one of my horses." He said

"Yes, I'm sorry. I didn't know its name." I responded.

"What, did you name it, for what better name than Befusel, for now that my horsemen do not know its name, they can not tame it, it will not come."

I smiled at this. "Its name is Aracaran. It's Elvish, it means Noble Red."

"Noble Red," he repeated "A suiting name, I deem. Not Rohiric, of course, but it will do."

I nodded my head. "I'm glad you like, sir." I was rather anxious, because I wondered what Aragorn, Legolas, Gandalf, and Gimli would do if they found out I had been gone instead of helping.

"Go on," he with a laugh, "I can tell you left without permission."

I turned to go back to the Hall when he called out again.

"Wait! I forgot to tell you, you may ride Aracaran to Helm's Deep."

I could've hugged him.

"Thank you!" I called out. Then I ran back to the Hall.

"Wait!" someone was calling after me as I rushed through the Hall, looking for Aragorn, or someone that could attest to the fact that I was in the Hall working.

It was Eomer.

"I've been looking for you. You must have left."

"Yes, I'm back, I mean..."

Eomer laughed

"I know you left. By the way, Hama gave me this, didn't want to touch it actually. He claimed the girl that owned it said she'd hurt anyone who touched it."

He handed me my knife. Boromir's knife.

"I know that you said you'd hurt anyone who touched it, but I hoped you'd make an exception to the person who was giving it back to you."

I laughed.

"You are pardoned."

He smiled and gave a slight bow. "I am glad, I wouldn't of wanted to been hurt. But if you wouldn't mind helping, I believe my sister Eowyn was looking for you, along with the Lord Aragorn, Gimli the Dwarf, and Legolas the Elf."

I blushed.

"I didn't think they'd notice I left."

"Don't worry, I think they wanted to find out where you were, because of Gandalf. They told me about your little showdown with him."

"Lord Eomer!" someone called.

"Duty calls." He said, then left.

Now I need to find Eowyn.

"There you are!" Eowyn said brightly "I've been looking for you, I'm sorry I do not your name."

"Oh. I don't have a name."

"What? Everyone has a name."

"I don't."

"Well, I'll name you then. You can't go around without a name, can you?"

"What?"

"Yes, I think maybe Anna.."

"Thanks for the name, I think. Now, what do you need?"

"Legolas said you were good with horses, especially Befusel, now called Aracaran, so I thought you would like to help me prepare the horses."

"Yes, I'd love too!"

"Well, let's go."

So Eowyn and I headed out to the stables.

As soon as the horses were ready, we were to make for Helm's Deep.

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