You Could Have Caught Me
By:
LiL Pippin Padfoot
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Chapter 19
On the Road
That morning, King Théoden, Aragorn, Legolas, and Erkenbrand of the Westfold and all the Riders of the Rohirrim, and I were gathered. Then from the dike, we heard shouts. And out of the Dike came Eomer, Gamling, and Gimli. Gimli had a bandage around his head, and looked no worse than the rest of us.
That day, Gandalf said we were to ride to Isenguard that evening. We would have left the morning, but insisted that I get some sleep first, that and everyone else was a bit tired too I guess.
That day also, we buried many men of the Mark, Riders of Rohan. We made two mounds, and buried them. One mound stood alone, it was the grave of the guardsman, Hama, the one whom I had been so impertinent to.
I stood by his grave, and Legolas noticed that.
"He was just doing his job." I said
" I shouldn't have been so mean."
"You, were just being yourself, and you had good reason to. Do not feel bad."
Soon after, we left to Isenguard. The trees in the forest, were menacing, it felt as if they were alive, which I knew they were. And that troubled me a bit. Something could still go wrong.
As we walked, Gimli sang the praises of the Caves.
Legolas and Gimli were talking about them, I thought about interrupting, but I didn't. I was perfectly content, once again on the back of my horse Aracaran.
As soon as we left the forest. I remembered something-
"Eyes! There are eyes in the Forest!" Legolas turned his horse around,
Gimli, all the way yelling, to stay this madness.
Gandalf stopped Legolas, and we got our first glimpse of Ents, the Shepherds of Trees.
That night, as we drew closer to Isenguard, Legolas, Gimli, and I were sitting around talking of the battle, when a strange mist rolled in. It was blacker than night. I suddenly felt a feeling of dread, as I had never felt before.
"Draw no Weapons!" cried Gandalf "Do not move!"
I couldn't help it, I wanted to get away from this thing.
I went to stand, but Legolas grabbed my arm.
"Stay, you must not move, do not move."
We all stood as still as stone, as the mist rolled over us. It was filled with voices, and whispers, of evil things.
It seemed an eternity before the mist rolled over and left us, when it did, I fell asleep, it had taken all the energy in me not to move.
The next day we rode to Isenguard. We saw houses and buildings that could hold thousands.
"Look at this destruction." said Legolas "How many trees were cut, to make this place."
And it was true, they had clear-cut everything. Naught but weeds grew there. As we neared the gates, I saw a sight that made me smile, there were Merry and Pippin.