It was a peaceful day. Sunlight filtered through the trees. Signs of spring were everywhere; plants poked through the layer of leaves on the ground and birds sang in the woods. The threat of Sauron was gone. He was defeated. The King had returned to Gondor and the free peoples of Middle-Earth had peace.
Arwen and her household were traveling to Gondor. There she was to be married to Aragorn; the love of her life. Everything she had hoped for had come true. They had just left the fair woods of Lothlorien and following the house of Elrond was a company from Lorien including Galadriel and Celeborn.
The brown lands were now filled with spring's renewal. The dry dead grass was turning green and flower buds sprang from the earth in memory of the entwives gardens. The land welcomed the elves. The sun glanced upon the snowy peaks of the Misty Mountains and far away illuminated the green fields of Rohan.
Arwen's heart was brimming with joy. With spring had come the end of Sauron's power. Soon the taint of evil would be washed away by time and she would live happily ever after.
Suddenly her horse's ears pricked back. The birds had stopped singing. Elrond rode up beside her glancing around with his keen elf eyes.
"I sense an evil presence in these lands." he said.
"It may be orcs fleeing to the mountains." Galadriel said. "They have gone in all directions since the fall of the Dark Lord."
Arwen peered around the landscape, her bright eyes watching the horizon. She felt the stillness of the earth. As if the whole world was holding it's breath. Behind her many of the Galadrim drew out their long bows of mallorn and fitted them with arrows.
A cloud passed over the sun, dimming the land.
Suddenly a hoarse cry sounded out behind them.
"Looks like meats back on the menu boys!" The Isengard theme came in and the ground shook with the tramping of iron-shod orcs.
Ugluk stormed though the trees leading about a hundred Uruk-hai. Arwen screamed and drew her sword. The elves drew pulled the bowstrings back and took aim,
"Hold fire." commanded Galadriel. "Let me handle this." She tossed her golden hair over her shoulders and stood up with perfect balance on the back of her white horse. She faced the Uruks and then mercilessly subjected them to; the Galadriel eyes.
"You bring great evil here Uruk." She said to Ugluk. He in return bared his rotting teeth at her.
"Behold Nenya! One of the three Elvin rings. I command it. Therefore I command you."
"And I." Said Elrond slowly trying to stand on his horse's back. "Command Vilya."
Arwen rolled her eyes.
Ugluk drew out his crossbow with a sickening smile on his ugly face. Galadriel and Elrond's horses bolted in terror and both elves fell to the ground.
Ugluk issued a command and before the elves knew it they were surrounded by Uruks. Grishnakh and his band of Mordor orcs suddenly came out of the woods shouting foul words which at first Arwen thought were in the Black Speech, but after listening closer she heard the chant was in the common tongue. The orcs came closer and closer to the elves yelling in their foul voices the words "Barbeque. Barbeque. Barbeque." It became clear to Arwen Evenstar what the intention of the orcs was.
