I don't have any younger siblings, I am the youngest, hehe. I have fun tormenting my older sister! I don't get to see her much, so I have to annoy her all I can... Any ways, this chapter just reminds me of us..
Disclaimer: See chap 11.
The next day, the beacons had been lit, Gondor requested help from Rohan. Julie had gotten new cloths to wear. They belonged to a young man who had been killed at Helm's Deep, they gave all his cloths to her, not that she wanted all of them. They fited perfectly, they were brown leathers. She had a belt that held her sword that Eoywn had given her when they first left Edoras, and a knife she had picked up from the battle with the Warg riders. She had a cloak too, to protect her from the rain and weather.
"You look ready for battle," Aragorn smiled at her.
"I don't feel like it, I'm so tired," She jumped onto Nithir's back.
"You shouldn't come with us, it is dangerous,"
"Don't worry, I've been having lessons with Eoywn on how to fight," She grinned, as Eoywn approached.
"You will ride us too?" He asked her.
"Just to the encampment. It's tradition for the women of the court to farewell the men. The men have found their captain, they will follow you into battle, even to death. You have given us hope." She said to him.
When they reached the encampment, Aragorn, and Theoden walked side bye side, talking. They looked down over the camp, there weren't enough riders.
"More will come," Theoden said.
"The horses are restless, the men are quiet," Legolas looked at the horse that were acting up.
"They grow nervous in the shadow of the mountain," Eomer told them.
'I do not like this place either, its not right,' Nithir was edgy.
"Your a Unicorn," Julie pointed out.
'I still have fears,' He looked towards a road leading into the mountain.
"That road there, where does it lead?" Gimli pointed to the road.
"It is the road to the Dimholt; the door under the the mountain." Legolas told him.
"None who venture there ever return. That mountain is evil." Eomer said and walked away.
Aragorn stood looking at the road, he took a step toward it, like a unseen force was pulling him in, then Gimli touched his shoulder.
"Aragorn, lets find some food," He says and walks off, Aragorn follows him.
Julie looks after him, wonder what all that was about.
'Julie, I don't like it here, we shouldn't stay long,' Nithir was growing uneasy being at the camp. 'I've heard strange things, unheard whispers, ones only I and the horses hear.'
"It'll be alright Nithir, you'll see," Julie told him.
Julie slept beside Nithir that night, even though she could not sleep. She was haunted with nightmares of her foster mother and father and of what might happen. She awoke in a cold sweat after being nudged by Nithir.
'Your nightmares, they are real to you,' He perked his ears toward her.
"Yes, its like I'm really there, I mean I am, but its, its, just, so frightening," She snuggled closer to him. "do you dream Nithir?"
'I experience some effect of dreaming, but I know I'm dreaming. I've never had a nightmare, not even when-' He stopped short.
"When you were human? Its hard to comprehend, the nightmares. You think nothing bad could ever happen to you, but when you have a nightmare, something bad happens. You don't understand why it happened only that it did. I just don't understand why I keep having them." Julie was fully awake now, she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep.
Nithir heard someone talking near Aragorn's tent.
"What is it?" Julie asked.
She sat up and turned to look. Nithir stood up and listened. He listened for awhile then looked down at Julie.
'Aragorn will take the road to Dimholt, to summon an army,' If Unicorns to express feeling on they're faces, Nithir's would be a worried expression.
Julie stood up and looked toward the road.
"I can't let him go alone," She said.
She see runs up to him when he leaves Eoywn and stops him.
"I can't let you go alone,"
"Have you been spying on me?" He had a harsh look on his face.
"NO! I do not spy, Nithir has keen ears," She told him.
"I can't allow you to go, its far to dangerous," He put a hand on her shoulder.
"I won't stay,"
"Even when your blood is not the same, you act like siblings," Legolas said.
"And just where do you think your off to?" Gimli walked up.
"Not this time, this time you must stay, Gimli," Aragorn looked at his friend.
"Have you learned nothing of the stubborness of dwarves?" Legolas smiled.
"You might as well accept it. We're going with you," Gimli told him.
Aragorn looked at the two, then to Julie.
"No," He said to her.
"Yes,"
"No,"
"I'm not going to sit here and argue with you, I'm going. Now we're wasting time," She jumped on Nithir and lead the way in. "have you learned nothing of the subborness of little sisters?"
Legolas started to laugh as he mounted Arod and almost fell, despite his elven balance.
I sooo want to get the extened versions of the LoTRs.