Chapter 4: Through Shadow
Cries of "Make way for the king!" and "Make way for Théoden-King!" brought Éowyn to the gate of Helm's Deep.
She immediately saw that their numbers had decreased greatly. "So few," she said. "So few of you have returned." Her eyes were searching for only one man, however.
"Our people are safe," her uncle replied. "We have paid for it with many lives."
Éowyn was growing desperate. All of a sudden, Gimli was standing in front of her. She knew something was wrong. "My lady…" he began, but she cut him off.
"Lord Aragorn… where is he?"
To her surprise, tears were threatening to spill onto Gimli's beard. "He fell."
Her head spun. How could this be possible? He was the last of the Dunedain, he could not be dead. She turned to her uncle, a question in her eyes.
He stared at her for a few moments, then turned away. She knew it was true, then. A voice echoed in her head, though she could not place it. Through shadow you must go, child, if you are to fulfill your desire.