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Chapter 17 Misplaced Allies and Aragorn the Number One Dad
Legolas watched as she had begun to talk to herself, a deep sinster voice speaking the language of Mordor, he watched in fear, as the voices switched. The evil like voice, then Dawn's delicate and weak voice. She was being enchanted, that voice it was strong . When Aragorn walked towards her, he stopped short, to listen to her. He appeared more terrified than worried, he remembered, when he had been walking with her in the forest of Lothorlien. When she had drawn a group of admirers, he had been called away to Galadriel. It was Galadriel who told him, this,
"Dawn will battle Aèrindil, the power within. Aèrindil is strong, and its seeking do something. But while Dawn lives, Aèrindil is forced to stay within her. There are times when Dawn will lose control, when Aèrindil will take control. Only one can survive in the body of this girl. If Dawn loses she will be swallowed back into the power, her body will live, but her spirit will be forever trapped inside the great power of Aèrindil. I fear for her, she is young, already Aèrindil is beginning to show. She is loosing, every time she is angered Aèrindil is unleashed. I fear that soon it will Aèrindil walking and not our Dawn."
She was battling herself, her own body, and now Sauron knew she was here, he knew where she was, he saw her fears. Aragorn walked towards her, she was gasping for breath, when Aragorn knelt down beside her, and took the hair out of her face. This was his daughter, he would not lose her. He looked at her eyes, the green was fading now, and slowly her midnight blue eyes were coming. He touched her hand with his cheek, and then he pulled her towards him, wrapping his arms around her. She sobbed, into his embrace, clutching his shirt like a little child would after a bad dream.
"You're the only thing that holds me to this world, Aragorn, you cannot die, you cannot leave me."
She sobbed, as she spoke her voice quivered, and he never seen her in such a state, he wrapped his arms tightly around her,
"I will never leave you my daughter." He kissed the top of her head. As he rocked her in his arms.
Aragorn then understood, she could not fight, she was too fragile. She needed all her strength alone to fight her own powers. He looked at her and then a in a firm father like voice,
"Dawn you must go to the caves."
She looked at him immediately her tear stained face, determined not to go. Protruding out her lower lip in rebellion.
"You need to rest, if we cannot save those women, you will."
Dawn stood immediately up, and her face exploded red with anger.
"I will not hide! From orcs from that voice, from anyone!" she shouted back, and turned to leave, Aragorn took her arm, and began to walk away with her, she tried to break loose of his grip, but thankfully she was still weak from before. He came to the caves and stopped,
"You will listen to me, I am your father, go now into those caves!"
She looked at him with defiant eyes, and then he pushed her into the caves, she turned to him and threw his ring at him.
"You are not my father, I have no one, I will not hide here." Dawn threw back in distaste, trying to keep her voice deadly calm. As her body made another attempt to swallow her, and grumbled in defeat as Dawn didn't waiver. Aragorn looked to the ground with solemn eyes and picked up his ring, grasping it tightly in his bloody hand. He smiled gently at her, and turned to walk away. Dawn instantly felt really bad about that comment, as she saw his face turn to a really sad expression. Dawn turned to women who faces were etched in fear as the clambered about far from the opening, crying for their husbands and sons. Dawn walked with her head held high, with pride that the few men they did have were at least willingly to fight. Aragorn turned to watch disappear along the women.
Dawn stood and watched as only moments later they began to barricade the walls in, there was no way in living hell was she going to sit here, and listen to men die up there, like some helpless little prat. As women began to congregate is closed circles, reassuring each other, and quickly taking care of the little ones and elderly. She made her way forwards, when she felt some one grab her arm, and turned to see Éowyn. She is smiling at her, with a smile full of regret. Dawn's eyes linger up towards the entrance, and Éowyn's follows hers . They both make their way up there. Éowyn then hands her a sword, the sword Dawn had thrown to her just before they had left for the Wargs. She smiles at Éowyn, she did not leave it for just any reason. She had known that Éowyn would fight the orcs and wargs who managed to get past the riders, she unsheathed it revealing the orc blood. She smiled and handed it back to her. There was a small opening as they finally approached the hole, it was barely begin enough for a toddler to fit through, but Dawn was determined to get through it. She smiled mischievously at Éowyn. As she quickly began to inch through, feeling as though she would get stuck she slowly pulled herself out, and then looked back through the hole at Éowyn. She looked hesitant for a moment. Then looked at Dawn, she nodded understandingly and turned to leave. Éowyn did not want to defy her uncle, she knew Dawn did not care what her uncle said, but she did not have the gull to do it, at least not yet.
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In the hall stands Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. They are watching as the men are given weapons, armor, each showing great fear and little hope. Dawn in among them, she wears her black cape and she stands in the shadows. She had escaped from the caves, and now stood listening to their conversation
"Farmers, farriers, stable boys. These are no soldiers." Aragorn said shaking his head
"Most have seen too many winters." Gimli said as he looked at the elder men
"Or too few." Legolas looks at the younger men, his eyes fall upon her. She turns. He then continues
"Look at them. They're frightened. I can see it in their eyes."
He turns to leave and says to Aragorn
"Boe a hûn: neled herain dan caer menig!"
Aragorn then replys, "Si beriathar hýn. Amar nâ ned Edoras."
"Aragorn, men i ndagor. Hýn ú-... ortheri. Natha daged aen!" Legolas says with his eyes narrowed,
Aragorn then shouts back, "Then I shall die as one them!"
He then turns to leave, and Legolas moves to go after him, Gimli puts his hand up to stop him. Legolas turns to look where Dawn had once stood, he suddenly realizes she is not in the hall, she is gone. He lowers his head. Dawn walks along the men who now stand talking, about their Uruk-Hai, she stops and looks into the eyes of Legolas, he moves forward, she turns to leave. His hand touches her shoulder, she turns her head to meet his, forcing the tears to stay in her eyes. She looks at him for a moment, he looks at her,
"My lady you should be in the caves, like your father requested." Legolas replied softly as if he was forced by someone to speak to her.
"Lord Aragorn is not my father, and I will do as I please," she steps back his hand falls from her shoulder, "it should not matter to you, I only a girl, only a thing, like you said, you could never love me. So why does it concern you what happens to me?" she drew in a long composed stern voice, that sent Legolas eyes into deep shame.
She turns and walks away, Legolas looks down to Gimli,
"Lad, you broke the girls heart…" Gimli replied in explanation with a bitter tone.
Gimli shakes his head, and stands next to him. Legolas feels his shoulders slump and he watches as Dawn walks towards, a group of young men.
Legolas eyes trail her, attached to every movement of her body. How could one person be dealt with so much? A young mortal who has been alive for only a short time, how could she be wiser than most of the elders? How could Dawn defy everyone she trusted and love and still make sense while doing it? How could she say to him to Aragorn that only he holds her to this world. When Legolas had been competing for that acknowledgement since he had seen her in the silver moon's lighting in the peaceful tree of Lothorlien. He had refused her emotions, and she had refused his. Yet in some way she was everything Legolas was not, he was what he was missing, his sister had always said, "you are only a half until you find your whole." His sister had been so young so childish, and she had known what Legolas tried desperately to ignore. She was going to die, he did not when or how, but the way Dawn acted she seemed to know it was soon. Dawn had already to much turmoil, and Legolas who had been at one time on of her comforts, had rejected her for his own security reasons.
"I cannot lose her." he thought breathlessly.
He moves after her, all this time he had been denying to himself, what he felt for. All this time he had thought she was not his, all this time, he had been falling in love with the girl, with Dawn.
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He moves towards her, she turns her head in towards him, and parts from yet another group of admirers. Legolas moves forward again softly, as Dawn turns again, letting her hand rest on the spiral case stone wall, a glistening tear makes it way down her cheek, as she turns from and quickly began to descend the stairs. Legolas moves towards her direction, his brow bent down in agonizing misery. As he reaches the stair case and looks down below him, he sees her golden brown locks disappear out into the night. Legolas turns at the sound of a comforting voice. Legolas watches as Aragorn talks to a young boy he listens as he says with a smile,
"there is always hope."
She did not want to talk to Aragorn or Legolas, both of them, could fall into a hole for all she cared. No the only person she was going to speak to of those two, was Gimli. He hadn't managed to piss her off yet, keyword being yet. Why had she thought about Aragorn? He could never be her father, she already had one, a great one, well okay maybe not great…but he did….well he showed up…..occasionally….once in awhile. But he was her sucky ass father! She did not need no stupid other guy telling her otherwise commanding her around, he obviously didn't know her that well, because if he had, he would have never made her go down to the caves. Then her thoughts turned to Legolas who had been following her, what did it matter him, what happened to her? Like he said she wasn't real. She was just the key, she heard a tiny little voice in the back of her head say no. Well she was though, she would not even be here, unless Glory had found out about her. Everyone was thought to love her. That's not true the voice says again. Yes it is, she exists for the soul purpose of the key. It had happened right after Buffy died, and was resurrected, she had never been a substantial part of the crew anymore. That love and sacrifice seemed lost, and Buffy had tried so hard to include her. But Dawn had always felt like an outsider completely alone. Only when all hell broke loose, Willow ending the world, Dawn might be a slayer, or making a wish with a hell goddess did they finally acknowledge the pain she had tried so many times to reveal. No one was ever going to love her, what would happen when she was done in this world? Would she just keep moving onto the next one? Would she ever die? Or would she just keep being reinvented, and pushed into people's lives? She was never going to be real to anyone, not even to herself. What would happen to her, to Dawn Summers when this was over? Would the power leave her? Or would she spend an eternity looking out into the worlds? That was it she could not do this to anyone else, no more people were going to hurt her and she was not going to hurt them. She was never going to love or trust anyone again. That was it, she would be here only to serve the thing she had been created for, the key.
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The stars litter the sky as it as black as night, as men stand around little fires, rubbing their hands together, some trying to practicing with the swords, while the men in higher rank stand above them all and point towards the walls. Dawn the men are gathered and the men began to separate them, telling them what to do, she began to move towards a place on the wall, she walks towards the a room and stands outside of it. Aragorn is putting on his armor as he reaches for his sword, Legolas gives it to him, they smile, and Legolas says with his head downwards,
"We have trusted you this far and you have not led us astray. Forgive me. I was wrong to despair."
Aragorn puts his hand to his chest as does Legolas,
"Ú-moe edhored, Legolas."
They put a hand on each other's shoulders, like brothers she thought silently. She turns and slides a dagger into her shirt. It may be a fatal mistake she thought, but at least it's the last place an orc would suspect a weapon, especially from a women. She turns to watch as Gimli appears hold a dress of metal chain links it drops to the floor, several inches too long, she laughs and puts her hand over her mouth and walks quickly away. She hears marching, a horn sounds. She looks over the wall, and hears someone scream open the gate, and there her eyes meet Haldirs. He smiles at her, for once she smiles back. She runs down the steps. To hear Haldir speaking to Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Théoden.
"I bring word from Elrond of Rivendell. An Alliance once existed between Elves and Men. Long ago we fought and died together."
He smiles up at her. Aragorn bows she could not hear what he said but he saw Aragorn give him a hug. Then Haldir faced Théoden. The elves then lower their bows and turn to face the slowly smiling Théoden.
"We are proud to fight alongside Men once more."
Dawn ran down the steps, into Haldir's arms. He hugged her tightly as he gently picked her off the floor, taking in her embrace. She pulled back from him, and leaned in to kiss him on the cheek. She said smiling
"And here you had me thinking, that you got lost." she said smirking at him waving to others she recognized, he arched his eyebrow
"Lady Dawn elves never are lost, just simply misplaced"
He smiled at her as she laughed as the elves began to walk up the stairs, she got an evil eye from all two of three of her companions. But she turned her head, talking with Haldir.
"never my lady have I received such a warm welcome." he replied and Dawn's face went slightly red,
"well what did you expect? Your such a sexy elf." she snorted
She smiled so much that her cheeks hurt. As she begin to recognize some of the elves, calling their names. She watched as one by one they lined themselves in the front of the wall, she placed herself next to Haldir. He smiled at her,
"Lady Dawn, I almost thought for a second, you would be down in the caves."
She laughed, "Haldir, you should no I never hide from a battle."
He then shakes his head disapprovingly with a tiny smirk enlightening his features, very tiny, but it was there. Legolas stood not far from where Dawn did, she stood with no armor on her, and her hair blew in the wind. She turned her head to face him, then slowly pulled up her hood, and turned her eyes back to the land. Aragorn too watched her, he was more less surprisingly not angry at her. As she stood, far away from him, her eyes fixed upon the land stretched upon them. He saw in her eyes, sudden strength and her eyes they remained blue, and her smile towards Haldir and some of the others, lightened his mood. He knew even as he watched her disappear among the people, she would not have stayed in the caves. She refused too, but it would have made him feel better, if I he could catch her eyes just once. But she was still mad at him, and stood only talking to her elf companions.
It was then that they saw it approaching lights, Haldir looked uneasily at them, then he looked at her, she smiled,
"We can take them, we got better odds this time!"
She laughed and he laughed as well. She turned to look at Gimli, the only guy who hadn't managed to piss her off yet,
"You could have picked a better spot." He said as he jumped a little, Aragorn then stood beside them then Legolas smiled, "Well lad, whatever luck you've lived by, let's hope it lasts the night." Gimli said.
Legolas looked at Aragorn face and then said, "Your friends are with you, Aragorn."
He eyes turned towards Dawn quickly and then back to approaching orcs, she then heard Gimli say,
"lets hope they last night"
She let out a loud and powerful laugh. As Gimli look towards her, giving her a quizzical look before Dawn smiled and pulled out her axe, and he laughed with her. It then began to thunder and rain began to fall. Great Dawn thought as a breeze blew back her hood, and her hair blew, then it hung wet and clinging to her shoulders. She watched as one orc stood on a rock, and then she heard Aragorn talking in elvish, "A Eruchîn, ú-dano i faelas a hyn an uben tanatha le faelas!
"No shit" she said, and Haldir again laughed.
She looks over to see Gimli laughing as well, and hearing Legolas say to him,
"Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?"
She could not help but grin, as she stared down at the growling orcs, as they began to stamp their spears. She watches as the orcs are screaming or whatever they are doing. Some kind of war chant like they use to do at a football games, but at least then Dawn had Tyenol. There, she thought, this guys need to shut-up. As soon as she said that a bow went flying, hitting one in the neck, she looks to a see an old man, looking a bit embarrassed.
"Dartho" Aragorn shouts.
The orcs stop in a shock, and then they begin to growl yet it again.
"A little late for that."
"Tangado halad!"
Simultaneously all the elves pull out an arrow and hold up their bows, and the orcs are now running.
"Leithio i philinn!"
She points her arrow at one, then says,
"die bastard."
As a rain cloud of arrows comes down upon the orcs, a lot of arrows hit their targets, but not nearly enough to give them an edge. She watches as more arrows fly from below her on the ground, then she lets another arrow fly. Then everyone is firing at will. She watches as the orcs advance, she takes a deep breath. As Aragorn screams
"Ladders!"
She rips out her sword, the rain drops hit the metal sword, as she raises it close to her face, Haldir looks at her quickly,
"Time to have some fun…" she watches as a ladder appears right before her, and she raises her blade sending it through his thick armor, as he falls off the wall. She sees how quickly they climb in a matter of seconds almost everyone is locked in battle. She turns to see Haldir turn and cut one with his blade. She moves to see another advancing, it talks to her,
"Masked Rider of Sauron!"
She smiles and laughs as she runs towards him her sword outstretched.
"I am the masked rider of…..die Bastard!" She slits his throat and watches him tumble down off the wall. She wished she could have come up with a snappy come back but the best she could have come up with was, the masked rider of Gandalf, how lame was that? Turning and kicking another one in his stomach, and then shoving her sword into his face. Before pushing him off the wall hitting another orc climbing an ladder. An arrow flew past her face, she looked to see their crossbows.
"Theres something I could use" She screamed to Gimli who was now somewhat closer to her. He laughs as he turns to Legolas and says
"Two already,"
Then heard Legolas merrily say, "Nineteen!"
She laughed as she remembered talking with Legolas about how he and Gimli counted the number of orcs, they could kill. Another arrow flew past her, she took out on her daggers, bastard she thought, and then aimed and threw it at him, as he fell, she laughed then a bam was heard, a ladder appeared before her as so did an orc. She jumped back a little, he jumped off the ladder, he was big, really big, and he smelled too. He said something to her,
"The white wizards calls for you, daughter of the Nazguls."
She stopped for a moment leaving herself off guard, then he charged, an arrow flew at him, he fell down at her feet. She looked over to see Legolas smiling at her, she turned her head. To dodge another approaching orc swinging his axe like that at her. She thrusted her sword in him, he fell, on his back was a crossbow. She smiled as she picked it up and went to the ladder, and put an arrow in it, and began to shoot down the numerous orcs, attempting to climb the ladder. She then pulled out her axe when she saw the next two orcs too far down, and slammed it on wooden handles, she watched as the ladder fell smashing some orcs. She then saw Aragorn take down a ladder. She moved towards him, taking the crossbow and shot an orc approaching him from the back. He fell, and she turned to another ladder, and began to shoot them down, only about fifteen more of these, and no more ladders, she thought, as she reached for another bow. Shit she was out! She looked frantically and saw Orophien close by
"Orophien your arrows!"
Without asking he threw it off his shoulder and tossed it too her, she caught it, and began to shoot down the approaching orcs. Then two orcs came after her, and she watched as more orcs eyes fell upon her, she turn to ran to gain some more ground, when she stumbled over an orcs body. They came towards her,
"Grab her, the white wizard wants her!" Dawn stomached lurched in question, why in the hell did he want her? Where had all these nicknames come from, definitely not of the good.
They rushed forwards to her, she kicked two of them in the head, and two others came, she quickly tried to pull herself up, and a rapier, an elven machete sliced threw them both, there bodies fell apart. Revealing Haldir with an outstretched hand, she put her hand in his as he yanked her up. She went to his back, and like many weeks before. They fought this time side by side. She watched as they cleared that area, and then both picked up the ladder and threw it down, he left, she looked to see Gimli standing on the wall between two ladders, alternating swinging his axe screaming his count as he went along. She looked for someone and then turned to see Etópal, running past her. She looked to see three orcs running after him. She put out her hand, and pulled him back and made him turn, she raised the crossbow and began to shoot them down. She then turned to him, and pointed him towards a ladder. His face changed, his eyes began to glow, and he ran towards the ladder, and she watched momentarily as he shot downwards at the approaching orcs. She threw him bag of arrows, and he turned around to catch them. It was then she looked down into the face Ipald, one of the elves she had met. She felt tears come to her eyes, as she bent down towards him, and closed his eyes. She felt anger spread, and she turned her head. She felt herself awakening again, she stood up shakily and turned to kill another orc. It was then she turned to see the orcs with shields on their backs making their way up the causeway. She then heard Aragorn's voice, directing them to shoot at the orcs. She took out an arrow, and shot, watching as more replaced them. She stood less than a foot away from Théoden. She heard him say,
"Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Saruman?" She turned to him after killing two orcs
"Are you come kind of an idiot? You just jinxed us, you stupid asshole." She screamed at him, he looked both shocked and pissed at her
"GET TO THE CAVES WOMAN!"
"I am the woman, I am the who is about to save your ass!"
She decapitated an orc, that stood just inches away from him and gave a ha I told you I could look before she was knocked off her feet by a charging orc, and she sliced him with her sword. She then turns to look down seeing the orcs chanting at his marathon running orc, he is carrying a lite torch, with some kind of fire, oh no, bombs, she runs towards, where he heads.
"Bomb! BOMB!" she screamed frantically, another elf close by looks at her strangely
"Bomb?" Dawn repeats almost slapping herself in the head for another 21st century remark, that after the battle would earn her an hour on explain my world time.
She takes out her bow but has no arrows, and looks to see if anyone else sees the Olympic torch orc. An arrow goes flying hitting him in the shoulder, she turns to see Legolas, aiming again, this time hitting him in the neck, the orcs staggers for a second, and then it falls into the a ditch. The rocks fly out, and Dawn feels the blast, as it throws her body through the air, and then she began to fall, raising her hand as she falls catching a rock her body slams against it knocking the breath out of her, she watches as she sees Aragorns limp body land face down in the murky shallow water. Logically Dawn knew from the news a fall like that could break your neck, that was with something to break your fall. Dawn shutters, as she tries to reassess the situation, her breath rushing back into her lungs with a biting force. Her arms strain against her own weight, as she coughs for air, a queasy rumbling power trying to break free. She turns her head and then screams his name, if he moved one inch it would be all okay, Dawn could heal him no matter how much energy it took from her. But he did not respond as orcs swarmed past his body, a growling predator was clawing her insides, it was coming.
"No….no….NO!" She says as she clings to the rocks. She looks over to see the orcs that had been approaching the causeway move to reveal a massive log, and began to charge at the door. She tries to pull herself up, it was useless, she gasps for breath, as she begins to loose power of her body. She sees Gimli scream and watches as he lands on top of the orcs, and Aragorn rises, and looks with anticipation at Gimli. An exalted sigh of relief poured through her body, but the roaring sensation grew only stronger. She turns her head to look at right into the eyes of Legolas; a snarl comes from the beast within her, her heart fell to more pieces then looks back at Aragorn and the wave of arrows flying past his head, crap don't let go! She thought and she grasps frantically to the rock and feels herself slipping and the rain drops hitting her numbing cold hands, she looks out to the large party of orcs, her body quivering as her feet finally stopped scraping against the stone, and she lets go of the rock.
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