Chapter 18 - Watching the Stars
The night of the day Nicole, Feliesha, Jessica, Matt, Aragorn, and Anna arrived in Edoras, they all stayed at the Great Hall. During the night, Nicole couldn't sleep. She kept thinking about Eomer's younger brother, Tom. She decided to get up, and watch the stars outside.
While she was wandering through the castle, she arrived in the foyer, where Eowyn and the king's advisor, Wormtongue were playing poker. Wormtongue had a huge cigar in his mouth.
"HA. I win!" Wormtongue yelled out standing up and slamming his cards down onto the table. He started doing a little victory dance.
"You are a jerk." Eowyn said. "I think I'm gonna make up that you're hypnotising my uncle and so you will be kicked out of the kingdom."
"You're a poor sport!" Wormtongue said.
"Oh, so I'm a poor sport now huh?" Eowyn said. "Well then I guess you will be responsible of the disappearance of the Riders of Rohan too!" She said, walking out of the room.
"THAT WAS YOU AND YOU KNOW IT!" Wormtongue yelled, running after her.
"Lalalalalalala, I'm not listening!" Nicole could hear Eowyn yelling down the hall. She walked through the foyer and opened the huge doors. She found herself on the stone platform and saw the velvet blue sky with sparkled stars sprinkled throughout it.
"I hope Daniel and the other's are ok. . ." She said out loud, not really thinking or caring if anyone else heard her. She overlooked the town going down the hill. It seemed so peaceful with everyone sleeping in their houses.
"Who are they?" A voice asked. Nicole immediately turned around, a bit startled. She saw Tom standing there looking at her.
"Uh . . . my friends . . ." Nicole said.
"Oh yeah." Tom said, walking out beside her. They stood quietly for a few minutes. "You know, I don't think you're safe here. There has been rumours that the evil sorcerer Mr Pinkerton is planning on abducting this city soon. I think my uncle, King Théoden will order us to go to Helm's Deep for safety."
"Oh . . ." Nicole said. "We are running from the Nazgul. For some reason, they're after us and are trying to capture our Hobbit friend, Jessica."
"Oh." Tom said.
"Yeah." Nicole responded. There was a dead silence in the air.
"You know maybe you should come to Helm's Deep with us . . ." Tom suggested. Nicole looked at him as he looked back at her.
"M-Maybe, I will inform Aragorn about it . . ." Nicole said. Her and Tom gazed into each other's eyes, and stayed awake for hours, watching the shooting stars fly across Middle Earth.