The Life of a Ranger
Chapter 12
When they reached the Deep Legolas found Eowyn and asked for some ink, a quill, some parchment and a bird to deliver a letter.
Once he had all the items he went and found a quiet room where he could write the letter in private.
Half an hour later he sent the bird of to Rivendell and went to find Gimli.
He couldn't find him so he went into the main hall.
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Later that afternoon the doors were thrown open and Legolas saw someone he never thought he'd see again. Estel.
Estel hadn't noticed him so Legolas walked over to him and blocked his way.
"Le ab-dollen (You're late). You look terrible," he said, examining all Estel's injuries.
Estel just laughed. Legolas took something out of his pocket and pushed it into Estel's hand. It was the Evenstar pendant.
"Hannon le (Thank you)."
"Oh no. I sent your family a letter saying that you had died," Legolas groaned.
"Well done," Estel replied with a grin. "I need to talk to King Theoden and then I suppose I should let them know I'm fine."
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Many elves were sitting in the Hall of Fire talking, listening to the music and dancing when an elf approached Elrond holding a letter. He handed it to Elrond, told him how it had arrived and left.
Glorfindel, who was sitting near Elrond while he read the letter, noticed how pale Elrond turned so he said, "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, but I'd prefer to tell the twins and Arwen first," Elrond said quietly.
"Of course. Do you want me to go and get them," Glorfindel asked.
"Yes please. Can you send them up to my study," Elrond said. Then he swiftly walked to his study.
When he reached his study he sat down and re-read the letter a couple of times to make sure he had understood it properly.
"Can you close the door please Elladan," Elrond said, when the three of them were in.
They sat down and Arwen said, "Ada what's going on? Glorfindel said you wanted to talk to us but he wouldn't say what about."
"I got this letter from Legolas, it's about Estel," Elrond said. And then he began to read.
Dear Lord Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir and Lady Arwen.
Estel and I were travelling to the fortress of Helm's Deep with the people
of Rohan when we were attacked by the wargs of Saruman.
During the battle Estel was pulled over a cliff by a warg.
I'm very sorry,
Legolas.
Arwen burst into tears and Elrond pulled her into a hug, keeping his eyes on the twins to see how they were.
Shortly Arwen pulled away and said through her tears, "I'm going to bed."
"Alright nin tithen loth (my little flower). If you have any problems getting to sleep then you can come to me ok?" Elrond said, gently kissing the top of her head.
"I will. Goodnight Ada. Night 'Dan, 'Ro," she said.
"Night," the twins said together, then she left.
"How are you two feeling?" Elrond asked, bending down in front of the sofa that they were sitting on.
Elladan and Elrohir didn't reply. They just sat there, tears coursing down their faces so Elrond sat down in between them and let them fall into his arms.
They sat like that for almost an hour and then Elladan pulled back and said, "I'm going to bed Ada."
"Me too," Elrohir said.
"Alright. And like I said to Arwen if you can't sleep come and see me," Elrond said, kissing them as well.
A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" he asked wearily.
"Glorfindel."
"Come in," Elrond said.
Glorfindel entered.
"I just saw the twins and they looked very upset and I just wondered if you were alright," Glorfindel said, sitting down.
Elrond didn't say anything, he just stared into the flames.
"Would you prefer it if I left?" Glorfindel said.
"No it's alright. That letter that came was from Legolas, here," Elrond said, passing him the letter.
"Oh no. How did the twins and Arwen take it?" Glorfindel asked.
"Not very well, they were all very upset," Elrond said, sadly. And for the first time that evening he let his own tears fall.
"As are you, it would seem," Glorfindel said.
"Yes. I always knew this day would come but I thought, or at least, I hoped it would not come until after we had all left Middle Earth."
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Arwen awoke with a start, the dream still vivid in her mind. She had to tell someone about it.
She put a robe over her nightgown and went to find her brothers.
She found then talking sadly in Estel's room.
"How are you feeling this morning?" Elladan asked.
"Alright thanks. I had this dream during the night. I dreamt that Estel fell off the cliff into a fast flowing river like Legolas said, but he wasn't dead. There was a horse he recognised, he rode it to Helm's Deep. Estel's alive 'Dan, please believe me," Arwen said.
"I do Arwen. But come, we should tell Ada and see what he says," Elladan replied, standing up.
The three siblings found their father on the balcony of his study where he liked to eat breakfast when the weather was nice enough.
This morning, however, the elf lord had not touched the large selection of food in front of him, he was just staring at the surrounding gardens.
"Ada," Arwen said.
"Good morning."
Arwen sat down in between Elladan and Elrohir and said, "I had a dream last night and I wanted to talk to you about it." She then started to explain her dream to her father.
Just as she finished an elf came in, handed Elrond a letter and left.
"So do you think what I saw was true?" Arwen asked.
Elrond read the letter and then looked happily at the three elves in the room.
"Yes I do," he said, handing the letter to Arwen.
Elladan and Elrohir looked over Arwen's shoulders and they all read it.
Dear Ada, Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen.
I'm sorry about the letter that Legolas sent. I'm fine so there is no need
to worry. I'll explain when I see you next.
Estel
Elrond laughed at the look on his three children's faces.
Suddenly everyone felt hungry so they started helping themselves to the food on the table and very shortly the amount of food had reduced a lot.
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Merry watched as Gandalf rode off on Shadowfax with Pippin in his arms. He turned round and saw Aragorn approaching.
"You'll be riding with me for now Merry," he said. Then he gently lifted the hobbit on to the horse and mounted behind him.
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After about 2 hours of riding a rider from the back of the company rode forward and said to the king, "My lord there are horsemen behind us. They are overtaking us, riding hard."
Theoden at once called a halt. The riders turned and seized their spears. Aragorn dismounted and drew his sword.
When they were about 50 paces away, Eomer called in a clear voice, "Halt! Halt! Who rides in Rohan?"
There was silence and then a rider dismounted and walked slowly towards the men of Rohan, one hand held up, palm outwards in token of peace.
"Rohan? This is Rohan? That is glad news we have been seeking this land for some time now. I am Halbarad Dúnadan, Ranger of the North. We are seeking Aragorn, son of Arathorn."
"Halbarad," Aragorn cried, dismounting and running up to the man. "What are you doing here?"
"We came as soon as quickly as we could after we got your summons," Halbarad said.
"I did not summon you but come," Aragorn said walking towards Theoden. "My Lord this is Halbarad my cousin, he is a Ranger of the North. How many are with you?"
"30 including me," Halbarad replied.
"Will you be travelling with us for a while?" Theoden asked.
"If you will have us," Halbarad said.
"I would be honoured if 30 such men as yourselves would travel with us. We should stop and have something before to eat and then carry on riding," Theoden said.
"Come Halbarad. I have plenty of things to talk to you about," Aragorn said, helping Merry of the horse.
As he turned to follow Legolas and Halbarad towards a place where they could sit and eat away from everyone he heard a voice call, "First you scare us halfway to Mandos, then we ride all this way to make sure you are alright and you ignore us."
He turned round and saw Elrond standing next to Elladan and Elrohir. Slightly behind them he saw Arwen dismounting from her horse, then she walked up to her father and watched as Aragorn stared at them.
He ran to Arwen and pulled her into his arms.
"I thought I'd lost you when I read the letter from Legolas," Arwen said, her head buried in Aragorn's shoulder.
"I'm sorry," Aragorn replied, then he pulled back slightly and said with a smile, "Blame the Silvan elf."
"Ow," Aragorn said as Elrohir lightly hit him across the head.
"Don't blame Legolas," he said with a laugh.
"Yeah. It's your fault for being clumsy," Elladan said.
"Say's the elf who tripped over a tree root and scared a deer away when naneth and I first came to live in Imladris," Aragorn said.
"Ahhh, he got you there bro," Elrohir said, moving out of the way of Elladan's hand as he tried to hit him.
Aragorn ignored his brothers and walked up to his father. Elrond pulled him into a hug and said, "How are you nin ion?"
"Fine thank you Ada."
Aragorn turned round and saw King Theoden standing close by watching them curiously.
"I'm sorry My Lord. This is my father Lord Elrond of Rivendell. These are his twin sons Elladan and Elrohir. And this is his lovely daughter Arwen," Aragorn explained.
"I hope you don't mind me asking but why do you call an elf your father?" Theoden asked.
"My father died when I was two years old and my mother and I moved to Rivendell and Elrond took the place of my father," Aragorn said.
When Theoden still looked slightly puzzled Elrond asked Aragorn in elvish, "Does he know who you are?"
"No, and I'd prefer it to stay that way if possible," Aragorn replied in the same language.
"He'd find out soon enough anyway," Elrond said soothingly, then switched to the common tongue and said to Theoden, "The reason Aragorn and his mother moved to Rivendell was because Aragorn's father was Arathorn, heir of Isildur and Aragorn is now heir of Isildur and heir to the throne of Gondor."
Aragorn sighed and turned towards Theoden.
Everyone could tell that he was shocked by this news but before anyone could say anything Eomer came over and said to Theoden, "Uncle, we need to talk to you over there if you don't mind."
So he followed his nephew after muttering a quick goodbye for now.
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Thanks to Alexis, Lady Prongs of Rohan and DxInsider for reviewing my last chapter.
Chapter 12
When they reached the Deep Legolas found Eowyn and asked for some ink, a quill, some parchment and a bird to deliver a letter.
Once he had all the items he went and found a quiet room where he could write the letter in private.
Half an hour later he sent the bird of to Rivendell and went to find Gimli.
He couldn't find him so he went into the main hall.
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Later that afternoon the doors were thrown open and Legolas saw someone he never thought he'd see again. Estel.
Estel hadn't noticed him so Legolas walked over to him and blocked his way.
"Le ab-dollen (You're late). You look terrible," he said, examining all Estel's injuries.
Estel just laughed. Legolas took something out of his pocket and pushed it into Estel's hand. It was the Evenstar pendant.
"Hannon le (Thank you)."
"Oh no. I sent your family a letter saying that you had died," Legolas groaned.
"Well done," Estel replied with a grin. "I need to talk to King Theoden and then I suppose I should let them know I'm fine."
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Many elves were sitting in the Hall of Fire talking, listening to the music and dancing when an elf approached Elrond holding a letter. He handed it to Elrond, told him how it had arrived and left.
Glorfindel, who was sitting near Elrond while he read the letter, noticed how pale Elrond turned so he said, "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, but I'd prefer to tell the twins and Arwen first," Elrond said quietly.
"Of course. Do you want me to go and get them," Glorfindel asked.
"Yes please. Can you send them up to my study," Elrond said. Then he swiftly walked to his study.
When he reached his study he sat down and re-read the letter a couple of times to make sure he had understood it properly.
"Can you close the door please Elladan," Elrond said, when the three of them were in.
They sat down and Arwen said, "Ada what's going on? Glorfindel said you wanted to talk to us but he wouldn't say what about."
"I got this letter from Legolas, it's about Estel," Elrond said. And then he began to read.
Dear Lord Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir and Lady Arwen.
Estel and I were travelling to the fortress of Helm's Deep with the people
of Rohan when we were attacked by the wargs of Saruman.
During the battle Estel was pulled over a cliff by a warg.
I'm very sorry,
Legolas.
Arwen burst into tears and Elrond pulled her into a hug, keeping his eyes on the twins to see how they were.
Shortly Arwen pulled away and said through her tears, "I'm going to bed."
"Alright nin tithen loth (my little flower). If you have any problems getting to sleep then you can come to me ok?" Elrond said, gently kissing the top of her head.
"I will. Goodnight Ada. Night 'Dan, 'Ro," she said.
"Night," the twins said together, then she left.
"How are you two feeling?" Elrond asked, bending down in front of the sofa that they were sitting on.
Elladan and Elrohir didn't reply. They just sat there, tears coursing down their faces so Elrond sat down in between them and let them fall into his arms.
They sat like that for almost an hour and then Elladan pulled back and said, "I'm going to bed Ada."
"Me too," Elrohir said.
"Alright. And like I said to Arwen if you can't sleep come and see me," Elrond said, kissing them as well.
A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" he asked wearily.
"Glorfindel."
"Come in," Elrond said.
Glorfindel entered.
"I just saw the twins and they looked very upset and I just wondered if you were alright," Glorfindel said, sitting down.
Elrond didn't say anything, he just stared into the flames.
"Would you prefer it if I left?" Glorfindel said.
"No it's alright. That letter that came was from Legolas, here," Elrond said, passing him the letter.
"Oh no. How did the twins and Arwen take it?" Glorfindel asked.
"Not very well, they were all very upset," Elrond said, sadly. And for the first time that evening he let his own tears fall.
"As are you, it would seem," Glorfindel said.
"Yes. I always knew this day would come but I thought, or at least, I hoped it would not come until after we had all left Middle Earth."
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Arwen awoke with a start, the dream still vivid in her mind. She had to tell someone about it.
She put a robe over her nightgown and went to find her brothers.
She found then talking sadly in Estel's room.
"How are you feeling this morning?" Elladan asked.
"Alright thanks. I had this dream during the night. I dreamt that Estel fell off the cliff into a fast flowing river like Legolas said, but he wasn't dead. There was a horse he recognised, he rode it to Helm's Deep. Estel's alive 'Dan, please believe me," Arwen said.
"I do Arwen. But come, we should tell Ada and see what he says," Elladan replied, standing up.
The three siblings found their father on the balcony of his study where he liked to eat breakfast when the weather was nice enough.
This morning, however, the elf lord had not touched the large selection of food in front of him, he was just staring at the surrounding gardens.
"Ada," Arwen said.
"Good morning."
Arwen sat down in between Elladan and Elrohir and said, "I had a dream last night and I wanted to talk to you about it." She then started to explain her dream to her father.
Just as she finished an elf came in, handed Elrond a letter and left.
"So do you think what I saw was true?" Arwen asked.
Elrond read the letter and then looked happily at the three elves in the room.
"Yes I do," he said, handing the letter to Arwen.
Elladan and Elrohir looked over Arwen's shoulders and they all read it.
Dear Ada, Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen.
I'm sorry about the letter that Legolas sent. I'm fine so there is no need
to worry. I'll explain when I see you next.
Estel
Elrond laughed at the look on his three children's faces.
Suddenly everyone felt hungry so they started helping themselves to the food on the table and very shortly the amount of food had reduced a lot.
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Merry watched as Gandalf rode off on Shadowfax with Pippin in his arms. He turned round and saw Aragorn approaching.
"You'll be riding with me for now Merry," he said. Then he gently lifted the hobbit on to the horse and mounted behind him.
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After about 2 hours of riding a rider from the back of the company rode forward and said to the king, "My lord there are horsemen behind us. They are overtaking us, riding hard."
Theoden at once called a halt. The riders turned and seized their spears. Aragorn dismounted and drew his sword.
When they were about 50 paces away, Eomer called in a clear voice, "Halt! Halt! Who rides in Rohan?"
There was silence and then a rider dismounted and walked slowly towards the men of Rohan, one hand held up, palm outwards in token of peace.
"Rohan? This is Rohan? That is glad news we have been seeking this land for some time now. I am Halbarad Dúnadan, Ranger of the North. We are seeking Aragorn, son of Arathorn."
"Halbarad," Aragorn cried, dismounting and running up to the man. "What are you doing here?"
"We came as soon as quickly as we could after we got your summons," Halbarad said.
"I did not summon you but come," Aragorn said walking towards Theoden. "My Lord this is Halbarad my cousin, he is a Ranger of the North. How many are with you?"
"30 including me," Halbarad replied.
"Will you be travelling with us for a while?" Theoden asked.
"If you will have us," Halbarad said.
"I would be honoured if 30 such men as yourselves would travel with us. We should stop and have something before to eat and then carry on riding," Theoden said.
"Come Halbarad. I have plenty of things to talk to you about," Aragorn said, helping Merry of the horse.
As he turned to follow Legolas and Halbarad towards a place where they could sit and eat away from everyone he heard a voice call, "First you scare us halfway to Mandos, then we ride all this way to make sure you are alright and you ignore us."
He turned round and saw Elrond standing next to Elladan and Elrohir. Slightly behind them he saw Arwen dismounting from her horse, then she walked up to her father and watched as Aragorn stared at them.
He ran to Arwen and pulled her into his arms.
"I thought I'd lost you when I read the letter from Legolas," Arwen said, her head buried in Aragorn's shoulder.
"I'm sorry," Aragorn replied, then he pulled back slightly and said with a smile, "Blame the Silvan elf."
"Ow," Aragorn said as Elrohir lightly hit him across the head.
"Don't blame Legolas," he said with a laugh.
"Yeah. It's your fault for being clumsy," Elladan said.
"Say's the elf who tripped over a tree root and scared a deer away when naneth and I first came to live in Imladris," Aragorn said.
"Ahhh, he got you there bro," Elrohir said, moving out of the way of Elladan's hand as he tried to hit him.
Aragorn ignored his brothers and walked up to his father. Elrond pulled him into a hug and said, "How are you nin ion?"
"Fine thank you Ada."
Aragorn turned round and saw King Theoden standing close by watching them curiously.
"I'm sorry My Lord. This is my father Lord Elrond of Rivendell. These are his twin sons Elladan and Elrohir. And this is his lovely daughter Arwen," Aragorn explained.
"I hope you don't mind me asking but why do you call an elf your father?" Theoden asked.
"My father died when I was two years old and my mother and I moved to Rivendell and Elrond took the place of my father," Aragorn said.
When Theoden still looked slightly puzzled Elrond asked Aragorn in elvish, "Does he know who you are?"
"No, and I'd prefer it to stay that way if possible," Aragorn replied in the same language.
"He'd find out soon enough anyway," Elrond said soothingly, then switched to the common tongue and said to Theoden, "The reason Aragorn and his mother moved to Rivendell was because Aragorn's father was Arathorn, heir of Isildur and Aragorn is now heir of Isildur and heir to the throne of Gondor."
Aragorn sighed and turned towards Theoden.
Everyone could tell that he was shocked by this news but before anyone could say anything Eomer came over and said to Theoden, "Uncle, we need to talk to you over there if you don't mind."
So he followed his nephew after muttering a quick goodbye for now.
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I finally updated!!!!!!!!!! Sorry it took so long I'll try and update sooner now.
Please review.
Thanks to Alexis, Lady Prongs of Rohan and DxInsider for reviewing my last chapter.