Chapter 18

Arda 12 days later.

Merry looked in horror. In front of his eyes, stood the fields of Pelenor and they were black with orcs and men loyal to the enemy. He sensed Eowyn nervousness and slowly touched here in order to comfort her. The maiden of Rohan not wanting to be left behind, had dressed herself as a man and had brought the hobbit with her. Now both of them were in the front row and watched king Theoden ridding in front of him to encourage his men, before finally charging toward the enemy. The Rohan cavalry stroke like a tidal wave the orcs that were facing it and soon the enemy was running away from the might of Rohan. Soon however the rohirin charge was broken as they saw the enemy answer to their horses. The orcs were running toward a big herd of war oliphants. Some of the less skilled riders fell to the beasts, however Eowyn found right away their weakness and by giving the reins to her horse to Merry she could use both of the swords to cut the tendons of the giants and down them.

While this was going on the ground nobody was watching the air. Far in the clouds a portal was opening and from it three dragons exited. The dragons weren't like any dragon in Middle-Earth. They hade four clawed legs and strong wings. Each dragon was of a beautiful colour, like the most pure of dwarfen gems, also the other unique thing about the dragons were that each of them had a rider, which was a sight that was rarely seen in over the battle field a long screeching sound was heard and the dragons as one roared back.

Eowyn looked over the carcass of what was one the most feared of Sauron servants. She had managed to defeat the fiend in revenge for Theoden death and to her horror she heard the screeching of the surviving 8 but then another unknown sound was heard, a roar like no others. The battlefield froze when everyone saw the three jewelled dragons. On which side were they? The Nazgul knowing their status among Sauron servants went to meet the dragons. Their mounts screeched again and the dragons once again answered. Then to the horror of the orcs, the dragons attacked their master Nazguls. The jaws of the leading dragon closed around the neck of the second in command Nazgul mount and the orcs watched at how easily the dragon brock its neck, before flying of and ripping the wings of another fell beast. Soon the Nazguls had lost all but three of their fell beasts and five Nazguls were left alive. Each of the dragon riders had dispatched a Nazgul and Eowyn had killed the Witch king. by someone

The surprises haven't finished however as many ships arrived at the port. From them five figures descended: Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Severus and Sirius. The five with the blessing of Elrond had passed through the dead passages and Aragorn had gained the aid of the long cursed warriors inhabiting. The army of the dead exited the ships and like a tidal wave they entered the battle. The orcs didn't stand a chance with the army attacking them from the land and the dragons from the air. Soon the fell army lay dead on the planes of Perenor and the ones surrounding Aragorn watched him release the dead from their oath and the warriors faded in the afterlife.

The three dragons landed cautiously and very slowly their riders dismounted them. One of the riders was left behind with the trio and two approached the five. Sirius and Severus looked at them and smiled as they recognized Viridis and Draco walk.

-Glad you two could join in- said Sirius
-Sorry, something else held us- Draco answered
-and that was?- Gimli asked
-If we tell you, you may not believe us?
-Try us?
-On second thought you will as it has happened once before. Long story short the portal led us to another world. There we were called by two of the dragons behind us. The time there moved differently, for each day here in Arda one month passed in Allegesia. We were swept in a conflict...
-The old' I want to rule over everybody" plot?- asked Sirius
-Pretty much, so we entered a civil war whose defining force was the number of dragons the sides ad, another dragon rider defeated the ruler of the land and we started preparing to return here when Murtagh and Thorn asked us to come with us as they weren't comfortable in their land. We manage to opened the portal and felt into a battle.
-The Flying jewels- Legolas suddenly said while watching at the three dragons- Lady Galadriel gave us a warning, what to do to be successful in this battle. The only thing that was unclear was a verse about flying jewels that were going to diminish the Nazgul numbers and your dragons did exactly that. She also spoke of a bond that wasn't seen before and in fact to one in Arda had heard about a dragon rider before and you two are from Mirkwood and Lothlorien.
-The pieces finally make sense- Gandalf came to them- We are almost ready to challenge Sauron.
-Isn't that foolish?- Sirius asked
- Possible, we must have faith in Frodo that he is closing in on mouth Doom each day and...
-closing in to destruction of the Ring- Viridis finished
-Yes

The group slowly approached the trio of dragons while watching their movement. Gimli was in awed of their colours. The scales of the beasts were like the purest of gemstones, the middle dragon being as mesmerizing as the Arkestone, the famous dwarfen treasure buried with Thorin Oakenshield in the Lonely Mountain. The dragon on its right was bicolour a mix of emerald green and gentle silver not unlike the silver veins found in dwarfen mines. The final dragon was as beautiful as the purest of rubies...Slowly the middle dragon lowered its huge head to be on Viridis level and started purring as her rider scratched her between the eyes.

-This is Artemis, the rubi dragon is Thorn and the green one is Salazar. They are our partners and she is as agile and deadly as the huntress she is named after. Salazar is named after one of the founders of the school we were thought at and its as cunning as the fabled founder.
-What about Thorn?- Gimli asked
-He is as persistent as a thorn in the side of our enemies- Murthagh answered with a smile.
-Who are you?- Gandalf looked at the boy
-Someone who is tired to be saddled with the deeds of his father.
-Can you elaborate?- Legolas asked as he looked at the boy.
-My father was the first to fall to Galbatorix honeyed words and became his right hand man. In Allegesia I was not seen as myself but as the son of the second of command in the coup in the Dragon Riders Order.- he answered with apprehension in his words, what the group was going to think, Viridis had assured him that it didn't matter, however he was still scared.
-This is outrageous- Gimli said - to blame you for the deeds of another man,
-Here no one blames anybody for their family actions, if this was the case, I would have been blamed for Sauron survivor as it was my ancestor who had the chance to destroy the Ring and he fell to its temptation.
-We told you that everything would be find- Draco smiled
- You did, however I was still worried- Murthag answered the elf and everyone watched as he slowly kissed Draco under the stunned silence of everyone while Legolas was celebrating internally as this new boy wasn't after his Viridis. His eyes met Artemis and the dragoness looked at him as if she judged him before nodding as if giving him permission to pursue her rider.
- A yes, while there Draco found his One- Viridis said sheepishly as an explanation