Hi! Here is the second chapter. I like to thank Demon-Kagetsuki for betaing and helping me with the story. Review if you want and enjoy.
Walking, walking and even more walking. That is how Halder felt while traveling towards the citadel of Helm's Deep. He did not mind the walking as he had walked the long distances from Solitude to Riften and from Markath to Winterhold but those were at least interesting due to their ever changing landscapes, but this land that Haldir called Rohan looked the same after every hill. It made him very frustrated and very bored. The elves, he noticed, seemed to be much more friendlier than those of Skyrim but even more secretive. The only one that seemed to want to talk to him was Captain Haldir. Haldir answered almost all the questions he asked, especially anything regarding their enemy, the Dark Lord Sauron.
" So no one knows about the origins of Sauron?" Halder asked.
" I am certain some individuals know of his origins but not anyone within our company. There is one thing noteworthy of him that I know."
" And what would that be?"
" He used to be Lord of the Shapechangers. Werewolves to be exact." Haldir said.
"So there are werewolves in Middle-Earth," Halder thought, "That is one less question I will have to ask about the creatures who live here."
" Do you know if there will be any werewolves at the battle?" Halder questioned.
" I am not sure but I hope that there will be none. They used to be terrible predators." Haldir answered.
Halder gave a secretive smirked at the response before looking towards the mountains of the south and asking, "How long to Helms Deep?"
" Not too long. We should be there before nightfall. There's a rain coming, probably a storm."
" So that means that we should quicken our pace. Storms tend to be more violent in open areas." Haldir said.
"Yes, let us move forward quickly." Haldir said before ordering his army to march faster.
Helm's Deep
As the elves arrived to the valley where the Helm's Deep was located, Halder was simply amazed at the massive structure.
" This keep looks as if it can withstand any attack." Halder said.
" Then I would have to say that you would be simply amazed by its history. Helm's Deep has been acting as the safe haven for the people of Rohan since it was build. History says that no army has ever defeated the defenders of Helm's Deep."
" Well we will see if the stories true then. Why is it named Helm's Deep by the way?"
" I am not sure. It has something to do with one of the ancients kings of Rohan."
" What was his name?"
"He was called Helm Hammerhand. That is all I know." Haldir said while calling an elf with a horn come forward.
" Blown the Horn. Inform that we are coming."
" As you wish" the elf said before raising a horn to his lips and blowing into it, causing the loud trumpet to echo through the area.
Halder looked at the keep when the horn sounded and heard a strict shout come from the walls.
" Open the Gates!" a few seconds later the order was repeated, " Open the Gates!"
Elves marched in with Haldir at it's head. Many of the defenders looked amazed at the elves sudden arrival and even though some of them carried suspicious glares towards them, many others looked on in relief. When the elves arrived to the inner courtyard of the keep, there was an old man in armor decorated with gold looking at them, a simply dumbfounded expression on his face. Halder thought that he might be King Theoden of Rohan that Haldir had told him about or perhaps one of the higher ranking officers of the army. Haldir approached the man.
" How is this possible?" the old man asked.
Haldir answered, "I bring word from Elrond of Rivendell. An alliance once existed between elves and men. Long ago we fought and died together."
Three figures approached, one of them was a elf, another was a very short man and the third looked like a hunter.
"We come to honor that alliance." Haldir finished.
The hunter approached the lead elf, saying something in elvish which appeared to be a welcome of some sort. Haldir gently pushed the man away, but the man grabbed Haldir into a hug.
The man rested his hand on Haldir's shoulder and said, "You are most welcome."
Next the elf approached to greet Haldir. When the other elves saw him, they all turned towards him in a form. Halder himself was standing behind the elves, summing up the defenses and defenders of the keep.
" We are proud to fight alongside men once more, King Theoden," Haldir announced.
Then the short man, who was scanning through the army noticed Halder and asked in a gruff voice, "You don't look like an elf. Who are you?"