I am so sorry to everyone who follows this story! So sorry for the delay. I had a lot of tests and my computer kind of crashed.

I hope that you didn't give up on me and this story. Thank you.

Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings. Just my characters.


They were back in Edoras. Theóden ordered everyone to prepare a banquet. Lessien was sitting next to Legolas and Grimli while the King made his speech in honor of those who died in battle. All the people cheered as he finished and everyone started drinking and eating, but she didn't feel like it. Grima was still on her mind and thinking of him dead didn't give her the spirit to celebrate with her friends.

"Lessien!" someone screamed. She turned to see Merry and Pippin climbing to a table with pints in their hands.

They started singing some song about the Green Dragon in the Shire and everyone laughed as they danced. A faint smile appeared on her face. 'They don't have to carry the guilt.'

Without looking at anyone, she managed to escape the hall. It was not a clear night. Dark clouds were in the sky.

Sitting down at the stairs on the Golden Hall, Lessien sighed and closed her eyes.

'Grima. Oh Grima. If only you could trust me. If you would listen, you would be alive right now. You would have been here with me.' A single tear fell down her cheek. When she opened her eyes, Legolas was there with her.

"Grima found peace." was the only thing he said to her. She nodded and leaned against his shoulder.

"Saruman was a good man before Sauron got to him." Legolas looked at her surprised.

"I know it Legolas. But Sauron..." she couldn't carry on. It was too much. Saruman had been her father. Her only family and for a time she loved him. She missed him. Not the wizard that trapped her but she missed the wizard that taught her how to walk and played hide and seek with her.

"Lessien..." he said taking her face in his hands "It will all be over soon and we will live happily." he said softly.

" Lle vesta? (Do you promise?)"

"Aye." and then he kissed her softly. Both had been looking at the sky for a long when they felt Aragorn's arrival.

The two elfs stood up and looked at their friend. Lessien was suddenly nervous, but she couldn't say why.

"Lessien. Lle tyava quel? (Do you feel well?)" The Ranger asked her with worry.

"Aye. Diola lle Aragorn. (Thank you Aragorn.)"

"The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the east... A sleepless malice..." Legolas words made Lessien shiver. Then she felt it. Evil, pure evil was coming from the Golden Hall. "The eye of the enemy is moving."

Legolas looked at Lessien and then Aragorn, worry in his blue eyes.

"He is here." Urgency obvious in his voice. The three of them ran to the inside of the hall. Somehow Lessien knew that the evil was coming from the room where Pippin and Merry were sleeping.

Entering the room, Lessien was not that surprised to see the palantir in Pippin's hands. Aragorn tried to take it from him, only to fell down in Legolas arms. The palantir then rolled to Lessien's feet and Gandalf hided it with a blanket while she ran to Pippin.

"Pippin... Pippin can you hear me?" He was shivering. Lessien tried to calm him down with no results. Gandalf replaced her and started whispering a spell to calm Pippin which worked.

"Gandalf! Forgive me." he said still trembling.

"Look at me! What did you see?" Gandalf spoke with urgency.

Pippin looked scared as everything and made an incredible effort to speak.

" A tree... There was a white tree...In a courtyard of stone... It was dead."

'Minas Tirith?!'

"The city was burning..." At this Lessien looked at Gandalf and then at Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli who were just as terrified as she was.

"Minas Tirith. Is that what you saw?" Gandalf asked again.

"I saw... I saw him... I could hear is voice in my head..." She felt a jolt of fury trough her.

"And what did you tell him? Speak!" Lessien knew that is was necessary but Gandalf was being to harsh with Pippin.

"He asked my name... I didn't answer... He hurt me..." Pippin closed his tired eyes.

"Oh Pippin!" she sobbed a little.

"What did you tell him about Frodo and the Ring?" Pippin looked at Gandalf very frightened.

'Oh no!' Gandalf made a head sign at her, which she understood.

"Come Merry. We have to let Pippin rest after all this commotion." she said pushing the little hobbit trough the door.

Behind her were the other three.

"But Pippin..." he started while Lessien walked with him to the hall.

"Gandalf is in there. You have to trust Gandalf, Merry. He is the White Wizard." she said with a smile.

The next day Gandalf called the Fellowship and Theóden to tell them what he had learned about Sauron.

"There was no lie in Pippin's eyes, a fool, but an honest fool he remains. He told Sauron nothing of Frodo and the Ring" Gandalf said with a little smile. A general relief filled the room. Lessien smiled at Pippin while he looked at the floor with shame.

While Gandalf started talking with Theóden and the rest of her friends were listening to what he had to say, Lessien, quietly made her way towards the two hobbits sitting very strait in a bench.

"Psst... Merry... Pippin..!" she whispered as she sneaked behind them. They look around until they saw her.

"Lessien?" Pippin asked confused.

"You're hungry?" she asked with a smirk.

"Hungry?" They both looked at her like she had gone mad.

"Yeah Merry... You know, meat, vegetables, beer..." she explain impatient.

Pippin was about to contest when they heard Gandalf's voice rising.

"If the beacons of Gondor are lit, Rohan must be ready for war."

'Oh dear. What did I miss?' Lessien walked foward with an innocent smile on her face and noticed that Aragorn and Legolas were looking at her with an upset face, like they knew what she was saying to the halflings.

"What do we owe Gondor?" Theóden asked.

'What do we owe...? WHAT DO WE OWE GONDOR?'

Aragorn said something but Gandalf hushed him.

"Understand this... things are now in motion that cannot be undone."

Gandalf turned to the three creatures in front of him with a smile.

"I will ride to Minas Tirith! And I won't be going alone."

Pippin looked afraid. Very afraid. He followed Gandalf out of Edoras while Merry nagged him.

Lessien was watching this along with Aragorn. However the heir of Elendil was not paying attention. His mind was somewhere else.

"Aragorn. Mani naa arta llie dol? (What is on your head?)" she asked softly.

"Llie seler (Your sister)." he answered with a faint smile.

"Arwen." She was about to say more when Merry came running like someone is chasing him. Lessien and Aragorn looked at each other and then followed him to the watchtower.

Days passed since Gandalf and Pippin left Edoras.

Merry tried to be cheerful but Lessie knew that was not the same for the little hobbit without his life mate.

One of those days when Merry was blue, Lessien offered to help him practice with wood swords. Theóden found the offer amusing and invited them to do it inside the hall.

She and Legolas were showing the hobbit out to duck from a special kind of attack when Aragorn burst in.

"The beacons of Minas Tirith! The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!" They all looked at the King.

"Then Rohan will answer." Lessien didn't care for what they would think in that moment. She just knew that a huge grin had appeared on her face.


So, here it is. Hope you can all forgive me. Until the next chapter (: