On to another chapter (: Hope you like it. Since I have a lot of free time now I'm going to update tomorrow again. YEAH! Enjoy!
A/N: You will notice that for this chapter I used the extended version of The Return of the King.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Lord of the Rings. Just my character
They made their way thorough Dimholt Road in silence. 'This is one creepy place.' the elleth thought. Gimli voiced this thoughts.
"What kind of army would linger in such place?" he asked from the back of Legolas horse.
"One that is cursed. Long ago the Men of the Mountain swore an oath to the last King of Gondor, to com to his aid, to fight, but when the time came, when Gondor's need was dire, they fled. Vanishing into the darkness of the Mountain. And so Isildur cursed them, never to rest until they had fulfilled their pledge." Legolas said with a blank expression.
"Cowards." Lessien mumbled under her breath. Gimli heard it and gave her a faint smile. There were no birds, no wind. Just the sound of the hooves. Then she had an idea.
"A Elbereth Gilthoniel, silivren penna miriel. (O Star-queen Star-kindler, glimmering white, sparkling like jewels.)" she sang in a melodic voice. Legolas turned his head to her side and gave her a warm smile but he wasn't the one that started to sing too.
"O menel aglar elenath. ( The glory of the heavens slides down from the frimament.)" The Ranger sang in a soft voice.
"Na-chaered palan diriel o galadhremmin ennorath nef aear, sí aearon ( Having gazed afar at the distance from tree-tangled lands of Middle-earth on this side of the ocean, here, great ocean.)" Legolas continued in the most beautiful voice Lessien had ever heard.
"Fanuilos, le linnathon. Nef aear, sí aearon! (Fanuilos, I will sing to you on this side of the ocean, here, great ocean!)" she finished in a whisper. They were now in front of a door within the mountain. Above the arch there were signs and figures that Lessien easily read.
"The very warmth of my body seems stolen away." Gimli whispered. He seemed terrified.
"What happened to the famous Dwarf courage?" the elleth asked with a smug look. The dwarf snorted and chose to ignore her. They got of their horses and walked ahead.
"The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the Dead keep it. The way is shut." Legolas translated.
'How dramatic.' Suddenly a gust of wind went through them making the horses rear and run away.
"Fingolfin!"
"Brego!" But it was no use. They had already disappeared. Aragorn turned to the door again.
"I do not fear death." and with that he entered the shadows. Lessien and Legolas shared a look.
'If he goes, I'm going too.' With a nod they both entered. Aragorn was waiting for them with a torch. Gimli was right behind them. The walls were dark and with a gloomy aspect. Aragorn lead the way until they arrived at a cavern.
'Oh.. Wow.' it was the only thing that Lessien thought. In front of them was a gigantic cavern, with walls that went way up above them. A green glow came from them. To Lessien's horror the glow started to take form and a ghost appeared. From the looks of it she knew who it was.
'The King of Dead.' He looked at all of them.
"Who enters my domain?" Aragorn took a step foward. Lessien glanced at his face. No fear.
'The true Heir of Isildur.'
"One who will have your allengiance."
"The dead do not suffer the living to pass..."
"You will suffer me." he said it almost shouting.
This only made the King laugh. But it was no normal laugh. It was a kind of laughter that made Lessien shiver with fear. Looking around she saw that the green glow was mixing with a creepy fog.
'I don't like this. I don't like this at all.' Thousands of other ghosts were now visible to the four of them. She felt Gimli shiver and when she looked, he had an expression of pure terror.
The King of the Dead got close to Aragorn.
"The way is shut... It was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it." As he said this, Lessien saw through the corner of her eye that they were being surrounded by the army of ghosts.
"The way is shut." 'I was right. Why am I always right?' "Now you must die." at the same time, she and Legolas shot an arrow at the King but they just passed straight through it's head.
"I summon you to fulfill your oath!" Aragorn said with a firm expression but she could tell that he was desperate.
"None but the King of Gondor may command me!" He draw his sword at Aragorn, but when he reached the man, another sword clashed with his. The balde of Anduril. The specter looked at Aragorn shocked.
'Yes! Take that ghost!'
"It cannot be! That line was broken!" Taking advantage of the shock, Aragorn grabbed him by the neck and put the sword in his throat.
"It has been remade. Fight for us and regain your honor " He looked around to the ghost army. "What say you?." No answer. "What say you?" Still no answer.
'I guess we are going to stay here for awhile.'
"You waste your time Aragorn. They had no honor in life and they have none now in death." Gimli said still a bit scared.
"I am Isildur's heir. Fight for me and I will hold your oaths fulfilled." He raised his sword. "What say you?"
Then the King laughed again and Lessien watched as they began to disappeared.
"You have my word. Fight and I will release you from this living death. What say you?" By the time he finished there was no more army. They were gone.
"Stand you traitors!" Gimli shouted.
'Oh no. Oh no.' She felt it. The walls. Were moving. "Aragorn... We need to move. Now!" He looked at her the same time the cave began to collapse and hundreds of human skulls started to fall.
"Out!" he shouted and the four of them ran to the exit. Thousands of skulls were in their away. Aragorn started to climb them with the elves and the dwarf not far behind. They slide down with them, managing to move towards the exit.
"Legolas! Run!" Aragorn and Lessien screamed at the same time. They burst in the sunlight. The first thing she saw was the ships and a burned town. They were in an high spot.
'No. It can't be. We can't be too late.' Aragorn was on his knees, crying. Lessien approached him and fell to her knees too.
"Aragorn..."
"Lye naa telwa Lessien. (We are late)" he said to her with a sad voice. She looked up to see Legolas with a hand on his friend's shoulder, he too looked sad. They continued to stare at each other when a noise made them turned around. Aragorn was on his feet in no time. The King of the Dead was there.
"We fight." Aragorn simply nod his head, turned around and started walking down towards the shores. Lessien was preparing herself to follow him when someone grabbed her by her arm.
"Legolas?" she asked confused when she saw him.
"Tell me that you are unharmed." he said with a desperate voice. She cracked a smile and stop inches from his face.
"I love when you are worried about me." she said with a seductive voice. He looked a her surprised. "No harm done." On her tiptoes she kissed him in the cheek before following Aragorn. Gimli was next to her grinning as they walked with Legolas still frozen with surprise.
"You can be quite a surprise lassie." he said.
"I know Master Dwarf. I know."
Another chapter. I don't know why but this was not one of my best chapters. I wonder why? I need to know if you agree with me or not. For that... PLEASE REVIEW!
