I do NOT own Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia. And since I haven't finished reading The Return of the King and my knowledge of the events after The Return of the King is coming from Wikipedia and Lord of the Rings Wiki. So if you see any mistakes, please tell me.
As I handed out the pieces of cake, I introduced everyone present to Peter and his siblings. I was about to hand Eomer his piece when a guard burst into the room.
"Sire!" he said as he bowed. "I apologize for interrupting your birthday celebration, but an embassy of men from Esgaroth has been attacked by Orcs."
"What happened?" I asked. This wasn't unusual, as there have been some remnants of Sauron's army that have been acting up and attacking whomever they found. But those attacks happened at evening or when it was growing darker, not in broad daylight.
"They were attacked as they were nearing the kingdom," he said. "They were all slain except two. One managed to survive the attack since he was scouting ahead, but the other was captured."
"Is the survivor here?" I asked.
"Yes," the guard said. "He is waiting to speak to you. Shall I let him in?"
"Let us see what he has to say," said Gandalf. I nodded and the guard left momentarily.
"What do you make of this?" asked Gimli. He and the others were looking at me and Gandalf. I didn't know what to make of this, so I turned to Gandalf as well. He seemed to be lost in thought.
"I don't know," I said. "It is unusual for an Orc attack in broad daylight."
Then the guard arrived with the survivor. He had brown shoulder length hair, a beard and was dressed as any trader would dress while making a long journey.
"Your Majesty," he said as he bowed.
"Rise," I said, "what is your name and what can you tell me about the attack?"
He rose and took a deep breath. "My name is Gares, son of Garines. I was scouting ahead when I heard screams. I went back and saw Orcs attacking my party. I knew that this was not unusual, but it was still day. But there was another strange thing about the attack too. There was that a woman was with them."
"A woman?" asked Eowyn.
"Or at least, I think she was a woman," he said. "She had the appearance of an old woman, but was bird like and had a shrill voice. And she was dressed in black robes."
"What did she say?" asked Peter in a hard voice. I glanced over to them and noticed he and his siblings had paled.
"Excuse me?" asked Gares.
"Did she say anything at all?" he asked once again.
"She ordered for one of the men to be taken alive. When they saw me, she said to let me go. She said I was to be her messenger."
"Did she say anything about what they were going to do to the man?" asked Edmund. His voice was hard, like his brother's but he sounded calmer than him.
"She just said that his blood would be more than enough to accomplish the task."
"Oh no," said Lucy. Peter held her while Edmund closed his eyes and balled up his fists.
"You may leave," I said when I noticed their behavior. "Thank you for sharing this information with us."
"Of course, sir," he said. A guard came in and escorted him out.
"Do you know anything about this?" asked Elrond. He had turned around and was talking to Peter.
"Unfortunately yes," said Peter. "We think we know what she was and what she is planning to do with the man."
"Don't keep us in the dark," said Eomer. "Tell us what is going on."
"We believe that she is a Hag from Narnia," said Edmund. "And that she is planning on resurrecting our worst enemy, Jadis, the White Witch."