A/N: i am so sorry how short this is, but there is definitely some Legolas/Laura in this one, not really big but small(: and, will someone fall with aragorn? READ AND FIND OUT! AND REVIEW! please! im getting none, except for booklover1498, and i thank her so much! im sorry if this is boring):

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Chapter 5

I hid in Fangorn for at least three days. It was peaceful there, but I had a slightly eerie feeling... The trees made lots of noises. As if they were talking to each other. Mysteri was restless too. She was always neighing and shuffling her hooves. It was about two in the afternoon (I guessed), and I heard some very strange noises. Jumping ontop of Mysteri, we rode off into a clearing. I gasped at the sight I saw. Trees. Moving. Off in the distance. As if they were being called. I heard several great roars off in the distance.

"Fly Mysteri, FLY!" I commanded my horse as I kicked my heels into her. She let out a neigh of obedience and sped off towards the trees. Soon though, I took a path off to their left in some wooded area, so they wouldn't spot me. I watched with fear, amazement, and confusion as these giant monsters took humongous steps. They had faces, like grandfathers. And their eyes were old and filled with anger. Something was going on, something big...

The entire kingdom of Rohan stopped for a break. People slept, ate, talked, and soldiers were constantly on guard. Laura, Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli all stood together surveying everything and everyone.

"I feel something bad." Laura said as she watched Eowyn hand stew to people.

"Bad?" Aragorn asked turning to her.

"Just something in my heart..."

"Well let's hope your heart is wrong!" Gimli exclaimed with a small chuckle.

"I would not be so quick to laugh Gimli, for the forebodings of an elf most nearly do not lie." Legolas said eyeing Gimli. Gimli waved him off and went off to go smoke. Eowyn turned and saw Aragorn. Smiling, she poured him a bowl of soup and made her way over to him.

"Hello Eowyn!" Laura said as she watched the girl.

"Hello... Laura, isn't it?" she asked staring at her. Laura nodded her head and grinned.

"It is an honor to be in the presence of such a beautiful elf." she said smiling and lowering her head a little, then turning to Aragorn.

Laura blushed a bright scarlet and turned to meet Legolas. He smiled at her and studied her.

"What?" Laura asked when she caught on to his staring.

"She is right." Legolas said as he placed a hand on her cheek. Laura could feel her cheeks burning, why did she suddenly feel like this towards him?

"Thank you," she mumbled as their faces got closer. Their foreheads met, and Legolas smiled. Their lips were so close! And just before they met, commotion broke out in camp.

"WARGS!" they heard Aragorn scream. Laura jumped and looked around Legolas. There were wargs! She screamed and ran to her bow and arrow, jumped up on Zeta. Legolas to jumped on a horse and so did Aragorn.

"Laura, go with the women and children!" Aragorn instructed with fierce eyes.

"No! I'm staying here to fight with my friends, side by side. I'm in this war to!" she argued back.

"Laura, he is right-"

"Legolas, I'm going whether you like it or not!" she yelled back, and she dug her heels into Zeta and they were off. Gimli laughed and charged towards the wargs, Aragorn and Legolas merely shrugged their shoulders.

"Let her be." Aragorn said as he looked back at Theoden.

"All the riders to the head of the column!" he instructed as he mounted his horse. Laura rode out further, watching the wargs as they came closer. She turned back and looked to Aragorn.

"There must be dozens!" she shouted as he nodded.

Gimli let out a battle cry and charged at a nearby orc, Laura barely saved his life though as he was laughing at the orc, not realizing the one charging him. All hell broke loose. Aragorn and Legolas' horses had already been shot down dead and some of Theoden's soldiers had fallen as well. The sounds of cries, neighs, and laughing could be heard throughout the entire battlefield. The women and children had made it away safely long before then. Aragorn was killing any orc in his path, a royal war look upon his face. Laura quickly jumped off Zeta and told her to follow the women and children. Whipping out a bow she notched it onto her arrow and killed an orc, all in five seconds. Gimli could be seen on the ground under an warg, nearly crushing him. She watched as Legolas killed the orc about to stab him. Suddenly, she heard an ugly roar and turned to see an orc on his warg charging her. She grabbed the orc and swung up onto the warg (wondering where she had gotten the coordination to do that...). The orc sneered at her and she threw him off.

"LAURA!" she heard Aragorn cry as he leapt onto the creature with her.

"Get off! Save yourself!" she screamed, Aragorn resisted. They both attempted to kill the warg, with no success.

"This is impossible!" she shouted with anger, now the warg was not stopping. He didn't even know where he was going. The warg jumped and sent the two flying in the air. Aragorn and Laura's sleeves got caught on the sides of the warg's saddle. Laura screamed and saw Aragorn pull himself up. He cut her sleeve, but they were already sliding off the cliff. The warg let out a screech and Aragorn and Laura screamed as they skidded off the side.

"Where is Laura?" Legolas asked as they searched the battlefield. Gimli spotted a nearly dead orc on the ground, two arrows piercing him. He ran over to him and held his axe to his throat.

"Tell me what happened and I will ease your passing!" he demanded with rage. Legolas ran to him and he to had threat across his features.

"Their dead, took a little tumble off the cliff!" the orc sputtered out as he let out a nasty cough. Legolas was boiling, he grabbed the orc by his front armor and pulled him closer with a jerk.

"You LIE!" he exclaimed spitting in his face. The orc stifled out more laughs as he began to cough, then died. Legolas let him go and shook his head, when something caught his eye. He reached into the orc's hand. Arwen Evenstar's necklace was revealed, but nothing of Laura's. Gimli let out a gasp as he saw what was in his hand. Legolas again looked around in despair.

"LAURA!" he finally cried out again. Gimli rested a hand on his arm.

"Give it up laddie, their both gone." he said with tears in his eyes.

"No..." Legolas didn't want to believe it. They ran over to the cliff where they had fallen.

And there she was. Laura was hanging on for dear life on a rock, barely. Gimli and Legolas gasped as they pulled her back over. Legolas pulled her into his arms.

"Aragorn, he's- h- fell over the cliff- and, and, river, LEGOLAS!" she screamed as she sobbed into his chest. Legolas to felt tears rolling down his cheeks as he listened to her cries and looked over the cliff edge.

Theoden approached them with a sadden face. He looked over the cliff as well, there was no way Aragorn could be alive.

"Get the wounded on horse, the wolves of Isengard will return," he paused to think, "Leave the dead." he said walking away. Laura looked over Legolas' shoulder in disgust at Theoden.

"LEAVE THE DEAD? LEAVE? How disrespectful can you get?" she yelled at him, Theoden turned around.

"Do not, talk to the king in such a manner! I am sorry you have lost your friend, but we cannot waste time!" he said, and with the turn of his heel walked away. Laura convulsed in sobs as Legolas cradled her in his arms.

"It isn't your fault, he saved you. That was a kingly and noble thing to do! You could not have saved him!" Legolas tried to soothe her, Gimli still stood watching the flowing river below.

"I could have! I should have!" she sobbed into his chest as he looked around her. Scooping her up into his arms, they joined Theoden and his men. Laura cried herself to sleep in Legolas' arms that night.

They rode into Helm's deep that next day. With no Aragorn. Eowyn immediately straightened up at the sound of their return. Legolas and Laura walked holding each other. Eowyn ran to her uncle and searched his face.

"So few... so few of you have returned!" she said with worry, seeming to be looking for someone.

"Our people are safe, we have paid for it with many lives." Theoden said as a guard removed his armor. Eowyn seemed taken aback, and she spun around light headed. Gimli walked up to her and removed his helmet.

"My lady..." he began with sadness.

"Lord Aragorn, where is he?" she looked to Gimli, then she heard the sudden outburst of Laura's sobs. Tears filled her eyes as Gimli nodded.

"He fell..." he told her with a slight choke in his voice. Eowyn gasped as tears fell from her eyes, he was dead? Now? But, she loved him... She ran off to find her uncle.

"Laura, I know this is hard. But Aragorn would not want you to be upset like this." Legolas comforted her as they and Gimli sat together.

"How can I not! He was right there! I could have..." she trailed off trying not to cry.

"Lassie, don't take it so hard!" Gimli said placing a hand on her shoulder.

"BUT HE WAS THE NEXT KING!" Laura shouted with agony and guilt. Legolas could hardly bare it anymore. Boromir, now Aragorn? Why must she suffer? Suddenly, someone ran through the crowd of people in such a hurry he nearly knocked Laura down.

"HE'S ALIVE!" the guard shouted. Everyone gasped and looked up.

"He?" Laura sat up and watched as they opened the gate.

"Lord Aragorn is alive!" another guard shouted. Laura was the first to stand up, was she really hearing this? Gimli pushed past her and several others.

"Where is he? WHERE IS HE? Get out of the way I'm going to kill him!" Gimli shouted in a hurry. And there he was, Aragorn son of Arathorn. Alive and in the flesh. Gimli laughed as he cried.

"You, are the luckiest! Canniest! And most reckless man I ever knew! Bless you laddie!" Gimli said hugging his waist. Aragorn chuckled and looked for Legolas. He walked down a hall and was stopped by two familiar voices.

"Your late," said Legolas with a smirk.

"You look terrible!" Laura shouted with a sad, but happy grin. Aragorn smiled and walked over to them. He placed a hand on each of their shoulders.

"Hannon lei." he told them both. Oddly, Laura knew what this meant. She broke down in tears and sobbed into Aragorn's chest. He laughed and patted her back.

"Don't ever save my life again, okay?" she informed him as she pulled away.

"Laura-"

"Don't!"

Aragorn raised his eyebrows, "Alright Laura." he said. Eowyn was watching from across the way. Aragorn smiled at his friends and turned to find Theoden. Bursting through the doors, Theoden came to a halt at his work and his eyes grew wide as he watched Aragorn stride in alive.

"All Isengard has been emptied." he immediately informed Theoden as Gimli, Laura, and Legolas followed him in. Theoden's eyes widen as he turned around.

"How many?" he asked with a sound of regret.

"Ten thousand strong at least." Aragorn replied with despair. Laura gasped and placed her hand to her mouth.

"Ten thousand?" Thedoen marveled as this hit him like a ton of bricks.

"It is an army bred for a single purpose!" Aragorn shouted with warning.

"To destroy the world of men..." Laura finished. Aragorn nodded at her then turned back to Theoden.

"She is right. They will be here by nightfall." Aragorn finished with seriousness. Thedoen did not want to believe a single word he had just heard.

"Let them come!" he shouted throwing his hands in the air with frustration and courage, yet fear. Aragorn sighed and rolled his eyes, then turned to his friends. He stumbled and fell to the ground, still weak.

"Aragorn!" his friends cried as he hit the ground.

"I'm fine, really..." he mumbled with a voice crack.

"Oh no your not! He needs to get medical attention and rest, immediately!" Laura called as she fetched some guards. Legolas looked at Aragorn.

"Was she okay?" Aragorn asked his two friends.

"No." was all Legolas could say, all he wanted to say.

"She could barely take it." Gimli said helping Aragorn up.

"Legolas, keep good care of her." Aragorn said as guards whisked him off to another room.

well, you didnt think i would let laura fall would you? no way! so, the next chapter we will catch up with ginger, gen, diamond, pippin, merry, and my faves! sm frodo and karolyn! oh its gonna be exciting(: review, please?

-Mrs. Frodo Baggins

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