A/N: Ah, the long awaited Chapter, uh, twenty... something. LOL, anywho. Just wanted to let you guys know how sorry I am that my updates are SO slow! I was at cheer camp at a college this week, so I couldn't update. The last chapter of TTTs will be the next one. Then, onto my favorite book/movie, ROTK! AH!XD :D Enjoy! Sorry if it is boring, not a whole lot of romance/tension things I can put in during a battle scene. Now, I am going scene by scene of how the movies go. Enjoy and review!

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Chapter 8

Laura stood nervously a she watched the Uruk army draw ever nearer. She was constantly looking around, tapping her foot, and shifting in her stance. She drew in a sharp breath as she heard the sound of a horn bellowing it's call in the distance.

"Shit shit shit! I can't do this!" she whispered to herself. Feeling an arm wrap around her waist, she jumped and buried her face into Legolas' chest.

"I'm right here," he whispered into her hair as he kissed it. Laura nodded and looked out to the army. They were getting closer by the second. Straightening up and gathering up all her courage, she turned back. This was it, now was the time to be strong. This was Laura's first battle. Laura jumped as she suddenly heard Aragorn's husky voice shouting orders in Elvish, which she understood.

"Show them no mercy! For you shall receive none!" she repeated for the men.

"What's happening out there?" Gimli asked jumping up and down since her couldn't see in froth him.

"Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?" Legolas asked with a playful smirk. Gimli smiled and began to chuckle non stop.

I got quiet as the Uruk-hai began to chant, roar, and stomp loudly. This cause some of the men to breathe in sharply and their eyes grow wide. Laura as well grew tensor and grasped her bow tighter. Suddenly, Laura let out a small scream as an arrow that was accidentally released flew past her head.

"HOLD!" Aragorn cried out as he looked at the elderly man who had fired. Laura watched with fear as it struck an Orc. With a yelp, it fell to the ground face first.

"We're screwed." Laura stated as the Uruk army leader thrust his weapon in the air and the army began to charge.

"So it begins." Theoden mumbled as he watched the charging army.

"Prepare to fire!" Laura yelled, translating from Aragorn. The men with bows and arrows notched theirs and aimed.

"Faeg i-varv dîn na lanc a nu ranc." Legolas whispered. Laura nodded and shouted once more.

"Their armor is weak at the neck and beneath the arms!" she told the men. Aragorn shouted and arrows whizzed past everyone.

"Fire!" Laura resumed to order the men as they released theirs. Uruks began to collapse as they charged, arrows raining down on them.

"Fire!" Laura heard from behind, she repeated him. Men shouted and orcs howled as the battle grew even more intense. Gimli jumped up and down next to the two elves. Laura notched an arrow and fired on her own, knocking down one and sending more to the ground tripping. Suddenly, the Uruk-hai halted and began to pull up ladders.

"That is SO unfair!" Laura yelled as the ladders seemed to come up in slow motion.

"Ladders!" Aragorn shouted as he ordered more men to fire. "Swords! Swords!" he called out. Laura took a deep breath as she watched the orcs climb over. Everything went silent for what seemed like a million years, and Laura suddenly found herself screaming in fury as she charged at the orcs. Whipping out arrows, one by one she shot down orc after orc. Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen! The number was growing.

"I'm on seventeen!" Gimli shouted at the two with pride as he continued to battle.

"Nineteen!" Legolas replied with a smirk, as if fighting was a normal routine.

Laura scoffed, "Twenty-three!" she exclaimed as her two friends gasped in shock. Gimli let out an extremely loud war cry and went on a sudden rampage of killing. The three friends continued counting their killings as the fight dragged on for another few minutes.

"I'm gettin' the hang of this!" Laura said to herself as she shot her thirty-third orc. Suddenly, everyone's attention was directed towards the causeway, the Uruk-hai were slowly advancing towards it as they blocked all oncoming shots with their shields.

"Na fennas!" Aragorn began to shout repeatedly. Laura flashed her gaze to the causeway and began to gather men.

"Get to the causeway! Shoot shoot shoot!" she ordered as men and elves shot their arrows. The shields were doing the orcs some good, and they were having a tough tome bringing them all down.

"Is this it?" Theoden suddenly shouted, "Is this ALL you can conjure Saruman?"

Men began to shout as the orcs set two bombs in the gate entrance. Aragorn began to shout as an orc began to charge for the bombs with a torch. Laura gasped as she gathered even more men, well, attempted. All of them shook their heads and bolted in the other direction.

"Togo hon dad, Legolas! Laura!" Aragorn instructed with fury and nervousness. Laura notched an arrow and made sure her shot was on target. Legolas shot at the orc, but it merely lodged into his shoulder and he kept charging.

"Dago hon! Dago hon!" Aragorn shouted as his eyes grew wider. Laura let go of her hold on the arrow and hit the charging orc. He squealed and threw himself into the gateway.

"GET BACK! GET-" Laura was cut off as the bridge above the gateway was suddenly blown off by the bombs. She felt her body jolt forward as she screamed and was sent into the air. Bridge pieces, orcs, elves, and men were sent flying and to the ground. Aragorn let out a cry as he made contact with the ground and blacked out. Laura to hit the ground and tumbled down the steps, rather painfully. Landing on her face, she let out a scream and sat upright. Looking around, she could see the terrified look on the men's faces, the elves weren't doing so well either. Then, their was that familiar sweet voice. Sam. Spinning around and standing up dizzily, she saw the young boy calling out to her with a pleading look in his eyes. Looking up, she saw an Uruk-hai soldier standing above him, axe raised and ready to kill.

"NO!" she cried as she reached for an arrow, that wasn't there. Screaming and sobbing she emptied her quiver to find it empty, the arrows had fallen out in the explosion. It was too late. Looking up she saw the boy's last cry and breath as the Uruk-hai paid him no mercy and killed him.

She lost it.

Everything she was fighting for, every person, everything was falling apart. Letting out a sob she grabbed Sam's fallen sword and hacked away at any nearby orc she came across. The orc standing above Sam soon found a blade through his belly and fell to the ground. Panting, sobbing, and screaming she picked up the lifeless boy and cradled him in her arms.

"Na barad! Na baraad! Haldir, na barad!" Laura could barely here Aragorn order. Scooping up the boy and his sword, she sprinted back to the Keep.

"Laura!" Legolas called as he saw her set the small boy down. Sobbing, she threw herself into his chest and clung tight to him.

"I tried! Legolas, I tried! It was too late! I didn't have any arrows! He was too young!" she cried into his chest. The men behind them were doing everything they could to brace the gate.

"Make way! We cannot hold much longer!" Galling cried out on despair.

"HOLD THEM!" Theoden cried out with rage.

"How long do you need?" Laura and Legolas heard as Aragorn sprinted through the crowd.

"As long as you can give me!" Theoden replied as he watched in despair. Aragorn nodded and turned around, Gimli, Laura, and Legolas stood huddled together as Laura quietly cried hopelessly.

"Come on! We can take 'em!" Gimli proudly exclaimed as he squirmed and jumped with anticipation.

"It's a long way," Aragorn warned, giving Gimli and knowing look. The two nodded and took off around the gate silently.

"I can't do this anymore." Laura admitted as she set Sam down in an area with no disturbance.

"You could do nothing. It was too late." Legolas reminded her as he grabbed her hand

and quickly pulled her back to the gate.

"I could have." she said to herself as the stood their ground firmly. Everyone could hear the sudden cries of the Uruk-hai outside being ambushed by none other than Aragorn, and the tossed Gimli!

"Shore up the door!" Theoden cried the order as everyone began to barricade the door. This temporary distraction/ambush Aragorn and Gimli caused was providing the army much more time that they needed.

Hooks began to latch onto the walls above them as Uruk-hai were lifted up onto it on super ladders. Legolas notched an arrow and successfully shot one of the ropes of an oncoming ladder, which fell back and onto the Uruk-hai army.

"Gimli! Aragorn! Get out of there!" Laura screamed as her and Legolas fled to the top of the battlements. Legolas grabbed their attention and tossed them a rope. Aragorn grabbed Gimli and the two lifted them over the wall and onto the battlements. Legolas shot down another upcoming ladder and Thepden began to retreat.

"Pull everybody back! Pull them back! They've broken though! The castle is breached! Retreat!" he cried over the many Uruk-hai cries. Everyone began to run back to the Keep as Legolas fired arrows into the army.

We were pushed and dragged for hours as Faramir led us through the hills. Ginger and I caught up and I told her that as far as I knew, Gen was safe and sound. She was still unsure about which side she was on though, but I think she was still more on the enemies side. Frodo was in a state of desperation at this point, and you could tell the Ring was growing heavier and heavier.

"I've missed you so much." Ginger said, "And it's so great and refreshing to have my memory back." she added with a smile. Since we were cuffed, I couldn't really hug her. So I put my head on her arm.

"I've missed you to." I replied looking up at her.

"And boy have you gotten TINY!" she exclaimed shoving me playfully as I gasped and kicked her back.

"No pushing!" the guard behind us shouted.

"Oh shaddup!" Ginger replied rolling her eyes. I could have sworn Faramir lightly smirked at that.

"The Ring will not save Gondor! It only has the power to destroy, please let me go." Frodo said suddenly with tears in his eyes. Us two turned around and stopped as Sam looked at me with sadness.

Faramir stopped and hesitated, "Hurry." he said as we suddenly were being pushed faster and harder. Why were we in such a hurry? We needed a break! Maybe Frodo could run off then and get to Mordor that way. But then her would need Smeagol...

"Faramir! You must let me go!" Frodo pleaded with cries as he yelled at him.

"Please!" Sam and I added as they shoved us.

"What's the big deal?" Ginger asked as she laughed at the freaked out Frodo.

"The big deal? Oh I don't know, maybe the fact that Frodo has the fate of all of us around his neck!" I replied glaring at her.

"Please! I could do that easily!"

"Oh really? I'd like to see you try!"

"Oh quit being a brat Karolyn!"

"Me? YOU quit being a brat, birch!"

That pissed her off big time. Ginger launched herself onto me as we began to fight. It was so bad we had to have Faramir and some other men pry Ginger off of me. Stepping next to Frodo and Sam, I looked at them with a black eye and a bruised rib cage.

"Karolyn-"

"Don't worry about me, Frodo. Your the only needing to be worried about by others." I replied before he could finish.

"Are you sure Miss Karolyn?" Sam asked with a concerned look. I nodded and turned to look out. A small town was on fire some

distance away.

"Look! Osgiliath burns!" a ranger called out as we drew nearer.

"Mordor has come." the ranger behind us mumbled. We were pushed on again for about another hour. Suddenly, Frodo's eyes grew wide and he went deathly pale.

"Mr. Frodo!" Sam cried as I turned and gasped.

"It's calling to it, Sam. His eye is almost on me." he muttered as his eyes slipped back into his head and open again. We were led into a burning Osgiliath and kept on close watch.

"Hold on. Mr. Frodo. You'll be alright!" Sam attempted to comfort him as I made my way to his side.

"Calling to what, Frodo?" I asked as he looked ahead in pure panic.

"The Ring!" he cried out with a gasp. He seemed to zone out suddenly as Sam and I continued to nudge and talk to him. Faramir approached us as we shook Frodo.

"Take them to my father. Tell him Faramir sends a mighty gift. A weapon! That will change or fortunes in this war." Faramir instructed as guards suddenly shoved us and pulled us apart.

"Do you want to know what happened to Boromir?" I screamed as Faramir stopped and watched me.

"You want to know why your brother died? He tried to take the ring from Frodo! After swearing an oath to protect him! HE TRIED TO KILL HIM!" Sam continued to yell as we fought off the guards grips unsuccessfully.

"The ring drove your brother mad!" I yelled at Faramir. I saw Ginger being thrown to the ground a few feet away from us. She looked at me with fear and I glared at her and shook my head.

"WATCH OUT!" a ranger cried out as suddenly, a boulder crashed into a nearby tower and shattered it. I was releases and looked up to Frodo. His eyes grew lifeless and huge as he stared out in front of him.

"Frodo?" I asked gripping his arm and shaking him. Faramir turned to watch him with a raised eyebrow and grew tense.

"They're here. They've come." Frodo almost seemed to distantly breath the sentence as a sudden shrill cry filled the air that caused my bones to rattle.

"NAZGÛL!" Faramir cried as we all turned and covered our ears. Yep, we were practically screwed. He helped Ginger up quickly and shoved us all into a corner, "Stay here! Keep out of sight!" he instructed as he left us to go fight.

"Shit, Sam I'm scared! Please help me!" I pleaded as I trembled and threw myself onto him. He pulled me in tight as we all sunk to the ground, except Frodo.

"It's alright Miss Karolyn, everythin' will be alright." Sam whispered as I shook my head. Frodo all the while continued to stare. We. Were. SCREWED.

Osgiliath scene! YES! The famous Samwise the Brave speech is coming up! Love it, brings me to tears(: Also, ANNOUNCEMENT! Two to be exact...

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