Love conquers Everything

Arwen stood beside Aragorn at the wall. Aragorn had taken command over the elven army posted around the wall;
Haldir had taken charge over the elves standing on the ground. It had been difficult for Haldir to agree to that since he felt a responsibility towards The Queen of Lorien and Lord Elrond to look after Arwen. But he knew that Aragorn was with her, and that he would do anything to prevent her from getting hurt. Beside Arwen stood Legolas and Gimli. They were all silent, waiting for the Uruk Hais to reach the fortress. They could see a great shadow coming closer and hear horns blowing.
Arwen shivered slightly when she realized just how many the Uruk Hais really were. Aragorn looked at her and touched her hand. Arwen looked up and smiled. She heard him whisper that everything would be all right. Arwen squeezed his hand and looked back out over the field. She was starting too feel a little frightened, but she was not going to let it show. She picked up her bow and let her fingers touch the wooden tree. It had been a gift from her brothers at her last birthday. It gave her a little comfort.


IN THE CAVE


Eowyn couldn’t believe that she was stuck down here in the caves with the women and children! She should be up there fighting; not babysitting the people. She could fight so why on earth was she called a shield maiden if this is all she was allowed to do? And what bugged her most was the fact that Arwen was up there with Aragon; and that she was allowed to fight. So what if she was an elven princess? Or that her father had sent Rohan help? That didn’t make her better then Eowyn. It was so frustrating! All of a sudden a voice could be heard.


“Lady Eowyn! Please hurry. Over here.”


Eowyn sighed and stood up. Now what? She walked over to the woman that had been shouting.


“What’s wrong?” She asked without any trace of her annoyance.


“Lady Erethil has gone into labour. And the healer needs help to deliverer the baby since the rest are outside to help the wounded men.” It was clear that the woman was panicking.


“Show me the way.”


The woman led her to the other side of a gate and behind a curtain where a woman was lying on the floor, breathing hard. Eowyn bent down and stroked away a hair from the woman’s face and whispered gently, “it’s going to be ok. Everything is going to be just fine.”


The woman seemed to respond a little to her words and opened her eyes. Eowyn placed her hand on the woman’s belly. Eowyn looked over her shoulder to the other woman who was standing there.


“We will need warm water and a blanket. Fetch the healer and tell her to hurry up. This woman needs to be attended,” she said. The woman nodded and left.




THE BATTLE


It had started raining and the sound of thunder could be heard in the distance, stronger each time. Arwen was cold and pulled her cloak tighter around her. Legolas and Gimli were arguing about something again, but she didn’t have the strength or will to listen to them. She couldn’t take her eyes of the Uruk Hai army. She could see their faces in the dark, and they disgusted her! She swallowed hard and looked back down towards Haldir. He must have felt her gaze because he turned around and gave her a little encouraging smile. She forced herself to smile back. There were people out here who had never fought a battle before. They should be terrified! This wasn’t the first time she fought in battle; but it was the first time she went out to war. It was the first time so many evil creatures surrounded her. She knew that if she went out to the battle, there would be no way in telling if she would get out of it alive. It would take a lot of skill but also luck. She shuddered and felt Aragon’s hand in hers. And she sighed. This is what she wanted to do. She wanted to be there next to him. If she was going to die, then she wanted him to be the last thing she saw before she left this world. She wanted to fight by his side. Nothing was going to change her mind about this. No fear or army.



IN THE CAVE


“Alright bear down now, slowly,” Eowyn instructed the woman. The woman was panting hard and screamed each time she got into labour pains.


“The baby will not be born yet for probably two hours,” the midwife told Eowyn. She had been fetched by the healer and had taken charge over the situation. ”Maybe earlier,” she continued.


Eowyn looked at the woman who was holding her hand. She looked to be in so much pain. She wanted to help her and be supportive, but someone had to take charge of the people and barricade the door to the caves. Of course there was a small chance that the enemy would reach the caves, but you could never be certain in war. She spotted the woman’s daughter starring at her mother with terrifying eyes. She probably was around five years old. Eowyn looked down at the woman and whispered: “I’ll be right back. There is something I need to do.”


“Where is my daughter?” the woman whispered.


“Don’t worry. Your daughter is all right. Don’t think of that.” Eowyn stood up and walked over to the little girl. She reached out her hand and the girl took it. Together the made there way to a group of woman Eowyn knew from before. She told them to look after the girl and then walked then to the entrance to the cave. She closed the double doors and barricaded them. Then she turned around and walked back to the woman and the midwife. This was going to be a long night.



ON THE WAY


“We must hurry! Every second is priceless,” Gandalf shouted to Eomer!

“We are riding as fast as we can,” Eomer shouted back!

It had been four days since Gandalf had found them at the borders of Rohan. He had brought news that the King was well and that he wished that Eomer and his men would travel as fast as they could to Helms Deep. Eomer realised that there was something at work when he saw Gandalf’s distressed face and knew that if they didn’t make it on time people would die. All thou they were riding as fast as they could, it didn’t seem enough fast. It would take them many hours yet until they would reach Helms Deep.

He had been told that Aragorn son of Arathorn was by the King’s side, as well as the other three members of the strange fellowship he and his men had met about a week ago. All thou he knew the danger that waited he couldn’t stop but wonder if he would meet Lady Arwen again.



THE BATTLE


“Release the arrows!” Aragorn screamed and around five hundred arrows sailed through the wind and into the Uruk Hais. The biggest part of them fell to the ground while some remained standing. The Uruk Hais started to make a movement toward the walls.

Everyone drew there weapons and prepared for the battle. Aragorn looked at Arwen for a second and asked, “are you prepared?”

Arwen nodded and grabbed her sword tight. She was not going to die here.

As the great ladders started to be placed around the walls people went to attack. And the battle began…