Shield-maiden of Gondor: LOTR Fanfic

Rohirrim

Hermione's POV

We've been tracking the pack of uruk-hai that took Merry and Pippin for three days now. We enter Rohan last night, so now I have my hood up. The sun is rising. "A red sun rises. Blood has been spilt this night" Legolas states.

"Don't say things like that" I tell him annoyed. We hear the sound of horses approaching. The three men hide and I roll my eyes. "Guys, it's the Rohirrim" I state. I whistle loudly as they come out of hiding. The Rohirrim surround us, pointing spears at us. "Honestly Eomer, is this how you greet a fellow rider?" I ask.

"Hermy!" he says shocked and the others lower their spears. "Who are these men?" he asks me.

"Members of my fellowship, Aragorn son of Arathon, Gimli son of Gloin and Legolas of the Woodland realm" I state.

"We are friends of Rohan and of Théoden, your king" Aragorn adds.

"Théoden no longer recognizes friend from foe" Eomer states removing his helmet. "Not even his own kin" he adds.

"What do you mean?" I ask him shocked.

"Saruman has poisoned the mind of the king and claimed lordship over this land. My company are those loyal to Rohan. And for that, we are banished" he explains. "The White Wizard is cunning. He walks here and there they say, as an old man, hooded and cloaked. And everywhere his spies slip past our nets" he tells me.

"I assure you these men are no spies, I've traveled with them since Rivendell" I assure him.

"We track a band of Uruk-hai westward across the plains. They have taken two of our friends captive" Aragorn explains.

"The Uruks are destroyed. We slaughtered them during the night" Eomer tells us. I look at him shocked, before lowering my head.

"But there were two hobbits, did you see two hobbits with them?" Gimli asks him.

"They would be small, only children to your eyes" Aragorn explains.

"We left none alive" Eomer tells us. "We piled the carcasses and burned them" he states pointing to the smoke in the distance.

"Can you spare a few horses?" I ask him.

"I can do one mutter Hermy" he tells me and whistles. I hear a familiar neigh and Garth gallops over. I hug his neck happily. "He arrived just before we were banished" he states. "Your friends may use Hasufel and Arod" he tells me. As they are brought forward. ""May these horses bear you to better fortune than the former masters" he tells the guys.

"Thank you for taking care of Garth" I tell him.

"I'm sorry for your lose Hermy, farewell" he tells me. He mounts his horse. "Look for your friends, but do not trust the hope. It has forsaken these lands. We ride north!" he states before they left. Once they were out of sight, I lowered my hood.

"Why don't you just tell them lass?" Gimli asks me.

"Because they are more against female warriors then Gondor" I tell him as I mount Garth. "Mount up and lets go search for Merry and Pippin. I refuse to believe we've lost anyone else" I tell them. Aragorn mounts Hasufel and Legolas mounts Arod with Gimli.

"So who's this fine stallion?" Aragorn asks me as we set off towards the smoke.

"Garth, he is mine" I tell him proudly. "A gift from my other brother Faramir, I pray he is alright" I say as I stroke Garth's mane.

"I'm sure his fine lass" Gimli assures me.

"Do you want to go to Gondor after we find the hobbits? To tell him of Boromir?" Legolas asks me.

"Maybe" I say as we reach the battle site. We dismount the horses. "Fan out and search the area" I tell them. They do so and soon Gimli finds one of the hobbits belts.

"Hiro hyn hîdh ab wanath" Legolas says in elvish. Wih his head bowed and eyes closed. I wonder what that meant.

"A Hobbit lay here, and the other" Aragorn says as he examines the ground. "They crawled" he states as he follows the tracks. Ad we follow him. "Their hands were bound" he tells us.

"Then what?" I ask him.

"Their bonds were cut" he states. Holding up a broken rope. "They ran over here... and were followed" he continues heading for the tree line. "The tracks lead away from the battle! Into... Fangorn Forest" he states.

"Fangorn! What madness drove them in there?" Gimli asks.

"What does it matter? We're going in after them" I tell him. "Garth, stay here with Arod and Hasufel" I tell my horse. He nods his head and they begin to graze on the grass. "Lead the way Aragorn" I say and he does so.

A/N

Picture above of Eomer and gif on the external link of the Rohirrim surrounding the group.