I don't bow to crowns LOTR/Legolas love story #Wattys2015

So it begins...

Nymerial saw men running towards the wall. She rushed to the opposite direction, trying to find Alice or the Dragonkind army. When she turned around the corner, she almost ran into Alice. Alice motioned her to follow and then ran in the direction she had probably came. Nymerial went after her, she did have some difficulty because she ran in front of her like a young hare escaping from a fox.

When Alice finally stopped, Nymerial looked before her. There was the army, her army, waiting for orders. She didn't know what to do, she never had actually led an army. Alice nudged her and whispered

"Speech."

She then went to the others and sat down with them. Nymerial looked at the men and women who had came to her, they looked back. She breathed in and sighed with her eyes closed. When she opened them, she started speaking

"I learned about my past not long ago. Before I had no idea about the Dragonkind. We have not been forgotten, we live in legends that the oldest only know. We must remind Men, Elves, Hobbits, Orcs about us, of what we are. We are warriors, we carry ancient blood within and we must show that we will not bow. Warriors, I may not have been with you from the start. Nor have I known about you for my whole life. But I ask you to raise your weapons united with others and fight! We will not only fight for our families and for the freedom of our people. We will fight to remind the shadow that even when all hope seems lost, there are men and women who will do anything to stop it. So rise up, warriors, and cheer! Cheer for the upcoming victory! Cheer because the shadow will be put to rest!"

The army cheered and Nymerial joined them. The men and women stood up and charged out towards the wall. As Nymerial started to follow them, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She whipped around, grabbing one of her knives from its strap, and pointed the blade at who ever was behind her. Aragorn stood there, his arms up and eyes on the knife. He mumbled

"Again?!"

Nymerial laughed and pulled away her blade. She put it back and looked at her brother. He was wearing a leather vest with a chain mail under it. He still had the vambraces he took from Boromir on. She touched them with a sad smile and said

"If Boromir would be here, he would make a joke right now and run into the fight..."

She looked up to him and sees the same sad smile on his face as well. He whispered

"Well, let us make him happy."

He pulled her towards the wall. She said

"I am coming, I am coming."

He slowed down and they walked in silence. They both could hear the Orcs and Uruk-hais in the distance so Aragorn wanted to calm Nymerial down. He asked

"So, what is happening between you and Legolas?"

Nymerial's head turned to Aragorn and looked him like he had four pairs of hands. She almost yelled

"What?!"

She lowered her voice

"Since when do you like to talk about those kind of things?"

"Since Gimli told me that the Elf and my baby sister spent a night on the wall when I was on the brink of death."

"WHAT?! It was not like that!"

Aragorn raised his eyebrows and he had the 'oh yeah' expression on his face. He asked

"What was it like then?"

"He comforted me after the fight I had with Delsin. I fell asleep on his lap. Nothing happened!"

"Suuure..."

Nymerial wanted to argue but they had reached the stairs leading up to the wall. The noise made by the beasts on the other side was louder, they were getting closer. Aragorn and Nymerial climbed up in silence, no one wanted to speak for they knew what was waiting for them. When she got outside, the wall was filled with Men, Elves and the Dragonkind.

Nymerial pushed her way to Legolas and Gimli with Aragorn at her trail. She stood next to Legolas and looked before her. The lights were closer than she thought, the shouts were louder and deeper than she had ever imagined. Tens of thousands of Uruk hais and Orcs were marching towards Hlem's Deep with only one thought in their minds: to kill everything living.

Nymerial turned her eyes away because Gimli was jumping near Legolas, trying to see over the border. He grumbled

"Argh. You could have picked a better spot."

Aragorn went to the other side of him. The Dwarf looked up at him and added

"Well lad, the luck you live by, let us hope they last the night."

Lightning flashed in the sky and dark clouds had gathered over them. Loud rumbles of thunder followed. Legolas, still looking at the approaching army, said to Aragorn

"Your friends are with you, Aragorn."

Gimli muttered

"Let us hope they last the night."

It started to rain. The water was pouring and it was ice cold. But it didn't matter, That wasn't going to stop the darkness. Nymerial was soaked within seconds as she watched the troops of Saruman. They were all roaring. They had torches and long spears in their hands. Aragorn started to walk back and forth as he spoke in a clear and steady voice

"A Eruchin, ú-dano i faelas a hyn an uben tanatha le faelas! (Show them no mercy! For you shall receive none!)"

The Uruk hais had reached Helm's Deep and stopped. Aragorn walked back to Gimli and looked at the forces of the shadow. The Dwarf was still trying to see over the wall. He looked at Legolas and Nymerial and asked

"What is happening out there?"

They looked down at him. Legolas asked back

"Shall I describe it to you?"

Nymerial asked another question

"Or would you like me to find you a box?"

Gimli looked at the two, then started laughing his low laugh. But it was stopped when the beasts down below started roaring again. Nymerial looked down at the huge army and saw that they were pounding their spears. Every archer at the fortress readied their bows and were only waiting for an order.

But an old man accidentally released his arrow and it hit one of the Uruk hai, killing it. The roaring had stopped for a second but continued then, even louder this time. Aragorn stopped

"Dartho! (Hold!)"

An Uruk hai had climbed onto a rock. It lifted its sword and screamed in a growling tone. It then swung towards Helm's Deep and each and every Uruk hai and Orc started to charge. Nymerial heard Théoden say somewhere behind her

"So it begins..."