The one who lived

Finding the dead

    "And just where do you think you're off to?" Gimli asked as Aragorn put his things on Brego.
"Not this time ... This time you must stay, my friend." Aragorn told Gimli.
"Have you learnt nothing of the stubbornness of Dwarves?" Legolas said as he walked up to them.
"You might as well accept it - we're going with you, laddie." Gimli said as Tereza watched.
Tereza followed them from a distance. She jumped behind a bush as Legolas looked back. Legolas looked around as he walked away. Tereza went to follow them as her foot got caught in the bush.
"Ah!" Tereza looked at her foot as she tried to get the bush off.
"Show yourself!" Aragorn yelled as he walked to the bush. "Tereza?"
"Aragorn." Tereza looked up as she bit her lip.
"What are you doing here?" Legolas asked as he walked over. "You should be at the camp."
"I couldn't sleep." she said as Aragorn freed her foot from the bush.
"Lies." Aragorn smirked as he helped her up. "Go back."
"That is not my fate." Tereza looked around the group as Aragorn nodded.
Aragorn lead them to the foot of a mountain. Tereza looked at the mountain as Gimli spoke.
"What kind of an army would linger in such a place?" Gimli looked around.
"One that is cursed ... Long ago the Men of the Mountain swore an oath to the last King of Condor - to come to his aid, to fight, but when the time came, when Condor's need was dire, they fled ... Vanishing into the darkness of the mountain ... And so Isildur cursed them - never to rest until they had fulfilled their pledge."Legolas responded.
"The very warmth of my blood seems stolen away." Gimli said as they got off their horses.
"The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the Dead keep it. The way is shut." Legolas translated what was on the door.
"Brego!" Aragorn yelled as the horses ran off.
"Well, this is a thing unheard of ... An Elf will go underground when a Dwarf dare not. Oh! I ' d never hear the end of it!" Gimli said as they walked into the cave.
"Who enters my domain?" Tereza raised her bow as she heard someone speak.
"One who will have your allegiance." Aragorn told the figure.
"The dead do not suffer the living to pass ..." the figure replied.
"You will suffer me!" Aragorn yelled.
"The way is shut... It was made by those who are Dead and the Dead keep it..." the ghost said.
"I summon you to fulfil your oath!" Aragorn said desperately.
"None but the King of Gondor may command me!" the ghost said as Tereza released her arrow. Aragorn raised his sword as the ghost went to swing at her. "It cannot be - that line was broken!"
"It has been remade! Fight for us and regain your honour! What say you?" Aragorn said as the ghost looked at him.
"Aghh! You're wasting your time, Aragorn. They had no honour in life, they have none now in death." Gimli said.
​ "I am Isildur's heir. Fight for me and I will hold your oath fulfilled. What say you?" Aragorn looked at the ghost as it nodded.
Aragorn lead them out of the tunnels and to some boats in the distance. He watched the others get on one and stopped Tereza before she could.
"Be careful, please." Aragorn told her. He watched as she nodded and got on the boat the other two had.