✓ Wizard's Apprentice - Legolas Fanfiction - wαttч αwαrds 2013! [original draft]

Chapter 17

I walked in with my horse alongside Legolas. Gimli and Aragorn looked surprised to see me to say the least.  

"Arietta, when did you get here?" Aragorn asked and I just shrugged.  

"So it looks like we're coming with you," I said, changing the subject.  

"Well, you all are so stubborn that I guess I have no choice." I grinned at him.  

"You would die without us," I said.  

"That might happen."  

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As we rode along the creepy passageway, my thoughts kept going back to the night Legolas and I had. Did this change anything? Surely we would get married. Wait, no we won't. I'm supposed to die. Oh, that's great.  

"What kind of an army would linger in such a place?" Gimli asked and it was Legolas who answered.  

"One that is cursed. Long ago the men of the mountain swore an oath to the last king of Gondor, to come to his aid, to fight, but when the time came, when Gondor'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." Silence engulfed us until we reached a gate.  

"The very warmth of my blood seems stolen away," Gimli whispered. Over the door were markings that I could surprisingly interpret. Mr. Show-off had to steal my thunder though.  

"The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it."  

"The way is shut," I finished for Legolas. Suddenly, air blew from the entrance and the horses bucked in terror before running off.  

"Stupid horses," I muttered as Aragorn yelled," Brego!" He turned to the entrance then and said, "I do not fear death," before running into the entrance and Legolas followed shortly after. Then it was just Gimli and I.  

"Well, this is unheard of. An elf will go underground when a dwarf dare not. Oh! I'd never hear the end of it!" Now it was just me.  

"Oh why not? I'm going to die anyway." I quickly found the other three as ghostly figures were coming out of the walls.  

"Looks like I came just as the fun started," I said sarcastically. The leader of the dead spoke up.  

"Who enters my domain?" Aragorn moved forward fearlessly.  

"One who will have your allegiance."  

"The dead do not suffer the living to pass-"  

"You will suffer me!" Aragorn interrupted. The leader laughed as Aragorn's face turned grim.  

"The way is shut," the leader began, sending chills down my spine. "It was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it. The way is shut. Now you must die." Legolas shot an arrow from beside me at the leader, but it just went through him.  

"Did you really expect that to kill him since he is already dead?" I sneered as Aragorn stepped forward.  

"I summon you to fulfill your oath."  

"None but the king of Gondor may command me!" the leader snarled back. Aragorn raised Anduril, the sword of Gondor, causing the leader to freak out. The leader swung out with his sword which Aragorn blocked with Anduril.  

"It cannot be. That line was broken," the leader said fearfully.  

"It has been remade," Aragorn replied. He then turned to the rest of the army.  

"Fight for us and regain your honor!" He spun around, saying, "What say you?" to random ghosts. Oh, that's doing so much good.  

"Agh! You're wasting your time Aragorn. They had no honor in life, they have none in death," Gimli said. Aragorn ignored him and continued talking. Well, yelling, actually.