The Next Generation, an Inheritance Cycle and Lord of The Rings crossover

Unexpected Guests

It had been 17 years since the one ring had been destroyed and since they had defeated Sauron's forces. The land had been relatively peaceful ever since. In the weeks after the battles had ended groups of orcs had appeared and attacked, but due to their small numbers, Aragorn's forces had defeated them easily.

Later on, the goblins had tried to take over some of the dwarves' mountains. With assistance from Aragorn and some others, the dwarves were able to defeat them. Aragorn knew that today wasn't a day to think about past unrest. Today he had to make sure that the plans for the next day go as planned. He knew that Sam, Merry, and Pippin would be coming along with their families to celebratethe anniversary of their victory over Sauron. He had already sent the message to them and he knew they would most likely arrive soon. 

While he waited for them to arrive, he considered how different the land had become. After they had won the war, Isengard had remained quiet ever since Gandalf had taken Sauroman's power away. Aragorn sometimes missed Gimli and Legolas; they had left with the elves along with Frodo and Bilbo. And even though they were still there he didn't see Pippin, Merry, and Sam very often due to his responsibilities as king and their own responsibilities to The Shire and their families.

The hobbits showed up later that evening. Aragorn decided to greet them himself since it had been quite a while since he had seen them. They came and they all talked as friends do telling each other about different events that had taken place since they had last seen each other. When it was starting to get late Aragorn suggested that he should lead them to their rooms so they could rest from their travels.

He told them that after their last visit he had had some hobbit sized rooms added. He left them there so they could get some rest. Aragorn thought about his eldest son, the boy was nearly as good with a sword as he was, and he had taught him about how to rule a kingdom. In addition to all that. Even with his duties as king, Aragorn had managed to teach the boy everything he knew from the history of the land to the art of swordplay. After thinking for a while Aragorn went up to bed himself.

The next morning, as the final preparations were being made for the day's events. A man came running in from outside. Once he got to Aragorn he bowed and then said, "Milord I was informed by one of the dockworkers that there is a strange looking ship coming towards this city,"

Aragorn asked the man, "what exactly do you mean by strange, What did the dockworker say it looks like?"

The man answered, "It is silver and even though there was little wind it was sailing quite quickly,"

Aragorn asked, "Could he tell who was on it and if they have weapons?"

The man answered, "It was hard for him to tell but he didn't see any weapons. As for the people on board, we can't be sure because they were still too far away, but we don't think they are human, they looked a lot more like elves,"

"Elves!" Aragorn said in surprise.

They had all left after the war. Why would they be returning now? and why would they be coming here to his city?

"What should we do about it?" the man asked him, "They will be drawing nearer by the minute."

Aragorn thought for a moment, and then he said, "let them arrive we will find out whether they are friend or foe when they get here,"

Authors note I don't own any of the characters except for Aragorn's son and any other ocs that I add in the future. This story isn't going to stick entirely to the lord of the rings canon but I hope it's okay nonetheless.