Borderless

The Nord Lookalikes

                            Six

" Dwarves are not made for running long distances , we are very dangerous over short distances ", Gimli complains .

" Speak for yourself ,Old Man , "Varric scoffs .

They were running for hours already without rest.   Gimli had been the slowest of everyone .

Siri coughed to hide the laugh that escaped her lips . Anthony who ran beside her gave her a sideways glance  while wondering what was the matter with her .

He had stuck to her side ever since they left to chase after the Orcs . She didn't mind ,but it still made her a bit uncomfortable.

Suddenly Aragorn signals for everyone to hide and Siri's enhanced dragon hearing picked up  the sound hundreds of  horse hoofs galloping their way .

She grabbed Anthony by the hand and pulled him towards the others who is already  between two boulders .

Seconds later a hundred or so horses galloped by with armed riders .

" Riders of Rohan what news from the mark !", Aragorn calls just when the last couple of riders has passed them .

Siri shook her head at his foolishness ,but didn't  say a word to him . She watched as all the riders turned back and followed Aragorn when he motioned for all of them to come stand with him . It took the riders only minutes to surround them .

Siri felt her dragon stir with unease and clamped a hand over her mouth to prevent herself from Thu'uming involuntarily . She did not want to sound like a burping milk drinker right now and that will happen if she had to stop a Thu'um like she did in Lothlorien.

One of the riders dismounts and approaches them asking" What does a group of mixed peoples want with Rohan?", he asks .

Siri pulls her hand away from her mouth and answers before Aragorn can "We are tracking a group of orcs who have taken two of our group captive ,have you by any chance seen them?".

The man pulled his helmet off his head and Siri blinked as she stared into a face that was so alike the Nords of Skyrim . He had hair like hers and eyes like hers . She couldn't believe it even if she did see it .

Eomer stared at the young woman with hair like his and frowned because he couldn't understand why she had blinked when he pulled off his helmet .

" We have killed a group of orcs not far from here ,we found no other people with them ,you may look for your friends ,but do not be  hopeful because hope has forsaken these lands ". He then  whistled and a lot of horses were brought forward .
" May they serve you better than their former masters " ,he added and then remounted .  He left eyeing Siri who's eyes followed him curiously .

Anthony watched her feeling a bout of jealousy grow in his heart . Why were she staring after the man ? . Had she fallen in love with him now ?. He wasn't sure ,but he didn't like it .

He made sure to share a horse with her when everyone had to share .

She didn't say anything about it ,just let him do what he wanted  .

" Aragorn , the riders , are they from this land ?", she asked when they were all mounted .

" Yes , why are you asking ,Siri?", he says .

" I just wondered because their hair and eyes reminded me of most men from home , they look like Nords ."

She didn't say anything more than that so he just nodded while contemplating on her words . He didn't understand why they would remind her of her home ,though he could guess that she misses home .