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Title: In the Course of Time
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Author: Nanuk Dain
e-mail: nanukdain@gmx.net
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: AU, first time, romance, angst, some violence
Word count: approx. 58.600
Disclaimer: Not mine – otherwise Haldir would never have died and this would have been part of the movies...
Summary: Take it Haldir did neither die nor get seriously injured in the Battle of Helm's Deep and joined the Men of Rohan with his Elven archers for the battle for Gondor. In Éomer, he finds a leader equally strong headed as he is himself.



Title: In the Course of Time
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Author: Nanuk Dain
e-mail: nanukdain@gmx.net
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: AU, first time, romance, angst, some violence
Word count: approx. 58.600
Disclaimer: Not mine – otherwise Haldir would never have died and this would have been part of the movies...
Comment: I've never read the books, so don't kill me if not everything is correct. I made up the parts that were not in the movies and the time after them; oh, and I didn't kill Háma, I needed him to live. I thank Meri for her permission to use an idea of hers that I can't explain here without telling you too much. This is my first Lotr fanfic, so please be gentle with me. I've made a number of Haldir/Éomer manips, though. So, if you're interested in some illustration to the story go to http://nanuk-dain.livejournal.com/ Just to help, there is a key to the Elvish words at the end of the story. Oh, yeah, and the story is unbetad, so all mistakes are mine ^^
Summary: Take it Haldir did neither die nor get seriously injured in the Battle of Helm's Deep and joined the Men of Rohan with his Elven archers for the battle for Gondor. In Éomer, he finds a leader equally strong headed as he is himself.

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The battering ram of Sauron's army dashed against the Hornburg's door with so much force it was certain that the the door would not be able to resist much longer. Haldir watched Aragorn talk intensely to Rohan's King and wondered for a second about Aragorn's patience. This moment was indeed the exactly wrong moment to despair for the Men King, his strength was desperately needed to keep his Men together and protect their women and children. Somehow Aragorn seemed to succeed and Haldir watched with contentment how the fighting spirit returned to the King. The battle may be desperate, but it was not yet lost.

Only moments later Haldir found himself on one of Rohan's horses, next to him Legolas, in front of him Aragorn and King Theoden. Then the Uruk-Hai broke through the wooden doors and the party of Men and Elves was riding out, through the attacking forces of evil, over the bridge leading from the Hornburg into the mass of the enemy army. It was a desperate move, bound to fail; Haldir knew that, but he felt the strength of the moment, the passion of the Men that seemed to consume him and he fought with the same urge and will they had. In the glance of a moment, he saw the same engagement and devotion in Legolas' face and for a split second, he somehow understood why the Prince of Mirkwood liked the presence of Men.

Haldir swung his sword, impaled an Uruk-Hai on one side of his horse, then beheaded another one on the other side. The creatures stumbled from the narrow bridge, fell to death and still there always seemed to be more to come. The battle had gone on for the whole night by now and Haldir knew they had reduced Sauron's army by a good many, but there were too many left to be defeated by their little mounted party. The hopelessness of their situation only seemed to fuel the fighting spirit of the Men and Haldir felt their energy jump over to him, motivate him, make him fight with all he had left. He heard himself scream as he sliced through the Orc next to him, then another one.

And then there was light. The sun was on the point of rising, there was a faint but growing glow in the east on top of the mountain, and in the middle of it was the stature of the white wizard on Shadowfax. Out of the eye, Haldir saw Aragorn still for a moment and only due to his sharp Elven hearing he noticed Aragorn's mumbled “Gandalf”. Relief flooded Haldir's heart at the sight of Mithrandir alive and he could not help a small smile come to his features. Then there appeared a warrior behind Gandalf and Haldir felt a shiver run down his spine when he heard a strong voice call for the Rohirrim Riders. Their rescue had finally arrived.


The story is too long to be posted at once, and it's not meant to be read in chapters, so here is the link to the whole thing in one piece:

http://freenet-homepage.de/nanuk_dain/Stories/Nanuk_Lotr_In-the-Course-of-Time.htm