The Nightmare In Mid Lane Poem

The following is the poem "The Nightmare In Mid Lane" written by Andrew Mittelstaedt. You can watch the video it was written for in the following link.

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The Nightmare In Mid Lane
By Andrew Mittelstaedt

Twas a long time ago, in a place long forgotten,
In a world that is not visited all too often.
For in this land there is a tale to be told
And with it, a great lesson, to unfold.
Now come with me through this old beaten door.
To where legends gather, to settle a war.

For two kingdoms in this world stand tall and proud,
Both very different, thus a conflict was found.
One known as Demacia, ruled with justice and fear
And old Noxus, whose motives were quite unclear.
But during these two feuds, a great disaster took place
When a jungler took over the mid lane by mistake.

It was late one night in the land of Noxus
And in the sky the moon was shining full and bright
A scarecrow sat alone that clear autumn night
He looked old, quite ridged, and a bit frail
Fiddlesticks was his name, whom this story entails.

He was tall and thin with a frame made of sticks
With a face, like a bag, sown with many fabrics.
His eyes glowed green as the lantern surrounded by moths
And he wore an old torn robe, made of sackcloth
Fiddle was growing old of the same old sights
Tired of it all, he proclaimed to the night.

“I’m sick of the ganks, the creeps, and the jungle
I’m tired of being the best of the bundle
I’m bored of only using my drain and my smite
And I’m weary of causing the laners such terrible fright!
I’m don’t like my life farming here in the wood
While a void grows in my heart, I cant fill if I could!”

While the scarecrow declared all that he crave
A little figure peeked her head from behind a grave
She was thin and soft with bright glowing eyes
Wearing a self-stitched dress, too small for her size.
With a purple skirt that ended with a twist and a twirl
Orianna was her name, the clockwork girl.

She watched Fiddlesticks with great disbelief
It saddened her to see him in such grief.
She laid her head against the cold stone tomb
As she watched Fiddle, the harbinger of doom.
You see now, he was the only friend Ori had
And he never noticed her, which made her quite sad.

Some time ago at Noxus, a season or two
Orianna came to the old town to find something new.
She was very different from those in this land
Yet felt at home in the city owned by monster and man.
Ori felt wrong by the sights and was to leave without a sound.
When she met dear Fiddlesticks, who gladly showed her around.

Fid led her the castle that housed all its leaders
He took her to museums and the great Noxus theater
The crypts and the homes where the unliving stayed
And last the old dark park, where the residents played.
Because she was seen with Fiddlesticks all through the zone
The people of Noxus accepted her as one of their own.

Ori would forever hold that scarecrow in high esteem.
For he showed her what it was like to live in a dream.
Though she still knew she was different from all of the rest
That she was just a robot girl, not of the best.
She didn’t belong with being a friend of this doom
And if they growing very close, others would find out too soon.

Keeping her distance from the old dread king
She watched as he sang in the night with a harmonic scream
“I’m tired of my life’s work and all that it takes,
Of being held back by my talents and by the steaks,
I can’t find what my heart desires with all of my might!”
He moaned as he walked off into the night.

After he left, Ori tried to stand to her feet
But she could not for she felt too weak.
Instead she only pushed herself up to a kneel
And for the first time in her life she began to feel.
After seeing her love’s pain to be yelled to the sky
She rested her head back on the cold tomb
and for the first time a robot began to cry.


Fiddlestick walked and wandered lost in deep thought
Thinking of his life and all that he fought
All night until morning he was lost in his mind
Until he realized that he’d left the Twisted Treeline.
He looked around completely lost and felt a deep chill
So to find his way home, he climbed up a hill.
When he got to the top he looked with great awe
For in the distance he saw a giant wall.

Within the gates was something like a field
with many giant stone statues, each holding a shield
there were three great paths over a river’s drift
with a magical sign in the front reading “Summoner’s Rift”
After taking a second to gather his senses
Fid raced off to see this new place in the distance.

Making sure not to be seen, the scarecrow hurried
And entered the rift behind a snowy flurry.
The scarecrow hid himself inside a small brush
From which he could see something that gave him a rush
In front of him, no more than a block or so
He saw a figure walking through the snow
Fiddle sticks gazed at the thing off in the distance
And held himself back with all his resistance.

A large being, half crab and half man
Upon four metal legs he did stand.
With a cannon in hand and the other a saw
Forward the creature began to crawl.
Fiddlesticks recognized the man he had sought
For it was none other, then the might Urgot.

Staying silent, Fid sat far out of sight
As lord Urgot fought a very strange fight
He couldn’t move as if he was in a stun
And watched in amazement at what was being done
After the battle Fiddlestick ran back to the Noxus plain
To tell his friends the tale he saw in Middle Lane.

Back at home, everyone gathered around
To hear about the place that Fiddle had found
He told them of the rift and all that took place
And that battle that Lord Urgot had to face.
He told them of minions, items, and stages
The difference between fighters and mages.
They all stood in amazement of the tale prepared
Well, expect for Orianna who looked rather scared.

After they left Ori tried to talk to Fiddle
She felt better now that they were alone, just a little.
“Fiddlesticks, I’ve never seen you so bright
Could this place really have brought you so much delight?
Surely Noxus has everything that you need
And perhaps what you want you can easily see?”

Fid stopped and thought for a short while
Until his face lite up with a smile
He grabbed Ori’s hand which gave her a startle
Could this be the moment she would always movle?
“My friend you are rather correct!
My life has been in a complete misdirect!
I am the king of all doom, I cannot be stopped
So I should go to the rift and take Urgot’s spot!”

Orianna stood in complete utter fear
This was the opposite of what she wanted to hear.
In her chest her heart began to ache
So she tried to speak to correct this mistake.
But, she stopped when she saw Fid had such a thrill
And he left off her hand as she stood very still
And thanked Orianna for opening the door
She had shown him the task he had been longing for.

Orianna stood as Fiddle rushed back to his fields
She fell to her knees under all the weight she had wield.
Not only did she not tell Fid how she felt
(Enough which made her heart want to melt)
But he was heading to be killed off in a war!
So she just sat there the entire night on the floor



The very next morning Fid called back on his peers
And told him of his plan and asked for volunteers
He would prepare himself to take the Mid Lane
But first they must get Urgot out of the frame
Just as he asked for someone to take up this task,
Three figures stepped forward all wearing a mask.
Two were short, the other quite tall
The oddest bundle anyone had ever saw.
“It would be our honor to serve you fine.”
Said Caitlyn, Teemo, and Tristana at the same time

Now these three were known for being quite odd
Known in Domacia as some of the biggest frauds
They seemed to fit in rather well under their masks.
So Fiddlestick allowed them to take up the task.
With a laugh and a giggle the three left the scene
And headed to their hideout deep in the green.
There they devised quite an evil plan
On how they would catch the big metal crab man.

Now the rest of Noxus all worked hard together
To prepare Fid for his great endeavor
Morgana the fallen, prepared him his potions
And the Great Swain, showed him magical motions
Vladamir showed the scarecrow how to be a good farmer
And Orianna took the task of making his armor.
Although she did not agree with Fid’s coming fight
She still didn’t have the heart to deny him his right

Now back at the rift, Urgot was fighting some creeps
When he heard a loud terrible scream.
He looked at a bush came a small groan
Urgot thinking that he was all alone
Walked into the bush and stopped by a loud snap.
He stood in shock- he knew it was a trap!
Urgot tried to get out of its track
Until three little figures shoved him into a sack.
Urgot was brought back feeling very ashamed
Where he was presented to Fiddlesticks, who proclaimed
“Urgot, your time in the rift has come to a close
You are no longer needed for your damage or slows
It is I who will now take over Mid Lane
Please, do not worry dear Urgot, for I am well trained.”

Fiddlesticks left as the crowd gave off a cheer
Orianna watched him leave and she cried out a tear.
He had left and she could no longer stop him
Knowing what would happen make her quite grim
She could not just let him walk off to his death
So she had to think of a plan, to save his last breath.

Now Urgot was thrown into a strange room
With heavy stone walls, much like a tomb
He struggled to get out of his shackles
When in the darkness, he heard a loud cackle.
From the shadows stepped forward some men
Wielding differnt large weapons to slash and rend
Urgot recognized them as no feeders
But Garen, Javen, and Lux, the Domicia leaders.

Garen stepped forward at Teemo, Cait and Trist
And said to them while holding a fist
“Very well done, my three little friends
You did exactly what we did intend
Now go back to Noxus, we no longer have use
And hurry as we set up a noose.”

The three scoudrels looked at one another quite confused
And Cait stepped forward feeling rather abused
“But Garen,” she said with anger in her eyes,
This wasn’t the plan, that you had comprised!”
“You told us that if we helped you we could go back
To Domacia, were our homes are at!”

With a laugh Garen answered “How absurd!
Do you really think we would hold to our word?
“With Urgot gone and out of the way
Noxus will fall this very day!
Now leave us you traitors we have no time
To deal with you or prepare to die.”

Knowing they were out-matched, the three ran
All the way back to Noxus’ land
Then they saw that they where too late
For the Domacian army was nearing the gates.

With a laugh and a joke Garen pulled Urgot near
“Listen now closely, I want you to hear
With you and Fiddle, Noxus’ best,
Out of the way, we can deal with the rest.
Don’t worry, dear Urgot, Fid will soon be adrift
For we have a surprise waiting for him at the rift.”

Deep in Noxus there was a panic.
Many people ran past Ori being quite frantic
As they prepared for war a summoner appeared
And told Orianna just what she feared.
“For years we had tried to hold back this war
But our magics have become too weak and too sore
We made a deal with each city’s master
That the winner at the rift would decide this disaster.”

The mage turned and looked toward the ground
And told her the rest of what he had found
“Each side is confident that their team will win
But I fear for Noxus, it looks quite grim.
If Domicia wins at the rift’s fight nearing
They may attack Noxus, without our interfering
But if Noxus somehow goes on the winning path
Domica will pull back or face the summoner’s wrath.”

And just as he came he then disappeared.
Ori know that the end could be near.
She pulled out a cloth and with a long piece of thread
Quickly she sowed a note for aid that pled
She called up to a crow from the old graveyard.
And told it that the letter was for Fiddle, whom it regard.
The bird flew off with a call and a yelp
Orianna ran to find Urgot to ask him for help.

Back at Summoner’s rift, Fid prepared for the fight
Trying to remember his spells he learned to resight
As he prepared himself at the empty Mid Lane
He saw a distant crow fly above the game.
It flew down looking badly beaten
With a note it had lodged in its beak.
Fiddlestick took the note and tucked it away
Not wanting to be distracted from his big day.

Just then as the moon began to dawn
A ghostly whisper was heard “Minions have spawned!”
With a stretch and a laugh Fid danced to his spot
And he did exactly what he had been taught
But Fid was still very misinformed
And he had no idea what he was in for.
As the minions all met in the roads mid
Ashe the Archer, arrive and saw Fid.
Although she expected the one known as Urgot
Her job for her team she had never forgot.


It Twas the Nightmare in Mid Lane and all my sight
All the creatures were in battle, all in a fight
With a scarecrow dancing as he focused on a last hit
Would soon feel true pain from a terrible crit.
When Fid least expected, Ashe drew back her bow
She aimed at his heart, but stuck him a bit to low

With a gasp of pure shock, Fid grabbed at his chest
He feel to his knees, needing to rest
Ashe saw her chance to take over the lane
She darted forward and prepared for his drain
But he did not even shoot out a spell
He was not prepared to be attacked -all was going to hell!

Instead he tried to ran back away
But Ashe continued to shoot arrows at him that made him stay
Fiddle rushed past his tower gasping for air
He arrived to a grave that would be safe and fair
Fiddlestick looked to the sky feeling quite harrowed
Until he was hit by a well guided arrow.

Fid fell to his back, knowing he’d failed
But what would this lose truly entail?
Over the treetops, he could see the towers explode
Up to the Nexus, which then did implode.

He knew his life was over, so he reached at his side
And pulled out that old letter he intended to hide
The note was from Orianna, the best friend he had
And within it had a message that made Fid more sad
It was a cry for help, the fate of his home was on the line
If he lost at the rift, Noxus would fall, and at the end was a sign
From that young clockwork girl he never listened
So he looked up at the stars as they began to glisen
Thinking of all he had let down he just watched the sky
And there on that tomb stone, he began to cry
He held that old note up to his broken crest
And gave his last with his dying breath

As the scarecrow’s body lay on the old grave
Two floating beings watched from a nearby cave
The first an old man with mad hair and a long flowing beard
Holding a broken clock, that was reverse geared.
And the other was as beautiful as the man was old
She wore a blue dress and held a harp made of gold
Around them magic sparked in a magnificent aura
And their names were no other then Zilean and Sona.

Sona’s voice chimed, though her lips didn’t move
“How could we let this happen, now Noxus is doomed.
We were supposed to make sure peace stayed in this land
And now time grows short, like an hourglass with little sand
We must stop what is about to take place!”
Zilean replyed not impressed by her grace
“My dear girl, we are not to decide
What time has in stored for those who resided.
The Noxus hero has fallen, he is no more.
Now we must prepared for the consequence that are in store.”

But just then Sona gave Zilean a pitiful look
And with all of his power he had it took
Shaking his head saying this is the last time
That he would interfere for, it felt like a crime.
He took his clock, and spun it around
Until from the corpse of Fiddlesticks, a breath did sound.

He sat up and looked at the cave
To see whom he had to thank for being saved.
But no one was there, it was just empty and black
And on that old tomb, Fiddlesticks just sat.
Realizing he had a second chance to set things right
He pushed himself to his feet, and ran back to Noxus
With all his might.

Fid charged over the hill where he first discovered the rift
Not even looking back for his mind was adrift.
He ran through the treeline following the old winding path
Trying to forget all he had done and regretting the aftermath
Pushing onward for hours, hoping he would be back in time
Worried of what happened to his home and what he would find.

Back with Urgot, the Democians toyed
Taunting and laughing of how Noxus was being destroyed.
Just as Lux was to going to say another jeer
She was interrupted by a close thrown sharp gear.
With a thud, the weapon pinned against the wall.
The Domacians grabbed their weapons and stood together tall.
Not a beast or a man came from shadows of the room
But Orianna hobbled into the tomb.

She looked around nervously, shaking a bit
But held her ground, and did not to submit
“Caitlyn and the Yordles, told me of this spot
Now lay down your weapons, I’ve come to free Urgot!”

Another laugh burst from the three Domicains men
And they asked her what it was that she did intend?
Fid was dead, there’s nothing left to say
And Noxus would be theirs within the next day.
Orianna tried to ignore them and to look somewhat strong
But she knew what was going to happen and they couldn’t be wrong.

Tears filled her eyes and she tried to fight back
But all the Domicans did was let out a laugh
Now they yelled and taunted how her efforts where in vain
And about how her friend had just been slain
With crude remarks about how she inferred,
that the great one known as Fiddle could have ever loved her.

Now Orianna slumped to her knees
As the others continued to mock and to tease
With her hands held to her eyes, a miracle she did pray
Lost in her a trans Garven held up his blade.
He said she had delayed for far too long
And swung his sword at her neck as she whispered her favorite song.

With her eyes closed she sat completely still
She wondered if this was what it was like to have been killed.
She opened her eyes to see a sight to be restored
The one known as Fiddlesticks held back Garen’s sword.
Garen, Javen, and Lux all backed up to the wall.
As Fiddlesticks, Orianna, and Urgot all stood tall.
“Your suppose to be dead!” Yelled Lux filled with rage.
“I know.” Smirked Fid, and he ran with his scythe to engage.

The six all met in a fight unlike they ever expected
The loud sound of sword on blade was heard as they connected
Working together the heroes all fought.
For the future of their lands was all that they sought.
After a couple minutes, the Domacians where thrown to the ground
And they looked up at Fid, Urgot and Orianna, not making a sound.

Garen mocked them again once more,
“You don’t have the heart to end this war!”
Fiddlesticks filled with rage remember how Orianna was brought to tears.
He looked at them dead in the eyes and said “No, I’ll show you the true meaning of FEAR!”
Just as his words ended, he cast a spell
That gave the Domicans such terror, as if they were in hell.

After it was done, the three walked out from that room.
While the three Domcians where lost in doom.
They looked over at Noxus, that had taken a beating
But off in the horizon, The Domecian army was retreating!

They went back to their homes and were welcomed by their peers
They had saved Noxus, as the town gave out a loud cheer!
While everyone was celebrating, Fid felt like something was gone.
So he looked at the old gates, to see Orianna walked off toward the dawn.


The clock work girl walked to the top of that old hill
Where Fiddlesticks before stood once before looking for a new thrill.
She sat down and looked at the rising sun
Thinking to herself how Noxus had finally won.
As she sat dreaming of what would happen next in her life
A familiar voice said behind her “My dear Orianna, would you be my wife?”

She stood up slowly and turned around
As Fiddlesticks made his way up the old mound.
“My dearest friend, we’ve been apart for too long.
Now please join me, in this song.”
Fid said looked at Orianna’s glowing eyes
And together their song did rise.
They met on the top that old hill they had missed
And together that scarecrow and robot shared true love’s first kiss.

To be together forever, they could be their own team.
And Fiddlesticks and Orianna no longer had to dream.


~Andrew Mittelstaedt

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By popular demand from my YouTube page, here is the written Fine Cut of the poem. It got edited one more time for the final video afterwards. Please read the youtube video description and watch the reply videos for more information about the project!

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