Chapter 1: Escape from Gondolin
*Tolkien owns all places and charcters
Gossip swept across the city like a burning fire. The human brothers Hour and Hurin were going to be released and set free. Once Sinal had heard of this she thought that meant she could leave the city. She waited for the news that everyone could come and go as they pleased, but it never came. Several days passed and she knew that if she were going to escape the city she would have to do it soon. "Darenth" Sinal called throughout the house "Darenth where are you?" "I am here mother," Darenth answered. And stepped out of his room. He was about 5' 6" with blue eyes and golden hair. He had a sword slung around his waist that was long enough to touch the floor when he walked. He was only 15 but had been trained from birth with a sword and bow. "Darenth.Get your clothes together." Sinal told him with a concerned look on her face. "But mother why?" Darenth asked curiously. "We are leaving, Darenth," She said bluntly. Darenth went to speak again but Sinal cut him off in mid-word. "We are going to leave this place. And go to the north to a place called Fel-Dunel it means the hidden wood." "The hidden wood? The only time I ever heard that name was when-" Sinal cut him off once again "When your father was alive. Yes I know he had the instructions of how to get there hidden on a scroll." She held the piece of paper out to Darenth as a small smile crept across her face. "Where did you find this!"? Darenth exclaimed. "Your father had it hidden in the sheath of his sword." She explained. "But mother." Darenth said only to be cut off by his mother. "Get your things we will leave in a hour."
Night crept over the city slower than any night before. Sinal stood in a long dark cloak outside her house with her son Darenth. The both looked at the sun as at set over the mountains that surrounded there soon to be former home. Sinal walked across the street and behind a tall house where they met several people in cloaks. "Wait here Darenth." Sinal walked up to the cloaked men and talked with them. Several minutes passed and she handed on of them a bag of gold. The man stepped aside revealing a hole someone had dug threw the rock. "Right through there." Sinal nodded to the man and turned back to Darenth. "Come on this way" She motioned towards the crack. "Here goes nothing." Darenth quietly thought to himself. He squeezed through the hole with little trouble and his mother followed. They crept through tunnel after tunnel. Pieces of discarded tools were all over the ground. The silence of the tunnel was filled with a thump as Darenth tripped over a bundle of rope. Darenth quickly recovered back onto all fours grabbed the rope and threw it around himself and began to crawl again. He could hear his mother snickering behind him. The stench of dead air lightened and Darenth knew this tunnel was almost to its end. "We are almost there mother." Darenth whispered. Sinal nodded back to him. "A dead end?" Darenth whispered to his mother. "No it is not a real wall only meant to look like it." Darenth nodded and hit the wall with his fist and watched it crumble around his hand. "We are out!" Darenth exclaimed. "Yes.we are." Sinal said with a sigh of relief. Darenth looked up at the sky it was orange when they left now only darkness could be seen. "Come Darenth we must hurry we must make it across the river Sirion before day break." Sinal exclaimed as she began to run to the west.
This is a bad idea Darenth thought. The night sky was still as dark as when they had left that dank tunnel and they were still rushing. They had run all night to reach the river Sirion and they were finally here. Now they were tying some logs together with the rope Darenth had found in the tunnel. "There, all done." Sinal exclaimed. Darenth looked the raft up and down. That thing couldn't float on a puddle much less Sirion. "Give me a hand!" Sinal said as she dragged the raft out to the river. Darenth threw his pack and his sword onto it and grabbed the raft. "Good idea." Sinal said tossing her pack onto the raft. They put the raft into the stream and it stayed a float. "I stand corrected," Darenth muttered. They both hoped on the raft and Darenth grabbed a pole and pushed the raft around the rocks. "Careful." Sinal cautioned. "Yes mother." Darenth pushed the raft until they were halfway out into the river. Then he heard a splash in the air as a strong current slammed them against the rocks. Darenth turned to see his mother was gone. "MOTHER!" Darenth shouted but no answer came. He dove in and swam around the raft but saw no one. The sky was still pitch black. He pulled himself back up onto the raft and finished pushing the raft across the river. Darenth got off the raft and grabbed the packs and his sword. He looked back at the river. The sun was beginning to rise and he was getting ready to fall. He began to walk north until he found a spot where the rocks coved in. He threw the packs into the cove and shut his eyes. Tears began to dance down his cheeks he tried to keep the idea out of his head. He held the scroll of the location of the city in his hand and quietly drifted off to sleep.
Gossip swept across the city like a burning fire. The human brothers Hour and Hurin were going to be released and set free. Once Sinal had heard of this she thought that meant she could leave the city. She waited for the news that everyone could come and go as they pleased, but it never came. Several days passed and she knew that if she were going to escape the city she would have to do it soon. "Darenth" Sinal called throughout the house "Darenth where are you?" "I am here mother," Darenth answered. And stepped out of his room. He was about 5' 6" with blue eyes and golden hair. He had a sword slung around his waist that was long enough to touch the floor when he walked. He was only 15 but had been trained from birth with a sword and bow. "Darenth.Get your clothes together." Sinal told him with a concerned look on her face. "But mother why?" Darenth asked curiously. "We are leaving, Darenth," She said bluntly. Darenth went to speak again but Sinal cut him off in mid-word. "We are going to leave this place. And go to the north to a place called Fel-Dunel it means the hidden wood." "The hidden wood? The only time I ever heard that name was when-" Sinal cut him off once again "When your father was alive. Yes I know he had the instructions of how to get there hidden on a scroll." She held the piece of paper out to Darenth as a small smile crept across her face. "Where did you find this!"? Darenth exclaimed. "Your father had it hidden in the sheath of his sword." She explained. "But mother." Darenth said only to be cut off by his mother. "Get your things we will leave in a hour."
Night crept over the city slower than any night before. Sinal stood in a long dark cloak outside her house with her son Darenth. The both looked at the sun as at set over the mountains that surrounded there soon to be former home. Sinal walked across the street and behind a tall house where they met several people in cloaks. "Wait here Darenth." Sinal walked up to the cloaked men and talked with them. Several minutes passed and she handed on of them a bag of gold. The man stepped aside revealing a hole someone had dug threw the rock. "Right through there." Sinal nodded to the man and turned back to Darenth. "Come on this way" She motioned towards the crack. "Here goes nothing." Darenth quietly thought to himself. He squeezed through the hole with little trouble and his mother followed. They crept through tunnel after tunnel. Pieces of discarded tools were all over the ground. The silence of the tunnel was filled with a thump as Darenth tripped over a bundle of rope. Darenth quickly recovered back onto all fours grabbed the rope and threw it around himself and began to crawl again. He could hear his mother snickering behind him. The stench of dead air lightened and Darenth knew this tunnel was almost to its end. "We are almost there mother." Darenth whispered. Sinal nodded back to him. "A dead end?" Darenth whispered to his mother. "No it is not a real wall only meant to look like it." Darenth nodded and hit the wall with his fist and watched it crumble around his hand. "We are out!" Darenth exclaimed. "Yes.we are." Sinal said with a sigh of relief. Darenth looked up at the sky it was orange when they left now only darkness could be seen. "Come Darenth we must hurry we must make it across the river Sirion before day break." Sinal exclaimed as she began to run to the west.
This is a bad idea Darenth thought. The night sky was still as dark as when they had left that dank tunnel and they were still rushing. They had run all night to reach the river Sirion and they were finally here. Now they were tying some logs together with the rope Darenth had found in the tunnel. "There, all done." Sinal exclaimed. Darenth looked the raft up and down. That thing couldn't float on a puddle much less Sirion. "Give me a hand!" Sinal said as she dragged the raft out to the river. Darenth threw his pack and his sword onto it and grabbed the raft. "Good idea." Sinal said tossing her pack onto the raft. They put the raft into the stream and it stayed a float. "I stand corrected," Darenth muttered. They both hoped on the raft and Darenth grabbed a pole and pushed the raft around the rocks. "Careful." Sinal cautioned. "Yes mother." Darenth pushed the raft until they were halfway out into the river. Then he heard a splash in the air as a strong current slammed them against the rocks. Darenth turned to see his mother was gone. "MOTHER!" Darenth shouted but no answer came. He dove in and swam around the raft but saw no one. The sky was still pitch black. He pulled himself back up onto the raft and finished pushing the raft across the river. Darenth got off the raft and grabbed the packs and his sword. He looked back at the river. The sun was beginning to rise and he was getting ready to fall. He began to walk north until he found a spot where the rocks coved in. He threw the packs into the cove and shut his eyes. Tears began to dance down his cheeks he tried to keep the idea out of his head. He held the scroll of the location of the city in his hand and quietly drifted off to sleep.