I shouldn't be posting this. I really shouldn't be. I don't even know where this is going... its just a random moment I came up with and wrote.

But I couldn't help it! LotR is my new obsession… I HAD to write something!

So anyways, just as a warning, I'm completely winging it here. But it'll work out. It's all good ;) (I hope)

Hope you enjoy!

R&R…? Please? (No flames please! I'm a very sensitive gal)

Luv Ya Bunches,

Live :D

"Red skies in morning, take heed, take warning…."

The sun rose red, as though there had been a great battle among the stars and blood had been spilled across the heavens. The plains were awash in vibrant scarlet light, yet the rolling hills were still full of the night's dark shadows.

Silhouetted against the horizon was a figure, appearing to be a tall, willowy young man, yet of strong build. He stood silent and unmoving, his arms at his sides, looking to the sky with bright eyes and a steady gaze.

Around the man were scattered dark shapes like large bundles, one human-sized, the rest smaller. As the sun continued in its slow progress upward and westward, the largest shape stirred, and soundlessly a man rose from beneath a thin blanket, cloak billowing around his robust frame. He joined the other, looking toward the coming day. The first did not acknowledge him, remaining still.

Long moments pass.

"What do you see?" There was hardly any substance to the man's voice; it was hardly more than a breath in the silence of the dawn.

There is another drawn-out pause before a reply is given. The first turns at last to his companion. "I see nothing out of the ordinary. And yet…" He trails of, returning his gaze to the sky.

"And yet…?"

"And yet, there is something in the air. Do you sense it?"

A hearty laugh rises in the throat of his comrade. "My good Elf, I am afraid I have not the foresight of your own fair race. Since, though, you have no foreboding words for me past the odd feel of the wind, we should awaken the others and set out."

The Elf allowed a soft smile, though he could not shake the strange sensation of the morning light. Before following his friend to take up once more their journey, he took one last glance at the blood-red dawn, which was already beginning to fade.

Something shall happen on the day that this dawn has brought. There is no doubt – this day shall be unlike any other.