"Sometimes the brightest moments end in darkness"
Silently three cloaked figures winded their way through the forest. One drew their sword with the slightest singing as they came to a halt at a grouping of rocks, the sword was almost as tall as it's wielder, but most would so it as a very short, short sword.
His companions bore two identical bows and quivers. With these they drew and notched identical arrows, making no sound except for the slight groaning of their bows as the wood was stretched.
"Dartho tovon cár ú no tirio," muttered one of the archers, "Ir min naro le na noro, noro, cár ú cost mín."
"Im heni gwador" replied the swordsman.
Below the hooded trio, stood two beautiful bucks, unaware of their danger and imminent end, they continue to graze in peace.
Without any perceivable command, the twin bows sang in perfect unison. Both bucks fell instantly, but one, not instantly killed, still tried to regain its feet. The swordsman jumped down from his perch and ended the poor beast suffering only moments after the arrow had struck its chest.
"Ro, El! Did you see? Did you see it? I felled it, I did!" yelled the young man, forsaking the quiet of the forest with his joy.
"Yes Estel, we saw, you're a real hunter now gwador nin" Smiled Elrohir, removing his hood, allowing his long, raven hair to flow free again, and moving to his younger brothers side.
Elladan removed his hood as well, but checked on their catch before moving to his twin's side. "Good job Estel, Ada will be very pleased", commented Elladan.
"I think that is enough of a hunting trip for us, we should return home, I'm sure Ada is already pulling hairs out in worry", laughed Elrohir, the others joining in on the joke on their father
"It's almost midday, we can make it half-way home before nightfall, Ada can wait another night for us I think," stated Elladan as he eyed the clear blue skies above, "Estel can you down to the river and grab the horses for us?"
"Of course gwador" replied Estel, as he ran off to get their horses
As the twins finished preparing their catch for traveling, they noticed that neither Estel, nor the horses had returned, "He should be back by now gwador, I'm beginning to worry" Elrohir broke the silence between the brothers, Elladan nodded his agreement not trusting his voice, "I think we should go find him"
The twins set off after their younger brother and began to follow the well hidden trail left by the boy until the came to a ledge where the tracks changed. Elladan bent down and took in every detail the earth had to tell him, when he looked up his face was grim, worry filled his ageless eyes, "Estel is being tracked gwador", he paused for a moment and drew a deep breath, "By orcs"
At the mention of the foul creatures and his brother in the same sentence, Elrohir stiffened and faced his brother, fear and worry clouding his eyes, "We must fly gwador, I cannot bear the thought that one so young is brought to fight or" Elrohir's voice faltered at this point, breathing another, rattled breath, "or, worse"
Nothing more had to be said between the twins, they lost their mother to orcs, and they were not going to lose their brother too. With that, they set off after the new tracks, moving silently as the wind, leaving almost no trace of their presence on the earth
Translations: (sorry if my grammar is wrong, any corrections are welcome)
Dartho tovon cár ú no tirio:
Stay Low, do not be seen (looked at)
Ir min naro le na noro, noro, cár ú cost mín:
When we tell you to run, run, do not quarrel with us
Im heni gwador:
I understand brother
