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Strider frowned as he watched the dwarves enter the gates of Imladris, arriving three days later than they were meant to. However that was not what he was thinking of, a the dwarves, being dwarves, were expected to be late. Moving from the window, he made his way to Elrond's office. Knocking softly he opened the door slowly. Elrond was sitting at his desk, Gandalf the Grey opposite him. As he entered Elrond smiled at him.

"Ion nin, what can I do for you?" he asked kindly, however Strider did not miss the tiredness in his voice. Glancing at Gandalf, he quickly explained his problem.

"The Mirkwood elves have not arrived yet. They were meant to arrive two days ago. Ada, I think something's happened to Legolas."

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SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER

"Legolas do you hear that?" Beliel whispered to her friend as she rode up beside the Prince. Legolas frowned as he pulled his horse to a stop, signalling the six guards travelling with him to stop. As silence surrounded the elves, Legolas listened carefully.

"Orcs, they are behind us. I don't want to get involved in a fight, not with such a small group. We make haste for Imladris." He ordered, kicking his horse into a run, quickly followed by the others. Unfortunately five minutes later the horses were forced to stop by a large tree trunk and a large wall of rocks. Legolas cursed.

"It's an ambush! They knew we would come this way!" he jumped off his horse and drew his bow.

"Set up a formation, create a semi-circle, we need to protect each other!" he murmured, pulling out his bow. Several seconds later the sound of heavy footfalls filled the air. Every elf turned their eyes in the direction of the sound. Unfortunately none of them realised that the orcs were smarter than usual. As the orcs rounded the corner, several of their comrades emerged from the forest to either side of the elves. Cursing legolas let fly several arrows, only just noticing his friends doing the same. Two of them, a small, silent warrior and Beliel, pulled out knives and engaged in combat with the orcs to either side. However after a few minutes the rest of the warriors drew their knives as well and prepared for close combat.

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Legolas hissed as a scimitar nicked his arm. He quickly sliced the head off of the orc and spun to face the next one. The orc grinned and tried to stab Legolas through the chest. He spun out of the way and cleaved the orc in half from behind. When no more orcs attacked him, he turned again to survey the battle. What he saw horrified him. One of the elves was on the ground, an orc arrow through his chest. The others were all sporting injuries as well, several of them bleeding freely. More orcs were pouring out of the forest to join the fray, excited by the scent of blood. Legolas suddenly noticed the orcs were picking on Beliel, (most likely because she was an elleth) so he ran over to help. Unfortunately he didn't make it in time. Even as he watched an orc several metres away lined her up with an arrow. He screamed a warning and Beliel had only just enough time to spin around and see the arrow speeding towards her with deadly accuracy. She tried to move away but the arrow struck her in the chest, sending her flying. Legolas heard a yell and spun to see Beliel's cousin staring at her in horror. Legolas ran into the orcs, slicing and ducking as he went. He didn't notice the orc sneaking up behind him until a sharp pain ran through his head and everything turned black.

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