She struggles as he holds her down trying to keep her silent.
"Shh! Orcs" he presses his hand firmly to her mouth. She gives up, seeing that won't hurt her at the moment. The orcs pass and he releases her. She stands up but his hand grabs her arm.
"Your not escaping this time. " an arrow flies into the tree trunk next to them. They look at each other and run. Orcs chase them as they run through the forest. Ariness stumbles and falls over a root. An orc catches her and drags her by her foot back to him. She screams. Legolas hears it and curses. But he races in her direction. The orc throes her over his shoulder and runs off with her. Legolas is so concentrated on finding her that he doesn't see the orc sneaking up behind him. He smacks the prince in the head and as the prince falls he picks him up.
Legolas awakens in a cage next to the elleth. She is silent and her hands were tied to the top of the cage. His too. She was gagged so he wasn't able to talk to her but he was also gagged. Two orcs came by and laughed at them. Legolas looked over at Ariness and she looks scared. Rain started to pour. He realized it only happened with her...something strange about that...
"Get the female filth..." And orc grunted and her eyes widened. The door opened and she was cut loose. She struggled to get away but they grabbed her and pulled her out. Ariness was taken to another cave where the gag was removed and she faced Azog.
"Who are you?" He grunted.
"I won't say..." She said meekly and he slapped her. She cried out in pain.
"Oh so pain is your weakness...we haven't found the princes yet..." He laughs.
"Torture her Untill she talks. " he commands another orc and it smiled. Ariness's eyes widen and she yells.
"No! Leave me alone!"
Legolas looks up as the rain pours down and the thunder mingles with her screams. He struggled with the ropes. He pushed the blade from his sleeve and cut the rope. Then Legolas ripped the gag off and slipped through the metal bars. He could hear her cries and knew she was being hurt. He sighed. As a prince he needed to save any one in danger- even if that person stabbed him. Legolas rushed in the cave and saw the poor girl hanging by her hands from the ceiling. He saw the cuts on her arms and looked at the furnace where a red hot iron was waiting to be pressed to the girl. He slipped behind her and cut her binds.
"You owe me..." He whispered as he gently lifted her down and carried her out of the cave and Into the forest. Legolas gently set her down but anger flared in his eyes.
"Who are you?!" He demanded.
"I told you before I won't say..." She said weakly.
"Why does every time I see you the storm starts... Storm...Ariness. Your name is Ariness isn't it?" He asked her and she didn't respond.
"You have been creating the storms with your emotions..." He gasped.
"You can't tell anyone! Please!" Ariness burst out. He looked at her. "Why should I spare you...you attacked and stabbed a prince..." He raised his hand.
"Where do you live..." And she didn't respond.
"Tell me... You owe me. I saved your life after all..." She shakes her head.
"Like I said before. I am not allowed to tell you. I am supposed to be locked into my room because of my power. It is dangerous. "She started to cry.
"Well you owe me since you also hurt me!" He snarled. He held up his hand and the dagger.
"And I am sorry you didn't listen to me for the first time. " she snapped back. What they didn't realize is that they had been cursed to hate each other since they were born. The only cure? Saving each other's life. Ariness ran off and Legolas chased after her. She ran into an abandoned house in the village and turned around when she reached the dead end. The prince locked the door and drew out two blades. His long blade daggers. She fumbled around for a dagger she had boughten earlier in the market. Ariness back up against the wall as he attacked. She dodged his attack easily. She backed up against the door that was locked thanks to the prince. The key was in his pocket and she need to get back to Rivendale before her father figures out she was missing.
"Surrender..." He snarls and she shakes her head.
"Give me the key and I will..." He smirks and shakes his head. The two circle each other and blades come down. The dagger swipes and a spark comes from the blades meeting. Ariness yelps as his blade cuts her. Her blood drips down her arm, as red as a crimson Apple. He looks pleased at her bloody arm. The elleth strikes and meets his blade again. More sparks and a bit of smoke.
"Give me the key!" She yells. He shakes his head again so Ariness cuts open his pocket allowing the key to slip out of it. It falls to the floor with a tingle. She eyes the key and goes in to grab it but avoids his blade. The key is swept around the floor as the two shuffle to keep it out of each others grasp. Finally Ariness cuts the prince's cheek he cried out and holds his hand to his wounded cheek.
"This was fun...next time you won't be so lucky..." She bows sarcastically and unlocks the door. Then Ariness runs out and fleets back to her room where, luckily her father has not come in yet... The elleth lays on the bed and pulls out her drawer to find bandages. She wraps her arm and pulls a long sleeve shirt on so her father wouldn't see it.
Back with the prince- he curses as he walks home, hand to his cheek to try to stop it from bleeding. In his right hand he has her cloak, another piece of evidence to show his father that this girl actually existed. He looks at it and realized that a pendant was caught in the hood. He smirked. Any one who could claim it was her.
Ariness hand went up to her neck which felt bear. She gasped. It was gone. She needed that! Every girl had a pendant called Elensar. Or star stone that allowed them to live forever but hers was special. It had a spell upon it to help her control her curse. She starts to cry.
Legolas walked around town the next day looking for any girl with out her pendant but all had them. He went home disapponted but wouldn't give up. He would search the whole kingdom and the next one if possible Untill he found this girl. He wanted revenge and he would get it. The fire inside him burned as he looked at the white pendant. He would find this girl.
