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Chapter 3

Haldir channeled all of his skill to fight against the men. Though deeply into the fight; all he could think about was Riah. He knew that she was well trained and could defend herself but he felt that he should not have left her alone. It had grown dark and though the night did not hinder the elves vision he could tell that the men were having trouble adjusting their eyes.

Haldir pulled his sword out of a man's torso as his brother, Rumil yelled out his name. Haldir looked towards him and he pointed to the boulder in the middle of the clearing. Haldir let out a sigh of relief when he saw Riah standing on top of the rock. She was covered in dirt and blood but it looked as though she wasn't hurt.

Haldir saw movement to the right of Riah and his heart sank, he knew the man that approached her and he was not a good man. Haldir began to fight his way frantically towards the boulder, motioning for his brothers to do the same. As Haldir watched the man come up behind Riah he yelled her name but it was no use; his voice could not be heard over the battle. Haldir was halfway to the boulder when he saw the man grab her from behind. The men began to see that Haldir was concentrating on something else and used it to their advantage and attacked him with even more ferocity as before. By the time Haldir was finally able to stand up he saw Riah on the ground with the man standing above her with a dagger drawn.

"No!!" Haldir yelled running towards the boulder. He was almost there when he saw Riah sit up quickly, knocking the man to the ground. Then he felt a strong wind all around them. Both elf and man stopped fighting to look towards the boulder as if somehow drawn to it.

Haldir stood at the foot of the boulder looking up at Riah. He was unable to move from the spot. He wanted desperately to jump up there and help her but something was holding him back. Then over the deafening wind Riah's scream pierced the air and in that same second the wind stopped. Haldir was snapped out of his daze only to realize that all of the men that had survived the battle thus far were lying on the ground unconscious. The elf wardens looked around in confusion wondering what had happened.

Then Haldir remembered that Riah was still on the boulder. With the agility of a cat he jumped onto the massive rock only to find no one there, but on the ground laid Riah's swords and a ring. The ring was a simple silver band and Haldir tried to remember if Riah had been wearing a ring earlier. His question was answered when he read the inscription on the inside of the ring. Written clearly were the words "Never Surrender". Haldir could think of no one else who fit these words better then Riah.

Haldir was pulled out of his thoughts by his brother Rumil yelling his name as he ran towards him. Haldir quickly placed the ring on his pinky finger so he could return it to Riah.

"Haldir, she was taken. I saw him; I don't understand I thought he was gone with Krystos."

"I know it doesn't make sense, but now we know that Riah is involved in all of this some how. Did you see which way they went?"

"Therein lies the problem brother, they disappeared into thin air. One second they were there and the next they were not."

"We must go to the lady and seek her counsel, and warn her that once again Dansyl haunts Middle Earth."

Haldir and his brothers ran as fast as they could to the heart of the city, they knew that in the hands of Dansyl Riah was in great danger and they could spare no time. All that Haldir could think of was Riah and her safety and how amazing it was that she summoned the wind to end the battle.

"Look how he concentrates on her so." Haldir's brother Rumil said to his other brother Orophin.

"Yes, he has become so attached to her in such a short amount of time." Orophin answered.

Rumil hid a smirk from Haldir as they ran, "I pity Dansyl if he harms Riah, for he will feel the wrath of our March Warden."

"Galadriel!! Stay behind me!!" Celeborn yelled. Somehow during the battle ten men were able to get past the elves and had made their way into the city. They were now closing in on Celeborn and Galadriel intent on murder.

"You dare come into this land and threaten my wife and me?" Celeborn called to the men with a dark glitter in his eye. He un sheathed his sword as the men began to circle around him. The first man came at Celeborn and he blocked him with ease, the all at once the men ran at him. Though Celeborn was an expert swordsman these men were remarkably trained. Nevertheless Celeborn fought with all his might he fury growing stronger every second.

Galadriel watched as her husband fought the men, she wanted desperately to help him and was about to do just that when she saw that five men had pulled away from the group and were now stalking towards her with malice in their eyes. One man slowly pulled a long dagger out of his cloak as an evil grin came across his face. Galadriel stayed quiet not wanting to distract Celeborn, but slowly raised her hand to the table that she was standing by and found the long curved sword that Celeborn had gifted to her many years ago. She had never raised the sword in defense but that was all about to change.