Hey guys, this chapter is dedicated to Velvet Nights and Satin Skies, I just want to say thank you so much :) I changed the story to past tense because I found it fit. And from now on stories will now be at least 2000 words long :) Btw, Eldarion's POV is just a filler and is the slightly less exciting part of the story so some of you may want to skip it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings (or do I?)
Eladrion's POV
I still remember that day. I was eight and so excited, do you know why? Of course not, I will tell you. Elly and I managed to escape our tutors. Of course, we always do that so it isn't the exciting part. The exciting part is that yesterday Ada showed me some secret passages out of the city and that day I was going to use it with Elly for the first time!
"Where are we going?" asked Elly. She sounded a bit nervous but at the same time kinda excited. I told Elly that we would be going to a pond where my Ada took me last time, it was outside the big white city though, so we had to be quiet as we walked through the passages.
Once we were outside Elly and I ran as fast as we could toward the forest, inside the forest there was a pond, our adas always brought us there. Elly and I would go there a swim a bit. What we didn't know was that there were bad men following us. We had only just reached the nice pond when bad men jumped on Elly and me. I started struggling
when they tried to tie and gag me. I kicked the man holding me in-between the legs and then I ran to help Elly. But there was a third man and he used his knife to cut my leg so I couldn't run away, he picked me up and was about to put me in the caravan thing when Elly started screaming, apparently the bad man had cut her. I was dropped on the ground, but before I could move the man whacked me on the head and everything went black.
Legolas' POV
It was high noon when we were finally assembled at the gates, Leana, Estel and myself were charged with rescuing Eldarion and Elewyn. Faramir was to stay behind to rule Minas Tirith and take care of the women. Typically he protested, I smiled to myself, Aragorn had spent half an hour explaining over and over again why he would be a better person to go than Faramir and "Yes, Mellon-nin I know you are worried but who will rule and take care of the women?". And once we were done with the royal family we were once again hindered by the guards. Finally Leana served a good purpose. After 10 minutes of heated arguing that Aragorn was clearly losing, she turned to me and asked too softly for mortals to hear, "How much do these mortals know?"
"Some of these mortals know more about us than others but they aren't that well informed" I said mirroring her hushed tone.
"Well then," replied Leana raising her voice,"Do you know who I am?" When the guards shook their heads warily she smiled slyly and continued, "Well then, I am Leana from Rivendell, do you know who my father is? Of course not, he was-and still is-one of the greatest spell casters ever to live."
"Pardon me, milady but I thought-"
"You thought that elves can't cast spells, most can't but some can, do you want me to try it out?" noting the terrified looks of the royal guard Leana continued, "No? Good, you made a wise choice, now let us through!"
"But it is our sworn duty to prote-"
Leana drew a knife and threw it on the ground and began chanting in Quenya. The gaurds looked horrified and unsure of what she was going to do, quickly I picked up on what she was doing. "If you do not let us leave, you will all turn into toads, how will you protect the king then?" I asked in a menacing voice.
"But-" One of the guards began again, oh valar, their loyalty at a time like this was very annoying.
"It's ok, Amin, just let us go, I will be safe."
Sighing in defeat the guard stepped back and allowed us to proceed, I picked up Leana's knife and gave it back to the now beaming elf.
Once outside Minas Tirith Aragorn turned to the two of us with a stern look on his face, "You know, I don't approve of you terrorising my guard like that."
Leana's grin grew even wider, which I did not think possible, and she burst out laughing, "B-But we managed to get...get them-them out of the-the w-way right? Silly mortals!" she managed to choke out.
Although I made no sign of it, I myself was pretty amused at the mortals gullibility and their high opinion of the first born. As it was, all I did was snort and start running, for we had decided that horses were too noisy. The other two soon got the message and followed. I was about to run into the forest but Aragorn said "This way, the children would often play here." And so I veered to a ninety degree angle and pounded toward the hidden glade, what I saw made me freeze in my tracks.
Blood, bright crimson blood was spattered across the grass in the glade. "No," said Leana, "No, there's s-so much!"
"Aye," replied Aragorn, "it is with a heavy heart that I say this but, but the blood is both elven and mortal meaning-"
"Eldarion and Elestelle, they were here and they may be dead."
Aragorn fell to his knees and screamed, the scream of a distraught man who knew not what to do. Legolas covered his ears at such a scream but Leana had more self-control, she stepped forward and placed a comforting hand on Aragorn's shoulder.
Gaining control over himself, Aragorn started to inspect the glade, saying, "No, I refuse to believe, it they cant be" He hoped that he would find some leads as to the children's whereabouts. I started circling on the opposite end hoping to search faster. Leana, instead of helping simply sat on the ground and closed her eyes.
I was enraged at her behaviour, what was she doing slacking of at a moment like this. Hadn't she just shown sympathy and support, and now she didn't care. I stopped searching and advanced upon her, determined to get my answer.
Leana's POV
As I closed my eyes I probed my mind outward, where were the two keys? Where? In the back of my conscious mind I registered Legolas slowly advancing toward me. Hurry, hurry. I urged myself, throwing my consciousness forward with reckless disregard, just as I was about to draw it in I sensed them. Abruptly I stood up, shocking poor Legolas who was most likely about to slap me. I smiled to myself, children of Eru, all hilarious.
"You speak as if you are not one of them." said Legolas, shoot I hadn't realized I had said the last part out loud.
"Well," I retorted, "I was merely viewing things from a third person view! Anyway, don't argue with me, I know where they are."
"What how, all you did was sit there!" came Legola's and Aragorn's shocked and enraged voices.
"I spoke with the trees, north-east but they are traveling fast, we must make haste."
Silently praying that if Legolas did think to confirm my story with the trees, they would lie for me. I loped off in the direction I knew the two keys had been taken. As we journeyed deeper into the forest it became evident that a caravan had forced it's way bodily through the forest, the grass underneath our feet had been flattened by wheels and many trees were missing leaves or even branches.
I heard Legolas hissing to himself at the sight of so much destruction. As we ran past tree after tree the destruction got so bad i could not help but utter "huī fù" several times under my breath to heal the trees. Thankfully neither Aragorn nor Legolas noticed a thing.
The hours blurred past as we ran, occasionally adjusting our course according to my directions. I realized how reminiscent this was of the legendary hunt for Merry and Pippin. There were three 'hunters' searching for two captives, both sets of captives all child sized. Finally, though it seemed like no time at all, it was evening.
I stopped abruptly ending. Aragorn skidding into me, while Legolas, saved by his elvish reflexes simply skidded to a halt beside me. Both running companions shot me questioning looks. I pointed at the setting sun, apparently this did nothing to answer their questions, the idiots!
"Time to stop." I said simply
"What?" Said Legolas, "The sun has not yet set, surely you cannot be tired yet? Or perhaps you are weak, or not an elf as you claim to be?"
Bristling with rage at the barely concealed insult I jammed my hair behind my ears and said, "There pointed ears! I may not be tired but what about Aragorn? Your Estel? Have you no concern? You-"
"LEANA!" yelled Aragorn intervening before I could speak the dire threats and insults I long to throw at him, "I appreciate your concern but I am not tired yet."
"Oh yes you are," at the angry glares shot my way I elaborated, "you are just motivated by the thought of your son, you are depleting reserves, reserves you may need."
Aragorn teetered on the brink of agreeing, he knew I was right, but as soon as he thought thought of his darling baby boy... "No we must go on."
"Oh begging your pardon o'mighty Elessar, may I remind you that once the sun is down all sorts of foul creatures will be roaming the night, both from land and air!" I almost screamed at him by patience wearing very thin, I was not used to being disobeyed.
This seemed to finally convince Aragorn he nodded and asked, "So where do you intend for us to camp?"
I had to admire his patience, even with me yelling and insulting him he was still willing to be civil. Simultaneously Legolas and I pointed to a conveniently large tree. Aragorn sighed, I could tell he was not looking forward to spending the night in a possibly damp and mosquito infested tree.
Ignoring my sullen company I swung up on the branches and was soon at the part where the main trunk split, forming a roundish platform. "Zhâng dà" I whispered to the tree and it expanded slightly allowing three of us to fit comfortably. I pulled out a thin netting out of my bag and started to drape it around the platform we were sleeping on.
By the time the other two had made their comparatively slower ascent to the platform I had already unrolled my bedroll and had propped myself up on my elbow watching them expectantly.
"Leana, did you feel the tree growing? As we were climbing up we felt a definite increase in size."
I felt my cheeks flush as Aragorn nodded in agreement, oops, I guess I was a bit too obvious. I shook my head, another lie.
"Anyway," continued Legolas, "what's all this netting for it won't save us from wargs or orcs, not that they'd be able to get up here."
"My dear Legolas," I said very sarcastically, "this is to protect us from the pesky things we call Mosquitos."
"But their just nuisances they don't do any harm, it's not worth the trou-"
"Don't do any harm? If you receive a bite from an infected mosquito you could be dead within a week. And I doubt any of us have the right antidotes, and even if we did it would slow us down and-"
"Ok, ok, let's just get round to dinner?" Aragorn said, cutting me off.
Without waiting for a response from either of us (yes, we were still glaring at each other) Aragorn pulled out his bedroll and cold rations. What he said did make sense, but my pride demanded... To Mordor with my pride, my stomach ruled all.
I sat down on my bedroll at began nibbling at my cold rations, note to self: if you camp on a tree you can't have a fire. Of course, I could make it taste better, but they would notice but if I... I discarded the notion as quickly as it popped into my head, I had become soft and pampered.
Once I was finished with my meal I slid into the bedroll, announcing that I would take third watch. Slowly I drifted into the blissful realms of sleep.
If any of you guys can guess what the language she spoke is, the next chapter is dedicated to you. *suddenly has a vision of thirty people getting the right answer* gulp, maybe that suddenly isn't a good idea. Nah just joking, good luck in your language guessing. Anyway, please review! I'd love to hear what you think and maybe some advice, my brother says it's "terrible" but hopefully you guys don't think so :)
