I woke up to a pain in my arm. I knew I could move again, but I couldn't at the same time. My hands were ties together with rope and it they were around an orcs neck. I turned my head to see Pippin and Merry being carried in the same manner. My hood was still on, so it looks like these orcs are idiots and I felt my katana on my back. Orcs really are the stupidest creature I have ever known. "How long was I out…?" I mumbled in a sleepy voice.
"About a day." Pippin said before we were told to shut up by an orc. Geez, these guys are assholes. I saw one in the front stop us all. "What do you smell?" One asked. "Man flesh, they've picked up our trail, go!" He said before they all started to run. It wasn't that easy to pick up their trail really. They smell like shit, and leave behind footprints. They're like clumsy idiots…correction they are clumsy idiot and they're also weak as hell alone.
A couple more days past…maybe two. I don't track these things. I knew that they were looking for us, but it wouldn't be them who save us. This was boring though, and I could tell the hobbits were hungry since they hadn't eaten and they usually ate quite a lot.
Eventually the orcs had us all stop until they got some rest and food. They dropped us to the ground rather harshly and I crawled over to where Pippin and Merry were. "Are you guys okay?" I asked and they nodded. "Pippin, I think we may have made a mistake, leaving The Shire." Merry said, then we heard a strange wailing noise. "What was that?" Pippin asked, slightly scared.
"The trees." Merry whispered back. "I heard that in this forest, the trees come alive." I whispered back to them. "Ya, you know the old tales. Something in the water here makes them grow tall, and alive." Merry explained. "Alive?" Pippin asked, shocked. "Whisper, even move." Merry said and I nodded. "I heard it's all true." I told them. "All of it?" Pippin asked, very worried. "All of it." I said back.
"I'm hungry. We haven't had anything but stinking maggoty bread for three days." One of the larger orcs said. "Ya, why can't we have some meats. What about them, they're fresh." A smaller orc said, looking over to us. "They are not for eating." A large orc said and the smaller one looked at him with a glare. We were picked up by another orc then we looked in front of us. "What about their legs, they don't need those." A crazy looking one said while licking his lips.
"Oh they look tasty." The same orc said and tried to get to us, only to have another orc push him away. "Get back, you scum." He said and they broke out into a fight. One of the orcs got their head cut off before they all scrambled to eat him. The three of us tried to crawl away, until I felt a foot on my back. "Go on, cry for help, squeal. There's no one to help you now." An orc said while grabbing my face, looking me in the eye. Then he went down, a spear in his back. "Hurry hobbits, to the forest." I said then remembered something.
I flexed my muscle to release the hidden blade and cut myself, before doing the same to the hobbits. I pulled out my silver dagger and stabbed it into the ground before we ran off into the whispering woods.
Liliana's P.O.V
We got there early morning. An orc head lay on a skewer. I had fought with my dearest friend, Caranthir, and now he was taken. An ash of the burned bodies lay stacked upon one another. I wanted to cry at the sight. My worst fears came true once the dwarf showed us one of their knife sheathes in the burning area. Bawled my eyes out right there. My poor, dear Caranthir. Why must I had let a man ruin what was dearest. Now he lay cold, floating in the abyss. My head was spinning and I wiped away the tears.
I turned my head to the side. I saw a shimmer off in the distance, near the woods. I got up with shaking legs and hobbled over to it. There it was, Caranthir's dagger. I covered my mouth to stop a small sob of joy. "They are alive, and well." I finally said and I saw Aragorn come up behind me. "How do you know?" He asked and I pointed.
"Caranthir always told me if he is ever taken, he'd lay a dagger in the dirt to allow me to know he was alive, and to carry on. He said that was the sign that he would see me soon." I said, a small tear rolled off my cheek. I grabbed the dagger and looked it over. "That is Caranthir's, it's the same one I took before." Aragorn said from behind me.
"May I hold onto it for him?" Legolas said and I nodded my head slightly, giving my trust in the elf. After all he was stronger than I, and Caranthir would want his dagger back and I might lose it. He took the dagger, observing it before putting it in his boot. Despite the evidence that they were alright, Aragorn decided to look for more reassurance.
"Two hobbits, and a small person lay here." Aragorn said while tracing the area, following the trail. "They crawled, their hands were bound." He continued as he found the roped. "A clean cut." He mumbled. "It wouldn't surprise me. Caranthir had many hidden items that were very sharp. He probably cut them with ease." I said and he just nodded. "They ran here, they were followed." He said while looking at the tracks. "Their tracks lead away from battle…into Fangorn Forest…" Aragorn finished.
Caranthir's/Valaina's POV (Night Before)
"Did we lose him? I think we lost him." Merry said while we looked around the giant forest. The hungry orc had been chasing us, much to our displeasure. We heard some grunting noises and froze. "I'm gonna rip your heads off." He threatened and we got back up to run. I would've just killed him there, but then we might not meet the tree we were supposed to meet soon.
We climbed up a tree and Merry smiled. "I think he's gone." He said and then was grabbed. "Merry!" I called out, grabbing onto his hand. His hand slipped from mine and he was on the ground. I grabbed onto the tree, opposite side of Pippin. "Merry!" We both called out. He kicked the orc in the face and we heard a noise and turned our heads for a brief second. Well Pippin did, I just continued to stare into the eye that just opened on the tree.
Pippin turned back and screamed in shock while I just gave an awkward smile underneath my cloak. Pippin lost grip and started to fall, but the tree caught him and he picked up his root/foot and squashed the orc. Merry scrambled up and tried to run while Pippin told him to run. "Wait Merry, don't run away!" I said, almost resorting in my feminine voice. Well I guess it doesn't matter now, since I was going to reveal myself very soon anyway.
He picked up Merry and I slid down to his wrist so he was looking at the three of us. "Little orcs." He said in a distasteful voice. I fell off onto the ground from the sudden vibration of his voice, luckily I landed on my feet and he made sure to watch me so I wouldn't run. "Merry, the tree is talking." Pippin said in a shocked voice. "Well of course, he's and Ent, you know a guardian of the forest." I explained to them while he looked down at me, as did the hobbits.
"Yes, Treebeard some call me." He said and I nodded. "Treebeard…you're Fangorn?" I asked in astonishment and he looked at me. "A surprise that an orc knows of me." He said. "I just had heard you were one of the oldest Ents still alive in middle earth, the forest was names after you." I said. He moved Merry to his other hand with Pippin and grabbed me with his free as he began walking.
"Don't talk to it, you'll only encourage him." Pippin said and I rolled my eyes. "Quiet, he's a lot smarter than you." I retorted. "Who's side are you on?" Pippin asked finally. "I am on nobodies side, because nobody is on my side, little orcs. Nobody cares about the forest." Fangorn said to us. "We're not orcs, we're hobbits, minus Caranthir. He's a human." I scoffed at this.
"Hobbits? Never heard of a hobbit before." He said rather slowly, "Sounds like orc mischief to me." He said while giving us a bit of a squeeze. "I believe you have heard of elves before, have you not?" I questioned him. "I know of the elves, they taught us Ents to speak." Fangorn said and I nodded. "I'm an elf." I explained and he glared at me. "Remove your hood." He said and I took in a deep breath before slowly pulling my hood off. My hair was pulled up, so my ears were showing.
"So you speak the truth, then what of these…Hobbits?" He asked, looking over at them. "Hobbits are people who live in The Shire." I explained while Merry and Pippin looked at me in disbelief. "You're a girl?" Pippin stated. "You're an elf?" Merry said next. "That is…obvious now." I said with a small grin that I flashed them. I decided I'd go back to my regular feminine voice. "Even if you are an elf, I must make sure. The white wizard will know." He told us and we all froze. "White wizard?" Merry asked and turned to Pippin. "Saruman…" I hissed before we were all dropped and we looked up. Before us stood Gandalf the White.
And here is today's update! Thanks by the way to the guest who kindly reminded me who checked to see if this story has updated like four times today, I assure you your fifth time won't disappoint. Muhahaha anyway I already have who doesn't like Liliana and I will admit I did a little happy dance at this. I am not much of a fan of her as well, now imagine the person who she was based off of, ten times worse I must say. Anyway we are now in the Kidnapped Arc or should this be called the Chanting Forest Arc? or the "I'm a female, bitch" arc? OMJ the moment we've all been anticipating, she has been revealed as a sexy mother fucker and sorry for all the cursing, but hey! Now that I have updated I must go back to my other short little story I'm writing (not an actually story with chapters, just a short little writing thing I felt like doing) so I must go and procrastinate studying for my Math CAHSEE that is tomorrow. Today was english...which is why I'm so tired. Ah revior or whatever you saying french...bye my loves~
Oh and before I forget thanks so much for the reviews I do a happy dance each time my email says I got a new review (since it buzzes all the time) so if I'm ever late on an update remind me, my phone will go off and we all know I'm forgetful as gold fish. Well now I'm serious, bye and don't forget to review my darlings~
