Sorry if chapter 7 was a little late; I had my sats all last week, and so I
did not had time to write until the weekend. Me and my best friend,
Heather, have started our own author's account together for all of the
stories that we write together. The first one is already up (it is an
interactive fanfic) and as you my have heard LOTR The Return of the
Fellowship will also be on there. Please check it out!!! Our pen name is
Elawen and Heather, and the story is called Chat with the fellowship.
Anyway enough of that, I really hope you enjoy chapter seven . . . .
Chapter 7: The Chase
The next morning had begun just like the day before. All of the company had awoke early to carry on the search, save Elawen.
In the morning air, the quick pattering of feet on grass could be heard throughout the glade until an elf suddenly stumbled into Elawen's tent, causing Elawen to sit up with surprise and shock. "Arían. What are you doing?" Elawen completely confused as to why Arían had just stumbled in on her. "What is going on?" Arían, still a bit out of breath from her fleeting entrance, "I thought that I had better worn you." Arían went to sit on her bed, Elawen's face still full of astonishment. "The company have just left to carry on the search."
Elawen quickly got out of bed, "Why did you not tell me?" Arían stood up next to her and placed her hand on Elawen's shoulder. "Do not worry. I thought that you would have been tired from last night, so I got permission from Legolas that you could join them later on in the morning." Elawen smiled at her, relieved at her words, "Thank you Arían." Arían was making her way to the entrance of the tent, then turned to face Elawen with a grin brimming across her face, "Legolas was in a very good mood today when I saw him. I trust last nights meeting went well?"
At this Arían left the tent and made her way across the glad. Elawen sat down again, her embroided vest and leggings hung upon her slender body, and her walking shoes laced upon her feet. She quickly placed her cloak over her shoulders with the silver broach of Eärendil and plated her starbright hair into her hood. Elawen stood up once more and pulled her hood over her head, which obscured most of her fair elvish face, and she whispered softly, "Yes Arían. Last night was perfect." Elawen slowly stepped out from her tent and onto the glad, the events of the previous night still came as a surprise to her, but all the same it filled her heart with enchantment.
Elawen had only spent a couple of hours at her post. She sat gazing about at the forest around her, but as she had anticipated, there was no sign of Gollum anywhere.
"Eluthas," a voice called up from bellow Elawen, "It's me, Arían." Elawen turned from her gaze and peered down, her face filled with gladness that she could finally have somebody to talk to, "Arían, come up here." Arían climbed up to Elawen's level and sat down next to her, her face filled with excitement, desperate to ask her questions, "Well. How was it last night?" Elawen turned away from Arían, not sure whether to tell her what happened, "Oh. It was really good." Arían sensed her hesitation, "Elawen, I know what happened. I saw you." Elawen was astounded, and turned quickly to face Arían, "You were watching us." Elawen's anger was building up as she spoke. Arían put on an innocent face and spoke to Elawen almost pleading, "It's not like that."
Arían bowed down her head and sighed, "When I was speaking to legolas yesterday," Elawen remembered the two elves talking to themselves the day before. "Legolas told me that he had met you and that he desired to see you again, so I was the one who told him that you would meet him be Tithinen." Arían raised her head and faced Elawen, "That is why I told you that Legolas would be waiting for you at Tithinen."
The two elves sat in silence, as Elawen's fair face was full of remorse and then Arían began again, "I'm sorry. I just thought that you really wanted to see him again." Elawen was touched by what Arían had said, "Nay. I am the one who should be sorry. I thought that you were just being noisy." A smile spread across their elvish faces, as the afternoon light shone down upon them.
Suddenly the deep-throated call of a great horn blew, it's blasts echoed throughout the land. The two elves looked about them with bewilderment as the great call flowed on through the forest. Elawen and Arían made haste and climbed down from the elm tree, "Quickly Elawen, that is the call of Galadûn, one of Mirkwood's captains." Arían sped off through the trees, with Elawen in pursuit. The blasts of the horn had stopped now, but Arían continued in the direction in which it had came from.
Elawen, who was still following Arían, was completely confused as to where they were going or why they even had to go, but all the same she followed on through the trees. The wind glistened though Arían's hair as it rushed passed them, but Elawen made sure her hair would not fall out in case anyone would see, so she firmly placed her hand on her head. Through the trees in the distance, Elawen could see a small group of elves gathering, and she wondered whether Arían would stop and join them.
As the group drew closer, they slowed down. Elawen could see that Galindor was amongst them, and quickly made her way over to him. "Eluthas, you're here." Galindor spoke with delight. "Galindor. What is going on?" Elawen asked headlong for an answer. "The captain Galadûn, we suspect has seen Gollum. That is why you heard the horn, it is to worn us that Gollum has been seen." It all made sense now. That was why Arían made haste to get here so quickly.
As Elawen was speaking, an elf stood in front of them. His golden hair flowed down about his shoulders, and his dark green eyes shone like the leaves of Mirkwood as he spoke out to them. "Quickly. We must get to our captain Galadûn. Follow me!" At this the elf made his way out in front of them, and the rest of the group followed.
The day wore on, as the small company made their way towards were Gollum had supposedly been seen. The afternoon air was sweet with the forest's aroma, and Elawen seemed to notice that they were slowly going down hill. She turned, as she was running, to look back at were they had been, and could see a great precipice. The trees on top stood tall and mighty as the trees and ferns bellow stood low in comparison. Looking back to where she was heading, she could hear that all the elves around her were speaking of Gollum, and whether anybody had actually seen him. Elawen, herself was not sure of these answers, and had never really thought about it until they had reached the captain.
Every one was silent as they reached the captain and his search party. May elves were already there, scanning the ground with keen eyes; one of them in particular was Legolas. Elawen walked over to Legolas, checking that her hood covered her feminine features and spoke quietly, "Legolas, is everything alright? Have they seen Gollum?" Legolas turned to face the archer from Rivendell, his face full of concern, "Yes, Eluthas. Galadûn has seen Gollum, but I fear not every thing is alright." Elawen looked confused at his answer and Legolas continued, "Gollum was seen and the great horn was blown. But, alas, Gollum got away as one of our elves tried to ensnare him. The creature got away through the forest undergrowth, and now it is my decision as to what we should do." Elawen's hopes dropped, as so did the rest of the company.
Elawen looked about her and noticed that the undergrowth was dense with grasses and ferns, and it would have been easy for Gollum to have escaped them. She went to sit down on an old log which was placed at the side of the company, and could see clearly that Legolas was worried about what they should do. But all the same, he needed to make a decision soon; else Gollum would run off, too far for them to reach him. As Elawen sat in thought, other elves were also giver their opinions and advice as to what they should do, until Legolas had come to a conclusion.
"My fellow elves. If we were to stay here, then our search for Gollum would be in vain." The company stood, almost nervous as to what Legolas might say next, "We must go on. Gollum will be heading for shelter in the Misty Mountains, and also the Anduin the Great River will provide him protection from us. We will head Southwest for the Borders of Mirkwood."
Legolas speared several minutes for the company to revive their strength, which he too needed. Arían came and sat down next to Elawen her pure elvish face looked worried and unsure, "Well, here we go again." Elawen felt her fear and smiled at her softly, "Don't worry, we will soon find Gollum." Arían turned and looked Elawen in the eye, "It is not the creature Gollum that worries me. It is just that I have never been to the borders of Mirkwood, my parents never allowed me. So ever since I have never been close to them." Elawen remembered when she was Rivendell, and when her father had always told her to never go beyond the borders of Mirkwood.
Elawen's thoughts remained with her for a while until a voice spoke out, "Come. May our paths follow Gollum." Elawen and Arían got up and made their way over to the company, which was departing to find Gollum. Legolas was as usual, at the head of the company and Elawen could see that Galadûn was with him. She gazed at the two elves who seemed to be very alike, clad in the same shade of Green and brown and she also noticed that they had the same golden blonde hair, and sky blue eyes. Elawen carried on walking through the forest, but as she did so, she kept on wondering to herself, as to whom this elf Galadûn was.
As one of you seemed to be interested, yes my element is Earth as I am a Capricorn. Also the name Eluthas was something I made up, Elu meaning dreams and then as I got from Legolas, then I put them together to get Eluthas. The name Galindor was made up of two names Balin and Galdor.
Now for some of those elvish lessons I promised . . .
How to get accents:
à è ì ò ù
À È Ì Ò Ù = CTRL+`(it is under the ESC button)+the letter
á é í ó ú
Á É Í Ó Ú = CTRL+' (apostrophe)+the letter
â ê î ô û
Â Ê Î Ô Û = CTRL+Shift+^+the letter
ä ë ï ö ü
Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü = CTRL+Shift+:+the letter
General Greetings:
Suilad - Greetings
'Quel re - Good day
'Quel amrun - Good morning
'Quel andune - Good afternoon
'Quel undome - Good evening
'Quel du - Good night
Aaye - Hail
Amin essa naa . . . - My name is . . .
Mae govannen - Well met
Mae saian luume' - Well met
Amin aaye tuulo - I hail/come from
Days of the week:
Elenya – Monday
Anarya – Tuesday
Isilya – Wednesday
Alduya – Thursday
Menelya – Friday
Valanya – Sunday
The horse's names:
Celebaras – silver (the baras bit I got from another name)
Arostel – Fast hope/faith
Tourlim (Legolas' horse) – Forest light
Gareneth – I just made up
Thanks for reading and reviewing, there will be more elvish lessons at the end of the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed!!!!!
Chapter 7: The Chase
The next morning had begun just like the day before. All of the company had awoke early to carry on the search, save Elawen.
In the morning air, the quick pattering of feet on grass could be heard throughout the glade until an elf suddenly stumbled into Elawen's tent, causing Elawen to sit up with surprise and shock. "Arían. What are you doing?" Elawen completely confused as to why Arían had just stumbled in on her. "What is going on?" Arían, still a bit out of breath from her fleeting entrance, "I thought that I had better worn you." Arían went to sit on her bed, Elawen's face still full of astonishment. "The company have just left to carry on the search."
Elawen quickly got out of bed, "Why did you not tell me?" Arían stood up next to her and placed her hand on Elawen's shoulder. "Do not worry. I thought that you would have been tired from last night, so I got permission from Legolas that you could join them later on in the morning." Elawen smiled at her, relieved at her words, "Thank you Arían." Arían was making her way to the entrance of the tent, then turned to face Elawen with a grin brimming across her face, "Legolas was in a very good mood today when I saw him. I trust last nights meeting went well?"
At this Arían left the tent and made her way across the glad. Elawen sat down again, her embroided vest and leggings hung upon her slender body, and her walking shoes laced upon her feet. She quickly placed her cloak over her shoulders with the silver broach of Eärendil and plated her starbright hair into her hood. Elawen stood up once more and pulled her hood over her head, which obscured most of her fair elvish face, and she whispered softly, "Yes Arían. Last night was perfect." Elawen slowly stepped out from her tent and onto the glad, the events of the previous night still came as a surprise to her, but all the same it filled her heart with enchantment.
Elawen had only spent a couple of hours at her post. She sat gazing about at the forest around her, but as she had anticipated, there was no sign of Gollum anywhere.
"Eluthas," a voice called up from bellow Elawen, "It's me, Arían." Elawen turned from her gaze and peered down, her face filled with gladness that she could finally have somebody to talk to, "Arían, come up here." Arían climbed up to Elawen's level and sat down next to her, her face filled with excitement, desperate to ask her questions, "Well. How was it last night?" Elawen turned away from Arían, not sure whether to tell her what happened, "Oh. It was really good." Arían sensed her hesitation, "Elawen, I know what happened. I saw you." Elawen was astounded, and turned quickly to face Arían, "You were watching us." Elawen's anger was building up as she spoke. Arían put on an innocent face and spoke to Elawen almost pleading, "It's not like that."
Arían bowed down her head and sighed, "When I was speaking to legolas yesterday," Elawen remembered the two elves talking to themselves the day before. "Legolas told me that he had met you and that he desired to see you again, so I was the one who told him that you would meet him be Tithinen." Arían raised her head and faced Elawen, "That is why I told you that Legolas would be waiting for you at Tithinen."
The two elves sat in silence, as Elawen's fair face was full of remorse and then Arían began again, "I'm sorry. I just thought that you really wanted to see him again." Elawen was touched by what Arían had said, "Nay. I am the one who should be sorry. I thought that you were just being noisy." A smile spread across their elvish faces, as the afternoon light shone down upon them.
Suddenly the deep-throated call of a great horn blew, it's blasts echoed throughout the land. The two elves looked about them with bewilderment as the great call flowed on through the forest. Elawen and Arían made haste and climbed down from the elm tree, "Quickly Elawen, that is the call of Galadûn, one of Mirkwood's captains." Arían sped off through the trees, with Elawen in pursuit. The blasts of the horn had stopped now, but Arían continued in the direction in which it had came from.
Elawen, who was still following Arían, was completely confused as to where they were going or why they even had to go, but all the same she followed on through the trees. The wind glistened though Arían's hair as it rushed passed them, but Elawen made sure her hair would not fall out in case anyone would see, so she firmly placed her hand on her head. Through the trees in the distance, Elawen could see a small group of elves gathering, and she wondered whether Arían would stop and join them.
As the group drew closer, they slowed down. Elawen could see that Galindor was amongst them, and quickly made her way over to him. "Eluthas, you're here." Galindor spoke with delight. "Galindor. What is going on?" Elawen asked headlong for an answer. "The captain Galadûn, we suspect has seen Gollum. That is why you heard the horn, it is to worn us that Gollum has been seen." It all made sense now. That was why Arían made haste to get here so quickly.
As Elawen was speaking, an elf stood in front of them. His golden hair flowed down about his shoulders, and his dark green eyes shone like the leaves of Mirkwood as he spoke out to them. "Quickly. We must get to our captain Galadûn. Follow me!" At this the elf made his way out in front of them, and the rest of the group followed.
The day wore on, as the small company made their way towards were Gollum had supposedly been seen. The afternoon air was sweet with the forest's aroma, and Elawen seemed to notice that they were slowly going down hill. She turned, as she was running, to look back at were they had been, and could see a great precipice. The trees on top stood tall and mighty as the trees and ferns bellow stood low in comparison. Looking back to where she was heading, she could hear that all the elves around her were speaking of Gollum, and whether anybody had actually seen him. Elawen, herself was not sure of these answers, and had never really thought about it until they had reached the captain.
Every one was silent as they reached the captain and his search party. May elves were already there, scanning the ground with keen eyes; one of them in particular was Legolas. Elawen walked over to Legolas, checking that her hood covered her feminine features and spoke quietly, "Legolas, is everything alright? Have they seen Gollum?" Legolas turned to face the archer from Rivendell, his face full of concern, "Yes, Eluthas. Galadûn has seen Gollum, but I fear not every thing is alright." Elawen looked confused at his answer and Legolas continued, "Gollum was seen and the great horn was blown. But, alas, Gollum got away as one of our elves tried to ensnare him. The creature got away through the forest undergrowth, and now it is my decision as to what we should do." Elawen's hopes dropped, as so did the rest of the company.
Elawen looked about her and noticed that the undergrowth was dense with grasses and ferns, and it would have been easy for Gollum to have escaped them. She went to sit down on an old log which was placed at the side of the company, and could see clearly that Legolas was worried about what they should do. But all the same, he needed to make a decision soon; else Gollum would run off, too far for them to reach him. As Elawen sat in thought, other elves were also giver their opinions and advice as to what they should do, until Legolas had come to a conclusion.
"My fellow elves. If we were to stay here, then our search for Gollum would be in vain." The company stood, almost nervous as to what Legolas might say next, "We must go on. Gollum will be heading for shelter in the Misty Mountains, and also the Anduin the Great River will provide him protection from us. We will head Southwest for the Borders of Mirkwood."
Legolas speared several minutes for the company to revive their strength, which he too needed. Arían came and sat down next to Elawen her pure elvish face looked worried and unsure, "Well, here we go again." Elawen felt her fear and smiled at her softly, "Don't worry, we will soon find Gollum." Arían turned and looked Elawen in the eye, "It is not the creature Gollum that worries me. It is just that I have never been to the borders of Mirkwood, my parents never allowed me. So ever since I have never been close to them." Elawen remembered when she was Rivendell, and when her father had always told her to never go beyond the borders of Mirkwood.
Elawen's thoughts remained with her for a while until a voice spoke out, "Come. May our paths follow Gollum." Elawen and Arían got up and made their way over to the company, which was departing to find Gollum. Legolas was as usual, at the head of the company and Elawen could see that Galadûn was with him. She gazed at the two elves who seemed to be very alike, clad in the same shade of Green and brown and she also noticed that they had the same golden blonde hair, and sky blue eyes. Elawen carried on walking through the forest, but as she did so, she kept on wondering to herself, as to whom this elf Galadûn was.
As one of you seemed to be interested, yes my element is Earth as I am a Capricorn. Also the name Eluthas was something I made up, Elu meaning dreams and then as I got from Legolas, then I put them together to get Eluthas. The name Galindor was made up of two names Balin and Galdor.
Now for some of those elvish lessons I promised . . .
How to get accents:
à è ì ò ù
À È Ì Ò Ù = CTRL+`(it is under the ESC button)+the letter
á é í ó ú
Á É Í Ó Ú = CTRL+' (apostrophe)+the letter
â ê î ô û
Â Ê Î Ô Û = CTRL+Shift+^+the letter
ä ë ï ö ü
Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü = CTRL+Shift+:+the letter
General Greetings:
Suilad - Greetings
'Quel re - Good day
'Quel amrun - Good morning
'Quel andune - Good afternoon
'Quel undome - Good evening
'Quel du - Good night
Aaye - Hail
Amin essa naa . . . - My name is . . .
Mae govannen - Well met
Mae saian luume' - Well met
Amin aaye tuulo - I hail/come from
Days of the week:
Elenya – Monday
Anarya – Tuesday
Isilya – Wednesday
Alduya – Thursday
Menelya – Friday
Valanya – Sunday
The horse's names:
Celebaras – silver (the baras bit I got from another name)
Arostel – Fast hope/faith
Tourlim (Legolas' horse) – Forest light
Gareneth – I just made up
Thanks for reading and reviewing, there will be more elvish lessons at the end of the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed!!!!!