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Missing
Legolas had stayed up all night on watch, and had seen and heard nothing. Actually, this was not strictly true, for he had heard a slight rustling in the forest, and had gone to investigate. Finding nothing there, he had dismissed the noise as a harmless animal. He had been slightly afraid that the cries the orcs had sent out would have alerted other orcs, but apparently this was not the case, and for this Legolas was very grateful. He had not lied to the rest of the Company: he was not tired, but he did not know if he would be able to stand in battle again so soon after the previous nights events. But now it was morning, and no evil dwellers had come their way. The rest of Legolas' friends were now starting to awaken, and he was glad, for he was eager to be on the road once more.
'Good morning, Legolas,' yawned Aragorn, the first to awaken. 'I take it that nothing happened while we slept?'
'Thankfully, no,' replied Legolas. 'But I have a bad feeling about this place. Not orcs, but another kind of trouble. I am not quite sure what it is, and hopefully we shan't be here long enough to find out. I am sure I shall feel a lot better once we start on our way again.'
'Very well,' said Gandalf, who had heard their conversation. 'We shall leave her as soon as possible. Come on, Pippin. Merry, wake up.' He nudged the two hobbits with his foot. He then went over to awaken Frodo and Sam, but when he nudged their blankets, he found, to his astonishment, that there was nothing in them!
'Legolas! Aragorn! Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Boromir! Wake up! Frodo and Sam are missing!'
As you can imagine, this woke those who were still asleep pretty quickly. They immediately organised to search the forest around the clearing, but they came up with nothing.
'What could have happened to them?' cried Aragorn. 'Legolas, you were supposed to be keeping watch! How could you not have seen them go…or be taken?'
It was at this point that Legolas remembered the sound he had heard and then dismissed so quickly. Could it have possibly been a distraction of some sort? He quickly told the others what he had heard, and asked them if they, too, thought it could have been a distraction.
'It is highly possible,' responded Gandalf. 'But surely you would have noticed that they were missing when you came back, would you not?'
'You would think that I would have, wouldn't you. But I was not really looking at them. I was looking out into the forest. That is the only explanation I can think of.'
Then Aragorn said, almost as if he was thinking aloud, 'Even if it was a distraction of some kind, who would be distracting you, and why would they be doing it? Orcs are nowhere near clever enough to kidnap them without Legolas hearing, let alone know that there would be a watch set. And even if they were working under Sauron's orders,' he added, guessing correctly as to what Gandalf was about to say, 'they still would not be able to take Frodo and Sam without Legolas noticing. No, I am afraid to say that I think there is another dark force we have to worry about in this forest…one that is completely unconnected with Sauron. It looks like your fears about another kind of trouble were right, Legolas. We shall continue on our way, this time keeping a short distance away from the road, but still in sight of it. Look for any sing of Frodo and Sam, anything at all, even a strand of hair.'
'We must also keep as silent as we can,' Boromir continued where Aragorn had left off. 'We do not know what this mystery creature is, therefore we do not know anything about it. We must not give them any chances to detect us, and we must look out for any sign of them, also no matter how small. As we don't know what we're looking for, we must look extra carefully. Footprints, branches that look as if they have broken off not by their own accord, all these things are helpful to us. But now we best be on our way. Pack up your things as quickly as you can. We leave very soon.'
And they did. They walked a short distance away from the road, as Aragorn had instructed, and they walked quickly. They looked out for any sign of Frodo, Sam, or the mystery creatures, but they found none for the best part of an hour. Then, just when they though the creatures must have gone in the other direction to them, Pippin cried out, 'Look, over here! It is a piece of Frodo's cloak!' Sure enough, low to the ground, at about the rough eye level of a hobbit was a small section of material from Frodo's cloak. Then a thought struck Legolas.
'Well done, my friend, but would you please come here,' he said. 'I want to test a theory that I have.' So Pippin went over to Legolas, and to everyone's surprise, especially Pippin's, Legolas picked Pippin up and held him under his arm! All was to be explained though.
'It is as I thought,' exclaimed Legolas. 'If you look, you will find that the piece of material from Frodo's cloak is at the same height as the hem of Pippin's cloak when I pick him up. Since the scrap of cloak looks like the edge of a hem, this must mean that they were definitely carried off, and by a being about the same height as me. We should look around this area to see if we find anything more to help us on our quest.' In saying that, he immediately started to look around for any more clues, such as broken branches or footprints, as Boromir had suggested. The others soon started to look around as well, all eager to find any clue that would help them determine the whereabouts of their friends. Suddenly Aragorn cried out 'Aha! Come here quickly, I have found a footprint that belongs to none of us!' Naturally, this brought all the searchers running. There, in the dirt on the forest floor, was a footprint that was indeed much too large have been made by any of the fellowship.
'And look over here!' yelled Merry. They all then realised that he hadn't come running when Aragorn found the footprint. Hearing the urgency in his voice, they abandoned the old clue and ran over to Merry instead. None of them, however, were prepared for what he had found. Built into the tree, and very cleverly disguised, was a door.
Well, that's the end of another chapter. I finished this one a lot sooner than I thought I would, but I honestly don't know when I'll get the next one up. You'll just have to be patient and bear with me. Now get out there and REVIEW:)!!!!
Missing
Legolas had stayed up all night on watch, and had seen and heard nothing. Actually, this was not strictly true, for he had heard a slight rustling in the forest, and had gone to investigate. Finding nothing there, he had dismissed the noise as a harmless animal. He had been slightly afraid that the cries the orcs had sent out would have alerted other orcs, but apparently this was not the case, and for this Legolas was very grateful. He had not lied to the rest of the Company: he was not tired, but he did not know if he would be able to stand in battle again so soon after the previous nights events. But now it was morning, and no evil dwellers had come their way. The rest of Legolas' friends were now starting to awaken, and he was glad, for he was eager to be on the road once more.
'Good morning, Legolas,' yawned Aragorn, the first to awaken. 'I take it that nothing happened while we slept?'
'Thankfully, no,' replied Legolas. 'But I have a bad feeling about this place. Not orcs, but another kind of trouble. I am not quite sure what it is, and hopefully we shan't be here long enough to find out. I am sure I shall feel a lot better once we start on our way again.'
'Very well,' said Gandalf, who had heard their conversation. 'We shall leave her as soon as possible. Come on, Pippin. Merry, wake up.' He nudged the two hobbits with his foot. He then went over to awaken Frodo and Sam, but when he nudged their blankets, he found, to his astonishment, that there was nothing in them!
'Legolas! Aragorn! Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Boromir! Wake up! Frodo and Sam are missing!'
As you can imagine, this woke those who were still asleep pretty quickly. They immediately organised to search the forest around the clearing, but they came up with nothing.
'What could have happened to them?' cried Aragorn. 'Legolas, you were supposed to be keeping watch! How could you not have seen them go…or be taken?'
It was at this point that Legolas remembered the sound he had heard and then dismissed so quickly. Could it have possibly been a distraction of some sort? He quickly told the others what he had heard, and asked them if they, too, thought it could have been a distraction.
'It is highly possible,' responded Gandalf. 'But surely you would have noticed that they were missing when you came back, would you not?'
'You would think that I would have, wouldn't you. But I was not really looking at them. I was looking out into the forest. That is the only explanation I can think of.'
Then Aragorn said, almost as if he was thinking aloud, 'Even if it was a distraction of some kind, who would be distracting you, and why would they be doing it? Orcs are nowhere near clever enough to kidnap them without Legolas hearing, let alone know that there would be a watch set. And even if they were working under Sauron's orders,' he added, guessing correctly as to what Gandalf was about to say, 'they still would not be able to take Frodo and Sam without Legolas noticing. No, I am afraid to say that I think there is another dark force we have to worry about in this forest…one that is completely unconnected with Sauron. It looks like your fears about another kind of trouble were right, Legolas. We shall continue on our way, this time keeping a short distance away from the road, but still in sight of it. Look for any sing of Frodo and Sam, anything at all, even a strand of hair.'
'We must also keep as silent as we can,' Boromir continued where Aragorn had left off. 'We do not know what this mystery creature is, therefore we do not know anything about it. We must not give them any chances to detect us, and we must look out for any sign of them, also no matter how small. As we don't know what we're looking for, we must look extra carefully. Footprints, branches that look as if they have broken off not by their own accord, all these things are helpful to us. But now we best be on our way. Pack up your things as quickly as you can. We leave very soon.'
And they did. They walked a short distance away from the road, as Aragorn had instructed, and they walked quickly. They looked out for any sign of Frodo, Sam, or the mystery creatures, but they found none for the best part of an hour. Then, just when they though the creatures must have gone in the other direction to them, Pippin cried out, 'Look, over here! It is a piece of Frodo's cloak!' Sure enough, low to the ground, at about the rough eye level of a hobbit was a small section of material from Frodo's cloak. Then a thought struck Legolas.
'Well done, my friend, but would you please come here,' he said. 'I want to test a theory that I have.' So Pippin went over to Legolas, and to everyone's surprise, especially Pippin's, Legolas picked Pippin up and held him under his arm! All was to be explained though.
'It is as I thought,' exclaimed Legolas. 'If you look, you will find that the piece of material from Frodo's cloak is at the same height as the hem of Pippin's cloak when I pick him up. Since the scrap of cloak looks like the edge of a hem, this must mean that they were definitely carried off, and by a being about the same height as me. We should look around this area to see if we find anything more to help us on our quest.' In saying that, he immediately started to look around for any more clues, such as broken branches or footprints, as Boromir had suggested. The others soon started to look around as well, all eager to find any clue that would help them determine the whereabouts of their friends. Suddenly Aragorn cried out 'Aha! Come here quickly, I have found a footprint that belongs to none of us!' Naturally, this brought all the searchers running. There, in the dirt on the forest floor, was a footprint that was indeed much too large have been made by any of the fellowship.
'And look over here!' yelled Merry. They all then realised that he hadn't come running when Aragorn found the footprint. Hearing the urgency in his voice, they abandoned the old clue and ran over to Merry instead. None of them, however, were prepared for what he had found. Built into the tree, and very cleverly disguised, was a door.
Well, that's the end of another chapter. I finished this one a lot sooner than I thought I would, but I honestly don't know when I'll get the next one up. You'll just have to be patient and bear with me. Now get out there and REVIEW:)!!!!
