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I can say I own Henderson!! Oh yeah…flames shall be used to cook
popcorn…DOOMPA DEE DOO! (sorry…oompa loompa moment there)
Chapter 5-Betrayal
Aragorn awoke the next morning with an arrow pointed at his head. He gasped and didn't exactly know what was going on. He saw Legolas behind with an angry look on his face and raised an eyebrow.
"What is going on?" He asked, surprisingly he found the words in elvish.
"We have found evidence that Gondor has betrayed Mirkwood. We must bind you in our prisons, being that you were the one who the evidence shows as the traitor." Legolas said, his face not changing.
"Please, fellow elf, do not do something you shall regret." Arwen walked up to Legolas and slowly pushed the arrow so that it no longer pointed at Aragorn. "It was not this man who has committed the crime you speak of. There is evidence from this guard who says that Aragorn was here the entire night and never once left the vicinity of the building. He also has evidence that Aragorn never left his bedroom." Arwen smiled at Aragorn and winked.
"Thank you, milady, for proving me innocent. I would never do something like betray the elves of Mirkwood, I'm surprised that you would think I could be responsible for something so wrong!" Aragorn took Arwen's hand then and let his finger rub it. "Please, Legolas, drop charges on me, for someone else has wronged you."
"Stand down, men." Legolas commanded the other elves to place their arrows back into their quivers and walk away. "May I please speak with both of you?"
"Yes, but can we please speak over some breakfast? Lord Elrond has issued a banquet after which we shall discuss what is to come." Arwen led Aragorn and Legolas to the dining chambers.
The halls of Rivendell/The Dining Chamber.
Aragorn thought he saw out of the corner of his eye an old man wearing dark blue disappear into the shadows near one of the rooms of the elves. He walked into the dining chamber and sat down next to Arwen. He grinned at all the food laid out on the table and then turned to Arwen and smiled at her. "This looks delicious! Your father is quite good at putting together meals."
"Why, thank you. Legolas, you shall sit across from me so we can speak and hear each other quite well." Arwen looked around and also noticed the old man disappear in the shadows.
"Now, about the pressing matter…" Aragorn began once Legolas was seated.
"Yes, let us talk now about the crime. If Aragorn, here, did not commit this most heinous crime, then who did?" Legolas asked.
"I think I might have an idea…" Aragorn started. "I noticed a chilling old man disappear into the shadows. I never saw him around the palace before, and the moment I saw him, it sent a shiver up my spine. I think he might be a wizard…but this is only after I just glanced at him."
"I saw him, too…I've never seen him around the palace either. I think he might be one of the elves' nemeses, because my father was speaking of such a man just yesterday as the one who started a war between Mirkwood and Rivendell. Of course this was many years ago, so it might be one of this person's heirs." Arwen said. She looked nervously towards the door and noticed the man listening into the conversations at the banquet.
"Is that him right there?" Legolas asked, inconspicuously pointing a finger over towards the elderly man wearing dark blue.
"That is the man." Arwen and Aragorn both said together.
"That, my friends, is Henderson. He has been Mirkwood's enemy for years. It was rumored that he joined forced with Rivendell, which was what started the Elvish War of the old ages. He must have wanted to start a war again, this time putting us against Gondor." Legolas said.
"Well…I think I have an idea of how to get rid of him finally…" Aragorn began.
Chapter 5-Betrayal
Aragorn awoke the next morning with an arrow pointed at his head. He gasped and didn't exactly know what was going on. He saw Legolas behind with an angry look on his face and raised an eyebrow.
"What is going on?" He asked, surprisingly he found the words in elvish.
"We have found evidence that Gondor has betrayed Mirkwood. We must bind you in our prisons, being that you were the one who the evidence shows as the traitor." Legolas said, his face not changing.
"Please, fellow elf, do not do something you shall regret." Arwen walked up to Legolas and slowly pushed the arrow so that it no longer pointed at Aragorn. "It was not this man who has committed the crime you speak of. There is evidence from this guard who says that Aragorn was here the entire night and never once left the vicinity of the building. He also has evidence that Aragorn never left his bedroom." Arwen smiled at Aragorn and winked.
"Thank you, milady, for proving me innocent. I would never do something like betray the elves of Mirkwood, I'm surprised that you would think I could be responsible for something so wrong!" Aragorn took Arwen's hand then and let his finger rub it. "Please, Legolas, drop charges on me, for someone else has wronged you."
"Stand down, men." Legolas commanded the other elves to place their arrows back into their quivers and walk away. "May I please speak with both of you?"
"Yes, but can we please speak over some breakfast? Lord Elrond has issued a banquet after which we shall discuss what is to come." Arwen led Aragorn and Legolas to the dining chambers.
The halls of Rivendell/The Dining Chamber.
Aragorn thought he saw out of the corner of his eye an old man wearing dark blue disappear into the shadows near one of the rooms of the elves. He walked into the dining chamber and sat down next to Arwen. He grinned at all the food laid out on the table and then turned to Arwen and smiled at her. "This looks delicious! Your father is quite good at putting together meals."
"Why, thank you. Legolas, you shall sit across from me so we can speak and hear each other quite well." Arwen looked around and also noticed the old man disappear in the shadows.
"Now, about the pressing matter…" Aragorn began once Legolas was seated.
"Yes, let us talk now about the crime. If Aragorn, here, did not commit this most heinous crime, then who did?" Legolas asked.
"I think I might have an idea…" Aragorn started. "I noticed a chilling old man disappear into the shadows. I never saw him around the palace before, and the moment I saw him, it sent a shiver up my spine. I think he might be a wizard…but this is only after I just glanced at him."
"I saw him, too…I've never seen him around the palace either. I think he might be one of the elves' nemeses, because my father was speaking of such a man just yesterday as the one who started a war between Mirkwood and Rivendell. Of course this was many years ago, so it might be one of this person's heirs." Arwen said. She looked nervously towards the door and noticed the man listening into the conversations at the banquet.
"Is that him right there?" Legolas asked, inconspicuously pointing a finger over towards the elderly man wearing dark blue.
"That is the man." Arwen and Aragorn both said together.
"That, my friends, is Henderson. He has been Mirkwood's enemy for years. It was rumored that he joined forced with Rivendell, which was what started the Elvish War of the old ages. He must have wanted to start a war again, this time putting us against Gondor." Legolas said.
"Well…I think I have an idea of how to get rid of him finally…" Aragorn began.