I followed the strange elf out of our campsite. I saw Boromir on the way out and told him I would be with Legolas. This elf was smaller then the other elfs I had met, and was rather hasty too. He led me out of the city and into the dark of the surrounding woods. The few beams of light that shone from his lantern caught the glimmer of the leaves on the forest floor and lit the way.
All of a sudden, I heard a rustling to my side and stopped in my tracks. So did the little elf. He swung his lantern towards the sound. There wasn't much light coming from it, but the little that was, shone on nothing but trees and leaves on the ground. From behind me a figure came and I turned to the sound.
My heart leaped in my chest when I turned around and saw a tall figure there. It was Legolas. I was about to yell at him for scaring me when he cupped his hand over my mouth. "SSHHH_..be very quiet," he said and then waved the little elf away. He scurried down the path we had made, away to the city.
"What are you doing out here? Why didn't you come and get me yourself? What's going on?" I said as he took me by the hand and pulled me further into the forest. After we walked for a while, we stopped. "What are we doing??" I repeated, getting a little frustrated.
Legolas looked around, "we're looking for someone_. Rather, something."
"Huh? What?" I asked, catching my breath.
"Gollum," he said with a tone of weariness I had never heard in his voice before.
"Gollum?!?! Again?" I said, shocked.
"We never caught him this morning. He's getting closer to the city, following us. We need to capture him. He's looking for the ring. He loves it too much to let it go." He began to walk away. "Draw your bow," he continued, "no one really knows what he's capable of."
"Stop!" I whispered as loud as I could. He swung around ad faced me again. "Why did you call me out? Why aren't you with another elf? Surely that would be better than lugging me around."
"You're asking a more questions than usual aren't you? We split into pairs and it ended up being an odd number. So, I sent young Luthlenion to get you."
"Why me though?" I asked, getting more confused, "why not Aragorn? Or my brother? They would be better at this than I would be."
"I'd rather be out here with you. Not that I dislike them, but I'd feel alone. I feel more together with you, for lack of better words." As he said this, I drew out my bow and put an arrow on it.
I smiled and said, "alright, let's continue on, but if something happens to me, Boromir will make you pay. Believe you me." After that, the remainder of the night was silent. Occasionally, Legolas jumped up a tree, while a would stand watch on the ground. It seemed like we were wandering for hours, when Legolas was startled. "What?" I whispered, as walked up to where he was standing.
"I heard something_. hiss." he stammered.
"Hiss?" I asked. He nodded his head. Just then, I heard a noise too. It came from above me, so I looked in it's direction. I couldn't spy anything but faint glimmers of gold.
Again the noise came, but in a different phrase. "My precioussssss," was whispered through the trees. Legolas pointed upwards, not saying a word, yet I knew exactly what he wanted me to do. I nodded in agreement. He withdrew an arrow that was different than a normal one. It had no point at the end, it was just a dull stick, with feathers. He loaded it in the bow, drew back and then sent it up into the dark. A loud yelp resounded and crashing came through the trees. Legolas tackled me, to get me out of the way as the small figure came falling out of the tree above. It hit the ground with a thud. Legolas jumped up from on top of me and scrambled to grab the creature before it regained conciousness. The thing was one of the most disgusting, vile things I had ever encountered. It looked as if at one time, it could have been a small person, but over the years, something had transformed it into a wretch of a being. It's eyes were large and round, and it's cheeks were sunken in. It's teeth protruded out over it's chin and it had a few sprigs of hair clinging loosely to it's scalp. The creature was Gollum, the creature we were looking for. Gollum squired and wailed. I grabbed it's scaly skinny green legs to keep it from kicking. Legolas pulled out a small length of rope and bound it's hands above it's heads. It thrashed about violently and gnashed it's teeth. More elfs came out of the woods around up and helped us with the captive. Another elf pulled some rope and took it's legs from me and bound them. I immediately fell back onto the ground and took a deep breath. I had sweat coming from my brow. I wiped it and laid back on my back. From the darkness, Legolas's hand extended down, as they carried the prisoner away. I grabbed it and lifted myself up.
"Let's go back now. I'm tired," Legolas said. Together, we walked back through the forest, back to our beds.
All of a sudden, I heard a rustling to my side and stopped in my tracks. So did the little elf. He swung his lantern towards the sound. There wasn't much light coming from it, but the little that was, shone on nothing but trees and leaves on the ground. From behind me a figure came and I turned to the sound.
My heart leaped in my chest when I turned around and saw a tall figure there. It was Legolas. I was about to yell at him for scaring me when he cupped his hand over my mouth. "SSHHH_..be very quiet," he said and then waved the little elf away. He scurried down the path we had made, away to the city.
"What are you doing out here? Why didn't you come and get me yourself? What's going on?" I said as he took me by the hand and pulled me further into the forest. After we walked for a while, we stopped. "What are we doing??" I repeated, getting a little frustrated.
Legolas looked around, "we're looking for someone_. Rather, something."
"Huh? What?" I asked, catching my breath.
"Gollum," he said with a tone of weariness I had never heard in his voice before.
"Gollum?!?! Again?" I said, shocked.
"We never caught him this morning. He's getting closer to the city, following us. We need to capture him. He's looking for the ring. He loves it too much to let it go." He began to walk away. "Draw your bow," he continued, "no one really knows what he's capable of."
"Stop!" I whispered as loud as I could. He swung around ad faced me again. "Why did you call me out? Why aren't you with another elf? Surely that would be better than lugging me around."
"You're asking a more questions than usual aren't you? We split into pairs and it ended up being an odd number. So, I sent young Luthlenion to get you."
"Why me though?" I asked, getting more confused, "why not Aragorn? Or my brother? They would be better at this than I would be."
"I'd rather be out here with you. Not that I dislike them, but I'd feel alone. I feel more together with you, for lack of better words." As he said this, I drew out my bow and put an arrow on it.
I smiled and said, "alright, let's continue on, but if something happens to me, Boromir will make you pay. Believe you me." After that, the remainder of the night was silent. Occasionally, Legolas jumped up a tree, while a would stand watch on the ground. It seemed like we were wandering for hours, when Legolas was startled. "What?" I whispered, as walked up to where he was standing.
"I heard something_. hiss." he stammered.
"Hiss?" I asked. He nodded his head. Just then, I heard a noise too. It came from above me, so I looked in it's direction. I couldn't spy anything but faint glimmers of gold.
Again the noise came, but in a different phrase. "My precioussssss," was whispered through the trees. Legolas pointed upwards, not saying a word, yet I knew exactly what he wanted me to do. I nodded in agreement. He withdrew an arrow that was different than a normal one. It had no point at the end, it was just a dull stick, with feathers. He loaded it in the bow, drew back and then sent it up into the dark. A loud yelp resounded and crashing came through the trees. Legolas tackled me, to get me out of the way as the small figure came falling out of the tree above. It hit the ground with a thud. Legolas jumped up from on top of me and scrambled to grab the creature before it regained conciousness. The thing was one of the most disgusting, vile things I had ever encountered. It looked as if at one time, it could have been a small person, but over the years, something had transformed it into a wretch of a being. It's eyes were large and round, and it's cheeks were sunken in. It's teeth protruded out over it's chin and it had a few sprigs of hair clinging loosely to it's scalp. The creature was Gollum, the creature we were looking for. Gollum squired and wailed. I grabbed it's scaly skinny green legs to keep it from kicking. Legolas pulled out a small length of rope and bound it's hands above it's heads. It thrashed about violently and gnashed it's teeth. More elfs came out of the woods around up and helped us with the captive. Another elf pulled some rope and took it's legs from me and bound them. I immediately fell back onto the ground and took a deep breath. I had sweat coming from my brow. I wiped it and laid back on my back. From the darkness, Legolas's hand extended down, as they carried the prisoner away. I grabbed it and lifted myself up.
"Let's go back now. I'm tired," Legolas said. Together, we walked back through the forest, back to our beds.