Silent Screams

Legolas yawned and crawled out of bed. He looked outside and grumbled to himself. He couldn't sleep though he was tired. "It must be two o' clock in the morning," he said to himself. He yawned one more time and put on a fresh pair of clothes.

'Maybe a walk in the gardens will help me sleep,' he thought. So he walked slowly outside and out one of the doors when someone smacked against him in the dark and fell back.

"Who's there?" someone gasped. It was a woman's voice. She got to her feet and looked towards his direction, though she couldn't make out his shape.

"Legolas. Who are you?" he returned the question.

"I'm-I'm Elhenin…" she began to break down in sobs.

"What's wrong?" he asked. He grabbed her in the darkness. She flung herself into his arms as she wept. "Please tell me what's wrong?" he begged.

She sniffled and drew away from him. "Elmeraith…she's gone. I've gone through every door of the palace now to see if she'd be at one of them. I lost her in the city."

"What?" he gasped. "Oh no!" He paused for a moment. "Go tell your parents!"

"Not that…" she shook her head. "Please, can we wait for that?"

"You must tell you parents now! Her life could be in danger! Where was she when you lost her?" he said.

She shivered at the very thought what she had done. She knew it was in one of the most dangerous areas at night and in light. "M-Main Street," she choked out with much effort.

He seemed to know that it was dangerous out there on Main Street. "I'm gonna go look for her."

"Be careful!" Elhenin said.

He nodded, but ran off quickly without a word.



Elmeraith slowly opened her eyes. She screamed with all her might as she remembered what had happened, but her voice never left her mouth. A tight cloth was wrapped securely around her mouth. She took into her surroundings. She was in a dark alley that didn't seem too far from the road. She was lying on cold stone and her arms were tied firmly to a broken streetlight. That was a sign she was close to the road, but too far around a corner for anyone to see.

A figure stepped out from the shadows. She couldn't see him well, but she saw with her sharp elven eyes that he had dark hair to his shoulders. He appeared to be very strong. He slithered up to her. She kicked and screamed, but once his arms were firmly on her, she could move no more. She began to break out in sobs when she caught the gleam of a knife, shining by the light of the moon. "No," she murmured. She saw that her jacket was to her side, but her silky green dress was still on her.

"I'm sorry if I startled you," came his gruff voice. "I only wanted to play." He took the knife and began cutting down the dress from top to bottom. She shook her head and screamed, but it was no use. He cut it to her hips and then prepared to tear the rest of the way. She closed her eyes tightly and screamed again.



Legolas came to Main Street. He looked around and saw no sign of anyone, but a store that was playing music noisily. He was between two allies. He thought for a moment. He listened for the faintest sound and then he heard a gruff laugh and a muffled scream.

He took off down one of the allies and there he saw Elmeraith tied to an old streetlight. She man above her had his back turned to Legolas. "Won't you give me a kiss while you're still alive," he laughed. Elmeraith's eyes were closed tight and she was trying to scream. Without hesitation, Legolas jumped on the man and pulled him away from Elmeraith.



Elmeraith opened her eyes. Her dress was still torn a little lower than her waist. The only thing that was revealed was the side of each of her breasts. Her eyes were a little adjusted to the darkness by this time. She could hardly believe her eyes when she saw Legolas fighting with the man that had kidnapped her.

She was horrified when she saw the man hit Legolas very hard with his elbow. Legolas's nose dripped with blood. He jumped back at the man in furry, but when he caught a bitter cold taste on his mouth, he fell out- cold on the ground.



Legolas cursed in horror as he lost all sight. The darkness of the alley became dark and he fell on the ground with a thud. For a moment he was there asleep, but very quickly he woke up. The man didn't have very much of his medicine left to give Legolas. He looked out again and there was the man, pulling the corners of her dress behind her shoulders and revealing her upper body. Elmeraith gave a stifled scream again in objection. Legolas saw the knife on the ground. He hated to do what he had to. He silently snuck up to the man and snatched the knife. The man saw his knife being taken away, but before he could turn, Legolas stuck the knife deep in his back and the man fell back onto his side: dead.

Legolas tried his hardest to untie her without staring at her body, but he had caught a glimpse. He couldn't help think that she was beautiful, but pushed the thought from his mind. 'She almost gets raped and here I am, thinking how beautiful she is?' Legolas thought. 'I'm disgusting. These thoughts shouldn't come from me.'

When he was done untying her, he wrapped her in her long jacket. She seemed to be weak from the medicine she had also been given. Legolas didn't exactly feel like carrying anyone, for he was also feeling weak. He carried her in his arms and hastily took her back to the castle as quick as he could.

"Thank you, Legolas. He probably would have killed me eventually," she muttered.

"Shhh…" he hushed her. "But your safe now." He kissed her softly on her forehead.

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ONE MORE THING!! SMUT? OR NO SMUT? Write in Review! Don't email me and tell me unless you have more to say that 'yes' or 'no' Someone said I should write smut, but I feel weird about it. That was why I put NC-17. I intended smut between Legolas and Elmeraith. Haha. I've never done smut and this is as smutty as I've ever let a story go.

Ok, I already made up my mind. Give your suggestions any how. They might help me.)