The loud sickening crackle of lightning bore down onto a tree, the purple
and white spidery fingers encompassing it for a brief moment before setting
it aflame. The red and orange turned the tree black, sending ashes to the
winds. Even the rain could not put it out .The tree gave a thunderous groan
before giving itself to the ground. Fionn's eyes widened in unnerving
terror to see the great blazing mass looming towards them. Aragorn and
Aliyana took quicker action than he did and pulled him back to safety.
Fionn gave them a gracious look of thanks before heading off around the
tree, finding another route to Imladris.
When they had reached a part of the forest away from any great activity, Aragorn and Aliyana stopped and turned looked at Fionn who had their back turned to them, looked as if he listened to some sort of sound far away. Fionn gave a curious look behind then shrugged it off. He thought that he had heard a scream, that of an Orc. But it was only one and no more followed, as it usually turned out to.
Just as Fionn had turned around and gave a small reassuring smile to them that every thing was alright, A great black figure hurled its self at Fionn, felling him. It was an Uruk-Hai. It picked the Elf up easily and slammed him up against a nearby tree, screaming in his face. Fionn felled the Orc by cleaving its arm off with his sword, the black blood soaking the pureness of the earth. "Run! Run and take shelter!" Fionn screamed at them. As soon as he had said that a black shaft pierced his left shoulder. The Elf screamed in pain and realized that somehow there were other Orcs following them, they were unfortunately smarter.
Aragorn and Aliyana hid behind a great boulder and watched their guardian fight them off, giving the Uruk-Hai a diagonal cut through the neck. Blood filled it's throat and it's eyes became wide as it sank to the ground. Fionn was ambushed by four more, one carrying a great length of chain that had a savage hook at the end. The Orc with the chain brought it back and was going to bring it up in an arc, meant to sever Fionn's head. Fionn ducked as the hook and chain gave a out a loud note, slicing the air.
Aliyana frowned at her brother "We can't just leave him like this...we need to help him!"Aragorn looked back at his sister "What is wrong with you?? I know that you can't fight..." Aliyana interrupted "Well, neither can you!" Both suddenly heard a low ominous growl behind them. They turned to see ten Uruk-Hai. In surprise of seeing them Aliyana let out a scream. Fionn turned to where it came from and another Orc came from behind. Fionn noticed and got out of the way, getting his other arm slashed, grunting in pain. "Run! Run away as fast as you can!! Go no!!" Fionn screamed before avoiding another swing from the chain and hook.
Aliyana and Aragorn backed up as the Orcs leered down at them. They looked at each other then took Fionn's advice. They gave one last look at Fionn before bolting from where they were standing The Orcs let out a scream so deafening that the ground seemed to shake under them. The trees came closer together and ripped at the children, the wind whispering words of evil. The Orcs seemed to have no trouble getting through the trees at all and hacked down the branches as they stood in their way.
Aliyana tripped on a root that had snaked it's way out of the ground. She fell hard and turned quickly to see an Orc leering down at her from slitted eyes, the dark sky bordering it's features, making it look even more ghastly. It scooped her up as she screamed for help, tears streaming from her eyes. "Noooooo!" Aragorn screamed as he tried to stop them. An Uruk-Hai swiftly hit him on the back of the neck and he fell to the ground promptly.
"Aragorn!" She screamed. All that she loved was now dead. She was frightened and did not know where they would take her. She watched his form slowly become a small speck covered by the trees. Her tears did not stop flowing as she screamed. Darkness would soon answer her questions...
* * *
Fionn begged for rest. The arrow in his shoulder was another thing to add on to the list of his wounds. He sidestepped another chain swiftly and tried to get a cut at the Orc. The Uruk-Hai whipped his chain round Fionn's sword and wrenched it free from his grasp. The chain flung his sword far and away, behind the other Orcs who were watching this to their amusement. Fionn let out a fatigued sigh. As the chain came again, he held out his forearm and felt the metal slapping against it. With one hard yank, he pulled the chain free of the Orc's grasp. He whipped back the chain and the hook severed the Orc's head. The neck still smoking fell to the ground.
The other three looked at the Elf in wonderment and screamed at him for killing their brother. Fionn was too tired to do anything, but he knew that he couldn't stop until they were dead. He flung himself over the Orcs and towards his sword. He quickly picked it up and slashed an Orc across its chest. As it fell, the other came. Fionn stabbed the Orc through its neck and the other came on by brutally punching Fionn to the ground. Not able to get back up, he looked at the Orc who was going to come down with his sword. Fionn reached for his sword as the orcish blade was within inches from his chest and stabbed the orc first. He gave out a grunt before falling to its side.
Fionn got up quickly, needing to see where the children had gotten to. Black spots dashed his vision so fast that he stumbled and used a tree for support. Shaking them from his vision, he instantly headed to where the children had escaped, remembering it from at least a half-hour ago. He picked up his pace still looking for them. Fear had jolted into his heart. What if the Orcs had made off with them? What If he was too late and they were already murdered by the Uruk-Hai. A small form laying across the grass caught his eye. Aragorn.
Fionn's breath caught in his throat and he made his way over to the boy, kneeling by him. A large purplish bruise was on his forehead. Fionn felt his tears clouding his vision. He pressed for any sign of life from the boy and nothing came. The Elf breathed one word "no..." Then a thin thread of life became apparent as he could feel a faint beating. Fionn let out the breath he had been holding.
Aragorn's eyes fluttered open, "Fionn!" He hugged the Elf and began to sob into his shoulder. Fionn held him, knowing that it was only so much to see all that he loved was taken away from him. "Where is your sister?" Aragorn looked at the ground after he had taken him out of their embrace. 'She...She was t-taken by the...the Uruk-Hai," Fionn felt his heart lurch. How could this have happened? Fionn finally noticed how much the arrow was irritating him. He shredded two long strips from his cloak. He snapped the front of the arrow off grimacing in pain, and then pulled the other out. Dark blood fell from his shoulder. One strip he tightened around his arm to staunch the bleeding, the other he took to make a sling for Aragorn's arm.
"We cannot go after Aliyana just yet. As I have said, we must continue to Rivendell, then when were are healed we can go look for her," Fionn stood up and looked at Aragorn "I hope that the Orcs haven't done mostly anything harmful to her...We will save her and get her back,"
With that they headed through the forest and away. The storm had become less violent and it sang a mournful song. Aragorn wanted to cry for his sister and for all that had been lost. He wanted to stop and forget all of his life as young as he was. Although, He knew that he had to go on, like Fionn had. He had saved them from death many a time from things so perilous that he never wanted to encounter again.
Fionn wished to mourn for Arathorn and Acacia, but he now knew that there was no way there was stop. He had to protect Aragorn at all costs so that no one would know of him. As for Fingal, He would kill him for what pain that he had inflicted on the children and killing those that he had loved. The rain mourned both as they waled out of the forest, hoping for them to see better times.
~Fin~
When the cold of Winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter Rain
But in dreams
I can hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come, to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
I will go there
And back again
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When they had reached a part of the forest away from any great activity, Aragorn and Aliyana stopped and turned looked at Fionn who had their back turned to them, looked as if he listened to some sort of sound far away. Fionn gave a curious look behind then shrugged it off. He thought that he had heard a scream, that of an Orc. But it was only one and no more followed, as it usually turned out to.
Just as Fionn had turned around and gave a small reassuring smile to them that every thing was alright, A great black figure hurled its self at Fionn, felling him. It was an Uruk-Hai. It picked the Elf up easily and slammed him up against a nearby tree, screaming in his face. Fionn felled the Orc by cleaving its arm off with his sword, the black blood soaking the pureness of the earth. "Run! Run and take shelter!" Fionn screamed at them. As soon as he had said that a black shaft pierced his left shoulder. The Elf screamed in pain and realized that somehow there were other Orcs following them, they were unfortunately smarter.
Aragorn and Aliyana hid behind a great boulder and watched their guardian fight them off, giving the Uruk-Hai a diagonal cut through the neck. Blood filled it's throat and it's eyes became wide as it sank to the ground. Fionn was ambushed by four more, one carrying a great length of chain that had a savage hook at the end. The Orc with the chain brought it back and was going to bring it up in an arc, meant to sever Fionn's head. Fionn ducked as the hook and chain gave a out a loud note, slicing the air.
Aliyana frowned at her brother "We can't just leave him like this...we need to help him!"Aragorn looked back at his sister "What is wrong with you?? I know that you can't fight..." Aliyana interrupted "Well, neither can you!" Both suddenly heard a low ominous growl behind them. They turned to see ten Uruk-Hai. In surprise of seeing them Aliyana let out a scream. Fionn turned to where it came from and another Orc came from behind. Fionn noticed and got out of the way, getting his other arm slashed, grunting in pain. "Run! Run away as fast as you can!! Go no!!" Fionn screamed before avoiding another swing from the chain and hook.
Aliyana and Aragorn backed up as the Orcs leered down at them. They looked at each other then took Fionn's advice. They gave one last look at Fionn before bolting from where they were standing The Orcs let out a scream so deafening that the ground seemed to shake under them. The trees came closer together and ripped at the children, the wind whispering words of evil. The Orcs seemed to have no trouble getting through the trees at all and hacked down the branches as they stood in their way.
Aliyana tripped on a root that had snaked it's way out of the ground. She fell hard and turned quickly to see an Orc leering down at her from slitted eyes, the dark sky bordering it's features, making it look even more ghastly. It scooped her up as she screamed for help, tears streaming from her eyes. "Noooooo!" Aragorn screamed as he tried to stop them. An Uruk-Hai swiftly hit him on the back of the neck and he fell to the ground promptly.
"Aragorn!" She screamed. All that she loved was now dead. She was frightened and did not know where they would take her. She watched his form slowly become a small speck covered by the trees. Her tears did not stop flowing as she screamed. Darkness would soon answer her questions...
* * *
Fionn begged for rest. The arrow in his shoulder was another thing to add on to the list of his wounds. He sidestepped another chain swiftly and tried to get a cut at the Orc. The Uruk-Hai whipped his chain round Fionn's sword and wrenched it free from his grasp. The chain flung his sword far and away, behind the other Orcs who were watching this to their amusement. Fionn let out a fatigued sigh. As the chain came again, he held out his forearm and felt the metal slapping against it. With one hard yank, he pulled the chain free of the Orc's grasp. He whipped back the chain and the hook severed the Orc's head. The neck still smoking fell to the ground.
The other three looked at the Elf in wonderment and screamed at him for killing their brother. Fionn was too tired to do anything, but he knew that he couldn't stop until they were dead. He flung himself over the Orcs and towards his sword. He quickly picked it up and slashed an Orc across its chest. As it fell, the other came. Fionn stabbed the Orc through its neck and the other came on by brutally punching Fionn to the ground. Not able to get back up, he looked at the Orc who was going to come down with his sword. Fionn reached for his sword as the orcish blade was within inches from his chest and stabbed the orc first. He gave out a grunt before falling to its side.
Fionn got up quickly, needing to see where the children had gotten to. Black spots dashed his vision so fast that he stumbled and used a tree for support. Shaking them from his vision, he instantly headed to where the children had escaped, remembering it from at least a half-hour ago. He picked up his pace still looking for them. Fear had jolted into his heart. What if the Orcs had made off with them? What If he was too late and they were already murdered by the Uruk-Hai. A small form laying across the grass caught his eye. Aragorn.
Fionn's breath caught in his throat and he made his way over to the boy, kneeling by him. A large purplish bruise was on his forehead. Fionn felt his tears clouding his vision. He pressed for any sign of life from the boy and nothing came. The Elf breathed one word "no..." Then a thin thread of life became apparent as he could feel a faint beating. Fionn let out the breath he had been holding.
Aragorn's eyes fluttered open, "Fionn!" He hugged the Elf and began to sob into his shoulder. Fionn held him, knowing that it was only so much to see all that he loved was taken away from him. "Where is your sister?" Aragorn looked at the ground after he had taken him out of their embrace. 'She...She was t-taken by the...the Uruk-Hai," Fionn felt his heart lurch. How could this have happened? Fionn finally noticed how much the arrow was irritating him. He shredded two long strips from his cloak. He snapped the front of the arrow off grimacing in pain, and then pulled the other out. Dark blood fell from his shoulder. One strip he tightened around his arm to staunch the bleeding, the other he took to make a sling for Aragorn's arm.
"We cannot go after Aliyana just yet. As I have said, we must continue to Rivendell, then when were are healed we can go look for her," Fionn stood up and looked at Aragorn "I hope that the Orcs haven't done mostly anything harmful to her...We will save her and get her back,"
With that they headed through the forest and away. The storm had become less violent and it sang a mournful song. Aragorn wanted to cry for his sister and for all that had been lost. He wanted to stop and forget all of his life as young as he was. Although, He knew that he had to go on, like Fionn had. He had saved them from death many a time from things so perilous that he never wanted to encounter again.
Fionn wished to mourn for Arathorn and Acacia, but he now knew that there was no way there was stop. He had to protect Aragorn at all costs so that no one would know of him. As for Fingal, He would kill him for what pain that he had inflicted on the children and killing those that he had loved. The rain mourned both as they waled out of the forest, hoping for them to see better times.
~Fin~
When the cold of Winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the sun
We will walk in bitter Rain
But in dreams
I can hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come, to end of days
In the dark I hear a call
Calling me there
I will go there
And back again
But in dreams
I still hear your name
And in dreams
We will meet again