A/N: Yes, I'm finally updating. I hope you all enjoy my new installment,
and I hope there will be many more and much more often! R/R!!
Aragorn, Legolas, and Merry reached their landing place after a rather quiet and calm trip. They sat their horses out to pasture, and sat under the shade of a nearby willow, all happy to finally get the chance to rest. Merry quickly fell asleep, and even Aragorn started to doze off a little. Legolas, however, sat up worriedly, worst-case scenarios running through his mind. But after a while, sheer exhaust took him over, and he, too, entered the world of slumber.
They awoke to the frenzied shouts and shakings of Pippin. "Get up! Oh, for the love of-GET UP!!!" Frustrated, he went to kick Aragorn, but the now- awakened warrior caught his foot in mid-air.
"I'm up. Now, what is so pressing of business to have you this distraught?"
Legolas quickly looked around, "Where's Cailiosa?"
Pippin spoke as quickly as his little lungs would allow. "The orcs got her! She stayed behind, told us she'd follow behind, but we never saw her... we waited and waited and waited, but-"
"We'll go back, see if we can find her" Legolas spoke up, headed for his horse.
"We can't, Elf, it is to much of a risk to-"
But Legolas cut him off sharply, his voice pleading, "If it were Arwen back there, would you not go after her?"
The Elf and Mortal stared each other down for a few moments, before Aragorn sighed.
"Take someone with you, you should not travel these paths alone. The rest of us will wait here for your return." Legolas started to turn away, but the swordsman caught his arm, "And return safely, Elf. All of you."
The archer nodded, then climbed onto the horse, which Pippin had already climbed onto, shouting that there's no way he'd leave Cailiosa alone. With a nod at the rest of the group, and mutual wishing of safe journey, Legolas and Pippin took off in the direction Pippin and Gimli had just come from.
After not even an hour of riding, Legolas thought he spotted something lying in the road. Pippin, not waiting for the horse to stop or to reach the spot-which was a good 10 feet away-jumped off, stumbled a few steps from the drop to the ground, and ran as fast as his Hobbit legs could carry him, yelling Cailiosa's name. Legolas yelled for him to wait, but knew it was futile, and tied the horses reigns to a tree before running after the Hobbit.
When Legolas caught up with Pippin, the halfling was shaking the form in the road desperately, and Legolas figured out that it was indeed Cailiosa's unmoving body in the middle of the road. He glanced around briefly, and noticed that there were hundreds of dead orcs laying around. He whispered, almost to himself, "How could she have taken out all these by herself...?"
He was brought back to middle-earth when he heard a slight moan from Cailiosa, and she stirred. The Elf maiden opened her eyes slowly and looked up at the Hobbit kneeling over her, and smiled slightly, "Hello, little one..."
Aragorn, Legolas, and Merry reached their landing place after a rather quiet and calm trip. They sat their horses out to pasture, and sat under the shade of a nearby willow, all happy to finally get the chance to rest. Merry quickly fell asleep, and even Aragorn started to doze off a little. Legolas, however, sat up worriedly, worst-case scenarios running through his mind. But after a while, sheer exhaust took him over, and he, too, entered the world of slumber.
They awoke to the frenzied shouts and shakings of Pippin. "Get up! Oh, for the love of-GET UP!!!" Frustrated, he went to kick Aragorn, but the now- awakened warrior caught his foot in mid-air.
"I'm up. Now, what is so pressing of business to have you this distraught?"
Legolas quickly looked around, "Where's Cailiosa?"
Pippin spoke as quickly as his little lungs would allow. "The orcs got her! She stayed behind, told us she'd follow behind, but we never saw her... we waited and waited and waited, but-"
"We'll go back, see if we can find her" Legolas spoke up, headed for his horse.
"We can't, Elf, it is to much of a risk to-"
But Legolas cut him off sharply, his voice pleading, "If it were Arwen back there, would you not go after her?"
The Elf and Mortal stared each other down for a few moments, before Aragorn sighed.
"Take someone with you, you should not travel these paths alone. The rest of us will wait here for your return." Legolas started to turn away, but the swordsman caught his arm, "And return safely, Elf. All of you."
The archer nodded, then climbed onto the horse, which Pippin had already climbed onto, shouting that there's no way he'd leave Cailiosa alone. With a nod at the rest of the group, and mutual wishing of safe journey, Legolas and Pippin took off in the direction Pippin and Gimli had just come from.
After not even an hour of riding, Legolas thought he spotted something lying in the road. Pippin, not waiting for the horse to stop or to reach the spot-which was a good 10 feet away-jumped off, stumbled a few steps from the drop to the ground, and ran as fast as his Hobbit legs could carry him, yelling Cailiosa's name. Legolas yelled for him to wait, but knew it was futile, and tied the horses reigns to a tree before running after the Hobbit.
When Legolas caught up with Pippin, the halfling was shaking the form in the road desperately, and Legolas figured out that it was indeed Cailiosa's unmoving body in the middle of the road. He glanced around briefly, and noticed that there were hundreds of dead orcs laying around. He whispered, almost to himself, "How could she have taken out all these by herself...?"
He was brought back to middle-earth when he heard a slight moan from Cailiosa, and she stirred. The Elf maiden opened her eyes slowly and looked up at the Hobbit kneeling over her, and smiled slightly, "Hello, little one..."