Gimli was too weak to resist and a feeling of good flushed over Legolas and he allowed himself to be lead away by the arm. As he ran a large branch harshly stroked his arm. The two friends found themselves inside a tree. As strange as it sounds all they could remember was the door being opened and being whisked inside. There either from the fright of seeing his friend fall or the smoke or the arrows he passed out on the floor once inside. He had a dream of a song from long ago played in his mind.
When he awoke he found himself in a small room on a cot. Across the room he saw his friend, lying motionless with a bandage around his lower leg. He lay there for a few moments trying to recall what had happened. Then as if for the first time he saw the figure, sitting in a chair by the fire. He remembered his rescuer and finally he just simply whispered,
"Thank you."
Then it looked at him and it was if they had seen each other for the first time but knew each other. It was a woman. She simply replied,
" Your very welcome, newcomer"
He looked at her in disbelief. She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen in his entire life. Then he saw she was an Elf Maiden. She had hair of gold, and eyes of green with a tad of blue. To him she was fairer then the Lady of the Wood, Lothlorien. He had never in his life seen a greater beauty.
To her, he was a picture strait out of one of her guardian's stories, the stories of the Ring. She looked to his partner and saw he matched the description of a character in the too. She looked at him and all she come get out was,
"What's your name?"
To Legolas her voice was unlike anything he had ever heard before. It was almost paralyzing to his mind. It was a very melodic voice if he had ever heard one. He replied simply,
"Legolas Greenleaf, and over there is my friend-"
"Gimli, son of Gloin" she answered softly, looking contently at Legolas. She then got up strode over and began to bathe his shoulder wound
"How could you have known that?"
"Stories, stories told to me, long ago of the Fellowship of the Ring."
He starred at her in awe. He couldn't believe the luck of finding such a person that knew their tail.
"I have so many questions,"
She looked at him. He seemed so noble, so proud, and true. She felt as if she had strayed in to her friend's stories. She then smiled.
"I have so many answers, and questions the same. Let me see if I can save us time on these. My name is Ephredil, after a flower in the land Lothlorien. I ask you though not to call me by that name for there is an evil in these woods that seeks me. Call me, Sari, for I am not sure if there is any true meaning to that name, and I find it pretty. We are in the woods of no return. Since you have come and there is evil I will take you to Rivendell to see my great friends, your old companions."
He looked at in disbelief, and shook his head and smiled.
"Now my head has more questions they I have begun. One is why does evil hunt you? And Rivendell?" he asked questioningly.
"This isn't the time or place to discuss reason for my being hunted, and yes, Rivendell the lord Elrond was so fond of his fair land in Middle-earth that he created a replica for he and the others to dwell in."
Legolas kept all other questions to himself but one.
"Why did you leave such a fair land just to be hunted in the wild? Do you like it this way?"
"Being hunted is why I left, and my brother. No I would most definitely wish to dwell in Rivendell."
At all of his questions being answered he was satisfied for the moment. Then he felt hunger over come him. She seemed to read his thoughts for at that moment she offered him some food.