Legacy of the Ring
Echo the Nymph
Disclaimer: I don't own the book.
Note: Thank you, Abskii. Your comments are appriciated.That's the encouragement one
needs to keep going!
Chapter 7
"Cora Loa? But...how?" Phoenix sounded very confused.
Prairie Song smiled and helped her to her hooves. "Phoenix, I knew you would need my help when Dark Star attacked you. But I didn't realize how powerful you truly were. That power is what I am here to awaken. Come." She followed her ancestress into a clearing then into its center. "Auras ali niya cornomadas, halo mey lisha. Besta vala Phoenix sho sisay ali corasta. Sha siy ah merama ali fueja." The fatigue she felt melted away like snow under the sun. She stood strong, meeting Prairie Song's gaze. "Now you must wake."
*~
"Cora Loa!" Phoenix cried as she sat up sharply.
"Take it easy, Phoenix. You were out since yesterday afternoon." Legolas supplied. He turned around to give her some privacy. "My father wishes to see you. He wants you to tell him what you told Lord Elrond."
She let out a snort. "Lord Elrond could tell him just as easily." the filly retorted, then she sighed as she dressed. "I'm ready, Legolas. Show me the way." The huntress followed him to the throne room. She revealed her dream to him and he snorted.
"I doubt he would move against the Wood Elves."
Phoenix groaned. "He will! Sauron will take Mirkwood when the fancy strikes him. Didn't some of the elves of Mirkwood help in the final battle of the Second Age? You are as stubborn as my grandfather! I'm not trying to deceive you, only warn you! Sho nocta ne Mordor kia masa tierla sonya ali snonya'ri las caraiendo!" She sharply turned and cantered out of the palace.
"I'll never understand huntresses." Thranduil sighed.
Legolas gazed at his father intensely. "Father, I too, feel the threat Mordor poses. Why can't you?" The king dismissed his son with a gesture. Legolas left in anger. Phoenix noticed his expression and laughed.
"Such an expression doesn't suit you, my friend." Her chuckling lightened the mood for the others of the fellowship.
Galdalf looked up, his expression grave. "We must go. The Fellowship of the Ring cannot remain here without bringing udue danger."
Phoenix watched them for a few seconds. She felt something pulling her towards them. ~Caladra, they are your family. You are their hope. Do not let them go without you.~ The spiritual voice faded away as she sprang into a trot.
"Wait!" They stopped, surprised. What had gotten into her? She would be safer in Mirkwood, away from them. "I feel that my path lays with you. Don't try to tell me that I would be safer here. Huntresses learn fast, and there could be a place where only instinct would serve as a guide. I don't want any of you to get hurt." She was deadly serious about what she was saying. Her friends could see that she had ablities that were needed for their journey.
Once the Fellowship had vanished into the trees, they relaxed a little. The children of Shelob wouldn't attack them while they were in the company of a lesser dragon and a huntress of the line of Fire. Darkness had fallen by the time they got out of the wood.
A clear, piping call floated across the meadow. Phoenix answered with the call of a sleepy lark. Another huntress emerged from the shadows, from the line of earth. "Phoenix, why travel in this company? They attract danger."
"Like we don't Gaia? They are my friends and my path lays with them for there are:
Three rings for the Elven Kings under the sky
Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal men doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
The One Ring has returned, and with it the Dark Lord. Rally the huntresses for a war approaches."
Echo the Nymph
Disclaimer: I don't own the book.
Note: Thank you, Abskii. Your comments are appriciated.That's the encouragement one
needs to keep going!
Chapter 7
"Cora Loa? But...how?" Phoenix sounded very confused.
Prairie Song smiled and helped her to her hooves. "Phoenix, I knew you would need my help when Dark Star attacked you. But I didn't realize how powerful you truly were. That power is what I am here to awaken. Come." She followed her ancestress into a clearing then into its center. "Auras ali niya cornomadas, halo mey lisha. Besta vala Phoenix sho sisay ali corasta. Sha siy ah merama ali fueja." The fatigue she felt melted away like snow under the sun. She stood strong, meeting Prairie Song's gaze. "Now you must wake."
*~
"Cora Loa!" Phoenix cried as she sat up sharply.
"Take it easy, Phoenix. You were out since yesterday afternoon." Legolas supplied. He turned around to give her some privacy. "My father wishes to see you. He wants you to tell him what you told Lord Elrond."
She let out a snort. "Lord Elrond could tell him just as easily." the filly retorted, then she sighed as she dressed. "I'm ready, Legolas. Show me the way." The huntress followed him to the throne room. She revealed her dream to him and he snorted.
"I doubt he would move against the Wood Elves."
Phoenix groaned. "He will! Sauron will take Mirkwood when the fancy strikes him. Didn't some of the elves of Mirkwood help in the final battle of the Second Age? You are as stubborn as my grandfather! I'm not trying to deceive you, only warn you! Sho nocta ne Mordor kia masa tierla sonya ali snonya'ri las caraiendo!" She sharply turned and cantered out of the palace.
"I'll never understand huntresses." Thranduil sighed.
Legolas gazed at his father intensely. "Father, I too, feel the threat Mordor poses. Why can't you?" The king dismissed his son with a gesture. Legolas left in anger. Phoenix noticed his expression and laughed.
"Such an expression doesn't suit you, my friend." Her chuckling lightened the mood for the others of the fellowship.
Galdalf looked up, his expression grave. "We must go. The Fellowship of the Ring cannot remain here without bringing udue danger."
Phoenix watched them for a few seconds. She felt something pulling her towards them. ~Caladra, they are your family. You are their hope. Do not let them go without you.~ The spiritual voice faded away as she sprang into a trot.
"Wait!" They stopped, surprised. What had gotten into her? She would be safer in Mirkwood, away from them. "I feel that my path lays with you. Don't try to tell me that I would be safer here. Huntresses learn fast, and there could be a place where only instinct would serve as a guide. I don't want any of you to get hurt." She was deadly serious about what she was saying. Her friends could see that she had ablities that were needed for their journey.
Once the Fellowship had vanished into the trees, they relaxed a little. The children of Shelob wouldn't attack them while they were in the company of a lesser dragon and a huntress of the line of Fire. Darkness had fallen by the time they got out of the wood.
A clear, piping call floated across the meadow. Phoenix answered with the call of a sleepy lark. Another huntress emerged from the shadows, from the line of earth. "Phoenix, why travel in this company? They attract danger."
"Like we don't Gaia? They are my friends and my path lays with them for there are:
Three rings for the Elven Kings under the sky
Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal men doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
The One Ring has returned, and with it the Dark Lord. Rally the huntresses for a war approaches."