Chapter Number: 13
Chapter Title: Getting Elle Back
Original Chapter Title: Lauri tries to get Elle Back, Boromir dies, no one cares.
Lauri skillfully fired yet another arrow, piercing an orc through the head. As she quickly grabbed another arrow and placed it in her bow, she noticed one orc seemed to be running away from the battle zone. She took a closer look and saw that it had a creature with blonde hair slung over it's shoulder. "Elle!" She cried, put the arrow back in her quiver, and bolted off after the orc.
Legolas looked up from what he was doing and saw Lauri running after an orc. 'Why is she chasing just this one?' he wondered, but then noticed the small blonde hobbit being carried off by this particular orc. 'Oh no, not Elanor!' he thought and took off after Lauri and the orc.
"Elle! Elle!" Lauri shouted. Tears welling up in her eyes from the pain of speaking. She was gaining on the orc quickly. Soon she would be able to get a good aim. The orc ran a few more meters and then stopped. Lauri stopped dead in her path, and silently aimed an arrow at the orc. She was about to fire it when she heard a twig snap behind her. She whirled around and fired the arrow, which Legolas just barely managed to dodge. It zipped by his face, slightly cutting his cheek.
"Legolas!" Lauri gasped.
The orc heard them in the distance and began to run again. Despite the fact that Legolas was bleeding, Lauri jumped up and ran after the orc. Legolas ignored the wound on his cheek and ran after Lauri, in hopes that they could return Elle to safety.
As the orc ran, it noticed the red headed elf was close behind, and so it took it's helmet off and wrapped it in some of the cloth it was wearing. It threw it up into the top of a tree, and put the hobbit in his arms out of sight.
Lauri saw the orc throw something up into a tall tree nearby. "Elle!" she cried, 'What if he hurt her!' she worried. She began to climb the tree. "Elle is up here!" she shouted down to Legolas, who stopped running.
'Oh please be alive, please be alive.' Lauri panicked as she drew nearer to the 'hobbit' in the tree. She then was close enough to see that it wasn't Elanor. It was a helmet.
"No. NO!" she shouted in anger.
"Legolas! It's not Elle! Go after the Orc!" she yelled and began to climb down the tree. She was becoming dizzy again from the pain in her jaw. Her head swam and the world around her spun as she felt herself lose her grip. She was about 15 feet off the ground when she fell.
Legolas had ran a good deal away after the devil-orc who stole Elanor, when he saw Lauri slip and begin to fall towards the ground
"Lauri!" he cried and began to run back.
Lauri screamed as her arm hit one of the branches, and was surely broken. Then it got worse, she hit the rocky ground. She was conscious through the blinding pain just long enough to see Legolas running back.
"No! don't come back! Go....after Elle!" she shouted with all the strength she had left, before blacking out.
Legolas ran faster than he had ever run in his life to get back to her. He skidded to a stop next to her and knelt down. He was relieved to see she was still breathing, and noted the fact that her arm was bent at painful angle. He carefully picked her up and carried her back to the others.
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When he returned, he found that Boromir was dead, Merry and Pippin kidnapped, and Frodo and Sam had left for Mordor alone. When Gimli spotted the blonde elf approaching with Lauri in his arms he was filled with disbelief.
"Is she..?" he asked, not wanting the answer.
"No, she is alive, but badly injured." Legolas reassured.
Aragorn took her from the elf's arms and placed her under a tree, and began his work. He reset bones, and bandaged wounds, and by the time he was done, the red-haired elf was beginning to wake up.
"Legolas." He nodded towards Lauri and left with Gimli to take care of Boromir's body. Legolas sat facing the injured elf. She looked up at him.
"Legolas? Where is Elle?" she whispered, regaining her voice.
Legolas looked at the ground. "I do not know..."
"What!? You mean you didn't follow them!? Why didn't you go after them!? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!???" she shouted in anger. Pain induced tears formed in her eyes yet again from her injury.
Legolas cringed and leaned away from the shouting girl before him. "I was worried about you. I...You fell...and-"
"and what!? You thought Elle would be fine. That you should go to me!? I had nothing putting me in danger!!! Elle was being taken away by the ENEMY!" she shouted, her voice becoming hoarse.
"I'm sorry..."
"Sorry won't help Elle, Legolas." She said quietly, her hand on her jaw and tears streaming down her face. She looked at the ground, ashamed of crying. She didn't want him to think she was weak, but what else was there to do? She lost her best friend. She looked back up and saw the hurt in the blonde elf's eyes and realized what she had done. She also noticed the wound that her arrow had made on his cheek still remained un-attended. A wave of guilt and regret so powerful that it was more painful than her arm or her jaw swept over her.
"I'm sorry Legolas..." she said quietly. The Mirkwood elf continued to look away, hurt. She forced herself to kneel and moved in front of his face, even though it hurt to do so. She was even more shocked to see tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry." She repeated.
"I'm sorry for this." She used her good arm to put her hand gently on his wounded cheek. "I'm sorry for this." She continued, wiping tear from his cheek. "And I'm sorry for this." She said placing her hand over his heart.
"I'm sorry, I know you only were trying to help." She said and gently kissed him on the cheek. "Forgive me..."
After a while, Legolas nodded, "I forgive you." He said quietly. She smiled slightly through the pain that had again reached her memory.
"Thank you." She whispered.
(Song: Unforgivable Sinner by Lene Marlin)
He put her back under the tree, and her mind went back to Elle. Elle, who was all alone with the enemy. 'What if she's hurt, or scared. What if she's not even still...' Lauri thought, not even noticing that she had begun to cry again. She didn't even want to consider that possibility.
That night they set up camp there. The boys, a short distance from Lauri, were asleep quickly. Lauri, however, could not sleep. She couldn't get her mind to stop thinking. 'What if she's dead? What if she's dead? What will happen then? It's all my fault. I shouldn't have fallen for that orc's trick. If she's dead it's my fault...' she thought over and over until she was sobbing.
Legolas woke when he heard Lauri's crying a little ways away. He stood and walked towards the sound. He found her, slumped forward, sobbing between gasps.
"Lauri..." he said quietly, sitting beside her, "don't cry..."
She looked up at him and continued to sob. "I can't... help it..." she wept. 'It's all your fault! You killed your best friend!' her conscious screamed. She began to cry harder, looking back at Legolas. She saw the cut on his cheek, 'that's your fault too! You're a terrible person! You hurt the people you love!' her mind induced more tears.
Legolas noticed that when she looked up at him, she began to cry more. 'what did I do?!' he panicked. He put his hand on her shoulder. "Lauri I-" he stopped speaking when she took his other hand in hers and held onto it tightly, continuing to cry. He gently lifted her and held her as she sobbed. She stopped crying only when she fell asleep in exhaustion, her hand still holding onto his.
(END Song: Unforgivable Sinner By Lene Marlin)
A.N.: ELLE: Me and an orc loin cloth? I fail to recognize the difference...lol
LAURI: Okay, I hope u don't all hate my character now. Just think in her point of view, you just lost your best and only friend. You have no one now. Not anyone, you're all alone. And just think, what if you'd felt that way before. Ohhhhhh a hint to my past! Bwaheeheee. Please R/R. By the by, did anyone else have really terrible problems with Ff.net earlier? It kept saying my Pen name didn't exist and wouldn't let me log in, or find any of my stories. In fact, NOBODY'S stories would show up. Sent me into a total state of panic. Lol. Oh, and a link to the lyrics to that song is below. I luv that song:
http://www.lyricscafe.com/m/marlin_lene.htm
Go there and then click on the song we used above. "Unforgivable Sinner" and it'll pop up. If u want me to explain the song further, as in which parts pertain to which character, email me and I'll tell ya'. :D
Well, byes for now! ~~~Lauri and Elle
Chapter Title: Getting Elle Back
Original Chapter Title: Lauri tries to get Elle Back, Boromir dies, no one cares.
Lauri skillfully fired yet another arrow, piercing an orc through the head. As she quickly grabbed another arrow and placed it in her bow, she noticed one orc seemed to be running away from the battle zone. She took a closer look and saw that it had a creature with blonde hair slung over it's shoulder. "Elle!" She cried, put the arrow back in her quiver, and bolted off after the orc.
Legolas looked up from what he was doing and saw Lauri running after an orc. 'Why is she chasing just this one?' he wondered, but then noticed the small blonde hobbit being carried off by this particular orc. 'Oh no, not Elanor!' he thought and took off after Lauri and the orc.
"Elle! Elle!" Lauri shouted. Tears welling up in her eyes from the pain of speaking. She was gaining on the orc quickly. Soon she would be able to get a good aim. The orc ran a few more meters and then stopped. Lauri stopped dead in her path, and silently aimed an arrow at the orc. She was about to fire it when she heard a twig snap behind her. She whirled around and fired the arrow, which Legolas just barely managed to dodge. It zipped by his face, slightly cutting his cheek.
"Legolas!" Lauri gasped.
The orc heard them in the distance and began to run again. Despite the fact that Legolas was bleeding, Lauri jumped up and ran after the orc. Legolas ignored the wound on his cheek and ran after Lauri, in hopes that they could return Elle to safety.
As the orc ran, it noticed the red headed elf was close behind, and so it took it's helmet off and wrapped it in some of the cloth it was wearing. It threw it up into the top of a tree, and put the hobbit in his arms out of sight.
Lauri saw the orc throw something up into a tall tree nearby. "Elle!" she cried, 'What if he hurt her!' she worried. She began to climb the tree. "Elle is up here!" she shouted down to Legolas, who stopped running.
'Oh please be alive, please be alive.' Lauri panicked as she drew nearer to the 'hobbit' in the tree. She then was close enough to see that it wasn't Elanor. It was a helmet.
"No. NO!" she shouted in anger.
"Legolas! It's not Elle! Go after the Orc!" she yelled and began to climb down the tree. She was becoming dizzy again from the pain in her jaw. Her head swam and the world around her spun as she felt herself lose her grip. She was about 15 feet off the ground when she fell.
Legolas had ran a good deal away after the devil-orc who stole Elanor, when he saw Lauri slip and begin to fall towards the ground
"Lauri!" he cried and began to run back.
Lauri screamed as her arm hit one of the branches, and was surely broken. Then it got worse, she hit the rocky ground. She was conscious through the blinding pain just long enough to see Legolas running back.
"No! don't come back! Go....after Elle!" she shouted with all the strength she had left, before blacking out.
Legolas ran faster than he had ever run in his life to get back to her. He skidded to a stop next to her and knelt down. He was relieved to see she was still breathing, and noted the fact that her arm was bent at painful angle. He carefully picked her up and carried her back to the others.
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When he returned, he found that Boromir was dead, Merry and Pippin kidnapped, and Frodo and Sam had left for Mordor alone. When Gimli spotted the blonde elf approaching with Lauri in his arms he was filled with disbelief.
"Is she..?" he asked, not wanting the answer.
"No, she is alive, but badly injured." Legolas reassured.
Aragorn took her from the elf's arms and placed her under a tree, and began his work. He reset bones, and bandaged wounds, and by the time he was done, the red-haired elf was beginning to wake up.
"Legolas." He nodded towards Lauri and left with Gimli to take care of Boromir's body. Legolas sat facing the injured elf. She looked up at him.
"Legolas? Where is Elle?" she whispered, regaining her voice.
Legolas looked at the ground. "I do not know..."
"What!? You mean you didn't follow them!? Why didn't you go after them!? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!???" she shouted in anger. Pain induced tears formed in her eyes yet again from her injury.
Legolas cringed and leaned away from the shouting girl before him. "I was worried about you. I...You fell...and-"
"and what!? You thought Elle would be fine. That you should go to me!? I had nothing putting me in danger!!! Elle was being taken away by the ENEMY!" she shouted, her voice becoming hoarse.
"I'm sorry..."
"Sorry won't help Elle, Legolas." She said quietly, her hand on her jaw and tears streaming down her face. She looked at the ground, ashamed of crying. She didn't want him to think she was weak, but what else was there to do? She lost her best friend. She looked back up and saw the hurt in the blonde elf's eyes and realized what she had done. She also noticed the wound that her arrow had made on his cheek still remained un-attended. A wave of guilt and regret so powerful that it was more painful than her arm or her jaw swept over her.
"I'm sorry Legolas..." she said quietly. The Mirkwood elf continued to look away, hurt. She forced herself to kneel and moved in front of his face, even though it hurt to do so. She was even more shocked to see tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry." She repeated.
"I'm sorry for this." She used her good arm to put her hand gently on his wounded cheek. "I'm sorry for this." She continued, wiping tear from his cheek. "And I'm sorry for this." She said placing her hand over his heart.
"I'm sorry, I know you only were trying to help." She said and gently kissed him on the cheek. "Forgive me..."
After a while, Legolas nodded, "I forgive you." He said quietly. She smiled slightly through the pain that had again reached her memory.
"Thank you." She whispered.
(Song: Unforgivable Sinner by Lene Marlin)
He put her back under the tree, and her mind went back to Elle. Elle, who was all alone with the enemy. 'What if she's hurt, or scared. What if she's not even still...' Lauri thought, not even noticing that she had begun to cry again. She didn't even want to consider that possibility.
That night they set up camp there. The boys, a short distance from Lauri, were asleep quickly. Lauri, however, could not sleep. She couldn't get her mind to stop thinking. 'What if she's dead? What if she's dead? What will happen then? It's all my fault. I shouldn't have fallen for that orc's trick. If she's dead it's my fault...' she thought over and over until she was sobbing.
Legolas woke when he heard Lauri's crying a little ways away. He stood and walked towards the sound. He found her, slumped forward, sobbing between gasps.
"Lauri..." he said quietly, sitting beside her, "don't cry..."
She looked up at him and continued to sob. "I can't... help it..." she wept. 'It's all your fault! You killed your best friend!' her conscious screamed. She began to cry harder, looking back at Legolas. She saw the cut on his cheek, 'that's your fault too! You're a terrible person! You hurt the people you love!' her mind induced more tears.
Legolas noticed that when she looked up at him, she began to cry more. 'what did I do?!' he panicked. He put his hand on her shoulder. "Lauri I-" he stopped speaking when she took his other hand in hers and held onto it tightly, continuing to cry. He gently lifted her and held her as she sobbed. She stopped crying only when she fell asleep in exhaustion, her hand still holding onto his.
(END Song: Unforgivable Sinner By Lene Marlin)
A.N.: ELLE: Me and an orc loin cloth? I fail to recognize the difference...lol
LAURI: Okay, I hope u don't all hate my character now. Just think in her point of view, you just lost your best and only friend. You have no one now. Not anyone, you're all alone. And just think, what if you'd felt that way before. Ohhhhhh a hint to my past! Bwaheeheee. Please R/R. By the by, did anyone else have really terrible problems with Ff.net earlier? It kept saying my Pen name didn't exist and wouldn't let me log in, or find any of my stories. In fact, NOBODY'S stories would show up. Sent me into a total state of panic. Lol. Oh, and a link to the lyrics to that song is below. I luv that song:
http://www.lyricscafe.com/m/marlin_lene.htm
Go there and then click on the song we used above. "Unforgivable Sinner" and it'll pop up. If u want me to explain the song further, as in which parts pertain to which character, email me and I'll tell ya'. :D
Well, byes for now! ~~~Lauri and Elle