Chapter Number: 30
Chapter Title: The Dark Room
Original Chapter Title: Lauri is locked in the Dark Room
Lauri sat as close to the door as she could. Or at least she thought it was the door. She couldn't tell because it was pitch black. She held her hand up in front of her face and couldn't see it at all. Now she was scared, and that didn't happen to often in her life. She tried to feel around for a crack in the door, anything that would let in a small amount of light, but found none, in fact, she wasn't even sure that she was near the door. It all was the same, cold damp stone.
She stood up and walked around the room, it was a big circle, so she was never sure where she was. There was no way out, no light, nothing. She sat down against one wall, and drew her knees up to her chest, with her arms around them. 'This is okay, I can get through this.' She told herself. 'It's nothing more than a room without a light.'
After what felt like an hour she was sufficiently terrified. She felt that if she had to stay without vision much longer, it would become permanent. She tried again to find a crack somewhere in the wall, but found nothing. She sank down to the cold stone floor and began to cry. She was alone, with nothing but the sound of her own sobs to keep her company.
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Elanor ran through the woods, looking in trees, holes and any other hiding place conceivable. She was peeking into a nearby tree, when she smelled a very bad smell that she could only associate with none other than Gollum. She whirled around and there he was, hissing, behind her.
"Where are they?!" she demanded, gripping the creature around the throat.
"Why should I tell you. You might be trying to steal my preciousssssss." he hissed.
"The only thing that you're going to consider precious in a moment is your head, before I bash it in!" Elanor shouted angrily.
"Sméagol will takes you to them. Sméagol is nice, we likes hobbitsss..." he said and Elle released her death grip.
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Lauri had stopped crying when she heard something move outside. She had hoped that it was someone to rescue her, or an orc, or even Saruman, anyone to open that door and give her some light. She was also beginning to feel hungry, but she didn't see any hope to them feeding her. 'Why would they do that? It would be the humane thing to do, so of course they aren't going to do it.' She could feel herself falling into her own fear. She was an elf, they were meant to be close to nature, but in this room all there was was cold dead stone. The air was old and thick, and it seemed to suffocate her. She desperately wanted out of that room, she felt like screaming, but instead she just burst into tears. 'Please someone help me...please...anyone...' she said over and over again in her mind. 'Elanor, Legolas, someone help.' She curled up on the floor and cried herself to sleep.
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Elanor stopped quietly where Sam and Frodo slept. She bent down close to Frodo and kissed his head. "Frodo." she whispered. "Wake up, love" she coaxed. Frodo shot up and screamed briefly as Elanor held her hand to his mouth. "Shhhh. Don't wake Sam."
"Mr. Frodo! Are you alright! Sam said running towards them with his sword drawn. He tripped on a root and went flying just as Elanor blocked his blow with her recovered sword.
"Try and be more careful Sam." She said letting Frodo speak.
"Why are you here?! You aren't supposed to be here! Did you follow us?! How could you?! You promised!" he raved. Elle kissed him a couple of times so he would relax.
"Let's try that again?" she taunted.
"Speak then." Frodo smirked.
"Lauri and I were captured by orcs sent by Saruman. I got away and Lauri needs help. I don't know if she's okay." She said quickly. Just then, Lauri's voice entered her mind.
'Please someone help me...please...anyone.... Elanor, Legolas, someone help.'
"Lauri!" she cried. "I'm coming!" Elle yelled. "Frodo, I must go, now. Whatever you do, don't help me."
"Hey, where have I heard that before?" Sam said.
"Go away Sam!" Frodo and Elle said in unison. Sam slowly turned and left leaving Frodo to take Elle's hands.
"You know I would never leave you." Frodo sighed.
'I know." She said before she kissed him briefly and bolting.
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Lauri turned over in her sleep; she was having a nightmare. She was in the dark and could barely see. She turned when she heard a step, and saw Legolas behind her. "Legolas?" she cried, not realizing she was actually saying it. "Legolas save me...help me please..." she whimpered. Then, she saw Saruman come up behind her, and grab her. "Tua..." then she woke up with a yelp.
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Outside near the destroyed gates of Isengard, Legolas sat with Aragorn, Gimli, Pippin, Merry and Gandalf. They were all sitting down talking of their adventures, when Legolas stopped listening. He thought he heard a voice, her voice. "Legolas?" he heard her say. He looked around to see where she was, and saw no one. "Legolas save me." she sounded afraid. 'Where is she?' he looked around frantically.
"Legolas? What is it?" Pippin asked.
"Yes, you look distracted." Aragorn said.
"Laurëaelen. I hear her. Don't you hear her? She sounds like she's afraid. We must find her." He said
"I didn't hear her at all" Gimli said looking at his elf friend.
"What? But how could you not hear her?" Legolas asked, shocked, "help me please..." he heard her again, she sounded as if she were crying.
"Legolas, are you still hearing her?" Merry asked, noticing he was looking strangely again.
"Yes..." he faded, "why am I the only one hearing her?" He saw an image of Saruman and she cried "Tua...". Then there was only silence.
"Telepathy." Gandalf said.
"You think she has telepathy?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, why else would you be the only one to hear her?" Gandalf said.
"Well, we still have to find her. She's frightened......I think that Saruman has her. We have to go to the tower." Legolas said jumping up.
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Lauri sat up, she had just woken from her dream and was again, alone in the dark. She wished she weren't alone anymore. She sat there trembling; she was also beginning to feel as if she were running out of air, as terrible as it was. 'Some one let me out. I'm going to go mad in here!'
ELVISH: "Tua!" - Help!
A.N.: ELLE: It's dark and it's a room. teehee. Hang in Lauri! Mesa coming!!!!!
LAURI: *rocks back and forth, eyes glassy* OMG OMG OMG...OMG OMG OMG... Let me out!!! I can totally relate to this, because in real life, I can't stand pitch dark, or dead silence. It totally freaks me out, plus, I'm claustrophobic so the whole "Running out of air" thing totally applies as well. That's one of the reasons it was so easy to write this chapter. :) What did u all think? Interesting? I hope so! I hope to see loads of reviews!
Chapter Title: The Dark Room
Original Chapter Title: Lauri is locked in the Dark Room
Lauri sat as close to the door as she could. Or at least she thought it was the door. She couldn't tell because it was pitch black. She held her hand up in front of her face and couldn't see it at all. Now she was scared, and that didn't happen to often in her life. She tried to feel around for a crack in the door, anything that would let in a small amount of light, but found none, in fact, she wasn't even sure that she was near the door. It all was the same, cold damp stone.
She stood up and walked around the room, it was a big circle, so she was never sure where she was. There was no way out, no light, nothing. She sat down against one wall, and drew her knees up to her chest, with her arms around them. 'This is okay, I can get through this.' She told herself. 'It's nothing more than a room without a light.'
After what felt like an hour she was sufficiently terrified. She felt that if she had to stay without vision much longer, it would become permanent. She tried again to find a crack somewhere in the wall, but found nothing. She sank down to the cold stone floor and began to cry. She was alone, with nothing but the sound of her own sobs to keep her company.
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Elanor ran through the woods, looking in trees, holes and any other hiding place conceivable. She was peeking into a nearby tree, when she smelled a very bad smell that she could only associate with none other than Gollum. She whirled around and there he was, hissing, behind her.
"Where are they?!" she demanded, gripping the creature around the throat.
"Why should I tell you. You might be trying to steal my preciousssssss." he hissed.
"The only thing that you're going to consider precious in a moment is your head, before I bash it in!" Elanor shouted angrily.
"Sméagol will takes you to them. Sméagol is nice, we likes hobbitsss..." he said and Elle released her death grip.
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Lauri had stopped crying when she heard something move outside. She had hoped that it was someone to rescue her, or an orc, or even Saruman, anyone to open that door and give her some light. She was also beginning to feel hungry, but she didn't see any hope to them feeding her. 'Why would they do that? It would be the humane thing to do, so of course they aren't going to do it.' She could feel herself falling into her own fear. She was an elf, they were meant to be close to nature, but in this room all there was was cold dead stone. The air was old and thick, and it seemed to suffocate her. She desperately wanted out of that room, she felt like screaming, but instead she just burst into tears. 'Please someone help me...please...anyone...' she said over and over again in her mind. 'Elanor, Legolas, someone help.' She curled up on the floor and cried herself to sleep.
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Elanor stopped quietly where Sam and Frodo slept. She bent down close to Frodo and kissed his head. "Frodo." she whispered. "Wake up, love" she coaxed. Frodo shot up and screamed briefly as Elanor held her hand to his mouth. "Shhhh. Don't wake Sam."
"Mr. Frodo! Are you alright! Sam said running towards them with his sword drawn. He tripped on a root and went flying just as Elanor blocked his blow with her recovered sword.
"Try and be more careful Sam." She said letting Frodo speak.
"Why are you here?! You aren't supposed to be here! Did you follow us?! How could you?! You promised!" he raved. Elle kissed him a couple of times so he would relax.
"Let's try that again?" she taunted.
"Speak then." Frodo smirked.
"Lauri and I were captured by orcs sent by Saruman. I got away and Lauri needs help. I don't know if she's okay." She said quickly. Just then, Lauri's voice entered her mind.
'Please someone help me...please...anyone.... Elanor, Legolas, someone help.'
"Lauri!" she cried. "I'm coming!" Elle yelled. "Frodo, I must go, now. Whatever you do, don't help me."
"Hey, where have I heard that before?" Sam said.
"Go away Sam!" Frodo and Elle said in unison. Sam slowly turned and left leaving Frodo to take Elle's hands.
"You know I would never leave you." Frodo sighed.
'I know." She said before she kissed him briefly and bolting.
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Lauri turned over in her sleep; she was having a nightmare. She was in the dark and could barely see. She turned when she heard a step, and saw Legolas behind her. "Legolas?" she cried, not realizing she was actually saying it. "Legolas save me...help me please..." she whimpered. Then, she saw Saruman come up behind her, and grab her. "Tua..." then she woke up with a yelp.
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Outside near the destroyed gates of Isengard, Legolas sat with Aragorn, Gimli, Pippin, Merry and Gandalf. They were all sitting down talking of their adventures, when Legolas stopped listening. He thought he heard a voice, her voice. "Legolas?" he heard her say. He looked around to see where she was, and saw no one. "Legolas save me." she sounded afraid. 'Where is she?' he looked around frantically.
"Legolas? What is it?" Pippin asked.
"Yes, you look distracted." Aragorn said.
"Laurëaelen. I hear her. Don't you hear her? She sounds like she's afraid. We must find her." He said
"I didn't hear her at all" Gimli said looking at his elf friend.
"What? But how could you not hear her?" Legolas asked, shocked, "help me please..." he heard her again, she sounded as if she were crying.
"Legolas, are you still hearing her?" Merry asked, noticing he was looking strangely again.
"Yes..." he faded, "why am I the only one hearing her?" He saw an image of Saruman and she cried "Tua...". Then there was only silence.
"Telepathy." Gandalf said.
"You think she has telepathy?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, why else would you be the only one to hear her?" Gandalf said.
"Well, we still have to find her. She's frightened......I think that Saruman has her. We have to go to the tower." Legolas said jumping up.
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Lauri sat up, she had just woken from her dream and was again, alone in the dark. She wished she weren't alone anymore. She sat there trembling; she was also beginning to feel as if she were running out of air, as terrible as it was. 'Some one let me out. I'm going to go mad in here!'
ELVISH: "Tua!" - Help!
A.N.: ELLE: It's dark and it's a room. teehee. Hang in Lauri! Mesa coming!!!!!
LAURI: *rocks back and forth, eyes glassy* OMG OMG OMG...OMG OMG OMG... Let me out!!! I can totally relate to this, because in real life, I can't stand pitch dark, or dead silence. It totally freaks me out, plus, I'm claustrophobic so the whole "Running out of air" thing totally applies as well. That's one of the reasons it was so easy to write this chapter. :) What did u all think? Interesting? I hope so! I hope to see loads of reviews!