Song For None
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Brea smiled at Nuquer, he could sense her fear.
"You still haven't told me your name." Brea stated.
"Why did you capture me if you didn't know who I was?" Nuquer was overcome with anger at this man.
"Because I knew you had to be of some importance if you were staying directly in the House of Elrond and you would be staying there for some time, same as your other friends who are here." Brea walked away towards a fire that was barely lit in the far corner surrounded by huge chairs.
"I'm not telling you until you tell me what you want." Nuquer tried to sound as brave as she could but fear was starting to be replaced by curiosity.
"Ah, but you are inquisitive. You see, it's not you I really want. I want the princes." Brea sat in the oldest looking chair by the fire and just barely missed Nuquer's look of fear for her three prince friends.
"For what?" Nuquer wanted to get off the cold hard floor but her bond ankles and wrist wouldn't allow it.
"That, fair elf, I cannot tell you." Brea leaned back looking somewhat satisfied with himself.
"What if I tell you who I am?" Nuquer was not above bribing to get what she wanted.
"You are interesting aren't you?" Brea looked at her as if trying to figure her out and sighed, "Alright, who are you?"
"Nibindoeil a mere normal elf from Rivendell." Nuquer lied the best she could.
"Why are you staying at Elrond's then?" Brea stood up once again and walked towards Nuquer.
"He is teaching me and the other elfes about elfin history this summer." Nuquer told him the truth.
"So I see." Brea thought in silence for a moment.
"Aren't you going to tell me what you want the princes for?" Nuquer questioned.
"Actually, dear elf, I have tricked you. I never said I would tell if you'd tell. I simply said 'alright, who are you?' that is where you have been mistaken." Brea smiled a malicious smiled at Nuquer.
"What!?" Nuquer could have slapped herself for falling into his trick but at least she had given him a false identity.
"Sorry elf, now you must go to your new room and stay there until elf-boy breaks, because I know he cares for you, I saw it on his face when you first came here and I saw it just now when you had to stay here with me. The way to break him is through you!" Brea clapped his hands twice and strolled away quite pleases with himself.
Two men came rushing in to gather Nuquer to her new room.
"Stop! No! You can't do this! He'll never tell!!" Nuquer screamed as they carried her out the door.
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"We are never going to find where they took them!" Maik threw up her hands in disgust and slouched against a tree.
"It's ok, I feel that we are almost there." Elrohir assured Maik and patted her shoulder for comfort.
"This is starting to seem a bit redundant isn't it though?" Elladan looked around at the trees that seemed to be following them through their trek.
"I think we need to return to Rivendell and get reinforcements before those men find us." Maik had to say it, she had been thinking it ever since Nuquer and Legolas were captured.
"I think you're right, even though I hate to say it." Elrohir agreed.
Elladan didn't look to pleased but knew both were right.
"Alright, come on." Elladan grumbled and started back towards the way they had just came.
"We have to hurry though, you never know what they are doing to them at the moment!" Elrohir felt that now-familiar surge of fear rush through him one again.
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Brea smiled at Nuquer, he could sense her fear.
"You still haven't told me your name." Brea stated.
"Why did you capture me if you didn't know who I was?" Nuquer was overcome with anger at this man.
"Because I knew you had to be of some importance if you were staying directly in the House of Elrond and you would be staying there for some time, same as your other friends who are here." Brea walked away towards a fire that was barely lit in the far corner surrounded by huge chairs.
"I'm not telling you until you tell me what you want." Nuquer tried to sound as brave as she could but fear was starting to be replaced by curiosity.
"Ah, but you are inquisitive. You see, it's not you I really want. I want the princes." Brea sat in the oldest looking chair by the fire and just barely missed Nuquer's look of fear for her three prince friends.
"For what?" Nuquer wanted to get off the cold hard floor but her bond ankles and wrist wouldn't allow it.
"That, fair elf, I cannot tell you." Brea leaned back looking somewhat satisfied with himself.
"What if I tell you who I am?" Nuquer was not above bribing to get what she wanted.
"You are interesting aren't you?" Brea looked at her as if trying to figure her out and sighed, "Alright, who are you?"
"Nibindoeil a mere normal elf from Rivendell." Nuquer lied the best she could.
"Why are you staying at Elrond's then?" Brea stood up once again and walked towards Nuquer.
"He is teaching me and the other elfes about elfin history this summer." Nuquer told him the truth.
"So I see." Brea thought in silence for a moment.
"Aren't you going to tell me what you want the princes for?" Nuquer questioned.
"Actually, dear elf, I have tricked you. I never said I would tell if you'd tell. I simply said 'alright, who are you?' that is where you have been mistaken." Brea smiled a malicious smiled at Nuquer.
"What!?" Nuquer could have slapped herself for falling into his trick but at least she had given him a false identity.
"Sorry elf, now you must go to your new room and stay there until elf-boy breaks, because I know he cares for you, I saw it on his face when you first came here and I saw it just now when you had to stay here with me. The way to break him is through you!" Brea clapped his hands twice and strolled away quite pleases with himself.
Two men came rushing in to gather Nuquer to her new room.
"Stop! No! You can't do this! He'll never tell!!" Nuquer screamed as they carried her out the door.
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"We are never going to find where they took them!" Maik threw up her hands in disgust and slouched against a tree.
"It's ok, I feel that we are almost there." Elrohir assured Maik and patted her shoulder for comfort.
"This is starting to seem a bit redundant isn't it though?" Elladan looked around at the trees that seemed to be following them through their trek.
"I think we need to return to Rivendell and get reinforcements before those men find us." Maik had to say it, she had been thinking it ever since Nuquer and Legolas were captured.
"I think you're right, even though I hate to say it." Elrohir agreed.
Elladan didn't look to pleased but knew both were right.
"Alright, come on." Elladan grumbled and started back towards the way they had just came.
"We have to hurry though, you never know what they are doing to them at the moment!" Elrohir felt that now-familiar surge of fear rush through him one again.
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