It had been a stormy night when the priests had fought. They all killed
each other, successfully eliminating their race. After that, Kalina, or
rather, Kaie had taken over. She had ruled the people of Bedis for about
950 years, but she couldn't really tell how old she was since she didn't
know how old she had been when she had lost her memory. She could only
vaguely remember the night it happened. The priests, however, had put her
memory piece in an unbreakable container that could only be opened after
she had completed a certain task. She never found out what exactly it was,
though. It had become looser recently. She hoped that she would be able to
get it open soon, for she was tiring of killing people and raiding places.
Tonight's raid was different from all of the others she had gone on. It was
on an outpost of Mirkwood, which had greatly expanded in the last few
hundred years.
The was planned to start a few hours after sunset. Kaie had the worst feeling about this raid, although she could see no way that it was different from any other she had ever fought at, except they would be fighting elves instead of men. Maybe that was what was bothering her. Elves, like herself, were not meant to die. It was against. everything. Trying to shove that thought away from her consciousness, she turned back to the men that she had picked to come with her that night. They were her best, although she had doubts on whether or not they would be able to fight the elves and win. She decided before she had announced this raid that if they couldn't beat them and all of her men died, it would be their own fault. They had all been pushing to fight the elves forever, thinking that she wouldn't fight against elves because she was an elf. No, that was far from the reason. Kaie wanted to kill every elf on the face of Middle Earth for what had happened to her. She usually only lead raids against men because they were easier to defeat. Tonight was going to be a challenge.
She lead her men through of one of the many tunnels leading from the Great Hall. The tunnel they were in surfaced a few miles from Gardienia, the outpost farthest from Mirkwood. After a few hours of walking they reached the surface. From the position of the moon Kaie could tell that they had an hour and a half to get into their attack positions to be on schedule. They covered the miles between the tunnel entrance and Gardienia in enough time so that they did not have to rush into their attack positions and risk discovery.
*****
Inside of Gardienia, in a mansion on a hill, Legolas and his best frineds Celthir, Reafsher, and Gethar sat around a large table, feasting.
"Hey, do you remember those stories that came around here last year when the group from Lothlorien visited? About that elf-girl that lead a bag of warriors who raid places? And they had won a battle against Gondor? " asked Reafsher.
"Yes, I do. Does anyone really think an elf-girl could lead a band of warriors? I don't. They would probably kill her," Gethar said. Celthir nodded his agreement of Gethar's comment. Gethar continued,
"Do you know Gondor has a large reward on her head? Does anyone even know an elf that could lead a band of humans like that? There hasn't been a girl that I ever knew that could do that."
"Me neither," was the instantaneous response from Reafsher and Celthir. Legolas was about to respond the same when a memory popped into his head of a friend lost long ago.
'Actually, I did. But she's dead now,' is what he wanted to say, but didn't.
Legolas picked up some grapes and popped one into his mouth, then nearly choked on it as Gethar continued.
"I hear the elf-girl's name is Kaie."
Legolas jumped at the sound of the name. Kaie? Kalina? The pieces just didn't fit. Kalina was dead. But she was the only person he had ever known that could be capable of pulling something like that off. He sighed, not noticing that his friends stop talking and were staring at him. After so long, he thought, I still have trouble believing that she is dead.
"I don't think that any person could do that," Celthir commented.
Just after he had spoken those words then the alarm bell rang. Legolas ran to the armory in the house and grabbed his bow and quiver, along with two knifes and a sword for close combat as Gethar and Reafsher were doing. But while they ran for the battlefield he ran into his bedroom and grabbed Kalina's half-locket and shoved it into his pocket. Then he went outside, flying down the path that Reafsher and Gethar took moments earlier. Celthir had headed towards the healing house, a place that Legolas hoped he wouldn't have to visit in the near future. Who could be attacking us? he thought.
He finally reached the battlefield, and was surprised to see that the attackers were merely men, but that they fought like nothing he had ever seen before. He started fighting on the outside, and was going to work his way into the center. In a moment of safety, he looked around to see where Gethar and Reafsher were. He found Reafsher just in time to see him killed by one of the men. Gethar had obviously seen it too, because he rushed over to where Reafsher's killer stood and started to attack him. Legolas ran over to try to help Gethar, the fact that they were fighting on the other side of the field not mattering to him in his rage. He reached Gethar in time to see him slain by the same person. Legolas swung at the person with his sword, but was expertly blocked. The force of his blow knocked the person's hood off, and he could now see it was a woman's face. She swung at him, and he blocked her swing- barely.
"Well, Kaie, I believe that the reward on your head will finally have to be paid," he informed her, an evil glint in his eye.
"No," she snapped back, "it never will." And with that said she brought a crushing blow down on his side from the flat of her sword. He fell to the ground, waiting for the death blow. All he felt was his sword being jerked away from him, then blackness.
*****
After Kaie knocked him out, she dropped her sword and replaced it with his, and then tied him up. She had no idea who this elf was, but she knew that he was wearing the crest of a noble family and would be worth something to the people of Mirkwood, if not her. She dragged him to just inside of the forest, but far away from the fighting, and left him with some guards that were there. She ran back to the battlefield to find it mostly emptied, the fight being over. She sighed, but gathered her men back together. She could see that there had been many injuries but only a few casualties. They had won the fight. They met up with the raid group, who had made out exceptionally well when all of the fighters had left the city to defend it. They made the long journey back down to the tunnel, and then began the journey to the Great Hall.
*****
"Where am I going?" was the first question Legolas asked when the march started. One of his guards told him that they were headed to the Great Hall, and that he had better be prepared to walk, because it was a long walk. When he asked how long, the guard told him that it should take about five hours.
"Who are you people?"
"We are the people of Bedis," the guard stated proudly, but after seeing the look of confusion on Legolas's face, he added, "you might know us as Kaie's raiders."
"Kaie never takes prisoners," he told the guard. When he said that, the guard had looked at him as if he was stupid.
"Well, she does now. I don't know what's so special about you, but-" the guard stopped short. "Never mind." Legolas didn't ask anything else for the remainder of the walk.
When they reached the Great Hall, Legolas looked around. He knew somehow that he was the only person that would ever look at those walls and not become one of Kaie's underlings.
*****
They finally reached the Great Hall, and Kaie sighed. It had been an especially long walk because they had so many wounded men. She herself had helped carry some of the men back. The injured were immediately rushed to rooms where they would be treated as the spoilers carried all of the goods to the treasury, to be dispersed later. The others waited for her to give them leave to go, and also to find out what would happen to the prisoner. When she said nothing, the prisoner's guard asked her what to do with the prisoner. Instead of answering him, Kaie turned to the prisoner.
"What do you think we should do with you?"
"If you put me in prison, then I will be rescued by my father's men. If you kill me, I will be avenged. Choose wisely." The answer was given in such a confident manner that it made Kaie want to slap him and feel sorry for him at the same time. She turned to his guard.
"Put him in Cell K."
*****
A/N: Pretty please review?
The was planned to start a few hours after sunset. Kaie had the worst feeling about this raid, although she could see no way that it was different from any other she had ever fought at, except they would be fighting elves instead of men. Maybe that was what was bothering her. Elves, like herself, were not meant to die. It was against. everything. Trying to shove that thought away from her consciousness, she turned back to the men that she had picked to come with her that night. They were her best, although she had doubts on whether or not they would be able to fight the elves and win. She decided before she had announced this raid that if they couldn't beat them and all of her men died, it would be their own fault. They had all been pushing to fight the elves forever, thinking that she wouldn't fight against elves because she was an elf. No, that was far from the reason. Kaie wanted to kill every elf on the face of Middle Earth for what had happened to her. She usually only lead raids against men because they were easier to defeat. Tonight was going to be a challenge.
She lead her men through of one of the many tunnels leading from the Great Hall. The tunnel they were in surfaced a few miles from Gardienia, the outpost farthest from Mirkwood. After a few hours of walking they reached the surface. From the position of the moon Kaie could tell that they had an hour and a half to get into their attack positions to be on schedule. They covered the miles between the tunnel entrance and Gardienia in enough time so that they did not have to rush into their attack positions and risk discovery.
*****
Inside of Gardienia, in a mansion on a hill, Legolas and his best frineds Celthir, Reafsher, and Gethar sat around a large table, feasting.
"Hey, do you remember those stories that came around here last year when the group from Lothlorien visited? About that elf-girl that lead a bag of warriors who raid places? And they had won a battle against Gondor? " asked Reafsher.
"Yes, I do. Does anyone really think an elf-girl could lead a band of warriors? I don't. They would probably kill her," Gethar said. Celthir nodded his agreement of Gethar's comment. Gethar continued,
"Do you know Gondor has a large reward on her head? Does anyone even know an elf that could lead a band of humans like that? There hasn't been a girl that I ever knew that could do that."
"Me neither," was the instantaneous response from Reafsher and Celthir. Legolas was about to respond the same when a memory popped into his head of a friend lost long ago.
'Actually, I did. But she's dead now,' is what he wanted to say, but didn't.
Legolas picked up some grapes and popped one into his mouth, then nearly choked on it as Gethar continued.
"I hear the elf-girl's name is Kaie."
Legolas jumped at the sound of the name. Kaie? Kalina? The pieces just didn't fit. Kalina was dead. But she was the only person he had ever known that could be capable of pulling something like that off. He sighed, not noticing that his friends stop talking and were staring at him. After so long, he thought, I still have trouble believing that she is dead.
"I don't think that any person could do that," Celthir commented.
Just after he had spoken those words then the alarm bell rang. Legolas ran to the armory in the house and grabbed his bow and quiver, along with two knifes and a sword for close combat as Gethar and Reafsher were doing. But while they ran for the battlefield he ran into his bedroom and grabbed Kalina's half-locket and shoved it into his pocket. Then he went outside, flying down the path that Reafsher and Gethar took moments earlier. Celthir had headed towards the healing house, a place that Legolas hoped he wouldn't have to visit in the near future. Who could be attacking us? he thought.
He finally reached the battlefield, and was surprised to see that the attackers were merely men, but that they fought like nothing he had ever seen before. He started fighting on the outside, and was going to work his way into the center. In a moment of safety, he looked around to see where Gethar and Reafsher were. He found Reafsher just in time to see him killed by one of the men. Gethar had obviously seen it too, because he rushed over to where Reafsher's killer stood and started to attack him. Legolas ran over to try to help Gethar, the fact that they were fighting on the other side of the field not mattering to him in his rage. He reached Gethar in time to see him slain by the same person. Legolas swung at the person with his sword, but was expertly blocked. The force of his blow knocked the person's hood off, and he could now see it was a woman's face. She swung at him, and he blocked her swing- barely.
"Well, Kaie, I believe that the reward on your head will finally have to be paid," he informed her, an evil glint in his eye.
"No," she snapped back, "it never will." And with that said she brought a crushing blow down on his side from the flat of her sword. He fell to the ground, waiting for the death blow. All he felt was his sword being jerked away from him, then blackness.
*****
After Kaie knocked him out, she dropped her sword and replaced it with his, and then tied him up. She had no idea who this elf was, but she knew that he was wearing the crest of a noble family and would be worth something to the people of Mirkwood, if not her. She dragged him to just inside of the forest, but far away from the fighting, and left him with some guards that were there. She ran back to the battlefield to find it mostly emptied, the fight being over. She sighed, but gathered her men back together. She could see that there had been many injuries but only a few casualties. They had won the fight. They met up with the raid group, who had made out exceptionally well when all of the fighters had left the city to defend it. They made the long journey back down to the tunnel, and then began the journey to the Great Hall.
*****
"Where am I going?" was the first question Legolas asked when the march started. One of his guards told him that they were headed to the Great Hall, and that he had better be prepared to walk, because it was a long walk. When he asked how long, the guard told him that it should take about five hours.
"Who are you people?"
"We are the people of Bedis," the guard stated proudly, but after seeing the look of confusion on Legolas's face, he added, "you might know us as Kaie's raiders."
"Kaie never takes prisoners," he told the guard. When he said that, the guard had looked at him as if he was stupid.
"Well, she does now. I don't know what's so special about you, but-" the guard stopped short. "Never mind." Legolas didn't ask anything else for the remainder of the walk.
When they reached the Great Hall, Legolas looked around. He knew somehow that he was the only person that would ever look at those walls and not become one of Kaie's underlings.
*****
They finally reached the Great Hall, and Kaie sighed. It had been an especially long walk because they had so many wounded men. She herself had helped carry some of the men back. The injured were immediately rushed to rooms where they would be treated as the spoilers carried all of the goods to the treasury, to be dispersed later. The others waited for her to give them leave to go, and also to find out what would happen to the prisoner. When she said nothing, the prisoner's guard asked her what to do with the prisoner. Instead of answering him, Kaie turned to the prisoner.
"What do you think we should do with you?"
"If you put me in prison, then I will be rescued by my father's men. If you kill me, I will be avenged. Choose wisely." The answer was given in such a confident manner that it made Kaie want to slap him and feel sorry for him at the same time. She turned to his guard.
"Put him in Cell K."
*****
A/N: Pretty please review?