Author ~ Halo Son
Rating ~ R
Disclaimer ~ How many times must I say I don't own Lord of the Rings?! The characters Trelan, Raniean, Celboril and Moranuen are made up characters belonging to Cassia and Sio and they gave me permission to use them in my story, so DO NOT steal them! Also Avellana and Zorro belong to me, as well as several other made up characters.
Author's Note ~ This is the final story in the trilogy. I hope everyone likes it and thinks it is a good closing from the trilogy, I think it is.
Summary ~ The sequel to 'Darkness Haunting.' Just when things start to become calm again, Legolas, Elladan and Elrohir are thrown into the deep end when they discover Aragorn has disappeared from Rivendell. Fearing the human has gone to find the demon, Muerte, and kill him once and for all for vengeance, Legolas hurries to find him with Elladan and Elrohir close behind. But as they get closer to the shadow of the demon, could the call of vengeance become too strong for any of them to resist?
WARNING ~ This fic contains accounts of torture and violent/tesne situations. If you don't like those kind of fics, DO NOT read this story. And another thing, there is absolutely NO romance in this story, got it? Not only is this story, like the two before it, dark and angsty, but I can't write romance to save my life!
The Lord Of The Rings
The Call Of Vengeance
Chapter 4-Enter The Elves
The early morning dew was still clinging to the curled, frost covered leaves.
The ground crinkled softly under the boots of the company of five elves trekking through the partially frosted forest.
It had been several days since Legolas, Elladan, Elrohir, Moranuen and Glorfindel had left Rivendell in search of Aragorn.
When Legolas, Elladan and Elrohir had discovered where Aragorn had gone, they told Celboril to inform Lord Elrond of their leave and set off that very instant and they met Moranuen and Glorfindel when the two elves were coming back from a hunting trip.
"When we find Estel I will carry out my promise and beat some sense into him." Elladan growled under his breath.
"Not before I do so first." Legolas replied.
Glorfindel shook his head and glanced to his side and gazed at Elrohir. The young elf had been deadly quiet ever seen they had set out.
Elrohir was terrified. He was scared to think what Muerte would do to Aragorn if he got the human back within his claws. He knew from experience it would be a fate worse than death.
It was then that Glorfindel stopped in his tracks and halted those behind him.
"What is it Glorfindel?" Elladan asked with concern etched in his voice.
"I hear the sounds of horses and they are very close." The elf replied.
The five elves tensed and slowly moved forward with Glorfindel in front. When they cleared the tree line they saw three horses standing in a clearing, no riders with them though they wore harnesses and saddles.
"They appear as though they belong to someone, yet no one is with them." Moranuen spoke softly. "I wonder what they are doing here."
The horse's ears pricked up; having heard the elf's voice two of the beasts lifted their heads up.
"Look, that one appears injured." Legolas pointed out to the white one.
Unknown to the elves, they had stumbled upon Sueno, Brisa and Vidrio. When their masters had left them they were forced into the forest and with Sueno wounded they had been unable to find those villagers that had fled into the depths of the trees.
Cautiously the elves moved towards the three horses.
Vidrio's ears flattened back and the stallion stamped one of his hooves on the ground in a warning of aggression.
"He will not let us near." Elladan muttered under his breath, his eyes briefly connecting with the stallion's own.
"You have nothing to fear from us." Legolas softly whispered in elvish. "We only wish to help."
Vidrio kept his ears flat, but allowed the elves to come to them. Glorfindel knelt by Sueno and examined the nasty cut across the mare's knee.
"Elrohir, please bring me the pack with the herbs in." He asked.
With a small nod Elrohir did what Glorfindel asked of him. Elladan watched in some-what frustration.
"We should continue our search for Estel. We cannot waste time."
"And we will do so in a moment Elladan." Glorfindel replied. "You never learned the virtue of patience. Though your father would say it would come with age, I think that skill has passed you by. Have you not thought that perhaps whoever owns these horses may have encountered Estel? His tracks did lead this way."
Elladan's eyebrows furrowed and the young elves couldn't help but smile.
However, the smiles faded when the sounds of many footfalls and voices were heard coming from the right of the clearing.
The elves and horses were instantly alert. Conscientiously Moranuen made his way towards where the sounds were coming from and came to a small sloping-sided hill at the bottom of which was a long dirt path.
Upon this path there were many people, walking together in a line the width of the path. At the lead was a young woman who looked no more than 17 years on a large brown horse.
From the looks of them, Moranuen guessed them to be wandering villagers who had been forced from their home, but why or how he knew not and he never got the chance to think on it further.
From behind the elf there was a shrill whinny of excitement and Moranuen found himself being hurtled upward and on to the back of Brisa. The young horse has recognised Avellana and in its joy to get to the girl he had bumped into Moranuen.
Moranuen clung to the mane of the ecstatic stampeding beast, yelling commands for it to stop but Brisa was having none of it. Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir and Legolas watched from the top of the small hill as Brisa galloped full speed towards Avellana taking their friend with him.
Having heard the loud commotion, Avellana and the villagers stopped dead in their tracks and watched in stunned surprise as Brisa ran right up to Avellana then stopped so sharply Moranuen flew over the top of the horse's head and landed head first into the bushes next to the path.
Had the situation not been as tense as it was the elves would've thought the whole escapade funny.
The humans watched nervously and fearfully as the elves and two horses came towards them from the line of trees, Elrohir and Elladan walked straight past to help Moranuen who was muttering a few choice elvish curses under his breath.
"You need not fear us." Glorfindel said to Avellana. "We mean no harm."
"To the horses that feeling is definitely NOT mutual." Moranuen grumbled under his breath, earning the elf a cuff round the head from Elladan.
"We are searching for a friend when we found these three horses. Do they belong to you?" Glorfindel continued, ignoring Moranuen's comment.
"No, but they do belong to friends of mine." Avellana smiled lightly. "My name is Avellana and I thank you for returning them."
"I am Glorfindel and these are my companions; Elladan, Elrohir, Legolas and Moranuen and you are welcome."
"We were wondering if you could help us." Elladan spoke up. "We are in search of our brother, Estel. Would you by chance have seen him?"
"I am afraid I have not seen any elf recently." Avellana replied.
"He is no elf, he is human." Legolas corrected. "He has wandered from home and we are looking to return him."
"The only new human I have encountered was Elm-" Avellana shook her head. "Forgive me, I mean Strider."
The elves' eyes grew large and the looked at each other.
"Strider IS Estel." Elrohir spoke softly."
"Where did you see him? Is he with you now?" Elladan demanded.
Avellana shook her head; "I'm afraid not. Our village was attacked last night by orcs and he remained behind with my brother to defend it. My brother made me leave and lead those who escaped to safety. Once we had found a sheltered place to rest I was going to return and see what had become of them." She blinked back the tears that rose to her eyes.
When orcs had been mentioned the elves had paled. However before anyone could speak, a low moan echoed from in front of Avellana.
She quickly dismounted Cielo and took a young man down off the back of her horse, gently laying him down on the ground. Glorfindel walked next to her.
"What happened to him?"
"Lazo was hit across the chest by a demon." Avellana replied, slowly lifting a piece of cloth from the angry looking wound.
The elves' faced paled further and suddenly breathing became increasingly difficult.
"He claimed to know Strider." Avellana continued. "He called him Elmorn…though that was how we all used to know him…after he led an attack on our village less than a year ago."
"Oh the valar…no…" Legolas had to look away as bitter tears came to his eyes. Now it became painfully clear to him why Aragorn's guilt was as bad as it was and he was suddenly scared of what else he would learn of what the demon made his human friend do.
"We have to find him!" Elladan cried, his fists clenched together a line of tears on each side of his face falling down his cheeks.
"Elrohir, pass me the pack of healing herbs." Glorfindel said, reaching his hand out to take the small pack.
"Did you not hear me Glorfindel?!" Elladan snapped, his anger and fear rising.
"I heard you Elladan." Glorfindel replied calmly. "And we will find Estel once I have seen to this injury."
"The demon might already have Estel again!" Elladan cried, pushing Legolas away from him when the elf tried to calm him down. "You do know what that monster did to him do you not?!"
"Yes I do know Elladan." Glorfindel replied, gritting his teeth together as he tried to cover the ugly chest wound. "But if we do not help this young human then he will die and that demon will have spilled more innocent blood. Do you think Estel would want that?"
Elladan had no retort to that, because he of all people knew what Aragorn would say if he saw them now. Biting on his lower lip in frustration, the elder elf twin moved to the side.
Legolas stood next to Glorfindel as the elf finished bandaging the wound and turned his head up to see Avellana, but she already knew what he wanted to ask her.
"I can take you to my village. It is at least a day's walk from here, but if we ride hard it will not take so long to reach it." She said.
Glorfindel nodded gratefully and stood up, turning to Moranuen."
"Moranuen, I wish for you to take these people to Rivendell. They will be protected there until the danger of the demon has passed. Legolas, Elladan, Elrohir and I shall continue our search for Estel with Avellana."
As expected Moranuen opened his mouth in fierce protest, but a firm glare from the blonde elf silence him and he merely nodded.
"Fear not Moranuen, we will not rest until we find Strider and bring him home." Legolas said.
Moranuen smiled appreciatively and slowly took Sueno's harness in his fingers as the horse nudged the elf's shoulder in a supportive gesture.
"My friends, I must leave you for the time." Avellana spoke to the villagers, mounting Cielo. "But you have no reason to be afraid. Moranuen will be taking you all to sanctuary where you will be safe. I will return as soon as time allows." She then turned to the four elves and smiled. "I am sure Brisa and Vidrio would not mind if you bore upon their backs."
Vidrio snorted but did not move away from Elladan and Elrohir as they came near and Brisa seemed more than happy with the arrangement.
"Come back soon my friends!" Moranuen called as Cielo, Vidrio and Brisa sped away back across the path they had come from bearing Avellana and the elves. He sighed to himself and thought in prayerful silence. "May the wind be swift with your feet and may Earendil guide your path in returning Estel home."
TBC…
A/N ~ Okie guys, I just thought I'd let you all know a decision I have decided to take. I have been doing some thinking lately about my trilogy and I decided this: The trilogy is coming to a close...HOWEVER...I plan to write a story that could be a stand-alone, but it is connected to the events in the trilogy.
It takes place after the war of the ring, when Aragorn is king, so even though the trilogy will soon end, the entire story itself is not yet over. I hope that's made you all happy. It will be called 'Lay Down The Autumn Sun', so look out for it when the trilogy is finished if you want to. I'll say this again in the last chapter of The Call Of Vengeance just to remind you.
Rating ~ R
Disclaimer ~ How many times must I say I don't own Lord of the Rings?! The characters Trelan, Raniean, Celboril and Moranuen are made up characters belonging to Cassia and Sio and they gave me permission to use them in my story, so DO NOT steal them! Also Avellana and Zorro belong to me, as well as several other made up characters.
Author's Note ~ This is the final story in the trilogy. I hope everyone likes it and thinks it is a good closing from the trilogy, I think it is.
Summary ~ The sequel to 'Darkness Haunting.' Just when things start to become calm again, Legolas, Elladan and Elrohir are thrown into the deep end when they discover Aragorn has disappeared from Rivendell. Fearing the human has gone to find the demon, Muerte, and kill him once and for all for vengeance, Legolas hurries to find him with Elladan and Elrohir close behind. But as they get closer to the shadow of the demon, could the call of vengeance become too strong for any of them to resist?
WARNING ~ This fic contains accounts of torture and violent/tesne situations. If you don't like those kind of fics, DO NOT read this story. And another thing, there is absolutely NO romance in this story, got it? Not only is this story, like the two before it, dark and angsty, but I can't write romance to save my life!
The Lord Of The Rings
The Call Of Vengeance
Chapter 4-Enter The Elves
The early morning dew was still clinging to the curled, frost covered leaves.
The ground crinkled softly under the boots of the company of five elves trekking through the partially frosted forest.
It had been several days since Legolas, Elladan, Elrohir, Moranuen and Glorfindel had left Rivendell in search of Aragorn.
When Legolas, Elladan and Elrohir had discovered where Aragorn had gone, they told Celboril to inform Lord Elrond of their leave and set off that very instant and they met Moranuen and Glorfindel when the two elves were coming back from a hunting trip.
"When we find Estel I will carry out my promise and beat some sense into him." Elladan growled under his breath.
"Not before I do so first." Legolas replied.
Glorfindel shook his head and glanced to his side and gazed at Elrohir. The young elf had been deadly quiet ever seen they had set out.
Elrohir was terrified. He was scared to think what Muerte would do to Aragorn if he got the human back within his claws. He knew from experience it would be a fate worse than death.
It was then that Glorfindel stopped in his tracks and halted those behind him.
"What is it Glorfindel?" Elladan asked with concern etched in his voice.
"I hear the sounds of horses and they are very close." The elf replied.
The five elves tensed and slowly moved forward with Glorfindel in front. When they cleared the tree line they saw three horses standing in a clearing, no riders with them though they wore harnesses and saddles.
"They appear as though they belong to someone, yet no one is with them." Moranuen spoke softly. "I wonder what they are doing here."
The horse's ears pricked up; having heard the elf's voice two of the beasts lifted their heads up.
"Look, that one appears injured." Legolas pointed out to the white one.
Unknown to the elves, they had stumbled upon Sueno, Brisa and Vidrio. When their masters had left them they were forced into the forest and with Sueno wounded they had been unable to find those villagers that had fled into the depths of the trees.
Cautiously the elves moved towards the three horses.
Vidrio's ears flattened back and the stallion stamped one of his hooves on the ground in a warning of aggression.
"He will not let us near." Elladan muttered under his breath, his eyes briefly connecting with the stallion's own.
"You have nothing to fear from us." Legolas softly whispered in elvish. "We only wish to help."
Vidrio kept his ears flat, but allowed the elves to come to them. Glorfindel knelt by Sueno and examined the nasty cut across the mare's knee.
"Elrohir, please bring me the pack with the herbs in." He asked.
With a small nod Elrohir did what Glorfindel asked of him. Elladan watched in some-what frustration.
"We should continue our search for Estel. We cannot waste time."
"And we will do so in a moment Elladan." Glorfindel replied. "You never learned the virtue of patience. Though your father would say it would come with age, I think that skill has passed you by. Have you not thought that perhaps whoever owns these horses may have encountered Estel? His tracks did lead this way."
Elladan's eyebrows furrowed and the young elves couldn't help but smile.
However, the smiles faded when the sounds of many footfalls and voices were heard coming from the right of the clearing.
The elves and horses were instantly alert. Conscientiously Moranuen made his way towards where the sounds were coming from and came to a small sloping-sided hill at the bottom of which was a long dirt path.
Upon this path there were many people, walking together in a line the width of the path. At the lead was a young woman who looked no more than 17 years on a large brown horse.
From the looks of them, Moranuen guessed them to be wandering villagers who had been forced from their home, but why or how he knew not and he never got the chance to think on it further.
From behind the elf there was a shrill whinny of excitement and Moranuen found himself being hurtled upward and on to the back of Brisa. The young horse has recognised Avellana and in its joy to get to the girl he had bumped into Moranuen.
Moranuen clung to the mane of the ecstatic stampeding beast, yelling commands for it to stop but Brisa was having none of it. Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir and Legolas watched from the top of the small hill as Brisa galloped full speed towards Avellana taking their friend with him.
Having heard the loud commotion, Avellana and the villagers stopped dead in their tracks and watched in stunned surprise as Brisa ran right up to Avellana then stopped so sharply Moranuen flew over the top of the horse's head and landed head first into the bushes next to the path.
Had the situation not been as tense as it was the elves would've thought the whole escapade funny.
The humans watched nervously and fearfully as the elves and two horses came towards them from the line of trees, Elrohir and Elladan walked straight past to help Moranuen who was muttering a few choice elvish curses under his breath.
"You need not fear us." Glorfindel said to Avellana. "We mean no harm."
"To the horses that feeling is definitely NOT mutual." Moranuen grumbled under his breath, earning the elf a cuff round the head from Elladan.
"We are searching for a friend when we found these three horses. Do they belong to you?" Glorfindel continued, ignoring Moranuen's comment.
"No, but they do belong to friends of mine." Avellana smiled lightly. "My name is Avellana and I thank you for returning them."
"I am Glorfindel and these are my companions; Elladan, Elrohir, Legolas and Moranuen and you are welcome."
"We were wondering if you could help us." Elladan spoke up. "We are in search of our brother, Estel. Would you by chance have seen him?"
"I am afraid I have not seen any elf recently." Avellana replied.
"He is no elf, he is human." Legolas corrected. "He has wandered from home and we are looking to return him."
"The only new human I have encountered was Elm-" Avellana shook her head. "Forgive me, I mean Strider."
The elves' eyes grew large and the looked at each other.
"Strider IS Estel." Elrohir spoke softly."
"Where did you see him? Is he with you now?" Elladan demanded.
Avellana shook her head; "I'm afraid not. Our village was attacked last night by orcs and he remained behind with my brother to defend it. My brother made me leave and lead those who escaped to safety. Once we had found a sheltered place to rest I was going to return and see what had become of them." She blinked back the tears that rose to her eyes.
When orcs had been mentioned the elves had paled. However before anyone could speak, a low moan echoed from in front of Avellana.
She quickly dismounted Cielo and took a young man down off the back of her horse, gently laying him down on the ground. Glorfindel walked next to her.
"What happened to him?"
"Lazo was hit across the chest by a demon." Avellana replied, slowly lifting a piece of cloth from the angry looking wound.
The elves' faced paled further and suddenly breathing became increasingly difficult.
"He claimed to know Strider." Avellana continued. "He called him Elmorn…though that was how we all used to know him…after he led an attack on our village less than a year ago."
"Oh the valar…no…" Legolas had to look away as bitter tears came to his eyes. Now it became painfully clear to him why Aragorn's guilt was as bad as it was and he was suddenly scared of what else he would learn of what the demon made his human friend do.
"We have to find him!" Elladan cried, his fists clenched together a line of tears on each side of his face falling down his cheeks.
"Elrohir, pass me the pack of healing herbs." Glorfindel said, reaching his hand out to take the small pack.
"Did you not hear me Glorfindel?!" Elladan snapped, his anger and fear rising.
"I heard you Elladan." Glorfindel replied calmly. "And we will find Estel once I have seen to this injury."
"The demon might already have Estel again!" Elladan cried, pushing Legolas away from him when the elf tried to calm him down. "You do know what that monster did to him do you not?!"
"Yes I do know Elladan." Glorfindel replied, gritting his teeth together as he tried to cover the ugly chest wound. "But if we do not help this young human then he will die and that demon will have spilled more innocent blood. Do you think Estel would want that?"
Elladan had no retort to that, because he of all people knew what Aragorn would say if he saw them now. Biting on his lower lip in frustration, the elder elf twin moved to the side.
Legolas stood next to Glorfindel as the elf finished bandaging the wound and turned his head up to see Avellana, but she already knew what he wanted to ask her.
"I can take you to my village. It is at least a day's walk from here, but if we ride hard it will not take so long to reach it." She said.
Glorfindel nodded gratefully and stood up, turning to Moranuen."
"Moranuen, I wish for you to take these people to Rivendell. They will be protected there until the danger of the demon has passed. Legolas, Elladan, Elrohir and I shall continue our search for Estel with Avellana."
As expected Moranuen opened his mouth in fierce protest, but a firm glare from the blonde elf silence him and he merely nodded.
"Fear not Moranuen, we will not rest until we find Strider and bring him home." Legolas said.
Moranuen smiled appreciatively and slowly took Sueno's harness in his fingers as the horse nudged the elf's shoulder in a supportive gesture.
"My friends, I must leave you for the time." Avellana spoke to the villagers, mounting Cielo. "But you have no reason to be afraid. Moranuen will be taking you all to sanctuary where you will be safe. I will return as soon as time allows." She then turned to the four elves and smiled. "I am sure Brisa and Vidrio would not mind if you bore upon their backs."
Vidrio snorted but did not move away from Elladan and Elrohir as they came near and Brisa seemed more than happy with the arrangement.
"Come back soon my friends!" Moranuen called as Cielo, Vidrio and Brisa sped away back across the path they had come from bearing Avellana and the elves. He sighed to himself and thought in prayerful silence. "May the wind be swift with your feet and may Earendil guide your path in returning Estel home."
TBC…
A/N ~ Okie guys, I just thought I'd let you all know a decision I have decided to take. I have been doing some thinking lately about my trilogy and I decided this: The trilogy is coming to a close...HOWEVER...I plan to write a story that could be a stand-alone, but it is connected to the events in the trilogy.
It takes place after the war of the ring, when Aragorn is king, so even though the trilogy will soon end, the entire story itself is not yet over. I hope that's made you all happy. It will be called 'Lay Down The Autumn Sun', so look out for it when the trilogy is finished if you want to. I'll say this again in the last chapter of The Call Of Vengeance just to remind you.