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"It was an interesting story, my friend" Elrond said smiling. The twins and Legolas were looking at each other in that kind of conversation that they always had with just their eyes. Meanwhile Estel was a bit disturbed and he was thinking that maybe it wasn't a good idea to asked the old wizard to tell a story.
"Father, why don't you or Glorfindel tell us a story as well?" Elladan suggested
"Why don't each of you tell a story?" Estel suggested too. Certainly with the others' stories he would forget the creepy one of Mithrandir.
"Alright" Elrohir said "Who's first?"
"Well I have a very unusual story" Glorfindel said "Haldir told it to me. It was rather a strange thing and so he wanted to know if I had deal with something like that. Of course I even hadn't hear something like this until he finished what happened to him and his brothers in the western borders of Lothlorién itself"
DISTURBING SHOUTS
Haldir, Rumil and Orophin were guarding the western borders along with their patrol, it was one of the last days of their guard, so they were on top of the great trees as always watching the forest and chatting among them. It was at midday that the first things started happening.
"What is that?" asked Rumil shielding his eyes from the Sun with his hand. Haldir and Orophin stood up and jumped to the branch where their brother was
"Where?" Orophin looked at him
"In the north opposite to the road"
"I think is a campfire" Haldir said annoyed "And so this guard is not going to be as peaceful as we thought"
"But it is far away Lorién, maybe they turn aside" Rumil suggested
"I don't believe it. They are heading here"
"Haldir, don't be paranoid" Orophin said grinning "We will wait to see what the do" suddenly small drops of water took the brother's attention
"It's going to rain" Haldir said smiling. He just loved the rain (A/N: and he certainly didn't die under it, what was PJ thinking?)
"Look the campfire is moving" Rumil pointed to where the shining point was.
"Strange. Since when the travelers walk with their campfire?" Rumil said puzzled
"It's moving too fast in this direction" Haldir said looking at Orophin.
"Indeed" the younger elf said walking pass him. Haldir rolled his eyes and the three saw how the campfire was approaching the borders of the Golden Woods.
It was night when it was obvious that who ever was doing the campfire, their destiny was Lothlorién. The three elves went down the tree and whistling like a bird they gathered all the elves that were in the patrol. By now, it was raining hard, thunders illuminated often the surroundings.
"Have you seen the campfire?" Haldir asked to an elf named Allendë
"Yes sir, it is moving following the road" Allendë said.
"Following the road? But it is opposite it" Rumil said confused.
"Campfire in the road and opposite it? We haven't seen anything" a third elf named Sorthliel said more confused. "This is very strange"
"One thing is clear, they are heading here" Orophin commented, one third of the elves nodded.
"Well, lets take positions and no matter what don't leave them" Haldir said preparing his bow, all the elves nodded and went through different ways. It had stopped raining, but the clouds were still in the sky darkening it considerably.
They wait for several hours but nothing happened, Haldir, Rumil, Orophin and the elves that were with them still saw the campfire opposite the road and no matter how hard they tried, they didn't saw anything on the road. Suddenly shouts from where one group of elves was filled the air.
"They are attacking them!" Rumil said worried, some elves started climbing down the tall trees when Haldir stopped them.
"No! We can't leave this side unprotected" nodding but not convinced at all they hold their positions and waited. Only the shouts could be heard.
"Elbereth! They heard as if they are mutilating them" Orophin said horrified, for the shouts were indeed disturbing.
"Shut up Orophin!" Rumil said trembling "They are going to be all right, they..." but a sound made him felt silent.
"What is that? It hears like laughing" an elf said looking around them.
"And the shouts had stopped" Haldir pointed frowning. The darkness was suffocating, for they didn't light torches. Then with the laughing mixed the shouts of the elves, but now it was both directions the other two groups were.
"They have reach the other group as well!" An elf said desperate
"And where does that laughing comes?" another said nervous
"I don't know, but is very creepy" all the elves had their bows ready to shoot at the first not elven thing they saw, but they didn't saw anything out of the normal, they just listened.
And as sudden as it began it stopped
"Look! The campfire has gone!" Rumil said pointing to the north. All this time the campfire was there. They wait with their senses alert, but nothing happened. After what seemed an eternity, that turned to be a couple of hours, they decided that everything had ended.
"Lets go where the others are, but be on your guard" Haldir said. They climb down the trees and headed where their friends were. On their way they sensed movement, ready with their bows they approached where the forms were. They found themselves aiming to their companions of the other two groups who were doing the same. With a startle, they lowered their bows.
"What had happened? Are you all right?" Haldir said looking desperately at the elves, searching for the injured and the missing, but everyone was there unharmed.
"We ask you the same. We heard the shouts of both your groups" Sorthiliel said
"We heard the same, we thought you were killed" Allendë frowned
"We didn't see anything. Just heard the horrible shouts and the laughing. I could swear that I recognized your voice" Rumil said to Sorthliel
"And we certainly heard Orophin" Allendë said "And many of you"
"Same here" Haldir said frustrated
"And here" Sorthliel nodded.
"The campfire had gone when everything went silent" Haldir was more confused as the time passed. Had it been a massive hallucination? He really doubts it.
"They were alert the next two days, but nothing happened" Glorfindel said adding more wood at the fire "And when the next patrol came, they told them everything."
"And what did they said?" asked Elladan when the older elf didn't continue
"That unless they had gotten a personal rainy cloud, it was impossible that it had rain that day, for in Lothlorién hadn't rain for five days. Then is when Haldir and the others noted that even it was raining hard, the campfire didn't extinguish"
"And Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn? Surly Haldir and the others told them this" Legolas said
"Yes, in fact the first thing Haldir did, being the speaker of the patrol and not to mention the favorite of the Lords, was talk with them"
"And what did they said?" Estel asked, he was hugging his knees seated next to Elrond's legs.
"That there is some powers that not even the elves can explain" said Glorfindel smiling.
TBC...
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