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I'm so sorry it took so long you guys! I'm working hard to get all I can up, but I have all this 4-h stuff, tests and retests, and I'm having a major problem with a couple of friends! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
Chapter 15
Otrinity had quite a time trying to get out of the kingdom without being delayed. However, when she passed the large gate she saw two guards that were bonded in thick ropes. She hesitated before cutting them loose using her magical horn. Though it wasn't sharp it grew hot and burned through them until the two elves could snap them. After, she left them to warn the kingdom. That was when Thranduil would find both his son and his son's friends missing.
Otrinity and the king had something in between them, though it was not friendship. That was very clear. Thranduil however, no longer hated her. To him, she was a horse his son rode. Yet, he treated her like an equal. She could not define it exactly; just that it wasn't a friendship or a rivalry.
The trees were a blur in front, behind and alongside her. Sweat was beginning to prick her fur, collecting in fat beads. The long sword on her head slashed through the trees, clearing her path before her. Her eyes strained forward as her hooves pounded the Earth.
Please, she thought. Please let him be alive.
*
When Legolas awoke, he couldn't recall ever being in so much pain. The stab wound in his stomach bled wildly, warming up his body but a little. His head throbbed and he felt cold. His world spun around him, and he was unable to concentrate very hard. He attempted to focus on hanging onto an overhanging branch, but couldn't grip it for very long at all. So, he slowly slid downstream, struggling to stay afloat.
Once, he tried to paddle to shore, but he lost his way somehow and was sucked into a small whirlpool that nearly caused Legolas to draw his last breath. He was able to stay buoyant in the water very well, like most elves, but as he went downriver more blood left him along with the will of life. He slowly sank further and further.
At some point, everything changed. He had lost track of time and no longer knew how long he was in the water. It felt like days. When his knees suddenly touched the stones on the streambed, he tried to stand up. A wave of pain and dizziness hit him and he fell back down. A great current caught him, and he was soon sucked under.
There was little he could do. His stomach wretched with pain whenever he moved. He opened his eyes and squinted in attempt to see the water around him. Air was slowly leaving him in large, unsteady bubbles. His head felt heavy, and the pain dimmed.
Slowly, he faded into darkness.
*
Otrinity suddenly skidded to a stop. Her eyes scanned the cliff wildly. It took a ten foot drop into the water. She wasn't sure why, but she found her self urging something to resurface there, to rise from the waters.
Please, she pleaded. Please, please come! Come!
Suddenly, as though by complete chance, Legolas bobbed up out of the water. His eyes were closed lightly, his lips dripped with the chilled water from the river. Otrinity stared for a moment then leapt into the water with all her might.
She tossed her head when she resurfaced, eyeing Legolas's head before her just before he sank into the river once more. Without even taking a breath, she was under the water once more. Her eyes strained to see her friend. She squinted through the water, finally spotting a shadow that was sinking deeper and deeper.
Although she was short of breath, she managed to push herself towards the shape, eyeing that it was Legolas. She swam deeper then floated up with Legolas being limply pushed on her back.
They finally broke air and were able to head towards the shore. Otrinity pushed herself harder until they were both safe on the pebbles. Otrinity collapsed at the elf's side. She lay her head on his stomach.
Legolas wasn't breathing. Otrinity felt tears beginning to sting her eyes. She nudged next to him and rubbed her head with his. A single tear fell down her cheek.
I'm so sorry it took so long you guys! I'm working hard to get all I can up, but I have all this 4-h stuff, tests and retests, and I'm having a major problem with a couple of friends! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
Chapter 15
Otrinity had quite a time trying to get out of the kingdom without being delayed. However, when she passed the large gate she saw two guards that were bonded in thick ropes. She hesitated before cutting them loose using her magical horn. Though it wasn't sharp it grew hot and burned through them until the two elves could snap them. After, she left them to warn the kingdom. That was when Thranduil would find both his son and his son's friends missing.
Otrinity and the king had something in between them, though it was not friendship. That was very clear. Thranduil however, no longer hated her. To him, she was a horse his son rode. Yet, he treated her like an equal. She could not define it exactly; just that it wasn't a friendship or a rivalry.
The trees were a blur in front, behind and alongside her. Sweat was beginning to prick her fur, collecting in fat beads. The long sword on her head slashed through the trees, clearing her path before her. Her eyes strained forward as her hooves pounded the Earth.
Please, she thought. Please let him be alive.
*
When Legolas awoke, he couldn't recall ever being in so much pain. The stab wound in his stomach bled wildly, warming up his body but a little. His head throbbed and he felt cold. His world spun around him, and he was unable to concentrate very hard. He attempted to focus on hanging onto an overhanging branch, but couldn't grip it for very long at all. So, he slowly slid downstream, struggling to stay afloat.
Once, he tried to paddle to shore, but he lost his way somehow and was sucked into a small whirlpool that nearly caused Legolas to draw his last breath. He was able to stay buoyant in the water very well, like most elves, but as he went downriver more blood left him along with the will of life. He slowly sank further and further.
At some point, everything changed. He had lost track of time and no longer knew how long he was in the water. It felt like days. When his knees suddenly touched the stones on the streambed, he tried to stand up. A wave of pain and dizziness hit him and he fell back down. A great current caught him, and he was soon sucked under.
There was little he could do. His stomach wretched with pain whenever he moved. He opened his eyes and squinted in attempt to see the water around him. Air was slowly leaving him in large, unsteady bubbles. His head felt heavy, and the pain dimmed.
Slowly, he faded into darkness.
*
Otrinity suddenly skidded to a stop. Her eyes scanned the cliff wildly. It took a ten foot drop into the water. She wasn't sure why, but she found her self urging something to resurface there, to rise from the waters.
Please, she pleaded. Please, please come! Come!
Suddenly, as though by complete chance, Legolas bobbed up out of the water. His eyes were closed lightly, his lips dripped with the chilled water from the river. Otrinity stared for a moment then leapt into the water with all her might.
She tossed her head when she resurfaced, eyeing Legolas's head before her just before he sank into the river once more. Without even taking a breath, she was under the water once more. Her eyes strained to see her friend. She squinted through the water, finally spotting a shadow that was sinking deeper and deeper.
Although she was short of breath, she managed to push herself towards the shape, eyeing that it was Legolas. She swam deeper then floated up with Legolas being limply pushed on her back.
They finally broke air and were able to head towards the shore. Otrinity pushed herself harder until they were both safe on the pebbles. Otrinity collapsed at the elf's side. She lay her head on his stomach.
Legolas wasn't breathing. Otrinity felt tears beginning to sting her eyes. She nudged next to him and rubbed her head with his. A single tear fell down her cheek.
