Chapter 24
Otrinity mind raced as she leapt down the steps, landing gracefully on the stones.
"Legolas... son..." Thranduil murmured on her back. She continued on, running towards the village. She halted at one of the houses down the narrow street. Elves all around were gathering close, carefully taking Thranduil of her back. When Otrinity turned to go back to the flaming wall, the villagers stepped in front of her.
"Don't! Wait!" they cried. They kept Otrinity sustained by putting a rope around her neck and holding tight.
'Let me go!' Otrinity thought. 'Legolas is still up there!'
With yells and wails of despair, the gate wall suddenly collapsed. Otrinity watched as the flames flew and the smoke rose. The bricks tumbled and rolled. Disbelief seized her.
'Legolas?'
*
Dark. So dark. And hot.
A hurried melody rang in his ears.
'To hold you, and make sure that you'll be all right,'
He saw him and Otrinity running through the woods.
''Cause my faith is gone.'
He was turning away from his father.
'And I want to.'
Running in the woods alone.
'Take you from darkness to light.'
Otrinity suddenly joined him.
'There you were,'
Otrinity giving rides in the village.
'Wild and Free,'
Otrinity ran, her mane flowing behind her soft neck.
'Reaching out like you needed me.'
He and Otrinity locked eyes then embraced.
'A helping hand to make it right.'
Otrinity flew from the flames.
'I am holding you all through the night.'
Otrinity lying beside his bed.
'I'll be the One!'
Legolas rode Otrinity through the Mirkwood Gates.
'Who will make all your sorrows undone,'
Legolas and Thranduil were grinning at each other.
'I'll be the light!'
Otrinity surfaced from a river current.
'When you feel like there's nowhere to run,'
Otrinity and Legolas laughing.
'I'll be the One!'
Darkness.
*
Otrinity fell onto her knees. The villagers stroked her absentmindedly. Thranduil had lost consciousness and knew not what was going on. The villagers put him on a hastily made stretcher and carried him deeper into the village.
Otrinity thought her heart would burst with sorrow if it hadn't already cracked. She felt tears fall down her cheek but didn't care for them.
It was all over.
She lay her head in on the ground and wept.
Otrinity mind raced as she leapt down the steps, landing gracefully on the stones.
"Legolas... son..." Thranduil murmured on her back. She continued on, running towards the village. She halted at one of the houses down the narrow street. Elves all around were gathering close, carefully taking Thranduil of her back. When Otrinity turned to go back to the flaming wall, the villagers stepped in front of her.
"Don't! Wait!" they cried. They kept Otrinity sustained by putting a rope around her neck and holding tight.
'Let me go!' Otrinity thought. 'Legolas is still up there!'
With yells and wails of despair, the gate wall suddenly collapsed. Otrinity watched as the flames flew and the smoke rose. The bricks tumbled and rolled. Disbelief seized her.
'Legolas?'
*
Dark. So dark. And hot.
A hurried melody rang in his ears.
'To hold you, and make sure that you'll be all right,'
He saw him and Otrinity running through the woods.
''Cause my faith is gone.'
He was turning away from his father.
'And I want to.'
Running in the woods alone.
'Take you from darkness to light.'
Otrinity suddenly joined him.
'There you were,'
Otrinity giving rides in the village.
'Wild and Free,'
Otrinity ran, her mane flowing behind her soft neck.
'Reaching out like you needed me.'
He and Otrinity locked eyes then embraced.
'A helping hand to make it right.'
Otrinity flew from the flames.
'I am holding you all through the night.'
Otrinity lying beside his bed.
'I'll be the One!'
Legolas rode Otrinity through the Mirkwood Gates.
'Who will make all your sorrows undone,'
Legolas and Thranduil were grinning at each other.
'I'll be the light!'
Otrinity surfaced from a river current.
'When you feel like there's nowhere to run,'
Otrinity and Legolas laughing.
'I'll be the One!'
Darkness.
*
Otrinity fell onto her knees. The villagers stroked her absentmindedly. Thranduil had lost consciousness and knew not what was going on. The villagers put him on a hastily made stretcher and carried him deeper into the village.
Otrinity thought her heart would burst with sorrow if it hadn't already cracked. She felt tears fall down her cheek but didn't care for them.
It was all over.
She lay her head in on the ground and wept.
