The eyes of Eolandé fell upon the bedridden warrior. She knew he was sick,
but the thing that was beyond her knowledge was why he had gotten sick.
The man cried out in pain again. She put her hand to his sweaty, pale
forehead. It was hot to the touch. The wind howled over the man's yells
as the rain pounded on the roof. Lightning danced around the city of
Celythian. Things looked bad, for even if they could get the right
ingredients to cure him, he'd need absolute silence to heal and this storm
was anything but quiet. She'd ask counsel of the Lieutenant Ellian. After
all, he was the one who found the warrior.
Ellian was practicing his aim in the dinning room despite the servants' objections. Eolandé ducked as a knife whizzed above her head. Lucky for her, he wasn't trying to hit anything in particular. She walked up to him, her fists clenched. "Elli, why is the fair haired warrior sick?"
"Listen, everyone gets sick once in a while," he told her waving a dismissing hand. "Besides," he said turning to her, "why do you care?"
Eolandé felt the fury burn inside. "You directly disobeyed my father's orders. You were ordered to bring men unwounded."
"He isn't wounded," Ellian said simply.
"But we will need him! Why did you poison him?"
"He said he was the heir of Gondor." The small sentence contained many unsaid words. Eliian's eyes stung with tears. He turned away from her and wiped them away. The loyalty to the girl's father got the better of him. "If you must cure him, use a Dragon's Tear. The Main Witch has some."
Eolandé muttered a small thank you and ran out the doors into the rain.
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Legolas sprinted up the hill and scanned the area. "We're almost there. Please, hurry, dwarf!" Legolas bound down the hill as Gimli just reached the top, panting. This was really too much for him. He was willing to go on though, for they were going to need Boromir.
Legolas abruptly stopped causing the hobbits to run into him. "Oi! Move it!" Pippin muttered rubbing his bruised nose. Aragorn brushed passed the hobbits and looked at Legolas. "Is anything wrong?"
"This was where they brought him," Legolas said referring to the sheer cliff. Aragorn looked up at the cliff and felt the hope in his heart dwindle. 'Where are you, Boromir?' Aragorn thought. Despair gripped his mind. Then, he heard laughter. Who was that? Once again, Merry and Pippin were being obnoxious to Aragorn, not noticing how grave the situation was. They were throwing rocks at the wall. Aragorn really did not understand the hobbits and really did not want to, for at that moment for the rocks were not hitting the cliff wall, they were going through it.
Aragorn rubbed Merry's head as he walked up to the cliff wall. He put his hands up was about to step through it when right next to him Pippin run up to the wall. "Can I go, too?" Without even waiting for an answer he ran, hitting the wall. Pippin fell back holding his nose. "That's the second time today!"
Aragorn shook his head and thrust his hand into the cliff. It went through. He took a deep breath and forced himself to walk through. The opening, as they figured out as they were all in, only opened so far, that is why Pippin ran into the wall. "But you must admit, it was hilarious," Merry whispered. "The way he-" Merry's breath stopped short as the walkway opened up to reveal forest with silver buildings. The rain still poured and the lightning gave the city a strange luminosity. The water on the trees gave them an emerald color. Even in the rain this place was beautiful.
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I know it is short but I didn't have all the time in the world. I'll try to make the next one longer. Please review. Thanx for reading Chap 3 up soon!
Ellian was practicing his aim in the dinning room despite the servants' objections. Eolandé ducked as a knife whizzed above her head. Lucky for her, he wasn't trying to hit anything in particular. She walked up to him, her fists clenched. "Elli, why is the fair haired warrior sick?"
"Listen, everyone gets sick once in a while," he told her waving a dismissing hand. "Besides," he said turning to her, "why do you care?"
Eolandé felt the fury burn inside. "You directly disobeyed my father's orders. You were ordered to bring men unwounded."
"He isn't wounded," Ellian said simply.
"But we will need him! Why did you poison him?"
"He said he was the heir of Gondor." The small sentence contained many unsaid words. Eliian's eyes stung with tears. He turned away from her and wiped them away. The loyalty to the girl's father got the better of him. "If you must cure him, use a Dragon's Tear. The Main Witch has some."
Eolandé muttered a small thank you and ran out the doors into the rain.
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Legolas sprinted up the hill and scanned the area. "We're almost there. Please, hurry, dwarf!" Legolas bound down the hill as Gimli just reached the top, panting. This was really too much for him. He was willing to go on though, for they were going to need Boromir.
Legolas abruptly stopped causing the hobbits to run into him. "Oi! Move it!" Pippin muttered rubbing his bruised nose. Aragorn brushed passed the hobbits and looked at Legolas. "Is anything wrong?"
"This was where they brought him," Legolas said referring to the sheer cliff. Aragorn looked up at the cliff and felt the hope in his heart dwindle. 'Where are you, Boromir?' Aragorn thought. Despair gripped his mind. Then, he heard laughter. Who was that? Once again, Merry and Pippin were being obnoxious to Aragorn, not noticing how grave the situation was. They were throwing rocks at the wall. Aragorn really did not understand the hobbits and really did not want to, for at that moment for the rocks were not hitting the cliff wall, they were going through it.
Aragorn rubbed Merry's head as he walked up to the cliff wall. He put his hands up was about to step through it when right next to him Pippin run up to the wall. "Can I go, too?" Without even waiting for an answer he ran, hitting the wall. Pippin fell back holding his nose. "That's the second time today!"
Aragorn shook his head and thrust his hand into the cliff. It went through. He took a deep breath and forced himself to walk through. The opening, as they figured out as they were all in, only opened so far, that is why Pippin ran into the wall. "But you must admit, it was hilarious," Merry whispered. "The way he-" Merry's breath stopped short as the walkway opened up to reveal forest with silver buildings. The rain still poured and the lightning gave the city a strange luminosity. The water on the trees gave them an emerald color. Even in the rain this place was beautiful.
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I know it is short but I didn't have all the time in the world. I'll try to make the next one longer. Please review. Thanx for reading Chap 3 up soon!