Journey into darkness.
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Ch 3
The two Elven lords stopped. Their horses were close enough together that they didn't have to shout to be heard over the pounding rains. The downpours had started a mere week into their journey. Three days later it hadn't quit. It actually seemed to grow worse the further east they went.
"Elrond, should we stop and search for shelter?" Glorfindel inquired of his friend.
"I," Elrond stopped. His heart told him to hurry on. The lives of his sons, and the Prince of Mirkwood depended on finding them, "I do not know." Elrond whispered. His dark eyes scanned the trees about them. He could feel Glorfindel watching him. Shaking his head, Elrond berated himself. His sons needed him. Legolas needed him, needed his strength, and wisdom.
"My heart urges me to hurry on, yet I know we should not. We cannot risk the horses in such weather. It would only slow us down further." Elrond's eyes caught Glorfindel's light ones. The blonde Eldar smiled, face shining with trust and respect.
"As you wish." Glorfindel's smile had the desired effect. Elrond felt sure he'd made the right decision. Something else nagged at him though. Before the fair Elf lord could turn to give orders to his soldiers, Elrond halted him.
"Glor." Once Elrond had the Elf's attention he wasn't sure what to say. Something was there. Out there, in their path. It was growing steadily darker. "Perhaps it is just the orcs, but..." Elrond trailed off, raising his gaze to level with the Captain's.
"I have felt it too." Glorfindel pulled a fallen leaf from his sodden hair, "I worry what it may be." His gaze turned inward, then hardened with determination. "We will find him. They will all be well." Glorfindel didn't need to say who it was he spoke of. Elrond understood.
With a whisper to his horse Hasfuloth, Glorfindel rode to where some newly returned scouts awaited him. Elrond's sharp Elven hearing picked up his order of halting until the rain let up. Turning, the Half-Elven Lord let his gaze sweep a tree, where a branch seemed to clutch at a piece of cloth with it's leaves. It had been clearly torn from a cloak owned by a certain young Ranger. There had been many others like it. Elrond worried at the state of his youngest child's cloak, especially with such a chill in the air. A flash of pure rage surged through his being then, and he reached at his waist where his sword hung, and gripped it hard enough to cause himself pain. Spurring his horse he rode to where Glorfindel was speaking with his troops.
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"I'm sorry." Tears trickled down already tear stained cheeks. A barely noticeable scar marred one high, slightly protruding cheekbone. Depression had rendered food tasteless. Eating only brought nauseous spells. Blue eyes rimmed with angry red peered into the distance, as though trying to burn a hole through the very past itself. "I just can't take it anymore."
A slumped figure sat in the corner, no longer listening. He'd heard it all before. Still, tears fell, mimicking the light rain shower outside.
Ok, that was short, I know, but if I made the chapters any longer, I would likely have to wait longer to update. You tell me which you would prefer: shorter chapters, more updates, or longer chapters, and less updates...?
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Thank you:
Ursula~ Thank you!! I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Please keep reading and reviewing!
Saint~ Awwww! Thank you! Yes, there is a lot or Leggy torture! ;-) But we love it, don't we? Wow! A lot of people voted for Legolas/Elrond, or Legolas/Glorfindel....and yes, there will be lots of butt-kicking Elrond! Again, thank you for both reading and reviewing. You made me smile!
VaniaHepskins~ LOL, what? You wanted Gimli/Legolas? Alright! J/k. Hmmm...Aragorn/Legolas...I just realized nearly anyone could, in fact, be paired with our favorite blonde Elf, even...~shudders~ Gimli! I wonder if anyone has ever written a Galadriel/Legolas? That would be kind of odd. You also like Elrond/Legolas? Good, because I think that's what it is gonna be. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
Tapetum Lucidum~ Wow, what a review! Yes, I love orcs too....well, only in the sense that they are really great at being bad guys. Yes, I'm sure Legolas knows the difference between an infected and bloody wound, you are right.....ewww, poor Leggy.... I am sure though, that if my mother had been kidnaped by orcs like Celebrian was, I'd react in the same way the twins are. And Elrond is leaving to go kick some Orc-butt....I am sure his house is perfectly lovely, and quite....errrr..."homely", but I decided he needed to get out of the house more. Well, I am younger than Orlando Bloom, but I'm very mature for my age! ~grins~ And I think Legolas and Elrond won by one vote!
Shandrial~ I hope I spelled your name right! I just read your review today. Thank you so much. I am really floored, because I love your stories, and think you are such a talented writer. Again thank you for both your review, and your comments, and your ideas. They meant a lot to me!!
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