Not So Long
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Sorry about the delayed update! Family in town and my e-mail won't work! Curses to Yahoo! Sorry if I haven't been able to return any e-mails. Is anyone else's Yahoo going all weird on them? OK sorry.
Warning: Slight Abuse, just to let you know.
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Valora stumbled down the stairs after Giolla and her hair, which felt like it, was being ripped from her scalp.
"Let go of me!" Valora swung her hand around in an attempt to hit Giolla but only succeeded in hitting the doorframe as she was dragged back into the kitchen.
"Cook!" Giolla bellowed as the door slammed loudly behind her.
"Yes ma'am?" Cook came bustling out of the pantry.
"Get me some rope, now!" Giolla growled and proceeded out the door.
Valora got a firm grip on Giolla's hand and squeezed to make her let go of her hair.
"I'm going to give you what you've deserved since the day you came here five long years ago! I hated you the moment you were left at that gate and I've hated you more everyday!" Giolla said, her voice dripping with wickedness.
"Not as much as I hate you!" Valora shot back.
"Without Cyril here I am in charge and I can do anything I want! You better shut your mouth not before you get into more trouble!" Giolla hissed and stopped when she got to the end of the largest field, right next to the river.
Cook was only a few seconds behind and handed Giolla the rope with a worried expression on her face for Valora.
"Get lost!" Giolla snapped at Cook and she Cook ran back inside.
"Let's see how brave you are when I leave you out here all night. If the men in the stable don't get you first then the river will, or some other thing of the night." Giolla wrapped the rope haphazardly around Valora with a vicious smile. Valor tried in vain to fight but her hands and legs were bound to quickly. "Good night, dear, I won't be seeing you in the morning but I hope to hear your screams all night long!" Giolla slapped Valora across the face and headed back towards the house.
Valora looked at the river, which flowed with a mighty current, and every minute was drawing closer and closer to the post she was tied to, by midnight it would be fully submerged.
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"How are we going to get out!" Vittorio slammed his body into the door once again.
"Hold on for a moment, you don't need to hurt yourself anymore!" Elrohir grabbed onto Vittorio before he could assault the door again.
"Okay, but we have got to get out of here, Lord Cyril left today and Giolla could be doing anything to Valora right now!" Vittorio suddenly flared up with worry again.
"Ok, think." Elrohir encouraged himself and Vittorio, "The window." Elrohir raced to the window and looked out it, "That's a long way down."
"Yes, conveniently long way that you jump, you'd be dead or at the least dying." Vittorio nodded.
"Very true." Elrohir nodded, even for his lithe elven body the jump would be pushing it. "Someone's coming!" Elrohir suddenly heard hurried footsteps taking the stairs two at a time.
"Cook!" Vittorio cried as Cook flung open the door.
"You have to hurry, she tied Valora to the post!" Cook gasped for breath and pointed down the stairs, "Go!"
Elrohir and Vittorio wasted no time, they lunged towards the stairs jumping three at a time until the reached the bottom of the stairs. They raced to the back door of the kitchen and threw open the door, only to run int Giolla herself.
"Where do you think you two are going!?" Giolla placed her hands on her hips, blocking the door.
"MOVE!" Vittorio shouted and rammed his body into Giolla and sending her flying backwards into mud. 'Elrohir, hurry!" Vittorio shouted and his stumbled over Giolla's body and towards the river.
Elrohir asked no questions but kept running.
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Valora felt the cold wind whip around her face. Tears tumbled from her eyes from a mixture of sadness and the cruel wind. To add to the misery rain started to sop down onto her already shivering body.
The river was only a few meters from her now, the rain adding to its rising. If the river didn't get her first something else would. Thieves and cutthroats always came this way to see if anyone was tied up, and now it was her turn. Being young she surely wouldn't be left to drown, someone would take her.
Her head slumped down onto the post in near defeat. She struggled against her bonds again but as all the times before they wouldn't budge.
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Vittorio ran through the fresh rain, he had to get to Valora, he was more then thankful for Elrohir who ran at his side looking forward through the rain for Valora.
"I see her!" Elrohir shouted through the wind.
Vittorio's speed increased and he reached Valora in a few moments, "Valora!" Vittorio grabbed onto Valora's shoulders and looked at the ropes restraining her.
"We don't have a knife." Elrohir realized suddenly, how could they have been so foolish? They should have known she'd be tied up.
"Go get one and I'll say here!" Vittorio shouted through the wind.
Elrohir didn't bother to nod but took off towards the house.
Vittorio tried to wipe the tears off Valora's face but the rain only splattered against her cheeks.
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Elrohir ran as fast as his elven body would carry him, and they carried him right into Giolla.
"You!" Giolla grabbed Elrohir but he shoved her harshly to the side. Giolla once again flew to the ground and hit her head with a sickening thud on a hard stone.
Elrohir flew into the kitchen where Cook was standing, pale as snow holding out a knife for Elrohir.
Elrohir grabbed the knife, cutting his hand as he gripped the blade and turned to race back out to Valora.
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Valora's eyes widened in horror and Vittorio turned to see three men approaching the post where Valora was tied.
"Get away!" Vittorio called fiercely to them.
One of the men laughed and Vittorio recognized him as one of the men that had tried to assault him. The second man was also one of the men that had tried to assault him and the third just another man from the barn.
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Sorry about the delayed update! Family in town and my e-mail won't work! Curses to Yahoo! Sorry if I haven't been able to return any e-mails. Is anyone else's Yahoo going all weird on them? OK sorry.
Warning: Slight Abuse, just to let you know.
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Valora stumbled down the stairs after Giolla and her hair, which felt like it, was being ripped from her scalp.
"Let go of me!" Valora swung her hand around in an attempt to hit Giolla but only succeeded in hitting the doorframe as she was dragged back into the kitchen.
"Cook!" Giolla bellowed as the door slammed loudly behind her.
"Yes ma'am?" Cook came bustling out of the pantry.
"Get me some rope, now!" Giolla growled and proceeded out the door.
Valora got a firm grip on Giolla's hand and squeezed to make her let go of her hair.
"I'm going to give you what you've deserved since the day you came here five long years ago! I hated you the moment you were left at that gate and I've hated you more everyday!" Giolla said, her voice dripping with wickedness.
"Not as much as I hate you!" Valora shot back.
"Without Cyril here I am in charge and I can do anything I want! You better shut your mouth not before you get into more trouble!" Giolla hissed and stopped when she got to the end of the largest field, right next to the river.
Cook was only a few seconds behind and handed Giolla the rope with a worried expression on her face for Valora.
"Get lost!" Giolla snapped at Cook and she Cook ran back inside.
"Let's see how brave you are when I leave you out here all night. If the men in the stable don't get you first then the river will, or some other thing of the night." Giolla wrapped the rope haphazardly around Valora with a vicious smile. Valor tried in vain to fight but her hands and legs were bound to quickly. "Good night, dear, I won't be seeing you in the morning but I hope to hear your screams all night long!" Giolla slapped Valora across the face and headed back towards the house.
Valora looked at the river, which flowed with a mighty current, and every minute was drawing closer and closer to the post she was tied to, by midnight it would be fully submerged.
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"How are we going to get out!" Vittorio slammed his body into the door once again.
"Hold on for a moment, you don't need to hurt yourself anymore!" Elrohir grabbed onto Vittorio before he could assault the door again.
"Okay, but we have got to get out of here, Lord Cyril left today and Giolla could be doing anything to Valora right now!" Vittorio suddenly flared up with worry again.
"Ok, think." Elrohir encouraged himself and Vittorio, "The window." Elrohir raced to the window and looked out it, "That's a long way down."
"Yes, conveniently long way that you jump, you'd be dead or at the least dying." Vittorio nodded.
"Very true." Elrohir nodded, even for his lithe elven body the jump would be pushing it. "Someone's coming!" Elrohir suddenly heard hurried footsteps taking the stairs two at a time.
"Cook!" Vittorio cried as Cook flung open the door.
"You have to hurry, she tied Valora to the post!" Cook gasped for breath and pointed down the stairs, "Go!"
Elrohir and Vittorio wasted no time, they lunged towards the stairs jumping three at a time until the reached the bottom of the stairs. They raced to the back door of the kitchen and threw open the door, only to run int Giolla herself.
"Where do you think you two are going!?" Giolla placed her hands on her hips, blocking the door.
"MOVE!" Vittorio shouted and rammed his body into Giolla and sending her flying backwards into mud. 'Elrohir, hurry!" Vittorio shouted and his stumbled over Giolla's body and towards the river.
Elrohir asked no questions but kept running.
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Valora felt the cold wind whip around her face. Tears tumbled from her eyes from a mixture of sadness and the cruel wind. To add to the misery rain started to sop down onto her already shivering body.
The river was only a few meters from her now, the rain adding to its rising. If the river didn't get her first something else would. Thieves and cutthroats always came this way to see if anyone was tied up, and now it was her turn. Being young she surely wouldn't be left to drown, someone would take her.
Her head slumped down onto the post in near defeat. She struggled against her bonds again but as all the times before they wouldn't budge.
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Vittorio ran through the fresh rain, he had to get to Valora, he was more then thankful for Elrohir who ran at his side looking forward through the rain for Valora.
"I see her!" Elrohir shouted through the wind.
Vittorio's speed increased and he reached Valora in a few moments, "Valora!" Vittorio grabbed onto Valora's shoulders and looked at the ropes restraining her.
"We don't have a knife." Elrohir realized suddenly, how could they have been so foolish? They should have known she'd be tied up.
"Go get one and I'll say here!" Vittorio shouted through the wind.
Elrohir didn't bother to nod but took off towards the house.
Vittorio tried to wipe the tears off Valora's face but the rain only splattered against her cheeks.
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Elrohir ran as fast as his elven body would carry him, and they carried him right into Giolla.
"You!" Giolla grabbed Elrohir but he shoved her harshly to the side. Giolla once again flew to the ground and hit her head with a sickening thud on a hard stone.
Elrohir flew into the kitchen where Cook was standing, pale as snow holding out a knife for Elrohir.
Elrohir grabbed the knife, cutting his hand as he gripped the blade and turned to race back out to Valora.
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Valora's eyes widened in horror and Vittorio turned to see three men approaching the post where Valora was tied.
"Get away!" Vittorio called fiercely to them.
One of the men laughed and Vittorio recognized him as one of the men that had tried to assault him. The second man was also one of the men that had tried to assault him and the third just another man from the barn.
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