DISCLAIMER- It's not mine. How many more times, IT'S NOT MINE!!! ='(
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He'd cried himself to sleep, and now he was wandering in elvish dreams. Troubled dreams; but dreams all the same. The moment Tathiel had slipped from his grasp replayed over and over in his mind, and there was nothing he could do about it. He just couldn't wake up.
Legolas watched for yet another time as she sank down... but this time, it was different. There was something there, ready to catch her. A person; or what looked like one anyway, the face was disfigured, pale and scarred... evil.
He was wondering what this new threat was, what it meant, when it spoke to him.
"She is here... yes, Prince, your sister is here, with me... quite safe... for now at least."
Legolas suddenly realized that he was standing in a dark caved place. How he'd got there, and if this was still a dream or reality, he didn't know.
"Who are you? What have you done with my sister?!" he demanded.
The being laughed. It wasn't a warm laugh, but cold and mocking.
"All in good time, Prince, all in good time... I would have liked my little 'pet' to bring you too... shame you have such good friends. Your sister is safe, as I said before, but her continued safety relies on your speed. How quickly you get here. And don't try to stay away. I won't let her go, unless you come to me. Search around the lake. That's all I'll say..."
The voice finished, laughing hideously, as Legolas jolted from the dream and awoke...
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Tathiel was terrified. She couldn't see where she was going, but she knew that her hands were bound, there was a blindfold over her eyes and she was being led by a person with raspy breath. It sounded like the same voice that had talked to her earlier. She just kept moving her feet, trying to walk, but she tripped.
"Ah, can't keep on your feet my sweet? Not to worry, we are where we need to be anyway."
Tathiel made no reply.
"Oh, the silent type, are we? Never mind. It's not like you're going to be around for long. Or that pathetic moron that you call 'brother'. I would have preferred it if my 'friend', as I call it, had brought him instead of you. You're much too young, so immature, so useless."
"Not strong enough. He is though, with weapons at least. But in frame of mind, you elves are all the same. Idiots. So easy to take, to manipulate, to corrupt. Yes, he will come to help you, but he will not leave..."
"You will be your brother's bane my sweet."
Tathiel knew that she was meant to hear every single word...
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A hasty voice called "She's alive!"
Aragorn was shaken from his sleep.
"What the- what are you talking about?" he asked drowsily. Legolas was shaking him hard.
"Wake up, she's alive! Tathiel's alive!" he said. Gimli had woken up as well, and was puzzled to see his friend shaking Aragorn like mad.
"What are you doing? And what do you mean 'She's alive'? Tathiel's alive? How do you know that?!" asked Gimli. Legolas turned to him and finally let go of Aragorn, who sat back down and tried to stop the dizziness.
"There was a man... in the dream, and he had Tathiel, he had her and said that he wouldn't let her go unless I came to him..." said Legolas. "He said to 'search around the river'." Gimli looked at his friend again.
"Then we should go now. I take it that we're meant to search along the banks." And so the three friends gathered up the few things they had and started their search...
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There we go! Now, you know what you have to do...
R+R! Go on. Press the button...
You know you wanna.
~*~*~*~
He'd cried himself to sleep, and now he was wandering in elvish dreams. Troubled dreams; but dreams all the same. The moment Tathiel had slipped from his grasp replayed over and over in his mind, and there was nothing he could do about it. He just couldn't wake up.
Legolas watched for yet another time as she sank down... but this time, it was different. There was something there, ready to catch her. A person; or what looked like one anyway, the face was disfigured, pale and scarred... evil.
He was wondering what this new threat was, what it meant, when it spoke to him.
"She is here... yes, Prince, your sister is here, with me... quite safe... for now at least."
Legolas suddenly realized that he was standing in a dark caved place. How he'd got there, and if this was still a dream or reality, he didn't know.
"Who are you? What have you done with my sister?!" he demanded.
The being laughed. It wasn't a warm laugh, but cold and mocking.
"All in good time, Prince, all in good time... I would have liked my little 'pet' to bring you too... shame you have such good friends. Your sister is safe, as I said before, but her continued safety relies on your speed. How quickly you get here. And don't try to stay away. I won't let her go, unless you come to me. Search around the lake. That's all I'll say..."
The voice finished, laughing hideously, as Legolas jolted from the dream and awoke...
~*~*~*~
Tathiel was terrified. She couldn't see where she was going, but she knew that her hands were bound, there was a blindfold over her eyes and she was being led by a person with raspy breath. It sounded like the same voice that had talked to her earlier. She just kept moving her feet, trying to walk, but she tripped.
"Ah, can't keep on your feet my sweet? Not to worry, we are where we need to be anyway."
Tathiel made no reply.
"Oh, the silent type, are we? Never mind. It's not like you're going to be around for long. Or that pathetic moron that you call 'brother'. I would have preferred it if my 'friend', as I call it, had brought him instead of you. You're much too young, so immature, so useless."
"Not strong enough. He is though, with weapons at least. But in frame of mind, you elves are all the same. Idiots. So easy to take, to manipulate, to corrupt. Yes, he will come to help you, but he will not leave..."
"You will be your brother's bane my sweet."
Tathiel knew that she was meant to hear every single word...
~*~*~*~
A hasty voice called "She's alive!"
Aragorn was shaken from his sleep.
"What the- what are you talking about?" he asked drowsily. Legolas was shaking him hard.
"Wake up, she's alive! Tathiel's alive!" he said. Gimli had woken up as well, and was puzzled to see his friend shaking Aragorn like mad.
"What are you doing? And what do you mean 'She's alive'? Tathiel's alive? How do you know that?!" asked Gimli. Legolas turned to him and finally let go of Aragorn, who sat back down and tried to stop the dizziness.
"There was a man... in the dream, and he had Tathiel, he had her and said that he wouldn't let her go unless I came to him..." said Legolas. "He said to 'search around the river'." Gimli looked at his friend again.
"Then we should go now. I take it that we're meant to search along the banks." And so the three friends gathered up the few things they had and started their search...
~*~*~*~
There we go! Now, you know what you have to do...
R+R! Go on. Press the button...
You know you wanna.