DISCLAIMER- Not mine. Happy?
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"Nothing! We've been around this cursed lake three times and we've found nothing!" moaned Gimli.
"Gimli, please. Shut up for a while." said Aragorn, making a motion with his head towards Legolas. The elf was looking into the water.
"What's he looking at?" asked Gimli.
"I don't know," said Aragorn. "But I think we should keep an eye on him, you never know what he might do."
In fact, while they had been talking, Legolas saw something very strange and quite alarming in the water. He was kneeling by the bank, searching because he thought he saw some light in the water. He was trying to make it out when he saw them.
The eyes again. They were staring straight at him from the water. He froze, startled, when the same voice that had echoed in the dream called up to him.
"Yes, you're on the right track... for now. Look into the water, careful now; you don't want to fall in... That would be just awful, both the Greenleaf children falling in the lake on the same day... what would your father think?" it spat bitterly.
Legolas' fury with this thing, what ever it was, had boiled over. "No one says that about my family!" he shouted.
The voice seemed quite amused at his anger. "Strong words... but are the vocals matched by the physical strength? I think not!" and as it finished those last words, there was a sharp shooting pain. He cried out and fell back onto the dirt of the bank with a thud.
~*~*~*~
When he looked again the eyes were gone, and instead of the light he saw a small dark underwater tunnel...
Someone picked him up. "Are you alright?!" asked Gimli, who sounded quite alarmed. "You just shouted and fell back!"
Legolas was a little confused. "No. No, I'm fine. I..." he was interrupted by Aragorn.
"What do you mean fine? You were out cold for around five minutes!"
Legolas was quite shocked. "What? But I... but he..." the elf stopped again. "I'm so confused... there were eyes. In the water." The other two just stared at him. "There's a tunnel down there. He told me that that's where they were!"
Aragorn looked suspicious. "Are you sure that's exactly what he said?" Legolas looked slightly uncomfortable and looked at his feet.
"Well, not exactly," he mumbled, but then brightened up. "But it was close enough! I think we should search it..."
~*~*~*~
There had been quite a heated discussion about what to do. Legolas had been adamant about the tunnel, saying that it was what they'd been searching for and that's where they should go. Gimli on the other hand was equally adamant about not using the tunnel.
"Firstly, we'd have to swim to get down there. I can't swim with all this armour on; I'd sink like a rock!" Legolas looked at him.
"Not that you wouldn't anyway..." he hissed.
Gimli huffed and then carried on. "And that monster might still be down there, goodness knows what that'll do to us!" he shouted. In the end it was up to Aragorn to reach a compromise.
"Alright now you two, that's enough! Gimli, you go back to the palace and get two horses. Don't tell them what's happened, understand? The king getting worried is all we need right now! Legolas and I will go down and check out the tunnel."
The other two seemed quite pleased about this, and agreed.
~*~*~*~
The water was freezing cold, but they had to check this tunnel; it could hold the key to everything. Aragorn and Legolas swam down, and were both relived to see that, yes, there was a cave on the other side.
They dragged themselves up onto the bank and, dripping wet, listened out for any noise, or movement. There seemed to be nothing...
"Where should we look?" asked Aragorn, but then suddenly he was interrupted by a hideous screech.
"Goblins!" shouted Legolas, and he was right, because suddenly a hoard of goblins came streaming round the corners. There was a fierce fight; lots of sword action from Aragorn and Legolas' bow was singing as arrows flew from it.
~*~*~*~
Tathiel just didn't know what was happening, but then she felt a cold grip like steel grip her wrist.
"He's here! Now all I need is for him to come up here! Now, my sweet, there's just one thing I need you to do..." it said, and started to twist her arm round and up. Tathiel knew that it wanted her to cry out; to scream, and Legolas would come running up, and-
"No!" she thought. "I wont scream, I wont, I mustn't, I can't!" she thought, but no use. The pain was too much, and she cursed her weak will- power as her cry ricochet around the room...
~*~*~*~
There was a break in the attacking goblin force, when a shriek filled the air.
"Tathiel!" cried Legolas. The scream was coming from up the stairs. He sprinted to them and began to make his way up.
"Legolas, come back here!" Aragorn shouted after him, and he went to follow, but then a new wave of goblins arrived.
"Well, he's on his own now," thought Aragorn. "But I'll help him however I can..." and began to slash through the goblin forces...
~*~*~*~
Well, there it is! Now you know what you have to do...
R+R! =)
~*~*~*~
"Nothing! We've been around this cursed lake three times and we've found nothing!" moaned Gimli.
"Gimli, please. Shut up for a while." said Aragorn, making a motion with his head towards Legolas. The elf was looking into the water.
"What's he looking at?" asked Gimli.
"I don't know," said Aragorn. "But I think we should keep an eye on him, you never know what he might do."
In fact, while they had been talking, Legolas saw something very strange and quite alarming in the water. He was kneeling by the bank, searching because he thought he saw some light in the water. He was trying to make it out when he saw them.
The eyes again. They were staring straight at him from the water. He froze, startled, when the same voice that had echoed in the dream called up to him.
"Yes, you're on the right track... for now. Look into the water, careful now; you don't want to fall in... That would be just awful, both the Greenleaf children falling in the lake on the same day... what would your father think?" it spat bitterly.
Legolas' fury with this thing, what ever it was, had boiled over. "No one says that about my family!" he shouted.
The voice seemed quite amused at his anger. "Strong words... but are the vocals matched by the physical strength? I think not!" and as it finished those last words, there was a sharp shooting pain. He cried out and fell back onto the dirt of the bank with a thud.
~*~*~*~
When he looked again the eyes were gone, and instead of the light he saw a small dark underwater tunnel...
Someone picked him up. "Are you alright?!" asked Gimli, who sounded quite alarmed. "You just shouted and fell back!"
Legolas was a little confused. "No. No, I'm fine. I..." he was interrupted by Aragorn.
"What do you mean fine? You were out cold for around five minutes!"
Legolas was quite shocked. "What? But I... but he..." the elf stopped again. "I'm so confused... there were eyes. In the water." The other two just stared at him. "There's a tunnel down there. He told me that that's where they were!"
Aragorn looked suspicious. "Are you sure that's exactly what he said?" Legolas looked slightly uncomfortable and looked at his feet.
"Well, not exactly," he mumbled, but then brightened up. "But it was close enough! I think we should search it..."
~*~*~*~
There had been quite a heated discussion about what to do. Legolas had been adamant about the tunnel, saying that it was what they'd been searching for and that's where they should go. Gimli on the other hand was equally adamant about not using the tunnel.
"Firstly, we'd have to swim to get down there. I can't swim with all this armour on; I'd sink like a rock!" Legolas looked at him.
"Not that you wouldn't anyway..." he hissed.
Gimli huffed and then carried on. "And that monster might still be down there, goodness knows what that'll do to us!" he shouted. In the end it was up to Aragorn to reach a compromise.
"Alright now you two, that's enough! Gimli, you go back to the palace and get two horses. Don't tell them what's happened, understand? The king getting worried is all we need right now! Legolas and I will go down and check out the tunnel."
The other two seemed quite pleased about this, and agreed.
~*~*~*~
The water was freezing cold, but they had to check this tunnel; it could hold the key to everything. Aragorn and Legolas swam down, and were both relived to see that, yes, there was a cave on the other side.
They dragged themselves up onto the bank and, dripping wet, listened out for any noise, or movement. There seemed to be nothing...
"Where should we look?" asked Aragorn, but then suddenly he was interrupted by a hideous screech.
"Goblins!" shouted Legolas, and he was right, because suddenly a hoard of goblins came streaming round the corners. There was a fierce fight; lots of sword action from Aragorn and Legolas' bow was singing as arrows flew from it.
~*~*~*~
Tathiel just didn't know what was happening, but then she felt a cold grip like steel grip her wrist.
"He's here! Now all I need is for him to come up here! Now, my sweet, there's just one thing I need you to do..." it said, and started to twist her arm round and up. Tathiel knew that it wanted her to cry out; to scream, and Legolas would come running up, and-
"No!" she thought. "I wont scream, I wont, I mustn't, I can't!" she thought, but no use. The pain was too much, and she cursed her weak will- power as her cry ricochet around the room...
~*~*~*~
There was a break in the attacking goblin force, when a shriek filled the air.
"Tathiel!" cried Legolas. The scream was coming from up the stairs. He sprinted to them and began to make his way up.
"Legolas, come back here!" Aragorn shouted after him, and he went to follow, but then a new wave of goblins arrived.
"Well, he's on his own now," thought Aragorn. "But I'll help him however I can..." and began to slash through the goblin forces...
~*~*~*~
Well, there it is! Now you know what you have to do...
R+R! =)