~ AN- Hey guys! So, what's up in your worlds? Well, here, I'm quite board
and since the weather here hasn't been nice, I can't even go outside! But
you know what, I'm still happy because Pirates of the Caribbean comes out
next week and I'm going to see it on the 12th for my birthday (my b-day
isn't until the 18th, but I just HAVE to see POTC on the opening weekend!)
But yeah! I'm going to finish up here so you all can get on with reading
the chapter, but first, I'm going to ask y'all for a favor. I have taken
part in writing two LOTR stories with my three friends and I think they're
actually pretty good. There are two of them and they are titled " Lord of
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Disclaimer- I still don't own.
Chapter 6
Legolas looked to where the creature was about to attack Amowiel in horror. If he didn't do something now, the girl was going to be killed. The only problem there was that he had to defend himself first, for the rest of the Nycla were all surrounding him.
He drew his bow and aimed for the Nycla that had Amowiel pinned down, but just as he was about to let his arrow fly, another one of the creatures jumped at him from behind.
His arrow flew and hit the ground beside where Amowiel was pinned and he himself went flying across the clearing, the Nycla right behind him. He tried to get back to his feet before he could be attacked again, but it seemed as soon as he landed, a swarm of creatures were upon him.
Amowiel looked up and stared into the creature's eyes and let out another scream of horror. Slowly, the beast lowered its jaws towards the woman's neck. Within a few seconds, she felt pressure increase on the sides of her neck, and then she felt the tips of the creature's sharp fangs start to sink into her skin. Amowiel screamed again.
Legolas looked up as he heard Amowiel scream for the third time. To his horror, he saw that the Nycla had already started to bite into her neck. Without a second thought, he forgot all about the creatures that were attacking him and pulled out yet another arrow. It no longer mattered how much he might need his weapons in the near future, all that mattered now was saving Amowiel.
Aiming quickly, he let his arrow fly. This time, the arrow struck the Nycla in the back shoulder blades. The creature instantly let go of Amowiel, brought up its head and let out a long, painful howl. It turned hatefully towards Legolas, forgetting all about Amowiel.
Amowiel laid there in almost a daze. She could feel tiny lines of blood sliding down her neck, but other than that, she was uninjured. She didn't know if she dare move, terrified that one of the other creatures would again attack her.
Legolas pulled out another arrow and shot it into the Nycla closest to him. There were still four remaining beasts, and only a few arrows let in his quiver.
Suddenly, the Nycla that had been attacking Amowiel earlier fell dead to the ground, the poison taking its life. Legolas stared at the other creatures and pulled out another arrow, but this time, he didn't need to shoot it.
The remaining two Nycla turned away quickly and ran back into the trees, their tails between their legs.
Legolas smirked to see the creatures running, and then he saw the limp form of Amowiel lying upon the ground and his heart seemed to stop. What if he had been too late to save her?
Slowly, more out of horror than anything, he made his way over to her body and knelt down beside her. He tried to tell himself that the only reason he feared her dead was that if she were, than he would not be able to use her as leverage over the army marching towards his city, but even if he spoke the lie out loud, his heart would not believe it.
Her eyes were closed and blood was running down her wounded neck. Her face was twisted into a look of fear, but as far as he could tell, she was dead. He went to check her for a pulse, but then her eyes flew open.
Legolas was genuinely surprised when all of the sudden the woman who he thought was dead, eye's flew open and he jumped backwards in surprise and fell upon the earth. This was probably the only time in almost three hundred years that someone had surprised him, and at the moment he found it quite amusing as well as annoying.
" What were you doing?!" He snapped, trying to hide the fact he had jumped, " why did you fool me into thinking you were dead!?"
Amowiel sat up and looked around. " Are they gone?" she asked, tucking a long strand of black hair behind her ear.
" Yes," Legolas replied, getting back to his feet and pulling Amowiel roughly up behind him, " now would you please acknowledge my question? Why were you acting for dead?!"
Amowiel shifted her eyes down towards the ground in an embarrassed manner. " I thought that if they thought me dead, they would not try to attack me. Anyway, it seemed that you could take care of yourself. Unless it is too difficult for an assassin like yourself to kill something that does know you're attacking it,"
Legolas glared at the woman and replied in a growl. " At least I do not take the cowards way out by pretending I am dead. You think that you would have at least tried to defend yourself!"
" What was I supposed to do?!" Amowiel fired back, " I am unarmed unlike yourself and I have no knowledge of fighting! I am a high-ranking human lady; we do not know how to defend ourselves! Not to mention I have never had the need to before!"
Legolas glared at the woman a moment longer, wondering how he could have really cared if she lived or not, and then turned towards the direction of Mirkwood.
" We must leave," he told Amowiel, grabbing hold of her wrist again, " it is not safe to stay here when there are still more of those creatures out there,"
" If you may," Amowiel snapped, pulling her arm away from Legolas, " I do believe that we have a truce. I am not about to run away into a forest full of animals that wish to eat me as their next meal, so I do believe you can trust me to walk beside you! Secondly, do you really think it wise, let alone safe, to travel these woods at night?"
"It would be even less wise and safe to stay here," Legolas replied coolly, starting to walk in the direction of his home, " those beasts know where we were, and I don't doubt that they won't bring back more of them to attack us again. The only way we can go now is north, back towards my city,"
Amowiel seemed to freeze as soon as the words parted his lips. " I still do not like the thought of traveling to your city Legolas," she whispered quietly.
Legolas stared at her for a moment, and then spoke. " They're may be a truce between us, but I am still the person who was sent to assassinate you. I still hold true to what I said before, if you do not do as I say, I'll be forced to kill you. I need your help in stopping this war, and for that to happen, we must go to Mirkwood,"
" Do you promise you won't let anything bad happen to me?" Amowiel asked in a childish voice, looking up at him, her green eyes fearful and yet full of light. Her long locks of hair falling in beside her eyes, Her face nothing but innocence.
Suddenly, the words she spoke and the way she looked triggered a forgotten memory deep within Legolas's mind. He closed is eyes and remembered a little girl looking up at him with big, shinning green eyes and asking him the exact same thing as Amowiel had just asked. He opened his eyes and looked at Amowiel in awe.
" What's wrong Legolas?" she asked, seeing the look upon his face.
" Have you ever set foot in Mirkwood before?" Legolas asked sharply.
Amowiel seemed taken back by his question and slowly, after it had sunk in, answered.
" Once before, but I was only a little child," she replied, " and that is why I am so reluctant to return. I did not like it then and have always been fearful to return,"
Legolas stared at Amowiel in wonder. How had he forgotten her? She had grown far more beautiful from when she had been a child, but she still looked the same.
This wasn't the first time he had met Amowiel, nor was it the first time he had saved her life. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Shout outs!
Supergurl15- Yrp, Linkin park rox! They're like my second fav band too! Second only to Creed! But yeah, you like making up words don't you? I do too! Go us! Rock on! LOL!
Elfaer giliell- Yrp, they made a truce! Happy you reviewed and all! You're probably the only person I know, myself included, that doesn't freak out if a chapter is ended with a cliffy! Tell us all, what's your secret!? LOL!
Betsy- Yrp, it's there to keep y'all coming back for more! Again, thanks for emailing me, and yrp; I take all your suggestions to heart! Don't you feel special! BTW, I really did like the idea Alida-fruit had about diving deeper into the fathers, and that's exactly what I'm doing! I probably wouldn't have done it if you didn't think it was a good idea too, because if two think it's good, go for it!
Alida-fruit- Again, you gave me quite a few ideas for up coming chapter. I'm really starting to wonder what I would do without you! LOL! OK hon, you need to stop watching Disney cartoons! J/K LOL! Anyway, in regards to your email, thanks. I've stopped taking every bad comment to heart, and if you think this story got flamed bad, go check out the reviews for "Return of the shadow" (I deleted a few of them though!)! Here's how I don't let them get them get me down; I'm going to be a famous author some day and then they'll be the ones looking up to me. I don't mean to sound conceited or full of myself, which I'm not, but that is my dream and I refuse to let my dreams get crushed, especially because a few people didn't like a fanfiction story on a writing site. Again, much thanks for the support! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~ AN- Well, I took your suggestion to heart Alida-fruit! Now we're going to see exactly WHY there is a potential war between Elves and Men! It seems that Legolas and Amowiel have met before, but why had they both blocked out the memories of each other? Well, y'all are going to have to wait until next chapter to find out! BTW, I've also noticed that a lot of people review once, and then I never hear from them again?! What is with that? Ok, I've had only three people who seem to review every chapter! (Alida-fruit, Betsy and Elfaer giliell) Come on people, I don't bite; y'all can review more than once! LOL! Anywaz, even if you've reviewed once, please review again because you can ask Betsy, I like seeing the numbers on the review box go up! Petty I know! Well, till the next chapter! Hit the nice review button! * Hint hint*!!!!! ROCK ON! ~
Disclaimer- I still don't own.
Chapter 6
Legolas looked to where the creature was about to attack Amowiel in horror. If he didn't do something now, the girl was going to be killed. The only problem there was that he had to defend himself first, for the rest of the Nycla were all surrounding him.
He drew his bow and aimed for the Nycla that had Amowiel pinned down, but just as he was about to let his arrow fly, another one of the creatures jumped at him from behind.
His arrow flew and hit the ground beside where Amowiel was pinned and he himself went flying across the clearing, the Nycla right behind him. He tried to get back to his feet before he could be attacked again, but it seemed as soon as he landed, a swarm of creatures were upon him.
Amowiel looked up and stared into the creature's eyes and let out another scream of horror. Slowly, the beast lowered its jaws towards the woman's neck. Within a few seconds, she felt pressure increase on the sides of her neck, and then she felt the tips of the creature's sharp fangs start to sink into her skin. Amowiel screamed again.
Legolas looked up as he heard Amowiel scream for the third time. To his horror, he saw that the Nycla had already started to bite into her neck. Without a second thought, he forgot all about the creatures that were attacking him and pulled out yet another arrow. It no longer mattered how much he might need his weapons in the near future, all that mattered now was saving Amowiel.
Aiming quickly, he let his arrow fly. This time, the arrow struck the Nycla in the back shoulder blades. The creature instantly let go of Amowiel, brought up its head and let out a long, painful howl. It turned hatefully towards Legolas, forgetting all about Amowiel.
Amowiel laid there in almost a daze. She could feel tiny lines of blood sliding down her neck, but other than that, she was uninjured. She didn't know if she dare move, terrified that one of the other creatures would again attack her.
Legolas pulled out another arrow and shot it into the Nycla closest to him. There were still four remaining beasts, and only a few arrows let in his quiver.
Suddenly, the Nycla that had been attacking Amowiel earlier fell dead to the ground, the poison taking its life. Legolas stared at the other creatures and pulled out another arrow, but this time, he didn't need to shoot it.
The remaining two Nycla turned away quickly and ran back into the trees, their tails between their legs.
Legolas smirked to see the creatures running, and then he saw the limp form of Amowiel lying upon the ground and his heart seemed to stop. What if he had been too late to save her?
Slowly, more out of horror than anything, he made his way over to her body and knelt down beside her. He tried to tell himself that the only reason he feared her dead was that if she were, than he would not be able to use her as leverage over the army marching towards his city, but even if he spoke the lie out loud, his heart would not believe it.
Her eyes were closed and blood was running down her wounded neck. Her face was twisted into a look of fear, but as far as he could tell, she was dead. He went to check her for a pulse, but then her eyes flew open.
Legolas was genuinely surprised when all of the sudden the woman who he thought was dead, eye's flew open and he jumped backwards in surprise and fell upon the earth. This was probably the only time in almost three hundred years that someone had surprised him, and at the moment he found it quite amusing as well as annoying.
" What were you doing?!" He snapped, trying to hide the fact he had jumped, " why did you fool me into thinking you were dead!?"
Amowiel sat up and looked around. " Are they gone?" she asked, tucking a long strand of black hair behind her ear.
" Yes," Legolas replied, getting back to his feet and pulling Amowiel roughly up behind him, " now would you please acknowledge my question? Why were you acting for dead?!"
Amowiel shifted her eyes down towards the ground in an embarrassed manner. " I thought that if they thought me dead, they would not try to attack me. Anyway, it seemed that you could take care of yourself. Unless it is too difficult for an assassin like yourself to kill something that does know you're attacking it,"
Legolas glared at the woman and replied in a growl. " At least I do not take the cowards way out by pretending I am dead. You think that you would have at least tried to defend yourself!"
" What was I supposed to do?!" Amowiel fired back, " I am unarmed unlike yourself and I have no knowledge of fighting! I am a high-ranking human lady; we do not know how to defend ourselves! Not to mention I have never had the need to before!"
Legolas glared at the woman a moment longer, wondering how he could have really cared if she lived or not, and then turned towards the direction of Mirkwood.
" We must leave," he told Amowiel, grabbing hold of her wrist again, " it is not safe to stay here when there are still more of those creatures out there,"
" If you may," Amowiel snapped, pulling her arm away from Legolas, " I do believe that we have a truce. I am not about to run away into a forest full of animals that wish to eat me as their next meal, so I do believe you can trust me to walk beside you! Secondly, do you really think it wise, let alone safe, to travel these woods at night?"
"It would be even less wise and safe to stay here," Legolas replied coolly, starting to walk in the direction of his home, " those beasts know where we were, and I don't doubt that they won't bring back more of them to attack us again. The only way we can go now is north, back towards my city,"
Amowiel seemed to freeze as soon as the words parted his lips. " I still do not like the thought of traveling to your city Legolas," she whispered quietly.
Legolas stared at her for a moment, and then spoke. " They're may be a truce between us, but I am still the person who was sent to assassinate you. I still hold true to what I said before, if you do not do as I say, I'll be forced to kill you. I need your help in stopping this war, and for that to happen, we must go to Mirkwood,"
" Do you promise you won't let anything bad happen to me?" Amowiel asked in a childish voice, looking up at him, her green eyes fearful and yet full of light. Her long locks of hair falling in beside her eyes, Her face nothing but innocence.
Suddenly, the words she spoke and the way she looked triggered a forgotten memory deep within Legolas's mind. He closed is eyes and remembered a little girl looking up at him with big, shinning green eyes and asking him the exact same thing as Amowiel had just asked. He opened his eyes and looked at Amowiel in awe.
" What's wrong Legolas?" she asked, seeing the look upon his face.
" Have you ever set foot in Mirkwood before?" Legolas asked sharply.
Amowiel seemed taken back by his question and slowly, after it had sunk in, answered.
" Once before, but I was only a little child," she replied, " and that is why I am so reluctant to return. I did not like it then and have always been fearful to return,"
Legolas stared at Amowiel in wonder. How had he forgotten her? She had grown far more beautiful from when she had been a child, but she still looked the same.
This wasn't the first time he had met Amowiel, nor was it the first time he had saved her life. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Shout outs!
Supergurl15- Yrp, Linkin park rox! They're like my second fav band too! Second only to Creed! But yeah, you like making up words don't you? I do too! Go us! Rock on! LOL!
Elfaer giliell- Yrp, they made a truce! Happy you reviewed and all! You're probably the only person I know, myself included, that doesn't freak out if a chapter is ended with a cliffy! Tell us all, what's your secret!? LOL!
Betsy- Yrp, it's there to keep y'all coming back for more! Again, thanks for emailing me, and yrp; I take all your suggestions to heart! Don't you feel special! BTW, I really did like the idea Alida-fruit had about diving deeper into the fathers, and that's exactly what I'm doing! I probably wouldn't have done it if you didn't think it was a good idea too, because if two think it's good, go for it!
Alida-fruit- Again, you gave me quite a few ideas for up coming chapter. I'm really starting to wonder what I would do without you! LOL! OK hon, you need to stop watching Disney cartoons! J/K LOL! Anyway, in regards to your email, thanks. I've stopped taking every bad comment to heart, and if you think this story got flamed bad, go check out the reviews for "Return of the shadow" (I deleted a few of them though!)! Here's how I don't let them get them get me down; I'm going to be a famous author some day and then they'll be the ones looking up to me. I don't mean to sound conceited or full of myself, which I'm not, but that is my dream and I refuse to let my dreams get crushed, especially because a few people didn't like a fanfiction story on a writing site. Again, much thanks for the support! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~ AN- Well, I took your suggestion to heart Alida-fruit! Now we're going to see exactly WHY there is a potential war between Elves and Men! It seems that Legolas and Amowiel have met before, but why had they both blocked out the memories of each other? Well, y'all are going to have to wait until next chapter to find out! BTW, I've also noticed that a lot of people review once, and then I never hear from them again?! What is with that? Ok, I've had only three people who seem to review every chapter! (Alida-fruit, Betsy and Elfaer giliell) Come on people, I don't bite; y'all can review more than once! LOL! Anywaz, even if you've reviewed once, please review again because you can ask Betsy, I like seeing the numbers on the review box go up! Petty I know! Well, till the next chapter! Hit the nice review button! * Hint hint*!!!!! ROCK ON! ~