Chapter six
I could see the discomfort on his fair features.Legolas clearly
did not like the dark mines of Moria too much.I was fine with
that.I had lived in darker times.My dreams haunt me and the
feeling of being engulf by the bright blue flame was still fresh
in my memory.I dared not tell these nightmares to the elf,for
fear he might think me to be evil.That was how I felt in the
dreams.I was evil.
 Legolas led the way,Harmonia followed behind.His steps were
light and graceful.But Harmonia made loud splashing sound when
she stepped on the puddles of muddy water in the depths of the
mines.
"How do you do that?"She whispered.But her clear voice rang loud
in the quiet mines.
"Do what?"He asked.His silvery blue eyes fixed onto hers.
"Walk without making a noise."
He laughed softly.As if her ignorance was funny.
"I am an elf,dear Harmonia."
She smiled slowly."Will an elf have any idea where those dwarfs
might be?"
Legolas frowned.He was worried,she could tell.
"Truth is often less pleasant.I regret to say I do not know."
She nodded.She had not expected any answer from him anyway.
They walked further.And the damp quietness was getting too
thick.
"This is familiar.I felt the same way thousands of years
ago.Only that time,I had my faithful companions with me."
She looked up at him.He was a good foot taller than her.
"What happened the last time?"
"Moria was almost destroyed.By orges and cave trolls."
She shivered.Maybe she had just felt a cool breeze."It must have
been terrible."
He nodded."It was.The memory will be forever locked in my
heart.I am not on friendly terms with dwarfs.But still,the
deaths of them just hit me."He paused."Maybe immortality is a
good thing."
She nodded quietly.She had felt a presence with them.She glanced
at Legolas to see if he sensed it too.She was glad to see him
casting alert glances at his surroundings.His bow was in his
hand and ready for action.
"You felt it too."She whispered.
He did not look at her.But he moved ahead of her,gesturing for
her to follow closely behind.She did as was told.
"Did you see anything?"She asked again.The suspense was
heavy.She was tired.She wanted to meet Gimli.Everything was not
going as planned.
Legolas suddenly stopped in his steps.And Harmonia smacked right
behind him.She fall back a few steps."What happened?"
"Orges."He whispered.
She could have sworn her heart momentarily stopped short.
"Orges?"She whispered back in near fright.
He nodded grimly."I smell them.They are very near.And huge in
numbers."He paused,looking to his left and then to his
right."This is very bad."
"How bad?"She insisted."Where are the dwarfs?"
He frowned."Lost in battle."His eyes watered slightly."Gimli..."
"Why are there orges here?"She asked.She could feel them.They
seemed to be staring at her.But all she could see was empty
darkness around her.
"Yes.This could mean the worst.We have to find Gandalf the
White.He would have answers."
"But can we make it together?"She asked.
He looked at her."We will,Harmonia."
She nodded.It was at this moment when their eyes locked,and
Legolas made this promise,that she could catch a glimpse of them
for the very first time.She had never seen orges,nor evisioned
them.Maybe she did heard about them in tales,she couldn't
remember.But the reality was definitely much worse.Thousands and
thousands of orges appeared.They wore no armour and carried
little bows,ready to shoot out arrows.
Legolas took a step back.He raised his bow.The orges went crazy.
They jumped on the elf.He threw them back,took aim and shoot.It
was happening all very quickly for Harmonia's human eyes to see
and comprehend.Some surrounds her.But they seemed to stay a
distance,as if afraid to come too close.
"Legolas!"She screamed when she saw a orge with an axe rushing
towards the elf.
The elf jumped and ducked the thrust,and he returned the orge an
arrow in its heart.
"There are just too many!"Harmonia wailed.She watched helplessly
as more and more orges surrounds Legolas.They seemed to attack
only the elf and leave her pretty much alone.
Then,at this very moment,when all seemed lost.Her head began to
spin.Her thoughts and vision grew blurry and the world around
her closes in on her.
My precious...
She tried to reach for some support,but her legs give way and
she crumpled to the floor.Her head continue to aches.
Come to me...
"NO!"She screamed out loud.Her distress call must have alerted
Legolas,for he sprang towards her,in an attempt to shield her
from any attacking orges.
"Harmonia!"He called for her.Yet she could not hear,nor opened
her eyes.She was in a trance,and very aware of it.She could hear
the clinking noise of armour clashed against armour and
Legolas's voice was near.
Leave us alone...Leave us...NOW!
It might have been her thoughts.Or it might have been that voice
in her head.She couldn't have been certain.But she remembered
hitting the floor with her head as she slipped into
unconsciousness.




The blue light surrounding the girl was a sight to behold.I
dropped my arrows then.I would never have been that reckless.But
when I saw Harmonia on the ground with a strange blue glow
surrounding her,I lost the courage to fight.The orges trampled
away as if they were the ones outnumbered.We were suddenly left
alone in silence and darkness.
He ran quickly to her aid and swept her up with his arms.
"Harmonia!Do not fall to Darkness!"
His voice stirred the girl a little,for she opened her eyes
slowly and Legolas was relieved to see those emerald green eyes
once more.
"Legolas...are you hurt?"She spoke weakly.
He smiled."You are a silly girl."And then he hugged her.He was
so certain he had lost her.
She returned the forceful hug from the elf weakly."Where are the
orges?"
"They ran."
"Really?But how..."
"Save your strength."He whispered."We have to get out of here."
She nodded.Her body felt extraordinarily light."Then let us get
away from the darkness."
Legolas carried her back to the entrance of the mines.He laid
her down under a broken shelter,probably once fixed up by the
dwarfs.
She had recovered her strengths significantly and was able to
speak with much clarity."What exactly happened?"
Legolas paused.He was not prepared to talk about the strange
glow that surrounds Harmonia,moments before the orges flee in
terror.This strange blue glow,which he witnessed on Harmonia,was
the same strange blue glow he had witnessed a thousand years ago
on the Mountains of Mordor.When Frodo Baggins destroyed the One
Ring for eternity.
"Legolas?Speak with me."She urged.
"I dare not dwell into this matter until we meet with the White
Wizard."
"Is it Gandalf you speak of?"
He nodded,mildly surprised.Everyone learned of Gandalf."You know
him?"
She shook her head."No.But you mentioned him to me.Moments
before the orges attacked."
"I am impressed that your memory do not fails you in dangerous
circumstances."He sighed and threw a glanced at the dark
mines."Gimli will never give up without a fight."
She was weary."Do you intend to go in yet again?"
"To search for Gimli now?No."He said softly."But to find out the
truth,yes.But I shall return with Gandalf in tow.And we will
find Gimli.I shall not rest till I fulfill this duty."
"I hope he survives."She said.
"I trust that he will."
"Has all been lost,Legolas?"Harmonia finally asked.The question
yet hangs on her mind."What was the point of this journey?"
"To search for the truth."He said simply."And to find your
home,was that not our initial plan?"
"But what of the voices in my head?Was not Gimli the reason we
came this way?So that he might provide us with answers?"
He was quiet for a moment.Harmonia figured he was saddened yet
again.
"Harmonia,we shall find the answers to these riddles soon.We
will travel to the White Wizard.The journey will be far but we
will make it."
She nodded.Though her heart continues to despair."I thank you so
much,Legolas.For you are my pillar of strength at this dreaded
moment."
He bowed.But his thoughts strayed again to the strange blue glow
that had surrounds Harmonia earlier.And the voices in her
head,she mentioned.Was it Sauron?Had he returned?Was the One
Ring never destroyed?But how then,could it have laid asleep for
a thousand years,only unleashing its evil today.And what of the
orges?Middle Earth,as far as he knew,had been peaceful since the
days of the last war.And now,with the orges suddenly
appearing,and at such alarming numbers is most disturbing.He had
to get to Gandalf fast.Already,Legolas foresee dark days to
come.
They travled together during day.When night falls,they camp
under trees.Harmonia said she was not comfortable with spending
her night under dark eery trees but Legolas reassured her it was
safer than sleeping out in the open.She finally confessed to him
that she had seen the same falcon ontop of the trees,staring
down at her on a couple of their night camps.
"Why had you only tell me now?"Legolas asked,frowning.
"It...I forgot about it..."
He looked at her sternly.And she knew he could see right through
her lies."Is that the truth,Harmonia?"
She paused and stammered.Yet she could not lie to him.Why must
she?Hadn't he risked his life in the mines of moria to save
hers,wretched as it is?Doesn't she trust him fully?
"I had a nightmare,Legolas.A very bad dream."She whispered.
He looked closely at her.Because the shadows of the trees were
casting on her face.He could not read her expressions clearly.
"What kind of dream?"He asked.
"Dark ones.I dreamt I was being burnt alive."Her eyes
watered.The memory of the terrible dreams hurts and it still
upsets her.
"Burnt alive?"He replied slowly."By who?"
"I did not see their faces."She said quietly."But I heard their
voices."
"What did they say?"
She paused."I can't remember.But they left me in the
flame,Legolas.They left for me to burn."
He could tell she was getting upset again.He reached out and
held her hand.He had never been in near contact with a human
girl before.But Harmonia's plight and her distress made him
wished he could have done more for her.Instead of watching her
crumble slowly.
"What were you doing out at the woods,Harmonia?The day I found
you."He asked suddenly.
The question surprised her."I do not remember..."
"Is that not strange to you?How you forget some things,yet
remembers the others very well?"He asked.
She looked at him.The weariness apparent in her green eyes."I
have no answer to that."
He nodded."I do not expect you to."He sighed."I rarely misses my
shot.You were very fortunate that day,Harmonia."
She smiled.His words struck irony in their present state.Maybe
it would have been better if he had strike her down that very
day.She would not have to live in this confusion and misery.
"I believed Lady Luck was shining down on me."She muttered.
"Indeed she must be."He touched her hand."I understand what you
are going through.I have once a companion going through the same
misery as you are going through now.But if it comforts you,that
companion made it through.He was not as fortunate to be here
with us today,but his name lives on forever."
Harmonia nodded."Thank you Legolas."
He smiled."You are welcome.Now I will put out the fire and we go
to sleep."
She nodded tiredly and laid down.She watched as Legolas put out
the fire.The sudden darkness that overcomes her gave her a
fright.But she felt Legolas's presence close to her and that
thought comforts her.
"Was that companion of yours,"She suddenly said in the
darkness."A hobbit named Frodo Baggins?"
She could see his shadow jerked up suddenly as he turned to face
her."Harmonia,how did you know?!"
She shrugged."Maybe you mentioned once to me.Maybe you didn't."
"Harmonia..."
"It's the dreams,Legolas.I think I dreamt of him too."