It was getting on towards evening when the search party finally set out to look for Lilly. They were armed to the teeth with bows, knives and other such weapons. Legolas was in the front with the captain of the guard, Namario. "My lord should we split up so as to cover more ground?" asked Namario earnestly. "My lord?" Legolas was staring out into the on coming darkness his mind was filled with thoughts of Lilly and whether or not she was safe or not. What if she had been hurt? Could he have really done anything more even if he wanted to? He had to find her, at all cost he would bring her back no matter what it took. "Legolas!" Namario almost shouted, but it was loud enough that Legolas snapped out of his trance. "I am sorry Namario." Legolas said slowly turning to look at Namario. "I guess I just got caught up in my thoughts." "It is alright my lord, we all feel the sadness in our hearts that you feel. Maybe not as much as you though." "What do you mean by that?" he asked a little surprised. "Well.. many of the people know that you and the lady had feelings for one another and it must have been a bigger blow to lose her than most of the others." "I suppose that is true" he said thinking back to all the fun times they had shared since he had known her. "My Lord Legolas should we split up so as to cover more land?" "Yes Namario, that would be the best idea. I will take half of the elves and go to the eastern part of the forest and you take the other half and go the western half of the forest." Nodding Namario called for half the squad to follow him and the rest stay with Legolas and follow him. "All right men follow me!" Legolas called to his squad. "We will search till dawns first light then get rested and start again. Let's move out!" And so they were off. Legolas did not know when he would find Lilly or that he ever would, but he had to keep his hope alive.

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"You, wake up." Lilly felt someone nudging her awake and thought she was back home. "Just five more minutes dad." "Dad!?" The someone that was poking her almost jumped at being addressed like that. "I am not your dad and would never want to be" he spat. All of a sudden all of what happened last night came flooding back to Lilly: the ambush, the ropes that cut her, being afraid and alone. Lilly bolted straight up and just screamed. The orc that was trying to wake her fell over himself from the sudden scream that issued from her. Lilly's body was in hyper drive she was thinking fast and not slowing down. She sprang up from the ground and started to run as fast as her feet would carry her. Not knowing or caring what direction she was going in Lilly ran for all she was worth. As she passed a stream Lilly heard the sound of enraged Uruk-Hai behind her. Pounding footsteps were echoing behind her and they were getting closer every second. As she ran, Lilly tried to find something sharp to cut her bonds that were fastened with such cruelty. Seeing a sharp rock on the ground she stopped only for a moment and picked it up to cut herself free, but it seemed that a moment was to long of a time to wait.

All of a sudden a huge shape hit her from behind and knocked her to the ground with such force that she had the wind knocked out of her. Regaining her breathing she looked up to see what had hit her and saw it was Ulath the orc that had given her the stale bread and had bound her hands so cruelly. "Don't you dare try that again", he said slapping Lilly across the face. Lilly kept her head turned in the direction that the slap had put her, so as not to show that she was crying. Lilly's hope began fade just like the sun after a long day. But it was not the end of a long day: it was the beginning of one.