Chapter 7
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"What were you doing?" Nira'lin asked. Gilrean's eyes shifted from his wife to the bow he held in his hand. He made no answer. "Tell me! What is going on?" she asked again. Still no answer. Gilrean shoved her into the room and slammed the door shut. Nira'lin screamed.
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The twins woke up at the same time. They had both heard the scream. Jumped up from their beds, they ran to find out what was going on.
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Gilrean tied Nira'lin to a chair and pulled the pillowcase off the pillow and tied it around her mouth. She squirmed around in her bonds, but she couldn't get out. Gilrean was packing his things. His plan had backfired. But what of his companions? They were supposed to kill Legolas. Where were they? He pulled on his traveling cloak, and heard the door open behind him. He spun around and saw Lord Elrond's sons standing in the doorway. He opened his mouth, but Elrohir ran forward and pinned him against the wall. He punched him in the face three times and let him fall to the floor. Elladan had rushed in and was untying Nira'lin. When she was free, he pulled her out of the room.
"Go wake Arwen. Then check on your father and Legolas." He told her. She nodded and ran down the hall to Arwen's room.
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"Arwen!!" Nira'lin cried while throwing open the door. Arwen awoke with a start.
"What are you doing?" Arwen asked, annoyed at being woken up.
"Please! Go to Legolas's room. Make sure he's alright!!!" Nira'lin cried. Arwen's eyes went wide and she jumped out of bed. The two elves parted ways and ran to a different room.
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Nira'lin reached her father's room. She pushed open the door and saw him lying on the ground. The arrow protruding from his stomach was Gilrean's. Hot tears formed in her eyes. He used her to get close to the king. She rushed in and kneeled beside her father.
"Ada! Ada!" She cried. He blinked his eyes.
"Nira'lin?" He asked. She nodded, and he tried to sit up. Pain shot through his entire body. "Where is Gilrean?" He asked, anger in his voice.
"Oh Ada!!!" Nira'lin cried. The tears fell from her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She had just made the biggest mistake of her life. "I'm stupid Ada! Why did I let him do that?? Oh Ada!" She cried. Thranduil bit his lip and wrapped an arm around his daughter.
"Nira'lin. You must get Elrond." He said. His vision was clouding and soon, he fell unconscious. Nira'lin rushed from the room and went next door to Elrond's room. She pushed the door open.
"Lord Elrond! Please wake up!" She cried. Elrond blinked and focused his eyes.
"What is it Nira'lin. Why are you crying?" He asked. She shook her head and motioned for him to follow. He climbed out of bed and followed her to Thranduil's room.
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Arwen reached Legolas's room and opened the door. The smell of blood greeted her nose and almost made her gag. She covered her nose and looked around. She saw three bodies lying on the floor. She quickly found a candle and lit it. Legolas, and the two guards who were friends with Gilrean were on the ground, lying in pools of blood. She cared not for the guards, and she knelt down beside Legolas. She pulled the elf into her arms and felt for a pulse. It was faint, but it was there. She brushed a strand of hair from his face. She saw the wound in his shoulder. Arwen ripped a piece of her nightgown and pressed it against the wound.
The smell was getting to her. She stood, and pulled him into a standing position. Then she carefully pulled the elf prince from the room and closed the door. She gently laid him on the ground and pressed the cloth back to his shoulder.
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"We knew you were up to no good!" Elrohir shouted, throwing another punch at Gilrean. His jaw was broken and blood fell from his nose and from various cuts on his face. "We knew you only wanted to get at the power that comes with being royal. You will not live through this, I can assure you. You will die tonight. Nira'lin will understand." Elrohir punched him again. Then, Elladan moved to him.
"I hope you feel guilty for putting false hopes into her head. She is too naïve, and you knew that too. You used her!" Elladan shouted. He was about to punch him, but Gilrean pushed free and ran across the room. He pulled himself up and over the windowsill, and he fell to the ground below. The twins took one look out, and looked away, holding their hands over their mouths and rushing from the room.
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Elrond pulled the arrow from Thranduil stomach, and Nira'lin quickly covered it with a cloth that was soaked in a special mixture of herbs and water. She held it there for a few minutes while Elrond prepared a bandage. While he was doing that, the door opened, and Arwen appeared, and behind her was Elladan and Elrohir, with Legolas. They laid him beside Thranduil on the large bed.
"He has a wound in his shoulder." Arwen said. Elrond nodded.
"We searched his room. One of the elves had one of Legolas's arrows in him. The other had one of their own." Elladan said.
"Hm…" was all Elrond said. Nira'lin moved the cloth from Thranduil and allowed Elrond to bandage him. She looked to the twins.
"What of Gilrean?" She asked. Her face was tear stained, her eyes red rimmed and bloodshot.
"I'm sorry, Nira'lin, but he ran, and he… he…" Elrohir couldn't finish.
"What happened?" She asked.
"He fell out of the window." Elladan finished for his brother. Nira'lin's eyes widened and she covered her face and sat in the chair beside the window. Elrond looked at his children. All were somber.
"Do not worry my children. Please, go to bed. We will talk in the morning." The twins and Arwen nodded and left the room quietly.
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Yup. Short. Sorry! But hey! It's better than nothing right? Anyway, I think the story will have only one or two more parts.
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