Three figures walked out of the woods and surrounded the two elves. The
horses backed up, leaving the two elves scared.
"Well, well, well. What have we got here Banside?" wondered one.
"I don't know Shentree. What do you think Sathed?" replied another.
The third simply laughed and shook his head.
"Just what I was thinking. A duo of trespassers!" agreed the second named Banside.
Nanaylia and Legolas were really nervous at that point as they were soon circled by the three strange creatures.
"What are you?" wondered Legolas as he stared at Banside.
"Oh, us? We're creatures of the night. That's all you really need to know right now," replied Shentree as they advanced on the two.
The two elf siblings were trying to get away from the three as they laughed.
"You know, they could be a really good snack. We don't get too much food around here," Shentree laughed.
"Yeah, we could have whatever's lying around the place," agreed Banside before he laughed.
"I got one! Make mine a shishkabob(sp?), elf style. We could even use their own arrows to do to it!" Shentree said before Sathed popped up before her. "What Sathed?"
"Hey, did we order this dinner to go?" wondered Banside as he glanced over at Shentree.
"No, why?" replied Shentree.
"'Cause there it goes!" cried Banside, looking at the two horses galloping away from them.
The three hurried after the two elves, who were trying to find their way out of the dark forest.
"Legolas, we shouldn't have come here," she told him.
"I see that now but that's not what I'm worried about at the moment! Those... things are coming after us and noone's around to help!" replied Legolas as he led his horse down a path.
Nanaylia followed him, making their way through the forest. She looked back to see the three were slowly gaining on them.
"Legolas, they're following us and quickly catching up!" she called up to him.
He glanced back himself to see that she was right. They were fast runners.
"Come on, this way," he told her as he turned down another pathway.
She followed him and so did the three creatures, whatever they were. Legolas wasn't sure what they resembled, only they were human size.
Shentree suddenly stopped and notched an arrow. It flew towards Nanaylia's horse and hit it in the hind leg. The horse fell to the ground and sent its rider flying. She fell near a tree and she climbed to her feet before beginning to run with a noticeable limp.
"Legolas!" she cried out as the three gained on her.
Legolas stopped his horse before heading back for her. He grabbed her arm and tried to lift her onto the horse. He couldn't and quickly climbed off instead, hugging his sister.
"Nanay," he whispered. "I'm sorry."
Both closed their eyes for the attack but they soon heard cries of pain. They opened their eyes and looked to see that their father had arrived with a few of the guards. The three creatures were now quivering in fear and backing away from them. Thranduil did not appear to be a very happy elf.
"King Thranduil," gasped Shentree.
"Don't you ever come near my children again. I will slay you myself if you do," Thranduil told them, the anger evident in his voice.
"Your children? These are your children? Did you know Banside?" asked Shentree, facing her comrade.
"No! Did you?" he replied.
"No!" she said.
"Sathed?" they asked, facing him.
He vigorously nodded his head, causing Thranduil to growl. The three quickly made their way away from the king. Thranduil turned and headed towards palace. He walked past his children, sad looks on their faces. They began to follow him, Legolas helping Nanylia along.
***
"What possessed you to go the 'Dark Forest'?" demanded Thranduil as he paced back and forth in his room.
The brother and sister were sitting in chairs, their heads down.
"We didn't think it was a bad place to go," Nanaylia quietly replied.
"A bad place? I was planning to tell you about the place better when you were older but I guess you know now why Chimone and I told you not to go there. There're many creatures in that part of the kingdom that are very dangerous and I don't want you to go there again," he told them. "I don't want to lose either of you. You are the most important people in my life."
The siblings looked at each other, feeling a bit guilty about what had happened.
"Neither of you are to leave the palace for anything at all without myself and three guards," he sternly told them.
"What?" the two cried, sounding upset.
"I don't want the two of you getting hurt. Especially from those three things, whatever they are," he told them before sitting down next to them.
The two nodded as they both hugged him.
***
Meanwhile, Banside was complaining as Sathed stood nearby, laughing his head off.
"Sathed, why the heck are you laughing? This isn't funny!" Banside snarled at him.
He growled at the laughing being in front of him.
"Would you two be quiet?" Shentree yelled at them from in a tree
Banside backed off and faced Shentree as she climbed down to them.
"Look at us! No wonder we're in the position that we are! We keep getting ourselves into more trouble than not," she told them. "Sometimes, I don't believe that we're gargoyles, that we're pitiful, powerless creatures. What the heck are we going to do now?"
Suddenly, a figure appeared from beyond the shadows. The three gathered together in a circle, afraid on who it might be until they realized who it was. The three sighed and relaxed as the dark-haired figure stepped up to them.
"Oh Manlin, it's only you. We were thinking it was someone important," Shentree sighed.
"Yeah, like Thranduil," Bandside muttered under his breath.
"I see that," Manlin quietly replied.
"Yeah, if only those two brats hadn't gotten away," Shentree said to her companion. "We would have had them too."
"I practically had those elflings delivered right to your doorstep and you couldn't even take of them. What is Middle Earth coming to?" Manlin wondered as he looked away from the three. "After Legolas came to me for places he and his sister could go for their picnic, I figured I had them done with."
"It's not like they were alone, you know. If Thranduil and his elven guards weren't there, we would have had them," Banside complained.
Manlin suddenly smiled at a thought he just had. He quietly laughed to himself. The three stared at him with strange looks.
"What's so funny?" asked Shentree, as the three of them glanced at each other, confused.
"You've just given me a great plan to finally get back at Thranduil for what he did to me all those years ago. I am his advisor. I still stay around the palace though they don't know of my connections here. Those brats that he calls his children mean the world to him. If we got rid of them, I think that then, he would want to pine away and die," explained Manlin. "I know they will come to me sooner or later for advice about something. We'll lead them someplace where they can be killed without Thranduil being involved. Or perhaps we can kill them and have Thranduil witness their killing."
The three gargoyles looked at each other, smiles on their faces.
"Then let's go do it," Banside laughed. "We have a job to get prepared for."
TBC...
Author's Note-Sorry, couldn't help but parody the names of the gargoyles from the original names of the hyenas. (The original names are Shenzi, Banzai and Ed. Sometimes, I can't resist.) Some of the scenes are based on ones right from the movie. (Couldn't resist with that either. Ther's going to be a couple more like that.)
"Well, well, well. What have we got here Banside?" wondered one.
"I don't know Shentree. What do you think Sathed?" replied another.
The third simply laughed and shook his head.
"Just what I was thinking. A duo of trespassers!" agreed the second named Banside.
Nanaylia and Legolas were really nervous at that point as they were soon circled by the three strange creatures.
"What are you?" wondered Legolas as he stared at Banside.
"Oh, us? We're creatures of the night. That's all you really need to know right now," replied Shentree as they advanced on the two.
The two elf siblings were trying to get away from the three as they laughed.
"You know, they could be a really good snack. We don't get too much food around here," Shentree laughed.
"Yeah, we could have whatever's lying around the place," agreed Banside before he laughed.
"I got one! Make mine a shishkabob(sp?), elf style. We could even use their own arrows to do to it!" Shentree said before Sathed popped up before her. "What Sathed?"
"Hey, did we order this dinner to go?" wondered Banside as he glanced over at Shentree.
"No, why?" replied Shentree.
"'Cause there it goes!" cried Banside, looking at the two horses galloping away from them.
The three hurried after the two elves, who were trying to find their way out of the dark forest.
"Legolas, we shouldn't have come here," she told him.
"I see that now but that's not what I'm worried about at the moment! Those... things are coming after us and noone's around to help!" replied Legolas as he led his horse down a path.
Nanaylia followed him, making their way through the forest. She looked back to see the three were slowly gaining on them.
"Legolas, they're following us and quickly catching up!" she called up to him.
He glanced back himself to see that she was right. They were fast runners.
"Come on, this way," he told her as he turned down another pathway.
She followed him and so did the three creatures, whatever they were. Legolas wasn't sure what they resembled, only they were human size.
Shentree suddenly stopped and notched an arrow. It flew towards Nanaylia's horse and hit it in the hind leg. The horse fell to the ground and sent its rider flying. She fell near a tree and she climbed to her feet before beginning to run with a noticeable limp.
"Legolas!" she cried out as the three gained on her.
Legolas stopped his horse before heading back for her. He grabbed her arm and tried to lift her onto the horse. He couldn't and quickly climbed off instead, hugging his sister.
"Nanay," he whispered. "I'm sorry."
Both closed their eyes for the attack but they soon heard cries of pain. They opened their eyes and looked to see that their father had arrived with a few of the guards. The three creatures were now quivering in fear and backing away from them. Thranduil did not appear to be a very happy elf.
"King Thranduil," gasped Shentree.
"Don't you ever come near my children again. I will slay you myself if you do," Thranduil told them, the anger evident in his voice.
"Your children? These are your children? Did you know Banside?" asked Shentree, facing her comrade.
"No! Did you?" he replied.
"No!" she said.
"Sathed?" they asked, facing him.
He vigorously nodded his head, causing Thranduil to growl. The three quickly made their way away from the king. Thranduil turned and headed towards palace. He walked past his children, sad looks on their faces. They began to follow him, Legolas helping Nanylia along.
***
"What possessed you to go the 'Dark Forest'?" demanded Thranduil as he paced back and forth in his room.
The brother and sister were sitting in chairs, their heads down.
"We didn't think it was a bad place to go," Nanaylia quietly replied.
"A bad place? I was planning to tell you about the place better when you were older but I guess you know now why Chimone and I told you not to go there. There're many creatures in that part of the kingdom that are very dangerous and I don't want you to go there again," he told them. "I don't want to lose either of you. You are the most important people in my life."
The siblings looked at each other, feeling a bit guilty about what had happened.
"Neither of you are to leave the palace for anything at all without myself and three guards," he sternly told them.
"What?" the two cried, sounding upset.
"I don't want the two of you getting hurt. Especially from those three things, whatever they are," he told them before sitting down next to them.
The two nodded as they both hugged him.
***
Meanwhile, Banside was complaining as Sathed stood nearby, laughing his head off.
"Sathed, why the heck are you laughing? This isn't funny!" Banside snarled at him.
He growled at the laughing being in front of him.
"Would you two be quiet?" Shentree yelled at them from in a tree
Banside backed off and faced Shentree as she climbed down to them.
"Look at us! No wonder we're in the position that we are! We keep getting ourselves into more trouble than not," she told them. "Sometimes, I don't believe that we're gargoyles, that we're pitiful, powerless creatures. What the heck are we going to do now?"
Suddenly, a figure appeared from beyond the shadows. The three gathered together in a circle, afraid on who it might be until they realized who it was. The three sighed and relaxed as the dark-haired figure stepped up to them.
"Oh Manlin, it's only you. We were thinking it was someone important," Shentree sighed.
"Yeah, like Thranduil," Bandside muttered under his breath.
"I see that," Manlin quietly replied.
"Yeah, if only those two brats hadn't gotten away," Shentree said to her companion. "We would have had them too."
"I practically had those elflings delivered right to your doorstep and you couldn't even take of them. What is Middle Earth coming to?" Manlin wondered as he looked away from the three. "After Legolas came to me for places he and his sister could go for their picnic, I figured I had them done with."
"It's not like they were alone, you know. If Thranduil and his elven guards weren't there, we would have had them," Banside complained.
Manlin suddenly smiled at a thought he just had. He quietly laughed to himself. The three stared at him with strange looks.
"What's so funny?" asked Shentree, as the three of them glanced at each other, confused.
"You've just given me a great plan to finally get back at Thranduil for what he did to me all those years ago. I am his advisor. I still stay around the palace though they don't know of my connections here. Those brats that he calls his children mean the world to him. If we got rid of them, I think that then, he would want to pine away and die," explained Manlin. "I know they will come to me sooner or later for advice about something. We'll lead them someplace where they can be killed without Thranduil being involved. Or perhaps we can kill them and have Thranduil witness their killing."
The three gargoyles looked at each other, smiles on their faces.
"Then let's go do it," Banside laughed. "We have a job to get prepared for."
TBC...
Author's Note-Sorry, couldn't help but parody the names of the gargoyles from the original names of the hyenas. (The original names are Shenzi, Banzai and Ed. Sometimes, I can't resist.) Some of the scenes are based on ones right from the movie. (Couldn't resist with that either. Ther's going to be a couple more like that.)