Elladan glanced over his shoulder periodically to see the creature was
still after him. His stare soon went back to the road in front of him and
he stopped, turning around to face the creature, causing it to stop as
well.
"What is your purpose with me?" asked the elf.
It said nothing. All that came out of its mouth was laughter. Elladan was quite confused by this action but he took out his bow and aimed it right at him. The gargoyle stopped laughing and appeared shocked by the sudden appearance of the bow and arrow. It turned and ran away, making the elf even more confused than what he already was before.
"Alright, what was that all about? I've never seen anything do something like that before," he quietly asked himself before leaving to find his brother and friends. "This is slightly confusing."
***
Elrohir was having a slightly different story. The gargoyle that was after him was yelling at him.
"You are going to be tasty tonight when I get a hold of you. It's been a long while since we've had a chance at fresh elf meat and an even longer while at eating it. You will taste very delicious! I know you will!" the gargoyle yelled at him.
The elf raised his eyebrows. He was very startled yet confused.
'What does he mean by that?' he asked himself. 'A long while at fresh meat and even longer at eating it?'
He stopped the horse and faced the gargoyle after him, who soon stopped after he did. Banside began to slowly walk towards the elf, who decided to raise a bow and aim it at him.
"I'm not afraid of those things anymore. Sure Sathed might still be but I'm not. I've gotten over the fear of bows and arrows since the last time that elf was here," he quietly said.
Elrohir was even more surprised at this but their confrontation ended once they heard a noise in the forest nearby. They looked to see Elladan coming out of the woods and Sathed crept up behind the gargoyle, who growled at him.
"Oh man, we're in trouble now," muttered Banside before leading the scared gargoyle away from the elves.
***
Legolas and Shentree stared at each other. They began to walk around in a circle.
"You will die this time. Of course, our first meeting should have been our last since nothing has ever gotten out of our forest alive," Shentree coldly told him.
"I have gotten out before and I will again. So will my friends. I will make sure of it," Legolas told her.
"Confident, aren't we, elf? You shouldn't be since you aren't out of the woods yet," Shentree replied with a laugh as she pulled out a sword.
The elf aimed his bow at her and both were prepared to do battle when a screeching noise could be heard nearby. They looked nearby to see Banside and Sathed flying right for them, Elladan and Elrohir right behind them.
"Oh great," Shentree said as she rolled her eyes slightly.
***
Aragorn stared at the figure on top of him as he was trying to free himself from her grasp.
'She's stronger than she looks, that's for sure,' Aragorn thought to himself as he managed to somehow to push her off of him.
He scrambled to his feet and faced the figure, who stood up herself. She growled at she lunged for him again and somehow, he managed to dodge out of the way and she landed on the ground. Aragorn hurried back to his horse and rode away after climbing onto its back. The gargoyle started to follow him.
"I will get you sooner or later," the gargoyle yelled at him.
Aragorn kept glancing back to see that she was indeed following him still. He sighed for he didn't want her to catch up with him anytime soon. He knew that she would probably kill him if given the chance.
***
"What happened to you two?" Shentree demanded.
"Well, Sathed got scared because of the bows and once the two over there got back together, I really didn't feel like taking the two of them on alone so now we're here," Banside replied.
"Now that we're here, we can take you on," Legolas told them.
"Oh no, we're not taking you on Legolas. You will die sooner or later. Whatever happened to that fair, young female elf that was with you the last time you were here?" replied Shentree, a laugh laced into her voice. "I really wanted her to witness this."
Legolas stiffened, almost disbelieving with what he was hearing. His breathing was almost to the point of going too fast.
'No, no that!' he screamed in his mind. 'Anything but that! Why'd they have to bring that up now?'
He began to breathe heavily as he dropped his bow. It fell onto the ground as the two elves standing next to him were confused as they stared at him.
"What are they talking about Legolas?" wondered Elladan, sounding a bit cautious.
Legolas couldn't answer as he fell to his knees. Elladan knelt beside him, wondering what was wrong. He placed a hand on Legolas' shoulder.
"No, not that. Anything but that," he whispered to himself, placing his hands over his ears.
"What? Did we hit a sensitive subject? Poor you," Banside said with mocking sadness.
All three of the gargoyles began to snicker as they advanced on the three elves. Elladan and Elrohir both backed away but Legolas made no attempt to move.
Suddenly, they heard a galloping of hooves. All six looked to see Aragorn and the unknown gargoyle were making their way towards them. Legolas stared at the gargoyle.
'Who is that one?' he wondered. 'Last time I knew, there were only three of them, not four. What is going on here? And this one is a different colour at that.'
Aragorn joined the elves as the anonymous gargoyle joined her companions.
"Good, you're here. We were wondering how things were going," Shentree told her.
"Things went alright. Could've gone better though," came the reply.
"More than you know. It's three against four. Sathed's still scared of the bows. We have to leave the fresh elf meat behind again," Banside told her.
"Darn," she said.
Shentree, Banside and Sathed began to leave but the fourth gargoyle stayed behind and faced them. She lifted a bow up and aimed it at the group of four. Aragorn, Elladan and Elrohir braced themselves for it to come at any time. Legolas still couldn't move from what Shentree told him.
"I'm not leaving here without shooting at least one arrow at the four of you. Take a lesson from me. I'm an expert at this," the female gargoyle told the three. "And the four of you should know who I am. My name is Narcissis."
She let go of the arrow. The group was slightly alarmed by this action, even after the fact they were prepared for it. Aragorn, Elladan and Elrohir managed to get out of the way but Legolas didn't have a chance. He tried to scramble out of the way but couldn't get out of the way in time. The arrow went through his shoulder and he cried out in pain as he fell to the ground. Narcissis began to walk up to him but Aragorn stopped her by stepping in between her and Legolas.
"Another time then," she told them before leaving with her companions.
Elladan and Elrohir hurried up to Legolas.
"Legolas, we have to get you back to our father," Elladan told him as Elrohir nodded.
"Though I have one question Legolas. What were they talking about when they spoke of this 'fresh meat'? And it's as if they knew you, as you have met before," Elrohir wondered.
Legolas hesitated as Aragorn helped him to his feet.
"Legolas, don't answer that just yet. That's the least of our worries right now. You need help right at the moment," Aragorn interrupted as he helped the injured elf towards the horses.
The twins glanced at each other before following them, knowing the questions were also on Aragorn's mind as well as theirs.
TBC...
"What is your purpose with me?" asked the elf.
It said nothing. All that came out of its mouth was laughter. Elladan was quite confused by this action but he took out his bow and aimed it right at him. The gargoyle stopped laughing and appeared shocked by the sudden appearance of the bow and arrow. It turned and ran away, making the elf even more confused than what he already was before.
"Alright, what was that all about? I've never seen anything do something like that before," he quietly asked himself before leaving to find his brother and friends. "This is slightly confusing."
***
Elrohir was having a slightly different story. The gargoyle that was after him was yelling at him.
"You are going to be tasty tonight when I get a hold of you. It's been a long while since we've had a chance at fresh elf meat and an even longer while at eating it. You will taste very delicious! I know you will!" the gargoyle yelled at him.
The elf raised his eyebrows. He was very startled yet confused.
'What does he mean by that?' he asked himself. 'A long while at fresh meat and even longer at eating it?'
He stopped the horse and faced the gargoyle after him, who soon stopped after he did. Banside began to slowly walk towards the elf, who decided to raise a bow and aim it at him.
"I'm not afraid of those things anymore. Sure Sathed might still be but I'm not. I've gotten over the fear of bows and arrows since the last time that elf was here," he quietly said.
Elrohir was even more surprised at this but their confrontation ended once they heard a noise in the forest nearby. They looked to see Elladan coming out of the woods and Sathed crept up behind the gargoyle, who growled at him.
"Oh man, we're in trouble now," muttered Banside before leading the scared gargoyle away from the elves.
***
Legolas and Shentree stared at each other. They began to walk around in a circle.
"You will die this time. Of course, our first meeting should have been our last since nothing has ever gotten out of our forest alive," Shentree coldly told him.
"I have gotten out before and I will again. So will my friends. I will make sure of it," Legolas told her.
"Confident, aren't we, elf? You shouldn't be since you aren't out of the woods yet," Shentree replied with a laugh as she pulled out a sword.
The elf aimed his bow at her and both were prepared to do battle when a screeching noise could be heard nearby. They looked nearby to see Banside and Sathed flying right for them, Elladan and Elrohir right behind them.
"Oh great," Shentree said as she rolled her eyes slightly.
***
Aragorn stared at the figure on top of him as he was trying to free himself from her grasp.
'She's stronger than she looks, that's for sure,' Aragorn thought to himself as he managed to somehow to push her off of him.
He scrambled to his feet and faced the figure, who stood up herself. She growled at she lunged for him again and somehow, he managed to dodge out of the way and she landed on the ground. Aragorn hurried back to his horse and rode away after climbing onto its back. The gargoyle started to follow him.
"I will get you sooner or later," the gargoyle yelled at him.
Aragorn kept glancing back to see that she was indeed following him still. He sighed for he didn't want her to catch up with him anytime soon. He knew that she would probably kill him if given the chance.
***
"What happened to you two?" Shentree demanded.
"Well, Sathed got scared because of the bows and once the two over there got back together, I really didn't feel like taking the two of them on alone so now we're here," Banside replied.
"Now that we're here, we can take you on," Legolas told them.
"Oh no, we're not taking you on Legolas. You will die sooner or later. Whatever happened to that fair, young female elf that was with you the last time you were here?" replied Shentree, a laugh laced into her voice. "I really wanted her to witness this."
Legolas stiffened, almost disbelieving with what he was hearing. His breathing was almost to the point of going too fast.
'No, no that!' he screamed in his mind. 'Anything but that! Why'd they have to bring that up now?'
He began to breathe heavily as he dropped his bow. It fell onto the ground as the two elves standing next to him were confused as they stared at him.
"What are they talking about Legolas?" wondered Elladan, sounding a bit cautious.
Legolas couldn't answer as he fell to his knees. Elladan knelt beside him, wondering what was wrong. He placed a hand on Legolas' shoulder.
"No, not that. Anything but that," he whispered to himself, placing his hands over his ears.
"What? Did we hit a sensitive subject? Poor you," Banside said with mocking sadness.
All three of the gargoyles began to snicker as they advanced on the three elves. Elladan and Elrohir both backed away but Legolas made no attempt to move.
Suddenly, they heard a galloping of hooves. All six looked to see Aragorn and the unknown gargoyle were making their way towards them. Legolas stared at the gargoyle.
'Who is that one?' he wondered. 'Last time I knew, there were only three of them, not four. What is going on here? And this one is a different colour at that.'
Aragorn joined the elves as the anonymous gargoyle joined her companions.
"Good, you're here. We were wondering how things were going," Shentree told her.
"Things went alright. Could've gone better though," came the reply.
"More than you know. It's three against four. Sathed's still scared of the bows. We have to leave the fresh elf meat behind again," Banside told her.
"Darn," she said.
Shentree, Banside and Sathed began to leave but the fourth gargoyle stayed behind and faced them. She lifted a bow up and aimed it at the group of four. Aragorn, Elladan and Elrohir braced themselves for it to come at any time. Legolas still couldn't move from what Shentree told him.
"I'm not leaving here without shooting at least one arrow at the four of you. Take a lesson from me. I'm an expert at this," the female gargoyle told the three. "And the four of you should know who I am. My name is Narcissis."
She let go of the arrow. The group was slightly alarmed by this action, even after the fact they were prepared for it. Aragorn, Elladan and Elrohir managed to get out of the way but Legolas didn't have a chance. He tried to scramble out of the way but couldn't get out of the way in time. The arrow went through his shoulder and he cried out in pain as he fell to the ground. Narcissis began to walk up to him but Aragorn stopped her by stepping in between her and Legolas.
"Another time then," she told them before leaving with her companions.
Elladan and Elrohir hurried up to Legolas.
"Legolas, we have to get you back to our father," Elladan told him as Elrohir nodded.
"Though I have one question Legolas. What were they talking about when they spoke of this 'fresh meat'? And it's as if they knew you, as you have met before," Elrohir wondered.
Legolas hesitated as Aragorn helped him to his feet.
"Legolas, don't answer that just yet. That's the least of our worries right now. You need help right at the moment," Aragorn interrupted as he helped the injured elf towards the horses.
The twins glanced at each other before following them, knowing the questions were also on Aragorn's mind as well as theirs.
TBC...