Legolas had managed to loosen the bonds around his torso with a small knife he kept in his pocket. With every move he made and excruciating pain dances acoss his chest, but it was worth it. He relaxed for a while. his mind wandering on the edge of the dream world.
The grass was springy underfoot. Birds whistled and cawed in the trees that stood erect around him. Tall trees. Wild trees. He strolled into a glade, through which a clear stream ran. The water burbled tunefully over the worn pebbles that littered the river bed. It seemed that it was not water that flowed, but liquid sunshine, its bright rays piercing the darkness of the trees. He roamed from the glade into the surrounding trees until he came upon a form slumped delicately across a fallen tree. He looked closer, and saw that the being was him. Blood flowed from a wound on its chest and its face was deathly pale, taking an almost blue tinge as life left him and death ran to take his next unfortunate victim. Legolas reached out his hand to touch the wound on his counterpart's chest and, with the skill of a healer, began to melt his mind around the pain. He unknit the tension around the lesion and began to weave the strands of life to form a barrier over the pain and the effects of the blood loss. As he did this, he felt the weight of his own pain lessen considerably and took a deep breath, slipping back into consciousness once more.
The darkness of his cell was sharp contrast to the brightness of the woods but his elf eyes adjusted to the gloom quickly. His ears caught the sound of harsh voices approaching. After a while he heard the rattle of many keys and the click of a lock as they were inserted into the keyhole of his cell door. It swung open, hitting the wall behind it with a thud and a small rabble of orcs sauntered in. They made their way to the table and surrounded it jeering.
"Elf!" sneered one, and spat on the floor beside him.
"hurry up! Get him to the master quickly! You know what happens when old Sharkey is kept waiting!" Said another. A shudder ran round the company as they recalled the rumours and missing comrades.
Legolas was untied swiftly and dragged by his arms down many dark corridors. This put pressure on his wound, which reopened, severing the barrier the elf had created around it. Pain flooded the area, and Legolas nearly passed out with the shock. Blood started seeping through his thin bandage, which one of the Uruks walking near him noticed.
"Aw, look! Elfie here's bleeding!" He mocked. "Think I should rub the pain away lads?" He asked rhetorically. Pulling his great arm back he looked at his fellow guards and brought it crashing onto the elf's wound. Legolas blacked out.
He woke up in a lighter room. It was round with grey walls and a flagstone floor. He tried to lift his arms, only to find them shackled to the wall with iron manacles. He pulled on them fruitlessly before casting his eyes downwards and trying to ignore the throbbing, burning pain that was his chest. He studied the unusual pattern he sat on. Many lines criss-crossed irregularly with blotches of dark splattered randomly. Blood. Whips. The fate of those who had previously been in his place became clear.
Suddenly the door swung open and in all his glory, stood Saruman.
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AN: For some reason it has taken me ages to put this up! I think i forgot about it! anyway..here you go! Oh, and if you have any ideas at all for this fic, email me (my addy is on my author page thing)
pippinshobbitchick: Oh hey i started to read this and have been reading it for a while now but i can never review! but now i can so i will and you should be very happy with it. I LOVE YOUR STORY! its soo good and it has alot of twists and turns *ducks so as not to be hit by big suprise!* see man even in a review you have no idea what to expect!! oh i feel so bad for pippin he so brave!! i love pippin!
Pippin da Great: Glad you like it ^_^ *gets hit by big surprise* ow! that hurt!
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Katherine Took: OH MY GOD! You can't stop now! What's gonna happen to Legolas! PLEASE Update soon... for the good of all hobbit lovers out there... anywho. GREAT JOB!!
Pippin da Great: I'll try not to stop...try! As i said...i really am writing this as i go along! All i know is the Saruman will not kill Pippin, because he needs to go to Minas Tirith for some more angstyness!
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Camellia Gamgee-Took: Oh, this is getting good! Please update soon - I'd like to see where this is going!
Pippin da Great: Updating as fast as i can :)
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Reasonably Crazy: I was wong. You're NOT a bright lil' ray of sunshine- I think there's some daisies in there too. Yup, sunshine on daisies, that's you.
Baby Ringwraith: *approving* SCRECH! Thanks for the update! We are sated... for now... Baby Ringwraith: *Growl* But you must update again! Again I say! MUAHAHAHAHA!! For if you do not I will become sad. As for my Baby Ringwraith... let's just say I fear for my couch cushions. At least, I would if I still had a couch. Baby Ringwraith: Screch? Oh, and by the looks of it, you're more eager to kill off Pippin, considering what you've put him through- though also I think the worst torture for Merry is watching them put his cousin through all this. Muahahaha- ahem. update... Baby Ringwraith: SCRECH!
Pippin da Great: Pippin wont die! Merry and/or Legolas might, but not Pippin...yet! ^_^ And i agree with the worst torture for merry is watching them put his cousin through this!
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Pyrogoeth: *dances* *dances* *dances* Suko: er.. she is addicted to DDR well I'm sure she means to say update soon! heh.. o.0
Pippin da Great: ooooookkkkkk.....O.o ^_^
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Lady Ithiliell aka Luna Malfoy: Ahh! No, please, I know you don't like the elf, but please don't let him die! At least not YET! Legolas: See? She doesn't want to see me in pain! me: Did I say that? Legolas:... me: anyway...Great chapter and I still think that the Baby Ringwraith is cute! *RC and BR glare at me again* OOps, did I say that aloud (again!)? Stupid me! Sh**! *runs off* HELP
Pippin da Great: Fine i wont let him die....yet...im gonna have more fun torturing him first! Muahahahahahah!
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icanreadncount: Pippin... branded? *bursts into tears* Sorry I didn't review the last chap, I also sadly have left LOTR fanfic (IT'S HARRY POTTER'S FAULT! And I just found out CSI: Miami now has it's own section outside of CSI and I'm detirmined to read the whole thing). But I'll come back for your stories! Update soon!
Pippin da Great: Damn you Potter! I'll get you, and your little owl too! Woohoo! you come back for my stories!
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pipinheart: Loved the story. please update soon can't wait to hear what happens!
Pippin da Great: And i cant wait to write what happens! Welcome new reviewer!
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Angels, Demons and Plushies:
Merry Plushie: I hate you...
Adrienne: No, Mer, no need ot be cruel.
Merry Plushie: I DON'T SEE YOU BEING THE VICTIM FOR ANYTHING!!
Adrienne: Actually if you knew what went on in my head-
Merry Plushie: I DON'T WANNA KNOW!!
Adrienne: ^_~ Alrighty, then no more complaining. Oh, I almost forgot about this story because I've been so wrapped up in school and in my other fics! . I have like eight kazillion projects I need to get done! GRR!
Pippin Plushie: *kisses Adrienne's forehead*
Adrienne: 0.0 *blink* *blink* *hugs Pippin* Oh, you're so cute. AND SARUMAN DOESN'T OWN YOU!! TOLKIEN DOES!! GET IT!!
Saruman Plushie: So... a dead guy owns the hobbit?
Adrienne: YES!! *smacks Saruman with a stick*
Saruman Plushie: X_X
Hobbit Plushies: WOOHOO!! ^_^
Adrienne: ^_~ I hope to see more!
Pippin da Great: I still love your reviews! And thank you Merry Plushie...it is my sole purpose to be hated by people...well maybe its not....*cries*
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Jacklyn: WOW!...WOW!...WOW!! sorry adrenilin rush. What a great story. YOu have to update like...i don't know...NOW! By the way, where do you learn to speak elvish?
Pippin da Great: Hehehehe :) I learnt the Elvish i'm using at www. hobbitslive.com
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Ashley: Awesome story. Poor wee little Pip though! How could anyone hurt a face like that? :Hugs Pip: But of course, one cannot forget about that hottie Merry, foul beast Saruman!
Pippin da Great: Yay! I got another 'poor pip'! And i could hurt a face like that :D
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Ice Ember: Oh I see, now you're gonna kill him off. Wow, you really dislike him don't ya? ^_^ Update soon plz!
Pippin da Great: Im not gonna kill him off yet, because i enjoy...um...writing (?) him in pain!
The grass was springy underfoot. Birds whistled and cawed in the trees that stood erect around him. Tall trees. Wild trees. He strolled into a glade, through which a clear stream ran. The water burbled tunefully over the worn pebbles that littered the river bed. It seemed that it was not water that flowed, but liquid sunshine, its bright rays piercing the darkness of the trees. He roamed from the glade into the surrounding trees until he came upon a form slumped delicately across a fallen tree. He looked closer, and saw that the being was him. Blood flowed from a wound on its chest and its face was deathly pale, taking an almost blue tinge as life left him and death ran to take his next unfortunate victim. Legolas reached out his hand to touch the wound on his counterpart's chest and, with the skill of a healer, began to melt his mind around the pain. He unknit the tension around the lesion and began to weave the strands of life to form a barrier over the pain and the effects of the blood loss. As he did this, he felt the weight of his own pain lessen considerably and took a deep breath, slipping back into consciousness once more.
The darkness of his cell was sharp contrast to the brightness of the woods but his elf eyes adjusted to the gloom quickly. His ears caught the sound of harsh voices approaching. After a while he heard the rattle of many keys and the click of a lock as they were inserted into the keyhole of his cell door. It swung open, hitting the wall behind it with a thud and a small rabble of orcs sauntered in. They made their way to the table and surrounded it jeering.
"Elf!" sneered one, and spat on the floor beside him.
"hurry up! Get him to the master quickly! You know what happens when old Sharkey is kept waiting!" Said another. A shudder ran round the company as they recalled the rumours and missing comrades.
Legolas was untied swiftly and dragged by his arms down many dark corridors. This put pressure on his wound, which reopened, severing the barrier the elf had created around it. Pain flooded the area, and Legolas nearly passed out with the shock. Blood started seeping through his thin bandage, which one of the Uruks walking near him noticed.
"Aw, look! Elfie here's bleeding!" He mocked. "Think I should rub the pain away lads?" He asked rhetorically. Pulling his great arm back he looked at his fellow guards and brought it crashing onto the elf's wound. Legolas blacked out.
He woke up in a lighter room. It was round with grey walls and a flagstone floor. He tried to lift his arms, only to find them shackled to the wall with iron manacles. He pulled on them fruitlessly before casting his eyes downwards and trying to ignore the throbbing, burning pain that was his chest. He studied the unusual pattern he sat on. Many lines criss-crossed irregularly with blotches of dark splattered randomly. Blood. Whips. The fate of those who had previously been in his place became clear.
Suddenly the door swung open and in all his glory, stood Saruman.
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AN: For some reason it has taken me ages to put this up! I think i forgot about it! anyway..here you go! Oh, and if you have any ideas at all for this fic, email me (my addy is on my author page thing)
pippinshobbitchick: Oh hey i started to read this and have been reading it for a while now but i can never review! but now i can so i will and you should be very happy with it. I LOVE YOUR STORY! its soo good and it has alot of twists and turns *ducks so as not to be hit by big suprise!* see man even in a review you have no idea what to expect!! oh i feel so bad for pippin he so brave!! i love pippin!
Pippin da Great: Glad you like it ^_^ *gets hit by big surprise* ow! that hurt!
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Katherine Took: OH MY GOD! You can't stop now! What's gonna happen to Legolas! PLEASE Update soon... for the good of all hobbit lovers out there... anywho. GREAT JOB!!
Pippin da Great: I'll try not to stop...try! As i said...i really am writing this as i go along! All i know is the Saruman will not kill Pippin, because he needs to go to Minas Tirith for some more angstyness!
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Camellia Gamgee-Took: Oh, this is getting good! Please update soon - I'd like to see where this is going!
Pippin da Great: Updating as fast as i can :)
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Reasonably Crazy: I was wong. You're NOT a bright lil' ray of sunshine- I think there's some daisies in there too. Yup, sunshine on daisies, that's you.
Baby Ringwraith: *approving* SCRECH! Thanks for the update! We are sated... for now... Baby Ringwraith: *Growl* But you must update again! Again I say! MUAHAHAHAHA!! For if you do not I will become sad. As for my Baby Ringwraith... let's just say I fear for my couch cushions. At least, I would if I still had a couch. Baby Ringwraith: Screch? Oh, and by the looks of it, you're more eager to kill off Pippin, considering what you've put him through- though also I think the worst torture for Merry is watching them put his cousin through all this. Muahahaha- ahem. update... Baby Ringwraith: SCRECH!
Pippin da Great: Pippin wont die! Merry and/or Legolas might, but not Pippin...yet! ^_^ And i agree with the worst torture for merry is watching them put his cousin through this!
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Pyrogoeth: *dances* *dances* *dances* Suko: er.. she is addicted to DDR well I'm sure she means to say update soon! heh.. o.0
Pippin da Great: ooooookkkkkk.....O.o ^_^
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Lady Ithiliell aka Luna Malfoy: Ahh! No, please, I know you don't like the elf, but please don't let him die! At least not YET! Legolas: See? She doesn't want to see me in pain! me: Did I say that? Legolas:... me: anyway...Great chapter and I still think that the Baby Ringwraith is cute! *RC and BR glare at me again* OOps, did I say that aloud (again!)? Stupid me! Sh**! *runs off* HELP
Pippin da Great: Fine i wont let him die....yet...im gonna have more fun torturing him first! Muahahahahahah!
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icanreadncount: Pippin... branded? *bursts into tears* Sorry I didn't review the last chap, I also sadly have left LOTR fanfic (IT'S HARRY POTTER'S FAULT! And I just found out CSI: Miami now has it's own section outside of CSI and I'm detirmined to read the whole thing). But I'll come back for your stories! Update soon!
Pippin da Great: Damn you Potter! I'll get you, and your little owl too! Woohoo! you come back for my stories!
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pipinheart: Loved the story. please update soon can't wait to hear what happens!
Pippin da Great: And i cant wait to write what happens! Welcome new reviewer!
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Angels, Demons and Plushies:
Merry Plushie: I hate you...
Adrienne: No, Mer, no need ot be cruel.
Merry Plushie: I DON'T SEE YOU BEING THE VICTIM FOR ANYTHING!!
Adrienne: Actually if you knew what went on in my head-
Merry Plushie: I DON'T WANNA KNOW!!
Adrienne: ^_~ Alrighty, then no more complaining. Oh, I almost forgot about this story because I've been so wrapped up in school and in my other fics! . I have like eight kazillion projects I need to get done! GRR!
Pippin Plushie: *kisses Adrienne's forehead*
Adrienne: 0.0 *blink* *blink* *hugs Pippin* Oh, you're so cute. AND SARUMAN DOESN'T OWN YOU!! TOLKIEN DOES!! GET IT!!
Saruman Plushie: So... a dead guy owns the hobbit?
Adrienne: YES!! *smacks Saruman with a stick*
Saruman Plushie: X_X
Hobbit Plushies: WOOHOO!! ^_^
Adrienne: ^_~ I hope to see more!
Pippin da Great: I still love your reviews! And thank you Merry Plushie...it is my sole purpose to be hated by people...well maybe its not....*cries*
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Jacklyn: WOW!...WOW!...WOW!! sorry adrenilin rush. What a great story. YOu have to update like...i don't know...NOW! By the way, where do you learn to speak elvish?
Pippin da Great: Hehehehe :) I learnt the Elvish i'm using at www. hobbitslive.com
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Ashley: Awesome story. Poor wee little Pip though! How could anyone hurt a face like that? :Hugs Pip: But of course, one cannot forget about that hottie Merry, foul beast Saruman!
Pippin da Great: Yay! I got another 'poor pip'! And i could hurt a face like that :D
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Ice Ember: Oh I see, now you're gonna kill him off. Wow, you really dislike him don't ya? ^_^ Update soon plz!
Pippin da Great: Im not gonna kill him off yet, because i enjoy...um...writing (?) him in pain!