Merry scampered to his feet and rushed to the door, pressing his ear against the wood. He could hear low voices, and someone sobbing. A female. Not Legolas. Another elf? Here, in the fortress?
"Pippin...I think there's another elf here!"
"Other than Legolas?"
"Yes. I think it's a girl too."
Pippin limped over to where Merry was listening intently, and was silent as, he too listened for any sound. Silence.
"Whatever it was, they've gone now." Whispered Pippin. He moved away from the door and eased himself slowly to the ground. "What do you think is going to happen to us?" He asked.
"I don't know Pip. I-" Merry was cut short by the door swinging open and sending him flying backwards. There was a 'thunk' as his head hit the wall and a trickle of blood seeped out from under his hair.
The two orc guards that had beaten Pippin swaggered into the room. "Why do we always get stuck with the rats??" Moaned Gaflag as Pippin gave a small squeak and backed into a corner. He pulled a set of iron manacles out of his bag and walking over to Pippin, clapped them around the poor hobbit's wrists and dragged him across the floor. Pippin, unprepared for the sudden pull, fell straight onto the floor and was dragged for a couple of metres before the orc turned round and kicked him in the ribs.
"Get up, you useless worm!!!" He kicked him again and pulled him up by the hair. The hobbit only just managed to stay on his feet as he was yanked forwards again.
"Merry? Merry!" He croaked as he saw his friend still in the cell, unconscious.
"Don't you worry about your friend, you will see him soon enough." With that, the orc cuffed Pippin over the head and he fell into blackness.
When Pippin awoke, he was in a lighter room, and once again, chained to the wall. Merry was opposite him, looking blearily back at him.
"Hello, Pip." He said with a half smile.
"Hello, young Peregrin," said a voice to Pippin's left. He turned his aching head in the direction, and saw a fair haired elf sitting against the wall.
"Legolas!" He cried
"Peregrin, I cannot remember what has happened. I remember you, and Meriadoc, but nothing else....why am I here?" Legolas asked.
Alarm bells rung in Pippin's head. Something wasn't right.
"You....you...you're not Legolas." He said shakily.
"I don't understand young hobbit, of course I am Legolas, who else would I be?" A sly smile formed on the elf's face and Pippin took a breath.
"Stop trying to trick me, Saruman. I know what you're doing. It won't work." He said determinedly. Then, before his eyes, 'Legolas' began to change. His bandaged chest covered itself in a white robe, a beard sprouted from his chin, and his hair turned silvery-white.
"I see you are not so easy to fool. Maybe you need more persuasion," said Saruman
"Nothing you do or say will make me say anything."
"Oh, I wouldn't say nothing..."
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"Pippin...I think there's another elf here!"
"Other than Legolas?"
"Yes. I think it's a girl too."
Pippin limped over to where Merry was listening intently, and was silent as, he too listened for any sound. Silence.
"Whatever it was, they've gone now." Whispered Pippin. He moved away from the door and eased himself slowly to the ground. "What do you think is going to happen to us?" He asked.
"I don't know Pip. I-" Merry was cut short by the door swinging open and sending him flying backwards. There was a 'thunk' as his head hit the wall and a trickle of blood seeped out from under his hair.
The two orc guards that had beaten Pippin swaggered into the room. "Why do we always get stuck with the rats??" Moaned Gaflag as Pippin gave a small squeak and backed into a corner. He pulled a set of iron manacles out of his bag and walking over to Pippin, clapped them around the poor hobbit's wrists and dragged him across the floor. Pippin, unprepared for the sudden pull, fell straight onto the floor and was dragged for a couple of metres before the orc turned round and kicked him in the ribs.
"Get up, you useless worm!!!" He kicked him again and pulled him up by the hair. The hobbit only just managed to stay on his feet as he was yanked forwards again.
"Merry? Merry!" He croaked as he saw his friend still in the cell, unconscious.
"Don't you worry about your friend, you will see him soon enough." With that, the orc cuffed Pippin over the head and he fell into blackness.
When Pippin awoke, he was in a lighter room, and once again, chained to the wall. Merry was opposite him, looking blearily back at him.
"Hello, Pip." He said with a half smile.
"Hello, young Peregrin," said a voice to Pippin's left. He turned his aching head in the direction, and saw a fair haired elf sitting against the wall.
"Legolas!" He cried
"Peregrin, I cannot remember what has happened. I remember you, and Meriadoc, but nothing else....why am I here?" Legolas asked.
Alarm bells rung in Pippin's head. Something wasn't right.
"You....you...you're not Legolas." He said shakily.
"I don't understand young hobbit, of course I am Legolas, who else would I be?" A sly smile formed on the elf's face and Pippin took a breath.
"Stop trying to trick me, Saruman. I know what you're doing. It won't work." He said determinedly. Then, before his eyes, 'Legolas' began to change. His bandaged chest covered itself in a white robe, a beard sprouted from his chin, and his hair turned silvery-white.
"I see you are not so easy to fool. Maybe you need more persuasion," said Saruman
"Nothing you do or say will make me say anything."
"Oh, I wouldn't say nothing..."
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