To Mirkwood
Chapter 13: Good Things Come in Pairs
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KissTheRainGirl12489: Thanks for the quote. I haven't seen that movie yet but that's ok! And I think you pretty much figured out the story, except for one thing…
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E'thane quiver was soon filled and he and the other elven guards were heading out into the city. People walking around stopped, wondering why the crowned prince was slinking around the city with three guards. When he was questioned, the guards promptly told them that they would know in time.
Finally, they came to one house where a family of a guard lived. There was a guard standing outside the door with a bow in his hands. He only needed one signal and he would go into the home and begin to kill the family. E'thane wondered how an elf could ever think of doing something like that to another elf.
The small group stopped to make a plan. "Alright, you three just look like you are accompanying me and I will ask to be let in the house. If the guard says no, then we fire. If he lets me in, then wait until I am inside before shooting. These elves have obviously had something wrong with them if they would agree to kill another elf. We must stop them." E'thane said.
"Your highness, there must be another way." One guard commented. E'thane looked at him, his eyes willing him to continue. "Well, couldn't we just capture them. I mean, what if it's just a chain, if that guard does not help Tylen then his family will get killed and so on. Couldn't we just tie them up or something?" E'thane thought about this. It was defiantly a better plan than his.
"Alright, we'll do that. Good thinking. I will still ask to be let inside, and things will the same until you go after the guard. Tackle him and keep him in one spot until we have all the guards. You may ask some of the elves if they have any rope. Tell them it's for E'thane. I'm sure they will understand." The guards nodded and they proceeded to the first house.
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Two dark haired elven riders approached the edge of the forest of Mirkwood. They were dressed in simple riding clothes, but they clothes were identical. So were the elves. These two were Elladan and Elrohir, the twin sons of Lord Elrond. They had met a group of elves coming from Mirkwood. They told the twins that they had King Thranduil with them and that he was very, very sick. The twins weren't planning on a long adventure, but they knew something must be amiss in Mirkwood if the king was coming to Rivendell in a carriage and his sons were not with him. So they set off for Mirkwood to see what was going on.
As they got closer, they saw the parchment that was tacked up to all the trees. "What is that?" Elladan asked. Elrohir shrugged. As they got closer, they saw a picture that looked a lot like Legolas on it.
"It IS Legolas." Elrohir exclaimed, pulling a piece of parchment from the tree. "Why is he on a wanted poster?" He asked, looking to his brother. Elladan shrugged.
"He must have gotten him into more trouble than he could handle." Elladan said. Elrohir nodded in agreement and the two elves proceeded into the forest.
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Tylen moved ever closer to the elf prince, the dagger's sharp blade pointed right at Legolas's heart. Legolas breath quickened as he saw no way out of this predicament.
"Are you ready to visit your mother now, Legolas?" He asked. Legolas narrowed his eyes. His mother. This man had killed her. Tylen deserved to die.
"Fiend!" Legolas shouted, and he lunged for the dagger. Tylen brought it out of reach, but Legolas's body collided with his again. They both crashed to the floor. Legolas wrestled the dagger from Tylen's hands. However, the dagger slipped from Legolas's hands and went sliding across the floor. Tylen kicked Legolas in the ribs and the prince went flying backwards. Tylen rolled to his hands and knees and started crawling to the dagger. Legolas caught his breath and ran to the dagger. Tylen beat him to it. Tylen tried to stab the dagger into Legolas's arm, but missed and Legolas only received a scratch. Legolas pulled his arm back and threw it forward, hitting Tylen square in the jaw. Tylen stumbled backwards, the dagger landing on the ground. His hands had gone to his now aching mouth. Legolas snatched up the dagger before Tylen could pull himself back together.
"Now, Legolas, you wouldn't really kill me, would you?" Tylen was afraid now. The anger in Legolas's eyes did not receed, and he advanced on the elf. "Come now… Legolas?" Tylen asked.
"You deserve to die after what you've done to my family." Legolas growled. Tylen continued back and back until his back was pressed up against the wall. "There is no where for you to go." Suddenly, Tylen's facial expression changed.
"Well, I guess it doesn't matter now. You and E'thane will be all that's left. Thranduil will die." He said. Legolas shook his head and thrust the dagger into Tylen's chest. Tylen's eyes went wide, and blood trickled from the wound. Legolas let go of the dagger and watched as all the color drained from the elf's face and he crumpled to the floor. Legolas gave him a final kick. Tylen didn't move. Legolas checked for a pulse to make sure, and he found none. Satified, he left the cell. As he slammed the door shut to let the elf rot in peace, the tears sprang back into Legolas's eyes. Now that his life was not in immediate danger, he thought about E'thane and his father, and his mother and sister that he almost had. The tears fell from his eyes and landed on the stone floor below.
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There was a large group of elves who were bound and gagged in the middle of the city of Mirkwood. Spectators were standing around and watching them, despite the onslaught of rain that came pouring down from the heavens. Two of the guards who were working with E'thane brought another guard and added him to the group. "Last one." One of them said triumphantly. E'thane nodded, satisfied.
"What's going on, Prince E'thane?" Someone from the crowd asked. E'thane shook his head.
"I don't know the full story. All I know is Tylen, the man who performed the ceremony for me to become Crowned Prince is crooked. I don't know where he is right now, and I don't know where Legolas is. I just hope… he's alright." E'thane trailed off.
"Legolas is back? What about the wanted signs?"
"What about those?"
Voices rose in question about the Missing Prince's wanted signs. "That was work of Tylen. He put those up. I would never…" He trailed off again. He had thought that it was all Legolas's fault that their family was torn apart. But when Legolas returned to Mirkwood, he no longer thought that about his brother. "Take the signs down. Anywhere they are, take them down!" E'thane cried. The crowd dispersed to take down all the wanted signs. "Bring them here and they will be burned."
"E'thane! What's going on here?" E'thane spun around and saw two identical elves sitting atop two almost identical horses.
"Elladan! Elrohir!" E'thane ran to the horses and the twins climbed off. "What are you doing here?"
"We were just out to travel around a bit-"
"When we came across some Mirkwood elves bringing Thranduil-"
"To Rivendell. We thought we'd come because it was unusual that-"
"Thranduil travled to Rivendell alone with out you or Legolas."
"We started to get worried when we saw the wanted signs on the tress for Legolas."
"Indeed." The twins produced their usual conversation habit by finishing and started each other's sentences.
"I'll explain it all later. First, we have to find Tylen and Legolas." E'thane cried. He turned to the three guards. "Bring these men to the dungeons as well. We'll have to deal with them later. Thank you for helping." E'thane bowed to the guards and started running in the direction of the palace. Elladan and Elladan looked at each other.
"They grow up so fast…" They said together. They smiled and turned their horses around to follow the young prince.
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So I thought I'd give you all a little bit of relief after the last few intense chapters. What do you think?
For those who might care…
1. I'm working on a LOTR story using The Sims. It's going to be more humorous than the stories I post here simply because serious stories tend to require many characters, and you can only have eight people in the families on The Sims. So, I'll post the URL to it when it's done in my profile on this website.
2. For those who read POTC as well, I just came up with a (at least I think is) good idea. That one will begin to go up as soon as I finish with this one.
"Inspirational" Quote:
"I believe there's a hero in all of us." –Aunt Meg from Spiderman 2. –Submitted by KissTheRainGirl12489
Later all-
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