"So, what can I get for you? A love potion or one for beauty? You hardly need a beauty potion dearest." The witch said, "In fact if I didn't know better I would say that you were one of those Elves."
"I take it not a lot of Elves come to you?" Lana asked not informing that she was an elf
"No, they don't. I haven't had an Elf come to me for years and that was early in this age." The witch informed
"Oh really? What could an Elf want?" Lana asked curious
"It was quite odd really. She wanted a strong potion, one that would kill instantly. When I asked her what she wanted it for, she said she had business to take care of. It seemed that two Elves had done something to her and she wanted revenge." The witch informed, "Now, what will you be wanting dear?"
"A sleeping potion." Lana said
"All right. How long do you want the potion to last for?"
"Well…just for a night. 7 hours maybe?"
The witch went to work right away. She grabbed several jars and mixed some stuff together in a bowl. After a few minuets the witch put the mixture in a glass vial and shoved a cork in the top.
"I made it colorless so you can easily slip it into someone's drink. It will wear off in about 7 to 9 hours like you requested." The witch informed and put the vial into a green cloth bag
Lana thanked the witch, paid her and left.
She thought her plan would work without any problems. Lana would simply pour the sleeping potion in her mother's drink at the party and Lana wouldn't have to worry about her for the rest of the night.
Too bad the dosage of poison is different for Elves.
Tara was alone, alone and afraid.
She had stopped for the night, near the edge of the Mirkwood forest. She sat close to the small fire that she had built. Tara was really nervous, at any given moment; anything could run out of the woods and attack her.
Spiders, Orcs or anything else, Tara was closer to Dol Guldur, the dark tower, than she thought.
Tara sighed; she had never been to Bree before. She didn't really know how to get to Bree and she had no clue where to find Emmenna when she did get there. If she got there.
Tara sighed and leaned back against a tree. She pulled her knees up and rested her head against them. It was almost completely dark now, this did nothing for Tara except increase her fears.
Suddenly she heard a loud bellow of some sort.
Her head snapped up and she peered into the surrounding darkness.
Nothing…
Tara shifted uneasily, it suddenly became far to quite. She decided maybe it was best if she continued on.
Tara called for her horse.
"Mae? Where are you Mae?!"
Silence…
Tara stood up quickly. Her horse should have come. But she didn't.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw something move against the trees.
"Mae?" she whispered
There was no response except for a rustling noise and the occasional crackle of the wood on the fire.
Tara didn't know what to do.
She laughed at herself. She never knew what to do.
Tara couldn't run off through the wood. Whatever was out there would get her for sure then. She couldn't stay here either.
Tara heard her bellow again. This time it was closer. She had to decide what to do, now!
She looked left, then right, before she scrambled into the nearest tree.
Just in time. No sooner had she reached a safe spot, a small band of Orcs entered the clearing.
They sniffed around a bit and looked at their leader.
"There was one of them Elfs here." The leader said and leaned against the tree that Tara was in
Tara was afraid to breath. She prayed that the Orc wouldn't look up.
"Its still close, we would have seen it in the woods." The Orc said
The Orc leaned back and glanced up into the tree.
Tara sat perfectly still.
The Orc narrowed its eyes and sniffed, "There's something up there."
It growled and turned its full attention to the tree. The other Orcs were poking around the camp not really caring what their leader was doing.
Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, soon after the rain started to pour.
When the lightning flashed the Orc instantly saw Tara and growled loudly alerting the others of his find.
Tara screamed and climber higher. Could Orcs climb tree? Tara didn't know.
"Come down pretty one!" an Orc called to her
"Yeah, come out of the rain!" another called
"I'll just come get you myself." The leader said
Tara whimpered, things were going from bad to worse and there was nothing she could do about it.
Tara looked down and saw one of the Orcs climbing the tree.
All she could do was sit and wait.
There was nothing she could do…
Nia sighed and pulled her cloak hood over her head. It had just started raining and she was almost completely soaked.
Nia hated storms like this. She had experienced more storms than she would have liked.
It was wet, cold and completely dark.
Legolas was…Nia looked around, where was he anyway?
"Legolas!?" Nia shouted over the rain
When there was no response and her horse was slipping on the muddy ground, Nia got off the horse.
She would just have to go look for Legolas.
Nia frowned when she landed in a mud puddle. She grabbed her horse's reins and walked back through the forest screaming for Legolas the whole time.
By now Nia was completely soaked, muddy and cold. Her dark brown hair was plastered to her face and cloak hood. Nia looked like a wet rug.
She was angry rather then scared. Nia was used to things like this.
"I hope the spiders don't like the rain." She said to her horse as the forest floor became even more of a mud puddle
Suddenly a flash of lightning pierced the sky and struck a tree not that far away from Nia.
Soon after she hear a horse whinny loudly.
"Come on Ella, Maybe that was Legolas' horse." Nia said and walked faster
When she got to the area where the lightning had hit the tree, Nia saw a cloaked figure crouched by the horse that was lying on the ground.
"Hello?" Nia called
"Nia?" they replied and got up
"Legolas! What happened? Where did you go? I though a spider ate you!" Nia said and hugged him
She looked over at the horse that was lying on the ground dead.
"Whose horse is that and what happened to it?" She asked
"When the lightning hit, the horse must have tripped over a tree root and broke its neck. At first I thought it was your horse." Legolas informed, "I was looking for you, somehow we must have gotten separated."
Nia nodded and looked at the horse again, "Poor creature…It looks familiar."
"I thought so too." Legolas said, "She had a saddle bag, I was waiting for you, so we could find out whose horse it was together."
"We should find somewhere dry first. I'm soaked!" Nia said
Legolas called his horse and they were just about to leave when they found out that the spiders of Mirkwood do in fact like the rain.
Someone was going to die at Elrond's party, the question was, who?
Yes I know it took me forever to update! I really wanted to. I just added a new twist to the story too. That's coming up in the next few chapters. !
I would wish I could respond to my wonderful reviewers, but I don't have enough time. : (
Next time I will though!