Note: This chapter is from Eluréd and Elurìn's points of view concerning the fall of Doriath.
Dedication: I dedicate this chapter to all the innocent children throughout middle-earth and the world today who have died or suffered during times of war.
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Last night I remember looking out the window at the rain streaming down and I remember Elurìn coming up behind me. "Look Elurìn! It's raining, we can make mud lembas tomorrow!" I remember being excited.
Suddenly Ammë rushed around the corner with Elwing, who was wearing grandma's pretty necklace. "Eluréd! Elurìn! I've been looking all over for you boys. Clean-up fast and meet Elwing and me in the old forest by the fountain, don't waste any time, it is urgent" she spoke sternly, looking both of us in the eyes to reinforce her message.
"But we have to give Ada our Lembas. He made a special order last time it rained" I protested showing Ammë our masterpiece. Normally Elwing would have laughed at us but she was acting strangely quiet today.
"Ada is too busy now. Prepare yourselves quickly we don't have much time." I looked at Elurìn; he didn't understand what was going on either. Nobody ever told us what was really going on. We turned back to question Ammë but she was all already running down the hall with Elwing at her side.
A mischievous grin filled Elurìn's face. "Let's hide on Elwing and Ammë! It will be fun!"
I didn't think Elwing was in a playful mood today but maybe we could get her to laugh. Most of the time she liked playing hiding games with us. So I agreed and we ran out to the old forest still covered in our lembas dough. When we got to the forest we hid inside our secret fort; it was an old tree where you could climb inside, we had even made little shelves and seats. I carefully put our mud lembas on a shelf so that we could give it to Ada later on.
After awhile the fun of hiding was wearing off; no one was even looking for us. "Come on Elurìn, let's go. This is getting boring." We hopped out of the tree and went to the spot where Ammë and Elwing had wanted to meet us.
They weren't there so we decided to go look for Elwing; maybe she was actually hiding on us. Suddenly we both jumped. There were elves screaming on the other side of the forest, but it wasn't the kind of screaming like when Ada got mad. It was the screaming like when someone got hurt really badly.
I looked at Elurìn, "Lets go see!" I said worriedly, he agreed and we ran to the field. We stopped short and hid in the shadows of the trees; we hadn't expected to see this. There were lots of elves on pretty horses and they all had swords, except they weren't as pretty as the ones Ada had. Everyone was bleeding and hurting each other. We didn't understand, Ada had always said we shouldn't fight when we get mad at each other. Maybe it was because you're only allowed to fight when you were of age.
Suddenly something was put over top of my eyes and everything went black. I was lifted up into the air and was put onto a big horse. The horse rode faster than ever I have ever ridden before. I felt fear all through my body but I couldn't move and I didn't dare to scream.
The horses stopped and I fell onto the ground, or maybe I was thrown to the ground. I didn't know, but either way it hurt. I felt someone's boot against my stomach, it must have been a metal boot because I crippled over in agony. I still couldn't see anything because my eyes were covered and I didn't know what was going on. Next I felt pain shoot all over my body and didn't understand it because I had never hurt like this before. The pain was much greater than when Elurìn had hit me one time. I didn't like it. I struggled. I kicked. I screamed. My screams mixed with Elurìn's. Someone else must be hurting him. I hope it wasn't as bad as what I felt.
Suddenly I heard a strange tongue; two male elves were speaking hastily to one another. Soon after the forest grew silent; I couldn't hear the birds chirping or a bubbling creek. The wind had ceased and not a single leaf rustled in the trees. I quietly tried to pull the blindfold off me, the knot was tight but I managed to slip it off my face. I looked around and I saw Elurìn lying next to a tree.
"Elurìn!" I dared to scream out, breaking the daunting silence of the forest.
"Eluréd, are the mean elves gone?" I ran over to Elurìn and helped untie his blindfold.
"I think so; I don't see any elves or their horses." I answered. As soon as I got Elurìn's blindfold off we embraced. Tears welled up in my eyes. I was cold, hungry and I had no idea where we were.
It grew darker as the sun set; the fiery colors filled the sky. Soon dusk became complete darkness and the inevitable terrors of the night ran through our minds as we fell into a restless sleep.