Sorry about how long it took me I had writers block and my computer wasn't working and I had school. But here it is

Ok this chapter is really short. (But the others are somewhat short too) ok well I decided to move the other part of this chapter and put it in the next one so that's why it is short.

Well know that we got straitened out here is the latest chapter

Chapter 3

An Innocent Life

The young girl hung there. Hands chained to the ceiling and feet chained to the floor. Her golden blond hair was knotted and covered in dried blood. It fell over her face which was scratched and muddy. She was thin and you could see her ribs, obviously the orcs had been starving the poor thing.

Legolas knew her, he didn't know from where but her memory loomed in the back of his mind. He watched as she hung there trying to wiggle free.

The girl started to scream and Legolas covered his sensitive Elven ears to the sound. He didn't understand, nothing was happening to her. Why was she screaming? He turned to Estel, hopping to find the answer even though he knew the human was as baffled as he was. Then he saw in the distance to the right of his friend, an orc. It was cranking a chain. Then it hit Legolas, it was the chain connected to the girl.

"Stop!" shouted Legolas as he heard her arms pop out of place. The chain loosened but too much and the girl fell forward and hit her head on the stone. The girl started to weep quietly to herself and a forgotten memory came rushing into Legolas' head

Flash Back

Legolas struggled to free himself but he couldn't. his arms and legs were tied up tight.

"Quite your squirming!" ordered an orc but he paid no heed to him. Then he felt a burning pain on his back and saw that the orc now held a 3 pronged whip with hooks at the ends. "I said stop moving" the orc shouted as the whip came down on Legolas' body.

The orcs carried him down stone stairs and into a dark dungeon. Legolas was taken to one of the cells at the end of the long dungeon, lined with cells full of elves and humans alike. He was tossed into his own cell and hit the stone floor hard. He tried to get up but as he tried the ropes cut into his skin and he could see blood running from under the ropes.

Blood was soon covering his hands and he decided to give up, not wanting to hurt himself any more, so he looked around the cell. For the first time he heard a faint crying from the left corned of the dark chamber. He looked closer and there he saw a young girl crying. She had blond hair and bright green eyes. She apparently hadn't been there long because she was still clean. She looked up at Legolas and gave a weak smile.

End Flash Back

"Stop" came a voice from up the stairs "you know how to make them stop" as Saruman appeared in the stair way. "Tell me what you were doing!" Saruman said in a booming voice.

"Never" hissed Estel and Legolas looked at him. He had almost forgotten the ranger was with him.

"Fine" said Sarumanand turned to some orcs standing off to the side "do what you wish with her, just don't kill her, yet." He told them and went back up the stairs.

Legolas and Estel watched as the girl was brutally beaten. The orcs stretched her body and let her fall. They used whips and clubs. One set her cloths ablaze and burned her skin.

How could they

How could they do such a thing to such a young girl?

She was probably only 50 at least (ok so she looked 9 in human years, and that's how I picture elves ageing)

"Stop!" Legolas shouted again and all the orcs laughed.

"You know how to make us stop" one hissed looking at him but Legolas stayed quiet and they continued to torture the girl.

Blood covered the girl now and what was left of her cloths was drenched in it. Legolas couldn't watch but every scream brought his eyes back to her. He turned to Estel who was just sitting there. His eyes were filled with terror and sorrow for the girl. Estel was just as worried for the girl as Legolas but Legolas' anger was preventing him from seeing it. All he saw was Estel doing nothing, not even caring about what was happening. Legolas was getting madder by the second at his so called friend. Legolas was just about to hit him for what he thought he was doing when he heard a shrill of pain louder then all the others. His silvery blue eyes, which now seem almost green for some reason, looked over at the girl's pitiful body and saw a dagger sticking out of her arm.

Estel's heart filled with rage when one of the orcs pulled out the blood stained knife. All the orcs started to laugh when they saw her red blood gush out of the wound, all them except one. This orc didn't laugh, it didn't even smile and it seemed like he almost felt sorry for her. This didn't go unnoticed by Estel and it confused him and all his rage seemed to disappear. There was something different about his orc, it was almost as if he had a soul.

Legolas didn't notice this orc, and right now he could care less, all he was thinking about was the helpless girl.

"NO!" shouted Legolas when the knife was pulled out, he knew how much pain it caused

"Will you talk then?" came Saruman's voice from the stairs. Legolas staid quiet and Estel shouted "Never!" Saruman know the elf was on the break of talking, he just had to push him a little more.

Saruman turned to one of the orcs and handed him a blade which magically appeared in his hands. "Kill her" he instructed and walked to the side. He noticed the look on the crown prince of Mirkwood's face; it was a you-can't-do-that look.

The orc got ready to cut off the girls head when Legolas shouter "I'll talk!" and everyone looked at him, Saruman with a smile

End chapter 3 yay! And it's almost winter vacation YAY! And I have one more final YAY! So many things to be happy about.

Ok thank you people who reviewed, it makes me happy! Yes even yours Aranel of Mirkwood.

Lintered- thank you soooooooooo much. I'm glad you love it and I hope you like this chapter to. And I'm sorry it took so long to up date really I am I was starting to get behind in school and mom was getting mad at me. Oh well

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