Title: Twist of Fate
Summary: see chapter one
Disclaimer: see chapter one
A/N: Any reviews will be welcomed, flames will be amusing.
Now to the reviewers! All of you make my day!
Estelle1: You know the answet to this question. ahem
Catmint: Thanks for your suggestions, and the review! Sometimes it is great, and sometimes it is not, but I try! g
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Scribe of Gryffindor: Thanks a lot for your wonderful review! As I said some chapters are great, and some umm err well do not go so well.
SivanShemesh: I thank you! This brought a smile to my face
Riva van Dyk: I'm glad you liked it, here is more.
Hiei-Rulez: The ring sentence was just a line to bring a sense of when the fic took place, but I will explain it in a later chapter.
Kaorethein: Trouble is an understatement. hehehehehe
Elven Kitten: He soooooooooo will regret them.
Mornflower: Here is more!
astalder27: Of course it would not be them otherwise.
Beling: YAY! I have missed your reviews, they bring the biggest smile to my face. G
HarryEstel: They will get into EVIL trouble of course, what other kind is there.
Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter. To me it is not as good as the first, but it is leading somewhere of course.
Chapter 2
Estel was dreaming peacefully of home when he was startled from his sleep. He opened one eye and saw it was still dark, and rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.
"Estel get up!" Legolas shouted "Everyone else is ready and waiting."
"But it is not even light out yet," Estel pleaded hoping to get a few more minutes of sleep.
"It will be light by the time we reach the encampment. Now hurry and get dressed."
Estel sat up in the bed and rubbed his eyes. Mumbling about humans needing more sleep, he slung his feet to the side of the bed and stood up. In a few minutes he left his room to find Legolas and the others. In his haste he began to run down the hall realizing how late he truly was. His running abruptly ended as he rounded the corner, and plowed into the very guard who had chased him the day before. In shock Estel helped the elf he had knocked down to his feet. "Please forgive me, I did not see you there."
"It is quite alright, but perhaps you should be more careful the next time."
Estel apologized again and walked away. He did not hear the elf speaking ill of him. "How is it the best healer, and Lord of Imladris came to take a human as a son. Does he not see the fraility and weakness of his race?"
"I do not know, but I for one would not have a human come before any elf, but come let us speak of this no more."
Out in the stables horses were being readied for the ride out. Estel's horse was a beautiful chestnut mare given to him by Glorfindel. The elven horse was as fast as the wind, but refused any rider but her master. It had been a funny day when Erestor tried to ride the horse. He had leapt up on her back, only to find himself swiftly back on the ground. Rubbing his backside he had glared at Estel, as Estel sat chuckling at his misfortune.
"You did not ask politely if you could ride Erestor." Estel smiled at this memory and mounted up.
Thranduil turned to wish them all a safe return and to give his son a pat on the back. With an extra be careful to Legolas and Estel they were off. The small group moved through the forest ever watchful for spiders. Estel and Legolas normally joking around were now silent as Legolas listened to what the trees were telling him.
"It is not much further they say." he called out to the group. It would have been an enjoyable ride if their goal was not so glum. Estel sat upon his horse feeling left out as he could not hear what the trees spoke of. He glanced along the ground until he saw indentations ever so slight in the dirt. They were becoming a lot larger and more pronounced the further they went. Estel jumped from his horse and followed the tracks walking right past Lanthian.
"What are you doing?" Lanthian chastized the human for holding them up.
"The tracks no longer lead in this direction, but instead lead away into the woods"
"Do not be silly adan orcs do not....", but his words were cut off as the arrow whizzed by him, missing by mere inches. Orcs came out of the woods surrounding the group. Estel barely had time to duck down to avoid the blade before it struck him. As he hit the ground he drove his sword deep into the orc's leg. As the orc fell shrieking, Estel severed his head.
Legolas was notching arrow after arrow, each one hitting their mark and felling another of the foul beasts. Having used his final arrow, he gave up his bow for his daggers. With precise movement he slashed at the orcs, but even his energy was fading. As he became more drained from the fight, the more mistakes he made. Each time he narrowly escaped he sighed with relief.
Lanthian and the other guards fought bravely to keep any harm from their prince, but Lanthian had not seen the orc sneak up behind him, but he felt the blow as he was hit. The ground came swiftly, knocking all the air out of him for a moment. As an orc stepped in front of him and raised his sword Lanthian tried to look brave. Here he was without his sword or bow and no way to stop the fall of the orc blade.
His eyes blinked in surprise as the orc fell atop him instead, and as he rolled the creature off he saw the arrow sticking out of his back. Lanthian turned to look for one of his kinsmen, but instead it was Estel staring back at him. "Hannon le Estel". Lanthian still did not understand the worth of humans, but he was relieved this one had saved him.
As the group begin to tire more they saw another ten orcs coming through the woods. "We will never be able to fight them all off. Mount up and ride for Mirkwood" Legolas yelled.
Three had already mounted up and were off. All that remained were Legolas, Estel, Lanthian and two other guards. Lanthian seeing the orcs grow closer grabbed the first horse he saw and leapt atop it. He had made a grave mistake as it was Estel's mare, and he was promptly thrown back to the ground.
Estel as well as one of the guards had seen Lantian be thrown. Estel made his way over to the fallen elf and helped him up, he then patted his mare quietly whispering his praise. All the rest of the party had rode hard back towards Mirkwood, and the remaining four were about to follow. The orcs were coming even closer and their black speech sent shivers down all four.
All had mounted up except Melien the other guard. Estel looked down to see his ankle twisted in an odd angle, and he could not quite get on the horse. Everyone's attention was quickly turned as the orcs stood now within bow shot. One by one they fired arrows into the crowd of orcs until all of them were out. Melien now drew his blade and stood on his good foot.
"Get on your horses and ride for Mirkwood!" Legolas yelled knowing the four were far outnumbered.
Lanthian and Legolas jumped atop their steeds. "Ride Prince Legolas for Mirkwood, I will see to the others." Lanthian spoke drawing his sword. Legolas looked at the three. He knew Estel was unharmed, and finally shook his head. He took off saying to quickly follow. Lanthian jumped from his horse to go and help Estel with Melien. Before he knew what happened they were surrounded by at least a dozen orcs. With a look to the other two the fight began.
Lanthian was twirling his blade expertly and disposing of the orcs who dared approach him. A look out of the corner of his eye saw Melien trying to fend off two orcs. They had seen he was injured and were going in for the kill. Melien cried out as the blade hit his other leg and he fell to his knees. The orc raised his sword as if to deliver the fatal blow when Estel cried out in elvish.
"Cowards all of you are! You are poor excuses for orcs and were probably even worse elves."
The orcs fumed with anger. The human had dared to speak to them in that tongue and about them too. He must die. Melien lay forgotten for a moment and that was all Lanthian needed,. He quickly scooped him up and sat him atop his horse, and got on behind him.
"Wait" Melien said. "What of Estel?"
Lanthain seemed to think for a moment. He did not dislike the adan, but surely his life was not worth that of one of the first born. "I must see to you, it is an adan Melien. If I save him we may be killed. His life is not worth that of one immortal. He is destined to die anyway." With a sigh Lanthain took off riding hard for Mirkwood, leaving Estel alone with the four orcs.
Galloping hard Lanthian caught up to Legolas. "Prince Legolas, Melien is injured, I will ride swiftly to Mirkwood and bring him to the healers.
Legolas looked around wondering where Estel was, and after a minute turned to Lanthian. "Where is Estel?"
"Melien was injured so I left him to bring Melien to the healers."
"You left him with orcs!"
"Yes, He was unharmed. Forgive me prince, but he is only an adan. I had to chose Melien or him. Surely Melien's life means more."
Legolas wanted to throttle Lanthian at that very moment. He sent him a glare that could rival Lord Elrond's and then took off on his horse back towards Estel. Legolas yelled over his shoulder. "Take Melien back and explain to my father."
He must have taken a blow to the head during the scuffle with the orcs, thought Lanthain With a click of his heels he was off towards Mirkwood.The fear was already creeping into him at the thought of facing King Thranduil.
Summary: see chapter one
Disclaimer: see chapter one
A/N: Any reviews will be welcomed, flames will be amusing.
Now to the reviewers! All of you make my day!
Estelle1: You know the answet to this question. ahem
Catmint: Thanks for your suggestions, and the review! Sometimes it is great, and sometimes it is not, but I try! g
leggylover4ever: Here is an update!
Scribe of Gryffindor: Thanks a lot for your wonderful review! As I said some chapters are great, and some umm err well do not go so well.
SivanShemesh: I thank you! This brought a smile to my face
Riva van Dyk: I'm glad you liked it, here is more.
Hiei-Rulez: The ring sentence was just a line to bring a sense of when the fic took place, but I will explain it in a later chapter.
Kaorethein: Trouble is an understatement. hehehehehe
Elven Kitten: He soooooooooo will regret them.
Mornflower: Here is more!
astalder27: Of course it would not be them otherwise.
Beling: YAY! I have missed your reviews, they bring the biggest smile to my face. G
HarryEstel: They will get into EVIL trouble of course, what other kind is there.
Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter. To me it is not as good as the first, but it is leading somewhere of course.
Chapter 2
Estel was dreaming peacefully of home when he was startled from his sleep. He opened one eye and saw it was still dark, and rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.
"Estel get up!" Legolas shouted "Everyone else is ready and waiting."
"But it is not even light out yet," Estel pleaded hoping to get a few more minutes of sleep.
"It will be light by the time we reach the encampment. Now hurry and get dressed."
Estel sat up in the bed and rubbed his eyes. Mumbling about humans needing more sleep, he slung his feet to the side of the bed and stood up. In a few minutes he left his room to find Legolas and the others. In his haste he began to run down the hall realizing how late he truly was. His running abruptly ended as he rounded the corner, and plowed into the very guard who had chased him the day before. In shock Estel helped the elf he had knocked down to his feet. "Please forgive me, I did not see you there."
"It is quite alright, but perhaps you should be more careful the next time."
Estel apologized again and walked away. He did not hear the elf speaking ill of him. "How is it the best healer, and Lord of Imladris came to take a human as a son. Does he not see the fraility and weakness of his race?"
"I do not know, but I for one would not have a human come before any elf, but come let us speak of this no more."
Out in the stables horses were being readied for the ride out. Estel's horse was a beautiful chestnut mare given to him by Glorfindel. The elven horse was as fast as the wind, but refused any rider but her master. It had been a funny day when Erestor tried to ride the horse. He had leapt up on her back, only to find himself swiftly back on the ground. Rubbing his backside he had glared at Estel, as Estel sat chuckling at his misfortune.
"You did not ask politely if you could ride Erestor." Estel smiled at this memory and mounted up.
Thranduil turned to wish them all a safe return and to give his son a pat on the back. With an extra be careful to Legolas and Estel they were off. The small group moved through the forest ever watchful for spiders. Estel and Legolas normally joking around were now silent as Legolas listened to what the trees were telling him.
"It is not much further they say." he called out to the group. It would have been an enjoyable ride if their goal was not so glum. Estel sat upon his horse feeling left out as he could not hear what the trees spoke of. He glanced along the ground until he saw indentations ever so slight in the dirt. They were becoming a lot larger and more pronounced the further they went. Estel jumped from his horse and followed the tracks walking right past Lanthian.
"What are you doing?" Lanthian chastized the human for holding them up.
"The tracks no longer lead in this direction, but instead lead away into the woods"
"Do not be silly adan orcs do not....", but his words were cut off as the arrow whizzed by him, missing by mere inches. Orcs came out of the woods surrounding the group. Estel barely had time to duck down to avoid the blade before it struck him. As he hit the ground he drove his sword deep into the orc's leg. As the orc fell shrieking, Estel severed his head.
Legolas was notching arrow after arrow, each one hitting their mark and felling another of the foul beasts. Having used his final arrow, he gave up his bow for his daggers. With precise movement he slashed at the orcs, but even his energy was fading. As he became more drained from the fight, the more mistakes he made. Each time he narrowly escaped he sighed with relief.
Lanthian and the other guards fought bravely to keep any harm from their prince, but Lanthian had not seen the orc sneak up behind him, but he felt the blow as he was hit. The ground came swiftly, knocking all the air out of him for a moment. As an orc stepped in front of him and raised his sword Lanthian tried to look brave. Here he was without his sword or bow and no way to stop the fall of the orc blade.
His eyes blinked in surprise as the orc fell atop him instead, and as he rolled the creature off he saw the arrow sticking out of his back. Lanthian turned to look for one of his kinsmen, but instead it was Estel staring back at him. "Hannon le Estel". Lanthian still did not understand the worth of humans, but he was relieved this one had saved him.
As the group begin to tire more they saw another ten orcs coming through the woods. "We will never be able to fight them all off. Mount up and ride for Mirkwood" Legolas yelled.
Three had already mounted up and were off. All that remained were Legolas, Estel, Lanthian and two other guards. Lanthian seeing the orcs grow closer grabbed the first horse he saw and leapt atop it. He had made a grave mistake as it was Estel's mare, and he was promptly thrown back to the ground.
Estel as well as one of the guards had seen Lantian be thrown. Estel made his way over to the fallen elf and helped him up, he then patted his mare quietly whispering his praise. All the rest of the party had rode hard back towards Mirkwood, and the remaining four were about to follow. The orcs were coming even closer and their black speech sent shivers down all four.
All had mounted up except Melien the other guard. Estel looked down to see his ankle twisted in an odd angle, and he could not quite get on the horse. Everyone's attention was quickly turned as the orcs stood now within bow shot. One by one they fired arrows into the crowd of orcs until all of them were out. Melien now drew his blade and stood on his good foot.
"Get on your horses and ride for Mirkwood!" Legolas yelled knowing the four were far outnumbered.
Lanthian and Legolas jumped atop their steeds. "Ride Prince Legolas for Mirkwood, I will see to the others." Lanthian spoke drawing his sword. Legolas looked at the three. He knew Estel was unharmed, and finally shook his head. He took off saying to quickly follow. Lanthian jumped from his horse to go and help Estel with Melien. Before he knew what happened they were surrounded by at least a dozen orcs. With a look to the other two the fight began.
Lanthian was twirling his blade expertly and disposing of the orcs who dared approach him. A look out of the corner of his eye saw Melien trying to fend off two orcs. They had seen he was injured and were going in for the kill. Melien cried out as the blade hit his other leg and he fell to his knees. The orc raised his sword as if to deliver the fatal blow when Estel cried out in elvish.
"Cowards all of you are! You are poor excuses for orcs and were probably even worse elves."
The orcs fumed with anger. The human had dared to speak to them in that tongue and about them too. He must die. Melien lay forgotten for a moment and that was all Lanthian needed,. He quickly scooped him up and sat him atop his horse, and got on behind him.
"Wait" Melien said. "What of Estel?"
Lanthain seemed to think for a moment. He did not dislike the adan, but surely his life was not worth that of one of the first born. "I must see to you, it is an adan Melien. If I save him we may be killed. His life is not worth that of one immortal. He is destined to die anyway." With a sigh Lanthain took off riding hard for Mirkwood, leaving Estel alone with the four orcs.
Galloping hard Lanthian caught up to Legolas. "Prince Legolas, Melien is injured, I will ride swiftly to Mirkwood and bring him to the healers.
Legolas looked around wondering where Estel was, and after a minute turned to Lanthian. "Where is Estel?"
"Melien was injured so I left him to bring Melien to the healers."
"You left him with orcs!"
"Yes, He was unharmed. Forgive me prince, but he is only an adan. I had to chose Melien or him. Surely Melien's life means more."
Legolas wanted to throttle Lanthian at that very moment. He sent him a glare that could rival Lord Elrond's and then took off on his horse back towards Estel. Legolas yelled over his shoulder. "Take Melien back and explain to my father."
He must have taken a blow to the head during the scuffle with the orcs, thought Lanthain With a click of his heels he was off towards Mirkwood.The fear was already creeping into him at the thought of facing King Thranduil.
