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Chapter 6

Everyone froze. "T-thousands of orcs?" Idhrenion stuttered.

"Yes, it all makes sense now. The Necromancer had been planning to attack Mirkwood, but to attack us, he needs a large army. That is why we didn't see any orcs," Legolas said.

"Then we must hurry back and tell the King," Alyon said. The others agreed.

"Beinion, when will they reach the palace?" Legolas asked him, privately as the others leapt through the trees quickly.

"At this pace, I'll predict 2 weeks at most," Beinion replied. Legolas stiffened.

"We must hurry, if we were to meet spiders again, then we are in much danger," he cursed. "They will come upon us if we were to rest. We must go on like this for 2 weeks if we were to avoid them."

Beinion nodded. "Our chances of escaping are slim, we cannot evade them for that long, nor can we fight them. Both ways ends up in fighting."

"We will not survive this. Promise me, Beinion, that if I fall during the battle, no matter what, you will go and warn the people," Legolas said. "And tell my father I was sorry. That I was sorry for what happened to mother."

"We will survive this, there is no need for you to say this," Beinion said fiercely. "I will not need to say anything to anybody because you will be there and will say it yourself."

"You're always so sure, but I'm not. We have 13 elven warriors, they have thousands of orcs. We will not survive," the prince said sadly.

"We will outrun them; we are quicker in the trees."

"We need rest, by that time, they would have sawn us and we'd be fighting with no energy at all. Just promise me, please Beinion," Legolas pleaded.

"Stop being so negative," Beinion hissed. "You need to survive this, your family needs you, no matter what, your family still loves you."

"I know this, Beinion, but I beg you, promise me that no matter what happens, you will go and warn our people. Please, they need to be warned," Legolas begged.

"Fine, I will, but you need to promise me to never give up on your life, no matter what, and that you will do the same if I were to fall," Beinion agreed. Legolas nodded.

"My prince," Thorontur said. "We cannot flee them for long, should we attack them or shall we continue?"

"We will try to evade them, and if we have to rest we shall, in the trees, and hope none can hear us," Legolas instructed.

"Yes my lord." Thorontur said before leaping into another tree and telling the others of the prince's plan.

"If we keep this pace up, we will need to rest in a day or two," Legolas said. "We will then need about an hour of rest and then start up again."

"In that hour, the orcs would've caught on with us," Beinion pointed out.

"Yes, so pray to the Valar and hope they do not catch sight of us," Legolas said.

"That's nearly impossible."

"What happened to let's not be negative?" Legolas sighed. "I know this is suicide, so if they spot us, we will make a diversion and you will race ahead."

"Why must it be me?"

"Beinion, you know you are the fastest tree climber among us, plus the trees love you more, therefore they will hide you among them better," Legolas stated.

"Fine."

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Calanon galloped towards his home, uncomfortably. There was something evil and wrong going on in Mirkwood for the closer he got to it, the more evil he felt nagging at his mind.

Oh please, please let nothing happen to my family, especially Legolas, he's been through enough already. He thought.

One thing was for sure though, there is something was very, very wrong going on in Mirkwood.

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The evil nagging at the back of his mind was stronger, and Thranduil got even more anxious each time he looked south.

"Father?" he turned to see Tolùviel.

"Yes, Tolùviel?" he asked. She was frowning.

"Do you not feel that? Something is not right," she said.

"Yes and it's coming from the south. The Necromancer is planning, and we need to be ready for whatever happens," he replied.

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This was not good, not good at all. Legolas and his patrol had run into spiders. All the warriors were already drained from darting in the trees for 2 days. And now this, the orcs would reach them soon, for they had already been spotted a few minutes ago.

"They will reach us by midnight," Legolas said, tiredly. "It is nightfall now. We must continue. Must continue-"

Totally drained from fighting and running, Legolas collapsed. "My prince!" Idhrenion cried in surprise.

"We must rest, just for an hour or so," Beinion said, taking control as he was second in command.

"But they will reach us soon," Idhrenion protested.

"They will reach us in 5 hours, 1 will not make a huge difference, and we need it," Beinion commanded. The others nodded. "Idhrenion you will take watch while we rest."

"Yes, my lord."

(An hour later)

"Let us continue," Legolas said, after he woke up. Beinion looked back.

"They have quickened their pace! They are nearly on us, an hour and they will reach us no matter which pace we have settled with," he said, thoroughly panicked.

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