Title: Wildfire

Author: Astievia

Disclaimer: All the people in this story are Tolkin's.

Rating: PG13 just in case

Genre: Action/Adventure

Summery: Aragorn, Legolas and the twins go on a peaceful hunt. But with dragons, evil men, and a wildfire, their hunt turns all but peaceful.

A/N: This is my first fanfic and I do make mistakes, so please be kind. Flames will be used to cook marshmallows and hot dogs with. Also, like Cassia and Sio I believe that Aragorn was really raised in the house of Elrond, i.e. the twins are his brothers and Elrond his father. Also, I am slightly dyslexic, so if a word doesn't make sense, turn some letters around and hopfully it will. This is not an excuss, just a warning. I will try to get everything correct, but some things slip through.

And now on with the story!



The woods were quiet. It hadn't rained in two months and everything was brown and dead. The birds had quit their singing until it cooled down a bit. Four people made their way through the woods, three were elves and one was a human. To any passerby this would seem strange because humans and elves were not on very good terms, but these people seemed to be having a good time together. Drawing closer it can seen that two of the elves are identical. Both have dark hair and light skin. They also have the same gray eyes. The other elf also had light skin but his hair is pale blond. The human is about twenty and has dark hair that looked as if it hasn't been washed in a while. He had the same gray eyes as the twins, and it had been remarked that apart from being of different races, the twins and the human looked quite similar.

"I'm board, nothing is out in this heat." Aragorn stated. "The scouts saw some orcs on our border but I guess they left."

"Or your tracking is not that good." One of the twins said, ducking a punch from his brother.

"My tracking is fine, but yours, tsk tsk. Remember last year when you led us in circles trying to track that deer?" Estel stooped and looked at the ground but the track that he had seen of the orc was many days old and it would be no use tracking it now.

"It was Elrohir who was leading, and I can't help it if the deer goes in circles"

"So now you blame it on me." Elrohir said,

"In a word, yes." The other elf replied

"What do you say Legolas?"

The blond elf spoke for the first time, "We could have a contest of who can track better."

"Yeah, but the animals aren't out, so we cant track them." The human looked a little despondent.

"Who says we have to track animals?" The blond elf said "We could track each other, since there seems to be no one else to track. Estel and I will leave and you give us a ten-minute head start." He said, addressing the twins. "If you are able to track us before the hour is out, then you win."

"But that wouldn't prove if Estel can track or not." Elrohir objected,

"Then Estel can track me, and you track him."

" Well there's nothing else to do so if all agree we can do it." Estel said.

"Yeah I guess I'm for it, but only a ten minute head start for each of you." Elladan said.

"Deal" with that Legolas started off.

After ten minuets Estel started to track the elf and was soon hot on his trail but being careful to hide his own trail.



There was no sound except for the happy babbling of a spring. It never ran dry for it got its water from deep below the surface.

There were many tracks from when animals came to this spring in the first hours of the day, but now in the day's heat, the animals had all gone to find shelter from the oppressive heat.

A pair of gray eyes watched as a figure leapt out of a tree without a sound, looking around for any danger. Sensing no danger the graceful creature put its weapons down close by, and drank from the spring. Seeing the elf preoccupied the man crept closer. A twig snapped under the man's feet and he froze, but the elf hadn't seemed to notice.

'I've got him now' the man thought. He came nearer and nearer 'Almost there.' The silence was shattered with a splash.

When Estel didn't come up immediately, Legolas began to worry and call to him. Sputtering Estel came up

"Are you alright?" Legolas questioned,

"Yeah I'm fine. I can swim."

"Well it didn't look like it" the elf jested.

"Can you give me a hand up?" Estel asked, ignoring the elf's last statement

"Ok"

Legolas stuck out his hand and Estel grabbed it but instead of coming out Estel yanked hard, and Legolas, off balance, came tumbling into the cold water. Legolas came to the surface and shook the water from his head.

"Now my braids are ruined!"

"And whose here to see them? Not even orcs are out in this heat," Estel said.

"Easy for you to say, your hair hasn't been washed in a million years." Legolas countered

"That would be impossible, for unlike you I haven't lived that long." Estel replied.

"Yeah whatever." Legolas swam towards the shore. "I wonder when Elladan and Elrohir will show up?"

"They're good trackers, I'll give them an hour tops. In the meantime lets get dry and set up camp." Estel said, lifting himself out of the spring.

"No fire tonight, one wayward spark could set the forest on fire."

They set up camp with quietly with only the spring making noise.
 


 

Elladan walked through the wood his brother following him. Tracking their brother could sometimes be a hassle, he would lead them on wild goose chases and the trail would disappear at points. Though the twins would not admit it Estel could track as good as some of the best elvish trackers and knew how to leave no trail.

The older elf stopped. "Did your hear that?"

"What?" His twin paused, listening.

"A sound like crunching leaves."

"Now I hear it. It could be a bear or another big animal."

"No, they would have found shelter from the sun by now."

"Orcs?"

"That's what I'm thinking, lets try to out run them."

But as he spoke an arrow whizzed pass Elladan's head. Cutting them off, two orcs came at them from the front. Quickly grabbing his bow and arrows Elrohir shot at the two. Both arrows hit their mark but the delay had allowed the other orcs to come surging into the clearing. The two elves fought well but the orcs kept coming. Soon the twins abandon their bows and used their fighting knives. The orcs were apparently trained well for what they were and it took more effort than usual to kill them. After a while the orcs numbers slowly decreased, and soon there was only a few left.

The orc Elrohir was fighting was big and overpowering. It took all of his skill to fight him and that's why he didn't notice another orc draw his bow.

Out of the corner of his eye Elladan saw an orc take an arrow out of his quiver and take aim at his brother. He fought his way towards the orc.

Elrohir finished off the orc that had taken so much of his time and energy. "ELROHIR" Elrohir turned at his brothers shout and saw an arrow spinning towards him but it was to late.

Elladan was held up by another orc and by the time he killed that one the other orc had released his arrow. Elladan gave a shout but it was to late and the arrow embedded itself into Elrohir's chest.

Please review. Astievia