Disclaimer- I do not… -sighs- just look at chapter one… I am tired of typing this over and over again…
A/N- Short chapter… it's mainly about Legolas and Tirnen.
Chapter 15- Forgotten Tirnen
A horrible day passed, and all of the Elves were still enslaved, but thanks to Mirkwood's army (and Faramir), Estel and Arwen were both rescued and they are now in Gondor. Aragorn is working hard to get slavery abolished in Middle-Earth, but sadly, he has had little progress in reaching his goal.
.oOo.
"Here." Tirnen and Legolas's master harshly shoved a tray of food in front of them. Then he left just as quickly as he had come in.
Tirnen picked up a portion of meat and gave it to Ris. "I cannot allow you to starve to death…" He stroked Ris's muzzle before sitting down next to Legolas.
Tirnen ate solemnly and alone, for Legolas was knocked unconscious by the man.
But just before he finished his portion of their meager amount, the wooden door to their room slammed open again, and their master came rushing in. He took Tirnen and Ris and hurriedly pulled them into a spare room. A room that Tirnen hadn't been in before. There, the man put a shackle on both Tirnen and Ris's necks. Then he locked the shackle's locks and pocketed the golden key. After doing that very hastily, he quickly ran out of the room and locked that door, also.
Running back to the Elven prince, he quickly grabbed him and was about to pull him out of the room, but King Thranduil blocked his only exit.
"I see that you have my son in your grasp." The king said, very irate.
"T-t-this I-I-is y-y-your s-s-son?" The man shook nervously.
"Yes. Now let him go." Thranduil warned.
The man hastily dropped Legolas's arm and fell to his knees before the king. "P-p-please, d-do n-n-not k-kill m-m-me." He pleaded for his pitiful life.
"I will not kill you." The king said.
The man looked up at the king with hope.
"Not now, at least." Thranduil said angrily, "I want you to be tortured before you are actually given death."
The man's hopeful gaze soon fell back down to the floor; now filled with sorrow and regret.
The king then turned to his son who was still badly wounded and unconscious. "Ion-nin." Thranduil carefully picked Legolas up in his arms and held him lovingly.
Thranduil turned back to the man and said flatly, "I want you to come with me." He walked out of the shop with Legolas in his arms and the man following sadly behind.
When they were outside, Thranduil carefully placed Legolas on the back of his horse. Then he got some rope from the pack that his horse was carrying. He made a noose at the end of the length of rope and threw it over the man's head. "You will run after my horse, and if you fall, you will be dragged."
Once finished with the man, he mounted right behind his son.
He urged the shimmering white mare into a run at full gallop. The man was too slow and he tripped over a rock, causing him to fall into the dirt and to be dragged.
The king and the prince reached Mirkwood with the man's dead body still trailing in the mare's hoof-prints. Thranduil dismounted and cut the rope that tethered the man to the horse. He dragged the limp body by the rope into a clearing for the wild animals of Mirkwood to eat. He walked back to the mare once more and smiled; Legolas was beginning to wake from his unconscious state. The king mounted right behind his son again and had the mare run to the palace.
.oOo.
Tirnen was not faring as well as Legolas. The armory shop owner apparently had a son, whom followed in his father's footsteps. He was the age of fifteen, but he was very strong for a boy his age. He came in and Tirnen asked for the boy to free him. But instead of the boy freeing him, he stabbed Tirnen in his abdomen. Not once, but twice that wretched silver blade pierced Tirnen's strong abdomen.
The teenager sneered at Tirnen's pain-filled state. And just before he left, he kicked Tirnen in-between his legs.
Tirnen was now on the ground, doubled-over in pain. Ris lay down next to him and curled her body around Tirnen's.
The two spent the night in the wretched, hellish place. Tirnen slept soundlessly with Ris carefully keeping guard over him.
Tbc…
Responds to Reviews-
Saerwen- Well, wouldn't you act the same way as Thranduil if you had a son and he was captured and tortured?
Mr. Leader- Uh… I have no comment…
XxelfxX- Thanks:)
JediGollum- But you are crazy:D
Fk306 animelover- He just did:)
Silviasilverelf- -nod- Yes… so close… yet so far…
Troubles8806- No, you didn't mix anything up. Sorry if that chapter was a bit confusing.
Opalkitty- Well, Thranduil got Legolas… but poor Tirnen and Ris are still stuck in that awful place:(