Chapter 10: Falling Down!

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Together the three friends continue looking for Elrohir, but to no avail. So they decided to separate, that way they would cover more ground together. Estel was going to help Elladan, as his leg still pained him, and Estel needed to be near someone in case he got sick.

So Legolas decided to go a bit further, looking for Elrohir. They still haven't found nothing, and now that the sun was up completely in the sky, the snow wasn't as cold as before, it somewhat had started to melt.

Those were ill news, as the still haven't found Elrohir. As Legolas was out of sight of Elladan, and Estel, going to another place to cover more ground, he was still pondering on where possibly Elrohir was. Suddenly, he heard a small crack, and found out that the ground was slowly moving.

He tried to get away from it slowly, so he lift up his feet, careful as to not jostle too much the already moving ground. He had no idea why it was moving, until he realized he was on the mountain no more, now he was down, where the ground should be. Had he come that far? He realized that he hadn't noticed where he was heading, and then he remembered that in that part, lately were hunter traps, trying to get the wolves that came too near the valley.

Moving slowly he tried to step out of it, but just then the trap gave up with his weight, and the weight of the snow, and he fell down, hitting the hard frozen floor. He had not noticed the trap earlier, as it had been covered with snow, and with his weight added, no matter how light he was, the trap had given out.

So now there he lay, on the cold floor, and he remembered no more as unconsciousness took him away, rendering him from all the pain, and for that he was grateful.

That same day the scouting parties went out to search for the missing friends. The rode out of the gates together, then later in the forest they got separated. What they were trying to do, was to search all the areas where possible the four could be.

Before setting out, they got together that if someone found out about someone missing, they would return him to the Last Homely House as soon as they found him. They plan out this in order to get them together as soon as possible and make sure that they would not get away again.

So, after they enter the forest the got separated, Thranduil leading a group, Haldir another and Glorfindel another. All were hoping to find them well and unscathed.

Little did they know that they already were in lot of trouble, one was poisoned, two unconscious, and the fourth one was becoming sick.

Elladan and Estel continue looking for Elrohir, as the sun began making its way behind the mountains. Soon night would fall, and still they haven't found out Elrohir.

Plus, Elladan was afraid of wolves, with their thick furs, they weren't that cold, and could survive low temperatures, and in case they came, they would not be able to fight them in their weakened state. They went to hunt at night, but he hoped that they would not encounter any that day. Still they got about four hours of sunlight before complete darkness.

He occasionally could hear Estel cough. He was worried for the young human; he knew he was coming down with an illness.

Still they hadn't found Elrohir, and the night would be colder, they needed to hurry up.

Now the sun had passed completely over the mountains, and the only worked under the light of the full moon and stars. The stars filled him with hope, but either way Elladan was starting to get worried for Legolas. He was decades younger than he was, so he felt that he should protect his also, and they were very good friends.

He voiced out his fear to his younger brother " Estel, have you seen Legolas since he left?"

"No 'Dan, I have not seen him", then it struck out Estel, Legolas hadn't return.

"Do you think he is alright?" he asked.

"I do not know, maybe he is still searching. Let's hope that he is alright."

Meanwhile, Legolas started waking up. He could feel all his body. His body was on fire, it hurt so much. He knew he had to wake up, and see where he was. Slowly he opened his eyes, and a wave of dizziness caught him. He was lying on his back, so he looked up to the sky.

He soon found out that he was trapped, and four walls surrounded him. He gazed at the sky, and found the stars. They sooth him, and in them he found hope. He tried to get up, but after trying he found out that his body hurt so much. It had been a long fall! He would never be able to climb out without a rope, and his body was also bruised after the fall

Then one thought strike him "There may be wolves in this side of the mountain, for that are located the traps! " He realized he was in more danger.

Then his worst fears were confirmed as he heard a lone wolf cry out to the moon.

Elladan soon found out that Estel was falling asleep standing up.

"Estel", he said "come and get some rest, get some sleep", he said, knowing fully well that Estel being a human tired more quickly.

"No, we need to find Elrohir and Legolas too" the human responded his older brother. That remained Elladan that they needed to find out where Legolas was also, they had not seen him again since he left earlier that day. He knew that Legolas was Estel's best friend, as he had not care that he was human, he was Estel's true friend.

"At least, Estel, sleep a little, you need to gain your strength" Elladan continued.

Estel, knowing that his brother would get things his way, he replied "okay, but if you find anything, please wake me"

"Okay, I will wake you" Elladan responded.

And so Elladan dragged Estel near a tree. Estel placed his cloak on the snow, before sitting in it and reclining onto the tree, to avoid getting more contact with the snow. Then Elladan took of his cloak and put it over his now sleeping brother.

Elrohir was waking, slowly but surely. His arm now didn't hurt as much as it had hurt the last time he had woken up, but it still hurt. He tried to find where he was, he could tell there was still snow, and he slowly opened his eyes, and saw nothing.

He started feeling worried, then his eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness. His glow was very little, but now he could see it. He moved his left arm, and touch snow. Everywhere around him was made of snow.

Fear gripped at his heart. He was trapped, totally trapped. He tried to move his legs, but found out he couldn't, they were covered with snow. There was just a little space where his head and upper body were.

He hoped they would find him soon, if not he would perished in the snow, buried after the avalanche.

TBC…

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