(-)Chapter 3(-)
Aragorn simply cocked his head to the side in question.
"Two of them, a little ways south from here. Even the trees are confused as to what they are though. But there is evil surrounding them."
Elladan frowned, "How does ada not know they're here," he muttered in confusion.
Elrohir frowned, "Indeed, how did these two get into Imladris without us knowing?"
Aragorn simply sat, a deep frown marring his features.
Legolas frowned slightly, "Could they not have managed to sneak past the border guard?"
The three brother's glanced at each other and shrugged.
"I suppose it's possible," Elladan muttered, though knowing it wasn't true.
Aragorn frowned, "You two go back and tell ada, he should know about this."
The two nodded reluctantly and turned their horses, before dissapearing into the direction of the large house.
Aragorn glanced at the two remaining elves, "Shall we go find them?"
Legolas nodded slowly, a small smile spreading across his face.
Sardyn frowned, "You want to go towards where the evil is coming from?" he shook his head, "I no longer wonder how you were caught and enslaved."
"Never wonder Sar, it'll do you no good in this case."
Legolas smirked, "Indeed."
The silver-haired elf sighed, "Alright, let's go."
The three were off then, Legolas leading them to where he'd felt the odd presence.
Aragorn smiled slightly, closing his eyes and simply breathing in the deep scent of the trees he had missed so much, trusting his horse to follow his friend. His eyes opened again when the animal stopped and he glanced to his friend who simply pointed towards a few large bushes.
Legolas slid from his horse onto the leaf-littered forest floor without a sound and quickly climbed a nearby tree. Sardyn followed him and Aragorn simply pulled himself into the tree from his horses back.
The human's body was still clumsy from his continuous beatings and though the wounds were healed he still felt the occasional ache and didn't want to risk being heard if he stumbled when he hit the ground.
The three spread out slightly and frowned at the two beings standing between the trees below them.
Legolas glanced over at his friend and frowned, then quickly picked up the sigh language he had learned while his friend had been mute.
'Estel?'
Aragorn caught the movement out of the corner of his eye and smiled, turning to the elf and cocking his head to the side slightly.
'What are they?'
Aragorn glanced back down at them and frowned, 'They look like elves... and yet... they don't.'
'It is incredibly confusing,' the elf admitted, frowning deeply.
Sardyn stared at them a moment, and shook his head in amazement, these two never ceased to shock him. It was terribly annoying.
'Her clothing is odd...'
Legolas nodded, 'An elven girl would not wear something so low.'
Aragorn resisted the urge to laugh, 'You wouldn't last more than a night in Bree, you're lucky I didn't drag you into the common room while we were there.'
Legolas shuddered, 'You're lucky you didn't,' he warned, a joking smile on his face.
The two beings in the clearing had settled down in complete silence. The male looked much more like an elf than the other, he wore a simple tunic, leggings and boots and an overcoat. The odd thing was the colours, not something someone trying to hide would wear. His overcoat was a dark emerald, almost black at the same time, somehow. The tunic and leggings were gold, and the boots and the thick belt were emerald. The female, however, wore a low-cut tunic, and leggings that ended half way between her ankle and her knee. Which would be fine, if they didn't have slits up both side of each leg until a ways above her knee. At least they were loosely laced. She as well wore an overcoat, though she went barefoot. Her overcoat was a pale blue, bordering on white, and her tunic and leggings were silver. She also wore a thin, bright blue belt, which seemed useless as it hung slightly.
Sardyn watched them a while before sitting back, a smirk crossing his face.
Aragorn frowned again and glanced over to Legolas, 'They are weaponless... this is odd.'
'No it's completely normal,' the look in the elf's eyes bespoke his sarcasm.
Aragorn rolled his eyes and glanced to Sardyn before frowning and glancing back to Legolas, 'Should we approach?'
'I'm not sure Strider... they couldn't have gotten here weaponless... there is more to them than they seem.'
'I'm sure there is,' Aragorn signed seriously, 'what do you propose we do?'
'Wait for the twins?'
'They could be hours.'
'Well,' the elf sighed silently, 'I suppose we could go down, but be on guard.'
Aragorn nodded and glanced back to Sardyn, who was staring at them in amusement. The human pointed to the ground and turned to look at the two below them.
Sardyn just grinned, 'Would it not be easier if you simply told me what you wanted?'
Aragorn blinked in surprise and shook his head in amusement, 'You knew what we were saying the entire time, yet you said nothing?'
'I was trying to find a more interesting way of telling you.'
Aragorn rolled his eyes, 'We're going down to question them,' he turned back to Legolas, 'in what way do you wish to do this?'
'We could act as a patrol, they're more likely not to attack that way, they may think there are more of us.'
Aragorn nodded, 'Good.'
The three simultaneously leaped from the trees and landed silently in front of the two, arrows ready and aimed.
Legolas narrowed his eyes slightly, "What is your business here?"
The two froze in what they were doing and slowly stood straight, staring at the three blankly.
Aragorn shifted uneasily at the gazes they were given, now that he was close enough he could see the mithril clasps around their necks, imbedded in each was a glowing red, triangular stone, which could have easily been a ruby. If it had not been glowing anyhow.
The blue-eyed female turned to stare at the other, her short, silver hair blowing across her face as she turned. The green-eyed male glanced back at her, his shorter golden hair tucked back behind his ears and out of the way. They turned back to the three in unison with an odd, deep growl.
Legolas faltered slightly at the noise and frowned.
Sardyn blinked in shock and had to keep himself from backing away from them.
Three arrows were pulled back further, the strings tightening.
The female grinned suddenly. Though it was empty, a wicked smile.
The three scattered as a fireball was suddenly shot at them. Two of them ended up behind the bushes and the other behind a tree.
Aragorn whistled shrilly for the horses and in moments they appeared.
The three mounted instantly and fled, the balls of fire being shot at them from the two that came after them, some of which came much to close, causing the horses to falter and shy to the side.
Legolas glanced at the human as they ran, "'Let's not wait for the twins', you say, 'they could be hours'!"
"You agreed elf! Don't you blame this all on me!" he laughed.
The blond elf shook his head and sighed.
Sardyn just yelped as another ball of fire caming whizzing by his head, "Can we just get out of here!"
"Good idea!" Aragorn rolled his eyes.
The flames, oddly enough, seemed to dissapear as they went passed them. They didn't hit any trees, and nothing caught on fire, of which all three were glad.
Aragorn frowned and glanced to Legolas, "They seemed oddly familiar," he called, "and yet I do not remember ever seeing them before."
"I know," the elf frowned, "I agree with you, for once."
Aragorn rolled his eyes, before glancing over his shoulder, the two were nowhere to be seen now, and the fire had dissapeared.
The three continued to push their horses until they reached a small stream, where they stopped to wait for the twins, knowing they'd come this way.
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It was almost an hour before the twins came back, Elrond between them.
Aragorn grinned at them, "How nice of you to come! Dreadful timing really, as we're being searched for by fire-breathing elf-things."
The twins jumped at the voice, Elrond had already been watching them.
The elven lord frowned, "Fire-breathing elf-things?" one eyebrow was raised.
"Honestly ada," he muttered seriously, "I don't know how long it'll be before they find us."
"Then we'll find them," the elf spoke simply, turning his horse.
The three on the ground glanced at each other before mounting their horses and swiftly catching up with them.
"Should we go back to where they were before?" Sardyn asked.
Elrond nodded, "It would be a good place to start."
"They have no fear ada. I think they're being controlled by something on their necks."
Legolas frowned, "The mithril collars?"
Aragorn nodded then turned back to his father, "Ada? Do you know anything about a glowing red stone?"
A/N
Elven Kitten: An extra chapter for missing last week :)