A/N: Be prepared for lots of nastiness, blood and gore
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It was the darkest hour and the clouds had shunned all light of the skies from reaching the earth. Legolas slept, leaning against a slab of rock but Lalaith was at unease. She explored the area near their camp with the thrush perched quietly on her shoulder. Yet, little could be seen in the darkness that surrounded them except the rough ground before her feet.
Lalaith walked till she reached a sudden drop of a cliff. There, she looked towards the forest and saw a great army of orcs marching swiftly forward in their direction. She gave a cry of fear and rushed to where Legolas lay. The thrush flew up into the night sky and abandoned the two elves, fleeing towards the Great Castle. "Legolas, Legolas! The Shadow has come!" she called frantically. Legolas awoke with a start, his eyes searching for the deadly foe. And they were covered in a blanket of darkness. The two elves started running to where they thought the valleys were. Shouts of mockery were heard as the orcs drew dangerously close.
Lalaith and Legolas ran with all their might but still the distance between them and the orcs grew lesser each moment. And they faced yet another problem. They did not know the way. So the fled blindly across a vast open land with showers of black arrows after them. Legolas shot his arrows in return till there were only three left and he drew his pale blades. He tried to maintain the distance between them by attacking those that came too close but there were just too many orcs. Soon, they were surrounded and there was no escape.
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Lalaith clung to Legolas' sleeve like a little child, as she looked, wide-eyed and shivering with terror, at the circle of hideous orcs around them. The orcs growled and stared back at her, hunger crying out from their yellow eyes. Legolas stood strong, unmoving and black blood dripped grossly from his now still and silent knives. A fierce glint grew in his eyes as he looked at the orcs one by one. They issues shouts of threat and mockery and probed him with foul words to make the first move of attack.
Legolas never blinked his eyes and when his sharp glance fell upon an already wounded orc, the orc drew back a step, nervously. It was then pushed roughly by another from behind and it fell forward, meeting its end in an instant at Legolas' knives. And the battle began that very moment as if triggered by an invisible switch at his attack. The odds were against him for it was a struggle of a single elf against an army of more than fifty orcs and the fight was brutal.
Though Legolas was quick and skilled with the sword, his strength soon waned. He blocked the many blows that came upon him by the black knives of the orcs and attacked in return while trying his best to protect Lalaith. And a great deal of the orcs fell.
Then five swords suddenly attacked him at once. Legolas turned and blocked and managed to evade four of them but the fifth met its target and buried deep into his side. The pain stung sharply and burned him. He cried in pain and anger as the sword was withdrawn and Legolas dropped one of his knives, clutching his wound. The blade returned and missed him barely. Legolas breathed heavily, gasping for air, his hands a blur of motion as he swung his pale solitary knife. Lalaith cried in horror as another sword dug into Legolas flesh. He collapsed onto the ground. There were just too many orcs. He lost a great measure of his strength and his eyelids threatened to close but still his sword sang in a mechanical movement, weak and uncertain. Then the orcs made ready to jump upon him as his blade dropped finally, limp on the ground.
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Lalaith threw herself over Legolas and the orcs halted their attack. "His life is not what you seek for. Take me. Take mine and spare him." Legolas moved to protest but cringed instead in pain. The orcs laughed evilly. One of them lifted her chin with its blade. "Yes, we will takes you with us...but before that, we would have ourselves a little treat" It drooled, looking at the crimson red blood on the ground. 'Long have we wished to taste fresh meat!" "You cannot slay him for I do not love him," Lalaith declared though her heart was deeply hurt by her own words.
Legolas grabbed the sword beneath her chin. "Run, Lalaith...Leave me and flee from here," he managed to whisper as blood trickled down his arm. And Lalaith's eyes overflowed with tears. "How could I, Legolas? How could I?" she said, barely audible. Ribaldry laughter rang around them as their eyes met. "Your actions contradict you words," the orc remarked. "Come, let us not waste anymore time." And it lifted its sword from Legolas' hand ready to strike into his heart. "No! Wait!" Lalaith cried, falling to her knees in front of the orc. "Please let him go..." "And why should I do that?" the orc smiled. "I...I'll do anything. Whatever you want me to," she searched its yellow eyes vainly for sympathy that was never there.
Then a change came upon the creature. It seemed to be covered by a grey cloud and emerged later as a great shadow. The Shadow now stood in front of Lalaith, laughing ever so shrilly. Her necklace began to glow and an icy chill clutched her pounding heart. Legolas felt his wounds burn all the more at Its presence and he found it hard to breathe. All the orcs fell silent and stood in attention. With a wide sweep, It carried Lalaith away and the army of orcs marched after It, leaving Legolas behind. "Lalaith!" he cried with all the strength that he could muster.
I need to know the reasons why
Can you forsake what you've been given?
You took more time to justify
All the lies that you were living
I need to know
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
You seem to run you seem to hide
So are you scared of how you're feeling?
The time has come to live your life
So come with me and do some dreaming
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly and fly and fly
Fly away
Fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
Fly away
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A/N: Hahaha...cliffhanger! Is that what you call it? Argh...don't throw that at me! *cowers as readers throw stones at her* =P
Anyway, great thanks to all you reviewers out there. You made me so happy. Glad that you are all still with me. Wooohooo...94 reviews! Hurray to all of us. The song in this chapter is taken from The Thrillseeker's Feat, Sheryl Deane - Synaesthesia (Fly Away)
Congratulations to Lady Gwen of Avalon for guessing the right book, chapter and verse. Wow, you sure are knowledgeable (did you get the award, the little .gif file I sent you last chappie?)
Dear Snowmane, Yup, I wrote the song (Go, me! Hehehe...) but not the song for this chapter. Oh, it is confusing? Hope I made it clear in this chapter.
Dear Artistlil349, LOL Sorry, another short chapter...*ducks as Artistlil349 throws banana peels at her* this chapter is actually written in three parts. I got them together to make it longer but still it is oh so very short...sorry *puppy eyes*
Dear Undomiel, Thanks for reviewing every chapter *eyes Undomiel's axe and jumps as it clatters on the ground...yikes*
Dear Angel 1, LOL Outer Earth...hehehe...You made me fear Gandalf! *stays away from Gandalf dolly on my table* Attention: People people...please read and review Angel 1's Outer Earth! (Really really really funny =P )
Dear saturndragon, Yup hate it when the computer does that to me. Glad you liked my fanfic.
Dear Fluff Writer, More coming right up!!!
Dear Rachel, Yay! Thanks for convincing me that people are still reading my work. Had a hard time believing it with all the bad reviews and stuff *sniffs*
Dear kandi777666, Oppsies, maybe I should change it (got a lot of comments about that) but I kinda like Legolas dancing...(well not skipping in circles). Glad you liked my fanfic =P
Dear Hmm.../lotrsues, Yeah, I know you and many others hate Mary Sues. But there's one thing I can't understand. Why, when you hate MS stories so much, will you even want to search, collect, analyze and then put the stories up in the livejournal.com? Well, maybe you had loads of fun criticizing each and every one of them but please...do not do so. Those are the hard works of tons of MS lurvers. Can't you just let us dream? (if you call this dreaming) It is okay if you flame mine but some of those MS stories in there are really good. They don't deserve this kind of treatment.
Dear Nicole, Okay, I've updated the story...glad you liked it.
Dear kevin luver, Hey, thanks...I continued...hope you'll still like it.
Dear Good Charlotte Freak, Thanks for reading this fanfic still. I've updated...hope you like the latest chapter.
Dear Stary Night, Wow! Of course I would never ever hate you...those are the reviews I'm looking for. Thank you so much. I'll change the mistakes that I could. (Hehehe...actually, I always sit with my knees drawn close to myself when I'm deep in thought...but oh well)
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It was the darkest hour and the clouds had shunned all light of the skies from reaching the earth. Legolas slept, leaning against a slab of rock but Lalaith was at unease. She explored the area near their camp with the thrush perched quietly on her shoulder. Yet, little could be seen in the darkness that surrounded them except the rough ground before her feet.
Lalaith walked till she reached a sudden drop of a cliff. There, she looked towards the forest and saw a great army of orcs marching swiftly forward in their direction. She gave a cry of fear and rushed to where Legolas lay. The thrush flew up into the night sky and abandoned the two elves, fleeing towards the Great Castle. "Legolas, Legolas! The Shadow has come!" she called frantically. Legolas awoke with a start, his eyes searching for the deadly foe. And they were covered in a blanket of darkness. The two elves started running to where they thought the valleys were. Shouts of mockery were heard as the orcs drew dangerously close.
Lalaith and Legolas ran with all their might but still the distance between them and the orcs grew lesser each moment. And they faced yet another problem. They did not know the way. So the fled blindly across a vast open land with showers of black arrows after them. Legolas shot his arrows in return till there were only three left and he drew his pale blades. He tried to maintain the distance between them by attacking those that came too close but there were just too many orcs. Soon, they were surrounded and there was no escape.
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Lalaith clung to Legolas' sleeve like a little child, as she looked, wide-eyed and shivering with terror, at the circle of hideous orcs around them. The orcs growled and stared back at her, hunger crying out from their yellow eyes. Legolas stood strong, unmoving and black blood dripped grossly from his now still and silent knives. A fierce glint grew in his eyes as he looked at the orcs one by one. They issues shouts of threat and mockery and probed him with foul words to make the first move of attack.
Legolas never blinked his eyes and when his sharp glance fell upon an already wounded orc, the orc drew back a step, nervously. It was then pushed roughly by another from behind and it fell forward, meeting its end in an instant at Legolas' knives. And the battle began that very moment as if triggered by an invisible switch at his attack. The odds were against him for it was a struggle of a single elf against an army of more than fifty orcs and the fight was brutal.
Though Legolas was quick and skilled with the sword, his strength soon waned. He blocked the many blows that came upon him by the black knives of the orcs and attacked in return while trying his best to protect Lalaith. And a great deal of the orcs fell.
Then five swords suddenly attacked him at once. Legolas turned and blocked and managed to evade four of them but the fifth met its target and buried deep into his side. The pain stung sharply and burned him. He cried in pain and anger as the sword was withdrawn and Legolas dropped one of his knives, clutching his wound. The blade returned and missed him barely. Legolas breathed heavily, gasping for air, his hands a blur of motion as he swung his pale solitary knife. Lalaith cried in horror as another sword dug into Legolas flesh. He collapsed onto the ground. There were just too many orcs. He lost a great measure of his strength and his eyelids threatened to close but still his sword sang in a mechanical movement, weak and uncertain. Then the orcs made ready to jump upon him as his blade dropped finally, limp on the ground.
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Lalaith threw herself over Legolas and the orcs halted their attack. "His life is not what you seek for. Take me. Take mine and spare him." Legolas moved to protest but cringed instead in pain. The orcs laughed evilly. One of them lifted her chin with its blade. "Yes, we will takes you with us...but before that, we would have ourselves a little treat" It drooled, looking at the crimson red blood on the ground. 'Long have we wished to taste fresh meat!" "You cannot slay him for I do not love him," Lalaith declared though her heart was deeply hurt by her own words.
Legolas grabbed the sword beneath her chin. "Run, Lalaith...Leave me and flee from here," he managed to whisper as blood trickled down his arm. And Lalaith's eyes overflowed with tears. "How could I, Legolas? How could I?" she said, barely audible. Ribaldry laughter rang around them as their eyes met. "Your actions contradict you words," the orc remarked. "Come, let us not waste anymore time." And it lifted its sword from Legolas' hand ready to strike into his heart. "No! Wait!" Lalaith cried, falling to her knees in front of the orc. "Please let him go..." "And why should I do that?" the orc smiled. "I...I'll do anything. Whatever you want me to," she searched its yellow eyes vainly for sympathy that was never there.
Then a change came upon the creature. It seemed to be covered by a grey cloud and emerged later as a great shadow. The Shadow now stood in front of Lalaith, laughing ever so shrilly. Her necklace began to glow and an icy chill clutched her pounding heart. Legolas felt his wounds burn all the more at Its presence and he found it hard to breathe. All the orcs fell silent and stood in attention. With a wide sweep, It carried Lalaith away and the army of orcs marched after It, leaving Legolas behind. "Lalaith!" he cried with all the strength that he could muster.
I need to know the reasons why
Can you forsake what you've been given?
You took more time to justify
All the lies that you were living
I need to know
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
You seem to run you seem to hide
So are you scared of how you're feeling?
The time has come to live your life
So come with me and do some dreaming
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly and fly and fly
Fly away
Fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
If I give emotion
Will you show devotion?
Or will you fly and fly away
Fly away
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A/N: Hahaha...cliffhanger! Is that what you call it? Argh...don't throw that at me! *cowers as readers throw stones at her* =P
Anyway, great thanks to all you reviewers out there. You made me so happy. Glad that you are all still with me. Wooohooo...94 reviews! Hurray to all of us. The song in this chapter is taken from The Thrillseeker's Feat, Sheryl Deane - Synaesthesia (Fly Away)
Congratulations to Lady Gwen of Avalon for guessing the right book, chapter and verse. Wow, you sure are knowledgeable (did you get the award, the little .gif file I sent you last chappie?)
Dear Snowmane, Yup, I wrote the song (Go, me! Hehehe...) but not the song for this chapter. Oh, it is confusing? Hope I made it clear in this chapter.
Dear Artistlil349, LOL Sorry, another short chapter...*ducks as Artistlil349 throws banana peels at her* this chapter is actually written in three parts. I got them together to make it longer but still it is oh so very short...sorry *puppy eyes*
Dear Undomiel, Thanks for reviewing every chapter *eyes Undomiel's axe and jumps as it clatters on the ground...yikes*
Dear Angel 1, LOL Outer Earth...hehehe...You made me fear Gandalf! *stays away from Gandalf dolly on my table* Attention: People people...please read and review Angel 1's Outer Earth! (Really really really funny =P )
Dear saturndragon, Yup hate it when the computer does that to me. Glad you liked my fanfic.
Dear Fluff Writer, More coming right up!!!
Dear Rachel, Yay! Thanks for convincing me that people are still reading my work. Had a hard time believing it with all the bad reviews and stuff *sniffs*
Dear kandi777666, Oppsies, maybe I should change it (got a lot of comments about that) but I kinda like Legolas dancing...(well not skipping in circles). Glad you liked my fanfic =P
Dear Hmm.../lotrsues, Yeah, I know you and many others hate Mary Sues. But there's one thing I can't understand. Why, when you hate MS stories so much, will you even want to search, collect, analyze and then put the stories up in the livejournal.com? Well, maybe you had loads of fun criticizing each and every one of them but please...do not do so. Those are the hard works of tons of MS lurvers. Can't you just let us dream? (if you call this dreaming) It is okay if you flame mine but some of those MS stories in there are really good. They don't deserve this kind of treatment.
Dear Nicole, Okay, I've updated the story...glad you liked it.
Dear kevin luver, Hey, thanks...I continued...hope you'll still like it.
Dear Good Charlotte Freak, Thanks for reading this fanfic still. I've updated...hope you like the latest chapter.
Dear Stary Night, Wow! Of course I would never ever hate you...those are the reviews I'm looking for. Thank you so much. I'll change the mistakes that I could. (Hehehe...actually, I always sit with my knees drawn close to myself when I'm deep in thought...but oh well)