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Haldir heard voices coming from all around him. He slightly opened his eyes to find that he was in a clearing with several strange creatures milling about. A fire was blazing in the middle of the area with several people standing around it.

'Where am I? It doesn't look like I'm in Mirkwood's forests anymore so where could they have possibly taken me?' he thought to himself.

He glanced around to get a better view of the area when one of the creatures turned his head and saw that he was awake. The creature stood up, walked up to him and knelt beside him. It seemed as if the creature was looking him over.

"You are not like the other elves in Mirkwood," he finally said.

"What do you want with me?" demanded Haldir. "And who are you?"

"Don't you know what I am, elf? If you were so smart, you'd know what I was," he asked the elf.

Haldir didn't reply, not sure what he remembered before getting knocked out. It was slowly coming back to him but it wasn't all quite there.

"I can see you obviously don't know so let me refresh your memory. You were brought here by me and my people. We haven't been formally introduced yet. My name is Banside. If you haven't been told before now, we are the gargoyles," he said. "We will have fun with you, just like the others who have passed through here before you."

"Here? Where is here? What others?" Haldir wondered.

Banside snickered as he turned around and walked away from the elf.

"You will find out soon enough but right now, there's no time for that. Stand up!" ordered Banside.

Haldir didn't want to listen to the gargoyle before slowly climbing to his feet. He was caught off guard when Banside jumped on top of him, knocking him to the ground.

'What was that for?" demanded Haldir.

He struggled to get away from the gargoyle but he found he couldn't under the gargoyle's unnatural strength.

"Be warned for we are unpredicatable creatures. I will not tolerate your defiance. What you say or do may be used against you. You will listen to us or else suffer the consequences. This is your only warning," Banside quietly warned him.

He climbed off the elf and walked over to the other side of the camp. Haldir tried to stand up again but hands grabbed and held him down while rope was tied around his ankles.

'Looks like I won't be going anywhere anytime soon,' he thought to himself. 'I wonder if the others will realize when something's wrong?'

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Galadriel stared out the window, looking for any sign of Haldir. Celeborn kept reassuring her that Haldir was fine and to not worry but she had a nagging feeling in the back of her mind that something was dreadfully wrong.

"He'll be fine. He can take care of himself. Maybe he simply lost track of time," Celeborn reassured her.

He placed a hand on her shoulder but she made no response to him at all.

"Something is wrong Celeborn. I can feel it. You know it's been hours since he left and now it's dark," she finally replied.

Thranduil watched them from across the room. He was worried as well. He knew that if any of the gargoyles were still around and found Haldir, he'd be in big trouble. He walked up to them and sighed.

"Shall I send out a search party soon or should I wait?" the king wondered.

"Not just yet. We will wait until morning and see if he returns by then. If he does not, then we will send out the troops," Celeborn said.

Galadriel sighed as her stare turned towards the trees in the westerly direction. She narrowed her eyes when she began to hear voices in her head.

'Help me!' came a familiar voice.

"Haldir!" Galadriel cried out.

Celeborn and Thranduil both turned in her direction. They glanced at each other in slight confusion.

"What is the matter milady?" wondered Thranduil.

"It's Haldir. He's in trouble from something or someone. Please, send out as many of your elves as soon as you can," Galadriel asked.

Thranduil nodded before heading out of the room as quickly as he can.

"Did you see what was wrong? Maybe where he was," Celeborn wondered as Thranduil closed the door.

"No, I did not. I heard him yell out for help. I feel that whatever has happened will not bode well for Haldir," Galadriel told him.

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Legolas awoke to voices outside his room. He rose in his bed, wondering what the matter was that elves were talking so loudly at this time of night. He slowly climbed out of bed and headed for the door, opening it. Legolas watched as several guards hurried by his door.

"What is going on here?" he wondered.

He walked down the hall and arrived at his sister's room. Nanaylia has just stepped out of her room, looking tired herself. Legolas noticed that the guards were completely ignoring them.

"What happened? Have we been attacked or something like that?" she wondered.

"I am unsure. No one has told me anything. Let's go find Elladan and Elrohir. Maybe they have heard something," suggested Legolas.

Nanaylia nodded in agreement as they headed towards the room the twins were located. Legolas knocked on the door and Elrohir answered.

"Why are you waking me up so late?" he asked.

"Then you don't know why the guards are out in force either?" Legolas asked.

"Why would I know? This is your kingdom," Elrohir replied.

Elladan walked up to the door and saw the siblings standing in the hallway. He was about to ask why they were there but then he saw the guards hurrying about them.

"I have no idea what's going on but maybe we should find your father and our grandparents. Maybe we can find out from them," Elladan told Legolas and Nanaylia.

"Good idea. Maybe he will explain something," Legolas agreed.

The four immediately headed towards the study. In the back of his mind, Legolas hoped that it had nothing to do with Haldir.

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Banside walked up to Haldir, who was now sitting on the ground. The elf looked up at the gargoyle, who didn't appear happy. He grabbed Haldir roughly by the collar and pulled him to his feet. Haldir gasped out for Banside didn't stop when he was able to stand and he found himself hovering several inches off the ground. Haldir tried not to wince as the ropes pulled tightly on his ankles.

"Who are you elf? You will tell me! I know all about the elves living in Mirkwood and you are not one of them. We were lucky to come across you when we did for you were trespassing. You had just stepped onto our land when we arrived," Banside told him.

"What makes this your land?" Haldir wondered.

"It's the Dark Forest. That makes it our land. We've lived here for many generations. We've had some trouble from the elves who reside in Mirkwood before our reputation got out," Banside replied.

A female gargoyle walked over to the two and her gaze slowly went over Haldir's body. The elf thought he saw a lust in her eyes as she gazed over him before she turned towards Banside.

"Banside, the others are getting slightly agitated with the elf here. Some feel that others will soon follow, looking for him. After what happened before..." she started.

Banside remained quiet for a moment before turning to the female gargoyle.

"They don't have to worry much longer Yancha. He won't be staying here much longer. We will have our fun with him," Banside replied.

"Why not do something about it now and get it over with?" Yancha demanded to know.

"Because I'm sure this elf is friends with the royal family of Mirkwood and they'll come looking for him. They need to pay for what they've done," Banside answered.

Yancha nodded her head before stepping away from the two.

"When they come for you elf, they're going to watch you suffer terribly before we finally kill you," Banside told Haldir.

TBC...