The Mystery of Love
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Chapter Thirty-Five
The Undoing of the Wicked
~~~POV-ELESSAR TELCONTAR~~~
Elven arrows flew overhead as my men ran into battle. Not one hesitated. Every single man or Elf on this battlefield was prepared to die for what they believed, and that was war. Several hundred Uruk-hai had fallen already and their bodies littered the ground. Arwen and Reyna were barely noticeable among the battle for their lustrous armor was coated in black blood. Every time I heard someone cry out, I begged that it was not Arwen, and thankfully every time it was not. The Uruk-hai packs kept coming. I slaughtered two more by slitting their throats.
I heard Legolas's war cry. He must have run out of arrows. A grin crossed my face. These Uruk-hai were in for a good, hard battle. Every now and then I thought I saw a glimpse of porcelain elven skin flitting behind the beasts but when I looked again, nothing was there. I shrugged it off and slashed through the side of another Uruk-hai. Painful screams filled the air as the troops met the enemy. I grimaced; we were going to have several casualties. Uruk-hai black arrows whizzed past my head. I turned to see an elf from Rivendell shot in the shoulder. I ran to him and whispered calming elvish while pulling him back. In the back of the lines were ten Fae and three elves that were healing the wounded. I sighed, "He took a hit to the shoulder." One of the elven men took him from me and nodded.
Quickly I ran back onto the battlefield. My leather armor was soaked with jet-black blood. I wiped blood from my cheek and ran my sword through another Uruk-hai. The beasts kept coming, and there was no end to them in sight.
~~~POV CHANGE-ARWEN EVENSTAR~~~
I watched Aragorn run back into the thick of it. Worry surged through me as I cured the wounded soldier in front of me. He stood woozily. "Get out there!" He looked at me and nodded bravely. The next one delivered to me was not going to make it. I numbed the pain as I examined him. A gash in his throat was going to bleed him out soon. I grimaced, "Amin hiraetha." He nodded proudly and I motioned the raven-haired human closer to the dead. He was not scared, but beaming with pride for dying in such a noble manner.
I felt his heart stop and I shook my head. Twenty-two dead so far, I had kept track. I looked through the crowd for Aragorn and I couldn't see him anywhere. I ran out with my sword drawn. I hadn't seen him for over four hours; I had to make sure he was safe.
~~~POV-REYNA LINDELE~~~
All around me were massive Uruk-hai. I ducked under the swinging of their scimitars and narrowly missed the slamming force of their thick swaying arms. I jumped up, looking for Legolas. No one was visible from where I was but I saw a fortress. The same fortress that I had been held captive in was looming before me. Rage boiled inside of me and I slashed through dozens of Uruk-hai. I spun angrily and slashed through two more who were right behind me. Nothing could hold back my anger. My eyes lit with rage and I screamed out.
My vision was blurred with tears of rage and the sheer anger in me. I tore through dozens of Uruk-hai and turned to slaughter the being behind me when I screamed. As I brought my blade down it was deflected and I saw Arwen. "Watch your rage child before you kill your ally."
I gasped, "Amin hiraetha mellonamin."
Arwen smiled, "Have you seen Aragorn?"
I shook my head, "No, I have not."
She sighed, "Amin elea. Diola lle." {I see. Thank you.} Arwen ran out of sight without another word. I watched her go before I turned my sword in my hand, slashed it behind me and gutted the beast that was holding a scimitar over my head. He fell in a heap. Suddenly a scimitar grazed my shoulder. I cried out in pain.
I glared at the beast on my right, "Amin feuya ten' lle!" {You disgust me.} He grunted something in the crude language of the orcs in return and I slay him. His body fell at my feet and I spit on him. "Mereth en draugrim." {Feast of wolves.} Turning around, I saw an elven arrow lodge itself into the throat of an enemy behind me. I looked up to see Legolas.
He smiled, "Mae govannen HÃrilamin." {Well met, my lady.}
A smile captured my lips, "Cormamin lindua ele lle." {My heart sings to see thee.}
He nodded and slaughtered another orc, "Manke naa Rauko?" {Where is Rauko?}
I motioned towards the fortress, "E' eller...amin nowa." {In there...I think.} Legolas glanced up at the stone fortress.
"Sut uma lye wanna i' ramom?" {How do we pass the walls?} I turned curiously to see massive stone walls.
"Ron uma iltuupa ilya i' doron...eller naa rusva e' i' ramon nan' amin uma ilcaela manke." {They do not cover all the land...there is a break in the walls but I do not know where.} Legolas nodded and continued to slay the surrounding beasts.
"Lye anta utua ta." {We need to find it.} He started to walk around a corner of the wall and I followed. Two monsters came at me and I ran them through my sword. I snarled angrily at them and took off after Legolas. "Asca!" {Make haste!} I followed after him.
"Amin naa tulien." {I am coming.} I grimaced as I stepped around a dead human body and shook my head, "Ikotane nir' gurthuva." {So many will die.} Legolas nodded but continued on without looking back. I sighed, "Lye auta." {Let's go.}
Legolas saw a dead archer and cried out. "I'narr en gothrim glinuva nuin I'anor!" {The bones of our foes shall gleam under the sun!}
A grin crossed my face, "En rant. Gurth gothrimlye!" {Of course. Death to our foes!} He laughed and we took off.
A crack appeared in the wall, barely big enough for an elf to fit through. I looked at him. "Ten sinome, eller naa n'quernien n'alaquel." {From here, there is no turning back.}
Legolas glanced behind him at the battlefield and ahead of him at the looming fortress. "Amin khiluva lle a' gurtha ar' thar!" {I will follow you to death and beyond!} A smile crossed my face.
"Diola lle mellonamin." {Thank you my friend.} He slipped through easily and I paused at the entrance. Dead leaves covered the stone floors. The only trees that still stood were long dead and hollowed out. "Nothing wants to live here."
Legolas nodded sadly. I turned and saw bodies of Uruk-hai and elves alike littering the ground. Both sides held only death. On one side was revenge; on the other was a battle I should be aiding. I sighed, "Amin iluma ceala manke aut." {I do not know where to go.}
He nodded, "Ta naa de a' lle." {It is up to you.}
The cold grey stone seemed pressed in on me as I nervously looked back and forth. Finally I leaped into the inner walls. As I did a scream echoed behind me, "N'UMA!" {NO!}
I leaped back up and looked out, "Tanya nae Lirawen!" {That was Lirawen!} I could not see her but I saw where the sound came from. I turned to Legolas, "Amin iluma ceala mani um!" {I do not know what to do!}
Pale lips were pulled thin as he pondered a reply. "Amin iluma sut quen sina...re naa ba." {I do not know how to say this...she is dead."
My eyes lit with fury, "Sut uma lle ceala?" {How do you know?}
He shrugged sadly, "Amin uma, amin hiraetha." {I do, I am sorry.}
I screamed, "N'uma! Tanya naa risa!" {No! That is a lie!} I began to shake with anger. "Agaro uluva ten' sina." {His blood will flow for this.} I felt all feeling in me fade and ice cover my heart. Legolas followed me as I walked determinedly towards the massive oak doors. Without moving the doors flew open and the gust I had created tossed my hair around me wildly.
A long corridor stood before us. I turned, "Lle aa' querna n'alaquel sal' melamin." {You may turn back still my love.}
Legolas shook his head, "Amin lava a' lle. Amin khiluva lle." {I yield to you. I will follow you.}
I smiled, "Diola lle. Lye auta." {Thank you. Let's go.} I did not know where I was going but I did know that my goal was to feel that elf's cold blood between my fingers. I snarled as I stormed down the corridor and approached the inner building. This courtyard was all that separated us from him. I looked to Legolas and broke the window. I stopped dead.
~~~TO BE CONTINUED~~~
What's going to happen? Find out in ch36: Payment for you transgressions (a.k.a. Revenge for Dummies) R&R please!
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS!!!
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Chapter Thirty-Five
The Undoing of the Wicked
~~~POV-ELESSAR TELCONTAR~~~
Elven arrows flew overhead as my men ran into battle. Not one hesitated. Every single man or Elf on this battlefield was prepared to die for what they believed, and that was war. Several hundred Uruk-hai had fallen already and their bodies littered the ground. Arwen and Reyna were barely noticeable among the battle for their lustrous armor was coated in black blood. Every time I heard someone cry out, I begged that it was not Arwen, and thankfully every time it was not. The Uruk-hai packs kept coming. I slaughtered two more by slitting their throats.
I heard Legolas's war cry. He must have run out of arrows. A grin crossed my face. These Uruk-hai were in for a good, hard battle. Every now and then I thought I saw a glimpse of porcelain elven skin flitting behind the beasts but when I looked again, nothing was there. I shrugged it off and slashed through the side of another Uruk-hai. Painful screams filled the air as the troops met the enemy. I grimaced; we were going to have several casualties. Uruk-hai black arrows whizzed past my head. I turned to see an elf from Rivendell shot in the shoulder. I ran to him and whispered calming elvish while pulling him back. In the back of the lines were ten Fae and three elves that were healing the wounded. I sighed, "He took a hit to the shoulder." One of the elven men took him from me and nodded.
Quickly I ran back onto the battlefield. My leather armor was soaked with jet-black blood. I wiped blood from my cheek and ran my sword through another Uruk-hai. The beasts kept coming, and there was no end to them in sight.
~~~POV CHANGE-ARWEN EVENSTAR~~~
I watched Aragorn run back into the thick of it. Worry surged through me as I cured the wounded soldier in front of me. He stood woozily. "Get out there!" He looked at me and nodded bravely. The next one delivered to me was not going to make it. I numbed the pain as I examined him. A gash in his throat was going to bleed him out soon. I grimaced, "Amin hiraetha." He nodded proudly and I motioned the raven-haired human closer to the dead. He was not scared, but beaming with pride for dying in such a noble manner.
I felt his heart stop and I shook my head. Twenty-two dead so far, I had kept track. I looked through the crowd for Aragorn and I couldn't see him anywhere. I ran out with my sword drawn. I hadn't seen him for over four hours; I had to make sure he was safe.
~~~POV-REYNA LINDELE~~~
All around me were massive Uruk-hai. I ducked under the swinging of their scimitars and narrowly missed the slamming force of their thick swaying arms. I jumped up, looking for Legolas. No one was visible from where I was but I saw a fortress. The same fortress that I had been held captive in was looming before me. Rage boiled inside of me and I slashed through dozens of Uruk-hai. I spun angrily and slashed through two more who were right behind me. Nothing could hold back my anger. My eyes lit with rage and I screamed out.
My vision was blurred with tears of rage and the sheer anger in me. I tore through dozens of Uruk-hai and turned to slaughter the being behind me when I screamed. As I brought my blade down it was deflected and I saw Arwen. "Watch your rage child before you kill your ally."
I gasped, "Amin hiraetha mellonamin."
Arwen smiled, "Have you seen Aragorn?"
I shook my head, "No, I have not."
She sighed, "Amin elea. Diola lle." {I see. Thank you.} Arwen ran out of sight without another word. I watched her go before I turned my sword in my hand, slashed it behind me and gutted the beast that was holding a scimitar over my head. He fell in a heap. Suddenly a scimitar grazed my shoulder. I cried out in pain.
I glared at the beast on my right, "Amin feuya ten' lle!" {You disgust me.} He grunted something in the crude language of the orcs in return and I slay him. His body fell at my feet and I spit on him. "Mereth en draugrim." {Feast of wolves.} Turning around, I saw an elven arrow lodge itself into the throat of an enemy behind me. I looked up to see Legolas.
He smiled, "Mae govannen HÃrilamin." {Well met, my lady.}
A smile captured my lips, "Cormamin lindua ele lle." {My heart sings to see thee.}
He nodded and slaughtered another orc, "Manke naa Rauko?" {Where is Rauko?}
I motioned towards the fortress, "E' eller...amin nowa." {In there...I think.} Legolas glanced up at the stone fortress.
"Sut uma lye wanna i' ramom?" {How do we pass the walls?} I turned curiously to see massive stone walls.
"Ron uma iltuupa ilya i' doron...eller naa rusva e' i' ramon nan' amin uma ilcaela manke." {They do not cover all the land...there is a break in the walls but I do not know where.} Legolas nodded and continued to slay the surrounding beasts.
"Lye anta utua ta." {We need to find it.} He started to walk around a corner of the wall and I followed. Two monsters came at me and I ran them through my sword. I snarled angrily at them and took off after Legolas. "Asca!" {Make haste!} I followed after him.
"Amin naa tulien." {I am coming.} I grimaced as I stepped around a dead human body and shook my head, "Ikotane nir' gurthuva." {So many will die.} Legolas nodded but continued on without looking back. I sighed, "Lye auta." {Let's go.}
Legolas saw a dead archer and cried out. "I'narr en gothrim glinuva nuin I'anor!" {The bones of our foes shall gleam under the sun!}
A grin crossed my face, "En rant. Gurth gothrimlye!" {Of course. Death to our foes!} He laughed and we took off.
A crack appeared in the wall, barely big enough for an elf to fit through. I looked at him. "Ten sinome, eller naa n'quernien n'alaquel." {From here, there is no turning back.}
Legolas glanced behind him at the battlefield and ahead of him at the looming fortress. "Amin khiluva lle a' gurtha ar' thar!" {I will follow you to death and beyond!} A smile crossed my face.
"Diola lle mellonamin." {Thank you my friend.} He slipped through easily and I paused at the entrance. Dead leaves covered the stone floors. The only trees that still stood were long dead and hollowed out. "Nothing wants to live here."
Legolas nodded sadly. I turned and saw bodies of Uruk-hai and elves alike littering the ground. Both sides held only death. On one side was revenge; on the other was a battle I should be aiding. I sighed, "Amin iluma ceala manke aut." {I do not know where to go.}
He nodded, "Ta naa de a' lle." {It is up to you.}
The cold grey stone seemed pressed in on me as I nervously looked back and forth. Finally I leaped into the inner walls. As I did a scream echoed behind me, "N'UMA!" {NO!}
I leaped back up and looked out, "Tanya nae Lirawen!" {That was Lirawen!} I could not see her but I saw where the sound came from. I turned to Legolas, "Amin iluma ceala mani um!" {I do not know what to do!}
Pale lips were pulled thin as he pondered a reply. "Amin iluma sut quen sina...re naa ba." {I do not know how to say this...she is dead."
My eyes lit with fury, "Sut uma lle ceala?" {How do you know?}
He shrugged sadly, "Amin uma, amin hiraetha." {I do, I am sorry.}
I screamed, "N'uma! Tanya naa risa!" {No! That is a lie!} I began to shake with anger. "Agaro uluva ten' sina." {His blood will flow for this.} I felt all feeling in me fade and ice cover my heart. Legolas followed me as I walked determinedly towards the massive oak doors. Without moving the doors flew open and the gust I had created tossed my hair around me wildly.
A long corridor stood before us. I turned, "Lle aa' querna n'alaquel sal' melamin." {You may turn back still my love.}
Legolas shook his head, "Amin lava a' lle. Amin khiluva lle." {I yield to you. I will follow you.}
I smiled, "Diola lle. Lye auta." {Thank you. Let's go.} I did not know where I was going but I did know that my goal was to feel that elf's cold blood between my fingers. I snarled as I stormed down the corridor and approached the inner building. This courtyard was all that separated us from him. I looked to Legolas and broke the window. I stopped dead.
~~~TO BE CONTINUED~~~
What's going to happen? Find out in ch36: Payment for you transgressions (a.k.a. Revenge for Dummies) R&R please!