Chapter Eleven - Lake Town

The raft continued on for some time. The elflings found that they could not sit up as it was going so fast. All around them, the woods were dark. They didn't know were they were. They just hoped someone would find them before something bad happened. They were jarred by a sudden quickness on the raft. The raft was suddenly spinning. It then began to slow down. They sat up and looked around. They had just come out of the mouth of the river. They were now heading straight towards the bridge that connected Lake Town to the bank. The raft then bumped into the wood and stuck.

"We should climb up these pillars. It should be as easy as shimming a tree," Elladan spoke up. Legolas frowned at this.

"That's what you say. These pillars of wood are soaked."

"Look who's talking. You're the one who cut the rope," Elrohir hissed. Elladan began to shimmy up the wood but slipped back down and fell hard.

"But it also looks like I'm right,"

"So how are we to get to the shore," Elladan spoke up.

"We could swim. There is no current."

"Then we'll get wet," Elrohir frowned. Legolas was already going into the water.

"You don't have to come. I can go get help," Elladan shook his head at Legolas.

"Your Ada would eat us alive if we left you alone. We are all going,"

"Elladan!"

"We are all going,"

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The elflings were sodden and water logged when they finally got to shore. Legolas spotted a house at a small distance.

"There is a place up there that we may be able to get help from,"

"How can you tell,"

"We can not see from here,"

"Because I was aptly named after my name sake. He had the best senses of any elf," Soon the twins were able to see it soon.

"To you Legolas, this is a short distance."

"For us not being able to see as you do, it is long,"

"It is even longer for a human then,"

"Elrohir, did he just make a joke? I didn't think it possible."

"I believe he did Elladan, though he was quite serious about it."

The three then came to the house. It was small in stature and old and ramshackle. Legolas reached and knocked on the door. A human opened and looked out.

"Demon!" Elladan and Elrohir had to grab Legolas and take off running. They headed across the bridge and into the mane part of Lake Town.