Chapter 2: An elvish meeting

Little Groshmogh couldn't believe his eyes. He saw three Elves and it seemed to be they were not the only one. Oh yes, our little Orc had heard a lot about the Elves. But as usual, the Orcs were saying nothing than bad things about the other races of Middle-Earth. And Groshmogh was already used to the fact that what was said, wasn't true at all. For instance; if it was true what the Orcs were telling, why were the Orcs no longer living in Mordor? And what about the One Ring? The leader of the Orcs, always claimed it was hidden, but even little Groshmogh knew the Orcs would have used it's power. He knew deep in his Heart, there was something about this Ring. Even now it was destroyed, Groshmogh could feel the aweful nature of this thing. He was glad where ever it was, it would never showed up again.

Bruno, his Deer friend, was looking at some tasty leafs. Then Groshmogh reminded himself, he was looking at the Elves.

No Bruno! He whispered. Not now. We have to be quiet.

And soon they both hide deeper behind the small bush and soon there arrived more Elves. Groshmogh was well aware about his Orc race. He knew they would not like it when they found out, they were kinda "spied" by an Orc.

There arrived a few more Elves and one of them was immidiatly catching the eye of Groshmogh. It was a tall lady with ravenblack hair and she was wearing a dark blue coat and beneath the coat, she was wearing an icy blue dress. The sleeves were white and her face was very white as well. Her dark blue eyes were shining with a friendly smile into the world. Groshmogh couldn't help it, but he immidiatly loved this Elf like she was his mother. He never had a mother, because he was created by a wizard, but it felt like this lady was his mother. She looked to a man beside her and he was also wearing icy blue clothing and his coat was the same dark color as the lady her coat. Groshmogh could see they were some how related.

The lady opened her mouth. "My dear friends, it is good to see all of you again here at our meeting. We have to keep our meetings secret. Although evil has been destroyed years ago, there are still evil creatures who are anxious to kill us whenever they get the chance. And they are not only Orcs. Since all the time I have walked through the woods of Lothlorien and Rivendell and have stayed a while in Mirkwood, I have heard the trees talking. They are aware there is new evil coming upon us. Maybe not as powerful as the Dark Lords Morgoth and Sauron were, but still strong enough to kill the Elves who haven't left to go to Valinor yet.

It is necessary we keep our meetings save and unknown to the others. During all those years of suffering, we have discovered we can't trust the world of men anymore. Aragorn and his lovely queen Arwen, have been good to us and showed us their faith and trust, but others don't seem to be willing to do the same."

The other Elves agreed. A man stood up and said: You are right, Lady Ilëah. We must be more careful with whom we speak. Long have we suffered and strong were our fights, but now we still have to be careful.

Groshmogh looked at his friend Bruno. He whispered: Did you hear that, Bruno? There is something going on.

Ilëah continued. " We all know very well which races we can trust and which we can't. We can't trust the world of men. And even among our own race, we have to watch out. We do know who our biggest enemy is. The race of ORCS !"

And at that same moment, Ilëah stretched her arm out and before Groshmogh knew what happened, he was grabbed by an invisible power and thrown before the feet of Ilëah.

Oh my goodness! An Orc! We must kill him! These words were shouted by several Elves and one of the Elves grab an arrow and was just about going to shoot it at groshmogh when suddenly Ilëah said: No! No, we mustn't kill him. If he is a spy, we must keep him and prevend him from running away. Groshmogh didn't know what to say. He would like to scream and call for help, but somehow he couldn't open his mouth. His friend Bruno stood next to him. He was probably ready to kill this poor Der, one of the Elves said. Poor thing, we just rescued you. The Elf walked up to Bruno and he wanted to touch it on his head, when suddenly Bruno rushed away. Poor thing! The Elf said. But Ilëah had a strange feeling coming up to her. Somewhere inside, she had the feeling this Deer was connected with the Orc and he was not going to be the meal.

Ilëah also noticed the bird flying above Groshmogh's head. Just like it was watching over him.

This is so weird, the Elvish lady said softly to herself. Animals normally would fled away from the Orcs, but it looks like this one, is not their enemy.

Ilëah allowed the others to tie the Orc and they left with Groshmogh with them. But the feeling that there was something unusual at this Orc, didn't leave Ilëah.

Then they walked a long way back to their home. Tomorrow we will decide what we are going to do with this creature, the man in icy blue clothes said.

End of Chapter 2.