Believe it or not, but I wrote a part of this story in the train, while travelling from home to the place where I go to school (a trip of almost four hours).

Disclaimer: Lord of the Rings is not mine, nor any characters, places etc.

CHAPTER THREE

Elrohir took the second watch. He looked up to the sky. Hardly any stars were visible. The sky was clouded and dark. It did not take long before the rain started pouring down. Elladan and Legolas woke up from the cold wet drops of rain.

"Maybe we should try to find a cave to give some shelter against this terrible rain." Elrohir suggested.

The other two nodded. They untied the horses and made their way through the forest. It took them about 20 minutes to find a small cave where they could find shelter from the rain. The three cuddled together to find some warmth.

"Hopefully it will not rain when we wake up tomorrow morning." Elladan said.

"Hmm, I do not think it will." His brother replied.

Legolas and Elladan went back to bed. Elrohir tried to fight off the sleep and tried to stay alert, because this weather always seemed to cause the darkest creatures to roam through the woods.

Elrohir slipped away to the land of dreams. When he woke up again, he heard the footsteps of creatures running through the forest. He listened intently to discern which creatures it were. After several minutes he was certain it were orcs and that they were coming their way.

He softly shook Elladan's and Legolas's shoulder. (double genitive)

"What..?" a very sleepy Legolas asked.

"Orcs, they are coming our way. Hopefully they will change their path, but we must prepare for battle."

Legolas took his bow and Elladan and Elrohir drew their swords. They listened and looked in the distance to see if any orcs had spotted their hiding place.

After a while they saw them coming through the trees, moving directly to them. Elladan and Elrohir stepped out of the cave for hiding was no longer possible. Legolas watched their backs.

Legolas took an arrow and fired the first shot. One of the orcs dropped death to the ground. The first clashes of swords rang through the woods and it seemed that more and more orcs ran to the battlefield when they heard the sounds.

Elrohir had slain several orcs and quickly shot a glance at his brother to see if he was all right. He seemed to be doing fine. Legolas had climbed up the hill and stood on top of the cave entrance, which was about 20 feet from the ground. He was firing arrow after arrow, sometimes even two at a time.

Legolas was focusing on one of the orcs at the back which was also carrying a bow. He drew his bow and at the moment he wanted to fire he heard the swing of a sword behind him. Legolas tried to dodge the blow, but only partly succeeded. The sword hit his left side, which was bleeding profusely.

The attack was not over yet. Legolas tried to grab one of his twin knives, but the orc was quicker. He pushed Legolas off balance and he fell to the ground. The orc put his hands around Legolas neck trying to choke him.

Elladan and Elrohir had notice that the flight of arrows had stopped. Elladan looked over his shoulder and saw Legolas trying to fight of an orc that lay on top of him. Elladan wanted to help Legolas, but could not leave his brother to fight off the other orcs. Elladan threw himself even harder into the fight. He killed several orcs, leaving only three others alive.

Elrohir who also had noticed that Legolas was in danger yelled: "Go, I'll manage."

Legolas felt his strength slip away. The orc lifted him up. "Bye bye," the orc sneered.

Before the orc could finish off Legolas, Elladan chopped of his head. The orc dropped to the ground. Legolas who had hardly any strength left, staggered and before Elladan could catch him, he fell of the cliff.

"No!!" Elladan's cry rang out.

He rushed down the hill towards Legolas. Elrohir was already with him. He had slain the last orc and was looking at Legolas.

Legolas was laying lifelessly and in an awkward position on the ground. His head had hit a stone and his side was still bleeding.

Sorry, just a little cliffhanger. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter.

Thanks to those of you who reviewed my previous chapters. I really appreciate your opinion.

Love,

Melwa Elena