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"No. Two days is not fine," Gelmir said as he paced around their room. Luthien was on the same gold pile as before feasting on apples.
"Gelmir, what are you talking about? Two days is great! We get to explore the city and all that fun stuff," Luthien said as he spat out chunks of apples all over the place as he spoke. Gelmir sighed and said,
"Yes, but we need to get to Leona immediately." Luthien sighed and said,
"Well where are you planning on going after we leave? Because I don't even know what country we're in." Gelmir thought about it for a moment and then said,
"Well, we'll go to the Varden first and get a real map to Ellesmera." Luthien crinkled his eyebrows and said,
"Well how are we going to get to the Varden?" Gelmir raised his eyebrows and said,
"You still have that map that we drew when we were twelve?" Luthien smiled proudly and said,
"Sure do." Gelmir rolled his eyes and said,
"Well of course you do. You seem to lose everything else except that bloody map. Now we'll just use the map in reverse. Until then, Luthien, lie low." Luthien groaned and said,
"What the hell do you mean by lie low?" Gelmir looked him in the eye and said,
"It means don't wander off into the city. Don't talk to anyone we don't know. Don't even leave this room, alright?" Luthien gasped,
"For two days? Gelmir, don't be ridiculous! Come on! I want to view the city!" Gelmir sighed and said,
"No, Luthien, that is a death trap! If one little thing that shows them that we are not gods they will kill us right on the spot! Just stay here, okay? It will probably save our lives." Luthien grunted and said,
"Ugh, fine." And he got up from his gold pile and went to the entrance of the temple to look at the view. Gelmir was still in the other room as he said,
"Luthien, I'm going to take a bath. Then after that we'll start packing up our gold. Don't do anything stupid! Lie low!" Luthien sighed and leaned against the wall looking at the beautiful city. Luthien couldn't stand to stay cooped up inside the temple for two days when there was a whole new world to explore. He wouldn't. Luthien grabbed the first thing he saw which happened to be a golden plate and he tossed it down the very long flight of stairs and said,
"Oops, I dropped something. Well cant just leave it all the way down there." Luthien chuckled and went down the stairs entering the city he was about to explore.
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"Luthien! I'm out of the bath. Get ready to pack." Gelmir said as he put on his shirt and reached for a bag and started to stuff his clothes in it. When he did not get a response he wondered if Luthien fell asleep, which he probably did. Gelmir checked in Luthien's room. He wasn't there. He checked the main room and he still was not there.
"Luthien! Stop being a wise ass and come out! You're not scaring me!" But no sign of Luthien. Gelmir became panicked and looked in every other room of the temple. When Gelmir was no where to be found he screamed,
"Oh no! They got him! He's probably headless somewhere in a forbidden pit in the forest! O what have I done!" Gelmir totally overreacted but he was still quite worried of where Luthien was.
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Luthien entered a street and it was completely deserted. The buildings didn't look abandoned but the streets were vacant. Luthien finally found a soldier walking down the street. Luthien went up to him and said,
"Hey, where is everybody?" the soldier looked surprised and said,
"Well, my lord, the city is being cleansed. As you ordered." Luthien did not remember giving these orders out but he was disrupted by his train of thought by two soldiers chasing after a poor old man. Luthien did not like this and yelled,
"Stop!" But the soldiers did not seem to hear him and they continued to chase after the old man. Luthien became angry and said,
"Hey stop that!" The soldiers slowed down and one of them said,
"My lord, this man has stolen from the apple tree. Anyone who does that shall be punished. As you ordered." Luthien crinkled his eyebrows and said,
"Looks like I have been giving a lot of orders around." Luthien knew he wasn't the one giving the orders around and it was probably Elkor. He looked to the old man who had a sack of apples. The poor man was terribly skinny with his ribs showing and everything. He looked back to the soldiers and said,
"Well here is an order. Take the day off." The soldiers were absolutely shocked and they just stood there. But Luthien smiled and said,
"Go on. It's okay." The soldiers smiled and ran off in different directions. The poor old man was still sitting there mortified by Luthien. All Luthien did was smile and said,
"Are you alright?" The old man quickly offered Luthien the sack of apples. Luthien chuckled and said,
"No I don't . . . " But the man was so afraid of Luthien that he ran off into another street. Luthien sighed and explored some more.
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"Don't panic, Gelmir, I am sure that he is fine. There is nothing to worry about." Gelmir then remembered the times he had with Luthien. He counted the times Luthien had gotten lost and the times he almost got killed. Put those together in a city that Luthien is exploring for the first time and you have a dead man.
"No I was wrong. I have everything to worry about. Should I look for him? No that would just make matters worse. I will just stay here." Gelmir sat on the couch. He sat there for a few minutes and then burst out,
"Well screw this, I'm going to find him."
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Luthien finally wandered down a street that looked alive. There were kids playing on the streets and animals roaming. Everyone seemed cheerful and happy like there was a party going on. He wandered to what looked like a lake but the water was absolutely clear. The cleanest water he had ever laid eyes on. Luthien saw all the creatures that was lying in that lake. They were quite unusual and colorful. He wandered closer to the lake as he saw four large turtles that were as large as boats lined up by the shore. Luthien went up to one and was completely awed. Then he heard an old man yell out,
"You will have to pay to ride on one sir!" Luthien yelled out back to him and said,
"How much, my good man?" The old man finally walked around the turtle and his eyes grew wide.
"Oh, my lord! I did not know! You don't have to pay a thing. You could take the turtle if you wish!" Luthien laughed and said,
"No that's quite alright, but here ya go." Luthien tossed him two golden coins from his pocket and climbed on one of the large turtles. The man looked at the golden coins like it was the most incredible thing he ever saw.
"Thank you my lord! Now that turtle will go once around the lake and come back to this spot. But you can have him as long as you wish!" Luthien laughed again as he said thanks to the old man. The turtle slowly began to enter the water and Luthien got a better look at the under water world. The fish were brightly colored. All of these bright blues, oranges, reds, purples, and greens. The turtle slowly floated at the top of the water around the lake. As the turtle moved more closer to the middle of the lake he saw larger fish that scared him. They were almost as large as him now but still had the bright friendly colors painted on them. Luthien looked to the bright blue sky and back at the water and he almost screamed. There right below him was the largest fish he had ever seen. Or was it a whale? Well whatever it was, it was far more larger than the turtle. It was about fifteen feet long and had a bright red color with some purple scales splashed into his body. Even though it was the scariest fish he had ever seen it was also the most beautiful one. This was such a new world to him and it was so odd. He wasn't used to it but he would like to get used to it.
When the turtle had gone once around the lake it stopped by the same shore with the anxious man waiting there.
"How did you like it my lord?" Luthien smiled and got off the turtle as he said,
"It was absolutely amazing! I missed the sights of my Elmora. Thank you kind sir." Luthien got off the shore and wandered down the same street looking for more exciting things. A ball rolled to Luthien's feet and he picked it up and bounced it up and down. A group of children ran down the street and Luthien smiled and held out the ball. The kids were shocked to see their God out in the streets but they were happy. They smiled cheerfully and tossed the ball to Luthien as he played along in their little game. But what Luthien didn't know was that Elkor was watching him the whole time from a balcony. One of the soldiers came to him and told him what had happened.
Elkor looked suspiciously at Luthien as he played ball with the children.
"Well this is not what I expected. But perhaps lord Gelmir would enlighten me." Elkor turned around to the soldier that was still standing there. Elkor fixed his tunic and said,
"Well, How do I look?" The soldier stuttered and Elkor rolled his eyes and said,
"Ugh, shut up."
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As Gelmir rushed down the steps he saw Elkor in the distance walking to him and said,
"My Lord! May I have a word with you?" Gelmir rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath,
"What does this crazy bastard want now?" Then Gelmir smiled as Elkor got closer and he said,
"Of course, Elkor. What is it?" Elkor slightly frowned and said,
"Well Luthien . . ."
"Luthien! Did you see him?" Elkor half smiled and said,
"Yes, in fact he was playing ball with the children. And, well, I don't know it just doesn't seem what the gods would do. Not what I have read at least." Gelmir did not feel like arguing with Elkor and saying things like 'Are you questioning me?' So instead he said,
"What? Luthien doing this? I am outraged! Where is he? I will teach him a lesson! Lead me to him immediately!" Elkor smiled and said,
"As you wish! And I expect a good fight between you two, yes?" Gelmir bit his lip before he could say 'What the hell is your problem and all this violence shit?' But instead he said,
"Yes, of course!"
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Luthien was in a fierce game between the kids and he was having so much fun. Once he started running he was looking another direction looking for someone to pass him the ball, but he ended up running into Gelmir who had the most angered look on his face Luthien had ever seen and he said in almost a whisper so no one else could here,
"What do you think your doing?!" Luthien chuckled and said,
"Lying low." Gelmir was about to strangle Luthien but then calmed down and took Luthien's arm and turned to Elkor and said,
"Give us one moment please." He brought Luthien away from the crowd who were watching the intense ball game. Gelmir smiled at Luthien for a while until Luthien was scared and said,
"What?" Gelmir simply said,
"Did you know that I got a complaint from your 'good' behavior?" Luthien looked around and said,
"Really from who?" Gelmir tightly grabbed Luthien's face and led it over to where Elkor was and said,
"The crazy priest who is always spying on us. And guess what, Luthien? He wants to see us fight! And right now I would mind beating your head into the ground!" Luthien smiled and said,
"Psh! So what if he saw me make a mistake! We have only two days here! And actually I wouldn't mind staying here." Gelmir widened his eyes and said,
"What? Are you nuts? No! It is a beautiful city, Luthien, but we need to get to Leona and we also need to get out of here before they find out what we really are! And thanks to you we are one step closer to that situation!" Luthien sighed and Gelmir continued and said,
"Now do you want to give him one of our fights?" Luthien smiled and said,
"When do we stop?" Gelmir smiled back and said,
"Well, until the other one bleeds." Luthien nodded and started it off yelling at him as he walked in the middle of the street so Elkor could see,
"Well all I wanted was some Godly fun is that too much to ask for!" Gelmir ran after him and said,
"Yes! We are gods, Luthien! We are supposed to act Godly on earth! We cant act like what we act up in the heavens!" With that being said Gelmir slapped Luthien in the back of the head. The crowd gasped at the sight of this. Luthien turned around slowly to face Gelmir and said,
"Did you just slap me?" Luthien slapped Gelmir in the face. Gelmir slapped Luthien again in the face as well and said,
"Yes I believe I did!" Luthien then charged at Gelmir and started to beat him in the stomach. Elkor interrupted them and said,
"Um, my lords! What are you doing?" Luthien and Gelmir looked at each other and then at Elkor and said at the same time and said,
"Fighting." Elkor raised one eye brow and said,
"Well then shouldn't you be using your magic? Show us your divinity!" Gelmir sighed out so only Luthien could hear,
"Oh god not this divinity shit again." The two got up and Gelmir said in his normal Godly voice,
"I am sorry Elkor but we cannot do that!" Luthien said,
"Yes, we cannot! It . . . It will make everybody's eyes bleed!" Gelmir turned to him and looked back to Elkor and said,
"Yes! Your eyes will bleed and you will become blind for the rest of your life!" Elkor sighed and said,
"Very well. Continue." Gelmir started to punch Luthien in the gut as Gelmir whispered,
"Will you like to take the bloody punch?" Luthien grunted and said,
"I guess I deserve it." Gelmir chuckled and said,
"Yes, you do." Gelmir wound his arm up and punched Luthien in the mouth. Sure enough Luthien's mouth let out a stream of blood. Luthien was about to punch Gelmir but Elkor yelled out,
"ENOUGH!" Gelmir and Luthien dropped their wound up arms as Elkor made his way to the two with a calm face. He stood there for a while and observed them and snapped his fingers to a group of soldiers and said,
"Arrest these two peasants. Keep them there until I know what to do with them." The soldiers hesitated until Elkor yelled at them,
"NOW!" Luthien then said,
"Elkor! What is the matter with you? How could you lock your Gods up?" Elkor chuckled and looked deep in Luthien's eyes and said,
"Because you are not Gods." Gelmir and Luthien exchanged an 'Oh shit we're caught' look but Luthien turned back to Elkor and stared him down as well and said,
"Where did you get that idea from?" Elkor chuckled again and reached up to Luthien's face and wiped the blood stream off of his mouth and said in a soft but powerful voice,
"Because Gods don't bleed." Elkor licked the blood off his thumb as Luthien and Gelmir tried to struggle their way out of the soldiers grasp.
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"You still want to stay here?" Gelmir asked Luthien angrily. They were locked up in a strong wooden cage with soldiers around it outside the same place where they were getting there tribute. Gelmir continued to glare at Luthien and finally Luthien said,
"Well don't blame me!"
"Oh, I blame you." Gelmir replied back still glaring at him. Luthien tried to look on the bright side of life and said,
"Well at least things can't get any . . ." Just then it started to rain. And not a soft rain, a down pour. Gelmir was still glaring at Luthien when he said,
"Were you just about to say worse?" Luthien turned away and said,
"No, I'll shut up." After a few minutes of silence Luthien saw one of the soldiers lean up against the cage and Luthien tapped Gelmir on the soldier and whispered,
"Gelmir! Gelmir, look!" He pointed to the soldier who was leaning against the cage. Gelmir shrugged at the soldier and whispered back,
"So what?" Luthien said,
"So, we take his sword from his belt. And we tease him to come in the cage so he could take the sword back and once he comes in we knock him out and make a run for it!" Gelmir had a shocked look on his face and said like he was about to cry,
"Luthien. This . . . this is a moment. You actually have a good idea. Come here! I'm so proud of my boy!" Gelmir held out his hands for a hug and Luthien dived in and both hugged and sat upright as Luthien said in his god voice,
"Let's do this thing." Luthien moved to the other side of the cage and sat right behind the soldier. Luthien quietly grabbed the sword right out of his belt and brought it in the cage. The soldier turned around in a quick motion and said,
"Give it back you fraud!" Gelmir jumped in and said,
"You'll have to come in an get it." The stupid soldier muttered a curse and charged to the other side of the cage to the entrance saying,
"You are in for a big beating! I'll break your necks if you do it again!" Gelmir and Luthien got prepared as the man came in and said,
"Alright hand it over!" Luthien looked at Gelmir and then back at the soldier and walked to him and said,
"Here ya go!" When the soldier was about to take it Luthien hit him in the head with the handle of the sword. The soldier fell on the floor unconscious. Luthien and Gelmir high fived each other as Gelmir said,
"Ah! The duo is alive again!" Luthien laughed and said,
"You bet your ass it is!" But the soldier falling on the ground got the other three soldiers attention and they came after the two. Luthien and Gelmir looked at each other as Gelmir said in an eager voice,
"You ready?" Luthien let out a howl and said,
"Bring it on!" The soldiers charged at them Gelmir simply went up to one and tore the sword right out of his hands and said,
"Thank you, kind sir." The soldier became outraged and Gelmir just did the same thing as Luthien. He knocked him out with the hard handle of the sword and just like that he was down on the ground. Luthien was finished up with his soldier as well and there was only one left. He was a short fat chubby man and he looked quite scared. Luthien and Gelmir chuckled and Gelmir said,
"Look at yourself. Why don't you just lay on the ground and give up and pretend your knocked out, eh? Just do yourself a favor. It will save you from having a great headache in the morning." The soldier listened to him and he put down the sword slowly as Luthien said,
"There you go. Don't be shy." The man slowly lied down as he was told to and closed his eyes. Gelmir laughed and said,
"Good boy." Gelmir and Luthien ran out of the cage and quickly to their temple.
"Quick! Take as much gold as you can!" Luthien grabbed a leather bag and started to pour golden coins and jewelry into the bag. When they had about four bags stuffed with gold Gelmir cried out,
"Alright that as much we can take. Now come on quickly! We must get to the stables and get Aravis and Laemir!" Luthien nodded and they ran out the back way so no one could see their great escape. It was getting dark and turning into night, which was better for them since it would be hard to see them in the rainy night. They ran quickly to the stables unseen and ran to Laemir and Aravis. The two horses both had a grand stall because they were the 'gods' horses. The two horses neighed happily to see them but Gelmir and Luthien hushed their horses so they would not attract any further attention.
Just as they were finished tacking up their horses a soldier caught sight of them and yelled,
"Halt!" Luthien and Gelmir turned around and saw that it was not only one soldier but six soldiers charging there way to them. Luthien and Gelmir laughed as Luthien yelled,
"Oh shit!" and Gelmir called out,
"Ha! Just like old times!" Both of them laughed and climbed on their horses and galloped away and out of the stables. The soldiers kept on running after them but they could not keep up with their horses' incredible speed. Luthien and Gelmir howled and whooped their ways out of Elmora as Luthien yelled out,
"We're coming home!" and Gelmir yelled out,
"So long and good night, Elmora!"
A/N: So the last chapter with Gelmir and Luthien in Elmora. What did you think? How about you tell me in a review! REVIEW PLEASE!