Chapter 32
Half-elf Half-man Stronger then Both
I knew we would arrive in Gondor that very day. I was losing hope, yet my mother's voice always remained.
There is still hope.
I knew I was stronger then this. My father was a Dunedein Ranger! And he was the heir of Isildur! MY mother was a warrior among elf women! I was stronger then any of these pirates! I reached down for the knife in my boot. I had no time to cut myself free. One of the pirates came over and smacked me across the face.
"Cease your squirming! We shall arrive soon enough!" He said.
He grabbed my face and made me look at him. He was hideous. A scar covered on of his eyes and the rest of his face was covered in dark liner. I spit in his face and he kicked me.
"I do not fear you!" I hissed.
He grabbed me roughly.
"Oh so wee have a brave one do we?"
He threw me across the deck.
"And who are you to think you are mightier then us?!"
I stood up and looked him directly in the eyes.
"I am no elf…..no am I a man. I am the Princess of Imladris and of Gondor. Daughter of an elf and a ranger…."
I cut myself loose and then threw the knife into his heart. I took it back and slashed the face of another.
"I am NOT one to be trifled with!"
I threw another knife into another one.
"I am stronger then both man and elf! I am the Daughter of a Ranger!"
I took my sword back from one of the fallen pirates and killed every last pirate scum on the ship. I noticed that the captain had a sword unlike the others. I drew it and gasped.
"It cannot be!"
When last I heard this sword had been taken by Thranduil. Though I knew not who he took it from. For that was never written anywhere in any book. As I held it I heard a voice in my head, a strong deep voice.
"You now are the wielder of Orcrist. The Goblin-Cleaver."
I looked around but there was no one there. Already I could see the ruined city of Osgiliath. And there were still many ships to contend with. I was running out of time.
"I promised him. I must try."
