Fire Reborn

by SilverMoonrise

Creatures of old which have long since been forgotten are returning and wreaking havoc on the land they had once inhabited. But why? It looks like Middle Earth is in need of another hero. There are three possible saviors: one has been kept hidden from the world, another's heart yearns for adventure, and the third just wishes her sister would stop getting into trouble. Review please

5. Helpless

Four

Eleniel

I whirled and ducked, avoiding those gnashing fangs and hairy legs, throwing knives the whole time. I had adopted my mother's skill for knife throwing. I could shoot a bow accurately, but I preferred the glittering steel.

"Eleniel!" I looked up to see my father grinning at me. "Welcome to the battle!"

I spun and sliced off the head of a spider behind me, then let the knife go. It sailed over Legolas' head and impaled itself in the spider rearing up behind him.

"Twelve!" I yelled, remembering how he used to compete with the dwarf, Gimli, during battles.

"Only?" He loosed an arrow and it brought down a spider behind my mother. "Twenty six."

I did pirouette and killed another three spiders. "Bring it on, old man!"

"Uuh, guys!" I glanced at my mother and was horrified to see her cornered by six black bodies. "A little help!"

Miriel

A pain in my foot brought me back to reality. I suppressed a yelp as feeling rushed back into my numb limbs. The Elven portion of my blood had started combating the poison, but it would still need to be healed. I squeezed my now-yellowish foot and a sickly white substance dribbled out.

"Euch."

I searched for my boot and sighed as I spotted it on the ground beside the dead spider. I swung myself off the branch and began my descent, cursing my stiff back.

The skin-changer's secret

I began packing as Beorn had disappeared from my sight.

This was going to be the adventure of a lifetime.