𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐘━︎━︎L. Greenleaf

❝CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE❞

▌𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 ━︎━︎ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐨𝐠 ▌

━︎━︎━︎━︎𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 eyes at the door, watching as Aragorn quickly pushed the Hobbits back towards Gandalf. Aragorn and Boromir pressed themselves against the doors as Boromir sighed. "They have a cave-troll." Legolas tossed them two axes which they quickly used to barricade the doors. Legolas, Ellaria, Aragorn, Boromir, and Gandalf stood at the ready around Balin's tomb.

Gimli jumped up on to of the tomb stone, readying his axe. "Let them come. There is one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath."

They began breaking through the woods and Legolas and Aragorn took turns shooting an arrow through the hole the Orcs had made until they burst through the doors completely and came flying in.

Ellaria quickly began cutting the Orcs down. She stabbed on in the stomach, pulling her sword out and spinning towards another Orc and cutting his head off. She jumped over his body, landing on top of another Orc and stabbing her sword into its skull. She jumped down, quickly pulling her head back as an Orc swung it's weapon at her. She stabbed it in the throat, pushing the sword all the way through and impaling another Orc. She ripped her weapon free from the two bodies and paused long enough to look up as the large cave-troll came barreling in.

The cave-troll went for Sam who quickly ran between it's legs. The troll turned, moving to squish Sam like a bug only to be tugged back by Aragorn and Boromir who were pulling on the chain that was around its neck. The troll turned, swinging its large weapon and hitting Boromir, sending him flying and slamming into a wall. The cave troll started going after Gimli who rolled away from its swings. Legolas lifted his bow, sending two arrows flying into the troll but it did nothing.

The troll began to go for Legolas and Ellaria clinched her jaw, stabbing another Orc before going after the troll that was swinging its chain in an attempt to hit Legolas. She jumped up, grasping the flying chain and letting go when she was in the air. She landed on the trolls back and Legolas quickly stepped on it's chain, holding it still. She lifted her sword up before plunging it through the trolls skull. It began stumbling and Ellaria quickly jumped off and rolled, shooting up from the ground and stabbing another Orc. She glanced at the troll, lips lifting in a snarl when she saw it was still fighting. It was going after Frodo, even though it should've been dead.

Aragorn ran in front of Frodo, stabbing the troll in the stomach but it tossed him aside. The troll went for Frodo again and managed to stab him in the stomach. Ellaria snapped her head towards his pained cry, her eyes widening. Pippin and Merry let out a yell before jumping onto the troll's back, stabbing it repeatedly in the head. Ellaria quickly began fighting the Orcs in her path, trying her best to get to Frodo. She would heal him. She would save him from an untimely death. The feeling was all too familiar. Memories of Kili being shot by that arrow played in her mind. Panic seized her chest, fighting to get to him but the Orcs kept coming.