The Beginning

CHAPTER 3

Some arrows crossed in the air and killed some orcs. I was looking for the archer.
An orc was behind me and put my hands at my back. He was terrified looking every where for his killer.

Suddenly, a tall elf appeared. He was blond and his clothes were green, dark green and he was wearing brown boots. He was wearing a bow and an arrow and he was pointing at the orc.

"LET HER GO!!" he shouted.
"If you kill me, I will kill her" he said and then he put a knife on my neck. I was afraid.

There was an intense silence and finally that elf threw the arrow to his forehead.
He walked towards me. I was crying and shaking.

"Are you okay?" he asked me.

I could see him better. He had blue eyes and he was so beautiful.

Those blue eyes.....

"Now I am. Thanks" I whispered.

From the darkness of the forest, appeared some elves.

"We found a white horse. The horse has a deep wound" a redhair elf said.

"Thank you Tauriel. Take the horse to the King" he said.

"It's my horse!" I said.

"The King will heal your horse" the elf said.

"What will we do with her?" Tauriel asked him. He turned around and looked at me.

Suddenly, an elf appeared with a bag... my bag and my sword.

The elf looked at it and took my sword.

"This is from Rivendell, who are you?" he asked me.

I had to lie. He could not know about who I was. Rivendell could be in danger.

"My name is Lúthien. I am Elrond's daugther's assistant" I said.

He looked at me in a weird way. He was suspecting something.

"I will take you to Rivendell" he said.

"In fact, I was going to Lórien... and I don't know who you are" I said.

"We will go to Rivendell and I won't hurt you. My name is Legolas" he said.

We got on his horse. Tauriel came towards us.

"What do we say to Thranduil?" Tauriel asked him.

"Tell him i'm going to Rivendell. I will wait there for him. Tell him to bring her horse with him" Legolas said and we left.

Rivendell was likesome hours away. That night, he made a bonfire.

"You don't look like an assitant" Legolas said to me.

"Well, you don't look like a simple archer" I said. He laughed.

"So, you said you were an assistant. Arwen perhaps?" he asked me.

"Do you know her?" I asked him.

"Yes, I know her" he said.

"I'm Arya's assistant" I said. He looked at me surprised.

"Oh! Really? I never saw her. What does she look like?" Legolas said.

"Well, she has long brown hair and she has to wear a dress" I said. It was funny I said she had long hair... I had a topknot. He looked at me the same way as before.

"Umm...when I came into the forest, I saw a stone statue... She was Celebrían, why do you have a statue of her?" I asked.

"She was Thranduil's best friend. They had grown up together. Tharnduil is our King" he said.

"Do you know why she ran away to Valinor?" I asked him.

"Yes but why do you want to know about it?" Legolas asked me.

"I'm curious and maybe I could find out why Arya is sad and know about her past" I said. I wanted to know about what made my father hiding me that way.

"One day, Celebrían and her daugther Arya were going to LothLórien. Arya was a small girl. They were on the horse and suddenly, some orcs appeared and kidnapped them. She suffered for her daughter to not have the same pain as her. Elladan and Elrohir, Arya's old brothers, came to rescue them but before that they asked for help to the Prince of Mirkwood. They found them and rescue them. Few days later, Celebrían was sick from her wounds and the only way to survive was leaving Middle Earth" Legolas said.

"But I don't understand why Elrond behaves that way with Arya, I mean, hiding her" I said.

"There is someone who is looking for her to kill her. That's why the orcs kidnapped her and her mother, but their plan didn't work. Elrond is hiding her as someone hides a jewel inside of a mountain" he said.

There was silence. Suddenly, we heard some shouting.

"Orcs" he whispered and he put out the fire. It was a cold night.

"Are you cold" he asked me.

"A bit" I said. I was really cold.

He got up and sat next to me. He put his arm around my shoulder and I layed my head on his shoulder. I didn't know him but I felt protected and few minutes later I fell asleep.