Saturday, March 04, 2006
CHAPTER 5 - Battle of Rivendell
A/N: Hi there, here's Chapter 5. Enjoy.
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It has been 2 weeks since Harry arrived in Middle Earth. When he was told that he was an elf, both his father and sister were elves too, he couldn't believe it. But slowly, he accepted the fact and was glad that he actually had a family. Now, he was growing closer to Alfirin as time passes.
And it was Lord Elrond's decision that Harry took up riding and arrow shooting lessons with Glorfindel, sword fighting with Elladan and Elrohir; and Elvish language was taught by Alfirin. While History of Middle Earth was taught by Lord Elrond himself. It was his first lesson with Lord Elrond that Harry knew that one Earth year equals to four years in Middle Earth.
Slowly Harry's elven ability and appearace started to show. His hair was now slightly over his shoulders, his face had grown thinner with his jaw line showing, and his pointed ears had shown. He was beginning to feel lighter, his movements were more quick and fluent.
Every now and then, Lord Elrond would comment how he looked so much like his father, James. Elladan and Elrohir would add in that how James would look like them, dark drown hair that grow to the length of their elbow. Silvery eyes that sparkled with mischief whenever they had an idea of pranking and protuding jaw lines.
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Just as he was walking towards Lord Elrond's study room for his History of Middle Earth lessons, he was being bumped into by Elladan and Elrohir.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Elladan laughed. "Did you catch the look on his face?"
"Yeah! And it was classic! Ha! Ha! Ha!" laughed Elrohir, almost losing his footing. "Oh Elithron, s-sorry i bu-bumped into you. Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Who did you played on this time?"
"Estel."
'Poor Estel. He got pranked by the twins yet again.' Harry thought. Harry had met Estel on the second day he arrived. After Harry heard the truth of his identity, he ran to the riverside and sat down crying. Estel came around trying to console Harry, but Harry shoved him away. But Estel's patience had moved Harry, and finally they let each other in on his own secrets.
As Harry got to know his family better, he was often found playing pranks with the twins. Often, Lord Elrond had to ban the twins from Harry, but none would heed his words.
"No, you did not! How come you didn't let me in on this one?" asked Harry,amused.
"Oh, we wanted to, but the thought of Ada when he found out that we, including you, did not obey him for once, he might get very angry," said Elladan.
The twins looked at each other, plasted a smirk on their faces and cried, "NOT!". And they bursted out laughing.
"We thought you might be having lessons. Don't you worry, we'll definately let you in on the next one. Ha! Ha! And it will be anytime soon," continued Elrohir, with a smirk on his face.
"Elithron?" shouted Lord Elrond, standing at the door a few doors down the corridor. "Come on now. You have much to cover today."
"Got to run. Catch you guys later."
With that, Harry jogged down towards Lord Elrond and they went in to have their lesson.
"Now Elithron, how long have you been in Middle Earth, ion nin?" asked Lord Elrond.
"Er...I-I'm not sure. Eight months?" replied Harry.
"Nearly, and it is almost time for you to go back to the wizard world. Though I am not sure if it is safe for you to go back on your own. The dark lord over there is rising, am I right?"
"Yes, Adar, but I will be fine."
"Before we knew you were alive, you were on your own. That we have no choice. Now, we were reunited, there is no way I will leave you on your own again."
"B-But Adar, I-I am fine really. I have friends that help me," argued Harry.
"Yes, but how will you call for our help when you are in trouble? At least if I appoint someone to go with you, he will call out to us for help," stated Lord Elrond as-a-matter-of-factly.
"B-But-"
"No more buts, Elithron. This matter is settled. Someone will go with you back to the wizarding world to protect you. Now, let us continue with the lesson."
Reluctantly, Harry went back to his History of Middle Earth lesson. Elsewhere, Estel was chasing Elladan and Elrohir for the prank they played on him.
"STOP RIGHT THERE, YOU PRANKERS!" shouted Estel.
"Should we stop, Elrohir? Seems like Estel have something for us," asked Elladan, loud enough for Estel to hear.
"Oh, maybe we should. Estel won't be able to catch up with us if we keep running at this speed," replied Elrohir loudly.
"Oh all right, we should slow down isn't it? But why do we keep running?"
Turning to Estel, Elladan shouted, "sorry Estel, we wanted to stop. But our legs won't listen to us! They keep running!"
This made Estel more angry. "WAIT TIL I GET THE BOTH OF YOU!"
They continued running and chasing until they are out into the woods, way out into the woods.
Suddenly, the twins stopped running. "Lasto Elrohir, do you hear anything?"
"Yes, yes, I've heard."
"AH HA! Finally I got you!" yelled Estel, grabbing Elrohir's arm.
"Estel, sedho! Lasto!" hissed Elrohir.
Estel stopped and heard what he is told to hear. Cries could be heard from a distant. The ground began to shake slightly. Thumping of footsteps could be heard. "What do you think it is, Elrohir?" whispered Estel.
"I'm not sure. Whatever it is, it's not good. And quite large too."
"Come on, let's go back," urged Elladan.
Just as they turned around, four orcs were standing in front of them. Reaching for their swords, they rushed forward to kill the orcs. As they were fighting, another group of orcs were nearing. Elrohir who had killed the orc he was fighting, heard the cries louder and louder. "Elladan!" he shouted, "There are more of them! We need help!"
"You are the faster runner, you will go get help. Estel and I will try to fight as many as possible," shouted Elladan.
Elrohir ran as fast as his legs could take him. When he reached the gates of Rivendell, he shouted, "Orcs! Orcs! Ada, Orcs!"
Glorfindel was the one who reach Elrohir first. "Where are the orcs?" he asked anxiously.
"O-Outside in t-the wo-ods," Elrohir replied. "They attacked Estel and us. I ran back to get help as there are many more."
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Lord Elrond was teaching Harry history lessons, when he heard a yell. He could not make out what were the words, he decided to go back to his lesson. As he was about to return to his lesson, the door to the study room bursted opened.
"My Lord, Lord Elrohir said there are Orcs out in the woods. Lord Elladan and Lord Estel are fighting them. He said there are many more," reported an elf.
"What? Orcs? What are they doing in the woods?" said Lord Elrond, dashing out from the study room.
Surprised, Harry decided to follow Lord Elrond to the gates.
When they reached the gates, many elves were gathered ready to fight. when he found Glorfindel, Lord Elrond said, "Take the lead. Kill them all." With that, Glorfindel climbed onto the horse and took off with Elrohir and the elves.
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"Elladan! Tiro!" yelled Estel, pointing towards a group of Orcs which had just emerged from behind the trees.
Elladan turned around and shocked to see there were at least 40 Orcs charging towards them.
"Oh my, I know there's more, but I do not know there's so many more," gasped Elladan. "Look out!"
Estel ducked just in time as the swords came swoshing above his head. Although they tried to fight as many as possible, but soon, they were outnumbered. Suddenly rains of arrows came pouring down, and the Orcs began to fall back.
Elrohir had came back with Glorfindel and a group of elf warriors. Soon, it was the Orcs that were outnumbered. They tried to flee, but the elves would not let go, and in the end, all Orcs were killed, none alive.
"Hannon Le, Glorfindel. Lucky you all came in time, or Estel and I will become their dinner," joked Elladan.
"Glassen, Lord Elladan. Though I'm a bit sad that you are still here." mused Glorfindel.
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A/N: Finally, a fighting scene. Hee Hee. In case you were wondering, the eight months that Harry replied refers to Middle Earth eight months, not Earth.
Ion nin - my son
Sedho! - Quiet!
Lasto! - Listen!
Tiro! - Look!
Hannon Le - Thank you
Glassen - My pleasure
written by Kuraire Claire-`
