Celebmundoiel now closing in on the location of Elrond quickly jumps over logs and quietly moves over dead leaves. She is careful not to make a sound. She looks around, she sees and hears nothing. 30 minutes went by and Celebmundoiel now hears something close behind her. “Oh my, I hope that is no orc” she says quickly pulling out her bow and arrow ready to shoot the beast behind her. She crouches behind a tree and the noise gets closer and closer. Celebmundoiel leaps out from behind the tree and sees Condelia but at the same time firing the arrow. The arrow just misses Condelia for at the last moment before Celebmundoiel shot she pulled up knowing it was no orc but an animal. Celebmundoiel ran over to Condelia, “Condelia, what are you doing here. I almost killed you my friend.” “ what is this on your mane” Celebmundoiel reached for the letter that Fëaelenawen had attached. It read:
Dear Celebmundoiel
Please return, there is no point in going if you have not any one to help you. We all want to save Elrond and claim back the ring, myself especially for I fear for my father’s life. Elenna claims that Elrond has no hope if only one at a time goes to rescue him. Our strength is in our unity. You cannot simply walk into an army of orcs and expect to live. Please come back.
Fëaelenawen
Celebmundoiel collapsed to the ground in front of Condelia. “She’s right, there will be no hope if we do not work as a one” she said as tears rolled down her cheeks and onto the note, slightly washing away the ink. Celebmundoiel had an ashamed feeling quickly take over inside her. “ Come Condelia, we are going back” said Celebmundoiel, jumping up onto the horses back. “ Go now Condelia. Let us ride back to Rivendell and hope the others will forgive my stubbornness” and with that the horse began to gallop back in the direction of Rivendell…
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Roaming in the night through the shadows. You cannot hear me, you cannot see me. I am as agile as a cat. As I run I am low to the ground. I climb trees in a second and run on the branches as if they were the earth’s surface. My appearance is deceitful, I can take life as well as spare. I am Celebmundoiel.
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