The Moriquendi mounted her stallion and rode away silently to a near by cave she knew off.

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Fearan was jolted from his daze. He scrambled down the bolder to find Meleth wounded by an arrow. He heard the hooves of a horse, but growled in fustration when he knew he couldn't follow. "I don't know who." Fearan muttered. "But if I find who did it, they will not last long. Stay still" He commanded. "I'll have to remove this"

Meleth glanced at the arrow and at Fearan and pressed her lips together to keep from crying out in pain. "All right," she responded in a tight, breathless voice, clenching her teeth.

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"You go.."Miriel said "I can do this." She was glad she actually had taken time to pack some of her herbs and a blanket, for just in case. Now she glanced at Fearan, still supporting Meleth with one arm. "Be quick.. if you don't go, it will kill us in our sleep another day."

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Fearan laughed without humor. He swiftly pulled the arrow out. "Take care, ladies." He bolted towards Rin, and leapt on, not even bothering to saddle her. He flapped the riengs, and she galloped off. He quickly checked his weapons. His daggers were secure, and his glaive rested comfortably across his back. He urged Rinithil on faster: when it came down to it, she was as fast as any other horse. The long grass made tracking the enemy easy, for a ways. After that the grash shortened, and very few signs showed where the enemy could have gone. Finally, after a long while, he came to a mouth of a cave. "Here we are, girl." He murmured.

Miriel quickly took her leather bag and took a blanket out. "Light.. I need some light.." she mumbled as a sort of prayer when the moon had disappeared behind the clouds, while kneeling next to Meleth.
"I need to get the arrow out Meleth. It certainly will hurt."she said with her calm voice. Her fingers ran through the high grass and found what they were looking for. "Here" She handed Meleth a wooden stick "To clench your teeth on.."

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Meleth gave a muffled cry, her face creased in pain. She forced herself not to faint. "Why does it hurt so much..." she moaned, face still very white. She shook her head, and without hesitating took hold of the arrow and whipped it out. It lay on the ground, silver tip glinting, and Meleth drew in a long, shuddering breath. "There," she gasped.

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The Moriquendi heard hooves outside her cave, and silently cursed her stallion. She would have to kill it. She could move just as well without it, but it was a luxury, and this Moriquendi had a weakness for luxury's. She stepped backwards into a side passage, hidden from the light, the passage led to a biwildering labayinth of tunnles. She would be fine whatever the outcome.

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Fearan slid inside the cave, glaive in hand. A stallion, teathered to the ground, snorted and pawed at the air. Fearan tried to calm him, murming comforting word in elvish. The horse calmed down- barely. Fearan looked around the cave, wary and alert. He could hear his heart puonding faster than it should. He saw a dark spot, a shadow. He inched closer. It was a passage. He walked in a ways, but backed out when he saw it forked. There was no way he would go into an enemy's maze with out a plan. Fearan headed towards the exit. He looked at the stallion. "If only you could talk" He murmered to himself. Pulling up the peg that tied him to the ground, he led the horse outside.

The Moriquendi frowned. That horse could regonise her and lead her prey to her. It would have to die now. She had planned to do it later, but she had other food. She slipped out behind the man and climbed a tree, then shot another white tipped arrow into the horses neck. It fell to the ground jerking, froth bubbling from its mouth due to the poison that had been on this one.

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"Stay with me Meleth.." Miriel whispered as she carefully tried to stop the bleeding. The wound was deep and it was her first priority to prevent Melth losing to much blood. She inspected the wound to see whether there were still pieces left but Meleth had whipped it out with such speed that the arrow didn't break.
Miriel washed the wound with some water from her flask and chewed some herbs before making at tight bandage with the herbs beneath it.

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Meleth forced her eyes open, breathing shallowly. "As if we hadn't got enough problems already," she commented, face still creased with pain. "I'm fine, Miriel, I really am..." this was untrue, but Meleth did stand unsteadily, wincing at the pain and still rather pale.

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"Of course you're not fine.." Miriel helped Meleth to sit down and offered her the flask with water. "Just get some sleep now.. I will look at your wound once in a while.. and lets hope Fearan is safe."
Her blue eyes cast a worried glanced in the direction where he'd disappeared and she silently prayed he would be back soon- alive and safe.

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.

Fearan jumped up as the arrow embbeded itself into the horse's neck. He fell to the ground, dying a death by poison. Fearan immediatly turned to the origin of the arrow. "Come down and fight like a warrior" He commanded. His voice was strong and unafraid, but deep in his core he felt totally the opposite. A falcon screeched overhead, despite the stars that told it he should sleep.

"Now why would i wnat to do that human...." White eyes laughed from the tree's. "When its much eaiser to shoot you from here" two arrows thudded into the ground on either side...at the same time. "However, you may simply tell your freinds to stop. Stp now or die." the eyes vanished, the laughter echoing through the forest.

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((Why does the Moriquendi want Meleth to stop..? And to stop what.. ))

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O children, lift up your voice, lift up your voice,
Children, rejoice, rejoice..



It doesn't matter you don't believe in God, He believes in you.