Title: Fires of Deceit ~ Chapter 4 
Author: Black Raven 
Rating: PG 
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Emily swallowed hard. She could feel death, it was about to 
capture her, drag her into it’s cold waters. She closed her 
eyes. She decided to except death, considering she couldn’t 
fight. The sword came closer and closer to her neck, the 
sword was about to cut into her skin, she took a long 
breath. Nothing happened. Against her own will, she 
opened her eyes. 

Emily could see the Dwarf, unconscious, propped up 
against the stone wall. Aragorn was clutching his arm, and 
was preparing to attack. Legolas grabbed Emily’s arm and 
dragged her over to the horses. Reality clicked into her 
awareness, and the two of them quickly mounted. 

Legolas and Emily brought their horses to a full gallop, 
pushing the horses beyond their limits. They couldn’t hear 
anyone coming after them yet they didn’t dare stop, for the 
fear of being ambushed. Emily began to feel panic 
overtaking her. She bit down on her lip and forced herself 
to be calm. 

Legolas could feel death following them, and he knew that 
they must get to the goddess of magic soon. He also 
realized that the horses were getting very tired and was 
about to pass to them Elvish healing when they suddenly 
began to glow an olive green. He turned to Emily and 
found that she was glowing too. Emily realized Legolas 
was staring at her. She gave him a weak smile. “I posses 
magic too. I gave the horses strength and healing.” 

She sighed and looked forward. It wasn’t the first time 
someone had stared at her because of her magic. Even 
though the Prince and a few other knights had magic too, 
she was considered weird because she was a GIRL with 
magic. For one thing, she didn’t think having magic was a 
bad thing and two, she was a woman, not a girl. 

Legolas sensed something wrong with Emily, a sadness had 
taken over her face. Emily suddenly let out a gasp. Legolas 
turned to her “What is it?” 

“We’re already in Lineri!” 

Legolas looked at the city. The city itself was almost 
devoid of any light except for a few buildings. Behind the 
downtown was the castle. 

“We must go to the hall now though there will be the king’s 
guards out, or at least that’s my guess.” Emily informed 
Legolas. 

They brought their horses through the downtown area of 
the city, towards the temple of the mother goddess of 
magic. Emily had a quick word with the stable hand, 
James, and their horses were taken care of. 

They quickly slipped into the large temple. They came to a 
large stone altar, the water inside glowing a magnificent 
blue. 

Emily outstretched her hand and placed it in the middle of 
the altar. Legolas could only watch her, for he couldn’t 
make any part of him move. A flash of light filled the 
room. The goddess of magic appeared, blue robes swaying 
around her body, her eyes were openings into a void of 
darkness. 

Emily took the crystal and handed it to the goddess. She 
shook her head. 

“No child, you must take the crystal to Kalidurin. A spell 
has been cast upon two members from the company your 
companion has come with. Take it there, and the spell can 
be destroyed. Go now!” The goddess threw up her hands, 
and she disappeared. Legolas and Emily were left, alone. 

Emily held the crystal on the palm of her hand, and she felt 
evil trapping her.
Chapter 5

Legolas and Emily entered the stables once again, about to 
take two new horses and start the second part of the 
journey. No one was around, and the horses didn’t take any 
notice of them. 

Legolas move a few strands of hair from Emily’s face. 
Instead of moving away, Emily turned to Legolas and 
looked into his eyes. “I’m falling.” 

Legolas cupped her chin with his hand and raised her lips 
to his. Emily threw her arms around him and kissed him 
back. His hands ran down her back, Emily’s hands traced 
the side of his face. Emily didn’t care what happened next, 
as long as she was with him. Her hands slid to the edge of 
his tunic, as did his to hers. Her one hand went to the 
pregnancy charm around her neck, feeling it hum gently. 

“Who’s in here?” the prince asked. 

The words pounded Emily’s ears, and she quickly broke 
away from Legolas, his arms still around her waist. 

“Emily, is that you?” the prince questioned happily. Emily 
said nothing. 

“Oh Emily, I’ve missed you!” 

Emily stared at him, dumbfounded. “Wh-what do you 
mean?” 

“I love you, I’ve missed you.” The prince told her as he 
came forward. He froze. “Who is that? Emily, watch out! 
There’s an Elf behind you!” 

The prince came towards her, but Emily only backed up 
until she came up to Legolas’s chest. He took her hand in 
his. The prince spotted Legolas. “Emily, behind you! 
There’s an Elf! He’ll kill you!” 

When Emily did not move away, the prince realized what 
had happened. “You can’t seriously love him, can you?” 
The prince demanded of Emily. 

Emily didn’t say anything. Instead, she turned to Legolas 
and kissed him, shocking both the prince and Legolas.  

Emily and Legolas lost their surroundings, until they heard 
the unsheathing of the prince’s sword. Turning quickly, 
Legolas unsheathed his own two daggers, holding off the 
prince. 

“Emily, leave! Go while you can!” Legolas demanded of 
Emily. 

Emily didn’t move, her hand slipping to her own sword. 

“Emily, please.” Legolas pleaded, meeting Emily’s eyes. 

She turned to her horse and forced it onwards, forcing 
herself to leave Legolas behind. You’ll see him again. She 
told herself. But you must do this. 

Legolas watched as she left, not knowing whether they 
meet again.