I scream as Malachi throws me off the cliff. I start hurdling down. I feel the wind tearing my limbs apart. I turn and my body rolls over. I look at Malachi. What is this? I can see what looks to be feathers growing out of him. I'm not sure what's going on but I'd rather not hurdle to my death. This is more than a fifty-foot drop. It's a hundred- and fifty-foot drop. I turn my head, and it looks like spikes on the ground. Being impaled doesn't sound like the most attractive death.

"Legolas!" I hear Gimli scream.

"Oh, calm down Master dwarf." Malachi walks to the ledge.

"What? You've killed him!" Gimli yells.

"I plan to catch him." Malachi walks off the cliff. 

I look up at him. He was falling more streamline. I see feathers sprouting on his arms. I see his face enlarge almost as a beak forms. His arms stretch out like wings. In fact, they turn into wings. What in the stars is going on? He throws his feet that look like talons. He's... he's... he's an eagle! My body turns due to the wind. He grabs me with his talons. I am shocked and bewildered more than I've ever been on this whole journey. He shoots into the sky with me like a mouse in his clutches. I slight thought of him devouring me enters my mind as well.