This is a little something I wrote, thinking about what could have happened if things at Ravenhill had gone differently. Hope you guys like it.

Sacrifice for love

Legolas stared in horror as Tauriel tumbled down the cliff side with Bolg, smashing onto a ledge, barely avoiding falling farther. A troll continued to smash the tower that he stood upon, but he didn't care about that, all he cared about was protecting the woman he loved from the orc that began to climb towards her. He went to grab an arrow, but his stomach fell when he realised his quiver was empty. He looked to the troll that continued to swing at the base of the tower and he had an idea.

He jumped with angelic-like grace onto the shoulders of the troll, his sword plunged deep into the troll's skull, steering him head-on into the tower causing it to collapse.

~O~

Tauriel lay there, pain shooting through her battered body. Her heart aching from witnessing the man she loved being ripped from life before her she heard a crash and she turned her head to see Legolas emerge from the rubble, running towards her across a makeshift bridge. Her eyes widened, arm outstretched as if she was trying to pull him closer but then Bolg ran past her and towards her prince. She pushed herself into a sitting position, she looked up the hill but could no longer see Kili, she needed to get to him.

~O~

The fight with Bolg went on and on, Legolas was just down to his trusted blades now. He swung at Bolg, his blade slicing through the orcs hand. He stared at the orc as he clenched his fist around the blade, Legolas' heart racing. Bolg swung his steak towards the Elf, but he grabbed his arm, stopping it within an inch of his face. Bolg smiled as he realised that he still had the Elf's blade lodged in his hand. Legolas' face dropped as he realised that he was now completely defenceless. The orc swung the blade at Legolas, causing the elf to fall backwards into the crumbling tower, rubble falling and burying him after.

The elf came too in a dark tomb, adrenaline pumping through his veins. He pushed the rubble off him as if they were nothing but fallen leaves. Bolg threw a large boulder at him, causing the tower to start breaking apart beneath the elf's feet, but Legolas just ran towards the orc. His eyes filled with determination, he wasn't going to let this ugly beast defeat him. He jumped onto Bolg's shoulders, grabbing his blade from his hand. They both fell, the tower giving way beneath them, but Legolas grabbed hold of the ledge and swung himself back up with complete grace. Bolg charged and Legolas thrust his sword toward his abdomen, the orc looked up to Legolas and smirked but he wasn't falling for that one again. He quickly jumped onto Bolg's shoulders and drove his knife right into the orcs head, flipped backwards onto the cliff face leaving the orc and the tower to fall to the ground below. He stood there in silence for a moment and then spun round to find that Tauriel was no longer there.

'TAURIEL' he shouted, his heart racing with worry.

He looked up to where she had fallen from to see her Auburn hair flowing in the wind like flames dancing in the night. She had gone back to him. His eyes dropped, suddenly the adrenaline had worn off and a searing pain flowed through his abdomen. He looked at his tunic as his hand gently grazed it, warm scarlet blood coated his fingers. Suddenly he felt cold and he knew he needed to get back to Ravenhill, there would be some help there.

The Elf scaled the mountain surprisingly quickly, pain and fear driving him. Soon he found himself staring at Tauriel hunched over the dead body of Kili, her whole body shaking as she sobbed and rocked him.

'Tauriel, I…' Legolas' words left him, he didn't know what to say to her.

He winced as his wound sent another pang of pain through his tired body. He just stood there for a while and watched her as she wept, knowing that she would never feel for him the way that she felt for that dwarf. After a few minutes, he walked into the tunnels only to cross paths with his father. Thranduil looked almost relieved to see him still standing, a smile crossed his face and Legolas stopped before him. He was unsure of what to say to his father, so much had happened now that he felt he no longer belonged at his father's side.

'I cannot go back' Legolas stated, as he started to walk past his father.

'Where will you go?' Asked Thranduil, sadness touched his voice.

'I do not know' Legolas replied quickly, stars began to dance in front of his eyes as darkness began to creep into his mind.

He began to waver and slumped against the wall, clutching this bleeding abdomen. He could feel the blood slipping between his fingers, his wound a lot worse than he first feared.

'Legolas, are you unwell?' asked Thranduil, concern crossing his face.

Legolas realised it was too dark in the cavern for his father to see his wounds.

'I am fine, just a little weary from battle' said Legolas as he pushed himself off the wall.

He turned to leave but was stopped by the musical tone of his father's voice.

'Your mother loved you Legolas, more than anything. More than life itself.'

Legolas smiled, it was the first time since his mother's death that his father had mentioned her. Suddenly the darkness enveloped him again, his eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed to the floor. His head hitting a rock as he fell, blood began to roll down this porcelain skin.

'LEGOLAS' screamed Thranduil as he ran to his son's lifeless body.

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Tauriel sat there for what felt like an age, holding Kili's limp hand to her heart. Silently begging him to come back to her. Rocking back and forth as she sobbed, she knew now that it was love that she felt for him.

'LEGOLAS'

She heard Thranduil shout and her blood went cold. She laid a tender kiss on Kili's lips and then sprung to her feet like a deer. She quickly ran into the caverns to find Thranduil cradling his son's body. The King looked at her, tears filled his eyes.

'Help me' He said, desperation filled his voice.

Tauriel just stood there, completely frozen. She was completely numb, not long ago the King threatened to kill her and now he was begging for her help. She blamed him for Kili's death yet Legolas was the closest thing she had to family.

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The first chapter of my new fanfic.

I hope you enjoyed it and I will try and get the next chapter up in a few days. Please let me know what you think.