When they were young, Tauriel and Legolas stumbled into a clearing while playing in the forest. They didn't know it then, but in that clearing they would share precious moments together throughout the important events that define their lives. Tauriel x Legolas
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In The Clearing Chapter 1
The two elflings burst into the clearing laughing, hair streaming behind them, one a long tail of red curls the other a sheet of blonde. They stopped and looked around them, marvelling at the beauty of the tranquil spot they had just found. The clearing was no more than 30 meters either way, with one, singular tree growing perfectly in the middle. The rest was filled with green grass and the tree's branches parted just enough overhead, giving the elflings a lovely view of the blue sky that the day had graced them with. The two elves looked at each other, knowing that they had just stumbled into a special place.
Both elves thinking the same thing, they turned and ran to the tree, both elves scrambling up the branches gracefully until they reached the top most point possible. There they settled on a perfectly bended branch, gazing out at the view, beautiful views of the trees, the lake and in the distance the Lonely Mountain. They sighed, content to stay in this little slice of paradise for as long as they could. "Tauriel," the little elf prince said,
"Yes?" the red headed elfling said.
"Let's promise never to tell anyone about this place," he said.
Tauriel nodded, "This can be our special place, only we can know about it" she told him. "And when we're older we can come back here and remember all the fun times we had here as elflings," she decided.
Both elves clasped hands and climbed down the tree together. They spent the rest of their time chasing each other around the tree and through the clearing, their laughter never once ceasing to fill the air.
When the sun started to dissapear from the sky, the two elves stopped running and came together at the edge of the clearing. "Father will want us back soon," Legolas told her. "We don't want him to come looking for us and find our secret place." he said, seeing the hesitancy in her eyes and knowing she wanted to stay a little longer. This convinced here though and she took up his hand again and the two young elves skipped back through the forest to the gates of the kingdom again.
Little did they know then, how many memories would be created in that clearing in their future.