Disclaimer: I don't own any character of this story, but I do own Luin.

This is my first story from Lord of the rings. I hope you would like it.

Chapter 1

First meeting

It was another of those days of little Legolas Thranduilion which he spend walking through the gardens of Greenwood Palace.

The youngest prince of Greenwood was the only one child of king Thranduil which had long golden hair and ocean blue eyes of his mother. And velvet pale skin. If he was a human he would be just five or six years old.

He had two older brothers Harion, the oldest sibling with long golden-brown hair, green eyes, Isamir also with long golden-brown hair, but his eyes were different, they were green with brown edges and an older sister, the king thought that she is the most beautiful elf maiden in his realm. She has got long light brown hair from the top of her head gone through golden color to almost pure white ends, her eyes were the same as Legolas had.

He was feeling very lonely because his two older brothers and sister didn't want to play with him because he was young and they didn't have much time because of their duties. Also it was very rare to see an elfling in Greenwood these days.

It was because of falling darkness over whole Greenwood the Great.

Many dark creatures were walking thru the woods these days. But the scariest beasts were giant spiders.

Legolas sat down on the edge of the garden leaning against the trunk of a great maple tree. Its yellow and red leaves were dancing and rustling in the breeze.

Days were becoming shorter and temperature was slowly dropping each day, because winter was coming. Few more weeks and everything will be covered with white snow.

Not knowing what is going to come that will change his life. He closed his eyes and was listening to the song of the old tree.

After some time the song changed. It was not happy as it was but more distressed full with fear. He quickly opened his eyes wide with fear which came from the tree and in a minute he saw dozen of Greenwood warriors pass few meters in front of him and entered the forest.

He stood up and started moving to the direction where the warriors disappeared in the forest when he was stopped by someone's hand. He turned around just to see his oldest brother, Harion, standing right behind him.

"Don't even think about following them tithen gwador. It is too dangerous for you." He said.

"I didn't mean to follow them. I was just wandering what is going on." He said lowering his eyes to the ground. When he looked back on his brother and continued. "I just sensed fear from the old maple tree." He turned and pointed finger on the yellow and red tree.

His brother looked at the tree and then back on his little brother with a warm smile. "Don't worry tithen gwador. We all sensed the fear of the trees. Some of the trees said that there are wargs in the woods so I and my warriors are going to take care of them."

"Will you be careful?" Legolas asked with worry visibly seen in his face.

"I will be tithen'pen." He said, kneeled down to Legolas hugged him and stroked his hair.

After that he stood up and headed to the direction where the group of warriors entered the forest.

Legolas stood like rooted in place lost in his thoughts when the near tree whispered to him.

Don't worry little one. Everyone will be all right. We will make sure nothing happens to them.

Legolas distracted from his worried thoughts looked at the tree. "I know that you'll make everything to keep them safe, but I'm still worried. Wargs don't usually go so near the palace."

We know why they are here, little prince. The great maple tree whispered.

"So why they are here?" the princeling asked.

They are on a hunt. More trees whispered.

"Hunting? And what can they be hunting here…. so near our palace and lots of elves around? They know it is dangerous for them or don't they?" Legolas asked with puzzled expression on his face.

They know it but are in hunting frenzy. So they didn't realized that they are so close to danger. And they are after little Nive Pardo. The great maple whispered.

"And what is that?"

You don't know what Nive Pardo is? Your kind calls it ailosacath.

Legolas shook his head because didn't even know what ailosacath was.

The leaves of the great tree were rustling with joy. You will soon see little one. The tree whispered and giggled.

After few hours Harion and his warriors returned.

Legolas was still in the garden talking to the trees trying to persuade them to tell him what is now in the forest except the wargs, now dead wargs, but when he saw his older brother emerge from the forest he ran to him and held him in tight embrace.

"I'm glad to see you are okay Harion." Legolas exclaimed, holding his brother around the waist even tighter.

"So you thought those wargs are threat to me and my warriors." Harion picked his little brother up and smiled.

"Nay. I didn't think that." Legolas hung his head.

"I'm not as clumsy as Isamir." And they both burst out laughing.

"None of you are clumsy. You both are great warriors. And when I grow up I want to be as good warrior as you two are."

"I know you will be the best warrior of us." Harion said with wide smile on his face.

Legolas smiled at his brother and hugged him. "Hannon le."

"Are you going with me report this to ada?"

"Nay I'll stay in the garden for a while." Legolas smiled at his brother.

"As you wish, penneth." After this Harion lowered his little brother to the ground kissed him on his forehead and headed towards the palace.

When nobody was around Legolas came to the old tree and asked. "Can you now show me where that niva parda? Please?"

Aye we will show you where is Nive Pardo. So come.

Legolas followed the path which the trees showed him, or rather told him where to go. He was getting more and more further from the palace gardens to a small clearing.

"So where is it?" The elfling asked.

Here under us but don't come here now, it's frighten. Let it come out first so it won't attack you. One of the trees whispered.

Legolas sat in the middle of the little clearing and waited. He felt the eyes that were staring at him from behind the leaves of the lowest branches. The little prince was sitting there for half an hour when he suddenly heard rustling of leaves. He turned his head to the direction of the sound. The source of it was, as the trees said a 'little being', but it almost as big as Legolas was, feline creature. It was looking at him with its sky blue eyes. Its fur was long white and the ends of hairs were light blue. But now it was shaggy, from the warg attack. The most fascinated thing on this 'little' feline was its long fluffy tail. It stopped about meter and a half from the little elfling. He never saw a creature such as this one and never even heard of creature similar to this.

He saw when it was moving that it was noticeably limping. It had got an injured left front paw. The blood was slowly dripping on the ground from it. Its fur was bristled, so it was looking even bigger than it really was. And a low growl escaped its throat.

Legolas turned to the feline still sitting on the ground. He was staring to its eyes and said in Sidarin. "Don't be afraid of me my friend. I won't hurt you." The feline straightened its ears and lowered its fur. Legolas stretched out his hand, but didn't move closer to the creature.

At this movement the feline moved few steps back, but when it saw that the little being stayed on one spot it moved closer and sniffed his hand. After this the feline turned around and head back to the trees.

"Please, don't go." Legolas exclaimed. "I can help you."

The feline turned its head looked at the elfling then at the trees, growling a little, and back on him.

She asks if it's true that you can help her. One of the trees whispered.

"Aye it is." He said. After these words the feline laid under one of the trees.

"So you are a female is it?"Legolas asked the feline after a few minutes. He looked at her and was so surprised when it nodded and even more surprised when one of her low growls sounded like aye, and it turned to be similar to the whispers of the trees, but it was also a little different.. The little elf never knew that his kin can also hear creatures such as this one. But it was still hard to understand her.

Legolas was thinking for a moment and then asked one question. "Can I give you a name? Because I don't know if you have one."

To his surprise the feline shook its head and said. Nay… I don't have any name. And it looked sadly to the ground.

"I will call you …emm…" He was thinking hard to find the best name for this creature. And which would describe her the best. And then it came to him. "I will call you Luin."

And what that mean? She asked.

"It means blue." And then he smiled at her.

I like it. She said with a cheerful voice.

"My name is Legolas Thranduilion." And bowed slightly.

Nice to meet you Legolas Thranduilion. And he lowered her head in recognition.

When Legolas looked at her paw he saw blood still dripping from it.

"Wait here I will be back in a few minutes."

And where are you going? She asked.

"I said that I will help you. Didn't I?" The feline just nodded and looked at her bloody paw. "So stay here. I must get some things to help your paw." At that he stood up and ran to the direction of the palace.

He got back to the garden and then to the palace. He entered the palace and headed to the direction of the healing wing. He was running through the halls as silently as he could just not to be heard by other elves, especially his father and his siblings. And to his surprise all halls were empty. When the little elfling got to the door of the healing he carefully pushed them opened and peeked inside. He was very lucky that no one was inside so he stepped in and started looking for the things he needed to treat the felines paw. After a while he found some bandages and some cloth for cleaning the wound.

But as he wanted to come out of the room he heard approaching footsteps. He stopped frozen on the spot and didn't know what to do. He still had the supplies in his hands so he put them under his tunic.

As soon as he was finished the door opened. Two elf maidens stepped in and stopped talking when they saw him.

"What are you doing here penneth?" One of them asked with a smile.

"I… I was… I was just looking where everyone is because it's so quiet in here." He lied.

"Oh. Is it?" asked the other and smiled at him. "Almost everyone was in the meeting chamber discussing the matter with the wargs with your father, King Thranduil. Now don't be worried and go play penneth."

After that he ran to his chamber hid some of the supplies in his wardrobe and then ran back to the garden.

When he got there he stopped and looked around to be sure that no one will see him entering the forest. So he entered.

Legolas burst out from the forest to the little clearing and found the feline still lying on the same spot under the tree licking its paw.

When she heard the rustling leaves she raised her head.

"So I'm here." He said. "And I've got everything we need for threatening your wound." And pointed on her paw.

At that statement he moved closer to her with care not to make her nervous and do something stupid. She was still a wild animal. He knelt beside her and took out clean cloth and bandages from under his tunic. Luin was just looking at him and those things with amazement but still dint know what they are for. The little prince took the clean cloth and cleaned the wound when that was finished he took the bandages and wrapped her paw.

"How did this happen to you?" He asked and pointed at the now bandaged paw.

Me and my family, we were chased by orcs and wargs. We were able to kill some of the orcs, but there still were too many against few of us and more orcs were coming. So my parents told me to run and hide in the forest and that they will stop the orcs and wargs and they meet me there. She let out a whimper. But it seems that they were not able to stop all the wargs. I was not quick enough to outrun them so they chased me here. And when they caught up to me I tied to fight them. I was able to kill one but the others jumped at me and when I tied to scratch one warg other bitten my paw and almost tore it to pieces. At this she let out a growl of disgust and continued. Suddenly an arrow hit one of the wargs and it fallen to dead the ground. The others stopped to see what happened and saw their companion lying dead on the ground with arrow in his back so they turned and saw party of elves. They lost interest in me and ran for those elves. She said and lowered her head on the ground.

"What happened then?" Legolas asked curiously.

I don't know. I ran away before the battle was over and the elves saw me.

"How you were able to claw some of the wargs when you don't have any claws?" Legolas curiously asked and pointed on her smooth paws.

Luin raised her head and looked at the princeling. I am a cat so my claws are hidden in the end of my paws. Then she brought her uninjured paw in front of the little prince and extended her claws out of that paw.

Legolas gasped in shock at the length of those claws and at their sharpness.

The little elf shook his head to clear his mind and asked. "Have you seen an elf before?"

No just you and that group. But I heard that some of my kind saw them. But I heard that they have long lives.

At this Legolas chuckled. "Aye, we do because we are immortal."

So how old are you?

"I am nearly six hundred years old in your years. And how old are you?"

What! Six hundred! She gasped in shock and looked carefully at Legolas. But you are so small. You look even younger than I do. And I'm four and a half months old.

Legolas just smiled and asked another question to learn more about his new unusual friend. "And where did you come from, before you ended here?"

Me and my family, we have lived in the mountains which are north from this forest, but there were not just us. There were many more packs in those mountains and also in the mountains in the east and west. She let out a sigh and her happy face became somber. But everything changed when the attacks of the orcs started. They all perished, like my family, or fled somewhere. She hung her head and tears started rolling down her muzzle. And now I'm all alone, not old enough to defend myself properly. She sobbed.

At that Legolas stood up came to her and hugged her tightly. "You are not alone anymore mellon nin. You are with me now. And will be always there for you and protect you." He whispered in Sindarin into her ear.

Luin looked at the little elfing with tears still in her eyes, sited up and she did what she would never have done just to her own family and kind. She licked his cheek as acceptance to her family and pressed him tightly to her chest with her paw. And I will be always there for you. And also I will always protect you mellon nin. She whispered to him.

TBC

I hope you all enjoy this new story. I will update another chapter as soon as possible. Please R&R

Sorry for any mistakes.