Disclaimer: I don't know Legolas or anything Middle-Earth related. Although I would LOVE to! But I also wanted a pony for my fifth birthday and I didn't get one… well except for a pink My Little Pony doll. I asked for Legolas for my birthday this year and well… I didn't even get a Legolas action figure! THE NERVES! So figure it out, if I don't own a Legolas action figure, can I own Legolas? No.

A/N: The capital Vs (VVVVVVVVVVV) represent flashbacks some of the characters are having. This is my first Legolas fiction, so please! Go easy on me! And enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Twist and Turns.

Chapter One.

The room was dark and grim, the smell of herbs clung onto the air. She was laying in bed, her eyes half open. The room was still intact from the last time he had been there. His boots were under the chair he sat on every morning before going hunting, his tunic, still muddy from it's last use; hung on the backrest of the chair. His bow, arrows, and sword laid on the wooden table next to the chair. I sat on the edge of the bed holding her hand in mines. She still looked beautiful, even when fading. Her face was loosing it's natural color, her hair had stopped from shining, and her once red lips were now pale. My Mother was fading away and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

I reached up and caressed her cheek. Clammy and cold. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, I promised her I wouldn't cry anymore and I intended on keeping it. Eleneth, sat on a wooden chair next to the bed.

"You have to go outside child." She said standing up and reaching for my hand. "Enjoy the day a bit, it will do you good. I will look after her." I stood up, and gave my Mother a gentle kiss on the forehead.

"If she awakes, please send for me." With one last look to my Mother and a quick nod from Eleneth I exited the room. Elewen, my one and only true friend approached me with a cup on her hand.

"Drink this." She said handing the cup onto me. "It along with the sunshine and a few laughs will make you feel better." I did as she told me, the bitter liquid filled my senses and warmed my insides, it felt as if a heavy load was taken off my back. I gave out a sigh and Elewen smiled.

"Seems to be already working." And with that she grabbed my hand and pulled me outside. The sun was shinning, the birds were singing their beautiful songs and in a distance you could hear the screaming and laughter of a group of young Elfins. We headed towards our favorite spot.

We leaned our backs against the tree's trunk, it's vast leaves shading us from the sun. I closed my eyes and relaxed my head against the trunk.

"I love the forest." Elewen took a deep breath before continuing. "The sun, the trees, the river, the birds… I could go on forever!" I looked at her from the side of my eye.

"It is the best place to clear your mind." I closed my eyes once again, this time holding back the tears that were threatening to spill out.

"I do not know what to say." Elewen announced taking both my hands in hers.

"You have to say naught," I gave her a weak smile. She nodded and looked at the oak tree ahead of us, a comfortable silence passed between us.

"Anneth, remember when we first met?" Elewen looked at me with a grin on her face, I let out a small laugh.

"How can I not? It was on this very tree, was it not?"

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"I do not want to go Mother," I protested once again. "I want to stay here with you and Father!" She leaned down and fixed my dress once more.

"Nay Anneth, you need to go out and get some fresh air." She was gently pushing me towards the door.

"But… Father looks as if he would need my help!" I tried a last argument. From the chair he was sitting Father dismissed what I had just said.

"Nay, I believe I do know how to read Anneth." I gave my mom a last pleading look.

"Go and have fun." With that said she pushed me outside and closed the door behind. As I took my first few steps towards the woods, Mother opened the door once more. "And Anneth, do not forget to come back in time for supper." I rolled my eyes to sky and mocked her.

"Only if I am not attacked by wild beasts!" I yelled back, but the door did not move.

I sat down against a tree's trunk and began to eat the apple I had found on my way. I did not have any friends, somehow I seemed to be the center of every joke every Elfin told. It was either because of the unusual color of my hair, my dark eyes, or just because I was the only Half-Elf in all of Mirkwood.

"Well, well, who do we have here?" The voice startled me and made me drop my half eaten apple on the ground, a bunch of girls giggled to themselves. "If it isn't the Half-Elf." The voice said the last words with an extra vigor, I knew now who the voice belonged to, the leader of the group . He stood next to me and kicked my apple, making it roll on the ground. I stood up from where I was sitting and looked at him in the eyes. He had the bluest eyes I had ever seen, his hair looked as if it had been made from gold spun into silk. He was the future King of Mirkwood, and the other elfins were his companions.

"She is so dense, she did not hear us coming!" The Elf next to him said, the few girls in the group giggled once again.

"She should not have the honor to be in Mirkwood." Aledda said giving me a sour look. "Can you not band her from here Legolas?" She asked.

"What is it that you want?" I asked never taking my eyes away from Legolas'.

"She speaks her first sentence!" Another voice rang out from the group, this time all of them laughed.

"We want to have some fun." Legolas said coolly, "play a little game." As Legolas finished his sentence, Aledda walked towards me and gave me a hard push, making me fall hard on the ground. Laughter rang out once again.

"Should you not be in Gondor?" Legolas asked with a malicious grin on his face. "Looking for a stinking human to wed you and take what little Elf you have in you?" Tears threatened to come spilling out any time, I took a deep breath and calmed myself, I was not going to let any of them see me cry.

"That way you can get old, ugly, and die, and rid us of your stupidity." Aledda was now standing next to Legolas, her eyes glimmered with pride.

"Ugly?" Another Elf from behind Legolas asked. "I can not believe she can get any uglier." All of them started to laugh at me.

"Stop!" A maiden had walked towards me and was now helping me up from the floor. "You shall all be ashamed of yourselves." She said never taking her eyes off of Legolas. "She is but a child! Most of you are half older than her! Why is it so awful that she is different from us? Is she not Half-Elven? Does that not also make her an Elf just like us?"

"I can not believe you are doing this Elewen." Aledda said, "you are taking her side instead of ours." As Elewen was about to respond, Legolas cut her off.

"Let it be Aledda, she was always a surplus in the group." And with that said, they all walked off. Aledda looked back at us and smiled, she got up with Legolas and started talking to him.

"How are you feeling?" Elewen asked as she sat down against the tree and motioned for me to do the same. I did as she asked.

"A bit better now." She smiled at me and turned her head to stare at the oak tree ahead of us.

"You are very brave. If it was me the one who they were laughing at, I would have cried and ran away." Elewen said smiling a sweet smile at me.

"Thank you." I replied. "No one has ever stood up for me as you did today." I turned around to face her, she was still smiling.

"I am Elewen, daughter of Trindunial and Eleneth." She put her right hand over her heart and bowed her head.

"And I am Anneth, daughter of Odarion and Iranneth." I mimicked her actions. We both laughed in unison, and from that day onward Elewen and I met under the same tree.

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"What is going through your mind my friend?" Elewen asked as she turned around to face me.

"Father got ill a couple of years after that." I closed my eyes and envisioned my Father. He was tall and well-build with red and hair and dark brown eyes that spoke every emotion in less than a second. "I miss him Elewen, there are days when I drown in memories and sorrow."

"He was a good man Anneth, he loved and cared for you."

"And now Mother. Elewen, how can I keep on going without her?" She padded my hand and gave me a soft smile.

"You will Anneth, you will."

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My Mother and I walked up to the boulder sat down and looked forward towards the river. The stars were shinning and the night sky was clear.

A fresh bash of tears were spilling down my eyes, I turned my head to the left in order to hide my face from my Mother.

"No need to pretend Anneth." Her sad voice called from my right. "It would be better if you let all of your emotions out Daughter." I took a shaky breath and looked at my mother, her fair face was a light shade of pink, her light blue eyes were dark and her perfect hair was rolled up on a bun.

"I miss him Mother!" I threw myself at her, my head landed on her lap. "How would we be able to live without him?" I began to sob now; her hand found my hair and played with it. "I miss him." I said this time in between sobs.

"We will survive this." She grabbed my face and lifted it up gently, bring my eyes to rest on hers. "Together Anneth, we will survive the grief. I promise you."

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Folding my hands under my head, I laid on the grass, the sun warming my body and making my eyes close automatically. Mother had kept her promise for nearly a hundred and fifty seven years, the first years were passed in agony. Both of us would stay home during Elven celebrations, Mother would only stand up from bed to cook, eat and bathe. When one of those tasks were done; she would lock herself in her room again. I would then hear her cry till late hours in the night when exhaustion took over and bade her to sleep. As the years went on, the grief and sadness lifted from us, Mother would go into town and get the goods needed to make supper, although she rarely attended the Elven celebrations, she would sew gowns for Elewen and myself and send us off well groomed and with a smile on our faces, not to mention hers.

I once over heard a conversation Mother was having with Eleneth, where she confessed her grief for my Father was stronger and her suspicions of beginning to fade. The only thing that had tied her down onto Middle-Earth was her love towards me and her determination to see me grow into a maiden. And now, four months later my Mother was fading. Just like she told Eleneth she feared would happen to her.

"Maldor is coming to visit," Elewen broke my thoughts. "One of his letters arrived yesterday; said he would be here in time for your birthday."

Maldor is Elewen's older brother and a dear friend to me. After my Father's passing, he persuaded me to join Elewen in her training. At first, I had been weary and disagreed, with the excuse that my Mother needed me. With a couple of encouraging words from Elewen and Maldor's assurance that it was for my safety in case a war broke out, every afternoon, after my Mother locked herself in the room, I went down to the forest and began my training. Elewen and I were both taught how to use the bow and arrow, and the sword. After a couple of months we both choose our expertise, Elewen choosing the bow and arrow and I choosing the sword.

"Music to my ears. How is his training going?" I asked looking up at her and smiling, Elewen folded her hands under her head and positioned herself next to me.

"He has been promoted to co-captain of the guard!" Elewen replied proudly. "He now aids Legolas with the decisions he has to make."

"I am glad for him." I smiled, not noticing the sly look on Elewen's face.

"Maybe Maldor might teach you the skill of love-making this time." Elewen sniggered to her comment while my cheeks took a very unappealing shade of pink.

"Elewen! How can you say something like that? I surely do not see your brother as someone to… to… as a lover!" She laughed at my reply, the pink in my cheeks faded to a soft red.

"It was just a comment Anneth." Her tone filled with mirth.

"Avery awkward comment at that." I added, she gave a sigh and rolled her eyes.

"Have you seen Legolas as of late?" Elewen asked turning her body to face me while placing her head on top of her hand.

"No." I simply replied, closing my eyes once more and taking in a deep breath.

"I would not mind taking a couple of those lessons from him." Her comment made me sit up, she had mischievous written all over her face.

"Elewen! How could you…" She cut my sentence short.

"I know, I know," Elewen said and mimicked my sitting position. "He did not behave very gentleman like towards you at all, but Anneth, you have to learn how to forgive him, Legolas has grown into quite a handsome gentleman."

"You are right my friend. But I can not bring myself to forgive him, even though he might have changed."

"Changed or not I would still not hesitate to learn a thing or two from him." She closed her eyes, threw her head back and began moaning his name. "Oh Legolas! Yes! Legolas! Harder Legolas, ride me like you ride Arod Legolas!"

I punched her lightly on the shoulder and we both begun to laugh, only to have our mirth cut short by Eleneth. Her eyes where puffy and red, I then knew why she had come, my Mother had faded away.

"I am truly sorry Anneth," She spoke in a mere whisper. "But your Mother has passed away."

My whole world froze. I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, what happened next I could not control it. Tears spilled over my eyes and I began to sob, an immense pain ripped at my chest and the sobs became louder. In a matter of seconds Eleneth sank to her knees and took me in her arms; caressing my head slowly and whispering words of encouragement.