Title: Hunger and Deceit
Chapter One: Friend or Foe
By: Fairylady (Newer stories known as Kakura-Sensei)
Summary: A lie has been told to our dear Prince Legolas, but in his eyes the lie is true. Will his family or friends be able to save him before things go out of control?
Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR.
A/N: !VERY IMPORTANT! This is the first story, not the revising one. After going through the chapters of the old and new, I have decided to keep the older stories up and just post the newer revising of them in a different story. So I will repeat, This is the old story, not the newer one. The newer one has a different title. It is called The Lies of Hunger. DON'T BE CONFUSED! Thank you.
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Arrows flew in the air as they hit the set up target a few yards away. Each hit their mark true, but some were off slightly for the Elf that was shooting always looked up whenever he heard a bird singing in a tree. Notching another arrow in his bow, the Elven Prince was about to shoot when he heard laughing in a nearby bush and slowly a young she-Elf walked out into sight.
"Oh, our forest will need a lot of help if you go out to fight!" The she-Elf laughed. "Those ugly orcs could shoot better than even you! Oh, but I should not say that to the dear prince Legolas! Oh no, not to the fat prince!" Full laughs echoed through the woods as the she-elf wiped tears from her face.
"Ma'am, I am sorry, but I do not believe I know your name." Annoyance was in Legolas's voice as anger filled his crystal blue eyes. "In my mind, it is not sincere to insult anyone with words. I would like to know your name."
"Oh, do you think I am that stupid? I would never tell my name to someone I have just told the real truth to! Oh no, and never to someone who thinks it all to be lies and that is of royal blood! Ha, I am a she-elf, but a smart one at that!" Taking a breath, the woman's face became suddenly serious as she looked at Legolas. "Look at your shooting, tell me that you can not do any better for I know you can't. I have been watching you for many different days and I have always seen you do awful! Do you even know why you can do no better? You are not an Elf. You are a fat ugly orc! No, no orc is as fat as you." Her voice was strangely calm as she walked closer to the speechless Elf. "All Elves are suppose to be thin and beautiful, but you are neither of those. You are fatter then all the Elves in this land and you are the ugliest. No wonder why your father doesn't want to show you to royal visitors!"
Legolas just stood there in shock as the she-elf circled around him again and again. His heart was telling him that everything she was saying was a lie, but his mind was beginning to believe her as his gaze slowly lost any anger it held and began to lower to the ground. He missed the smile that came to the she-elf's lips.
"I mean, is that not why you have never meet Lord Elrond's daughter? I mean, you just meet his sons by accident while you were running around in the halls of your palace." The she-elf smiled as she watched the young prince start to shake from her words. She knew he would not speak now and that he was beginning to believe her words true. "I am sorry, but you had to know. Everyone just lies to you and never tells you the truth! No friend, no Elf, no one will ever have the guts to tell you, a prince, the real dark truth except for me. Now you know that you can only trust me for your mind knows that I will not hold anything back from you." Slowly she backed away from the prince and started towards the bushes she had appeared out of before. "Oh, and don't tell anyone about me for they will begin to lie to you once more. One day I will see you again and I will tell you the truth once more. Every so often you will see me around. I will give off the sound of an eagle and that night I will wait for you to be alone. I say goodbye now, dear prince, until we meet again." Smiling a cruel smile, the she-elf walked through the brush and disappeared out of sight leaving a shaking Legolas.
Finally he lifted his head up and looked at the brush before lifting up his bow to look at it with tear-filled eyes. In rage, he threw down the bow in disgust and covered his face with his hands as tears started to fall down his fair face. He did not understand any of it, but his mind some how believed the she-elf's words.
Brushing away the tears, Legolas quickly started to walk towards the cave palace of his father. Behind him lying on the ground was the bow he had received from his older brother just a few weeks ago.
The lies of the she-elf had clouded the young prince's mind and forced him to think that everything was a lie. In the depths of the forest where the she-elf and came from and disappeared an evil laugh echoed against the trees as green glowing eyes watched the young Elf leaving the clearing. She had done her job well.
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A/N: I have tried to put everything the way it was before hand, even the author's notes (I took out the reviews though). I wanted to start over again because when you create art, you keep your older stuff to reflect on the newer, so why would I want to just replace this with the new stuff? If you don't like it, well, I didn't ask you to read this, I just thought it would be a good idea. It could help spread some hope that you can become a better writer if you just work at it. I will admit I am not even close to being an accomplished writer, but I am working at becoming a better one. That's all I can really do. Dream hard!
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