AN: I am clearly not Tolkien. I do love his characters though. Here's a version of how Legolas and Aragorn met. Operating under the assumption that 1. Legolas and Aragorn have been friends for many years-this is how they met. 2. Aragorn grew up in Rivendell considering Lord Elrond like a father figure (Ada) and his 2 sons Elrohir and Elladan as his brothers.
On the Road to Imladris
Chapter 1
Legolas breathed deeply, taking a moment to enjoy the woods he was in. The air was much cleaner and freer here than in Mirkwood. He grimaced as he thought of home, he had been sent to Rivendell to ask for better medicines to heal their warriors faster. He also thought his father secretly wanted him to spend some time away from the fighting. He was alone on this journey because he had managed to convince his father, the king, that he would be less likely to be noticed as just 1 traveler than he would be in a large emissary group and honestly, Mirkwood could not spare the warriors. Legolas was about 2 days away from Imladris. He had already been travelling for almost a month and he was certainly ready to arrive.
He decided to take a rest next to a stream and stepped down off his horse to take a drink. As he drank, he listened as the woods around him became very quiet. Even this close to the elven haven, a silent forest never boded well. Legolas left his horse by the tree and went to investigate. He kept his ears sharp listening for any hint of what was coming his way and when. He had reached the edge of the line of trees when he saw them.
"Orcs," he muttered under his breath. He estimated their number to be around 50. His hatred of orcs took over his common sense which told him it was unwise to take on a pack of orcs by himself. He began to creep along the edge of the trees, looking for a good one to climb where he would be able to shoot at the orcs, but stay out of sight as long as possible.
Suddenly, Legolas felt hands grabbing him from behind. How had he missed someone or something standing there? He tried to struggle and because he attacker had not been trying particularly hard, he succeeded in drawing an arrow and aiming it at his attacker.
"You better back away, human," Legolas growled and glared at the human who was getting in the way of his attack on the orcs.
The tall man had put himself between Legolas and the edge of the trees. He scoffed and replied, "Oh really? What exactly is your plan here? One elf against 50 orcs?"
"I don't need advice from you, I have been hunting orcs for more years than you have been alive. Now back away or so help me, I will shoot you too!" Legolas whispered impatiently trying his best to be intimidating. He didn't really want to shoot the human, but he was in the way and soon it would be too late to get in a good position.
The man had no desire to be shot by the elf's arrows, so he stepped aside and dramatically showed the elf the way to the trees with a sweeping gesture as if to say go ahead.
By the time Legolas had gotten past him, he realized he did not have time to climb a tree as he had hoped. Instead he and the human had to duck behind some bushes as the orc pack began to run by.
The elf had turned to glare at the human when he heard battle cries that did not belong to the orcs. He turned back to see a small group of men, including the one who had been next to him, attacking the orcs from the trees and bushes and quickly overcoming them.
Legolas realized that if the other man had not stopped him, he would have ruined the ambush that had clearly been planned. He paused momentarily before joining in the battle, deciding his hatred of orcs outweighed his momentary irritation with the man.
AN: Chapter 1 is really short, the next ones are longer. Please rate, review, follow, etc and let me know what you think! The story is done so I'll post pretty quickly.