Queen of the Inner Forest

by bfireworks5

Thranduil had been king for a short while after the fall of his father. He had thought the whole Greenwood was his to command as was his father's before him, until one report changed everything. Now he must deal with a new monarch as well as a new kingdom that has been his neighbor since before his kingdom was found. Now with everything that is going on, can he give his heart too..

1. prologue

Long before the Battle of the Five Armies, when Mirkwood was still called Greenwood the Great…

Was the kingdom of fierce elves lead by their newly ascended king after the pervious king's passing during the last great battle. Prince, now King Thranduil started his reign with the funeral of his father and in grief.

After the first decade, with many struggles he finally has a peaceful kingdom that's running smoothly. In his young reign, what would happen if he knew that a smaller kingdom resided in his forest?...

Elsewhere in the great forest, deep in its depths of greens and foliage was a kingdom much older with an ancient ruler to reign. Queen Vanlathiriel had ruled her kingdom within the protection of the large wood for many centuries; she'd been there when it all began of the creation of Middle Earth by the Valar. She was a water spirit that ruled over all of the magical beings within the forest.

The kingdom lived in harmony with its elven neighbors for many ages, until one day the young king wondered too far, and a meeting of rulers set in motion a series of events that would intertwine the king and queen of the same territory lives…