" Legolas Greenleaf, where in middle earth have you been?!?!?!" exclaimed someone as Legolas had entered Mirkwood forest.
Legolas turned around, and what he saw made him smile. The person who had yelled was his childhood friend and love, Arina Silverbirch. "I'm sorry, but I was at war-" he began to explain but she cut him off.
"Don't give me that! The war has been over for nearly a year!" she walked up and poked him in the chest accusingly "Why didn't you come home? What were you doing?"
"Okay, okay! I was in Gondor! I decided to stay with Aragorn and Arwen for a while before I came back to Mirkwood." he explained quickly to her.
"OH!!! You decided to stay in Gondor!!! Well while you were gone Mirkwood was destroyed!!!" she yelled.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
"Look for yourself!" she snapped.
Legolas looked around the forest. The trees where cut down, some where burnt, and many dead Elvin bodies were scattered around the ground. "Oh, my gods!" he gasped.
"I told you. Now, if you don't mind, I need to tend to the wounded and bury the dead...." she began to say but fell down on her knees, crying.
"Arina, please, don't cry.... I..... I'm so sorry......" he stuttered. He put one arm around her shoulders and pulled her close.
She pulled away from him. "Leave me alone! Get away from me! Leave! Legolas, leave me and this forest! You have forsaken your home and your people!" she screamed.
"But I......."
"LEAVE!" she yelled.
"If that is what you wish." he turned and left the forest.
~~~~~~~THE PALACE OF GONDOR~~~~~~~
"Legolas, what brings you back to Gondor?" Aragorn asked his elvish friend.
"Hmmm..... You could say I was forbidden to enter Mirkwood again by a friend.... or so I thought she was. During the year after the war Mirkwood was completely destroyed." he explained to Aragorn with a sound of pain in his voice.
"Destroyed? Who would have the audacity to destroy a dwelling of elves?" Arwen asked, looking clearly concerned at that bit on information.
"I don't know, My Lady." he answered in a dull monotone.
"Who removed you from your home land, Legolas?" Aragorn asked him.
"My childhood friend and the beholder of my heart, Arina Silverbirch....." he let out a deep sigh.
"Oh, Legolas, I'm sorry...." Aragorn put a hand on Legolas' shoulder.
"I will be fine I guess it just wasn't meant to be...." he closed his eyes.
~~~~~~~3 WEEKS LATER~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~IN HIS DREAMS~~~~~~~~
"Legolas, come with me!" Arina smiled at him and pulled him to a part of Mirkwood that was covered in luscious white flowers. "Look at them Legolas aren't they beautiful?"
He wanted so much to speak to her and tell her that he loved her, but she was slowly growing farther and farther away from him.
"Legolas! Legolas! Don't leave me! LEGOLAS!" she screamed, but was then silenced.
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Legolas bolted up in bed. "NO!" he yelled into the night. Slowly he looked around he was still in one of the guest bed rooms in the Palace of Gondor. He had been having the same dream ever since he saw her again.
"Legolas! Legolas, are you ok!" Aragorn ran into Legolas' room.
"I'm fine...... It was just a dream......." he gasped for breath wiping sweat from his forehead.
"The same one? About her?"
"Yes....." He put his head in his hands and cried. "Its the same dream every night............"
Legolas turned around, and what he saw made him smile. The person who had yelled was his childhood friend and love, Arina Silverbirch. "I'm sorry, but I was at war-" he began to explain but she cut him off.
"Don't give me that! The war has been over for nearly a year!" she walked up and poked him in the chest accusingly "Why didn't you come home? What were you doing?"
"Okay, okay! I was in Gondor! I decided to stay with Aragorn and Arwen for a while before I came back to Mirkwood." he explained quickly to her.
"OH!!! You decided to stay in Gondor!!! Well while you were gone Mirkwood was destroyed!!!" she yelled.
"What?!" he exclaimed.
"Look for yourself!" she snapped.
Legolas looked around the forest. The trees where cut down, some where burnt, and many dead Elvin bodies were scattered around the ground. "Oh, my gods!" he gasped.
"I told you. Now, if you don't mind, I need to tend to the wounded and bury the dead...." she began to say but fell down on her knees, crying.
"Arina, please, don't cry.... I..... I'm so sorry......" he stuttered. He put one arm around her shoulders and pulled her close.
She pulled away from him. "Leave me alone! Get away from me! Leave! Legolas, leave me and this forest! You have forsaken your home and your people!" she screamed.
"But I......."
"LEAVE!" she yelled.
"If that is what you wish." he turned and left the forest.
~~~~~~~THE PALACE OF GONDOR~~~~~~~
"Legolas, what brings you back to Gondor?" Aragorn asked his elvish friend.
"Hmmm..... You could say I was forbidden to enter Mirkwood again by a friend.... or so I thought she was. During the year after the war Mirkwood was completely destroyed." he explained to Aragorn with a sound of pain in his voice.
"Destroyed? Who would have the audacity to destroy a dwelling of elves?" Arwen asked, looking clearly concerned at that bit on information.
"I don't know, My Lady." he answered in a dull monotone.
"Who removed you from your home land, Legolas?" Aragorn asked him.
"My childhood friend and the beholder of my heart, Arina Silverbirch....." he let out a deep sigh.
"Oh, Legolas, I'm sorry...." Aragorn put a hand on Legolas' shoulder.
"I will be fine I guess it just wasn't meant to be...." he closed his eyes.
~~~~~~~3 WEEKS LATER~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~IN HIS DREAMS~~~~~~~~
"Legolas, come with me!" Arina smiled at him and pulled him to a part of Mirkwood that was covered in luscious white flowers. "Look at them Legolas aren't they beautiful?"
He wanted so much to speak to her and tell her that he loved her, but she was slowly growing farther and farther away from him.
"Legolas! Legolas! Don't leave me! LEGOLAS!" she screamed, but was then silenced.
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Legolas bolted up in bed. "NO!" he yelled into the night. Slowly he looked around he was still in one of the guest bed rooms in the Palace of Gondor. He had been having the same dream ever since he saw her again.
"Legolas! Legolas, are you ok!" Aragorn ran into Legolas' room.
"I'm fine...... It was just a dream......." he gasped for breath wiping sweat from his forehead.
"The same one? About her?"
"Yes....." He put his head in his hands and cried. "Its the same dream every night............"