Disclaimer: I Don't own nothin! Tolkien is the all mighty master of everything! This is going to be a A/L slash…eventually! (which may not be for a while)…

"Get back here you little brat!" the angry hobbit-merchant yelled. The hooded youth ran swiftly through the crowds of people, weaving in and out of the many rows. The merchant stopped and panted as he placed his weak arms on his knees for support. "Get…back here!" he panted, mentioning to the boy but not getting up to go after him further.

As the boy ventured out of the hectic crowd and ran threw a near by forest until he reached a tree that looked nice. He laid back against the large tree and basked in the sun's warm rays. The trees shade covering his face and slim upper body.

"Ah…" the boy sighed pleasantly and rested his head on the tree's strong trunk. He looked at what he had stolen from the merchant, it was a small piece of bread, not enough to feed even a child but that was all he had, and he barely even had that. He sighed again thinking about what recent events took place to lead him to steal food for a living. All that he could remember was being alone, never knowing who he was, or where he belonged, but men always seemed to be following him and in the pit of his stomach he knew what they wanted he didn't want to give. His freedom…or his life. As the boy rested he took of his hood, showing long blonde hair the flowed down his head to a little pass his shoulder, pointed ears were seen through his hair. 

A sound caught his attention in the bushes next to him. He swiftly looked over to the bush a grabbed the hilt of his sword, ready to draw it if necessary. A young hobbit appeared out the bushes, her youthful eyes filled with fear and wonder as she walked cautiously through the woods underbrush.

"Um…" the boy stuttered as he looked at the girl. She blinked innocently at him and stared with large brown eyes, common among hobbits. He also stared at her with large blue eyes, common among elves.

Suddenly her eyes became wider than they were. "You're...an elf!" her child like voice said uneasily. Elves were rare to see now a days, even around the well hidden elf villages, but to see one in a hobbit village is a rare sight.

"Oh…please…don't tell anyone I'm here little one…" the elf asked in a kind tone, not wanting to startle or frighten her.

She stared at him chocolate eyes full of wonder. The boy, named Legolas, looked at her with a vacant expression, but in the depths of his blue was a hint of fear. Fear that she would tell…and fear that he would be caught. The silence between the both of them grew, but neither one moved or dared to breath.

"I…" she began saying but then turned around and ran, her small body carrying her as fast as it could.

"No! Come back!" Legolas yelled running after the girl. The girl was small and sleek and ran quickly through the underbrush, sometimes getting stuck on a branch but not stopping. Legolas, his body being taller and thinner also had no problem running through the woods.

But the child made it out quicker and ran to her father. "Daddy! There's an elf in there!" she yelled loud enough from some hobbits near to hear. Many of them stopped at the young girls out burst and crowded around to see what was happening. Legolas stopped dead as the crowd formed, he ducked back into a bush and hid there not wanting to be seen.

"What's a this rubbish about an elf?! No elves been seen around here in decades!" an older, wiser looking hobbit spoke out.

"Yet my girl said she saw one…and I don't doubt her…" the girls father said protecting his child.

"Yeah but still…an elf…" one of the townsfolk said.

"He's right ya know…the facts don't add up…why would an elf suddenly appear after all these years…?" another townsperson asked.

"But I saw one! He was in the woods!" the girl defended herself.

"An elf you say? We're looking for an elf his name is Legolas have you seen him?" a colder sounding voice asked from the crowd. A tall man with a rugged face, not doubt a ranger, appeared before the hobbits. Fear grew within Legolas and he backed up further into the forest, afraid he would be seen.

"I'm sorry…but only the girl claims to have seen this elf…I don't think you could take it to seriously…" the older hobbit told him.

"That's alright…I'll wait here a little while to see if he turns up again…" the man said turning and leaving, but not before looking directly at the bush Legolas was in, leaving Legolas with a feeling of fear again.

So…What do you think Should I continue? And it will get more interesting!