Rating: K+

Summary: Legolas is minorly wounded on a trip and recovers rapidly, but another mysterious force threatens to take the Prince's life

Disclaimer: I do not own Tolkien's universe or most of the characters in this story (Except for a few that I made up)

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Chapter 1: Surprise Trip

Golden sunlight flooded into Legolas eyes through her lace curtains. It stung, and it took a few minutes to regain all her senses. He took a deep breath. The room smelled as it always did, of wood and flower. It was quite small for a bedroom you might see in a palace. On one end was a bookshelf and two chairs, and on the other, his bed.

Legolas lay in his bed for a few more minutes before he forced herself to open his eyes. He blinked slowly, studying the familiar room with his blue eyes. He muttered to herself silently, and sat up. His eyes were filled with sleep, which blurred his vision. After blinking for a few seconds, his vision was no lounger cloudy, and he could properly see.

Legolas yawned and stretched to his desire before he crawled out of bed. He quickly changed into his normal outfit of pants, a cloak, and a tunic. After changing, Legolas sat on his bed as he fixed up his warrior braids. Before leaving he studied his room once more.

His bow and quiver were laying against the bookshelf. It had been a while since he had used them in a real fight, and he was wondering when that would happen.

He thought for quite awhile. After realizing he was spacing out, he turned around and proceeded to make for the kitchen.

The Mirkwood Palace kitchen was one out of two of Legolas favorite places, the other being the throne room. The kitchen was large and spacious, and smelled amazing, especially during breakfast. Adding to his liking, the chefs and waiters very nice. Most of them had been working there since he was little, and he still knew all there names by heart. He also liked the kitchen because it had shortcuts to get to the throne room. Legolas walked into the Palaces' kitchen. It reeked of cinnamon, butter, and strawberries, of which it usually did.

Ignoring the irresistible and sweet smells, Legolas walked through the long kitchen halls, nodding at waiters and chefs who passed by them, some of which offered him food. Legolas was planning on eating later.

After walking through a maze of halls, Legolas finally reached the throne room. He stood near the entrance, waiting for his father, Thranduil, to finish conversing with Torath, his companion and a castle guard. Torath and Thranduil both turned to see Legolas at the kitchen entrance, and both nodded at him before Torath turned and headed out the throne room's main door.

Legolas walked up to his father and greeted him. After talking for a few minutes, Thranduil quickly changed the subject of guard placements.

Sighing silently, almost inaudibly, Legolas's father looked him in the eye.

"I have a task for you." He said, almost sounding concerned.

"Yes?" Legolas said, curious.

"I need you to go to Rivendell and give this to Elrond," He said, handing Legolas a satchel, "Torath will accompany you."

Legolas looked confused. He rarely ever was appointed tasks where he traveled to Rivendell, except when he was just visiting Aragorn, Elrond, and the Twins. A few years back, he was ambushed by Orcs while completing a task to Rivendell. He had been badly injured, and probably would have died if Elrohir hadn't accidently found him while hunting deer. Ever since then, Thranduil had been very wary of letting Legolas go on journeys to Rivendell.

Legolas opened the bag, inside were several different herbs, a note, and a liquid in a bottle.

"What are these for?" Legolas asked, looking up at his father.

"Elrond needed some herbs that only grow in Mirkwood. His stash ran out, and I figured you might like to visit Estel and the twins anyways." Thranduil said

"When do I leave?" Legolas asked.

"Later today" Thranduil said.

Legolas nodded and proceeded to pack up his stuff and have breakfast while he was at it.

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"I bet you couldn't even catch a fawn" Elladan said as he argued with his twin brother.

"I bet I could! Probably even a bigger one than you!" Elrohir argued back.

Aragorn rolled his eyes. Elrond had announced that they would all would be going hunting for deer in three days, and ever since the twins would not stop arguing. They were currently making bets on who could catch the bigger deer. It was currently winter, and the deer population was unusually high.

"Estel!" Elrohir called using Aragorn's elvish name, "Who do you think could catch the biggest deer?"

Aragorn sighed, "Neither of you," He said, leaving the twins with confused looks on their faces, "I would probably catch the biggest one."

Elrohir rolled his eyes visibly, and Elladan suppressed a chuckle.

Startling them, Elrond suddenly walked into the room.

"Legolas is coming to visit in three days time," He said, "he is bringing medicine from Mirkwood, and decided to stay and visit for a little bit"

The twins and Aragorn's faces instantly lit up. The young Mirkwood prince was one of their best friends, and rarely came to visit. Elrond nodded to them and left the room as quickly as he had entered it.

"It has been awhile, hasn't it." said Elrohir, "Since his orc encounter Thranduil has pretty much kept him locked up in the palace."

"That incident was while ago though," Elladan reminded him, "Thranduil probably feels about it"

Aragorn shuddered when remembering what happened. Legolas had been traveling to Rivendell to visit, when he had been ambushed by Orcs. He had been wounded so badly that the orcs found no point in taking him, leaving him to die. Elrohir had gotten upset when Elladan had teased him about not catching deer that he had gone out to prove himself, only to find a half-dead Legolas. Elrohir had brought him back as fast as he could have, and if it Galadriel wasn't in Rivendell at the time, Legolas would have died.

Aragorn silently prayed that Legolas would have a safe arrival from Mirkwood.

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Sorry for the kinda short chapter! The chapters will get longer I promise. The overall story will be around 10-20 chapters. Please review.

Expect chapter two in 3-10 days.