Mirkwood
Part I: Chapter 1: The Return
Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR or any of the Characters, sorry! If I did I would be rich!
AN: Legolas is about 17 in this fic.
Legolas: "When did you get back..........?"
*~*Chapter 1*~*
TWANNNNGGGG
Legolas smiled to himself as his arrow hit the other elf's right down the middle, splitting the piece of wood in half. Legolas smirked, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The other elf groaned but handed over the money making Legolas smile wider. His bow skills had improved much to where he was beating the highest Elf archer Phenduil, he had practiced and practiced, now he knew he had won.
"Good try Phenduil, but not good enough." Legolas said as he counted the coins in his hand, he did a good job this time.
Phenduil tried to smile, but couldn't the boy was so weird, his hair was disheveled and a dirty blond instead of golden because of the dirt piled on it. And the state of his clothes was sickening, all wrinkled and dirty, not to mention the dirt piled on that too. His cockiness did not help him either. But the boy did have grace, and he didn't smell like Men did when they didn't bathe for months at a time.
"You have become much better with that bow my Prince." Phenduil said then turned and started to walk away, leaving Legolas with his victory and money.
"Legolas!" Legolas eyes marked fear and he stopped counting. He had heard Phenduil stop in his tracks as well. Turning he saw his father on the steps, glaring with all his might and mind. "What do you think you are doing?"
"Uh......practicing." Legolas said smiling innocently.
"Give Phenduil his money back." Said Thranduil walking down the steps of the palace to his son.
"But-!"
"No 'buts' Legolas Greeenleaf! Now!" Thranduil snapped stopping infront of the young prince.
Legolas hung his head, circled around his father, walked to Phenduil and handed him his money.
"Thank you." Said Phenduil sorringly, the boy deserved that money, the archer didn't need it anyway.
"Sure..."
"Now, Legolas, your mother and I have to talk to you." Thranduil spoke up while tracking up the steps again.
"About what?" This getting the boy's attention.
"It's confidential, no offense Phenduil."
Phenduil just smiled. "None taken sir!"
"Come Legolas." the King of Mirkwood commanded as he walked into the palace.
Legolas groaned and followed his father reluctantly, up the steps to the beautiful building.
Phenduil chuckled a little and walked east, to the stables. "Don't try too hard my Prince."
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"Ah, Legolas."Alekhrivë exclaimed gracefully.
Legolas smiled a bit, entered after his father and sat in a chair. "Hello mom."
Thranduil sat in a chair exactly opposite his son, trying to look him in the eyes. "Legolas, your mother and I have decided on something."
"Huh?" Legolas muttered his ears perking, what was going on?
"We have decided, that it is about time for you to start searching for a suitable wife." Thranduil said beaming down on his son.
Legolas's jaw almost hit the floor, he just stayed that way for about 2 minutes collecting flies in his mouth. MARRIED!? Why him? He was only 17! That was too young to marry in Elfin records.
"But how? And why?"
Alekhrivë looked at Thranduil, she was kind of uncomfortable about this, Legolas could tell and so could Thranduil, but the Prince decided that his father wasn't choosing to notice his mother's discomfort.
"Because it is time, no more questions." Thranduil said lightly.
"But dad!" he turned to Alekhrivë, almost pleading with his eyes and voice. "Mom!"
She just shook her head. "Your father is correct, it is time, I'm sorry Legolas."
Legolas stared wide eyed at his mother, normally she would get him out of anything! "But-!"
"Legolas! Listen!." Thranduil snapped for the second time that day at his son.
"No!"
"Legolas, you WILL marry in a week to a nice female Elf!" Thranduil boomed making the walls shake.
"Thrandui-."
"Hold your tongue woman!" Thranduil yelled at Alekhrivë making her cringe and fall back tears coming to her eyes. He quickly turned back to the angry Prince. "Now, you WILL go to the parties your mother and I have arranged, two total! You will marry after the second!"
Legolas just looked at his mom, she was almost crying, then his eyes darted to his father. The young prince hated it when his father hurt his mother, it wasn't worth it, she never did anything wrong. Then he said in a whisper. "I understand."
Thranduil looked pleased with this and smiled. "Good, now you need to get bathed for the first ball, some of the most respected Elfin women will be at these parties."
Legolas nodded and walked out.
Thranduil sighed then he heard a small sob behind him, damn, he had done it again. He turned quickly and took his wife in his arms. "Please don't cry, I'm sorry."
Alekhrivë just nodded the tears starting to fall. Thranduil sighed and rested his chin on the top of her head lightly, then smiled. "I love you."
*~*~*~*
THOONNKKKKK
Watching the arrow bounce off the target at the end of the field, Legolas notched another, but only succeeded in hitting further away from the piece of wood.
"Damn it all to Mordor!!!" Cried Legolas throwing his bow across the field and into a tree. Normally practicing with his bow would calm him, but it only succeeded in making his day worse, his concentration was way off.
He sat on the ground head in his hands and knees up in a weird sitting position.
"Legs!"
Legolas shook his head and peeked out one of his eyes. "What do YOU want?"
A dark haired Elfin girl smirked and bounded forward, jumping on Legolas and latching herself to his back. "Hey Stranger!"
Legolas chuckled. "When did you get back?" He stood with the girl still on his back.
"This morning! I was looking for you." She said grinning wider.
"Didn't think you would get back till a week Messiya." Legolas said smiling at his best friend.
"Yep! Well, daddy wanted to get back early for some reason, he said there was a party coming up!"
Legolas paled and dropped her. "Yeah, party."
Messiya's smile faded and a serious look replaced it. "What's wrong?"
Legolas turned, scanning her over, she had changed in a year. She was taller, her hair had turned darker and her eyes were still hazel, though brighter. He then looked a little down from her collarbone and blushed, yep, she had changed, and in more ways than one.
"Like what you see, my Prince." Legolas went beet red and looked away, causing Messiya to get a smug look across her face. "Well, you got more muscular since I last saw 'you'."
Legolas smiled a bit still red. "Well, I have been practicing."
Messiya's smirk was replaced by a true smile. "Did you miss me?"
Legolas looked up at her. "Uh..."
Messiya frowned. "You didn't miss me?"
Legolas smiled and walked to her, wrapping his arms around her. "Yes, I did."
Messiya smiled to herself and slid her arms around his midsection. "I missed you too, Legolas."
The Prince just nodded and let his hands rub the small of her back. She really was his best friend, he had really missed her, a year had seemed like a century, a century of loneliness. And even though he had never really hugged her like this, it felt good, for Messiya, to be in his arms resting her head in his chest.
"Hey Legs! I have an idea." she said unwrapping her arms from him. "Let's go find your bow!"
Legolas chuckled at her and smiled. "Let's do that." and with that they both walked side by side to the mass of trees ahead of them. Legolas looked at her, she was wearing her usual archer shirt and pants, she never wore any dresses, ever since he had known her she had never been in a dress. But she was a great archer, no as good as him, but good none-the-less.
Suddenly he saw a sparkle of cherry wood and directed his eyes to the piece of wood lying on the ground ahead of them.
"Damn." he cried and ran to his bow, which was almost splintered in half.
"Ouch, I think you threw the bow too hard Legolas."she said smiling a little.
"No, this was my best bow." Legolas whined.
"Man, you whine like you're a Man." Messiya snickered.
"I do not!"
"Yes, you do."
Legolas fumed, threw down the broken bow and tackled her to the ground. "I don't whine!"
Messiya's eyes widened and she felt herself hit the cool ground with Legolas on top of her. Legolas laughed and pinned her down, while she was shocked. "Told you."
Messiya smiled as she realized Legolas was just playing, and was not going to hurt her. Then she realized they were VERY close, his knee was between her legs and her chest was pressing against his. He must have not realized this yet because he was still smiling.
"LEGOLAS!! MESSIYA!!" both of the young elves paled as Messiya's father came springing up to them.
Legolas got off of Messiya as quickly as his legs would take him. "Um..uh."
Messiya just blushed and got on her knees as her father ran up to her.
"WHAT DID HE DO!?" The older elf cried as he kneeled and hugged his daughter.
"Nothing daddy." she squeaked out to her dad.
"Sir Tryun I swear I did nothing." Cried Legolas trying to defend himself.
Tryun glared at the boy harder, till Messiya got up. "Daddy I promise, we were doing nothing, just playing around." the Elf still glared at Legolas but got up and walked away but not before whispering something in his daughter's ear.
"I think he likes you." Messiya said then laughed.
Legolas gave her his 'you-have-got-to-be-kidding' look.
Messiya stopped laughing and smiles sweetly. "You still whine like a Man."
"I do not!" Legolas cried out at her.
Messiya winked and ran of in the direction of her house. "Yes! You do!"
Legolas let out a sigh and shook his head. She was so strange, but that's what made them friends in the first place. He smiled, pivoted on his foot, and bounded lightly away, hoping to get home before it got dark.
*~*~*~*
Legolas smiled as he walked into the stream, washing away his cares for a few hours, and leaving Mirkwood behind him to this water. He dived under and came up quickly letting his hair get wet, he grabbed his hair in one hand and scrubbed the back of his neck with the other, washing away the sweat and dirt there. Then proceeding to his hair, which he hated doing. Ducking his head under he ran his hands through his hair to let the dirt and grime wash away into the stream.
Feeling satisfied he turned his head around to see if anyone was there. No one. So he quickly got out of the water drying off almost immediately, and grabbed his pants putting them on. He didn't want to take his sweet time getting dressed so he just grabbed his tunic, and quiver, pulling his still wet hair into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, he walked away into the trees.
Marveling at the great tall trees of the great Mirkwood, all of them huge and green, not like when you went south, in which all the trees were dark and mossing. But in the Northern Mirkwood, the trees were saved and still beautiful, each one having it's own story. Legolas smiled and touched one of the tallest trees, almost as if speaking to it, in a way he was.
The Prince then continued on towards the palace, needing for some practice, walking then looking back towards the tree -.
"OUCH!" Cried someone as Legolas ran into them, almost falling to the ground himself. Looking down the prince's eyes came in contact with clear grey eyes, and a blond head.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Legolas said and lifted the girl up, she lifted her head and smiled keeping her hand in his. Legolas blushed.
"It's okay, Prince Legolas of Mirkwood correct?" the blond beauty exclaimed still smiling. God she was beautiful, Legolas thought, she had a perfect smile, her eyes were deep and lusting. Legolas looked her up and down, she had a great body, beyond that of any normal female Elf.
"Yes, that I am my Lady." Legolas said, smiling at her.
The girl curtsied and smiled back at him. "I am known as Seacury, My Prince."
Legolas just nodded his head in her direction, then noted to himself that he still had no shirt on, he blushed. "Uh, so you're here for the parties?"
"How did you know?" Seacury asked.
"Well, I know just about everyone in Mirkwood, I have never seen you around." Legolas stated.
"Ah, I see, well your Majesty, I bid you farewell." She curtsied again and walked toward the stream. Legolas looked after her, she turned around looked him down and walked on. Legolas smiled to himself and walked back towards the palace again. Making sure to watch where he was going this time.
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AN: Hello it's d_dgt! How you all doin'? Good I suppose. Celebweth and Lost Dimension should have new chapters up soon! I have just been on vacation in Louisiana, then I had a brainstorm! What really happened to Legolas to cause him to never marry? So I decided that I would write about it! Also about Alekhrivë and Thranduil, which has never been done! See ya all later!
Next Chapter: The first party is coming and Legolas sees someone he never thought he would see there......