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(Legolas)
"It's was the 2897th year out on a hunting trip, a young woodland prince alongside his soon to be bride were playing in a nearby stream... At the time I didn't think anything of it. We were both in need to blow off some steam.
"Legolas," She yelled. "Quit, Splashing!"
"You started it," I yelled back at her, and splashed once more. She attempted to kick water up at me but fell into the water instead. I smiled at her... She wasn't terrible, she is extremely attractive, and with her lineage, it would greatly please father. She's Kind, compassionate, beautiful, and most importantly... An Elf. I walked over and Knelt next to her. She made a water fountain with her mouth, as two fish fell out, and she smiled widely at me.
"You missed," I said and she laughed.
"No, I didn't."
"Really?"
"Yes... You see I was just lulling you into a false sense of reality," I arched my eyebrow at her. "Observe," She kicked my legs out from under me, making me fall next to her, as I was now as wet as she was.
"Oh you will pay for that," I said and grabbed her and proceeded to tickle her.
"NO stop!" She yelled while laughing... Arwen has been one of my closest friends since Birth... If our marriage would be like this every day, then maybe this would work."Please!"
"Oh! Your Highness," Tauriel said as looking to the sky. "Arwen... I am sorry to interrupt."
"No need Tauriel," I said and stood to help Arwen up.
"I've picked up on the Beasts trail," She finally said looking back at us. "I thought you said you were getting firewood?"
"We were... Just got a little distracted," Arwen said and I smiled at Tauriel who gave me a death glare.
"Well it's nice to see you to social again," we started walking again. "Ever since your engagement you two have been avoiding each other like the plague... What changed?"
"Why so curious?" Arwen asked her and she blushed. "No matter... We should continue on if we are to catch to the creature." She grabbed her Bow. "Are you two coming?" I looked Tauriel but she was avoiding eye contact with me.
"Yes," I said throwing my arms around the both of them. "Let us be off."
"The day's after that were natural, mainly because I believed Arwen and I being married wouldn't be perfect... But we would be okay. Tauriel kept her distance more than usual; I know she's the head of my guard, but... She's still my friend.
"We should camp for the night," Arwen said sitting on a rock.
"We are so close! Why stop now?"I protested.
"She is right," Tauriel said and sat her things down. "We need to rest if we'll have any chance against the Beast."I tried to protest further, but they weren't having any of it.
"I will go retrieve our water," Arwen said leaving me alone with Tauriel.
"Hello," I finally said to her breaking our long silence. I do have to admit I have always had a small thing for Tauriel. She was beautiful, a fighter, and my friend just like Arwen, but with Tauriel it's always been different.
"Hello," she smiled back... She has a wonderful smile. "Shouldn't you be helping your fiance?" She asked crudely and my smile fell.
"What's with you? I thought you liked Arwen?"
"I do like her... I Just... Never Mind,"She huffed and turned to walk away, but I grabbed her hand.
"Tauriel," I whispered to her gently. "Please..."
"I thought you'd always marry for love... Not because your father ordered you too!"
"I always dreamed of marrying for love... I believe that you can fall for many, but when you find that one... You just know. You might not know it, or why but you'd follow them anywhere... I believe when you meet them you may fall, but it's not until that first kiss that you know that you're in love and this person is the one you want with you always. You can fall for people infinitely but you only have one love."
"What's that first kiss feel like," she asked stepping closer to me.
"I do not know... I have yet to experience it," she gently cupped my face and brought it down to hers and kissed me. it was soft and sweet but... Something was missing. She pulled away from me and just stared. I might have fallen for Tauriel, but I a not in love with her."
"Well," I nodded and took a step away from her.
"I'm gonna go find some firewood," I said before she could ask any more about it. The wood was surprisingly bear, I had to of walked at least thirty feet until I decided to climb a tree, and started plucking off branches. I was jumping tree to tree grabbing as many as I could. A scream erupted about four trees ahead I dropped the wood I had and Quietly jumped to the closest tree hiding trying to stay undetected.
"Two Northern Men came into view pulling a small Dwarf girl with them Violently.
"Scream all you want now girl no one can hear you," said the taller of the two as he pulled out an unknown weed and started smoking it.
"Do not be so idiotic!" She growled. "Someone's always watching," the girl was only about two feet and obviously a dwarf female, at far chance a Hobbit. Her dark brown almost black hair hung long over her shoulder in a braid. Her skin could be much compared to the moonlight as light freckles went across her cheeks. I couldn't see her eye's but if I could I'd bet they'd be just as beautiful. Her features were extremely fair, putting many elves to shame. The red dress she was wearing was torn and covered in the mud on the bottom. But she didn't seem to be caring about any of it, not even the fact that she was kidnapped. "You're the clown that screamed when a bunny erupted from the bushes!" She had a surprising wit to her, a one that I haven't seen in a while."
"Sorry Girly... No one's watching... There's no civilization around for miles," She frowned and rolled her eye's at the man, and then starting surveying the land as her eye's stopped where I hid behind the branches. The surprise on her face was evident. She smiled at me and I smiled back, she couldn't see all of me or really any of me at all but she knew I was there.
"No... I will not be screaming. Like you said... Even if I did, no one would hear me,"She looked the two men over. "You do not scare me."
"We don't," asked one as he walked closer to her, but she stood her ground. "I can think of a few things that would scare you," He stroked her face. The way he touched her made me growl... She is not his to touch! She swatted his hand away, but he grabbed her face violently, as he pulled her up to him. "The things I would do... Rest assured you'll scream."
"She is to be left unharmed Rubin," The other man said to him as he then threw the girl back, and she stumbled into a tree.
"Ow... That was at least considered a little harm," I couldn't help but smile at the girl. "Okay... Now that we've gotten to know each other so well... What's the plan chuckles?" Who is this girl?
"Well, next we hand you to our employer... What he does with you from there is his business."
"Why, and Why me? What do you gain from this?"
"One-word dearie... Gold!" He stood and walked towards her again and caressed her arm, as she spits in his face. "Why you vile little girl!"
"Rubius! She is to be left unharmed!"
"OH comes on Sapphire she's right! Gold doesn't seem like it's a good enough reward for this prize!" He pulled her forcefully towards himself as she started struggling hard, as I readied my bow. "Why steal such a pretty toy if we weren't going to at least play with it first!" I couldn't get a good shot on Rubius unless I was to risk hitting the girl... So I shot Sapphire. He fell to the ground with a loud thud.
"Sapphire," Rubin yelled as he picked up the girl and started using her as a shield. He walked wither her until she reached his brother and pulled my arrow from his brother's lifeless corpse. "Elves," he cursed and brought the tip of the blade up to the girl's throat. "Show yourself elf or I will kill her!"
"And you lose your client! Not likely!"
"It doesn't matter if she is dead or not she's just worth more alive!" He pressed the blade further starting to draw blood and she whimpered.
"Okay," I said as I jumped out of the tree with my hands up. "Okay... Better," Her eye's were shut tight, but he lowered the arrow.
"You're alone?"
"At the moment I am yes..."
"At the moment? There are others?"
"Yes, and they will notice that I have been gone for far too long."
"And they would be very saddened by your death..."
"Yes," I tried to step closer but he held the blade back up and she started whimpering again. "Just let her go... Please."
"I am sorry but I can not do that."
"Then I am sorry as well."
"For what," I threw one of my knives off my back at him. He dodged as he dropped the girl, she landed hard on the ground but she quickly got up and ran to me, as I picked her up protectively.
"You need to run direct..." She looked at me her eye's searching mine. Her eyes were probably the most beautiful thing's I've ever been graced to look at. I've forgotten all I was going to say... And I felt like I've looked into those eyes before.
"Thank you," she kissed my cheek, and I can honestly say it was the best thing I've felt in my entire life. She screamed loudly as Rubius came up behind me with his sword, I blocked his attack, and pushed him back, with her still in my arms. I carefully put her down not taking my eye's off the man.
"Run directly north! You will find two elvish women, you must tell them of what happened here... They will help you. As soon as I am done here I will find you."
"NO! I'm not leaving you! What if I get lost!"
"I Will Find You!" I yelled as Rubius ran at me again. "RUN!" I yelled and she complied... Not long after she left I heard a soft scream echo from where I sent her, I tried to run to her ,but got too caught up in the fight with Rubius to do so... After I finally captured him Arwen and Tauriel appeared. I asked if they saw the girl but.. they did not... I ended up going off to look for her, while Tauriel and Arwen returned home with the prisoner... I couldn't find her, I looked for months but found nothing... When I finally returned home Tauriel wouldn't stop asking questions about the day... And Arwen found love, I canceled the engagement with her immediately... She deserves a chance at true love, she ended up thanking me actually."
"A man who won such a woman's heart must've been a fool," Aragon said to me as we walked the hall's of my kingdoms dungeon. "That had to of been like twenty years ago... Whatever happened to the prisoner?" I stopped outside a cell and nodded for him to look in. "Who is this Legolas," He asked in our native tongue.
"Rubius."
"What is he still doing here," He asked looking at the young man.
"He know's who the one I am looking for is, and where I can find her... As long as he refuses to speak he shall stay down here... And even if I did set him free I do not believe I would let him live... In fear that he'd hurt her." As soon as he saw me he ran at the bars grabbing for me with no avail. I was too far away from his grasp.
"I will Kill you!" He yelled as it echoed through the halls. "And If I ever see that little bitch again you can rest easy that I'll kill her too!" What he said made my blood boil I grabbed his neck and yanked him up to me.
"If you even lay one finger on her I will personally give you a fate worse than death!" Aragon pulled me of the man and pulled me down two flights of stairs.
"Legolas what is with you, you are not yourself!" He yelled at me as I calmed myself. "My friend please answer truthfully... Why is this girl so important to you?"
"I do not Know the exact reason, my friend... But when I first saw her I knew she saw something special... But when she kissed me, I know it was only on the cheek, and I know it was only a mere moment, but after that... She was the only thing that mattered from then on..." He looked at me and smiled.
"She's about thirty-two now."
"I know..."
"Probably married with Kids."
"I know."
"She has a beard now," I nodded my head and he patted my shoulder as we sat on the stairs. "She's a dwarf... Legolas; if you wish to go looking for this girl go ahead, I'll help if you wish it, but there is a large chance that you may never find her... And an even larger chance that she is long dead; are you sure that you wish to spend so much of your life trying to find a girl... If you two are meant to meet again then you will."
"But I promised I would Find her..."
"And I know you will... One day, but for the time being will you try to find love with someone your father would not start a war over?"
"I will Try," I smiled at him, as Tauriel and one of our elvish noble women walked past, as they both winked at me. "And if I ever do find Love I promise to give up on trying to find the Dwarf girl if... You promise to tell Elrond that you have fallen for his only daughter."
"I can agree with those terms... But I have one of my own."
"And what would it be?"
"Go ask the girl to dinner..."
"You want me to start looking for love now? Under my father's roof?"
"Yes," he said and pushed me to where the girls disappeared to. I walked down the stairs where she was talking to Tauriel, as they stopped speaking as I approached and both smiled at me.
"Hello high prince," the girl said to me and bowed.
"Legolas," Tauriel said and blushed. I know it's been almost twenty years, but whenever she asks about the kiss, I've been making up excuses to get out of the question. I know I could have just told her but I didn't have the heart. Deep down I think she know's... I think she knew as soon as it happened... I don't think I'll ever be able to tell her how sorry I am that I can't be that guy for her.
"Hello Tauriel," I turned to the other girl. "Hello, I'm Legolas."
"I know..."
"Look," I said just trying to get this over with. "I was just wondering if you would like to accompany me to dinner tonight?"
"I can not see why not," she said and ten smiled at Tauriel.
"Good... I will see you then," I said and walked back to Aragon.
"How'd it go," the girl squealed loudly.
"It went alright."
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