The sky was starting to change colour from a clear blue to a light pink, then orange and finally fading into a deep blue. It was getting darker and darker outside as tiny stars began to appear one by one, finally covering the whole sky. The moon was shining brightly and threw a ghost like glow over the forest as fog began to make its way between the trees. It was quiet. Relaxing. Calming.
Legolas sat in his room. He had for a long time now wanted to confront his father. The young elven prince had been seeing someone. Someone the king would most likely not accept. He was shaking. The blond elf was planning on confronting him tonight. He sat in silence and waited for the right moment to tell Thranduil what his plan was. He tried to collect enough courage to tell him that he loved Gimli.
Suddenly the powerful and majestic voice of the elf king appeared "Legolas! I see you have returned to what you are not supposed to leave". What was he doing? What was he talking about? Legolas' father was normally with the other elves, planning and fixing the kingdom like a normal king should. But lately he had been more aware of his son, unfortunately for Legolas.
Thranduil noticed Legolas' nervousness right away, and smiled calmly as he said "You have nothing to fear, Legolas. I only want to talk to you as your father, not as a king". His voice was friendly, and that was very unusual for him to be, but the king had a plan. He hoped that this kindness would make Legolas speak, because he knew that the next thing he would talk about was something Legolas always avoided. At least after he came back home from helping the hobbits.
Thranduil lost his smile, and stepped slowly into the room while blocking the only door leading out of the room. "Before you met dwarves…" Thranduil waited to continue to see if Legolas reacted, "… you helped Tauriel to clean out those giant spiders from our kingdom, spending time with her, but I do not think you do anymore. You see, I talked to her. She said she is always alone now". His face turned darker, along with his voice. "So tell me Legolas, Where have you been Lately?"