The Darkness of Moria
Summary: Why is Aragorn unwilling to enter Moria? Legolas wants to find out. Book verse of course.
A/N: I hope it goes well. Trying to write it in a specific setting and not wanting to go Tolkien word for word. Not a lot of Dialogue…scratch that, no dialogue it focuses on what's in Legolas' head. And although I'm a big, big fan of Aragorn/Legolas friends before fellowship thing, I thought it would work better if they did not know each other very well before hand. Chapter 2 starts the actual telling of what happened. I've not written it yet but it's in my head. Enjoy!
Legolas looked up at the massive wall in before him. He looked over at Aragorn who was leaning against the wall some ways off. His arms were crossed as he stared off into the horizon. Just looking at the place, Legolas could see why Aragorn did not like Moria. He looked up at the wall again and shuddered, then back at Aragorn. There was something else though. Something must have happened.
Legolas turned when he heard something hit the water. It was just Boromir. The edan had thrown a stone into the water. Frodo asked Boromir for him, but he got no answer. Humans, he shook his head
Gandlaf let out a cry that sent Legolas nearly out of his skin. The wizard had figured it out. The wizard spoke the word, "Mellon" and the doors opened. He hobbled onto the first step. Something slithered in the water, reached out and grabbed Frodo's ankle. Bill the pony fled in fear. Sam started to go after the pony until he heard Frodo cry. He turned round and went back to Frodo. As soon as Sam had freed Frodo, they all rushed inside as Gandalf shouted at them. The creature grabbed the doors and slammed them shut. They were left in the darkness of Moria. Gandalf vainly tried to open the doors. The only thing left to do was to go on. Gandalf lit his staff and they climbed the stairs.
Legolas, toward the middle of the group, glanced around as they went through the passageways. The others whispered amongst themselves, all except for him and Aragorn. He very much liked the ranger. Aragorn almost seemed elven in a lot he did. Boromir did not like it, but Legolas thought it was kind of cool. He wondered what it was like for Aragorn, growing up a human amongst elves. He had only met Aragorn a few times, but he had heard more about him from other elves. He sounded like an okay guy, for a human.
What had happened that Aragorn did not want to be here? Gimli the dwarf seemed to like the place enough. Why, Legolas could not even fathom, but then he did not understand dwarves nor did he have much dealings with them.
TBC
edan- human, of course
mellon- yes we know, friend
Me: well what did ya think? I know, it's a little short.