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Chapter1: Dwarf at Mirkwood
They reached Mirkwood in good spirits, each of them thinking of how their father would react and how they might deal with each other.
Gimli had shared Legolas's horse since the war. They rode toward Mirkwood, and stopped at the line of guards that waited for them at the border.
Gimli noticed the way of the guards, as they bowed to Legolas, and welcomed him to his home again. Then he notice how their features changed just seeing him.
They came near him with their swords almost touching him; while there was, as it seemed, another set of guards hiding in the trees pointing their arrows at him.
"Hmm… Legolas?" Gimli merely coughed as he pointed at the weapons that almost tore his skin.
"Forgive me about that, my friend," Legolas said to him.
"Friend?" a guard asked with a surprised look of shock in his features, slightly moving his sword away.
Soon all the guards did the same, still staring in wonder at the prince and the dwarf.
"Aye, he is friend of mine," Legolas confirmed with a big smile.
"How is this…" the guard asked, as he pointed toward the dwarf, " your friend?"
"In times of war things change when you rely on strangers; and strangers who become your friends no matter what races they are," Legolas replied to his guard.
"It is amazing how many things can change in a war," Legolas explained to the guard. "No one will shoot him! Send word to the guards."
"I will do as you ask, Prince Legolas." The guard bowed and left, keeping the other guards at his heels.
They rode until they arrived at the bridge near the cave where his home was; secured from all the creatures that lurked in the dark.
Gimli and Legolas dismounted from their horse and passed the bridge walking toward the entrance of the cave.
The glaring of the guards was annoying Gimli; and he was afraid to say anything, as he felt uncomfortable in that moment.
"He is a friend of mine," Legolas reminded the guards as he passed them. He kept a close eye upon Gimli, knowing that he had taken a huge risk by bringing a dwarf to his homeland.
TBC...