sorry it took so long to update. Its kind if short, I wanted to make it longer, but couldn't think of anything else to write for this chapter. Anyway, enjoy!
DISCLAIMER. I do not own The Lord of the Rings or the characters. A few of the characters I have made up.
Chapter 2
As Legolas walked into the room, he let out a gasp. The room was large, but it didn't contain any of the beauty he had seen in the corridors or the banquet hall. The floor contained layers of dust, cobwebs hung from the ceiling, the bed sheets were torn, and there was a broken wardrobe in the corner. And it smelled bad.
As he walked farther into the room, Legolas wondered how he was ever going to be able to sleep. A couple of moths flew out of the bed as he pulled the covers back. Moths and spiders didn't bother him too much, it was the smell that he couldn't stand. It was a musty staleness that suggested the room had been unused for decades. And it was extremely strong.
After tossing and turning on the rotting bed for two hours, the door creaked open and the silhouette of a dwarf stood in the doorway. The dwarf entered the room and sat down on an old chair next to the bed.
"Would you like to go to your room now?" Gimli asked.
Puzzled, Legolas sat up and stared at his friend. Noting the confusion in the elf, Gimli explained his long term plan to prank Legolas when he came to visit. When he was done, the two friends laughed for about five minutes before Gimli led Legolas down another maze of corridors to where the elf would really be sleeping for that night.
"Get a good night rest," Gimli said as he left the room.
"You also," Legolas said as he drifted off to sleep.
In the morning, though Legolas couldn't tell for certain that is was morning, Gimli returned to the chamber and led Legolas back to the banquet hall for breakfast. There they had toast with a variety of jams, some pastries, and fruit juice.
As Gimli and Legolas prepared to leave for their journey, King Thorin met them at the entrance of Erabor to give them a blessing of good fortune on their journey. Gimli said goodbye to his friend Gombur and his father, an the two companions set off on their journey.
"I was thinking of going to visit the hobbits in the Shire," Gimli said as they made their way through the city of Dale. Legolas agreed and they set off into the west.
The route they took to arrive at the Shire, Gimli thought, was probably the one, or similar to the one, his father had taken with the company of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, only in reverse.
Nearing the end of the first day of traveling, they had made it back into Mirkwood. It had been decided that they would try to avoid the other elves as much as possible. Despite all of Legolas's claims that Gimli was his friend and wouldn't be rude, King Thranduil would not have a dwarf coming into the village.
They made camp at the base of a large tree. As Legolas went off to hunt for their meal, Gimli made a fire. While the elf was gone, Gimli felt a little uneasy in the forest. He couldn't stop wondering if one of the giant spiders Gloin had encountered on his journey might come rushing out of the trees at him.
Once the fire was going, Gimli spent the next ten minutes nervously looking through the trees. At on point he heard a rustling of leaves, but it turned out to just be a rabbit.
"You could have been quicker," Gimli said when Legolas finally returned carrying two rabbits and a few wild berries.
"It takes time to hunt, my friend," was all Legolas said in return.
The two of them ate in silence before settling down to sleep.