Legolas' Journey

Disclaimer: Tolkein owns Legolas. Nildoliel, Burzannaion, Thalilotion and Nefmacilion are mine.

Note: This was an idea that came to whilst lying in bed one night. Hope you all like this as much as you liked my Out takes done previously. Thank you all for reviewing them and I hope you like this just as much. It is no where near as good as any of the Lord of the Rings books as I'm no where near as clever as Tolkein. Don't forget to review when you have read as I will be pleased to here what you all think, good or bad (but please be nice). Anyway, enjoy reading....

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Legolas was happy. Why wouldn't he be? He was perfect. He lived in a beautiful place called Mirkwood and was definitely the most popular amongst the elves his age by far. He was taught by many intelligent elves near his home and, as he was prince of Mirkwood, he had a beautiful home and beautiful grounds. He was the best at sports, achieved the best grades and the other elves loved him, male and female alike. What else could he want?

Legolas was once again sat in class day dreaming. He was gazing out of the window creating shapes and creatures out of the clouds. The teacher was handing out last weeks homework. The paper landed on his desk. There was no need to look at what he'd been given. It was always the same.

His gaze slowly moved from out of the window to what was lying on his desk. A faultless mark as usual sat in the top right hand corner of his paper. The rest of the class sat discussing their own achievements. No one asked him. It wasn't because no one liked him. Far from it, everyone liked him. Everyone just knew what he'd got already. His gaze drifted back out of the window and up to the pale blue, cloud filled sky.

Elves were perfect creatures. They could do almost anything. Elves were very skilled on the whole but Legolas was a very skilled Elf and this was something very special. He was the best at everything he did and everyone loved him, even if they were a bit jealous.

So why was Legolas so bored? Why was he fed-up of being perfect and everyone liking him? He wanted a challenge. He felt like there was something missing from his life. He often sat and wondered what it could be but nothing ever came to him. He scored perfect grades all year, every year. He had a happy home and lots of loving friends and family. He didn't have a girlfriend, not because he couldn't find one, there were lots of girls dying to go out with Legolas, he just didn't want someone who only liked him because everyone else liked and him and because he was, well, perfect. He wanted someone to like him for himself. He sat and thought about this for many long hours each day but he was sure this wasn't what was missing from his life. He was bored. He needed to get away.

And that was what he was going to do. He had finally decided. He could no longer stay with his altogether perfect but boring life. He wanted to go out and have adventures and find the final, missing piece. Not many people would like his decision but it was something he had to do.