Chapter Three – The Sea (Rachel/Legolas – "Rachel teaches Legolas about the sea.")

He admired her. He wasn't afraid to say it. She had grown older believing the lies that her family was dead, and she had made a name for herself. She had overcome the loss of not one but two limbs, and she still managed to govern a huge ship filled with researchers, discovering new things every day.

"Here, look." She said, turning to him with a huge, childlike grin. "Look into the microscope. That's the algae we just discovered. It takes on the form of something we put near it that it recognizes." She held up a small oak leaf and held it near the 'algae', and sure enough, it quivered and adopted the form of the leaf.

He frowned. "I am not sure what to think of it..." He said. It was nothing like anything he had ever seen, but then again, most wouldn't believe this world existed.

She laughed and rolled her eyes. "Well, you'd better like it, 'cause I named it after you."

He can't help but smile.