Chapter 2 – Horses, Arrows, and an Unfortunate Migrane

I woke up on the forest floor, with an arrow in my face, and a splitting headache.

"Oh Lord!" A voice spoke up. I guess it was mine since next thing I knew I had pushed the arrow away and was up against a tree trunk before I had time to think through what I was doing. Almost immediately the arrow was back in my face.

"Who are you?" A very forceful voice that sounded like it was trying not to growl came from the bow. Since when did bows talk? The arrow pressed closer into my face until it squashed my nose down. It punctured the top of my skin. I glared at it crossed eyed then slowly drew my gaze up the arrow and bow to the person shoving it in my face.

I couldn't suppress my shock and blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "OH! MY! GOD! Either I'm dead, dreaming, or hallucinating. Or Raiden's playing an excellent joke!"

The man staring down at me was Legolas Greenleaf. His stunning blue eyes almost hurt to look at. His golden hair was pulled back into what I was guessing to be an elvish braid. The rest of it fell down lightly against his shoulders reaching down to about halfway between his elbow and shoulder. It (unfortunately) coved his ears from view since he was bending over me. He wore brown leggings that clung nicely to his legs and a solid dark green tunic with a brown under shirt. Legolas had a quiver of arrows stung across his back with his bow (still!) pointed at me. I looked closer at his shirt and realized that it was not solid. It had delicate silver embroidery of leaves on it across the bottom and neckline. He made my brown hair, blue eyes, and shorts and t-shirt look like a dump yard. I carefully raised my gaze to his face and saw his eyebrows pressed together in a frown. I had to surpress a giggle. Just like in the movies his eyebrows didn't match his hair. They were dark brown. Speaking of the movies Peter Jackson really didn't do Legolas justice.

Suddenly he pushed the arrow closer. I looked down at my nose and saw blood start to seep out from under the arrow.

"I said what is your name?" This time he growled.

It was my turn to frown. Joke or not I wasn't telling some stranger my name. "Tell me yours and I will tell you mine." I retorted. Wait a second. Bad retort! I already knew his name. Whoops!

His frown grew deeper. "You are in no position to make demands." The arrow went further into my face. I squeaked when I felt my blood fall onto my lips. Despite all this I was still trying not to swoon.

" M… my… na…me is.. E.. Erin." I stammered out.

"Where are you from?" Legolas glared down suspiciously at me. " And what are you doing in Rivendell?"

"Alright. I've had enough!" I pushed the bow away and stood up placing my hands on my hips. "I don't know where I am! Who you are! OR anything about anything! If you tell me how much Raiden's paying you I'll increase it by ten dollars. But only if you get me out of these DAM WOODS!" I finally exploded.

His arrow (still pointed at me) slowly was lowered and while still watching me he placed it back into his quiver. I noticed he still kept a tight grip on his bow though. He stared at me now with confusion. " Who is Raiden? What is a dollar."

I gave him a you got to be kidding me look. The poor guy (elf, whatever he was) seemed actually confused not like he was faking it. Maybe he was Legolas. If so he wouldn't know what money was."

"Coins. The stuff you use to purchase items."

The confusion went away. "No one is paying me my lady."

I smirked at him. "You still haven't told me your name. How can I trust Raiden isn't if I don't know your name?" I might as well ask so when I called him by his name he wouldn't be confused to as how I knew.

Legolas stiffened. "Forgive my manners my lady. I am Legolas Greenleaf."

I smiled at him. " Please Legolas call me Erin. I am no lady trust me."

"Alright but only if you trust that no one is paying me."

I bit my lip. Could I trust him? I remembered how I had trusted Raiden. Well my life couldn't get worse could it? "Alright."

He smiled. A real smile. There was rarely any of those smiles in picuters or the movies. I couldn't help but smile back. " Well we should probally get you to Rivendell to get you cleaned up my lady." He turned to his horse but when I didn't follow he turned back around. My arms were now crossed against my chest and I glared evilly at him.

"What?" Legolas looked confused (again).

"My Lady?" I growled out between clenched teeth.

He rolled his eyes. "Right sorry ERIN." Legolas said putting a huge exaggeration on my name.

"Hmph." I put my nose in the air and allowed him to lead me to the horse.

"Do you need help getting up Erin?"

I glared at him. " I can get up on a horse by myself. Thank You Very Much." I said the last part sarcastically.

He handed me the reins and I led the horse over to a rock. Carefully stepping on it I jumped onto the horse and… fell off the other side.

"ERIN! Are you alright." Legolas grabbed my arm and pulled me up.

"I'm fine." I huffed and blew some hair out of my face then brushed off the dirt. When I looked back up a grin was spread across Legolas's face.

" Have you ever ridden a horse?"

"Yes!" I said pretending to be offended. " When I was five."

We both broke into laughter. After he helped me onto the horse he jumped on in front of me. He then whispered something that I was guessing to be elvish and the horse shot forward. I grabbed Legolas's waist to steady my self then let go after I caught my balance. I smiled to myself. We were off. I was going to Rivendell.

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