Sorry this took so long, but here it is.
The sun reached the horizon and the team had departed from Mirkwood. The seven of them each had a horse and they moved swift and quickly. The road to Muldor was long and it would take 2 days if the conditions allowed for it. They rode along the river, not only to give them an idea for where they were but to have access to water. Legolas lead the pack and Tauriel and Aragon trailed behind in the back of the pack, while the others were in between. The ride was quiet for Legolas, as he had wanted it. The members riding behind him were silent, for they did not want to disturb the Prince, but Tauriel and Aragon had light conversation. The two talked mostly about the few rumors they had heard lately from the others while in Mirkwood.
" Do not be ridiculous, Hera would not be caught dead with him." Tauriel argued.
" No it's true, Aarin told me himself. He even said that they've been together for a while now. She still has the first rose he ever gave her." Aragon said.
"Well what a story, a princess and a warrior. He father will not approve. Aarin has never been on his good side. " As soon as Tauriel spoke the horses in front of them came to a halt. She hadn't even noticed that the sun had set. She and Aragon pulled back on the reins of their horses and jumped off.
" We will make camp here for the night." Legolas said as he began to gather sticks to start a fire. Tauriel grabbed her sack off of her horse and set it down so she could tie her horse up. She picked up her sack and set it down by the fire. She asked quickly if there was anything she could do, but they had helped start the fire and grabbed enough wood to keep the fire going, so there was nothing else she could do. She wandered around for a while, looking for any clues that they were being followed or watched. When she decided that the coast was clear, she sat down on the rocks along the river bank and sat and took in her surroundings.
As Legolas finished up the fire, he looked up and found Olgur and Mender fast asleep. Thorin and Pepin were in the midst of setting up there beds for the night when Aragon spoke.
" Has anyone seen Tauriel?''
Thorin spoke up first, " I saw her wandering over there." He pointed in between the start of the trees and the edge of the river bank.
'' She was probably searching for signs of orcs." Aragon said. "Make sure we were not being watched or even followed. That's usually what she does."
" They would do that? Follow us, even watch us?" Pepin asked.
" Yes. These creatures are vile and unpredictable. I'll go search for Tauriel, make sure she is still near." Legolas said as he headed toward the direction Thorin pointed. He searched through the trees first. When he found no signs of her and made his way towards the riverbank. He saw the small outline of her figure sitting on a large rock facing the water. He made his way towards her and on a large rock right next to hers.
" You had us worried." he said.
" I am not the one you need to worry about. Try that hobbit or even the dwarf. " she said through her gritted teeth. Tauriel was fiercely against bring them along as was Legolas. But she was not allowed to keep them from coming, no one could, not even Legolas.
" Did you volunteer to come?" Legolas asked.
" Yes." Tauriel answered quietly.
" Why?"
" Why not? I would much rather have it be me out here then any of my people," Tauriel said. " I owe my kingdom, my family. So if that means coming out here and giving my life for them, then I would do it without a second thought."
" You owe them?" Legolas asked, he knew he might have gone to far but he wanted to know why she meant that.
" I am not Arwin's cousin or sister or in anyway related to her. I am an orphaned elf who just happened to be taken in by their family."
" You want revenge, that's why you volunteered." Legolas stated once he made the connection.
" That may also be a factor," she said staring at the rocks. She picked up a small pebble and threw it into the river.
" You are going to get your chance," Legolas said. " I can promise you that."
" The worst part was that they didn't have the decency to leave my father behind. All there is left is a stone with his name engraved in it." She said as a tear fell from her eye. She turned around and wiped the tear off to try and hide it but Legolas had already seen it.
" My mother was killed in a similar way, except she was left behind." Legolas said. Legolas had never really talked about his mother to anyone, not even his father. He had never even said aloud that she was gone.
" Did you do anything about it?"
" No, but I am going too." Legolas stated.
" Looks like we have a similar game plan." She said.
" Indeed." Legolas said as he turned to face her. " If things go as I have planned, we will have a chance, a chance to get even. But things won't end there. This is going to be bigger then we can imagine and it's going to take time to destroy their entire population," he said.
" I have hundreds of years, I can wait a couple more."