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Chapter 3: Awe'struck' by Thranduil.

It was Legolas who had chanced upon her.

Because Valar forbid, the potential love interest of either Legolas, célibataire extraordinaire or his father, the breath-takingly handsome and heart-breakingly married Elvenking is intercepted by any other guard.

"Daro!" Yeah, Legolas loves to steal Haldir's catch-phrase.

Suddenly, the traveler found herself surrounded by elven warriors all having their bows trained on her, with Legolas leading the group. (Replace Legolas with Haldir and the forest with a less gloomy one. Entry of The Fellowship to Lothlórien, anyone?)

"Reveal yourself!" This was not written in Elvish since the author's knowledge in that particular language has already been drained.

The hood was lowered to reveal a strikingly beautiful woman (no surprise there) with golden hair, like that of molten gold mixed with the colour of the setting sun and orbs like golden pool of mesmerization (Honestly, orbs? Pools? What's wrong with good ol' eyes?) that Legolas found himself drowning in. The woman utilized the time he required to latch onto the life-jacket to pull some super ninja moves and disarmed the guards. After all, they were only seven-ish hardened, experienced warrior, all with several pointy weapons. Piece of cake.

So, by the time Legolas had managed to reach the coast, he was the only one standing with weapons. He was so surprised by her skills, that he accidentally let loose an arrow. Why in the name of Mandos Legolas was still armed was beyond the scope of the readers.

She fell down, unconscious.

So he had grievously injured a woman by accident, the same woman who, not long ago, had proved to be quite a threat.

"My fair lady!", he cried. "Oh, what have I done? Father is going to be furious (No, you dolt, he would be besides himself with joy. You could have done him a great service, but alas….)! Let's take her to the healer."

Aaaaaaand, so, all the guards left their post vulnerable just to bring a potential threat to the great Halls of the Elvenking, when two people could have easily completed the job.

Inside the Halls…

"Take her to the healer!"

Legolas dashed to the throne room, but his super-elf daddy was nowhere to be seen. He then promptly headed towards his study and was just about to bang the doors, when,

"Enter."

"Father!"

Thranduil looked up from the document he was studying and raised ONE eyebrow. (Now, THAT, seriously is tough. I had to practice for quite a long time, still I can't seem to get it right.)

"What is the matter, ion-nin?"

Legolas did a word vomit. Technically, elves are considered way too graceful for that, but, you know, fanfiction….

Thranduil had a serene smile on his face as he said "I see", but made no movement to get up.

"You are… not going to see her?" Legolas was shocked to not get a good scolding.

"Considering that I cannot someone who is unconscious, I have to wait till the healers mend her up. Send the others back to the post."

Legolas nodded. As he turned to go, he heard his father say "I need you to stay until she wakes up."

Inclining his head in acknowledgement, the Prince left the room leaving a brooding King behind.

A few hours later…

Thranduil once again had his concentration shattered by the hurried approaching footsteps of his son. This time, he got up and opened the door himself.

"Is she awake?"

Legolas bobbed his head up and down excitedly.

The Elvenking put his hand on his beloved son's shoulder.

"You go ahead, I am coming."

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Thranduil entered the infirmary to find the mysterious woman seated, facing away from the door while Legolas was staring at her with openly expressed awe.

He sighed. This might be tough.

Sensing his presence, she turned towards him.

His eyes narrowed. He decided on the blunt approach.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my realm?"

She gave him a small smile and replied smoothly, "I am Mereníl, a healer from Imladris and I wanted to see the wondrous Halls of yours, Your Majesty. Also, with the threat looming around your borders I thought that my knowledge of Alchemy and Alkahestry from my previous life might benefit you."

He sighed again.

"So, why are you travelling alone?"

She blinked. "Ah, well…"

At this, Thranduil smacked her with his stick….. staff thing. Legolas gasped, which went completely ignored.

"Alright, spit it. Who are you after, me or my son?"

The woman looked surprised."How do you know?"

Poof!

In the place of the stunningly beautiful woman, now sat a short, fat girl, hardly into her tweens with plain black hair and eyes, glaring at him with all her might.

Legolas' jaw dropped.

Thranduil raised both his eyebrows this time.

"You are barely a little…"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLIMG SO SHORT….."

"Really Yuki, quoting Edward Elric now?"

If possible, the girl got more frustrated. "How do you even know of him? And my pen-name?"

He looked at her pointedly. "YOU are the one who broke the fourth wall, little one."

She huffed.

"You never answered my question. Were you after me or my son?"

Her cheeks turned red. She mumbled something which was almost inaudible to the King. Almost.

He smirked, "Pardon, what was that?"

"You heard me quite well."

"But my son didnn't."

"Fine!" She threw her hands up. "It was you."

His smirk got bigger, "You see, little one…."

"Stop calling me that!"

She was ignored. "I am already married and my wife is quite well, thank you. She never died or sailed. Ever." He called out to someone.

An elleth with a gentle smile on her face entered. Thranduil introduced her to his latest fangirl.

"Wow!", she said.

"Exactly."

"But why is she never mentioned?"

At this, Thranduil's eyes flashed.

"Maybe, your beloved writer did not deem her to be important enough. Or maybe, because she never had a Ring of Power." He actually sounded bitter.

Yuki nodded thoughtfully. And sighed loudly.

"So you are married?"

"Happily. Now if I am mot wrong, you have some tests coming up next week for which you haven't studied properly while day-dreaming. About me. Am I correct?"

She flashed him another glare.

The Queen chuckled.

"Time to go home, little one."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it. But I really wanted to see this place."

"Another time maybe? When it is safer?"

She shrugged.

"And study well!"

As she disappeared with a spark, the King and the Queen burst out laughing at the look on their son's face.

"What just happened?"

Thranduil smiled at him knowingly.

"Seemed like a self-insert."

Legolas still had a blank expression when his father ordered him to return to his guard duty.

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In a place, separated from Mirkwood by a huge expanse of space and time, the same girl woke up with a start.

"What the hell did I just dream?"

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A/N: I just parodied myself. It felt AWESOME! :D

I want to say that I am sorry for not updating sooner, but actually the left hemisphere of my brain shut down for some time. so, I decided to wait till I got a nice idea that presenting you with a shitty chapter. Hope you liked this. Waiting to hear the response in the review. *wink*

And yeah, I am fangirling after Thranduil. Poor me.

A/N 2: I will post the continuation of the previous chapter later.

Date of update: 23/10/2014

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