The last chapter was a bit short so this should be more long, I also decided to try to come up with some comedy I hope you will enjoy it, please review. I can tell you, that I will soon change the age of Legolas a bit he has to be a bit younger than he is now because of the way I want it to end. I have slowed down the hast of writing so that there is time to look it through before publishing. I hope it makes the reading experience more pleasent.

I have put in a few elvish words. As I get better, more will turn up but for now, here is the list.

Ada = Father.

Anor = The Sun

Arda = Middle Earth (the world).

Aran/Aran-nin = King/My king.

Caun = Prince.

Elleth = Elf Maiden.

Hir = lord

Ion-nin = My son.

Mellon-nin = My friend.

Meleth = (My) love.

Nana/Naneth = mother.

Yrch = Orcs.


Gandalf felt pain all over his body as he opened his swollen eyes and looked around as he tried to gather his thoughts. It was dark, a feeling of despair was hanging in the air, and the walls of the old fortress looked dangerous and frightening in the darkness, there was bars close by but it did not leave much space to move. His memory slowly started to come back and remembered that he had left Radagast to venture into Dol Guldur, with great reluctant he had walked into the old abundant fortress. Even though Radagast had warned him that it had been occupied once more, he did not know what he should expected but not this. Shortly after that, he had entered the fortress he had felt an enormous present how had dripped with evil. It has been centuries since he last had feel a so enormous evil and before he knew it, he was surrounded by orcs, he had killed many before he was overcome. The only thing remembered before he had passed out was the pain and the faces of the orcs. After that is was short glimpse of pain and orcs and the ever present feeling of great evil. He had to get out from here and warn his friends allies that a great evil had taken up residence here, but how was he going to escape? He carefully tried to stand as he felt pain all over his body but at last, he managed to stand up and walk over to the bars of the cage. Suddenly he heard a low grown from his left side and he turned his head and looked toward the noise. It had not been a noise made by something or someone who was not of orc he was sure of that, but who could be here?

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The dawn was breaking and a few of Anor's beams was coming down to them and he was happy for that. Dion looked at Anari who was laying pale on the ground with his eyes closed and he was worried that he might not survive. Anari's chest was moving up and down but not on a regular basis, he could see he still gasped for his breath. Slowly vary slowly Anari opened his eyes and looked at him and his breath steadied a little bit and he tried to focus and as he did he tried to raise himself from the ground.

"Lay still Anari your body is still fighting the poison" he said and pushed Anari back down.

"No we have to go, we need to find the spider plant for Caun Legolas" Anari replayed.

"I know we have to hurry but you are not well yet please lay back down" he said.

Anari did not listen and instead he tried to stand up and gasped as he almost collapse when he did so. He only just grabbed Anari before he completely felt and the elf seam to drift off once more as he closed his eyes on his very pale face.

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Elladan stretched himself and looked at the beams of Anor that was coming down to theme from the windows and he looked at Elrohir who looked better as he slept beside him. He was worried about his brother as he through there link could feel that there was still some pain, he wondered if he should tell his Ada his brother would not be happy if he did so.

He raised and went over to the rest of the group and they were all eating a short breakfast before they started to prepare to ride again. Elrohir woke by the activities and started to try to get ready himself.

"I will look you over before we leave, until then you will stay there and eat your breakfast" Elrond said and scooted to Glorfindel who was heading off to get Elrohirs breakfast.

Elrohir sent him a glare and he could from that see that his brother was not happy about being nursed this way. In secret he was a little happy about Elrond looked after Elrohir as he was worried about his brother, even though he understood why it was so frustrating for Elrohir.

After an hour, they was all ready and Elrohir had been looked over and allowed to ride even though he could tell that Elrond was not really happy with his condition. Beorn came out and looked at them as they mounted their horses and they all turned to him.

"Thank you for helping us and let us stay we owe you a great dead for that and should you ever wish then come and visit us in Imladris" he said.

Beorn nodded and looked to the horizon where they could see a few trees of what was Mirkwood.

"Stay away from Dol Guldur that place is not safe for fowl things is no living there" he warned and they nodded and hurried off. As they rode the silent feel between them once more and could see that his Ada was worried about his brother he was too. Because of that, he decided that he had to do something and started to think about a way to do so when it suddenly hit him he could bring up the time when Legolas had turned Imladris upside down.

"Do you remember when Legolas was in Imladris as an elfling for the first time" he asked out laud.

Glorfindel smiled knowingly to him, clearly he had guised what he was trying to do and gladly joined in.

"I think it will take us several millennia to forget that day" he answered.

Elrond could not prevent himself from smiling.

"I remember it like yesterday" he said.

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The thirty year old elfling looked up at Celebrían with horror written all over his face, he looked like one who had just been asked to walk into Mordor.

"No, No bath" he said to Celebrían.

"But Legolas you have to bath before we dine look at you, you're a mess" she said and gestured to him as he was covered in mud.

"But I like it, it is fun to play in the mud" he said and smiled.

Valar the boy was just as stubborn as his father was, or for that matter her husband, and it was clear that he did not intend to take a bath. She started to understand why poor king Thranduil sometimes looked so tired. Thranduil had come the week before to visit her and Elrond and she had offered to look after Legolas for some hours so Thranduil and Elrond had some time for them self. It had sounded easy when she had offered it but now she started to think this might not had been such a good idea. The young prince had run off as soon as she had turned her back to him and now he stood before her covered in mud so whether or not he would like so he was to take a bath.

"Bath young man and that is now" she said and grabbed his arm and dragged him along to the bathing chambers.

She had successfully managed to get his close of when he ducked as she tried to grab him and he ran out of the door and was rooming the halls in nothing but his skin and mud. Aih Valar what had she done?

"Legolas come back here this instant" she called but all she received was a giggle.

She ran out of the bathing chambers and started to run after him, it was not hard to find out which way he ran. The mud trail was very clear and he was heading to the library. Valar she had to stop him before he reached Erestor, he would not be happy and what would Thranduil say when he saw his son like this.

"Legolas come back here" she called.

"Run as fast as you liked but no catch, no bath" the elfling called and giggled as he continued running further down the corridor. He tore a door open and ran in and when she reached the door she heard a scream of terror that rang through the whole of Imladris.

"My books! Why you little rashgul just you wait until I get you" came a loud voice from the room.

She stopped and looked at Erestor who for once look like he was about to cry as the library was now filled with several books who was covered in mud.

"I will get you for this you blasted child" he yelled.

"The chief goblin is angry" Legolas cried and fled the room with a look of horror on his face.

She tried to grab him when he left but he just threw himself on the stomach and slided past her leaving yet another trail of mud. She ran after him closely followed by Erestor who look liked a thunder cloud and she could not prevent herself from laughing.

"My beautiful books you just wait to I get you" Erestor yelled.

"Run as fast as you like master chief goblin, but no catch not bath" the child called back to both of them.

They crossed another corridor and suddenly Glorfindel appeared before theme caring on of his formal robes that had just been cleaned. Legolas bumped right into him and he lost the robe down on the little naked figure who pulled the cloth off him and ran further down the corridor.

"My robe" Glorfindel pronounced in horror when he saw the former with and clean robe, he spun around.

"You come back here or I will feed you to the balrog Legolas" Glorfindel yelled.

The chase continued with now three in pursuit of the elf child who still laughed as he continued towards the Hall of Fire. He ran through the doors only to stumble upon Elladan and Elrohir.

"Ro, Dan grab him before he turns this place in to a pigsty" she called to her sons.

They both tried to nap him but he jumped out of their grasp and he ran past them heading for some of the chairs standing close to a table.

"What in the flying blazes was that?" Elrohir called.

"Legolas I am trying to give him a bath" she called and rush past them.

"I would more say it is a mud monster we are chasing" Elladan laughed as the joined the party.

"Or a unidentified flying objects" said Glorfindel.

"Legolas no don't tip that vase" Celebrían called in horror as Legolas had jumped to the table from the chair and had tipped to a vase that was standing on the table. She ran over only to hear the crush from the vase while Legolas continued his mischief.

"Legolas get back here or I will feed you to the balrog" yelled Glorfindel as Legolas jumped down and eluded him once more.

"Run all that you want but to feed me to the balrog you have to catch me first" he called and ran. In that moment Galil Elrond's over servant entered and looked at the scene before him.

"My flor, my table, my chairs, everything what has happened" he called in horror when he discovered the mud all over the place.

"Watch out for the mud monster" Elrohir called out to Galil as the little naked figure ran past him and left fingerprints of mud on his robes.

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Elrond looked at Thranduil and inhaled before looking at his old friend and he knew that he might have a chance to talk with him about the death of his wife.

"Now Thranduil I was thinking you might could tell me what has happened to your wife. I know Tania meant a lot to you and if I know you, you haven't talked with anyone about your loss even though it is some years ago" he said.

"it is not that simple Elrond I …" Thranduil started to say but stopped when a shout caught there ears.

"Attention, attention there is a mud monster on the loss try to capture him if he comes by" he could hear his son Elladan call out.

"Oh no don't say that your wife has tried to give Legolas a bath" Thranduil exclaimed and raised and went over to open the door.

As he did a naked figure passed him and the next thing he knew was that all his air was pressed out of him as he collided with a number of persons.

Elrond benched down, grabbed Legolas, and stood up to look at his wife, sons, two councillors and over servant stop and all gasped for air. The situation was to comic for words and he bursted into laughter when he saw how they all had mud on them. The only one close to clean was actually Legolas as he had put most of the mud on all the others and around the whole place as far as he could see.

"Thank the Valar that you caught him we have been chasing him like mad" Erestor said.

Thranduil sighted as he slowly rose from the floor where he had laid grasping for his breath.

"I better get him and give him his bath we can talk another time" he said and walked over to Elrond and received Legolas and slowly rose out of the room and down the corridor. All the way they could hear Legolas yell begging to avoid a bath they all looked at each other and then bursted into laughter.

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Glorfindel looked as they all laughed as the rode and for the first time since the start of their journey, they seemed at ease.

"Legolas looked unpleased the rest of the evening and when I went by the bathing chamber shortly after the event I could hear a splash and Thranduil saying some quit colourful words" Elrond told theme.

"I am surprised that Thranduil not is grey haired by now" Gailarphen said which made them laugh once more.

"It is good that elves can't get grey haired or loos it" Elrohir said and winched.

That made them all stop laughing and the silent fell all over again as they neared the forest and the darkness fell.

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Hélas and Ilara was camping for the night at the old forest road near the entrance. They would both had preferred to ride further but there horses was exhausted and needed to rest after they had been riding through the previes night with only short stops. They tried to rest as well even though none of theme was sleeping. They dared not sleep when they knew what dangers that now roomed in Mirkwood.

"How fast do you think we can resume the travel?" Hélas asked.

"Perhaps an hour after dawn" Ilara said.

Hélas nodded but looked unpleased and she could not blame him she felt much the same. Lay down and rest my friend I will look out for you" she offered.

He laid down but she could see that he wasn't sleeping.

"Can't sleep either?" she asked him.

"No I fear that even if we are so lucky that Hir Elrond knows something that can help or goes himself we won't be back before it over, in on way or another" Hélas said.

She shuttered at his word she had been thinking the same thing.

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Linari was unhappy that was for sure, Caun Legolas illness had accelerated faster than she would had hoped. It was a bat thing that the infection added to the poison but there was little she could do beside cleaning his wound and giving him the anti doth for it. She had also given Caun Legolas something for the spasm so his body was still now. Still could not understand how these two things could made Caun Legolas this bad could he be heart more than she was aware off?

She went over to the human that also seamed to have waken once more, the one who was responsible for all this Caldir if she had gotten his name right.

"Tell me Caldir has you harmed Legolas while he was with you" she asked.

"Like I would tell you anything filthy she elf" he spat to her.

"One more outbreak against any my people and I will pin you to a tree human" came an ice cold voice behind her.

She turned around and saw Aran Thranduil he looked like he was close to lose his self control. She shivered at that, she had only one time before seen how he looked when the spell that made him look normal not was in place. Dragon fire left the flesh scared something that no healer could do anything about and it was not a pretty sight to behold on Thranduil when he on rare occasions could be seen with them.

"Caldir and Dion had several discussion about if he should be tented to for the wound he got when we captured. Caldir did at one point bind him so that it cut into the wound which coursed him to lose a lot of blood" Beril turned his head.

Linari sighted this explained so much, and made the situation so much worse.