After All These Years: The Grand Elven Ball

Disclaimer: See first chapter

A/N: Okay I'm taking a risk here. If you look at my profile you will see that most of my stories are not longer than 6 chapters or have not yet been reviewed more than 11 times so please I encourage you that if you want me to continue this story to please review. But anyways I love this story too much that for once I don't care. Okay enough of this crap and on with the story.

Chapter 7: Meeting the REAL prince of Mirkwood

Arwen, Estel, Elladan and Elrohir looked confused at they looked at their normally serious friend as he woas laughing his head off. What was going on here? That question ran through their heads over and over again.

"Sorry," Haldir finally said while he calmed down. He saw the look of confusion in their eyes and raised his eyebrow. "Is there something wrong?"

"How do you know him?" Estel asked bluntly.

Haldir stood there thinking while his friend that stood by his side answered immediately," I have known him for twelve centuries." Then they turned to Haldir who was finally able to answer.

"I have known him for six centuries," he answered. The twins and Arwen looked at him with more disbelief in their eyes.

"How come you have never mentioned him before?" Arwen questioned.

"No one ever asked me," he shrugged.

"How did you two meet?" Elrohir interjected.

"Now that I can not say unless he is present," Haldir chuckled slightly as he reminisced how they met. He would kill me if I told them without him present, Haldir told himself as he looked at the curious faces of his friends.

"Yeah, Haldir watch it he might pull a fast one on you," his friend laughed. Now all the attention was turned onto him but he did not mind the least bit. At this moment the four of them realized that they have yet to know his name. He realized that also by the look in their eyes and decided to introduce himself. "My name is Tithrawyn, son of Tirith."

"Shall we go see our friend?" Haldir suggested to Tithrawyn, his friend nodded in response then he turned to the others. "Do you all know where the prince is?"

Arwen nodded shortly in response as they began to follow her up to the dining area. Thoughts were racing through the twins brains about what this all meant. I mean now they know that Haldir knows this guy but now they are wondering how they met. It all turned into a mystery and made them start to questions things.

When they found Legolas he was sitting in the exact same spot on where they had left him. He began to smile when he caught sight of Haldir and then began to rise out of his chair as Tithrawyn entered the room.

"You," Legolas said as he moved forward then embraced his two friends. "When do you actually get time off your post? And you-" he said looking at Tithrawyn,"- when do you ever go to balls."

"I should say the same for you," Tithrawyn said while playfully punching them. At this time everyone sat down looking at each other. "How's home?"

"My father is trying to force me to socialize with everyone in the kingdom. You two know how much of a lost case that is," Legolas responded lightly.

"I heard your duties have been tripled," Haldir stated looking for a reaction in his friend.

"Unfortunately yes, but most of the duties are because of my responsibility for controlling the borders."

"Welcome to my life," Haldir exclaimed while slightly laughing at his friend.

"My father says it's the duty of a prince but I still think I would still take on the responsibility even I was only a guard," Legolas insisted.

Elladan was listening to their conversation with interest but the one question kept running through his brain: How did they meet?

"Just curious how did you three meet?" Elladan said interrupting their conversation.

"Hmm how do we start that story," Haldir questioned as he was thinking and looking at Legolas," oh yes I believe it was six centuries ago when Legolas and an advisor came down to Lothlorien, and you were under punishment from your father for what doing something in the castle..."

"Something like that and he sent you to get manners from the Lady and Lord of the Wood but since you were slightly upset, you decided to go crazy..."

"I would not call that insane, more like rebelling," Legolas interjected.

"Anyways, Legolas here was not a happy person. One day he went slightly insane and was sent to some sort of detention which is where he met me," Haldir laughed. "The advisors thought I would put some sense into him, you know manners but yet again that was a lost case. The rest is history."

"Yes, a mind bending history," Legolas smirked.

"Probably not as mind bending as our history though," Tithrawyn chuckled.

Legolas started to silently laugh. Yes, they did indeed have an interesting history. Nearly 1200 years has past since they first met and the fact that Legolas actually kept such a long friendship was amazing. NO one knew him like Tithrawyn. Well at least, not yet. They had been through many interesting experiences through out the years that they were still able to talk and communicate even after Tithrawyn moved to Lothlorien due to help that was needed.

At that moment or at least temporarily the real Legolas was revealed but as quickly as they saw it, it vanished. Legolas stopped laughing and acting as quiet as he was when they first met him. What was up with this guy? This question ran through Elladan's brain like lightning until he noticed that his father along with some of the rest of the guests started to arrive.

The surprised looks on some of the guests' faces were priceless when they saw the prince. Yes, they all knew that it was him but they couldn't believe that he actually come.

I really wish they would stop that! Legolas shouted in his mind. They are looking at me as though they thought I was dead and had risen again! Honestly!

Tithrawyn looked at his friend since he felt that he was slightly upset or at least something to that degree. He knew that his friend hated the attention that was given to anyone that was royalty but there was always something about him that did seem a bit odd and even though he knew Legolas very well or at least he thought he did, he still found his friend a bit confusing as if there was a mystery that had to be solved. But what is it? Even after 2000 years, that was yet to be understood.

2nd A/N: like I said above if you want to read more, please review!