Hey guys! Thank you for all the lovely reviews 3 and sorry for leaving you all on a cliffhanger! It is funny seeing your reactions though :D so here is the awaited next chapter! It involves Legolas and Cat and Eomer and Lizzy, and a bit of Aragorn sitting around, bored. I hope you all enjoy!
BlackestSlytherin: Hello to you too :D Yes I know you are in Kentish town and your arm is about to fall off last I heard ;) Thank you very much (I gave a better reply in your text so read that). Ciaoooooooooooo! :D
lotrlover2931: Here you go! And thank you very much :D
the Random Oliphaunt: Why? Because, like I said above, it's funny seeing all your reactions ;) sorry but it's true :D
legolasgreenleaf14: Part 1: Again, like I said above, it's funny :D Aww, I feel bad now! No I don't. Well, it's good to know it was a beautiful cliffhanger ;) Oh, it's ok. I do outbursts all the time. And late reviews ;) That's good. Nice to know that I won't be killed by my reviewers, even if it is only so they can finish reading the story ;) I will get a few more chapters out, but I don't know about a sequel. I don't want to do the '5 years later and Sauron has returned' story, coz that is soooo overrated. Maybe another LOTR story, but I haven't had any plot bunnies. I shall ask if anyone has any ideas in the bottom AN though.
legolasgreeleaf14 (lg14 this time): Part 2: Hello again ;) Thank you, I thought that was how Aragorn would react. Ok, maybe not in the films, coz he's too cool and reserved for that, but... yeah. Oh, that's good. Nice to know I write people's grief beautifully ;)
Previously:
"Come on, Eomer. Let's go for a walk." Eomer looked at Legolas.
"But what about-" Aragorn quietly pushed Eomer back the way he had come.
"Come on." He repeated, gently but firmly. Eomer shrugged and let Aragorn lead him.
Making sure the two men were sufficiently deep enough in the forest, Cat sprang off the branch she was sitting on, and approached the clearing.
Talking
Third person's POV
Cat walked into the glade, gazing at the lone figure sitting against a tree. Going over to him, she slowly sank to her knees beside him.
" 'Las? Can you hear me?" She asked quietly. Legolas didn't seem to have heard. Cat moved closer. " 'Las?" Legolas' head jerked up.
"I can hear you." He snapped. Cat recoiled, and struggled to stay calm. He's grieving for me. she told herself.
"I'm sorry." She said, taking a deep breath. "I didn't think you did." Legolas frowned, and ducked his head again. " 'Las, it's me! Iva!"
"That's what they all say." Legolas muttered under his breath.
"That's what who all say?" Cat asked. Legolas looked up again.
"The hallucinations. You are one yourself."
"I'm not a hallucination."
"That's what they all say." Legolas murmured again.
" 'Las, I'm not. How can I prove it to you?" Legolas frowned, deep in thought.
"I don't know. Even a hallucination would know about us." Legolas looked so sad. Cat felt a tear trickle down the side of her face.
And then she started talking.
Cat talked about all the fun times Legolas and her had shared, all the adventures they had had, and, most recently, the times they had kissed. All throughout this, Legolas stared at his hands. When Cat had run out of things to say, which took a while, Legolas finally looked up at her.
"I'm still not sure you're real." Tears pooling in her eyes, Cat leant forward, put a hand on the side of Legolas' face, and, very gently, pressed her lips to his. As she drew back, Legolas was frowning. "None of my hallucinations have been able to touch me before." Legolas lifted one of his hands to Cat's. "Maybe it is you."
"It is." Cat said, smiling through her tears. Legolas smiled slightly.
"Maybe another kiss would help me decide further?" Cat grinned and kissed him again. When she pulled back this time, Legolas was looking, well, a lot less older. Cat smiled. "It really is you." Legolas made a small noise, a cross between a laugh and a sob. Cat pulled him to her, and held him as the tears began to fall.
Lizzy watched as a handsome man approached her, and knelt beside her.
"Lizzy? Is that you?" Lizzy raised her eyebrows.
"Well, who else would it be?" Lizzy had remembered everything the moment she saw Eomer.
"But... I thought you... left?" He said.
"I did. But then I came back." Lizzy smiled softly at Eomer. "For you." Eomer smiled back, leant forward, and kissed Lizzy gently. Lizzy kissed him back harder, forgetting everything apart from that moment there.
And where was Aragorn during these reunions? Well, he was someplace else. That place was by a river, sharpening his sword, and thinking of a certain elf-gone-mortal.
Eventually, Aragorn came and took Eomer and Lizzy back to where the horses where. Legolas had recovered himself, and Cat was chatting with him, trying to get him back to his old self. Aragorn and Eomer were quite astounded when they saw him, as he was looking a lot better, but not quite as he had been before Cat and Lizzy had left. He could almost stand on his own, and wouldn't let anyone help him apart from Cat. He couldn't seem to stop touching her, and the same was true for Cat. Legolas needed to hold her to remember that she truly was real.
Eomer was pretty much back to normal, and was talking to Lizzy quietly. Soon, Aragorn told them it was time to return to Minas Tirith. Cat and Lizzy rode with their respective partners, both of them behind on the horse. Cat would've rode in front, but she wanted to make Legolas feel needed. She looped an arm gently around his waist, not really gripping, and put her other hand behind her so that she didn't fall backwards off Arod. The five companions slowly rode back to Minas Tirith, laughing and talking.
Disclaimer: I don't own LOTR, Arod, Minas Tirith or the forest they're in.
So, hope you guys liked the girls' return! It was fun to write. Don't worry, this isn't the end. We still have Cat's coronation and... and... that's about it! :'( If any of you guys have any ideas for a sequel or another LOTR fanfic, I would love to hear them. I mean, I am having so many plot bunnies; for Pirates of the Caribbean (which I will put up after I finish this story), the Three Musketeers (which I may or may not put up), Troy, Immortals (which I will probably put up) and Percy Jackson! (Hmm, most of those films have Orlando Bloom in them... coincidence? I think not. And the rest have Luke Evans in! :D ) So if you have any ideas for a story that you would like me to write, or one that you would've liked to write but can't develop the plot further, or anything like that, then please tell me in a review or a PM. See you guys soon! Ciao!
