Yes, It has been a while and you're all probably thinking; "Dude?! What took you so long?!" Homeschooled high schooler who got job! I'm sure you can understand. And my computer crashed at one point and totally messed up this story and it took a while to fix.
Anywho, here is the long awaited chapter thirty-five!
Chapter thirty-five.
Lain stood guard, he wanted to be by his wife's side, but Tauriel had learned a lot of Elvish healing from their mother and had spent most of her life with Elves. He trusted that she knew what she was doing.
The sun was close to the point where it would be sunset. Lain started to begin to worry just a little bit.
Soon enough his wife gave one more scream before the sound of a little baby's scream came with the wind. Lain ran back to Cornflower and Tauriel. Tauriel was wrapping the child in her cloak and then handed it to Cornflower.
"Your daughter." Tauriel smiled.
Lain knelt next to Cornflower and kissed her on the cheek.
"While this rock maybe smooth, it is certainly not the best place to give birth." Cornflower joked.
Lain laughed, "Welcome to the Misty Mountains my little one."
"Her cheeks are so rosy. I think the name you chose suits her best." Said Cornflower, "I hope you're happy Rosie Posy, it's going to take us ages to get to the mountain now."
"Maybe not." Said Lain running over to a spot that had two branches the same size, "Tauriel, do we still have that old bit of sheet for a lean-to?"
"Excellent idea brother!" said Tauriel rummaging through the bags until she found it.
She laid it down and then Lain put the sticks apart from each other and then Tauriel folded the left-over bit of the sheet sticking out over the sticks and they worked together to secure it. When at last it was done, they helped Cornflower onto it and then they put the bags back on their backs and lifted her and Rosie off the ground. Between the two of them she weighted practically nothing!
They went days without rest until even Tauriel became too weak to continue and almost collapsed. They stopped and as Tauriel slept Lain tried to get Rosie to sleep while Cornflower wrote a letter to her father announcing the baby's arrival.
"We are going home Rosie." Lain whispered to her as her eyes fluttered, "You couldn't wait to join the adventure, could you?"
He sang his father's song to her and soon she was fast asleep. He had made a bed of clothing and bags all nice and soft for her and laid her down in it.
"Hopefully she won't wake up." Cornflower whispered.
"If she does we will wake Tauriel and hurry away." Said Lain.
Days later the Misty Mountains were behind them. Cornflower kept Rosie very quiet and happy. Rosie would only whimper when she was upset and never cry. The only time they had heard her cry the entire time was when she first came into the world.
They did not find rest at Beorn's. Orcs were close and even though they would be safe, Tauriel said it was best to hurry to Mirkwood where they could truly remember the meaning of sleep.
One night however, Tauriel went back near Beorn's to ask for one pony to carry a mother and child. She explained and he was happy to help her, especially since she thought her brother dead for years and was now reunited with him.
Tauriel rode the pony back to the campgrounds, and at dawn, Lain helped Cornflower onto the pony and then he put a couple of bags on its back behind Cornflower. Tauriel-who had been holding Rosie Posy-handed the child to Cornflower and she took the reins of the horse and they made their way towards Mirkwood.
"When we reach the boarders, we have to send the pony back to Beorn." Tauriel informed them.
Finally, the forest was in sight! Tauriel hurried the others, only to have an orc's arrow pierce her arm.
"Tauriel!" gasped Lain.
"Run!" Tauriel threw the reins to Cornflower and she galloped towards the forest. Then she turned to Lain, "Go, protect her and child, and make sure they get through the forest. Do not leave the path for any reason!"
"What will you do?" asked Lain.
She drew an arrow and put it in her bow, "Give you a head start."
"I will not leave you to fight alone!" Lain snapped.
"Last time I protected Cornflower while you almost got yourself killed, now it is my turn. I cannot let you have all the fun." She smirked, "Go."
He had this annoyed look on his face, but he ran after Cornflower-who was at the boarders of Mirkwood.
He watched as she was out-numbered. Orcs surrounded her.
"I must help her." I drew his sword and held his father's shield.
"And risk getting yourself killed?" Cornflower sounded scared.
"I'll take that risk for my sister!" Lain replied.
"Your people need you!" Cornflower reminded him.
"There must be something I can do to help her." Said Lain pacing a bit.
Cornflower's eyes lit up and she started digging through one of the bags, then she
pulled out Tauriel's horn.
"Call the Elves." She said handing him the horn.
"A Dwarf needing the Elves help twice. How will that look?" he joked.
He blew hard, the sound carried throughout the forest. He saw some orcs trying to pin the sound and Tauriel cutting off their heads as they did.
Within minutes the trees were filled with Elves. One Elf had his arrow pointed at Lain's head. Lain had his sword up to defend Cornflower and Rosie.
"Where did you get that horn, Dwarf filth?!" he snapped.
"I'm not looking for a fight." Lain replied.
"Your sword says otherwise." The Elf replied.
"If you have not noticed, I have a wife and newborn to protect." Lain moved a little so he could see.
"If you do not wish to fight, lay down your sword." The Elf commanded.
Lain dropped the sword like it meant nothing to him. The Elf looked impressed for a moment, but his aim was still locked on his head.
"As I said, where did you get that horn?" the Elf asked.
"My sister, she is outnumbered and injured." Lain replied. He heard a gasp and looked over, Tauriel was on the ground, "Tauriel!"
He picked up his sword and ran past the Elf and out of the woods to her, no number of orcs could stop him, he slayed anyone of them who got close to him. As one orc held up his sword to stab her, Lain ran his sword through its side and kicked it away. He gave Tauriel his hand and helped her up.
"Cornflower-"
"The elves came. Are you sure we can trust them?" Lain asked beheading another orc.
"If you were not sure why did you leave her with them?" Tauriel asked in the way an older sister would.
"You are my sister and I trust you. I thought if I left her with them maybe they'd think that I trusted them enough to not kill her." He replied.
"Foolish more like, but this is how it is to be a king." Said Tauriel stabbing another orc, "Shy away from a fight to protect the ones you love, or fight and hope nothing happens to them."
"If only father was here to help me." Lain muttered.
"Some kings have to learn these things on their own." Tauriel replied.
Together they fought the orcs and soon enough the Elves joined and began to wipe them out or make others run.
Tauriel spun around, one orc tried to put a knife in her back and then jumped onto his back and put two arrows through his head. As he fell she jumped off and rolled to the next orc, who seemed to put up more of a fight. His sword cut her cheek pretty bad. He knocked her to the ground and she used her knifes to keep his sword from piercing her chest. She used what strength she had to try to live, but her strength soon began to fail.
Suddenly, the tip of a sword appeared from the orcs chest and he stopped. Tauriel jumped up and beheaded him. When the orc fell, Legolas was behind it.
"Legolas." Tauriel breathed.
He did not smile, his expression was cold and hard, like King Thranduil's.
"You seem to have a thing for letting Dwarves go through our lands." He replied.
"He is my brother." Tauriel replied hard, "I am helping him and his family get to Erebor."
"I thought you said your brother was dead." Said Legolas.
"He was taken by orcs, I thought for sure he was. Have you ever known anyone to be taken by orcs and survive?" she asked him.
"No." he replied noticing the cut on her cheek, "That dwarf made your injury seem larger than a mere scrap."
"Lain, his name is Lain." Tauriel replied, "And I believe he was talking about this."
She showed him her right arm, which was still bleeding badly. Legolas's eyes were wide-finally he showed some expression other than "I'm prettier than you" in a Thranduil way, he ripped the cloak he was wearing and wrapped it around her arm.
"My Lord Legolas," said Ylime, the first among Mirkwood born female Elves to join the soldiers, "What do we do with the Halfling and the Dwarf?"
"Cornflower and Lain." Tauriel spat.
"We bring them before the king, he will decide. Bonds are not needed." He replied.
They went back into the woods and Tauriel walked with Cornflower behind Lain. The elves carried the stretch that Cornflower and Rosie were in.
"Are you alright?" asked Cornflower, "You look sort of pale-not in an Elf way."
"I am fine. It is not me you should be worrying about. You have yourself and the child." Tauriel said smiling.
"Yes, but at the moment we're both fine." Said Cornflower smiling, "Here, why don't you hold her."
"I shouldn't." said Tauriel, but Cornflower had already given her Rosie.
Rosie's hands were in fist and she stared at Tauriel with her pale blue eyes. She had a little bit of curly golden hair. Tauriel smiled.
"I never knew you to be so good with children." Said Legolas walking next to her.
"What made you think I wasn't?" she asked not looking away from the child.
"You've never shown any interest." He replied.
"Maybe I don't help the nurse Elves with caring for the children, but that doesn't mean I resent children." Tauriel replied handing Rosie back to Cornflower.
"You've never talk about having any." Legolas said walking ahead a bit.
Tauriel followed him, "Because fighting and combat has always been my life. Being a mother has never been in the cards for me. Do I look like the motherly type?"
"You did just now." Legolas replied.
"Before then I mean."
"No. But you have seemed like the type who would fall in love." Legolas replied as he went ahead of her.
She knew he was still sore about Kili. She had to tell him the truth.
"Legolas…"
She stopped short. He was out of breath and felt warm and dizzy. Her head started to throb.
"Yes?" sad Legolas turning around.
"Athelas." She muttered before falling to the ground.