Blood thirsty: Yay! Thank you SO much for reviewing! It's one thing to hear about how reviews make all the difference, but when you really get them! Thank you Amy, you are da bamb! Jinn! Thank you! Yeah, he is still mad at me for his uh… violation… but I hope he'll get over it…
Legolas: Not likely. Me, Aragorn, and Gollum are going on strike!
Aragorn: Shut it elf man, you got me involved in this. The last thing I want is to cause a mutany.
Gollum: She'sss mean… jusst like nassty hobbitsss… O yes perciousss…
Aragorn and Legolas: SHUT UP!
Blood thirsty: Anyway, next part is now up, enjoy!
" Would you two stop that infernal noise? Do you WANT the orcs to find us?" Gandalf yelled. The hobbit and the dwarf went silent. Legolas was up ahead, trying to ignore they're annoying argument. He held up his hand to silence them. A concentrated look passed onto his pale face. The sound of hooves met their ears.
" Someone is following us." He stated. Just then, the sound of hooves stopped.
" If your going out to find our king, then you shall have someone around to watch your back." Miranda said, her horse now emerging from the bushes. Legolas went very pale. His eyes were wide enough to be mistaken for blue moons. His open mouth reminded Merry of a fish.
" We would watch his back. It's just like the fellowship." Gimli stated in the fellowship's defence. The elf-gollum merely snorted.
" Yes, an old man, a king wanna-be, four halfings, and a dwarf." The last word she spat with contempt. Gimli was insulted. Legolas then stepped in.
" I'll have you know that I would trust Gimli with my life. I would much rather have a warrior such as him watch my back, than to have a maiden like you." Legolas shouted.
" You might want to keep your voice down. You don't know what can hear you in the forest. I would of thought being in the fellowship would of taught you that." She replied. Bitterness was dripping from her words. She dismounted her horse, and walked in front of them. Reluctantly, either to humor her, or to just shut her up, they followed. She stopped suddenly, so fast they nearly walked into eachother.
" Stay close. We are being watched. These forests have many eyes." She murmured, trying to sound mysterious. But as soon as she stepped, a small 'twang' could be heard, then the whisp of some sort of string, then the trap she had triggered had set off. They found themselves in a net, hanging from a tree. Each tried to reach their weapon to cut loose, but found that they were in too odd of a position. The net was starting to dig into their skin. They were all calling out and mumbling, trying to find a way to escape.
" What a fine sense of danger you have Miranda." Legolas said, with mock astonishment. She tried to shoot him a deadly glare, but had the back of Gandalf's head to deal with.
"Get your elbow out of my stomach!" Pippin yelled.
" I will when you get your foot out of my ribs!" Merry shouted back. The two would of gotten into a heated discussion, had Legolas not silenced them yet again. They heard voices. They seemed to be coming closer.
" Aye, you think we caught anything? Maybe we caught dinner!" said a male voice, no older then 12. Another responded.
" Blimey. If we caught anything in that useless trap, it deserves to be eaten." This one sounded a little older. By the time they had reached the trap, they stopped talking, and just stared. A little girl was with them as well. No older than 6. The eldest child burst out laughing.
" Well grab my ears and call me dumb! I think we caught ourselves something! A group of men and dwarves!" He cheered.
" We are not dwarves, nor men. We are hob-whoomph!" Pippin was cut off by an elbow in the tum from none other than Merry.
" Shut up Pip!" Merry snapped. Gimli made sort of a grunt, and tried to squirm and reach his axe; but to no avail.
"I should say, what kind of a group is this, if they can get caught by a bunch of kids." The middle child laughed.
" It wouldn't of happened had I not been occupied trying to protect a certain someone." The elf-gollum snorted. That was the last straw for Legolas. He twisted and turned, trying to reach the female elf. Though it only resulted in getting Aragorn and Gandalf angry.
"Legolas! Please STOP moving around!" Aragorn shouted. The children looked at them with disbelief. They stared for a little while longer, and then began to squeal.
"It's the fellowship!"
" I always wanted to meet a ranger!"
" Elves are so pretty!"
" I wonder if mum will let them stay with u-" They were cut off by the sound of some one clearing their throat.
"Oh, right then." And with that, the oldest child began to cut them down. After they had been cut down, and in Legolas' case, calmed down, they made their introductions.
"Im Joseph, but every one calls me joe. This is my brother Charles, and that's Annie." Said the older sibling.
"We know who you are." Charles said. " And the lady elf must be the beautiful elf Arwen!" He said. At that, Miranda went completely red. " Though some how I always thought she would be prettier." He added non-chalontly. She huffed, and Legolas snickered, but other than that, they followed the trio of children.
After a while, the arrived at a small cottage in a clearing of the forest.
" Mum! Pa! We have the fewowship!" Cried Annie, grasping Legolas' hand squealing like a mad school girl. Miranda narrowed her eyes. Aragorn noticed. ' Hm… interesting notion' he thought to himeslf. He watched Legolas being dragged to the cottage, until Joe spoke.
" So… you're the Strider?" He asked, anticiaption sparkling in his green eyes. Aragorn smiled and nodded.
" Yes, why do you need to ask?" He said.
" Oh, just wondering." He covered up his face, but Aragron could clearly see the admiration in his face. It never occurred to him that people actually looked up to him. They finally reached the cottage. It was nice, it looked as though it was made from the hands of a talented carpenter. The logs on the outside seemed to be sanded to the finest edge. A young women and a handsome man walked out, humoring their daughter's cries; until they laid eyes upon the group that followed them. They're gazes passed over the members, and landed on the female elf.
"Arwen I presume?" The women asked. " Ah… I expected you to be more… majestic… no offence meant." She added hastily. She turned beet red. Mirnada looked highly insulted.
" She is not Arwen. Arwen is much more beautiful and cautious when there is danger present." Legolas said with a coy grin.
" Then she is your betrothed?" She asked. Legolas nearly died on the spot.
" No! Not at all! In fact, she followed us! I would rather her not of come at all!" He said, clearly stating that he wanted nothing to do with her. Needless to say, they found another topic to talk about.
Later, after supper, the hobbits were telling stories of the fellowship. All the children were mesmorized. Annie was sitting in Legolas' lap. She was very taken by the elf, with his features, and just the regular atmosphere that elves bring.
"… then BANG! Shelob came, but I fought her off with Sting! Boy was she fat! Though her hide was strong, her weight was enough to push anything through that hide of her's! Then-" Sam was silenced by disturbed stares from the family, and odd looks from the fellowship. " Well, that we can talk about some other time." He said, turning an interesting shade of colors.
" Let Legles tell a stowie!" she said, pulling on a few blonde strands that hung around his shoulders. He smiled slightly.
" I am not one for story telling." He said, and Gimli noticed a few times, that when Legolas was asked to talk, or story tell, he would blush a bit, and find an excuse to not. He was just so modest.
" Then sing us somefing!" She pleaded. Legolas turned a bit more red. To add even more pressure, Pippin decided to help as well.
" Yes, when ever you kept watch, you would always sing about tales from Mirkwood! You have such a pretty singing voice!" Pippin chirped, knowing Legolas hated being put in the spotlight. Soon almost the entire household (including the fellowship) were begging him to sing. He turned his head to the side; trying to hide the blood rushing to his face. Then a stern feminine voice dominated over all others.
" We will take offence if you do not sing for us." The mother said. Legolas looked at her. He then looked at the husband for some help, but his look matched the one on his wife's face. He looked at the fellowship for help, but they were all too amused to help. ' Great.' Legolas thought. He cleared his throat, and began a song. It was just one about the forest of Mirkwood. Soon, his voice grew louder and more confident. After a few minutes, he was singing very proudly, and Annie was clapping along. Soon, the song finished, and the fellowship and the family broke out in cheers. Legolas smiled some what awkwardly. They soon began to tell more adventurous, and less graphic tales about their journey, until it came when they were all too exhausted to laugh any more. Miranda shot a dirty look at Legolas before she went to sleep.
Finally morning came. The sun had barely peaked above the horizon when he heard voices. They came from the living room. He knew at once it was Miranda's and the parents. He assumed the kids were asleep. For once, assuming was right. It was also a very good thing.
"… then, when he was no more than 20 years old, he came running around the palace with nothing on but a small-" She was cut off by the yelp of a certain elven price racing in and covering her mouth with his hands.
" Shhh! Please! Spare me!" He begged, already unnaturally red. She tore away from his grip, and continued.
" As I was saying. He ran around the palace with nothing on but a –" Again, she was silenced by his hand, and this time he dragged her out of the room.
" What ARE you doing?" He hissed. She smirked indiginatly.
" I am merely proving that their 'little prince' is not so perfect. Her smirk grew wider.
" What did you tell them." He demanded. She merely smiled.
" What did you tell them?!" he almost shouted. She remained silent. He lost his temper, and dragged her outside. As he was, the wife came in.
" It doesn't really matter. We all do those kind of things when we're young. Elves are just younger for longer, though I would never think that some one as proper and polite as you would do something like that." She said, amusement filling her voice.
" D-do something like what?" He ventured, trying not to stutter. He saw the wife smile.
" Try to convince the entire palace that you were a girl." She snickered. A noise escaped his throat. One that you couldn't tell if it was a whimper or a growl, most likely both. Then, to legolas' pure horror, Miranda cried out
" He was wearing only a small piece of a leaf!" She shouted. Legolas bolted. His face felt like it had been rubbed raw, and it looked that way too. After about an hour of pacing in the woods, he realized that he couldn't hide out in the woods. He had to go back. He sighed. ' this is going to be a loooong day' he thought. He began his journey to the place where he would not be able to look his hosts in the eye.
He arrived, and thy had already started breakfast. The father grinned at him, the mother gave him that 'your so precious!' look. He moaned in frustration, and took a seat by Aragorn. He sighed. They ate breakfast, and talked a bit more. Noon came, and the fellowship decided they should take off. He was sad to leave such a family behind, but also glad, for now he could punish her. He smirked. 'That should be quite entertaining.' He thought. They said their goodbyes, and took off.
A little while into the forest, Aragorn leaned over the side of his horse towards Legolas, and whispered
" I am sure that you would of made a fine girl." Amusement was dripping out of his words. Legolas went white as a ghost.
" Gollum! You told the whole fellowship!?" She shouted. She put an innocent look on her face.
" Told them what?" She replied, trying to sound inconspicuous. Gimli chuckled.
" You mean your deep desire to be a girl?" He said, trying as well to sound innocent. Legolas stormed ahead, not meeting any of their gazes. He heard them snickering and joking. 'Great, this is just perfect.' He thought angrily to himself. He overheard some one say something; it sounded a lot like Aragorn.
"… but we know he is not a girl. Arwen proved that to us." They burst out into howls of laughter.