Scarletbow

By: The 80lb Carrot

Disclaimer: They aren't mine. I couldn't have written them as well. Areyin, however, is my own creation.

Summary: Arwen had a little sister--a rogue and a rebel destined never to rule.

Rating: PG-13

AN: Yes I read the books. In fact I read them in fourth or fifth grade. I am now in high school. But I saw the movie . . . three times in the past three weeks. Which one do you think I am more familiar with? Good guess. So sorry if this relies more on the movie than the book. Starts as the Fellowship is being formed. Skips the messy bits. Starts up again when Legolas gets home. Got it?

AN2: Areyin-- Air-yin

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"And my bow."

As soon as the words crossed his lips, Legolas dreaded what he had gotten into. Correction. What he had gotten himself into. No one forced him to join, but the others there with him he knew would fare much worse than himself, therefore leaving it up to him to prove the worth of elves. Inwardly he trembled as he put one foot in front of the other, making his way towards the graying wizard he knew so well. And the hobbit in front of him, the creature that quite literally held all their fates in his hand. In the gold band that rested there--the gold band he had just sworn to protect with his life. So Legolas took the final step to stand behind the man he now knew as Aragon, heir to the throne of Gondor, and folded his hands in front of him.

"And my axe."

His heart sank, that dreaded dwarf Gimli had to come along too. And with that axe of his. Why he preferred an axe was beyond Legolas' comprehension. They were so large and unwieldy a weapon, and blunted so easily. They were only good for practice throwing to build strength, if even that. He much favored the collapsible bow he carried strapped across his back and the quiver beside that. It was much lighter, much more practical, and much more accurate. In the right hands.

Legolas barely managed to keep his face from falling as he felt that other human, Boromir he had said his name was, take his place beside him. He hadn't liked the power-hungry weakling from the first, and liked him even less after hearing him complain the entire ride to Rivendale. And now to have to track all the way to Mordor with him? Legolas almost would have preferred to face Sauron himself. He quickly stilled those thoughts, these men would be his companions for the next few weeks if not months. To begin animosity now was to damn the mission before it started. If they were even to have a chance against the forces of Mordor--he hated how the humans said it, rolling their 'r's so extensively--they had to stick together.

The arrival of the other three hobbits shook him back to reality quite quickly. It wasn't everyday that not one, nor two, but three outsiders eavesdropped on a secret council. That one, the first to arrive, Sam, seemed loyal and brave enough, but the other two? Merry looked the most intelligent of the bunch but obviously quick to temper and the last, Pippin, had enough stupidity to go around. 'Where're we going?' indeed . . .

He was only half listening as Eldrond put the final touches on his speech. Surely he respected the man, he had lived for four millennia and was the ruler of all the elves for Galadriel's sake, but there was only so much of the old man that he could stand. Yes he had survived the war against the Dark Forces and yes he was the best leader there was alive--and yet there was something about the man that bothered him deep down inside. 'Maybe it's the fact that he ignores his youngest daughter simply because fate says she won't rule,' Legolas thought bitterly. And then he realized what was troubling him so about the whole situation, besides knowing he was tramping into Mordor with only eight at his back. He was leaving someone behind.

Areyin Scarletbow.

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