1 Chapter 3~the past and talks.
Legolas hung his head as if in shame. He felt terrible. Pippin walked slowly up to him, disbilevingly. He had always known Legolas couldn't be dead but he had never, never expected this. He had always hoped Legolas would just suddenly arrive when they were all together and then they'd find out he had got kidnapped or lost. He though they'd all talk round a warm, bright fire and everything would go on just like how it had been.
Everyone even the wise Galadriel had not believed him. He remembered the last time he asked her about him. She had turned her all seeing eyes upon him and said, "Legolas has gone, he does not exist." He was beginning to think she was lying, after all Legolas was in front of him now. He did not look like the same Legolas but it still was him.
Pippin's loyalty ran so deep that he truly wouldn't care if Legolas had changed and looked like a troll. Well he would a little, but not enough for it to matter.
Legolas himself was starting to panic. If Pippin told everybody then what would happen to Demini…no it was best not to think about it. If he thought about it then he would do something stupid in panic. No, just be calm. "Pippin" His voice was shaking slightly. Which worried him ever so slightly. He spoke again the same word, a little louder.
A thousand questions seemed to burst out a once from Pippin's mouth. "Why? How did? You're alive? Why? Why? Why?" He was himself aware of tears running down his small face as he looked up to the elf prince.
"I" Legolas was lost for words. He was starting to get his voice back when Demini came through the bushed on his left side. Pippin jumped about a foot and so did he (for once in his life). She wasn't asking question and it seemed she didn't need to. She must have heard after all they were only a few feet from the camp.
She walked calmly over to Legolas and sat next to him. Deciding to keep going he spoke aloud to Pippin. "I'm sorry. It's just I had to go."
Pippin was quite angry with this and it must have shown in his voice for his elf friend flinched slightly. "For 10 years. You just went. Off. Away. Left everyone and me to worry-"
The other elf Demini spoke softly to him after motioning for him to keep his voice down. Through his little outburst his voice had got to almost shouting. "He had a reason to go. He never really wanted to leave but he did."
Pippin lowering his voice, "Why? What reasons?"
Demini hung her head and a small silver tear fell down her cheek. "Me. He left for me."
Pippin was going to ask more questions but Legolas stopped him by talking.
Legolas thought he better explain before anyone else came over. If they did it could certainly mean the end for them both. "I better explain then." Pippin in front of him gave a nod. His small curls bouncing slightly.
"When the fellowship ended I went back to Mirkwood. You remember don't you?" Pippin gave another small nod. "I went back home. To my family, my friends and my girlfriend (A/n should I say mate or what? *shrugs to self*) Demini."
He looked over to Demini who gave an encouraging smile and he continued to talk. Pippin was now on the sitting on the ground. Listening eagerly.
"When I got back though I had found out she had gone. I was told that she had been missing for months." He gave a slight pause but now he had started he couldn't stop. "A half a year passed by. Then my father made an arrangement." His voice started to edge with anger but Demini softened it by hold on to his hand.
"He had got me a wife. I was not willing to go through with it but I respected my father and stupidly thought it was for the best. The day before the wedding, however, my best friend Lynelth came to me. He told me something that was supposed to be a secret. That Demini had been banished." He paused for another moment to let his anger die away.
"I took with me my friend and his twin brother who I was also close to. We told the guard that we were going to scout. We travelled for some time but unfortunately orcs came upon us. We had no chance they were too many. They killed my friends but when they saw that I was royalty…" He gave a shudder as his sentence trailed away.
Demini continued for him. "When I was away I heard of the marriage. I wasn't very…happy." She grinned ever so slightly. "I came through the forest at night hoping to find Legolas before the marriage. I found him with the remains of dead orcs. He was hardly breathing and look very dead. I took him away back to a nearby town."
"It has been a long time and I wished to go back but," Legolas spoke sadly, "I could never leave my mate."
Pippin found his voice again as he tried to register all of this in his mind. "So. You don't want me to say anything?"
"No!"
"Ok then." He fell into thoughtful silence.
Demini spoke up again, "we better get back to bed. It's a long day tomorrow."
Pippin made his way back to camp with the two elves staying together. He went slowly to bed as sadness that of the past washed over him. But before he went to sleep fully a feeling of relief came over him. Legolas was back.
Legolas hung his head as if in shame. He felt terrible. Pippin walked slowly up to him, disbilevingly. He had always known Legolas couldn't be dead but he had never, never expected this. He had always hoped Legolas would just suddenly arrive when they were all together and then they'd find out he had got kidnapped or lost. He though they'd all talk round a warm, bright fire and everything would go on just like how it had been.
Everyone even the wise Galadriel had not believed him. He remembered the last time he asked her about him. She had turned her all seeing eyes upon him and said, "Legolas has gone, he does not exist." He was beginning to think she was lying, after all Legolas was in front of him now. He did not look like the same Legolas but it still was him.
Pippin's loyalty ran so deep that he truly wouldn't care if Legolas had changed and looked like a troll. Well he would a little, but not enough for it to matter.
Legolas himself was starting to panic. If Pippin told everybody then what would happen to Demini…no it was best not to think about it. If he thought about it then he would do something stupid in panic. No, just be calm. "Pippin" His voice was shaking slightly. Which worried him ever so slightly. He spoke again the same word, a little louder.
A thousand questions seemed to burst out a once from Pippin's mouth. "Why? How did? You're alive? Why? Why? Why?" He was himself aware of tears running down his small face as he looked up to the elf prince.
"I" Legolas was lost for words. He was starting to get his voice back when Demini came through the bushed on his left side. Pippin jumped about a foot and so did he (for once in his life). She wasn't asking question and it seemed she didn't need to. She must have heard after all they were only a few feet from the camp.
She walked calmly over to Legolas and sat next to him. Deciding to keep going he spoke aloud to Pippin. "I'm sorry. It's just I had to go."
Pippin was quite angry with this and it must have shown in his voice for his elf friend flinched slightly. "For 10 years. You just went. Off. Away. Left everyone and me to worry-"
The other elf Demini spoke softly to him after motioning for him to keep his voice down. Through his little outburst his voice had got to almost shouting. "He had a reason to go. He never really wanted to leave but he did."
Pippin lowering his voice, "Why? What reasons?"
Demini hung her head and a small silver tear fell down her cheek. "Me. He left for me."
Pippin was going to ask more questions but Legolas stopped him by talking.
Legolas thought he better explain before anyone else came over. If they did it could certainly mean the end for them both. "I better explain then." Pippin in front of him gave a nod. His small curls bouncing slightly.
"When the fellowship ended I went back to Mirkwood. You remember don't you?" Pippin gave another small nod. "I went back home. To my family, my friends and my girlfriend (A/n should I say mate or what? *shrugs to self*) Demini."
He looked over to Demini who gave an encouraging smile and he continued to talk. Pippin was now on the sitting on the ground. Listening eagerly.
"When I got back though I had found out she had gone. I was told that she had been missing for months." He gave a slight pause but now he had started he couldn't stop. "A half a year passed by. Then my father made an arrangement." His voice started to edge with anger but Demini softened it by hold on to his hand.
"He had got me a wife. I was not willing to go through with it but I respected my father and stupidly thought it was for the best. The day before the wedding, however, my best friend Lynelth came to me. He told me something that was supposed to be a secret. That Demini had been banished." He paused for another moment to let his anger die away.
"I took with me my friend and his twin brother who I was also close to. We told the guard that we were going to scout. We travelled for some time but unfortunately orcs came upon us. We had no chance they were too many. They killed my friends but when they saw that I was royalty…" He gave a shudder as his sentence trailed away.
Demini continued for him. "When I was away I heard of the marriage. I wasn't very…happy." She grinned ever so slightly. "I came through the forest at night hoping to find Legolas before the marriage. I found him with the remains of dead orcs. He was hardly breathing and look very dead. I took him away back to a nearby town."
"It has been a long time and I wished to go back but," Legolas spoke sadly, "I could never leave my mate."
Pippin found his voice again as he tried to register all of this in his mind. "So. You don't want me to say anything?"
"No!"
"Ok then." He fell into thoughtful silence.
Demini spoke up again, "we better get back to bed. It's a long day tomorrow."
Pippin made his way back to camp with the two elves staying together. He went slowly to bed as sadness that of the past washed over him. But before he went to sleep fully a feeling of relief came over him. Legolas was back.