When Dreams Aren't What They Should Be.
A/N: I can't be bothered to do a big long note, so you can read last chapter's one again if you were looking forward to one…
I need suggestions in what to put in here (as in the fic, not the author's note. I have enough crap to share already, thank you very much), so please, please e-mail me at:
heven_vs_hell69@hotmail.com -OR- insaneasylumescapee@yahoo.co.uk .
Either that or you can just put it in a review.
Wehey! Two updates in one night! Actually, can you call it one night, cos it's 3:17 in the morning where I'm standing/sitting/whateva…anyway, I couldn't resist uploading chapter 2 seeing as I've got it done and everything. ;~)
BTW, I *still* think I might have overdone it with the adjectives….really sorry!
NOTE: The Elvish word "Dina" is used in this chapter, and it means "Be silent."
DISCLAIMER: I wish I owned Legolas, but I don't. Blast. I only own Kaïra, the elf that's decided to tag along on not only my story, but Leggy's journey too…I guess she might come in useful at some point…
Legolas' thoughts are in //thought//. Italics are in *italics*, and any dream sequences etc will be ::::::dream:::::: What else? I think that's it for now…
~*~*~*The ONE and ONLY*~*~*~
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… A short, shadowy figure stepped forward, and Legolas lowered his bow as he saw the stranger's face. …
Chapter 2: Decisions.
"Gimli?" he breathed.
"Of course, you crazy elf!" Legolas' vision became slurred as Gimli continued to speak, "Who else is it gonna be?"
His voice faded, as he. And his dwarvish companions, slowly, but surely, disappeared::::::
His vision snapped into focus, and he raised his bow.
"Gimli?" he whispered, scanning the clearing for his friend.
A rustle came from a nearby bush, and Legolas snapped around. Aiming his arrow directly at its heart, he crept forward, and with razor sharp reflexes, his hand dove in and returned with, not a grumbling dwarf, but an uncomfortable looking Elven maid.
"Kaïra!" he shouted, realising that his vision had been nothing but a dream.
"What are you doing here?"
He turned his back away from her, hiding the glistening tear that fell from his disappointed eyes.
"What's the matter, Legolas?" she asked, sensing his discomfort.
"Nothing." He replied, and faced her, a determined mask sliding into place over his face, hiding his true emotions.
The girl nodded, aware that he did not intend to supply a more suitable answer.
"I've been watching you, Legolas, since I left you yesterday morning. I am worried."
The elf scowled. "You have no reason to stalk me in this manner…and what of the message to my father? How will he ever know where I have gone?"
"I have sent Cariim to him. He flies swiftly, and the message will have reached him faster than if I had gone myself."
Legolas paused, and sighed deeply.
"I guess you are right, Kaïra, the miles are lighter upon a hawk's wings than they are upon a horse's legs, but it is common knowledge that Cariim answers to you, and to you alone."
Kaïra stopped. She had not noticed this simple fact before, and now it was proving crucial.
"Then…" she began, "Then they will know that I am with you." She thought for a moment. "I guess that now you have no choice, then, than to take me with you."
"Oh no, you're not going to do this to me, Kaïra, I travel alone."
"I won't go back without you, Legolas, and I *cannot* go back alone…not now, not if your father has received the message. You *know* that."
Legolas *did* know. He knew that his father had a short temper, and that he was suspicious and mistrusting. Kaïra would surely be arrested until his return. He groaned.
"Two people are better than one." She said, trying to convince him.
"Two people are also more easily found than one."
"Oh come on, Legolas! You wouldn't be able to hide here forever anyway!"
"I don't intend to." He muttered, but she ignored him and carried on.
"And who would take watch while you rested?"
"I don't have to rest, I can watch for myself."
"Like you've been doing so far? Honestly Legolas, you haven't stopped, you haven't eaten...you're exhausted. No wonder you were imagining things and talking to yourself."
"I *have* stopped!" he insisted, "and I wasn't imagining things *or* talking to myself."
"Ha! Don't pull that on me, Legolas Greenleaf, I have eyes and ears, and I know what I just saw."
"You didn't see anything. *You're* the one that's imagining things."
"Legolas, I *saw* you jump down from that tree and start waving your bow around. There wasn't anything there, Legolas, you were aiming in to thin air."
Legolas recalled his dream, and his brow furrowed. It had felt so real; as though his desire to see his friends again had finally been answered through Gimli. His heart ached at the knowledge that it had only been a dream.
Distant shouts brought his attention back to the present, and he looked up to find Kaïra gone. He panicked upon recognising the shouts as the voices of his father's soldiers calling to each other for a stealth mode.
//They are searching// he realised, //searching for me, no doubt…but where is that troublesome girl?!//
As though in reply, Kaïra burst into the clearing, her cheeks flushed, and her hair windblown.
"There's at least fifteen of them," she panted, mounting her horse, "They're looking for us, we've got to get out of here."
Legolas wordlessly agreed, and mounted his horse.
"They will find us." He called, as her golden horse rode on ahead of him.
She ignored him, knowing that it was true.
"So long as we are still in Mirkwood, they will know of it and search relentlessly."
She pulled her horse to an abrupt halt, causing it to rear up on its hind legs. For that one moment, she was a vision of rock-hard power that could only be compared to the image of Galadriel that had appeared to Frodo in Lothlorien all those years ago…but Legolas had not been at the Mirror of Galadriel with Frodo, and had not witnessed this event. He did not recognise this apparition as one of steely determination.
"Dina, Reegaan, dina." She whispered in its ear, and Reegaan, the horse, became calm.
Now she turned to Legolas and said "You yourself have worked among the soldiers of Mirkwood. You have seen their strengths…reinforced their weaknesses. Yes, they *will* pursue us for so long as we remain within the forest, and this leaves but two choices; to leave now…or to return. Take your pick, Legolas, the choice is yours, not mine."
Legolas looked at her, then glanced over his shoulder towards the heart of the forest, his home, as the decisions unfurled within his own heart.
"What are you waiting for, then?" he replied decisively, and urged his silvery mare forward.
Legolas didn't notice it, but Kaïra smiled sadly back into the forest as he cantered away.
"Goodbye." She breathed, before following him into the unknown.
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A/N: So, thus ends chapter two….here's to my reviewers IceFire ::waves:: and whoever else reviewed (sorry, but the stupid computer comes up wiv 2 on my statistic but when I press it, your one doesn't come up, so I dunno who you are yet – sorry!).
I don't really like the ending to this chapter, so don't be surprised if you come back one day, read it, and think "is it me, or was that not there before?" or things of that sort, cos it probably won't be you, it'll just be me changing it (nothing too drastic, I promise!)
Any-who, love y'all loads, press the pretty lil' "SUBMIT REVIEW" button now, and make my day!
~*~*~*The ONE and ONLY*~*~*~
A/N: I can't be bothered to do a big long note, so you can read last chapter's one again if you were looking forward to one…
I need suggestions in what to put in here (as in the fic, not the author's note. I have enough crap to share already, thank you very much), so please, please e-mail me at:
heven_vs_hell69@hotmail.com -OR- insaneasylumescapee@yahoo.co.uk .
Either that or you can just put it in a review.
Wehey! Two updates in one night! Actually, can you call it one night, cos it's 3:17 in the morning where I'm standing/sitting/whateva…anyway, I couldn't resist uploading chapter 2 seeing as I've got it done and everything. ;~)
BTW, I *still* think I might have overdone it with the adjectives….really sorry!
NOTE: The Elvish word "Dina" is used in this chapter, and it means "Be silent."
DISCLAIMER: I wish I owned Legolas, but I don't. Blast. I only own Kaïra, the elf that's decided to tag along on not only my story, but Leggy's journey too…I guess she might come in useful at some point…
Legolas' thoughts are in //thought//. Italics are in *italics*, and any dream sequences etc will be ::::::dream:::::: What else? I think that's it for now…
~*~*~*The ONE and ONLY*~*~*~
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- _
… A short, shadowy figure stepped forward, and Legolas lowered his bow as he saw the stranger's face. …
Chapter 2: Decisions.
"Gimli?" he breathed.
"Of course, you crazy elf!" Legolas' vision became slurred as Gimli continued to speak, "Who else is it gonna be?"
His voice faded, as he. And his dwarvish companions, slowly, but surely, disappeared::::::
His vision snapped into focus, and he raised his bow.
"Gimli?" he whispered, scanning the clearing for his friend.
A rustle came from a nearby bush, and Legolas snapped around. Aiming his arrow directly at its heart, he crept forward, and with razor sharp reflexes, his hand dove in and returned with, not a grumbling dwarf, but an uncomfortable looking Elven maid.
"Kaïra!" he shouted, realising that his vision had been nothing but a dream.
"What are you doing here?"
He turned his back away from her, hiding the glistening tear that fell from his disappointed eyes.
"What's the matter, Legolas?" she asked, sensing his discomfort.
"Nothing." He replied, and faced her, a determined mask sliding into place over his face, hiding his true emotions.
The girl nodded, aware that he did not intend to supply a more suitable answer.
"I've been watching you, Legolas, since I left you yesterday morning. I am worried."
The elf scowled. "You have no reason to stalk me in this manner…and what of the message to my father? How will he ever know where I have gone?"
"I have sent Cariim to him. He flies swiftly, and the message will have reached him faster than if I had gone myself."
Legolas paused, and sighed deeply.
"I guess you are right, Kaïra, the miles are lighter upon a hawk's wings than they are upon a horse's legs, but it is common knowledge that Cariim answers to you, and to you alone."
Kaïra stopped. She had not noticed this simple fact before, and now it was proving crucial.
"Then…" she began, "Then they will know that I am with you." She thought for a moment. "I guess that now you have no choice, then, than to take me with you."
"Oh no, you're not going to do this to me, Kaïra, I travel alone."
"I won't go back without you, Legolas, and I *cannot* go back alone…not now, not if your father has received the message. You *know* that."
Legolas *did* know. He knew that his father had a short temper, and that he was suspicious and mistrusting. Kaïra would surely be arrested until his return. He groaned.
"Two people are better than one." She said, trying to convince him.
"Two people are also more easily found than one."
"Oh come on, Legolas! You wouldn't be able to hide here forever anyway!"
"I don't intend to." He muttered, but she ignored him and carried on.
"And who would take watch while you rested?"
"I don't have to rest, I can watch for myself."
"Like you've been doing so far? Honestly Legolas, you haven't stopped, you haven't eaten...you're exhausted. No wonder you were imagining things and talking to yourself."
"I *have* stopped!" he insisted, "and I wasn't imagining things *or* talking to myself."
"Ha! Don't pull that on me, Legolas Greenleaf, I have eyes and ears, and I know what I just saw."
"You didn't see anything. *You're* the one that's imagining things."
"Legolas, I *saw* you jump down from that tree and start waving your bow around. There wasn't anything there, Legolas, you were aiming in to thin air."
Legolas recalled his dream, and his brow furrowed. It had felt so real; as though his desire to see his friends again had finally been answered through Gimli. His heart ached at the knowledge that it had only been a dream.
Distant shouts brought his attention back to the present, and he looked up to find Kaïra gone. He panicked upon recognising the shouts as the voices of his father's soldiers calling to each other for a stealth mode.
//They are searching// he realised, //searching for me, no doubt…but where is that troublesome girl?!//
As though in reply, Kaïra burst into the clearing, her cheeks flushed, and her hair windblown.
"There's at least fifteen of them," she panted, mounting her horse, "They're looking for us, we've got to get out of here."
Legolas wordlessly agreed, and mounted his horse.
"They will find us." He called, as her golden horse rode on ahead of him.
She ignored him, knowing that it was true.
"So long as we are still in Mirkwood, they will know of it and search relentlessly."
She pulled her horse to an abrupt halt, causing it to rear up on its hind legs. For that one moment, she was a vision of rock-hard power that could only be compared to the image of Galadriel that had appeared to Frodo in Lothlorien all those years ago…but Legolas had not been at the Mirror of Galadriel with Frodo, and had not witnessed this event. He did not recognise this apparition as one of steely determination.
"Dina, Reegaan, dina." She whispered in its ear, and Reegaan, the horse, became calm.
Now she turned to Legolas and said "You yourself have worked among the soldiers of Mirkwood. You have seen their strengths…reinforced their weaknesses. Yes, they *will* pursue us for so long as we remain within the forest, and this leaves but two choices; to leave now…or to return. Take your pick, Legolas, the choice is yours, not mine."
Legolas looked at her, then glanced over his shoulder towards the heart of the forest, his home, as the decisions unfurled within his own heart.
"What are you waiting for, then?" he replied decisively, and urged his silvery mare forward.
Legolas didn't notice it, but Kaïra smiled sadly back into the forest as he cantered away.
"Goodbye." She breathed, before following him into the unknown.
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A/N: So, thus ends chapter two….here's to my reviewers IceFire ::waves:: and whoever else reviewed (sorry, but the stupid computer comes up wiv 2 on my statistic but when I press it, your one doesn't come up, so I dunno who you are yet – sorry!).
I don't really like the ending to this chapter, so don't be surprised if you come back one day, read it, and think "is it me, or was that not there before?" or things of that sort, cos it probably won't be you, it'll just be me changing it (nothing too drastic, I promise!)
Any-who, love y'all loads, press the pretty lil' "SUBMIT REVIEW" button now, and make my day!
~*~*~*The ONE and ONLY*~*~*~
