Within a day Legolas was sailing again. The tiny ship cut through the waves easily enough. Legolas kept Valinor's Shores in sight so he could keep with the map. "The road to her home in the Island is a great test of will, Legolas. No one has yet passed. Kill nothing, and do not leave the path. Good luck." Elrond had warned Legolas. He still had taken his bow and knives, but he knew that he couldn't use them. He also had enough food to feed four people for at least 3 months. It took him only a day of good sailing to reach the first of the obstacles, coral reefs. Some broke the surface, with sharp points glittering in the sun. Others sat just below the waves, waiting to slice into the wooden underbelly of the ship. Legolas watched the waves for warnings and also for the telltale change in color. He guided the agile boat around the reefs. A few came close, but he managed to keep the ship whole. The next obstacle wasn't so easy, Sea Dragons. Legolas left the ship's wheel for but a moment to grab some of the salted meat he'd brought. As the dragons rose above the sea to attack, he threw off a chunk of meat. The dragons ate the meat and left him alone. Legolas sighed. That had cost him a lot of his food supply. He was down to only 10 pounds of meat. He saw a suitable place for landing the ship. It was high tide, so he knew the ship wouldn't be pulled back into the reefs. He tied it off to a nearby tree anyway. The beach was bright and tropical. Legolas would have liked to stay there for a day or two, but he had more important matters to tend to. He packed up as much food as he could as well as his weapons, and entered the thick forest. "Legends say that she lives in the center of the volcano in the center of the island." Elrond had told him. Legolas had marked it on his map. The trees closed in around Legolas and he felt as though maybe staying on the beach wasn't so bad. "No, Greenleaf! Frodo needs you…" He reprimanded himself. He made sure to keep to the path. As he walked, he saw beautiful springs and berry bushes just off the path. He ate some of the berry and bread bars that one of the chefs had made for him and kept to the path.
Legolas walked on throughout the night. He saw many small knolls and caves that looked very inviting to his tired body, but he kept on. The path was becoming much harder for him. He wished he would find a place to rest on the path, but there was none. He decided to rest for a few hours by lying on the path and hoping no one came down it. He awoke refreshed and continued. He found that in the night someone or something had taken most of his food, one of his knives, and his cloak. He ate a little bit of the food he had left. A little farther down the path, he saw one of the largest deer he'd ever seen. It was very large and muscular, with a rack of horns at least double the size of the largest deer Legolas had ever caught. Legolas drew an arrow and notched his bow, but stopped as he aimed it. The deer must be ages old, and very well a Lord of the Forest like he had been in Mirkwood. Legolas put away the arrow and instead yelled to scare the deer off. Legolas saw that one of the deer's antlers had fallen off when it ran. Legolas took the huge horn. "Strange, it is still spring. Deer do not shed their horns until autumn." He tied it to his pack and continued.