Disclaimer: I don't own Legolas or Mirkwood or any other places in ME. I
do own Arianna.
She looked around and what did she see? None other than Legolas himself, the one Elf she despised more than any other. He was always so self -assured, so.....well, royal. Arianna told herself that she prefered to enjoy the simple life. Always just getting by, not being promised to an Elf she didn't know for marraige. She'd left all that behind. " Exuse me?" Arianna snapped out of her thoughts. Legolas was towering above her on his snow white steed. " Exuse yourself!" she snapped and turned on her heel. Legolas sat there blinking confusedly. All he'd wanted was to know the Elf's name. " She looked so familiar...." he muttered to himself. " Where have I seen her before?" Turning his horse he was about to follow her when a shout from his father made him put the Elf in the back of his mind.
" Stupid Prince! Always trying to get something from those of us less fortunate than him!" Arianna muttered as she walked through the woods. " But you chose this life. Remember that." said the little nagging voice in the back of her mind. Arianna walked for a long while arguing with herself, no clear idea of where exactly she was headed. Finally, she stopped to get her bearings. The woods around her were very dark and all was unnaturally silent. She sighed exasperatedly. " Wonderful. I've gone and wandered into the wrong part of Mirkwood yet again." She slumped to the ground and the darkness loomed about her becoming more and more tangible as time wore on. A sudden noise woke Arianna from the light slumber she'd slipped into due to her exauhsting 5 hour walk. " What was that?" Arianna was on her feet with her sword ready in a flash. Covering herself with a gray cloak, pulling the hood up to cover her dark brown hair and emerald eyes, she backed into a shadow so as to hide from view. She wanted to be the one doing the seeing, not the one being seen. The sound drew closer and Arianna tightened her grip on the sword's hilt. " Bring it on.." she muttered. There was a last cracking noise and then the ones making it came into view. Arianna's jaw dropped in shock at what she saw and she hurriedly backed even deeper into the shadows to be sure that she was unable to be seen. A group of nasty dirty looking men rode past on huge dark horses. Behind them, trailed a worn but defiant looking Elf, deprived of all weapons, being made to walk with his own bow and arrow at his back. His bright blue eyes flickered into the shadows and spotted the cloaked Arianna. It was just a look and nothing more. There was no pleading in his eyes, no begging to be rescued. Just a mere glance of acknowledgement of Arianna's presence.
The group soon passed and Arianna recovered from her state of shock. " Stupid Prince gone and got himself captured, huh? And he saw me. Lucky the others were only men or I would've been right along side him. They couldn't see me." Arianna had an internal debate with herslef before deciding to follow the group. " It can't hurt. I mean, whatever he's been caputred for, he probably deserves it, but I may as well follow and see what's going on. I'm not saying I'm going to help him. He doesn't even want my help. Probably because I'm just a lowly female." She followed the group until they made camp, at which point Arianna did the same, curling up in her cloak underneath a tree to watch the Prince and his captors. The men tied Legolas's hands behind his back and bound his feet as well. The whole time he never said a word, just stared defiantly into the distance. Arianna wondered where King Thranduil was and why Legolas had been captured. One of the more greasy men stooped low and put his face right in Legolas's. His voice was scratchy and whiny when he spoke to the Prince. " So Elf-Boy, when's your daddy gonna come with the ransome?" Legolas stayed silent. " Not talking, eh? Maybe if Thranduil heard your screams he'd come to rescue you, pretty-boy." At this Legolas's face hardened and fury grew in his eyes, but still he spoke not a word. Arianna watched him slightly impressed by his stubborness and laughed inwardly at the look of rage Legolas gave the man when he was called a pretty-boy. The man turned around laughing slightly and then whipped back around to face Legolas, his fist hitting the Elf in the side of the face. Legolas winced and bent over slightly at the blow, but other than that there was no reaction. A black and blue mark started to appear where he'd been hit. The man looked crazy with anger. " You will talk Elf! I'll find a way to make you!" He stormed off perhaps to look for food....although there wasn't much edible in this part of Mirkwood, Arianna thought. Arianna's mind worked furiously taking in all that she'd just heard. The men took Legolas for a ransome. Perhaps to lure Thranduil away from Mirkwood, she thought. They were obviously trying to get the Pronce to tell them someting, but what Arianna couldn't figure out. She considered her options. She could help the Elf out of captivity or watch for awhile longer, try and figure more out. Arianna worked this over in her mind until she felt that if she didn't sleep, her brain wou;d explode. No one else knows he's out here.....but I could get hurt...or captured.....or.... She yawned. Legolas looked over at her and she clapped a hand over her mouth. A few of the men followed Legolas's gaze and started over to inverstigate. Arianna panicked. The men were almost upon her. Seeing no other option, Arianna ran into the woods......only to run headlong into the man who'd interrogated Legolas.
She looked around and what did she see? None other than Legolas himself, the one Elf she despised more than any other. He was always so self -assured, so.....well, royal. Arianna told herself that she prefered to enjoy the simple life. Always just getting by, not being promised to an Elf she didn't know for marraige. She'd left all that behind. " Exuse me?" Arianna snapped out of her thoughts. Legolas was towering above her on his snow white steed. " Exuse yourself!" she snapped and turned on her heel. Legolas sat there blinking confusedly. All he'd wanted was to know the Elf's name. " She looked so familiar...." he muttered to himself. " Where have I seen her before?" Turning his horse he was about to follow her when a shout from his father made him put the Elf in the back of his mind.
" Stupid Prince! Always trying to get something from those of us less fortunate than him!" Arianna muttered as she walked through the woods. " But you chose this life. Remember that." said the little nagging voice in the back of her mind. Arianna walked for a long while arguing with herself, no clear idea of where exactly she was headed. Finally, she stopped to get her bearings. The woods around her were very dark and all was unnaturally silent. She sighed exasperatedly. " Wonderful. I've gone and wandered into the wrong part of Mirkwood yet again." She slumped to the ground and the darkness loomed about her becoming more and more tangible as time wore on. A sudden noise woke Arianna from the light slumber she'd slipped into due to her exauhsting 5 hour walk. " What was that?" Arianna was on her feet with her sword ready in a flash. Covering herself with a gray cloak, pulling the hood up to cover her dark brown hair and emerald eyes, she backed into a shadow so as to hide from view. She wanted to be the one doing the seeing, not the one being seen. The sound drew closer and Arianna tightened her grip on the sword's hilt. " Bring it on.." she muttered. There was a last cracking noise and then the ones making it came into view. Arianna's jaw dropped in shock at what she saw and she hurriedly backed even deeper into the shadows to be sure that she was unable to be seen. A group of nasty dirty looking men rode past on huge dark horses. Behind them, trailed a worn but defiant looking Elf, deprived of all weapons, being made to walk with his own bow and arrow at his back. His bright blue eyes flickered into the shadows and spotted the cloaked Arianna. It was just a look and nothing more. There was no pleading in his eyes, no begging to be rescued. Just a mere glance of acknowledgement of Arianna's presence.
The group soon passed and Arianna recovered from her state of shock. " Stupid Prince gone and got himself captured, huh? And he saw me. Lucky the others were only men or I would've been right along side him. They couldn't see me." Arianna had an internal debate with herslef before deciding to follow the group. " It can't hurt. I mean, whatever he's been caputred for, he probably deserves it, but I may as well follow and see what's going on. I'm not saying I'm going to help him. He doesn't even want my help. Probably because I'm just a lowly female." She followed the group until they made camp, at which point Arianna did the same, curling up in her cloak underneath a tree to watch the Prince and his captors. The men tied Legolas's hands behind his back and bound his feet as well. The whole time he never said a word, just stared defiantly into the distance. Arianna wondered where King Thranduil was and why Legolas had been captured. One of the more greasy men stooped low and put his face right in Legolas's. His voice was scratchy and whiny when he spoke to the Prince. " So Elf-Boy, when's your daddy gonna come with the ransome?" Legolas stayed silent. " Not talking, eh? Maybe if Thranduil heard your screams he'd come to rescue you, pretty-boy." At this Legolas's face hardened and fury grew in his eyes, but still he spoke not a word. Arianna watched him slightly impressed by his stubborness and laughed inwardly at the look of rage Legolas gave the man when he was called a pretty-boy. The man turned around laughing slightly and then whipped back around to face Legolas, his fist hitting the Elf in the side of the face. Legolas winced and bent over slightly at the blow, but other than that there was no reaction. A black and blue mark started to appear where he'd been hit. The man looked crazy with anger. " You will talk Elf! I'll find a way to make you!" He stormed off perhaps to look for food....although there wasn't much edible in this part of Mirkwood, Arianna thought. Arianna's mind worked furiously taking in all that she'd just heard. The men took Legolas for a ransome. Perhaps to lure Thranduil away from Mirkwood, she thought. They were obviously trying to get the Pronce to tell them someting, but what Arianna couldn't figure out. She considered her options. She could help the Elf out of captivity or watch for awhile longer, try and figure more out. Arianna worked this over in her mind until she felt that if she didn't sleep, her brain wou;d explode. No one else knows he's out here.....but I could get hurt...or captured.....or.... She yawned. Legolas looked over at her and she clapped a hand over her mouth. A few of the men followed Legolas's gaze and started over to inverstigate. Arianna panicked. The men were almost upon her. Seeing no other option, Arianna ran into the woods......only to run headlong into the man who'd interrogated Legolas.