Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! SORRY! PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES! My phone line won't do its job. That sucked! Grrrrr.So you want the long one? Okay then. *talking to self*I shall take over the world with my finger and with squirrels and with umbrellas. The baka hentai didn't give me the role of the one taking over the world. We shall show you who's boss! Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.!

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The return journey had indeed become slow. Legolas' companions tried to cheer him up but it was no use doing so. Not one could even talk to him as he got home - even his own father. With so much sorrow burdened upon his heart, Legolas decided to walk in the glade feeling the sun above him. The heat was not at all unbearable yet he became delusional upon the additional sorrow as he closed his eyes leaning upon a rock as he sat beside it. He opened them once more to behold a figure before him; pure as white and as bright as light. He reached out to touch the soft, silken figure whispering Kei's name and mumbling words that not even he, himself, could comprehend.

His hand inched more upward until he felt something quite out of place - it was hard and smooth with a little hole to it. He shook his head to clear other thoughts and found out that he was touching a bird craning its neck toward him - a queer bird, in truth. It tugged at his sleeve forcing him to arise from his position. He did not know what it wanted yet he followed it nonetheless.

Legolas rubbed his eyes for a better look. It was flaming red in color and its tail seemed to be made of crystals as it shimmered under the rays of the sun. The feathers on its head were truly majestic as each color implicated one another. It was taller than he when he had stood and its eyes were ice-blue. It's legs were short, yet slender and strong.

"Come with me," it said in common tongue, "You shan't live long should you persist in such manner. This kind of death would not be fitting for one such as yourself, do you not think so?"

"What am I to do then?" asked Legolas in confusion "Need I follow you though I came not to ask for succour. I must warn you that I cannot endure far extents for it is not only my body that is weary but as well as my soul."

"Come now," said the fowl, "I do not desire that you make yourself weary. If it were so, I would not have come as a bird of this size. Climb onto my back; I shall carry you to a place of ease yet I do not pertain to the havens. It is best you do not ask wither we go, this shall be a gift unto you, decided on by the Valar."

"Valar!" Legolas was certainly set aback by the mention of the high ones and did not think twice as he rode on the beast. They flew high, and, at length, he could see all of Mirkwood below them. Without warning, all was not clear as they sped through the air at an incredible speed that not one could dare open his eyes for the wind was too much to take. He held on rather tightly and soon they had slowed and landed on a mountain though he cannot tell which of them was he was on.

The bird changed into a man in a black cloak that covered his entire being. "Come forth." He said.

Legolas came into a temple of pillars and in the middle was a mirror of great size. He stared at it and wondered in amazement for it does not show any reflection; only a silver mirror. It's frame had intricate designs out of numerous precious stones that were beyond even to the knowledge of the dwarves as it was the craft of the Valar, Aulë, the master of all crafts.

"What are your thoughts?" the inexplicable figure asked. "Look at the mirror and tell it of your innermost desires. It shall show you whichever your heart desires most to see."

Legolas obeyed and brought back his old thoughts which came by rather quickly. No sooner than he had thought of his loved one did the mirror show of what was happening in Kei's world. A large hall that was teeming with people in tuxedoes and gowns were in view and before them was a stage in which a girl, who he recognized as Angel was dancing. He had to admit to himself that to his untrained eye, she dances as well as Kei. She ended and an applause was rendered unto her.

Soon he heard Kei's name called in a booming manner wherein, to his confusion, there was no one he saw announcing it. Kei entered and the dance was quite different from before. The movements were strong and it showed her innermost feelings - anger, confusion, and longing. The music was quite different as well from what he had previously heard. Despite these, he could tell that she was performing better as her emotions were the ones controlling her.

"Do you wish to visit her?" he asked in the midst of her performance.

"It is my wish yet, I deem that it would not be possible for we are a realm apart." Legolas answered.

"Then I shall grant it to you yet hearken unto my stipulation." said he, "I shall only grant you until the sun sets on the morrow to be with her then I shall convey you back here whither you may be for it is not your place; you are not to stay. Do I make myself clear, elf prince?"

"It is clear, my good sir. Yet," Legolas followed up, "Why has she been brought hither when it is known to all that we do not belong in each other's company?"

A loud applause was heard in the background signaling that Kei's performance had ended. "It is for you to know soon. Please be patient for the time being. Pass through this mirror to hinder the shortening of your company."

Legolas obeyed. It seemed to him that he passed through water though he was not wet. He looked back and saw nothing but the black wall behind him in the backstage of the theater.