Arwen gracefully dodged a blade meant for her neck and steered her horse away. You've really done it this time, she told herself. Now you're in the middle of 5,000 or more evil Trolls and Ums all slashing heir blades at you.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and drew her own sword as she whirled around. When she saw who it was, she stopped.

"Legolas," she said, surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Come back," he replied firmly. "Now." Homir galloped out of the crowd, trampling beings in all the places he was able.

Arwen tried to follow his lead, but the army was not as willing to let her go. She slowly began to work her way out, but then suddenly her horse stumbled.

Arwen bent forward to see what had happened, and was alarmed to find that her Asoalian had been stabbed quite mercilessly in it's front right leg.

"Oh, Asoalian," she said sorrowfully. "I'm sorry. But please, you must get me out of this mess. You must." She gave him a slight tap on the side and Asoalian bravely attempted to walk, and, eventually, stumbled out of the mass majority of Ums and Trolls, but the army began to follow them and Arwen knew that Asoalian would have to run, should she have any hope of living.

Luckily, it was then that Legolas rode up next to her. "Get on my horse!" he ordered. Arwen hesitated, not wanting to leave Asoalian for dead. But when she looked at the evil creatures before her, she realized that if she didn't listen then she would not save Asoalian's life, she would simply die with him.

Arwen grabbed onto Legolas' outstretched hand and carefully got on his horse. She wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

"I am."

"Noro lim, Homir," Legolas said. Then his horse bolted away, and he steered him into the woods in hopes to loose the army. Then after he was sure he had lost them, he turned and went back to meet Aragorn and the children.

"Oh, Arwen!" Aragorn said when they reached the group. Arwen smiled as she got off the horse and ran into his open arms. "I was so worried that I'd loose you."

"I will never die while you still live," Arwen replied. "You are all that I strive for."

Aragorn smiled and they were about to kiss when Zerameth loudly cleared her throat. "So, what are we to do now?" she asked. She looked to Legolas. "Do you have another plan, one to avoid the army while we're out in the wilderness now, one horse short?"

Legolas smiled. "You do not trust me, Lady Zerameth?"

"I have heard many wonderful things about your kind, master elf, but one thing that has never been made known to me is their intelligence level."

"Zerameth!" Arwen said. "You apologize for that now!"

The young mortal looked at her mother innocently. "Well, I haven't."

"Elves are quite smart, actually," Aragorn said. "They have lived for thousands of years, and know many things that you could not imagine."

"Maybe."

Ohtar smirked. "It depends on the elf, actually. Such as Anywien, she-"

"You hush!" his sister said, knowing that he had been ready to insult her. "I do not know what you were about to say, but I do know it's point."

Ohtar looked to Zerameth. "Maybe she is smarter than she looks. Only by a little, though. Perhaps."

Zerameth giggled and Anywien glared at her older brother but did nothing more.

There was a bit of pause, before Legolas decided to tell them some of his plan. At least the part relating to the near future. "We may rest here for a bit, then we will continue east."

"We need no rest," Aragorn replied. "We may as well go now."

"You need no rest, for you have been riding the entire time," Legolas answered. "But the horses are tired and they must regain their strength. We will be here for perhaps half of an hour at the most."

"Isn't that a bit of a waste?" Ohtar asked. "Our horses have already rested, it is only Homir that must do so. And he is a strong horse, with perhaps the most endurance. We need only 5 minutes."

Aragorn smiled. "Prince Ohtar will make a fine ruler, Legolas."

Legolas smiled back. "Yes he will, I don't doubt that. But son, the longer we stay here, the more time we give them to pick up where we are."

"Why would we want to do that?" asked Ohtar skeptically.

"You will see."