This is the second chapter of my first fan fic! I hope you like it! the
story has been taking place as Legolas sees and thinks it. he has many
challenges coming his way because of his love for a certian night elf.
Disclaimer: i do not own any of these characters except lessien and ireth, they belong to tolkien. the IDEA for the night elves came from war craft 3, but are based verrrry loosley on them. so please dont sue me!
when you see this 'enter text here' that's legolas thinking.
The sun will set on the night elves ch. 2
It had been several weeks since the company left Lorien, and Legolas missed Lessien very much. They were in the boats going down the Anduin, but Legolas' thoughts were still in Lorien. He thought often about Lessien and wondered if she did the same.
'I wonder if I'll ever get to see her again. I hope that she wonders the same about me.'
Legolas' thoughts were cut short when Aragorn pointed out the Argonath. "Look" he said "Long have i wanted to look upon the kings of old." As Aragorn said this the whole company looked upon the great statues with awe and wonder in their eyes. It was a dream of Aragorn and Boromir to look upon them, and they finally had.
The company travelled all day without any unecessary conversation. None of them really wanted to continue on with their quest after having stayed in Lorien. Gimli wept openly, but Legolas found himself bottling it up once again. To Legolas, there was no greater honor than to be in the fellowship, but deep inside of him he couldn't help but regret it a little.
The company stopped to set up their camp, and the hobbits were already getting ready to sleep; except sam, he was getting dinner. Legolas decided to go and scout out the area surrounding them to make sure there was so immediate danger. Aragorn decided to accompany him, for he was very concerned about his friend. "What eats at you my friend?" said Aragorn.
"There is nothing that eats at me that does not eat at the rest of the company" he replied.
"I see it in your eyes, Legolas. Why do you hide from your feelings?"
"Hide? I do not hide. I only put them aside. There is no room for people to be feeling sorry for themselves. Besides, even if there was something wrong, I know there is nothing i can do about it now." answered Legolas.
Though Aragorn knew what it was that bothered Legolas, he knew that if he tried to push him, it would only push him farther away. So he decided to try something.
"Lessien and Ireth were very nice elves. Do you agree?" he said.
Legolas could say nothing. He knew what Aragorn was doing, and he knew that eventually he would have to tell his friend what was wrong.
'How do I explain this to Aragorn? What will he say when he finds out that I am in distress because I let my heart get close to someone during a time like this? It is partially my fault that i feel so terrible, and yet i cannot help but feel this way.'
Aragorn waited patiently for Legolas to ponder what he was going to say. He knew that he would tell him when he was ready. They finished patroling and started back to camp. Finally Legolas decided he would tell him.
"I fell in love with Lessien." he said with sadness, shame and happiness all mixed in his voice. When he said this, Aragorn noticed that Legolas blushed.
"I knew that you had. The look in your eyes only comes from having to leave your love behind." Aragorn said with a slight smile. If anyone could relate to what Legolas was feeling, it was Aragorn; he thought of Arwen often
When they returned back to camp, they realized that Boromir and Frodo were both missing. Almost at once Aragorn's stomach twinged with fear, because he had seen how much Boromir had changed since the beginning. They all went in different directions looking for the two.
'I hope my fears were not correct about Boromir. He is a very valiant man, but i fear that he wants the ring for another reason than to destroy it.'
Legolas and Gimli were jogging through the trees looking for Frodo, when Legolas stopped with no forward motion. His ears perked up and he heard something off in the distance. Gimli heard nothing, but trusted Legolas' keen elf ears. After a couple of seconds Legolas knew what it was: Uruk- hai.
"Quickly Gimli! There is Uruk-hai! We must find the rest of the company!"
They turned the opposite direction hoping the find the rest of the company, but were ambushed by a company of Uruks. One came up to Legolas with his scimitar raised, he aimed it at the back of Legolas' head as he was shooting others before him. Suddenly an axe came out of nowhere it seemed, killing the orc. It startled Legolas, for it missed his head by only a few inches. He turned and saw that it was not the axe of Gimli, but he saw no one else around.
Gimli killed the last orc, and he and Legolas were off to find the rest of the company. They found Aragorn being ambused, but a large company. Legolas let one arrow fly, but it killed two orcs going straight throught their throats. They fought for what seemed like an eternity, and they had lost sight of Aragorn again. He had run off when they heard the horn of Boromir sound, but Legolas and Gimli had to stay and fight off the orcs that were behind them.
Legolas noticed after awhile that some of the orcs were lying dead, and he had not killed them. It wouldn't have been so strange if they didn't have arrows in them that were unfamiliar to Legolas. When the last orc was killed they ran and found that Boromir had been shot three times and it was fatal. After he passed they all sat in silence, then they made him a grave in one of the boats of Lorien.
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'I never dreamed that our quest would bring us to Edoras. I have never been to a city of men. They seem to have much honor, though.' Legolas came out of his thoughts, and back to the conversation.
"Open war is upon you; whether you would risk it or not" Aragorn said to Theoden.
"Last time i checked, Theoden, not Aragorn, was king of Rohan." He replied catching Legolas and Aragorn a little off guard.
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"Helm's Deep!" exclaimed Gandalf, as they were walking quickly back to the stables.
As Gandalf was preparing to ride off he told Aragorn,"Look to the east at first light on the fifth day."
"We will be waiting."
With that, Gandalf was off. They woud not see him for five more days. **************************************************************************** ******************************
Legolas was walking far ahead of the company looking for any dangers that may be waiting for them.
'I wish that i knew where the night elves lived in Fangorn Forest' he thought as he walked. 'I am also glad that i do not. For if i did, i fear that i would be very tempted to leave my company and fight with them'
Off in the distance he could see that there were Warg riders heading for them. He started to run back, but heard the screams of Hama. His head had been crushed by the jaws of a warg scout. He slew the warg and his rider with an arrow the the throat.
"A scout!" he exclaimed, kicking the warg away from him. Eowyn started to leave the women and children to Helm's Deep, and the able men of the company rode off to meet the Wargs.
The company fought off what seemed like an almost endless number of warg riders. Legolas killed most by arrow, but found that he had to use his knives when his quiver came empty. As he slit the throat of his last Warg he realized that he did not see Aragorn. He and Gimli headed over towards the cliff to find a wounded rider laying in the grass. He laughed at the two disgustingly.
"Tell us where our friend is, or i will ease your passing!" grumbled Gimli.
Laughing the orc said, "he took a little tumble of the cliff."
"You lie!" legolas said, gripping the disgusting creatures armor. Then he saw in the creature's hand, the necklace the Lady Arwen had given Aragorn. He took it from the dead orc's hand and peered over the cliff. He could say nothing. He looked over the cliff with much sorrow in his eyes, thinking that he would never see his beloved friend again. **************************************************************************** ****************************** Legolas couldn't sleep that night. He came out and stood on the stone structure looking out over the grassy field before him. All he could think about was what had happened to Aragorn. Not only had he lost Lessien, but he had lost one of his best friends as well. He stood there the whole night lost in his thoughts, he did not move until dawn came. He went back inside to see if he could force himself to eat breakfast.
"What is your name boy?" he aske dthe little boy seated next to him. He could not have been more that ten years old.
"Andor, my lord"
"Where are your parents?"
"I had only a father"
"Had?"
"Yesterday; Warg riders."
"I am very sorry. I did not mean to upset you"
As he was talking with the boy, they heard gasps of people outside. He stood up quickly and saw Aragorn enter. Aragorn did not look up, and almost ran straight into Legolas. He returned his necklace, and let Aragorn speak to Theoden.
When Aragorn came out he learned that there was an army of Uruk-hai; ten thousand at least!
'There is no way that a group of three hundred farmers are going to fend off and army of ten thousand Uruks! It is absurd that Theoden will not send message for aid. He thinks that he knows elves so much that he does not even ask? That is folly!'
He was very upset looking at some of the boys that they were giving swords and armor to. He knew that none of those boys would return. He stood by the door watching all the men, and boys line up. Suddenly he heard a horn sound. " That is no orc horn!" he said to Aragorn and Gimli. They ran out down the steps to see Haldir leading an army of Lorien elves. That was not all, though, behind the he saw Lessien! She was leading an army of night elves! He ran to her and they embraced.
"Was it you that saved Gimli and I in the woods by the Anduin?" asked Legolas.
"Yes it was I, but i could not travel with you, we needed to make haste."
"How did you know we needed help?" he said with excitement and worry in his voice.
"We decided that the night elves could help much more if we combined our forces. We have come to help the people of Rohan."
Disclaimer: i do not own any of these characters except lessien and ireth, they belong to tolkien. the IDEA for the night elves came from war craft 3, but are based verrrry loosley on them. so please dont sue me!
when you see this 'enter text here' that's legolas thinking.
The sun will set on the night elves ch. 2
It had been several weeks since the company left Lorien, and Legolas missed Lessien very much. They were in the boats going down the Anduin, but Legolas' thoughts were still in Lorien. He thought often about Lessien and wondered if she did the same.
'I wonder if I'll ever get to see her again. I hope that she wonders the same about me.'
Legolas' thoughts were cut short when Aragorn pointed out the Argonath. "Look" he said "Long have i wanted to look upon the kings of old." As Aragorn said this the whole company looked upon the great statues with awe and wonder in their eyes. It was a dream of Aragorn and Boromir to look upon them, and they finally had.
The company travelled all day without any unecessary conversation. None of them really wanted to continue on with their quest after having stayed in Lorien. Gimli wept openly, but Legolas found himself bottling it up once again. To Legolas, there was no greater honor than to be in the fellowship, but deep inside of him he couldn't help but regret it a little.
The company stopped to set up their camp, and the hobbits were already getting ready to sleep; except sam, he was getting dinner. Legolas decided to go and scout out the area surrounding them to make sure there was so immediate danger. Aragorn decided to accompany him, for he was very concerned about his friend. "What eats at you my friend?" said Aragorn.
"There is nothing that eats at me that does not eat at the rest of the company" he replied.
"I see it in your eyes, Legolas. Why do you hide from your feelings?"
"Hide? I do not hide. I only put them aside. There is no room for people to be feeling sorry for themselves. Besides, even if there was something wrong, I know there is nothing i can do about it now." answered Legolas.
Though Aragorn knew what it was that bothered Legolas, he knew that if he tried to push him, it would only push him farther away. So he decided to try something.
"Lessien and Ireth were very nice elves. Do you agree?" he said.
Legolas could say nothing. He knew what Aragorn was doing, and he knew that eventually he would have to tell his friend what was wrong.
'How do I explain this to Aragorn? What will he say when he finds out that I am in distress because I let my heart get close to someone during a time like this? It is partially my fault that i feel so terrible, and yet i cannot help but feel this way.'
Aragorn waited patiently for Legolas to ponder what he was going to say. He knew that he would tell him when he was ready. They finished patroling and started back to camp. Finally Legolas decided he would tell him.
"I fell in love with Lessien." he said with sadness, shame and happiness all mixed in his voice. When he said this, Aragorn noticed that Legolas blushed.
"I knew that you had. The look in your eyes only comes from having to leave your love behind." Aragorn said with a slight smile. If anyone could relate to what Legolas was feeling, it was Aragorn; he thought of Arwen often
When they returned back to camp, they realized that Boromir and Frodo were both missing. Almost at once Aragorn's stomach twinged with fear, because he had seen how much Boromir had changed since the beginning. They all went in different directions looking for the two.
'I hope my fears were not correct about Boromir. He is a very valiant man, but i fear that he wants the ring for another reason than to destroy it.'
Legolas and Gimli were jogging through the trees looking for Frodo, when Legolas stopped with no forward motion. His ears perked up and he heard something off in the distance. Gimli heard nothing, but trusted Legolas' keen elf ears. After a couple of seconds Legolas knew what it was: Uruk- hai.
"Quickly Gimli! There is Uruk-hai! We must find the rest of the company!"
They turned the opposite direction hoping the find the rest of the company, but were ambushed by a company of Uruks. One came up to Legolas with his scimitar raised, he aimed it at the back of Legolas' head as he was shooting others before him. Suddenly an axe came out of nowhere it seemed, killing the orc. It startled Legolas, for it missed his head by only a few inches. He turned and saw that it was not the axe of Gimli, but he saw no one else around.
Gimli killed the last orc, and he and Legolas were off to find the rest of the company. They found Aragorn being ambused, but a large company. Legolas let one arrow fly, but it killed two orcs going straight throught their throats. They fought for what seemed like an eternity, and they had lost sight of Aragorn again. He had run off when they heard the horn of Boromir sound, but Legolas and Gimli had to stay and fight off the orcs that were behind them.
Legolas noticed after awhile that some of the orcs were lying dead, and he had not killed them. It wouldn't have been so strange if they didn't have arrows in them that were unfamiliar to Legolas. When the last orc was killed they ran and found that Boromir had been shot three times and it was fatal. After he passed they all sat in silence, then they made him a grave in one of the boats of Lorien.
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'I never dreamed that our quest would bring us to Edoras. I have never been to a city of men. They seem to have much honor, though.' Legolas came out of his thoughts, and back to the conversation.
"Open war is upon you; whether you would risk it or not" Aragorn said to Theoden.
"Last time i checked, Theoden, not Aragorn, was king of Rohan." He replied catching Legolas and Aragorn a little off guard.
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"Helm's Deep!" exclaimed Gandalf, as they were walking quickly back to the stables.
As Gandalf was preparing to ride off he told Aragorn,"Look to the east at first light on the fifth day."
"We will be waiting."
With that, Gandalf was off. They woud not see him for five more days. **************************************************************************** ******************************
Legolas was walking far ahead of the company looking for any dangers that may be waiting for them.
'I wish that i knew where the night elves lived in Fangorn Forest' he thought as he walked. 'I am also glad that i do not. For if i did, i fear that i would be very tempted to leave my company and fight with them'
Off in the distance he could see that there were Warg riders heading for them. He started to run back, but heard the screams of Hama. His head had been crushed by the jaws of a warg scout. He slew the warg and his rider with an arrow the the throat.
"A scout!" he exclaimed, kicking the warg away from him. Eowyn started to leave the women and children to Helm's Deep, and the able men of the company rode off to meet the Wargs.
The company fought off what seemed like an almost endless number of warg riders. Legolas killed most by arrow, but found that he had to use his knives when his quiver came empty. As he slit the throat of his last Warg he realized that he did not see Aragorn. He and Gimli headed over towards the cliff to find a wounded rider laying in the grass. He laughed at the two disgustingly.
"Tell us where our friend is, or i will ease your passing!" grumbled Gimli.
Laughing the orc said, "he took a little tumble of the cliff."
"You lie!" legolas said, gripping the disgusting creatures armor. Then he saw in the creature's hand, the necklace the Lady Arwen had given Aragorn. He took it from the dead orc's hand and peered over the cliff. He could say nothing. He looked over the cliff with much sorrow in his eyes, thinking that he would never see his beloved friend again. **************************************************************************** ****************************** Legolas couldn't sleep that night. He came out and stood on the stone structure looking out over the grassy field before him. All he could think about was what had happened to Aragorn. Not only had he lost Lessien, but he had lost one of his best friends as well. He stood there the whole night lost in his thoughts, he did not move until dawn came. He went back inside to see if he could force himself to eat breakfast.
"What is your name boy?" he aske dthe little boy seated next to him. He could not have been more that ten years old.
"Andor, my lord"
"Where are your parents?"
"I had only a father"
"Had?"
"Yesterday; Warg riders."
"I am very sorry. I did not mean to upset you"
As he was talking with the boy, they heard gasps of people outside. He stood up quickly and saw Aragorn enter. Aragorn did not look up, and almost ran straight into Legolas. He returned his necklace, and let Aragorn speak to Theoden.
When Aragorn came out he learned that there was an army of Uruk-hai; ten thousand at least!
'There is no way that a group of three hundred farmers are going to fend off and army of ten thousand Uruks! It is absurd that Theoden will not send message for aid. He thinks that he knows elves so much that he does not even ask? That is folly!'
He was very upset looking at some of the boys that they were giving swords and armor to. He knew that none of those boys would return. He stood by the door watching all the men, and boys line up. Suddenly he heard a horn sound. " That is no orc horn!" he said to Aragorn and Gimli. They ran out down the steps to see Haldir leading an army of Lorien elves. That was not all, though, behind the he saw Lessien! She was leading an army of night elves! He ran to her and they embraced.
"Was it you that saved Gimli and I in the woods by the Anduin?" asked Legolas.
"Yes it was I, but i could not travel with you, we needed to make haste."
"How did you know we needed help?" he said with excitement and worry in his voice.
"We decided that the night elves could help much more if we combined our forces. We have come to help the people of Rohan."