Authors notes: - Thank you again for all the great reviews. The title means
tormented one (I hope) :). I have posted another chapter for the Dark Lord
as I have had many hints to NOT END IT THERE!! Enjoy!
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Legolas smiled and leaned back on his elbows and moved his feet through the cool waters of the stream. The suns warm rays warmed his skin but the gentle breeze kept it from being uncomfortable. Small birds flew in and out of lazy willow trees and deer grazed on the long grass.
"Legolas." A voice said. Opening his eyes he saw Lord Elrond stood next to the rock he was sat on. Legolas smiled at him and turned to look at the stream.
"Mind if I sit down?" he questioned. Shaking his head Legolas reached his hand into the water and scooped up some water letting it drop back into the water. He watched the ripples spread across the still surface.
"It's nice here." Elrond said. Legolas shrugged and pushed himself into the water.
"Go away. Please leave me alone." Legolas begged turning pleading eyes towards the elven lord.
"I can't Legolas."
"Yes you can. It's nice here. If I go back I will die." Legolas said sinking in the water so just his head remained above the water.
"Not if I can help it. You will live."
"No because I will kill myself because I do not want to be. There is nothing out there but pain and darkness. I do not want to exist."
Elrond flinched. Having an elf talk so openly about wanting death was shocking but an elf surviving a year in Mordor was equally so.
"If you wanted to die why did you live so long?" Elrond asked.
"I was waiting for someone to rescue me. I knew you wouldn't leave me but it was so hard. I did try several times but he has ways to keep you here." Legolas swam up to the rock and showed him the marks on his wrists.
"He laughed. Said I was amusing."
"He has gone Legolas. It is safe now."
"Nay because he will always be there. I can see the eye. It haunts my every moment."
"Legolas please I know it is hard but I will be with you all the way. You will not be alone."
"I will always be alone. It is my fate for I am Nwalmaer." Legolas sunk below the surface and swam to the bottom. He watched the sunbeams enter the water and fish glisten as they darted in and out of them. Floating to the surface he saw Elrond sat in the same position.
"You are Legolas. Prince of Mirkwood and friend to the fellowship."
Elrond watched Legolas's face change and he knew he had said the wrong thing.
"Mirkwood no longer exists." Legolas snarled "and we know who allowed that to happen."
"Mirkwood still exists inside you and not all the wood elves were killed. They are hidden but they survive."
Legolas face became again blank.
"Please I beg you Legolas. Everyone is waiting for you. We love you." Legolas's face showed the anguish he felt.
"It will hurt and I don't want pain."
"You are the bravest person I know Legolas. Just be brave for just a little longer and I will help you all the way." He held out his hands. "I promise you."
Legolas took his hands.
A chill filled the air and the sun disappeared. The eye filled the sky and the stream disappeared. Darkness flooded his senses. Looking down he watched the cuts on his arms reopen and blood run.
"Elrond." He whispered frightened. There was no answer. "Elrond!" he called. He watched as the eye got larger and Sauron's words filled his head.
"You promised." Legolas cried. "ELROND!" he screamed as sank to the ground, clutching his arms to his head, his hands over his ears as the screams of evil became deafening.
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Aragorn sat himself in one of the large chairs just outside of the bedroom. He couldn't be in there so he would be as close as possible.
"You need your bed." A familiar voice said. Arwen. He smiled as his wife came to kneel in front of him. "And your wounds need treating."
"I can't. I need to know."
"The outcome of events in that room will not alter whether you sit here or rest in your room" Arwen said softly. "You need rest so when he awakes you can be there for him." Aragorn closed his eyes and sighed. Rising wearily to his feet he followed Arwen back to their room. Arwen collected some bandages and herbs as Aragorn removed his cloak and sword placing them on a chair. He then removed his shirt so she could see to the wound in his shoulder where the orc blade caught him. Cleaning the wound she waited for him to open up. It didn't take as long as she thought it would which was testament to how weary and concerned he really was.
"I don't know how I will cope if he does not survive knowing that we waited so long to try and rescue him." He whispered his voice choked with emotion. Arwen put down the bandages that she had used to wrap the wound and turned him to face her.
"You went as quickly as possible. He would not blame you and now we have found him he will have all the support he needs to recover."
"Honestly do you think it is possible for him to recover? The suffering he must have gone through is unimaginable to anyone."
"He survived a year in a place that anyone else would have given up long before. Legolas is the strongest elf that I have ever known and he will fight with everything he has got."
"I know he will and I will help him." Aragorn said determinedly. Arwen wiped the tears off his cheeks.
"Rest now my love. I will wake you if you are needed." Aragorn nodded reluctantly and laid down falling asleep almost instantly. Arwen kissed his gently on the lips and left the room.
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Legolas smiled and leaned back on his elbows and moved his feet through the cool waters of the stream. The suns warm rays warmed his skin but the gentle breeze kept it from being uncomfortable. Small birds flew in and out of lazy willow trees and deer grazed on the long grass.
"Legolas." A voice said. Opening his eyes he saw Lord Elrond stood next to the rock he was sat on. Legolas smiled at him and turned to look at the stream.
"Mind if I sit down?" he questioned. Shaking his head Legolas reached his hand into the water and scooped up some water letting it drop back into the water. He watched the ripples spread across the still surface.
"It's nice here." Elrond said. Legolas shrugged and pushed himself into the water.
"Go away. Please leave me alone." Legolas begged turning pleading eyes towards the elven lord.
"I can't Legolas."
"Yes you can. It's nice here. If I go back I will die." Legolas said sinking in the water so just his head remained above the water.
"Not if I can help it. You will live."
"No because I will kill myself because I do not want to be. There is nothing out there but pain and darkness. I do not want to exist."
Elrond flinched. Having an elf talk so openly about wanting death was shocking but an elf surviving a year in Mordor was equally so.
"If you wanted to die why did you live so long?" Elrond asked.
"I was waiting for someone to rescue me. I knew you wouldn't leave me but it was so hard. I did try several times but he has ways to keep you here." Legolas swam up to the rock and showed him the marks on his wrists.
"He laughed. Said I was amusing."
"He has gone Legolas. It is safe now."
"Nay because he will always be there. I can see the eye. It haunts my every moment."
"Legolas please I know it is hard but I will be with you all the way. You will not be alone."
"I will always be alone. It is my fate for I am Nwalmaer." Legolas sunk below the surface and swam to the bottom. He watched the sunbeams enter the water and fish glisten as they darted in and out of them. Floating to the surface he saw Elrond sat in the same position.
"You are Legolas. Prince of Mirkwood and friend to the fellowship."
Elrond watched Legolas's face change and he knew he had said the wrong thing.
"Mirkwood no longer exists." Legolas snarled "and we know who allowed that to happen."
"Mirkwood still exists inside you and not all the wood elves were killed. They are hidden but they survive."
Legolas face became again blank.
"Please I beg you Legolas. Everyone is waiting for you. We love you." Legolas's face showed the anguish he felt.
"It will hurt and I don't want pain."
"You are the bravest person I know Legolas. Just be brave for just a little longer and I will help you all the way." He held out his hands. "I promise you."
Legolas took his hands.
A chill filled the air and the sun disappeared. The eye filled the sky and the stream disappeared. Darkness flooded his senses. Looking down he watched the cuts on his arms reopen and blood run.
"Elrond." He whispered frightened. There was no answer. "Elrond!" he called. He watched as the eye got larger and Sauron's words filled his head.
"You promised." Legolas cried. "ELROND!" he screamed as sank to the ground, clutching his arms to his head, his hands over his ears as the screams of evil became deafening.
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Aragorn sat himself in one of the large chairs just outside of the bedroom. He couldn't be in there so he would be as close as possible.
"You need your bed." A familiar voice said. Arwen. He smiled as his wife came to kneel in front of him. "And your wounds need treating."
"I can't. I need to know."
"The outcome of events in that room will not alter whether you sit here or rest in your room" Arwen said softly. "You need rest so when he awakes you can be there for him." Aragorn closed his eyes and sighed. Rising wearily to his feet he followed Arwen back to their room. Arwen collected some bandages and herbs as Aragorn removed his cloak and sword placing them on a chair. He then removed his shirt so she could see to the wound in his shoulder where the orc blade caught him. Cleaning the wound she waited for him to open up. It didn't take as long as she thought it would which was testament to how weary and concerned he really was.
"I don't know how I will cope if he does not survive knowing that we waited so long to try and rescue him." He whispered his voice choked with emotion. Arwen put down the bandages that she had used to wrap the wound and turned him to face her.
"You went as quickly as possible. He would not blame you and now we have found him he will have all the support he needs to recover."
"Honestly do you think it is possible for him to recover? The suffering he must have gone through is unimaginable to anyone."
"He survived a year in a place that anyone else would have given up long before. Legolas is the strongest elf that I have ever known and he will fight with everything he has got."
"I know he will and I will help him." Aragorn said determinedly. Arwen wiped the tears off his cheeks.
"Rest now my love. I will wake you if you are needed." Aragorn nodded reluctantly and laid down falling asleep almost instantly. Arwen kissed his gently on the lips and left the room.
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