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Chapter III
"You said nothing?" Haldir looked at the shocked prince with anger. Legolas was exhausted and cold, he had lost blood and know he was shocked, he trembled resting his hand on the trunk looking for support. Haldir realize the condition of his love and regretted his harsh words, after all Legolas had never meant harm to him
"I'm sorry, I should never have told you"
"No, I'm the one who is sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, in any way. But I can't help it, I love Elrohir. I... I don't know how to deal with this" Haldir frizzed with the last words of the Mirkwood prince, in all the time he had known him, he hadn't ever heard Legolas admit that he couldn't deal with something, anything. The two remained silence
"Prince Legolas!" an elf interrupted them, a Lothlorién elf. Legolas cursed himself, now gossips where going to start again.
"What is it?"
"The west patrol had seen a group of orcs coming this way"
"Then we should move" the prince said looking at Haldir before he headed to the camp. Haldir followed him.
"I need to go to Lothlorién" Legolas said to his warriors "The Lady has sent an urgent message summoning the three elven nations there. You will return to Mirkwood, give this to my father, he will understand my actions. You must go now, before the orcs see us"
"Who are going to go with you, your majesty?"
"I'm going alone"
"You can't! My prince is too dangerous"
"All of you need rest, and the group of Lothlorién is injured. I will be able to reach the Golden Woods faster if I go alone"
"Majesty, you need rest as well" But Legolas look at him with eyes that didn't accept any discussion. The Mirkwood elves bowed
"As you wish, Prince Legolas"
"Prince Legolas!" Haldir approached the Mirkwood group "Please allow me to go with you"
"No Haldir, you will lead them to my father's realm" saying that Legolas left
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He ran as fast as the wind, almost without stopping, thinking on what Haldir had told him, thinking on Elrohir and thinking in Galadriel's letter. At the end of the first week he barely could focus his vision, and was nearly collapsing, but he knew he had to reach Lothlorién as fast as he could, for the Lady's letter was very disturbing.
While running he heard noises, noises that he could recognize. He stopped pulling his bow out and reaching for an arrow.
"Surrender know, elf prince and maybe you could live"
"I will not. Better dead than prisoner" a cruel laughed followed by an arrow made Legolas shut his bow after avoiding said arrow with naturally grace, something fall down
"You impress me young prince. Even if you are almost collapsing your skills are amazing, it's a shame that you didn't realize about our presence earlier" As figure stepped closer, Legolas was able to confirm what he had thought, it was an uruk-hai, and not only one but six, not counting the one who had fell. He reached from an other arrow and fired.
This time the uruk-hai avoided it, but not fully, for the elven weapon went through his arm. They all shouted and attacked the prince. Legolas fired his arrows killing one more before his bow was useless because of the distance. Contrary of orcs, the uruk-hai's skin was harder and he couldn't penetrate it with arrows on short distances. He put the bow aside and grabbed his elven knifes.
He fought like if he wasn't exhausted and although he received many cuts and that he was twice stabbed, one in the stomach and the other in his right arm, he managed to kill two more of them. The three remaining stepped back, and Legolas fell onto his knees breathing hard. The uruk-hais laughed
"It useless, you are ours young prince" Legolas looked at him with anger pressing his stomach wound, he tried to stand up, but he just couldn't, he fell again. The uruk-hai laughed but stopped doing it when an arrow went through the throat of one of them. The others turned around to see who was the intruder. Another arrow was shut and another monster fell dead. The last uruk-hai rushed to the fallen prince's side with the intention to use him like a shelter.
Legolas had looked at the killing with surprise, fighting to remain conscious and when he realize that the uruk-hai was approaching him he grabbed his knifes tightly trying to stand up again, but in front his eyes the uruk-hai fell dead with an elven knife on his back.
"Legolas!"
"Haldir?" the prince fell down again. Haldir reached him grabbing him by the arms and looking into his gray-blue eyes "Why are you here? Who is in charge of the warriors?
"Don't worry, I left Gianth in charge." Recognizing the name of one of his most trustful warriors, Legolas visibly relaxed" I've told you that it was too dangerous! You are still too impulsive young one"
"Young one?" Legolas chuckled despite the situation "It had been centuries since you didn't call me that"
"Well, I didn't see it right for you are a prince. And... well, it have been odd when I was trying to make you love me"
"Haldir..." Legolas started but suddenly he lost all his strength, and went flat on Haldir arms
"Legolas!"
"I'm alright"
"How can you say that? I know that you don't like to admit that you are injured, but this is ridiculous. I thought that you have passed out!"
"I haven't, I just don't have anymore stamina" Legolas said weakly
"You have lost a lot of blood, you are exhausted and you..." Legolas started trembling with laugher "What is so funny?"
"Look at the proud and serious Haldir panic"
"Really Legolas, sometimes I don't believe that you are a mature prince" Haldir said while dressing the prince's wounds stopping the bleeding. In the process Legolas lost conciseness. Haldir looked at him worriedly, he knew that he could die if he didn't rest, but Lothlorién was still too far for them to make it in time. After a moment of thinking he lifted the young prince and started walking opposite the way to the Golden Woods.
It didn't passed much time when Legolas opened his eyes, he felt his injured arm around a neck, the other flat at his side and his head resting in a comforting shoulder.
"Haldir?"
"Don't talk child, you are in no condition"
"Haldir what are you doing?" the prince's voice was weak
"You need help"
"I don't. I just need to rest for a moment" Haldir closed his eyes with pain, Legolas' voice was almost a whisper.
"Stop being so stubborn! Legolas you can die and I'm not allowing it"
"Lothlorién is still too far"
"I know, that's why we aren't heading there"
"Then, where...?"
"Rivendell" was Haldir's answered.
TBC....
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