Disclaimer: nothing is mine.
AN: an attempt to chapter 4, we will see where it ends.
Chapter 4: Humans
"That darned elf! How am I going to explain this to his father?"
Arwen, who saw that her lover was quite irritated, tried everything to calm him.
"Don't worry about Legolas, he always lands on his feet. It is his way to proove he can cope."
"I can't sit and wait while he walks to a certain death. He is probably even dead by now. Why are you elves so stubborn, Arwen?"
"Because we've had years of practice, my love. He will come back someday and then you can say whatever you want to him."
"Knowing that boy, he'll be back when my bones are bleached by the sun!"
He turned away from her and Arwen also went silent. Without wanting it Aragorn had brought up the one subject they both had avoided. His mortality.
Legolas had been running the whole night and was now quite far from Rivendell. High up in a tree he took his rest and looked around. Where should he go? Travel the whole of Middle-Earth could take years, but the one thing he did have was time.
So he took on his journey that brought him to Hobbiton and Bree. Men could sense he was different. The hobbits he encountered were a lot friendlier and he immediatly liked them. Cute creatures they were.
Soon, one encounter would change his life. In a tavern called 'The roaring Leopard' in a men's tavern, he sat himself down in a corner. Although he couldn't show himself too much, he loved the conversations that went on around him.
Suddenly a man sat before him. Legolas startled, he had never seen this man before.
"Excuse me, sir, but what are you doing?" He asked curiously when the man began to look for something.
"Hush, you even talk like an elf. I am surprised that no one has killed you yet for your pointy ears."
Without noticing it himself, Legolas felt a moment at his ears under the hood. Then he straightened himself. Why should he listen to a Man?
"Because I know what is good for you. And I am not a man. not in all views. Why are you here?"
"To learn about Middle-Earth on my own."
"Oh, so you don't know what to do with your time?"
"How dare you speak to me in that manner!"
"I know your kind, my dear Elf. You always had everything and now you have learned your life isn't all that you had expected. So you need your time to rebel. But you will not learn anything if you keep this manner, no one will approach you."
Legolas might have been stubborn, he knew when he was defeated.
"Tell me then what I can do about it."
""Come with."
He followed the man to a small house outside the town. Everything was covered with a layer of dust and the plants hadn't survived either.
"I have been away for quite a long time. Sit down and take off your cloak, so I can look at you."
Legolas did as was told while the other made some tea.
"You will have to unbraid your hair and those ears have to go." He said casually. He snapped his fingers and told Legolas again to unbraid his hair. Reluctantly the elf obeyed and brushed his hair over his ears. Which were no longer pointy!
"My ears! What did you do?"
"Oh, don't be so stupid! Do you think it is normal to have pointed ears over here? No, so they had to go. You'll get them back once you're in the elven realm."
The man gave him other clothes, all black. Legolas eyed the clothes, but pulled on the wide pair of pants, the leather crafted suit and black boots. He thought he looked a lot like Aragorn.
"People will be afraid of me."
"You look a bit more human now, although you are too fair to be a Man. Now, in the next period you will learn how to fight, eat and even sleep like a Man. You will get to know other once you have achieved this knowledge."
"I think I am capable to do that alone, but I am gratefull to you. How may I call you?"
The Man hesitated.
Chapter 4: Humans
"That darned elf! How am I going to explain this to his father?"
Arwen, who saw that her lover was quite irritated, tried everything to calm him.
"Don't worry about Legolas, he always lands on his feet. It is his way to proove he can cope."
"I can't sit and wait while he walks to a certain death. He is probably even dead by now. Why are you elves so stubborn, Arwen?"
"Because we've had years of practice, my love. He will come back someday and then you can say whatever you want to him."
"Knowing that boy, he'll be back when my bones are bleached by the sun!"
He turned away from her and Arwen also went silent. Without wanting it Aragorn had brought up the one subject they both had avoided. His mortality.
Legolas had been running the whole night and was now quite far from Rivendell. High up in a tree he took his rest and looked around. Where should he go? Travel the whole of Middle-Earth could take years, but the one thing he did have was time.
So he took on his journey that brought him to Hobbiton and Bree. Men could sense he was different. The hobbits he encountered were a lot friendlier and he immediatly liked them. Cute creatures they were.
Soon, one encounter would change his life. In a tavern called 'The roaring Leopard' in a men's tavern, he sat himself down in a corner. Although he couldn't show himself too much, he loved the conversations that went on around him.
Suddenly a man sat before him. Legolas startled, he had never seen this man before.
"Excuse me, sir, but what are you doing?" He asked curiously when the man began to look for something.
"Hush, you even talk like an elf. I am surprised that no one has killed you yet for your pointy ears."
Without noticing it himself, Legolas felt a moment at his ears under the hood. Then he straightened himself. Why should he listen to a Man?
"Because I know what is good for you. And I am not a man. not in all views. Why are you here?"
"To learn about Middle-Earth on my own."
"Oh, so you don't know what to do with your time?"
"How dare you speak to me in that manner!"
"I know your kind, my dear Elf. You always had everything and now you have learned your life isn't all that you had expected. So you need your time to rebel. But you will not learn anything if you keep this manner, no one will approach you."
Legolas might have been stubborn, he knew when he was defeated.
"Tell me then what I can do about it."
""Come with."
He followed the man to a small house outside the town. Everything was covered with a layer of dust and the plants hadn't survived either.
"I have been away for quite a long time. Sit down and take off your cloak, so I can look at you."
Legolas did as was told while the other made some tea.
"You will have to unbraid your hair and those ears have to go." He said casually. He snapped his fingers and told Legolas again to unbraid his hair. Reluctantly the elf obeyed and brushed his hair over his ears. Which were no longer pointy!
"My ears! What did you do?"
"Oh, don't be so stupid! Do you think it is normal to have pointed ears over here? No, so they had to go. You'll get them back once you're in the elven realm."
The man gave him other clothes, all black. Legolas eyed the clothes, but pulled on the wide pair of pants, the leather crafted suit and black boots. He thought he looked a lot like Aragorn.
"People will be afraid of me."
"You look a bit more human now, although you are too fair to be a Man. Now, in the next period you will learn how to fight, eat and even sleep like a Man. You will get to know other once you have achieved this knowledge."
"I think I am capable to do that alone, but I am gratefull to you. How may I call you?"
The Man hesitated.