A/N: Hello everyone!! I've been taking a rather long, drawn-out break from writing this story (began work on it almost a year ago: yeah, lot of free time on my hands) to try and knock some more plotlines into this, and with the help of my lovely sister Culaur we are going to shape this story up good an' proper. ^^ I'm revising some of it, due to some new and out-dated ideas. Anyway -- please review! No, I don't own any characters that have anything to do with LOTR or Star Wars or the lovely people that first concieved the thought of them -- *dreadful sigh* Wishful thinking will get one nowhere.
The Lord of the Stars
1. Hunting
***
Hunting. It was a favourite pastime for all woodland elves. One elf, who was in fact the one and only prince of Mirkwood, particularly liked hunting. He was called Legolas. He walked slowly through the woods. His bright blue eyes were gazing at the forest floor, following a set of tracks. He had golden blonde hair, and he was clad in brown and green. A bow was in his hand, an arrow ready-notched to the string. He had been following this stag all morning. The sun now was sinking below the horizon, sending out long shadows in the already-shadowy forest. The trees, with their leaves red in their autumn colours, whispered to each other in the soft breeze. Legolas paused when he temporarily lost the tracks. He found them some yards off. The stag had leaped over a fallen log. The sound of a stream running not far away came to the elf's sensitive ears. A smile spread across his elvish features. His prey was probably there now, drinking the water, cool from its journey from the mountains of Mirkwood.
The thought made Legolas thirsty. He stopped to take a sip of water from the skin he had at his side. Soon he was on again. Within a matter of minutes the stealthy Elven hunter came upon the stream. The water sparkled as it caught the last rays of the sun as it set into the west. Legolas was right. There, taking deep draughts of the cool, clear water was the stag. Its intelligent eyes were fixed on the water, one foreleg placed in the stream. Now that he knew that the stag was in his grasp, Legolas paused to smile. He whispered a faint prayer to the Valar, apologizing for having to slay such a magnificent beast, but happy for the food that would see him through quite a few days. He silently bent his bow, pulled back the arrow until it was fully taught, and aimed.
*Snap!*
The stag started, and looked up. It snorted upon seeing the Elven hunter. In an instant it bounded away and would not be seen again for quite a while. Legolas spun around in a fury and tried to aim his arrow at whoever or whatever produced the ill-timed noise. He, Legolas of Mirkwood, surely hadn't. He had the sense to stay as silent as possible during a hunt. There was an angry muttering some distance away. Unfamiliar to the tongue, Legolas stood silent, his bowstring taught as he aimed it at the noise. He backed into the forest so that he could not be seen. He could not blindly shoot someone. It could very well be one of his own kind, a youngster maybe that had wandered off. Or it could be an intruder. Ready for the latter, he waited.
Presently there was a rustling in the underbrush some distance off. A young man walked out into the open, rubbing his head and muttering still in the strange language. Legolas was surprised. He looked naught like anyone he had ever seen. *He is definitely not an elf,* the prince thought logically. *Is he a man? He is undeniably not a dwarf. Hobbits live far west in the Shire. Besides, they are not that tall!* Anyway, the figure was, as was said, a young male. He was dressed all in robes of black, and had a silver belt. One long braid was hanging from his head. He knelt down by the stream and began splashing some of the water onto his face. Legolas was stunned at how uncautious he was being. Walking right into the open, without even checking for enemies? He could have walked right into a nest of spiders and not even know it until he was bitten!
"Bloody atmosphere! Why did my ship have to break down NOW? Now?" the strange words came to Legolas quite easily enough. The ignorant being didn't even realize he was being watched. "Padmé and Obi-Wan are *waiting* for me!"
Legolas decided that he had to approach the strange creature. He was most definitely some sort of intruder, and had to be brought back to Thranduil as soon as possible. So he walked out of the forest, and, his bow still notched, came up right behind him. He didn't even notice him. Legolas waited a few minutes, until he decided that this person was definitely off his rocker. He kicked out at his foot, his own soft leather shoes just barely scuffing the unnatural material of the other's boot. Regardless, two seconds later the person completely jumped up and whirled onto the elf, and found that an arrow was pointed directly at his face. That made him pause, and blink a few times, aparently not knowing what to think of such a thing.
"Oh. Hello. Um... uh... um... my name is Anakin Skywalker - Jedi Night. Ah... do you mind... not pointing that at me? I am a Jedi, and I could easily... er... deflect that arrow... uh... yeah."
"Dîna(*)!" ordered Legolas. *How in the name of the Valar can that human babble so mindlessly when he has my arrow set between his eyes?!*
Anakin looked at him uncertainly.
"Um... repeat that, please, good sir. Dîna? I don't think I am quite familiar with that term --"
Legolas pulled back on the arrow. Finally Anakin realized that it was best for him to stay silent.
"Le na adan(**)?" Legolas growled in Sindar - though the human seemed to be using a rough dialect of it, he did not feel like using the language. It gave him an edge over the other being.
Anakin looked blankly at the elf. Obviously he was unfamiliar with elvish. That was not to be unexpected - very few men ever even heard it, save for the Rangers of the North. Legolas saw however that the human was unarmed. A little demented maybe, but unarmed. He lowered his bow. Anakin relaxed slightly. Then he extended his hand towards the elf. The Jedi found an arrow pointing at his head again.
"Eek! Ok, ok, er -- how do I say -- ah, this sounds corny - peace, man! I come in peace!" Anakin raised his hands in a sign of disarment.
Legolas lowered his bow again. He glared at the human.
"Who - are - you?" he asked in westron, his voice low and dangerous
Anakin blinked at him. What did this strange thing want with him? What right did it have to go around, pointing sharp arrows at people? First it was speaking to him in something reminiscant to something he had heard once, but of which he understood nothing. Now it went talking in basic...
"I'm Anakin." Anakin said slowly, pointing to himself. "Jedi."
Legolas squinted at the person as if trying to read a puzzle.
"Jed-Eye? I hen na gannadanîn...(***)," he murmured, half to himself. Then he spoke louder so that the Jedi could hear him. "Legolas."
Anakin raised an eyebrow. He meant to point out the error on the word 'Jed-Eye', but he was not all that keen on telling the hostile... thing that he was wrong.
"You're name is... Legolas?" he asked uncertainly.
Legolas stared at him. Then he put the arrow back into his quiver, and held the bow loosely in his hand. Then he meaningfully pointed at Anakin.
"Anakin," he said. Then he pointed at himself. "Legolas."
Anakin nodded. At least that was straight.
"Ok, Legolas." Anakin paused, then made a frustrated sigh. "Go away and leave me alone." Legolas looked blankly at him. Then he shook his head, a smile playing on his lips. He was tired of playing with the strange human. This was no time to poke fun at young mortals -- He had to bring him back to Thranduil's. He was trespassing. *Father will probably give him a brief reprieve and send him on his way -- then I can tease him all I want. If I would not rather see him booted out of Mirkwood for giving me that sassy comment.*
"Not a chance, adan," Legolas said shortly. "You have to come with me."
He easily grasped the young man's arm. Anakin cried out in protest, and pulled his arm out of Legolas's hands. "Let go of me! What do you think you're doing?"
Legolas growled at him, and brandished a long knife. Anakin froze.
"I am saving your neck, Jed-Eye. Unless you want to die a slow and horrible death, by all means
stay here - or perhaps you would like to chance me."
Legolas wasn't really planning on using the knife, but he wanted to get Anakin to Thranduil's as quick as possible. Knife in hand, he pointed again to the forest. Then he took hold of Anakin's arm and started leading him away.
*Great,* thought Anakin. *I crash-land on a strange planet; have the horrible luck to run into a bloody savage, and my light saber's battery is dead! How am I supposed to get away from this guy? Where's he bringing me, anyway?*
*Great,* thought Legolas. *This boy ruins my hunt, he's crazy, and I have to drag him clear across Mirkwood. I sure wish I ventured into this part of the forest today!*
For about an hour Legolas pushed the Jedi ahead of him. There were no more attempts at speech or explanations. Both were in a grumpy mood. The stars came out one by one in the heavens above, and Anakin was beginning to get tired. Elves, as immortals, do not usually feel weariness to the extent of mortals. Anakin began swaggering as he walked. He was up all night last night traveling through the galaxy. Legolas didn't notice until the tired human tripped over a log and fell flat on his face.
"Na le -" he paused, remembering that he wasn't understood. "A tad bit tired, are we, Jed-Eye?"
It was usually unlike him to taunt so much - but the way that Anakin scowled seemed to humorous to him, much unlike the graceful expressions the elves make when they area nnoyed.
"Thank you so for asking," Anakin grubmled. "But I am just fine, thank you."
He reached down and helped the Jedi up. Anakin mumbled to himself, and yawned terribly. He gave Legolas a contemptuous glance. In return the prince lightly shrugged the pack off of his shoulders and set it on the ground, right where they were, and began to untie a blanket from the back. He held it out to Anakin. The Jedi looked surprised in a sleepy, slurry kind of way. After he took it with a half-heard thanks the blue-eyed elf looked at him for a moment with a grin on his face.
"What is so funny?" the Jedi snapped. "And when are you going to tell me why you are dragging me through this nettle-garden of a forest?"
"You are, Jed-Eye," the elf replied only to the first question. "Humans look so odd when they are sleepy. They rumble and groan and yawn and --"
"I know what we do," said a rather ruffled Anakin. "And I have a name, you know! 'Tis not Jed-Eye. I already told you: it is Anakin. An-a-kin! And what might you be, Leggo-lass, if you're not a humanoid?"
"A humanoid --" Legolas blinked, nonplussed, but said: "My name is Legolas, Jed-Eye. I am an elf - are you blind?"
"Blind, no. But I've never met an elf before -- what --"
"We keep to ourselves," the prince shrugged. "Mortals concern us little - they barely have the wit to keep themself out of dangerous forests, they hardly have the intelect to carry on long-term conversations with our kind.
Anakin looked blankly at him. Legolas gave him a rather childish grin. Then he turned away and disappeared into the forest. Anakin uncertainly gaped after him. He wondered if this would be a good opportunity to escape. He looked around, but couldn't see the strange person anywhere. Maybe he'd abandoned him. left him to fend for himself in the wild? Anakin twitched. He hoped not.
His eyes scanned the very dark forest. He wondered what kind of scary creatures lived there. *I have visited some strange worlds before - Obi-Wan and I have nearly gotten slaughtered by Pigmies, eaten alive by giant fish, licked to death by a giant Lizard -- wait, no, that was Jar-Jar.* Anakin shuddered. *Still.*
*What does that evil blonde elf-dude want with me, anyway?* Anakin twitched. *Maybe he is a cannibal. Maybe he plans to eat him alive. Or... maybe he is going to bring him somewhere where he is to be tortured and killed slowly for trespassing on - this big nettle-garden of a forest.*
The Jedi had enough. He stood up. He looked around, and saw no sign of that strange person with pointy ears. It was so dark he could just barely see his hand in front of his face. Yet that did not matter. At least he could probably get away easier, and the guy would have quite a bit of trouble following his trail in the dark.
He tried to remember what direction the elf had set off at. He frowned. *Why is my Jedi-Training so foggy in my brain now?* He shrugged. *It is too hard being on the good side of the force. So much more complicated. Maybe I'll turn to the dark side when I get back. Yeah. Siths. They always get the easier part of the deal. They just have to go around, shooting lightning bolts at people and getting their way by killing everyone who opposed them -- while the GOOD Jedi have to go about convincing people that they were good and on the "people's" side. People were so thick-headed... they made Jar-Jar an ambassador for heaven's sake!*
Realizing that he had gotten off track, Anakin then turned in the direction that it seemed least likely that that dude had gone off in, and began to creep into the forest.
* Silence!
** You are human.
*** Jed-Eye? The child is joking me...
A/N: There? How was that? Expect the next chappy within the week if I have time with school started an' all. Hey! Just cuz I'm homeschooled doesn't mean that I don't have to work too? ;) LOL anyway TTFN!
The Lord of the Stars
1. Hunting
***
Hunting. It was a favourite pastime for all woodland elves. One elf, who was in fact the one and only prince of Mirkwood, particularly liked hunting. He was called Legolas. He walked slowly through the woods. His bright blue eyes were gazing at the forest floor, following a set of tracks. He had golden blonde hair, and he was clad in brown and green. A bow was in his hand, an arrow ready-notched to the string. He had been following this stag all morning. The sun now was sinking below the horizon, sending out long shadows in the already-shadowy forest. The trees, with their leaves red in their autumn colours, whispered to each other in the soft breeze. Legolas paused when he temporarily lost the tracks. He found them some yards off. The stag had leaped over a fallen log. The sound of a stream running not far away came to the elf's sensitive ears. A smile spread across his elvish features. His prey was probably there now, drinking the water, cool from its journey from the mountains of Mirkwood.
The thought made Legolas thirsty. He stopped to take a sip of water from the skin he had at his side. Soon he was on again. Within a matter of minutes the stealthy Elven hunter came upon the stream. The water sparkled as it caught the last rays of the sun as it set into the west. Legolas was right. There, taking deep draughts of the cool, clear water was the stag. Its intelligent eyes were fixed on the water, one foreleg placed in the stream. Now that he knew that the stag was in his grasp, Legolas paused to smile. He whispered a faint prayer to the Valar, apologizing for having to slay such a magnificent beast, but happy for the food that would see him through quite a few days. He silently bent his bow, pulled back the arrow until it was fully taught, and aimed.
*Snap!*
The stag started, and looked up. It snorted upon seeing the Elven hunter. In an instant it bounded away and would not be seen again for quite a while. Legolas spun around in a fury and tried to aim his arrow at whoever or whatever produced the ill-timed noise. He, Legolas of Mirkwood, surely hadn't. He had the sense to stay as silent as possible during a hunt. There was an angry muttering some distance away. Unfamiliar to the tongue, Legolas stood silent, his bowstring taught as he aimed it at the noise. He backed into the forest so that he could not be seen. He could not blindly shoot someone. It could very well be one of his own kind, a youngster maybe that had wandered off. Or it could be an intruder. Ready for the latter, he waited.
Presently there was a rustling in the underbrush some distance off. A young man walked out into the open, rubbing his head and muttering still in the strange language. Legolas was surprised. He looked naught like anyone he had ever seen. *He is definitely not an elf,* the prince thought logically. *Is he a man? He is undeniably not a dwarf. Hobbits live far west in the Shire. Besides, they are not that tall!* Anyway, the figure was, as was said, a young male. He was dressed all in robes of black, and had a silver belt. One long braid was hanging from his head. He knelt down by the stream and began splashing some of the water onto his face. Legolas was stunned at how uncautious he was being. Walking right into the open, without even checking for enemies? He could have walked right into a nest of spiders and not even know it until he was bitten!
"Bloody atmosphere! Why did my ship have to break down NOW? Now?" the strange words came to Legolas quite easily enough. The ignorant being didn't even realize he was being watched. "Padmé and Obi-Wan are *waiting* for me!"
Legolas decided that he had to approach the strange creature. He was most definitely some sort of intruder, and had to be brought back to Thranduil as soon as possible. So he walked out of the forest, and, his bow still notched, came up right behind him. He didn't even notice him. Legolas waited a few minutes, until he decided that this person was definitely off his rocker. He kicked out at his foot, his own soft leather shoes just barely scuffing the unnatural material of the other's boot. Regardless, two seconds later the person completely jumped up and whirled onto the elf, and found that an arrow was pointed directly at his face. That made him pause, and blink a few times, aparently not knowing what to think of such a thing.
"Oh. Hello. Um... uh... um... my name is Anakin Skywalker - Jedi Night. Ah... do you mind... not pointing that at me? I am a Jedi, and I could easily... er... deflect that arrow... uh... yeah."
"Dîna(*)!" ordered Legolas. *How in the name of the Valar can that human babble so mindlessly when he has my arrow set between his eyes?!*
Anakin looked at him uncertainly.
"Um... repeat that, please, good sir. Dîna? I don't think I am quite familiar with that term --"
Legolas pulled back on the arrow. Finally Anakin realized that it was best for him to stay silent.
"Le na adan(**)?" Legolas growled in Sindar - though the human seemed to be using a rough dialect of it, he did not feel like using the language. It gave him an edge over the other being.
Anakin looked blankly at the elf. Obviously he was unfamiliar with elvish. That was not to be unexpected - very few men ever even heard it, save for the Rangers of the North. Legolas saw however that the human was unarmed. A little demented maybe, but unarmed. He lowered his bow. Anakin relaxed slightly. Then he extended his hand towards the elf. The Jedi found an arrow pointing at his head again.
"Eek! Ok, ok, er -- how do I say -- ah, this sounds corny - peace, man! I come in peace!" Anakin raised his hands in a sign of disarment.
Legolas lowered his bow again. He glared at the human.
"Who - are - you?" he asked in westron, his voice low and dangerous
Anakin blinked at him. What did this strange thing want with him? What right did it have to go around, pointing sharp arrows at people? First it was speaking to him in something reminiscant to something he had heard once, but of which he understood nothing. Now it went talking in basic...
"I'm Anakin." Anakin said slowly, pointing to himself. "Jedi."
Legolas squinted at the person as if trying to read a puzzle.
"Jed-Eye? I hen na gannadanîn...(***)," he murmured, half to himself. Then he spoke louder so that the Jedi could hear him. "Legolas."
Anakin raised an eyebrow. He meant to point out the error on the word 'Jed-Eye', but he was not all that keen on telling the hostile... thing that he was wrong.
"You're name is... Legolas?" he asked uncertainly.
Legolas stared at him. Then he put the arrow back into his quiver, and held the bow loosely in his hand. Then he meaningfully pointed at Anakin.
"Anakin," he said. Then he pointed at himself. "Legolas."
Anakin nodded. At least that was straight.
"Ok, Legolas." Anakin paused, then made a frustrated sigh. "Go away and leave me alone." Legolas looked blankly at him. Then he shook his head, a smile playing on his lips. He was tired of playing with the strange human. This was no time to poke fun at young mortals -- He had to bring him back to Thranduil's. He was trespassing. *Father will probably give him a brief reprieve and send him on his way -- then I can tease him all I want. If I would not rather see him booted out of Mirkwood for giving me that sassy comment.*
"Not a chance, adan," Legolas said shortly. "You have to come with me."
He easily grasped the young man's arm. Anakin cried out in protest, and pulled his arm out of Legolas's hands. "Let go of me! What do you think you're doing?"
Legolas growled at him, and brandished a long knife. Anakin froze.
"I am saving your neck, Jed-Eye. Unless you want to die a slow and horrible death, by all means
stay here - or perhaps you would like to chance me."
Legolas wasn't really planning on using the knife, but he wanted to get Anakin to Thranduil's as quick as possible. Knife in hand, he pointed again to the forest. Then he took hold of Anakin's arm and started leading him away.
*Great,* thought Anakin. *I crash-land on a strange planet; have the horrible luck to run into a bloody savage, and my light saber's battery is dead! How am I supposed to get away from this guy? Where's he bringing me, anyway?*
*Great,* thought Legolas. *This boy ruins my hunt, he's crazy, and I have to drag him clear across Mirkwood. I sure wish I ventured into this part of the forest today!*
For about an hour Legolas pushed the Jedi ahead of him. There were no more attempts at speech or explanations. Both were in a grumpy mood. The stars came out one by one in the heavens above, and Anakin was beginning to get tired. Elves, as immortals, do not usually feel weariness to the extent of mortals. Anakin began swaggering as he walked. He was up all night last night traveling through the galaxy. Legolas didn't notice until the tired human tripped over a log and fell flat on his face.
"Na le -" he paused, remembering that he wasn't understood. "A tad bit tired, are we, Jed-Eye?"
It was usually unlike him to taunt so much - but the way that Anakin scowled seemed to humorous to him, much unlike the graceful expressions the elves make when they area nnoyed.
"Thank you so for asking," Anakin grubmled. "But I am just fine, thank you."
He reached down and helped the Jedi up. Anakin mumbled to himself, and yawned terribly. He gave Legolas a contemptuous glance. In return the prince lightly shrugged the pack off of his shoulders and set it on the ground, right where they were, and began to untie a blanket from the back. He held it out to Anakin. The Jedi looked surprised in a sleepy, slurry kind of way. After he took it with a half-heard thanks the blue-eyed elf looked at him for a moment with a grin on his face.
"What is so funny?" the Jedi snapped. "And when are you going to tell me why you are dragging me through this nettle-garden of a forest?"
"You are, Jed-Eye," the elf replied only to the first question. "Humans look so odd when they are sleepy. They rumble and groan and yawn and --"
"I know what we do," said a rather ruffled Anakin. "And I have a name, you know! 'Tis not Jed-Eye. I already told you: it is Anakin. An-a-kin! And what might you be, Leggo-lass, if you're not a humanoid?"
"A humanoid --" Legolas blinked, nonplussed, but said: "My name is Legolas, Jed-Eye. I am an elf - are you blind?"
"Blind, no. But I've never met an elf before -- what --"
"We keep to ourselves," the prince shrugged. "Mortals concern us little - they barely have the wit to keep themself out of dangerous forests, they hardly have the intelect to carry on long-term conversations with our kind.
Anakin looked blankly at him. Legolas gave him a rather childish grin. Then he turned away and disappeared into the forest. Anakin uncertainly gaped after him. He wondered if this would be a good opportunity to escape. He looked around, but couldn't see the strange person anywhere. Maybe he'd abandoned him. left him to fend for himself in the wild? Anakin twitched. He hoped not.
His eyes scanned the very dark forest. He wondered what kind of scary creatures lived there. *I have visited some strange worlds before - Obi-Wan and I have nearly gotten slaughtered by Pigmies, eaten alive by giant fish, licked to death by a giant Lizard -- wait, no, that was Jar-Jar.* Anakin shuddered. *Still.*
*What does that evil blonde elf-dude want with me, anyway?* Anakin twitched. *Maybe he is a cannibal. Maybe he plans to eat him alive. Or... maybe he is going to bring him somewhere where he is to be tortured and killed slowly for trespassing on - this big nettle-garden of a forest.*
The Jedi had enough. He stood up. He looked around, and saw no sign of that strange person with pointy ears. It was so dark he could just barely see his hand in front of his face. Yet that did not matter. At least he could probably get away easier, and the guy would have quite a bit of trouble following his trail in the dark.
He tried to remember what direction the elf had set off at. He frowned. *Why is my Jedi-Training so foggy in my brain now?* He shrugged. *It is too hard being on the good side of the force. So much more complicated. Maybe I'll turn to the dark side when I get back. Yeah. Siths. They always get the easier part of the deal. They just have to go around, shooting lightning bolts at people and getting their way by killing everyone who opposed them -- while the GOOD Jedi have to go about convincing people that they were good and on the "people's" side. People were so thick-headed... they made Jar-Jar an ambassador for heaven's sake!*
Realizing that he had gotten off track, Anakin then turned in the direction that it seemed least likely that that dude had gone off in, and began to creep into the forest.
* Silence!
** You are human.
*** Jed-Eye? The child is joking me...
A/N: There? How was that? Expect the next chappy within the week if I have time with school started an' all. Hey! Just cuz I'm homeschooled doesn't mean that I don't have to work too? ;) LOL anyway TTFN!