Thanks again to my reviewers!!!
lil*bee: Thanks for that fact! I can definitely use that! But just one question.....does that mean that the Elves are infants for 144 years? That would be horribly stressful for those poor parents!!! What book did you find that in? I'd been looking all over for that fact and I couldn't find it! I am evil.....I know.......:^).....devilish.....
Padfoots girl : Short and sweet! Thanks for the comments.
Reveur: Haha, as you can see, others also think I am evil. I'm glad you like my style. Clean (hehe). You don't know how much I appreciate your compliment!
Bill-the-Pony: I love getting reviews from you!!!!!! Sorry.....a little too excited there. I hope you had fun while you were out of town. ARG!!!! NO FAIR!!!! I've only seen TTT twice. The sad part is that one of my friends is one of those teeny-bopping girls and she drove me NUTS the whole time. She would laugh when the Ents came out cause she thought they looked like her Grandpa! Haha, I found myself desiring an axe frequently also. Thank you for the comment on Gimli's lines and Legolas's connection with the trees. I thought, since Legolas is a Wood-Elf, that his connection would be quite strong with them because he talked to them often and the trees would be almost a friend. I think that writing the stories beforehand would relieve a lot of stress. Haha, I lack self control also, no worries! WIPs are evil to the readers AND the writers, I think, because the readers are screaming for more and the writers are frantically trying to write the story to fulfill the needs of the reader. I hope another SotS chapter pops up soon-it's getting suspenseful!!!!!!! smiles
Author's Note: Ok somebody answer this question for me! Does anyone have the Special Edition DVD of Lotr:Fotr? Ok, well, in the interview with the whole cast, Sean Bean makes a comment about Orlando being from "the south" and that they made fun of each other because Sean is a northy and Orlando is a southy (this being Ireland that they are talking about, I am assuming) But in a magazine, I read that Orlando is from Canterbury, England. So does he live in Ireland now or does Sean mean "from the south" as in "In England although further south than me"? (Did I confuse anyone yet?) If Orlando does live in Ireland I'm going to scream. :-) Also, some new character(s) will be introduced in this chapter. At the end, I will give all of their names, the translations, and their relations.
Ok, with that note, on with the long expected chapter...
Chapter Six
Legolas slowly became aware of his surroundings. He was surprised that he had to open his eyes to wake. The first sensation that returned to him was the pain, unfortunately, and it all emanated from his left shoulder. He was no longer sitting on the ground, as he was before he became unconscious, but was now apparently on a horse. Two arms on each side of him supported him from behind. A sickening feeling came over him and he couldn't help but hunch over.
"Legolas?"
He felt the horse stop underneath him. He noticed the horse as being Thintal, and his own was trotting beside him. His eyes were not fully open yet, so his vision was slightly blurred. The rider behind Legolas dismounted and, as the arms supporting him gave way, he leaned a bit to the side, almost sagging precariously from the horse. Two hands caught him and lowered him to the ground. His eyes opened fully and revealed Aragorn, looking worryingly into Legolas's face.
"We were quite worried for a while, lad. You were talking in your sleep." Gimli almost chuckled, but the concern remained in his eyes.
Legolas surveyed his surroundings, and being delirious did not recognize them.
"Where are we going?" He asked, his voice showing his weakness.
"To your father's kingdom. There are healer's there who can tend to you more than I. I am afraid that the Wargs that attacked us were poisonous."
Legolas sighed at the mention of home. It would not be welcome to him. His father would barely accept his own son into his home rather than take in a Dwarf and a Man. Although, considering his condition, Legolas thought he would probably make an exception.
"Gimli. Do you know of kingsfoil?"
"It is a plant, is it not?"
"'Tis. It appears as a tiny plant with small white flowers. It may slow the poison. It grows near the base of shrubs. We should not have much difficulty finding it."
Gimli nodded and walked off before Strider, leading him to find the weed. Aragorn stayed back and spoke to Legolas for a few moments.
"We must leave for a few minutes, Legolas. Will you manage alone?"
"I shall. Go, Elessar. I will fare well."
Aragorn smiled and turned, following the Dwarf who was quickly gaining on him.
* * * * * *
"White flowers....near a shrub.....white flowers.....near a shrub. I wouldn't be doing this if that damned Elf hadn't gotten himself in trouble!" Gimli mumbled under his breath, though Aragorn heard every word.
"If you were in his position, I am sure you would hope that he would assist."
"He could at least have the decency to help us."
"Help us? Friend Gimli, he is poisoned. I doubt if he could stand than help us."
Gimli paused.
"Yes, I suppose so."
"Suppose so? Gimli, do my ears deceive me? Do you finally approve of our Elven friend?"
Gimli scoffed, but could not hide his amusement from Aragorn's intellect. Aragorn just smiled back, until his eyes turned to the ground.
"Ah, just what I am looking for. Kingsfoil."
As Aragorn bent to cut it from the ground, Gimli spoke up.
"Strider."
Aragorn looked up from his kneeling position.
"If you tell the Elf about this conversation, I'll have your head."
* * * * * *
Legolas was getting worried. Instead of pain, a tingling feeling had replaced it, and he knew that was not a good sign. His whole body was cold, but he was sweating profusely. Normally, Elves were immune to temperature changes, but, under the circumstances, his body was feeling its effects.
Aragorn and Gimli entered the clearing where Legolas lay, Aragorn with the Kingsfoil in hand. He knelt by Legolas and put a few leaves of the plant in his mouth.
"Be grateful, Legolas. We looked hard for this plant!" Gimli said.
Legolas laughed lightly.
~How hard did you look?~
~We found it in minutes.~ Aragorn couldn't suppress his own laughter.
"What do you speak of in that foreign tongue?"
They were both silent.
"Would you laugh as much if I spoke in my tongue only?"
"Then, Gimli, you would be speaking to yourself, for although I understand many tongues, yours is not familiar to me."
Gimli glowered at them and turned his back, his arms crossed stubbornly.
"I must warn you, Legolas, that this will hurt."
Legolas nodded in compliance. Aragorn took the leaves out of his mouth and placed them into Legolas's wounds. He winced and writhed under Aragorn's remedies. Afterwards, the wound seemed to gain its feeling back and the pain increased, but Legolas noticed that black blood was coming out of his shoulder, showing that the poison was leaving his body.
"How far until we reach my home?"
"10 miles, maybe more."
"We'd better continue quickly. I feel as though something follows us."
* * * * * *
They reached the halls of Thranduil's kingdom by nightfall. Legolas was barely conscious and was muttering meaningless words. Aragorn gathered Legolas in his arms and dismounted, abandoning the horses. Surprisingly, the doors were unlocked, and Gimli opened them in front of Aragorn. The halls of Mirkwood appeared before them, colossal and fantastic to the eye. The walls were made of tan stone, placed neatly on top of one another. It seemed as if each stone was intricately carved-each piece smoothed and polished to look appealing. Gimli was especially impressed, considering he worked around rocks and stones all his life.
Aragorn rushed down the immense halls, calling for help all the way.
{Where is everyone?} he thought.
A tall, blonde Elf greatly resembling Legolas emerged from a connected hallway. Her face contorted at the sight of the prince, limp in Aragorn's arms. She hurried over, brushing his brow lightly, feeling for fever.
~What has happened?~
~We were attacked by Wargs that were poisonous. He needs healers care.~
She nodded. Legolas's head rolled, turning in her direction.
~Celebanna.~
~Shh, brother, do not speak. Come this way.~ She instructed to Aragorn.
Aragorn hastened to keep up with Legolas's sister. He quietly prayed to the Valar that Legolas would be fine. Legolas sturred and grunted in pain.
"Stay with us lad, stay with us." Gimli said, his eyes full of concern.
*Evil Evil me! Sorry it took me so long. My cousin was recently hospitalized and I had to go see her. Nothing serious, but she had surgery.sigh Ok, as promised, here are the name translations/relations and such. I created all of these names from the appendix of the Silmarillion so correct me if I am wrong. Please note that most of these have not been yet introduced so you may not recognize them, and that they are placed by age, the first being the oldest and the last being youngest and so forth.
Nimarwen: Well...can't tell you who she is yet, but her name means "Royal white maiden"
Linduial: Legolas's eldest brother. "Twilight singing".
Armirendur: wife of Linduial. "Noble Jewel of Devotion".
Elenedhil: Legolas's second brother. "Star Elf".
Galenhil: Legolas's third brother. "Green Lord".
Celebanna: Legolas's older sister. "Silver Gift".
Two more will be introduced in later chapters, but until then, this is it. I'll put this on the top of the next chapter for reminders. Next chapter will come sooner (I say that every chapter don't I?)
lil*bee: Thanks for that fact! I can definitely use that! But just one question.....does that mean that the Elves are infants for 144 years? That would be horribly stressful for those poor parents!!! What book did you find that in? I'd been looking all over for that fact and I couldn't find it! I am evil.....I know.......:^).....devilish.....
Padfoots girl : Short and sweet! Thanks for the comments.
Reveur: Haha, as you can see, others also think I am evil. I'm glad you like my style. Clean (hehe). You don't know how much I appreciate your compliment!
Bill-the-Pony: I love getting reviews from you!!!!!! Sorry.....a little too excited there. I hope you had fun while you were out of town. ARG!!!! NO FAIR!!!! I've only seen TTT twice. The sad part is that one of my friends is one of those teeny-bopping girls and she drove me NUTS the whole time. She would laugh when the Ents came out cause she thought they looked like her Grandpa! Haha, I found myself desiring an axe frequently also. Thank you for the comment on Gimli's lines and Legolas's connection with the trees. I thought, since Legolas is a Wood-Elf, that his connection would be quite strong with them because he talked to them often and the trees would be almost a friend. I think that writing the stories beforehand would relieve a lot of stress. Haha, I lack self control also, no worries! WIPs are evil to the readers AND the writers, I think, because the readers are screaming for more and the writers are frantically trying to write the story to fulfill the needs of the reader. I hope another SotS chapter pops up soon-it's getting suspenseful!!!!!!! smiles
Author's Note: Ok somebody answer this question for me! Does anyone have the Special Edition DVD of Lotr:Fotr? Ok, well, in the interview with the whole cast, Sean Bean makes a comment about Orlando being from "the south" and that they made fun of each other because Sean is a northy and Orlando is a southy (this being Ireland that they are talking about, I am assuming) But in a magazine, I read that Orlando is from Canterbury, England. So does he live in Ireland now or does Sean mean "from the south" as in "In England although further south than me"? (Did I confuse anyone yet?) If Orlando does live in Ireland I'm going to scream. :-) Also, some new character(s) will be introduced in this chapter. At the end, I will give all of their names, the translations, and their relations.
Ok, with that note, on with the long expected chapter...
Chapter Six
Legolas slowly became aware of his surroundings. He was surprised that he had to open his eyes to wake. The first sensation that returned to him was the pain, unfortunately, and it all emanated from his left shoulder. He was no longer sitting on the ground, as he was before he became unconscious, but was now apparently on a horse. Two arms on each side of him supported him from behind. A sickening feeling came over him and he couldn't help but hunch over.
"Legolas?"
He felt the horse stop underneath him. He noticed the horse as being Thintal, and his own was trotting beside him. His eyes were not fully open yet, so his vision was slightly blurred. The rider behind Legolas dismounted and, as the arms supporting him gave way, he leaned a bit to the side, almost sagging precariously from the horse. Two hands caught him and lowered him to the ground. His eyes opened fully and revealed Aragorn, looking worryingly into Legolas's face.
"We were quite worried for a while, lad. You were talking in your sleep." Gimli almost chuckled, but the concern remained in his eyes.
Legolas surveyed his surroundings, and being delirious did not recognize them.
"Where are we going?" He asked, his voice showing his weakness.
"To your father's kingdom. There are healer's there who can tend to you more than I. I am afraid that the Wargs that attacked us were poisonous."
Legolas sighed at the mention of home. It would not be welcome to him. His father would barely accept his own son into his home rather than take in a Dwarf and a Man. Although, considering his condition, Legolas thought he would probably make an exception.
"Gimli. Do you know of kingsfoil?"
"It is a plant, is it not?"
"'Tis. It appears as a tiny plant with small white flowers. It may slow the poison. It grows near the base of shrubs. We should not have much difficulty finding it."
Gimli nodded and walked off before Strider, leading him to find the weed. Aragorn stayed back and spoke to Legolas for a few moments.
"We must leave for a few minutes, Legolas. Will you manage alone?"
"I shall. Go, Elessar. I will fare well."
Aragorn smiled and turned, following the Dwarf who was quickly gaining on him.
* * * * * *
"White flowers....near a shrub.....white flowers.....near a shrub. I wouldn't be doing this if that damned Elf hadn't gotten himself in trouble!" Gimli mumbled under his breath, though Aragorn heard every word.
"If you were in his position, I am sure you would hope that he would assist."
"He could at least have the decency to help us."
"Help us? Friend Gimli, he is poisoned. I doubt if he could stand than help us."
Gimli paused.
"Yes, I suppose so."
"Suppose so? Gimli, do my ears deceive me? Do you finally approve of our Elven friend?"
Gimli scoffed, but could not hide his amusement from Aragorn's intellect. Aragorn just smiled back, until his eyes turned to the ground.
"Ah, just what I am looking for. Kingsfoil."
As Aragorn bent to cut it from the ground, Gimli spoke up.
"Strider."
Aragorn looked up from his kneeling position.
"If you tell the Elf about this conversation, I'll have your head."
* * * * * *
Legolas was getting worried. Instead of pain, a tingling feeling had replaced it, and he knew that was not a good sign. His whole body was cold, but he was sweating profusely. Normally, Elves were immune to temperature changes, but, under the circumstances, his body was feeling its effects.
Aragorn and Gimli entered the clearing where Legolas lay, Aragorn with the Kingsfoil in hand. He knelt by Legolas and put a few leaves of the plant in his mouth.
"Be grateful, Legolas. We looked hard for this plant!" Gimli said.
Legolas laughed lightly.
~How hard did you look?~
~We found it in minutes.~ Aragorn couldn't suppress his own laughter.
"What do you speak of in that foreign tongue?"
They were both silent.
"Would you laugh as much if I spoke in my tongue only?"
"Then, Gimli, you would be speaking to yourself, for although I understand many tongues, yours is not familiar to me."
Gimli glowered at them and turned his back, his arms crossed stubbornly.
"I must warn you, Legolas, that this will hurt."
Legolas nodded in compliance. Aragorn took the leaves out of his mouth and placed them into Legolas's wounds. He winced and writhed under Aragorn's remedies. Afterwards, the wound seemed to gain its feeling back and the pain increased, but Legolas noticed that black blood was coming out of his shoulder, showing that the poison was leaving his body.
"How far until we reach my home?"
"10 miles, maybe more."
"We'd better continue quickly. I feel as though something follows us."
* * * * * *
They reached the halls of Thranduil's kingdom by nightfall. Legolas was barely conscious and was muttering meaningless words. Aragorn gathered Legolas in his arms and dismounted, abandoning the horses. Surprisingly, the doors were unlocked, and Gimli opened them in front of Aragorn. The halls of Mirkwood appeared before them, colossal and fantastic to the eye. The walls were made of tan stone, placed neatly on top of one another. It seemed as if each stone was intricately carved-each piece smoothed and polished to look appealing. Gimli was especially impressed, considering he worked around rocks and stones all his life.
Aragorn rushed down the immense halls, calling for help all the way.
{Where is everyone?} he thought.
A tall, blonde Elf greatly resembling Legolas emerged from a connected hallway. Her face contorted at the sight of the prince, limp in Aragorn's arms. She hurried over, brushing his brow lightly, feeling for fever.
~What has happened?~
~We were attacked by Wargs that were poisonous. He needs healers care.~
She nodded. Legolas's head rolled, turning in her direction.
~Celebanna.~
~Shh, brother, do not speak. Come this way.~ She instructed to Aragorn.
Aragorn hastened to keep up with Legolas's sister. He quietly prayed to the Valar that Legolas would be fine. Legolas sturred and grunted in pain.
"Stay with us lad, stay with us." Gimli said, his eyes full of concern.
*Evil Evil me! Sorry it took me so long. My cousin was recently hospitalized and I had to go see her. Nothing serious, but she had surgery.sigh Ok, as promised, here are the name translations/relations and such. I created all of these names from the appendix of the Silmarillion so correct me if I am wrong. Please note that most of these have not been yet introduced so you may not recognize them, and that they are placed by age, the first being the oldest and the last being youngest and so forth.
Nimarwen: Well...can't tell you who she is yet, but her name means "Royal white maiden"
Linduial: Legolas's eldest brother. "Twilight singing".
Armirendur: wife of Linduial. "Noble Jewel of Devotion".
Elenedhil: Legolas's second brother. "Star Elf".
Galenhil: Legolas's third brother. "Green Lord".
Celebanna: Legolas's older sister. "Silver Gift".
Two more will be introduced in later chapters, but until then, this is it. I'll put this on the top of the next chapter for reminders. Next chapter will come sooner (I say that every chapter don't I?)