Ok, here is the second chapter. Thank you to everyone for your reviews to the first chapter. I never ever expected to get so many. Thank you all so much. Here is the second chapter for you all now. Hope you like it.

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An arrow through the heart

Aragorn ran to meet them and it was obvious that all four Elves were very tired. Aragorn took the majority of Legolas' weight and sent Novavar up to the halls to fetch Lord Elrond. He carried Legolas to his room and laid him down on the bed. He was hot, yet his body was shaking. Aragorn placed a hand close to his forehead and he could fell the heat.

Elrond arrived within seconds. He sat down on the bed next to Legolas' shivering body. "What happened?" Elrond asked, concern in his eyes.

Aragorn realised Novavar was behind him. "We were over run by Orcs!" She managed through streams of tears, "We managed to kill them all but Legolas was hit by an arrow in his chest. He said he was alright and he just took the arrow out and dressed the wound. There was hardly any blood. He didn't seem to be affected by it for days but then yesterday morning we couldn't wake him and he was shaking. He said he was alright."

Novavar sat down with her back against the wall. She was sobbing now. "He will be ok wont he?" She asked.

Elrond looked gravely at Legolas. He unbuttoned his tunic and found the wound from the arrow. It was only small and there was hardly any sign if blood. Elrond placed a hand over the wound and closed is eyes. He began to speak softly in Elvish.

Aragorn watched. He was scared. He had never felt this frightened and confused before. What was wrong with Legolas? There was hardly any wound there at all. It had been days since the arrow struck him so why was he ill now? Legolas had been injured worse than this before and Aragorn had never seen him this bad.

"What is wrong with him?" Aragorn couldn't keep quiet any longer. Elrond opened his eyes and looked at Aragorn.

"He has been poisoned." Elrond spoke quietly. "The Orc arrow must have been poisoned before it was fired. The arrow went in very close to Legolas' heart. Usually it would have taken a few weeks for the poison to spread but as it was close to his heart it spread quickly. There would have been no affect on him at first but by yesterday the poison would have spread around his whole body and that is when he became ill."

The room was silent except for Novavar's sobs. "He will be alright though won't he?" Aragorn broke the silence. Elrond didn't reply.

"He will won't he?" Aragorn insisted.

At last Elrond spoke. "I can not say. The poison has spread widely and unless we know the name of the poison we can not cure it. It is unlikely that Legolas will be able to overcome it on his own." Elrond paused, "I'm sorry Aragorn but it doesn't look good. My healing powers can not cure this on their own. We need the antidote and that we can not get without the name. All we can do now is make him comfortable."

Aragorn couldn't believe what he was hearing. The room was spinning. Legolas couldn't be dieing. He was immortal. Aragorn would be the one who went first, he always knew that.

"You can't just give up on him!" Aragorn pleaded. "You have hundreds of books in your house. There has to be one that will give you the answer to all your questions."

There was a long pause in which no one moved. Aragorn was thinking deeply about every type of poison he knew of. He had heard of many, yet none of them fitted the symptoms that Legolas had. He was coming to the conclusion that Legolas would die. No matter what he did he couldn't save him now.

Elrond broke the silence. "I will help in any way I can," Aragorn looked up. "I will help anyway I know; through books and healers, but it is unlikely that we will find the name of this poison in time."

"I know." Aragorn answered. "It is unlikely that we will but we cannot give up on him. Legolas would do anything that he could to help us and we should do the same for him."

Elrond smiled at Aragorn's determination. He stood up and left the room. Aragorn sat down on the bed. Legolas was now shaking badly and his hands were clenched into tight fists. Aragorn took his hand in his and spoke soft elvish words in the hope that he could calm Legolas down and bring him back into the world.

"Legolas you have to be strong. Novavar and I are here for you but you have to be strong to fight this. Don't give up yet my friend."

Aragorn did not know whether Legolas had heard him or whether he was just very tired but his body relaxed and he stopped shaking slightly. There was still hope yet. Aragorn would do anything he could to help his friend through this. He wouldn't give up on him until he had tried everything he could think of.

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