Authors note: Well, we're getting closer to the romance. Please review. Please tell me if you like it. And I still don't own any characters mentioned in the books. Oh, and I will fix the names of the chapters, I realize that they're horrible.

After a very long run, Legolas saw gates in front of him. He noticed that Alinne was looking up at the setting sun, and picking her pace up. When the sun was almost down, they were sprinting as fast as they could towards the gate. They were, but 20 feet away from the gate, when the sun set, casting shadows all over the forest. He suddenly saw orcs, and wargs running after them, and catching up fast.

"Jump and climb over the gate! It won't open after nightfall!" He heard Alinne scream just as an arrow flew right by her right arm, hitting her soft skin on the side, creating a big cut. When they got to the gates, Alinne quickly jumped up and grabbed the bars with her hands. The gate was very tall, and Legolas wondered how long they would have to climb up until they would reach the top. He still followed her lead though, and began to climb up, while arrows were flying right by him, barely missing his head.

He turned around and saw an arrow go straight for his forehead. He could do nothing but watch his death in horror. However, when the arrow was about to hit, it swerved to the side and missed his head completely. He looked at Alinne in amazement.

"The gates are protected by magic! I will explain later, just keep climbing!" She yelled to him understanding his look.

As they climbed, the orcs were trying to jump up and grab their feet to pull them down. Because of the gates magic, they could not touch it, so their only chance was to get the prey themselves. Looking down was a horrifing scene. There were hundreds of orcs right by the gate jumping up and reaching for their prey.

When Alinne and Legolas thought they were finally out of reach, they slowed down to take a breath. Just when they were about to start climbing again, an orc jumped high enough and grabbed Alinnes foot and pulled it down hard. Her bad arm (the one that was hit by the arrow, that would be her right arm) let go of the gate as she screamed out in pain. Just as her left arm was about to give away as well, sending her to a fall into the claws of the orcs, she felt a strong arm grab it, catching her just as she let go.

Legolas was climbing fast up the gate, almost dragging Alinne behind him by holding her left arm. When she got her head together, she began climbing on her own. Legolas didn't let go of her arm though, making sure that she doesn't fall again.

After a bit more of a climb, they finally got to the top. Alinne pulled her arm out of his hand and jumped down. He heard a soft thump below him and jumped down as well. The fall was longer than he thought, but he managed to land straight on his feet, with no harm.



When he looked around, he saw gigantic trees lined with stairs. He stared in amazement, until he felt an arm grab his and pull him to a walk.

As they walked, he noticed that no body was out side. On the top of trees there were huts. Hundreds of them! There were candles lit in some of them. When they walked for about 5 minutes, on a path surrounded by these hut-filled trees, they finally came to a the largest hut there. It was decorated with flowers, and branches, making it look amazing.

The hut was completely dark, but the moment they walked in, dozens of candles lit up, and Nithem was running up to them.

"Where were you? I was so worried!" She cried in between sobs. Her face was full of tears. "Oh no! Your arm! We must get it healed immediately!"

She finally glanced over at Legolas. Seeing that he was not tied up, she understood what Alinne must have started very late, and had to untie him in order for him to be able to run.

"Why do you always finish so late Alinne? This is too many prisoners that have had to run for their life because of your foolishness!" She seemed very angry with Alinne. "Yes, I know they are prisoners, but that doesn't mean we want them dead! You have to lead them straight here, and not make any turns on the way!" Nithem suddenly lowered her voice to emphasize her seriousness. "If this happens again Alinne, you will go back to training."

"I'm sorry. It will not." The girl managed to say.

Nithem once again looked at Legolas and saw that he was not to be feared for he just stood there, pretending that he wasn't listening.

Nithem finally gave out a laugh, and said "Alinne take him to your house, the Healing Houses are full. Tend to his every wound, and let him rest. You may then go to my house and sleep. I think that I will stay here tonight."

Alinne thanked her friend, gave a small curtsy, and turned around to leave. With a small laugh, Nithem turned to Legolas and said " You are lucky. She is very easy on our prisoners. She makes friends with more of them than all of the other hunters put together!" She calmed her voice down a bit and added "Do not worry, all will be fine. Alinne is a good healer. If you need anything, ask her." Legolas thanked Nithem and turned around to leave. "Also," added Nithem "If you would like, I can assign Alinne to give you a tour of grounds in the morning. I understand that everything has changed from your last visit here."

Legolas smiled and quietly said "I would like that very much, thank you." Nithem smiled back, turned around and went back into the room she came out of.

Authors note: If you don't understand why something happened Please Please Please, tell me! I will try to fix it right away. Also, I already wrote the next chapter, so I just gotta proof read it, so fear not, I'll have it up tomorrow.