Authors note: Well, I finally finished this chapter. Once again I don't own anybody from the books, and please review. Well, now that I got that said, I really hope that you enjoy this chapter.

Legolas woke up after a very comfortable and enjoyable sleep. He had dreams of flower gardens and of beautiful forests. Dreams like these he hadn't had in a while. In times of the war, gloomy dreams filled the nights, often waking him up before dawn, and leaving him still tired. Even after the War of the Ring, he was troubled at nights, and even as he sailed the sea, the comfort of the gentle rocking didn't filter away the nightmares. Dreams of responsibility to his realm, and of his father's distant voice, always telling him how he is not thinking about his future, filled his head at night for as long as he could remember.

But today he smiled as he woke up. That was something he has not done in ages, he recalled. After sitting up, but still not getting out of the warm bed, he looked around the room. He recalled yesterday's events, which wiped that smile off his face. He could not help but wonder if he was now a friend, or still a foe.

Deciding that a foe would not have been allowed to sleep in these huts, he smiled once again at the memories of how he got to this city. Yes, he was one of the Fellowship of the Ring, but he has never had an adventure quite so confusing.

He knew, and understood why he was taken prisoner, but it was many other things that still confused him greatly. Why would this village send women outside of the safety of the city, if the forest was clearly dangerous? And how did Alinne get in front of him that one time when he ran? That one puzzled him the most, and he decided not to wait too long before asking.

"Good Morning! I trust you slept well?" Alinne walked in with a large fluffy white towel, and looked at him with a smile.

"I did thank you" Remembering that he has not taken a proper bath in quite a long time, he hoped beyond hopes that that fluffy white blanket was for him. And indeed it was. Alinne motioned for him to get out of bed, so he slowly pulled the warm blanket aside. He very much hoped that the bath houses were near by, because he couldn't imagine the embarrassment of walking in a village not known to him, in sleeping clothes.

Alinne caught him looking down at his pajamas, and said with a laugh "Do not worry your self, the bath houses are very near by, and the path to them is covered up."

Seeing his satisfied look, she smiled and walked over to the closet. He saw her pull out some new clothes, which looked much like his own which were laying on the ground with mud all over them, but these had a really comfy look to them. He smiled at the thought of putting clean clothes on after a relaxing warm bath.

With the new clothes, the towel, and his own muddy clothes, Alinne began walking towards the door, and motioned for him to follow. He quietly walked up to her and offered his help, which she denied saying that it is no problem for her. He started to insist, but she threw him a look of annoyance and much independence, which made him shut up right away.

As they walked out and down the staircase of the tree, Legolas looked at this city with even more amazement in his eyes than before. He noticed once again that there was nobody on the streets. Not being able to hold in that feeling of not knowing any longer, he quietly asked, "Why is there no body on the streets? Now that I think about it, I have not seen anybody from this city besides you and Nithem."

Alinne tried to look at him, but the large pile of clothes and the towel in her arms, hid him from her view.

"There are a lot of elves in this village, but at night they all go to their huts to stay with their family. And, this early, many are not yet awake, or they just stay inside before the workday begins."

"So you have a schedule of times?" He asked thinking that when he is king he would have to change that immediately.

Alinne answered him in a voice that told him that she didn't want him to talk about her city in a way less than respectful. "Of coarse not! We are not stupid! We would never make a schedule and force the elves to use it! The slight schedule that we have is simply when to go to your post for work, and when your post is done, and you may go home. That does not sound harsh, does it Master Legolas?"

She asked as if waiting for an answer, but Legolas knew that there was only one answer he could give that wouldn't make the young elf walking by him scream with anger.

"I am truly sorry; I did not understand you right. I mean no harm to you or your city in anyway." He answered with as much sincerity in his voice, as he could possibly conjure up, and quickly thought, about why he said the question in the first place. He hated schedules because his father made him follow a very strict one, and Legolas swore that when he was king, he would never force a schedule on his people. However, he thought, how will a community stay strong if people don't know when to go to work and when to leave their post? * I suppose there has to be a slight schedule...*

They soon came to a long tunnel made of simply two huge pieces of bark leaning against each other, making the tunnel so high, that a person twice Legolas height could have easily walked through.

Legolas followed Alinne into the tunnel, and they walked in silence to a large hut standing in the middle of a beautiful little valley full of flowers, and green grass. There was a small pond not far to the right, and a tree standing by it all by itself.

Alinne put all of the clothes down on the floor, and picked out the fluffy white towel and the new, clean clothes. She handed them to Legolas and said, "Go inside there," she pointied to a small door " A handmaid will tell you where to go and will give everything you need." She picked up his dirty clothes and said "I will put these clothes in the washing pile, and you will get them back tomorrow. When you are finished, come out here, and I will be waiting for you by that tree" she said pointing to the only tree standing as far as the eye could see. "If there is anything else you need, the handmaid will look after it."

He said thank you and turned to go inside right after Alinne turned to go to the Washing Rooms, which were back through the bark tunnel.

When he went inside, a chubby little girl, who looked only about 200 years old (Not even close to maturity yet) greeted him and walked him to a large bath full of water in the corner of the main room. There were small bark doors that would cover him from the view of anyone else. As Legolas looked around, he noticed many of these little "rooms" all around a space in the middle with a large bucket of steaming water, kept hot with a fire underneath, and smaller buckets for taking the water back to your bath room. She said to him "The water is already warm, but if it gets cold, there is a bucket of hot water right there" she said pointing to the large bucket in the main room.

Legolas thanked the little girl as she ran off to help a group of young elves that came to the front door. Closing the bark door, Legolas put the clean clothes on a small chair provided in the room, with the towel on top. He quickly took off the sleeping clothes he was given the night before, and stepped into the bath.

As he lowered himself into the warm water, he sighed a breath of comfort and smiled. He lay there just enjoying the feel of dirt coming off of his overused body for a while, until he decided, that he did not know if there was a limit on the time he could spend in here, and began to hurry up washing his hair in order to avoid any embarrassment that can come out of this little experience.

Authors note: Do not fear everybody, Romance is coming up really soon. I've been really sick for a while and I can't go anywhere today, so after I finish all the things I have to do, I'll write another chapter. Most likely I'll post it up today or tomorrow, so fear not...Hehe. Also, thank you for the wonderful reviews. They make me so happy that when I got my first, I laughed so hard that I started choking! So, like I said, the romance is coming up really soon, and please review!