Author's Note: Hey there, hope it will be a quick update. Well, it will be if I finish this soon. Tomorrow I gotta start on my homework. I gotta prepare a speech and a 3-5page essay for history. Study for a test on 5 units of vocabulary, read Of Mice and Men, and keep a log on all chapters, and.alright, alright, you're not interested. I should've started today but I felt like writing another chapter for this story.

For all you wonderful reviewers who were wondering if it was Noitamni she shot, you'll find out soon enough. I'm too evil to just tell you. Mwahaha!!! Also, if you remember, her grandfather was a wizard, and when she told Legolas about it, she said that she has more of the wizard power than even her mother had. And keeping this between us *winks at readers *, she just might have 'a little' more than she though. All right, please keep reviewing. Alrighty, now for the story!

"Legolas?" Alinne's eyes were closed. She could feel someone's breath next to her. She hoped beyond all hope it wasn't an orc. As she opened her eyes, what she saw wasn't much better than an orc.

"Noitamni."she said in a clearly disappointed voice. "How could I have ever trusted you?" she said now in a voice one would use when one of their friends just betrayed them (is there a word for that?)

"Alinne I swear I was not the one to drop the branch on you. I am your friend and always will be."

"How did you know about the branch if you did not do it then?"

"I told him." Alinne opened her eyes at the sound of Legolas's voice.

"It was not him Alinne," he continued, "I trust what he says."

"Why do you trust him Legolas? What has he said to capture your belief so?"

Noitamni now broke in, "Alinne why do YOU distrust me so? What have I done to lose your trust? It is true I may be a bit stubborn."

"Ha! A bit? You flatter yourself far too much Noitamni!"

"It is true I am stubborn sometimes," Noitamni continued throwing Alinne a slight glare, but I hope that is not the reason. I thought that you would be more trusting of me. Alinne I am your friend, or well, I do not know you too well, but I had always wanted to get to know you better, to be your friend, to have your trust, to."

He was caught off by Alinne, "Alright, alright, I get your point. Stop rambling, I'm getting a headache."

"Well, she's back." Noitamni said to Legolas as he turned to look at him. A smile crept up both their faces.

"Alright," said Alinne, finally sitting up. "How long has it been since I fell asleep, if that is even what happened.?"

"Two days" answered Legolas.

"Two days?!" squeaked out Alinne, " I thought it was like 2 hours? How could it be that much? Oh, my, I do not even remember what happened.Legolas?"

And so it came. Legolas explained moment by moment what he saw on that night with Noitamni adding in his own explanations in the middle of Legolas'.

After he was done Alinne just sat there. Her jaw had dropped in the middle of the story and it stayed that way until he was finished. She put her hand up to her lips trying to think about how that happened.

"Did you hear that?" Noitamni suddenly asked turning in the direction he though the noise came from.

"Hear what?" Alinne asked slightly leaving her train of thought.

"That.that...there it goes again!" he jumped and thoroughly eyed the spot he'd been staring at.

"I do not hear it Noitamni." Legolas said with a bit of worry in his voice. Something was wrong, whether it was that Noitamni was hearing a noise, which could be enemy, or that Noitamni was hearing a noise that no one else could.

"Ughhh, maybe it is only in my head. There was a creek somewhere nearby. I remember walking past it today. I think I will go wash my face off. I almost feel like an orc. I probably should have taken a bath yesterday as well." He was talking half to himself. His voice began trailing off as he began walking further into the forest.

Noitamni was soon out of view and Legolas sat down next to Alinne.

"Why do you trust him Legolas? What if he was, you know, what if he was spying or something? Of all the times to do that, he picked that night."

"We have talked a lot in the past two days. I was skeptical at first too you know. I mean I did not just go and trust him right away. I asked him many questions, but then he told me something.

"What did he say? 'Oh no! I'm innocent!' (She said imitating Noitamni's voice)."

Legolas laughed a little and then continued," No he told me something which made me believe him."

"And that was." Alinne finally broke in after a 2-minute pause.

"Well, your friend Nithem, he loves her."

"What? I cannot believe that! She would have told me! Did you believe him?"

"Well, no, not at first but then he showed me her ring. The one he says she used to wear all the time. I think he said it used to be her mother's and then she gave it to him so he would always know he loved her."

"The ring, she told me she lost it. Ahhhhh Nithem, I spend months looking for it. Now I know why she was telling me not to. See I thought I was being a good friend." She smiled at the memories. "Yes, the ring was Nithem's mother's. Well, it was her grandmother's first, but then her mother's and then hers. Well, I guess that would explain why you trust him now."

"That is not all, actually. There was more."

"Oh? Do tell." Alinne was very interested.

"Well, I would if you would stop interrupting me." They both laughed and he continued.

"He fears you Alinne. I saw it in his eyes."

"Fears me? Why? I have never given him a reason to."

"He told me of a time he came to the castle to tell you that Nithem wished to speak to you...and, well, you remember do you not?"

"Yes I do. I forgot about that."

"And then, what happened that night. There was fear in his eyes. I noticed it. At first I thought it was nothing, but then I saw the depth of his fear. His knees were trembling even though he was sitting on the ground already. And his eyes.there was more fear in them than I saw in people who were about to die."

"Why would he be so afraid?"

"Well, what happened there, it wasn't exactly normal you know."

"Well, I know, but he saw me moving pots from across the room, he could have figured out that it was just something like that."

"So it was your wizard powers?"

"Well, yes. What else would it be? I cannot control it Legolas. I do not know how. I have not told anyone but you, and well, Noitamni saw. But no one else, not even Nithem! Are you frightened of me Legolas?

"Do you want the honest answer, or the highly believable imitation?"

"Well, aren't you feeling humorous today? The honest one please, I prefer to know what people think of me rather than hearing what I want but knowing it is a lie."

"I respect that. The truth then? Yes, I am a bit frightened. I mean Gandalf was pretty frightening too, but at least he could control his powers, and with him I didn't have to worry about falling in love."

Alinne looked at him, her eyes wet with unshed tears as the last of his words came out. "Do you mean that, or us that another joke? Let me tell you, I do not take kindly to people who joke about such things."

"No, I meant that. Every word of it."

"Well, then, Legolas, or should I say Prince Legolas, that is the most wonderful thing anyone has ever said to me."

"Is it good enough for you to say it back?" Legolas asked looking at her with hopeful eyes.

"Perhaps." She answered with a smile forming on her weather-worn lips.

"Orcs!" they heard Noitamni's voice in the distance and quickly jumped up.

"Noitamni? Where are you?" Yelled Alinne to the direction she though Noitamni's voice was coming from.

"Orcs! Run! Hurry up! They are close!" his voice was closer now. "Hurry up! Let's go! Alinne lead us to a tree-filled patch, or something, anywhere where we can hide!"

They finally saw him. He was coming out of the trees running fast. They took off and Alinne heard a loud screech of an orc. It was still far away, but they ran faster with fear.

Author's Note: Ahhh, another cliffhanger, you guys must hate me, but at least this chapter is pretty long huh? Well to answer some of the review things:

Thanks you guys for giving me all that encouragement. I really did feel bad after that bad review, but you guys sure know how to make a girl feel good! Hehe.

For the beta reader thing, I really appreciate the offer. This story is getting towards the end though, so I think I'll get through it for now. Thanks so much for offering to help though. I really appreciate it.

For the guess about what happened, no it wasn't a crossover, although that was a damn good idea (you should write a story about that, I'd be the first to read it, sounds interesting as heck). Thank you so much for guessing and stuff. It means a lot to me.

For all the other reviewers, I love you all. Thank you for making my poor author's soul happy.

I hope to get the next chappy up soon. But until then, please keep reviewing.

One last thing, I have another story up. It's really short (no more than like 2 pages or something) It's just an outline, not based on LotR for now, but I'm thinking about extending it and basing it on LotR, so please read it and let me know what you think. It's called "The Market Day" (I think, well, anyway just look under my name)