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Summary: This is the follow up story to Legolas' journey. You don't have to have read that story if you don't want but it will give you a bit of background knowledge to how Legolas and Nildoliel met. You can probably understand this without having to read that though.
Anyway, in this story Legolas' heart is tested. He has to choose between his own love for Nildoliel and what Nildoliel really wants. What will he choose?
Hope you like it. Please let me know what you think in a review. Constructive criticism and future ideas are very much appreciated. OK, so here goes....
The end of the road
It had been several years since Nildoliel had promised to leave her home in Lothlorien to live with Legolas in Mirkwood. Legolas felt so lucky having found someone like her: someone willing to give up her home so that she could be with him. She was kind, beautiful and loved him more than anything in the world. And he loved her back.
Not one day in the past five years had they spent one night apart. Their love still remained as powerful and if anything it had grown stronger over the years. As Nildoliel learnt of Legolas habits she only grew to love him more. Nildoliel was perfect and Legolas couldn't think of one thing that he disliked about her. Legolas often sat and wondered why she was with him. Out of very elf she could have chosen, she chose him and that scared him sometimes. What if it was all to go wrong? What if she suddenly decided that he wasn't good enough for her anymore? Legolas had asked Nildoliel about this and she had reassured him that she could never love anyone the way she loved him. He believed her.
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Nildoliel was stood perfectly still on the balcony of their room looking out over the tops of the golden trees of Mirkwood. She and Legolas lived in a fairly small 'castle' style building in the centre of Mirkwood. It had a few rooms, which were mainly for Legolas, Thranduil and his company. Legolas and Nildoliel shared a room but they also had their own private rooms, which were hardly ever used. Nildoliel loved it here. Since she had moved here she enjoyed the closeness that everyone shared with each other. Although the majority of elves lived just outside the grounds to Thranduil's home, you were never lonely.
Legolas crept up silently and gently kissed her on the neck.
"Hello." She greeted him turning around to look into his bright blue eyes. "How was your hunting trip?"
"Oh it was fine." Came his reply. He kissed her again on the lips. "Imcairion brought a friend of his along. He's called Vecamion. We are going hunting again tomorrow and they are coming back for supper. Is that ok with you?"
"Of course it is ok with me." She said smiling at him. "I welcome any of your hunting friends any time you know that." She walked off into the bedroom with Legolas following behind.
"I love you, you know that?" Legolas said sitting next to her on the bed.
"And I love you too." She replied turning to face him. She kissed him gently on the lips and ran her fingers through his long blonde hair.
At that moment there was a knock on the door. Nildoliel pulled away and gave permission for them to enter. It was one of their maids bringing clean sheets for the bed.
"I'm sorry." She apologised. "I didn't realise there was anyone in here." She blushed slightly.
"That is ok." Nildoliel reassured her. "I have some business to attend to and was just leaving anyway." She kissed Legolas once more on the cheek and then left the room.
Legolas knew she was going to see Celebgrodiel. She was a friend of Nildoliel's and they spent an hour or so together every afternoon. Nildoliel had made friends quickly when she came to live in Mirkwood. She now had many friends but Celebgrodiel was her closest friend.
Nildoliel left the room as Legolas chose some clothes and then went next door to bath whilst the maid cleaned the room. Legolas took off his hunting clothes and had a long warm bath in the beautiful elvish bathroom. He loved to lie here at the end of a long day amongst the exquisite elvish designs and reflect upon the day's events.
Today he lay thinking about Nildoliel and the first time he had seen her; her beautiful hair flowing behind her along with her pearly white dress whilst the waters of the River Anduin splashed at her feet. He had fallen in love with her then and was overcome with delight when she said she would move to Mirkwood to live with him.
Legolas got out of the bath, dressed and after taking a quick walk around the grounds he went to meet Nildoliel outside the great hall for their supper. She looked beautiful, stood by the doors greeting people whilst she waited for him.
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