~*~ Chapter 2 ~*~
Strider sighed, good, the elf was still there. Then he laughed, it wasn't his choice, he had passed out again. Sobering quickly, he picked him up and lay him down on the ground, his head sideways on his makeshift pillow. That done, the Ranger started to pull the bandage off from around the elf's back. Silly thing, taking off in his condition. He cleaned the wound and replaced the blood-clotted leaves, and then he wrapped it back up. He turned the elf onto his back carefully and checked his arm. Sighing, Strider pulled his blanket up over the elf and sat down to eat. While he was eating, he thought, mainly about his home, it was something he did when he was away, almost a habit. He considered Rivendell to be his home. It was, in a way, he lived there since he was really young and considered his foster family his real family. He lived in the palace with Elrond and his sons, whom he considered his brothers, Elladan and Elrohir.
The elf woke up while the Ranger was thinking. He glared at the human, he still didn't like him, though, he had to admit he was kind of happy he was there when he hurt himself, or else who knows what would have happened. He could have been stuck out here.
He sighed softly and stared up into the trees, - Was this human going to let him go… or kill him? - He wondered, - I'll have to wait and find out, what else can I do? –
Strider noticed the slightly scared look in the elf's eyes and laughed, which made the elf jump.
"You don't need to worry, it's not like I'm going to hurt you."
- Well, that's better than torture, - the elf thought, - at least it'll be a quick death. -
Seeing the fear in the elves eyes still there, the Ranger continued laughing. That confused the elf entirely.
"I don't see what's so funny," the elf growled, trying his best to make his musical voice sound mean, "I know what your going to do to me so you can
stop pretending to be nice."
"What?" Strider stopped laughing, "what do you think I'm going to do to you?"
The elf silenced him-self and glared at the human.
"I'll tell you what," Strider said calmly, "you tell me your name, and I'll tell you what I'm going to do with you."
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"Well, you can't, you've got to take a chance," the Ranger answered happily, trying not to laugh again.
The elf sighed and looked deep into the human's eyes, he saw no evil there, but… well you never know, if he was hiding it, he was hiding it well,
"Okay, I… I guess so, but you first."
Strider laughed, "I mean to kill you," he saw the freaked out look on the elf's face, "I'm just kidding, I mean to help you get better and get you
home, wherever that may be."
The elf glared at him.
"That wasn't funny." He snapped.
"I know, I'm sorry," the Ranger laughed, "I just couldn't help it."
"Well, I'm not one to go back on my word," the elf said angrily, "my name is Legolas."
"Okay," Strider smiled, "how are you feeling?"
"Fine," he snapped shortly.
Strider started laughing even harder, "You've got a major attitude problem."
Legolas rolled his eyes angrily and looked in the other direction, "that's your opinion."
Shaking his head and trying to stifle a laugh he said, "you hungry?"
"No."
"Okay, but when you are just tell me, I'm going to go and look for more Athelas leaves for you," Strider said, "I'm not going far and trust me, I'll
know if you try to take off, so don't try it."
Legolas just rolled his eyes and nodded sharply. Strider looked at him for a moment, smiling, and then left. He didn't want to admit it but the human
could move quickly without making much sound at all and he thought he was different from most humans. He wasn't as stupid, loud and slow as he
thought all humans were. That Strider person was different.
- Though he's got the weirdest sense of humor, - he thought, - I'm going to test his threat. -
With that, the elf stood up slowly and walked towards the edge, when he reached it he looked back into the camp, an slight evil grin flashed on his face for a second, - sure, 'I'll know if you try to take off' yeah right. - With that he turned around and jumped, the human had somehow gotten right in front of him without him noticing! Strider had an evil smile on his face.
"Decided to test me huh?" He asked.
Legolas looked at him, trying not to laugh at the funny look the Ranger was giving him. He quickly gave himself a mental slap, he wasn't supposed to like this human. He hated humans…no… he hates humans. Finally he gave the human a sneer and dropped himself back onto his blanket.
"Good, now, will you let me get those Athelas leaves for you?" Strider asked.
Legolas continued to look at the human blankly. Strider shook his head and headed back into the bush. Once he was gone Legolas couldn't help but give a quiet laugh. That made him mad at himself though and he just buried his face in the rolled up tunic.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Finally," Strider sighed, he had been walking around for a while and had only just found the plant. He was starting to get worried about Legolas, it was getting late and he ended up going further from camp then he would have liked. He had also had a growing feeling that there was something evil nearby. He knew it wasn't the elf, he was annoyed, that was obvious, but not evil. The feeling just kept growing. The Ranger tore off a couple handfuls of the leaves and stuffed them in a pouch that he kept in the pocket of his overcoat. Suddenly he tensed, he had heard something. It wasn't orcs, but what it was, he didn't know, couldn't figure it out. Stuffing the pouch in his pocket, he ran as fast as he could go back to the camp. He stopped at the bushes that surrounded the campsite. Looking in, he saw the last thing he'd thought of.
"Oh, no," he whispered, "I hope he's okay, stupid wargs."
With that he drew his blade and sprang on top of the one that had just lunged at the elf, landing on it, he jabbed the blade down into the creatures' back. He pulled out his sword and stabbed another in the chest. He continued with this until finally, the rest of the pack fled, most of them were fine or injured, he actually didn't have to kill very many, five in total. He dragged them off to where he buried the orcs and left them there. Then he headed back to the camp and ran up to the elf, he had been scratched a couple times but that was it. The elf had been completely terrified, though he did not let it show and he felt completely defenseless, he dropped his knife when he tripped over the fire-pit and he couldn't use his bow with a broken arm. He was actually relieved when the human had jumped in, though he wouldn't say anything.
"Are you alright?" Strider asked when he came back.
"Fine," Legolas responded.
"Let me check your back again," the Ranger said before carefully helping the elf onto his stomach. He separated the bandages and cleaned up the wounds a bit, then smiled, "good, that deep one finally stopped bleeding."
The elf just shrugged and rolled onto his back again. The Ranger stretched out on his blanket and yawned. In a few minutes they both fell asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hungry?" The Ranger asked when Legolas woke up.
The elf simply stared. Strider shook his head.
"Come on, you've got to eat something," he said, passing him the half-empty water flask and an apple.
Legolas didn't want to admit it, but he was hungry so he ate and when they were done, he stood up and walked around the campsite a couple of times.
"Okay," the Ranger started, "I think it's about time we got you home."
Legolas shrugged, but he knew that his father would want him back home.
Strider laughed, "Fine, but if not for you, we'll do it for me, my father and brothers are going to start worrying if I'm not home soon."
Legolas gave him a slight smile for a second, then realizing what he did scowled at the human and turned away. Strider, though, found this quit amusing and began laughing at the elf.
"Oh, what's so funny?" Legolas asked angrily.
"Well, if you must know," the Ranger started, laughing, "you."
Legolas looked back at him, still glaring.
"Especially that look!" not able to hold it back any longer, the young dúnadan burst out laughing.
Legolas stopped glaring, now he was just plain confused, "How is being glared at funny?"
"It's not that, it's just the way you look when you glare at me," he laughed, "too bad you can't see it."
"Okay," the elf said, "stop it! You're starting to make me laugh."
"Good," he answered, "you need it."
Legolas gave him a plainly annoyed look and he looked as if he could push the human to the ground and hold him there.
-No, what's the point? – He thought, - he'd just keep laughing. –
Taking a deep breath the Ranger stopped and walked over to Legolas,
"Come on, let's go, I'm a ways from home and if I don't hurry I'm going to get into trouble."
The elf just snorted, "good."
"You know," Strider said, "that wasn't nice."
Legolas glanced over at him, "you know, I do know my way home, you can leave."
"I could," the Ranger said thoughtfully, "but then I wouldn't get to bug you"
"Why would you want to?" Legolas asked.
"To pay you back for following me."
"How did you know about that?"
"Well, one, because I had a feeling I was being watched and then I found you," he grinned wickedly, "and two, because you just admitted it."
So what do ya' think? Please R&R!
Ayva Trance- Thanks for the review! Enjoy and review again please! I will continue... as soon as this is up.
MicroChips- Thanks for your help with posting!
Daemon Woman- No offence, but I think you need to lighten up. This is my first fic and I'm not great at writing but I try... Maybe I should have put
it, he's almost 21 so that helps a bit. I write ahead of myself and I'm already on the third book. Then I'll explain a few more things that seem
odd here. Such as the Legolas hating mortals and orc thing and following them. But don't forget that at these times, those orcs may not pose a
threat to Rivendell physically at the time but they will if they came back with more if they were under the influence of some evil guy such as Saruman.
I'll admit, I'm not good at writing from an elf's viewpoint but I try. Anyhow, you do have to lighten up a bit, I've only just read the book a while ago and I admit that I'm no expert on it but... well... just try pointing out things you like instead okay? I AM trying my best, even if I'm not great at writing, I'm having fun and that's all that really matters to me... well, I'd like to please the reviewers as well but it's impossible to please everyone, right? If you don't like it, than don't read it, go find one that suites you.
leggylover03- Will he take Legolas home? Okay, well, 1) he's not a dog and 2) you'll have to wait and find out! *grins wickedly*
feanen- WOW! It's interesting! Thank you! I'm glad it's interesting. :)
Queen-of-Gondor- YES! Another interested reviewer! Glad!
Oh, and none of this is mine, though I wish it was... I'm just borrowing them so that I have someone other than my sisters to torture. :)
One more thing... any mistakes are my own, so don't go blaming other peoplez. ;)
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