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@ Deana ~ Actually, that ice thing wasn't my own. I got the idea from the ZELDA manga comic and I always wanted to write about it. Thanks anyway!

The song I used for this chapter is called Angels Among Us by Alabama. It's one of my absolute favorites and fit this chapter perfectly!

Chapter 6

~I was walking home from school, on a cold winter day,~

~Took a shortcut through the woods, and I lost my way.~

~It was getting late, and I was scared... and alone.~

~But then a kind old man took my hand, and led me home.~

'Father, did you hear that?' asked the young boy. The adult sniffed the air. In the silent wake of winter he heard it. The whinny of a horse echoed in the silver trees with the morning frost clinging to them. He nodded.

'Probably just a wild stallion all alone son.' he said as he pulled the cart on behind him.

'No! Listen closer! It sounds so sad! Can we please go see? It's coming from over there!' the boy sat atop a pile of wood on the cart that his father dragged. The older man had thick blonde hair that hung around a handsome face for a human. He sniffed the air again.

'No, we best be getting home and start a fire for your sisters.'

'Please, father!' begged the boy. 'If it's tame then we can use it to haul the cart and you can get more wood faster!' the man looked back to see the boy's pleading eyes. He couldn't say no, so he asked the boy to stay here and he would head off and check.

He wasn't planning to come across the horse lying at the edge of the ice pond. It nickered and cooed a little being bundled up behind him that he couldn't see. The horse was obviously domesticated since it had several bags of items wrapped around its girth. There was no saddle but the reins were man-made.

'Hey there, big guy.' he said softly so he wouldn't spook the horse away. He approached slowly. He saw a blonde head resting on the horse's knees. The horse nudged it, but it didn't move.

'Oh, dear Valar!' he cursed as his step changed to a run. He saw a full view of an elf with ice incasing his entire lower torso. He was still breathing but had a nasty-looking scrape on his cheek and a bleeding head. His lips trembled and his hands were white. The horse nudged him once more, but he paid no heed.

'Hang on...' the man whispered as he grabbed the horse's reins and pulled the beast up. 'Please hang on.' he called for his son who took a minute to respond.

'What is it?' he cried at the sight of the elf that was awaking at the loss of warmth his horse gave.

'Take the horse's reins, son.' he said. The boy simply stared. 'Take them!' he grabbed them quickly and continued to gawk.

'Legolas could see a blurry face ahead of him. His entire body throbbed with pain and his head pounded as the sunlight entered his eyes.

'You'll be all right, lad.' said the man. 'It'll be okay.'

'Father, what are we going to do?' the man knew exactly what he would do.

'Son, I need you to ride his horse to the farm and get your mother to come back with the wagon and the kine. Stay home and don't tell your sisters what we're doing but make sure there is a warm bed ready for him!' the boy nodded and his father lifted him up onto the horse. He had to slap the horse's rump to get it to go, but it galloped off into the trees with his son on its back.

Next he removed his coat and sweater and draped them onto the elf's upper torso. Shivering, Legolas looked up at him with dilated pupils. He could acknowledge him now and realize what he was doing.

~Momma couldn't see him, Oh but he was standing there,~

~And I knew in my heart, he was the answer to my prayer.~

~Oh-oh-oh~

~I believe there are,~

~Angels Among Us.~

~Sent down to us,~

~From somewhere up above.~

~They come to you and me,~

~In our darkest hours.~

~To show how to live,~

~To teach us how to give,~

~To guide us with the light of love.~

In minutes the man had a fire going all around Legolas's lower torso. Legolas's mind couldn't remember what he was doing or why. He wanted to fight him off at first but found no strength to do so. Soon, he just closed his eyes and let the pain envelop him.

~When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees,~

~There's always been someone to come along, and comfort me.~

~A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand.~

~A phone call from a friend, just to say 'I understand.'~

~No ain't it kind of funny,~

~At the dark end of the road,~

~Someone lights the way,~

~With just a single ray of hope.~

~Oh-oh-oh~

~I believe there are,~

~Angels Among Us.~

~Sent down to us,~

~From somewhere up above.~

~They come to you and me,~

~In our darkest hours.~

~To show how to live,~

~To teach us how to give,~

~To guide us with the light of love.~

The man carefully melted the ice slowly but surely. Soon, the layer was only half a centimeter thick. By then, his wife had appeared in the trees calling for him.

~They wear so many faces, show up in the strangest places,~

~Grace us with their mercy, in our time of need.~

~Oh-oh-oh~

~I believe there are,~

~Angels Among Us.~

~Sent down to us,~

~From somewhere up above.~

~They come to you and me,~

~In our darkest hours.~

~To show how to live,~

~To teach us how to give,~

~To guide us with the light of love.~

Legolas couldn't remember anything else that had happened. When he awoke he was in a warm room on a fluffy bed. A fire lit up the brick walls and straw roof. He looked to a chair to see a man reading a book and rocking back and forth. He looked up and smiled at him.

~To guide us with the light of...~

~Love.~