Disclaimer: See top of first chapter.
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Chapter 2
Fainu woke slowly, she was in her bed, and she felt sick. She forced herself to sit up; her entire body felt like it had been crushed and broken.
"How could you do that Fainu? How could you bring an elf like him into our home? I realize that he looks like Kallieere but it doesn't mean that it is him. Kallieere died almost five-hundred years ago." Her father said harshly.
"I know. I told him not to follow to leave but he wouldn't and I couldn't kill him, and I don't want him to die." Fainu whispered. "Let him go home, he doesn't care to kill us, he had plenty of chances to kill me after he got in here and he didn't. Itheal and I were the only ones to draw blood. Let him go." Suddenly she felt her head jerk back.
"Are you stupid girl? Nurefwina has more common sense than you do. If he's released he will return with an army to destroy us. There is only one way to deal with this. He has to die." The Lord of the Dark elves hissed into her ear, with that he walked out of her room. Fainu didn't even think that he would lock the door, until there was a faint click. She stood slowly unsure of her ability to walk. She tried the doorknob hoping that it would turn even though she was already sure that it wouldn't. She instinctively reached for her knife to pry the lock off but grasped thin air. She cried out in rage, before hitting the door. She narrowed her eyes before she slowly went over to the chest where she had hidden another knife among the dresses and formal wear that her mother had given her before she died "I always knew theses dresses would be useful." She whispered under her breath as she pulled out the knife. She was beginning to feel better already. She crouched by the door and listened for a couple seconds before carefully prying at the handle. Within a couple minutes she was free of her room and heading towards the holding cells, where Legolas would be being held. Her silent foot steps went undetected as she slipped down to the ground level and to the huge trees that had the cells built around them. She glanced around the corner to see that the only guard was a friend of hers. She walked calmly up to him.
"Hello Fainu, if you're here about the pale elf he's already gone your father said that you had ordered it. Fainu's face dropped slightly.
"What is he planning on doing?" She asked barely above a whisper.
"He's going to kill him. Didn't you order it?" The guard asked slightly confused.
"No. I didn't." Fainu combed her mind for solutions. "Where is the execution to take place?" She asked finally.
"At the center of the lake so everybody can see it." The guard said softly.
"Thanks!" With that Fainu raced of knowing how to at least stall time for Legolas. She raced to the range that they used and grabbed the two knives that Nurefwina had left in the target then rushed to the lake hoping that she wasn't too late. The platform that her father kept for ceremonies was already in the center of the lake and there was no way that she could make that far of a throw, nor swim that far undetected. She looked down at the water defeated, then turned to get away from the ceremony when she saw two children playing with the bow that Legolas had used.
"Give me that." Fainu reached for the bow. "Do you know where the arrows are?"
"Sure Fainu." The young elf pointed to the quiver that was half up the stairs.
"Thanks." She put the bow down and hoped over the railing to the stairs she raced up them two at a time until she reached the quiver. And then she sat on the rail and slid down it like when she was a child and laded by the bow. She picked it up and nocked an arrow.
"Cool so that's why it didn't do anything!" The little elf boy cried happily. Fainu pulled back the string and aimed at the rope that held Legolas' arm down. She knew that it couldn't be too different from throwing so she aimed slightly higher than her target and let the arrow fly.
Legolas heard the swish of an arrow fly by him and a slight pain in his right hand. He looked down past his feet to see Fainu nocking another arrow. Then he glanced at his hand. There was a slight scrape on his wrist but his hand was completely free of the rope that had held him. While the people that were going to execute him turned away he undid his left hand.
Crowds were starting to gather around the lake, and Fainu was struggling to keep her position by the waters edge. She knew that she would have to work fast to get Legolas off that platform. She drew back this arrow and aimed for the rope that held his right foot, and shot. This arrow didn't cut through the entire rope like before. She bit her lip not knowing what to do. She didn't dare shoot any closer than what she already had. Legolas looked at the ropes that held his feet then reached to undo the left foot. Fainu nocked the last arrow in the quiver and prepare to fire at the other people on the platform.
Suddenly Legolas heard a cry from directly above him, he glance back over his shoulder to see an arrow piercing through one of his executioners forearm. He pulled the arrow out and used it to cut the last part of the rope on his right foot then spun to the other side of the table. His left foot still half bound. He pulled on the knot again and it undid enough for him to slip his foot through it. He crouched down as the two other executioners descended upon him; he knew that one was Fainu's father. He glanced to the shore were Fainu was standing but knew that she was out of arrows and he was on his own. He looked at the table; it had a couple knives on it. If he could get to them he'd be able to talk them into going back to the edge of the lake. But they had cut him off rather well. The wounded dark elf stayed in the center and the others circled around the table from opposite directions. Finally he took two steps back off the platform into the water; it felt like all of the air in his lungs had been sucked out. The cold water rushed over his head as he went under for a couple seconds before resurfacing. He began to swim for the shore; he was already shaking from the water temperature.
Fainu raced towards the part of the shore that Legolas would swim to. Already the guards that her father had arranged to watch the ceremony to make sure things went smoothly were heading there as well. She glanced to Legolas who was swimming as fast as could be expected with the frigid water temperatures. When she got to the spot on the shore he was hardly half way and the guards that were coming from the other side of the lake were almost there as well. Fainu pulled out the two long knives that Legolas kept attached to the quiver. The other dark elves around her backed away, they knew that she was a hunter and as such was skilled at fighting almost beyond the guards that were coming.
"Fainu! Stand down or you while face exile!" Her father shouted from the platform from the middle of the lake.
Fainu shut her eyes for a moment then looked at Legolas, who had spared her from death when they had been in the forest earlier. She crossed the long knifes then drew a circle that partially went into the water. "If any crosses this line except for the pale elf the knives I hold will taste their flesh and blood."
The guards stopped just outside of the circle for a moment unsure of whether or not she was bluffing. One of the guards finally crossed the line but only slightly.
Fainu looked at him; he was the one that had told her that Legolas was to be killed. "Step back I don't want to harm you." She whispered.
"No." With that the guard took another step in only to have Fainu swing the long knives and cut his armor through.
"Please step back." She repeated. Fainu looked at Legolas he was getting closer and closer.
"You know that I can't disobey my Lord." With that he stepped forwards again, his own sword out. Fainu spun and blocked an attack from behind her and cutting her friends stomach. She knew that she was going to be fighting from now on until the death. The guards wouldn't simple wound her anymore. After she had wounded three more of the guards she heard Legolas splashing through the shallow water at the edge of the lake. She cut two more guards before she backed up towards the water. She felt Legolas wrap an arm around her to support himself. She could feel the coolness of his body through her clothing. She edged led him towards the nearest set of stairs so they could get to the canopy to get to the exit. She had to spin to block attacks a couple times. But they made it to the stairs and began the long climb up the stairs.
"Why are you helping me?" Legolas asked looking at her.
"I'll tell you later. Maybe." Fainu said as she kept going, Legolas looked at her and frowned but continued onwards.
"Where did you learn to shoot like that?" Legolas asked as they reached the top of the long winding stair case.
"I didn't. Those were flukes, dark elves use knives. The only reason I knew what to do was I saw you earlier." Fainu said calmly, as Legolas began to move better under his own power.
"Oh. Well you aren't touching my bow again until you're taught properly." With that the two elves raced across the bridges between trees. When the reached the entrance tunnel Fainu grabbed he arm and kept running, she knew the way by memory and she didn't need to slow down at all. Legolas followed her knowing that she was his only way out of the darkness of the tunnel. When they finally emerged Fainu kept running still holding onto his arm. At first he didn't know why, he could see now.
"Why-"
"The traps we set can catch you from both sides." Fainu said never slowing down, when Legolas saw a throwing knife burrow into a tree beside him and he knew why. He was slow enough that the other elves could stay in throwing range.
"How long will they follow us?" He asked as he picked up his speed.
"Until they kill us or until we get well beyond the border of our land." Fainu said as she picked up her speed as Legolas came closer. She knew that if Legolas misplaced a foot then he would get caught in a trap.
"Where is the edge of your lands?" He asked following her exact footsteps.
"Roughly where I first saw you but that was a while before you saw me." She said as she finally cleared the traps that had been set for enemies she let go of Legolas' arm. "We're clear of the traps now." She said as they both sped up picking paths that each suited their own abilities of racing through the close growing trees. Fainu led the way, being able to navigate through tighter spaces and knowing the paths through the forest. Once they were clear of the tight trees Legolas began to catch up with the smaller elf. Her dark clothing no longer blended into the foliage as well as they had before. With in moments he was leading, he knew where he was going now, Fainu followed as quickly as she could but his strides were longer than her, she jumped off a fallen log to see a dagger fly over her head towards Legolas. He moved around a tree just as it caught him. She ducked down and raced even faster, behind her she could hear her once friends tracking her. Legolas never looked back until he got to the edge of the forest; he saw that Fainu was a fair way's back being smaller than him and most of the other elves that chased her. He kept going backwards watching the dark elf, he didn't want her to die he needed her to survive until they got to Mirkwood. As soon as she got free of the bushes she began to run faster, Legolas turned back around and whistled for the horse that he had left there. He saw the horse a way off, running towards him, he glanced over his shoulder at Fainu, she was running at the same speed as him. He stuck out an arm and pulled himself onto the horse, and raced towards Fainu. The stallion responded quickly and soon the dark elf was behind him. Her arms wrapped tightly around him, he glanced over his shoulder at the dark elves that had chased them then at the dark elf that was holding him so tightly. Once they were far enough away he slowed the horse to a walk.
"You don't need to hold me so tightly." Legolas said softly touching Fainu's arms.
"Yes I do." She said shakily.
"Have you never gone horseback riding?" Legolas asked laughing softly.
"No. You saw where I lived." She said shakily.
"Oh sorry." Legolas stopped the horse, "I'm going to switch places with you. You'll have to get off the horse though."
"How?" Fainu asked looking at the ground it wasn't that high but she wasn't sure of the animal that she was on.
"Swing your right leg over to the same side as your left and slide of its side." Legolas calmly explained.
"Okay." Fainu loosened her grip on Legolas and did as he instructed. She landed on the ground lightly; she turned and looked at Legolas who had moved back on the beasts back. "Can't I walk for a while before I have to get back on that thing?" She asked eyeing the horse suspiciously.
"It's a horse." Legolas smiled at the face that the dark elf made when she was critically studying the beast. And I'll let you walk when we get further from your old home." He reached down to her. "Jump." Fainu sprung lightly and Legolas easily pulled her in front of him.
"What am I suppose to hold onto?" Fainu asked looking at cream colored hair that ran down the neck of the horse.
"You don't need to hold onto anything we aren't moving, but I'll take back my weapons now that way it's easier for me to hold onto you." Legolas said watching Fainu carefully as she undid the clasp that held the quiver to her back. "I'm surprised that you actually knew how to put that thing on."
"I never shot a bow before today either.' Fainu said rolling her eyes.
Legolas slipped the quiver over his head then did it up; he repositioned how the bow was hung over it so that it would be more comfortable, before gathering the reigns in one hand and wrapping the other around Fainu. She spooked slightly at the touch, Legolas looked at the back of her head, slightly confused. "I've seen wild horses that are friendlier than you are." With that he pushed the horse into a trot.
"If I ever tell you why I helped you you'd understand." Fainu said calmly.
Legolas raised an eyebrow about to tell her that they had along time until they got to his home but decided against it. After a couple hours of being on the horse Legolas could tell that she was more comfortable on the horse. She shifted with the horses body movements naturally now and was far more relaxed when he loosened his grip. "You know if I had brought another horse I would let you ride one by yourself." He said finally breaking the silence.
"Yeah right. I'd probably end up falling off, and the poor thing wouldn't know which way to go." Fainu laughed.
"You would catch on to that fairly fast." Legolas said calmly, "All you have to do is direct the horse with the reigns." He took one of her hands and slipped the leather straps between her fingers. He felt her body tense slightly. "Don't tense up, the horse can feel it. Don't worry I have the ends of the reigns." Fainu glanced back over her shoulder at the pale elf that she had saved earlier then back to the horizon between the horse's ears. "Turn left." Legolas said softly in her ear knowing that the horse would respond to his verbal commands.
Fainu bit her bottom lip and moved the hand holding the reigns to the left the horse responded instantly. "Why are you talking in my ear?" She asked slightly aggravated.
"Because this is my horse, I trained him to respond to my voice I don't need to use reigns." Legolas answered. "Go home, Felwin."
The horse turned back to the direction that they had been going, Fainu dropped the reigns. Her eyes wide, Legolas gathered the reigns and laughed. "You truly are easier to spook than a new foal."
"Since you compared me to a horse before I'd assume that you still are and I don't overly appreciate it." Fainu growled.
Legolas laughed, "Alright." He glanced over his shoulder at the now distant forest that they had escaped from, it was many leagues away. "Do you want to walk now or are you happy riding now?"
"I'd walk, but I could see you eventually telling me to get back on the horse before the end of the day so I'll stay here." Fainu said scratching the horse's neck.
"You're right about that." Legolas said smiling, this dark elf was smarter than most of the elven women that he knew. But she also held more secrets than any other person he knew.
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Chapter 2
Fainu woke slowly, she was in her bed, and she felt sick. She forced herself to sit up; her entire body felt like it had been crushed and broken.
"How could you do that Fainu? How could you bring an elf like him into our home? I realize that he looks like Kallieere but it doesn't mean that it is him. Kallieere died almost five-hundred years ago." Her father said harshly.
"I know. I told him not to follow to leave but he wouldn't and I couldn't kill him, and I don't want him to die." Fainu whispered. "Let him go home, he doesn't care to kill us, he had plenty of chances to kill me after he got in here and he didn't. Itheal and I were the only ones to draw blood. Let him go." Suddenly she felt her head jerk back.
"Are you stupid girl? Nurefwina has more common sense than you do. If he's released he will return with an army to destroy us. There is only one way to deal with this. He has to die." The Lord of the Dark elves hissed into her ear, with that he walked out of her room. Fainu didn't even think that he would lock the door, until there was a faint click. She stood slowly unsure of her ability to walk. She tried the doorknob hoping that it would turn even though she was already sure that it wouldn't. She instinctively reached for her knife to pry the lock off but grasped thin air. She cried out in rage, before hitting the door. She narrowed her eyes before she slowly went over to the chest where she had hidden another knife among the dresses and formal wear that her mother had given her before she died "I always knew theses dresses would be useful." She whispered under her breath as she pulled out the knife. She was beginning to feel better already. She crouched by the door and listened for a couple seconds before carefully prying at the handle. Within a couple minutes she was free of her room and heading towards the holding cells, where Legolas would be being held. Her silent foot steps went undetected as she slipped down to the ground level and to the huge trees that had the cells built around them. She glanced around the corner to see that the only guard was a friend of hers. She walked calmly up to him.
"Hello Fainu, if you're here about the pale elf he's already gone your father said that you had ordered it. Fainu's face dropped slightly.
"What is he planning on doing?" She asked barely above a whisper.
"He's going to kill him. Didn't you order it?" The guard asked slightly confused.
"No. I didn't." Fainu combed her mind for solutions. "Where is the execution to take place?" She asked finally.
"At the center of the lake so everybody can see it." The guard said softly.
"Thanks!" With that Fainu raced of knowing how to at least stall time for Legolas. She raced to the range that they used and grabbed the two knives that Nurefwina had left in the target then rushed to the lake hoping that she wasn't too late. The platform that her father kept for ceremonies was already in the center of the lake and there was no way that she could make that far of a throw, nor swim that far undetected. She looked down at the water defeated, then turned to get away from the ceremony when she saw two children playing with the bow that Legolas had used.
"Give me that." Fainu reached for the bow. "Do you know where the arrows are?"
"Sure Fainu." The young elf pointed to the quiver that was half up the stairs.
"Thanks." She put the bow down and hoped over the railing to the stairs she raced up them two at a time until she reached the quiver. And then she sat on the rail and slid down it like when she was a child and laded by the bow. She picked it up and nocked an arrow.
"Cool so that's why it didn't do anything!" The little elf boy cried happily. Fainu pulled back the string and aimed at the rope that held Legolas' arm down. She knew that it couldn't be too different from throwing so she aimed slightly higher than her target and let the arrow fly.
Legolas heard the swish of an arrow fly by him and a slight pain in his right hand. He looked down past his feet to see Fainu nocking another arrow. Then he glanced at his hand. There was a slight scrape on his wrist but his hand was completely free of the rope that had held him. While the people that were going to execute him turned away he undid his left hand.
Crowds were starting to gather around the lake, and Fainu was struggling to keep her position by the waters edge. She knew that she would have to work fast to get Legolas off that platform. She drew back this arrow and aimed for the rope that held his right foot, and shot. This arrow didn't cut through the entire rope like before. She bit her lip not knowing what to do. She didn't dare shoot any closer than what she already had. Legolas looked at the ropes that held his feet then reached to undo the left foot. Fainu nocked the last arrow in the quiver and prepare to fire at the other people on the platform.
Suddenly Legolas heard a cry from directly above him, he glance back over his shoulder to see an arrow piercing through one of his executioners forearm. He pulled the arrow out and used it to cut the last part of the rope on his right foot then spun to the other side of the table. His left foot still half bound. He pulled on the knot again and it undid enough for him to slip his foot through it. He crouched down as the two other executioners descended upon him; he knew that one was Fainu's father. He glanced to the shore were Fainu was standing but knew that she was out of arrows and he was on his own. He looked at the table; it had a couple knives on it. If he could get to them he'd be able to talk them into going back to the edge of the lake. But they had cut him off rather well. The wounded dark elf stayed in the center and the others circled around the table from opposite directions. Finally he took two steps back off the platform into the water; it felt like all of the air in his lungs had been sucked out. The cold water rushed over his head as he went under for a couple seconds before resurfacing. He began to swim for the shore; he was already shaking from the water temperature.
Fainu raced towards the part of the shore that Legolas would swim to. Already the guards that her father had arranged to watch the ceremony to make sure things went smoothly were heading there as well. She glanced to Legolas who was swimming as fast as could be expected with the frigid water temperatures. When she got to the spot on the shore he was hardly half way and the guards that were coming from the other side of the lake were almost there as well. Fainu pulled out the two long knives that Legolas kept attached to the quiver. The other dark elves around her backed away, they knew that she was a hunter and as such was skilled at fighting almost beyond the guards that were coming.
"Fainu! Stand down or you while face exile!" Her father shouted from the platform from the middle of the lake.
Fainu shut her eyes for a moment then looked at Legolas, who had spared her from death when they had been in the forest earlier. She crossed the long knifes then drew a circle that partially went into the water. "If any crosses this line except for the pale elf the knives I hold will taste their flesh and blood."
The guards stopped just outside of the circle for a moment unsure of whether or not she was bluffing. One of the guards finally crossed the line but only slightly.
Fainu looked at him; he was the one that had told her that Legolas was to be killed. "Step back I don't want to harm you." She whispered.
"No." With that the guard took another step in only to have Fainu swing the long knives and cut his armor through.
"Please step back." She repeated. Fainu looked at Legolas he was getting closer and closer.
"You know that I can't disobey my Lord." With that he stepped forwards again, his own sword out. Fainu spun and blocked an attack from behind her and cutting her friends stomach. She knew that she was going to be fighting from now on until the death. The guards wouldn't simple wound her anymore. After she had wounded three more of the guards she heard Legolas splashing through the shallow water at the edge of the lake. She cut two more guards before she backed up towards the water. She felt Legolas wrap an arm around her to support himself. She could feel the coolness of his body through her clothing. She edged led him towards the nearest set of stairs so they could get to the canopy to get to the exit. She had to spin to block attacks a couple times. But they made it to the stairs and began the long climb up the stairs.
"Why are you helping me?" Legolas asked looking at her.
"I'll tell you later. Maybe." Fainu said as she kept going, Legolas looked at her and frowned but continued onwards.
"Where did you learn to shoot like that?" Legolas asked as they reached the top of the long winding stair case.
"I didn't. Those were flukes, dark elves use knives. The only reason I knew what to do was I saw you earlier." Fainu said calmly, as Legolas began to move better under his own power.
"Oh. Well you aren't touching my bow again until you're taught properly." With that the two elves raced across the bridges between trees. When the reached the entrance tunnel Fainu grabbed he arm and kept running, she knew the way by memory and she didn't need to slow down at all. Legolas followed her knowing that she was his only way out of the darkness of the tunnel. When they finally emerged Fainu kept running still holding onto his arm. At first he didn't know why, he could see now.
"Why-"
"The traps we set can catch you from both sides." Fainu said never slowing down, when Legolas saw a throwing knife burrow into a tree beside him and he knew why. He was slow enough that the other elves could stay in throwing range.
"How long will they follow us?" He asked as he picked up his speed.
"Until they kill us or until we get well beyond the border of our land." Fainu said as she picked up her speed as Legolas came closer. She knew that if Legolas misplaced a foot then he would get caught in a trap.
"Where is the edge of your lands?" He asked following her exact footsteps.
"Roughly where I first saw you but that was a while before you saw me." She said as she finally cleared the traps that had been set for enemies she let go of Legolas' arm. "We're clear of the traps now." She said as they both sped up picking paths that each suited their own abilities of racing through the close growing trees. Fainu led the way, being able to navigate through tighter spaces and knowing the paths through the forest. Once they were clear of the tight trees Legolas began to catch up with the smaller elf. Her dark clothing no longer blended into the foliage as well as they had before. With in moments he was leading, he knew where he was going now, Fainu followed as quickly as she could but his strides were longer than her, she jumped off a fallen log to see a dagger fly over her head towards Legolas. He moved around a tree just as it caught him. She ducked down and raced even faster, behind her she could hear her once friends tracking her. Legolas never looked back until he got to the edge of the forest; he saw that Fainu was a fair way's back being smaller than him and most of the other elves that chased her. He kept going backwards watching the dark elf, he didn't want her to die he needed her to survive until they got to Mirkwood. As soon as she got free of the bushes she began to run faster, Legolas turned back around and whistled for the horse that he had left there. He saw the horse a way off, running towards him, he glanced over his shoulder at Fainu, she was running at the same speed as him. He stuck out an arm and pulled himself onto the horse, and raced towards Fainu. The stallion responded quickly and soon the dark elf was behind him. Her arms wrapped tightly around him, he glanced over his shoulder at the dark elves that had chased them then at the dark elf that was holding him so tightly. Once they were far enough away he slowed the horse to a walk.
"You don't need to hold me so tightly." Legolas said softly touching Fainu's arms.
"Yes I do." She said shakily.
"Have you never gone horseback riding?" Legolas asked laughing softly.
"No. You saw where I lived." She said shakily.
"Oh sorry." Legolas stopped the horse, "I'm going to switch places with you. You'll have to get off the horse though."
"How?" Fainu asked looking at the ground it wasn't that high but she wasn't sure of the animal that she was on.
"Swing your right leg over to the same side as your left and slide of its side." Legolas calmly explained.
"Okay." Fainu loosened her grip on Legolas and did as he instructed. She landed on the ground lightly; she turned and looked at Legolas who had moved back on the beasts back. "Can't I walk for a while before I have to get back on that thing?" She asked eyeing the horse suspiciously.
"It's a horse." Legolas smiled at the face that the dark elf made when she was critically studying the beast. And I'll let you walk when we get further from your old home." He reached down to her. "Jump." Fainu sprung lightly and Legolas easily pulled her in front of him.
"What am I suppose to hold onto?" Fainu asked looking at cream colored hair that ran down the neck of the horse.
"You don't need to hold onto anything we aren't moving, but I'll take back my weapons now that way it's easier for me to hold onto you." Legolas said watching Fainu carefully as she undid the clasp that held the quiver to her back. "I'm surprised that you actually knew how to put that thing on."
"I never shot a bow before today either.' Fainu said rolling her eyes.
Legolas slipped the quiver over his head then did it up; he repositioned how the bow was hung over it so that it would be more comfortable, before gathering the reigns in one hand and wrapping the other around Fainu. She spooked slightly at the touch, Legolas looked at the back of her head, slightly confused. "I've seen wild horses that are friendlier than you are." With that he pushed the horse into a trot.
"If I ever tell you why I helped you you'd understand." Fainu said calmly.
Legolas raised an eyebrow about to tell her that they had along time until they got to his home but decided against it. After a couple hours of being on the horse Legolas could tell that she was more comfortable on the horse. She shifted with the horses body movements naturally now and was far more relaxed when he loosened his grip. "You know if I had brought another horse I would let you ride one by yourself." He said finally breaking the silence.
"Yeah right. I'd probably end up falling off, and the poor thing wouldn't know which way to go." Fainu laughed.
"You would catch on to that fairly fast." Legolas said calmly, "All you have to do is direct the horse with the reigns." He took one of her hands and slipped the leather straps between her fingers. He felt her body tense slightly. "Don't tense up, the horse can feel it. Don't worry I have the ends of the reigns." Fainu glanced back over her shoulder at the pale elf that she had saved earlier then back to the horizon between the horse's ears. "Turn left." Legolas said softly in her ear knowing that the horse would respond to his verbal commands.
Fainu bit her bottom lip and moved the hand holding the reigns to the left the horse responded instantly. "Why are you talking in my ear?" She asked slightly aggravated.
"Because this is my horse, I trained him to respond to my voice I don't need to use reigns." Legolas answered. "Go home, Felwin."
The horse turned back to the direction that they had been going, Fainu dropped the reigns. Her eyes wide, Legolas gathered the reigns and laughed. "You truly are easier to spook than a new foal."
"Since you compared me to a horse before I'd assume that you still are and I don't overly appreciate it." Fainu growled.
Legolas laughed, "Alright." He glanced over his shoulder at the now distant forest that they had escaped from, it was many leagues away. "Do you want to walk now or are you happy riding now?"
"I'd walk, but I could see you eventually telling me to get back on the horse before the end of the day so I'll stay here." Fainu said scratching the horse's neck.
"You're right about that." Legolas said smiling, this dark elf was smarter than most of the elven women that he knew. But she also held more secrets than any other person he knew.