Chapter 7
Disclaimer: Why must we put these disclaimers up? Everybody KNOWS we don't own the stories, and we don't hold the copy writes or it wouldn't be called FAN fiction. Okay I'm done now.
Author babble:
Legolas: Wow.
Red Demon: Now we know WHY he grew the stubble.
Kara J: He has a hole in his chin!
All (except Aragorn): (Smack themselves on the forehead.)
Red Demon: It's a cleft. NOT A HOLE!
Aragorn: (Looking indignant) And I can't help I was born with it.
Kara J: So?
Gimli: At least you don't have pink yellow and baby blue ribbons in your beard.
Legolas: May I point out that Aragorn doesn't have a beard, or stubble for that matter anymore?
Gimli: Do you think I care? I'm a dwarf!
Red Demon: Gimli. Don't make me kill you.
Gimli: (Shuts mouth with an indignant huff)
Red Demon: Good boy. (Pats dwarf on head)
Legolas: Can I get a picture of this?
Kara J: Sure. (Whips out digital camera takes pictures of the now pretty beard and clean-shaven ranger.)
Red Demon: You know Legolas it's a good thing I figured out an ingenious use for writers block.
Legolas: Why?
Kara J: Because when we let them go they will try to destroy all evidence. Which will include you.
Legolas: OH.Let's continue the story.
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Fainu and Legolas walked well into the next day before they stopped for the briefest of moments. Fainu took the mantle off, she had no need for it during the noon sun, and she lay down under the tall grasses.
"Why are you stopping now?" Legolas asked crouching down beside her, her eyes were distant though and her eyelids drooped. He sat beside her as she slipped into a light sleep. Legolas waited calmly beside her, she remained still the entire time that she slept.
He didn't dare wake her because of how long it took for her to finally fall asleep. The sun began to lower in the sky before she stirred, Fainu opened her eyes slowly and looked up at the tall blond elf, and the sun glinted off of his hair and shone through his ears. She laughed softly at the sight.
"What's so funny?" Legolas frowned down at her.
"Your ears." Fainu said finally.
"You have the same type of ears as I do so I wouldn't be laughing." He frowned leaning close to her.
"No I don't. Mine don't glow pink in the sun." She said propping herself up on her elbows.
Legolas touched his own ears gently before he scowled and grabbed her by her shirt and pulled her up so that his face was an inch from hers. Fainu's eyes went wide as he snarled at her. He smiled suddenly, moving away from her so that he could see her ears.
"Your ears are glowing too." With that he stood up. He offered her a hand up; Fainu smiled slightly and took the hand up. Legolas could tell that she would have been somebody that he could have loved for eternity if she had of been from any other of the elven realms, as it was he still loved her but it wasn't allowed. He shook his head, thankfully she didn't seem to return his feelings or it would be all the harder for him.
"Are you all right Legolas?" Fainu asked looking at the blond prince, she could smell something from him every once in a while. It was strange; she had smelt it only once before and even then she didn't know what it was.
"Yes I'm fine. Why?" Legolas frowned as they continued towards Mirkwood.
"Because every so often you act funny, that's all." Fainu said softly.
"It's nothing don't worry about it." Legolas didn't know how she sensed what he felt but somehow she was managing to pin his every single emotion.
Fainu watched him for a moment she could tell that he was feeling trapped suddenly but nodded anyways. She didn't know whether or not to trust him, he had already had delivered her to Galadriel. She walked in silence beside him; she hated not being able to do anything to make sure that he wasn't hiding something that could kill her. She looked at the prince again just as she caught a whiff of something that she did know, and she pulled out her daggers.
"Do you smell something?" Legolas asked looking at her carefully; she was concentrating hard on the damaged blades for an instant.
"Yes." Fainu said softly, they were roughly over five leagues from Mirkwood, she turned and scanned the vast field of grass behind them, her sharp eyes could see nothing but she had smelt it. Just as she was about to turn back the wind shifted again so that it blew directly into her face, her blue eyes went wide. And she took a couple steps back.
"What is it?" Legolas asked as he turned around and pulled out his long knives.
"Orcs. And they come in a number that we are no match for." Fainu put her daggers away quickly before she turned and ran.
Legolas followed suit, the two elves raced through the grass to the forest, he knew that even once they reached the forest they wouldn't be safe from the orcs until they were well into the deep forest. Behind him he could hear the shouts of the orcs as they gave chase, he glanced over to see a mass of orcs of such size that he had not seen since the last war. The ground between them and the forest was rapidly decreasing as they held their swift pace but the orcs behind them closed the space. Fainu glanced back over her shoulder to see that they weren't going to make it if they didn't speed up. Both elves found an even faster speed and were able to keep the distance between them and the mass from decreasing anymore. Legolas wished for a quiver of arrows and Fainu for her knives so that they could better defend themselves if the orcs were able to out run them.
"How far into the forest are we going to have to get before we run into more elves?" Fainu shouted as they ran side by side.
"Deep enough that you will need to follow me." He answered. "Besides we still have enough leagues to worry about before we get to the forest."
Fainu nodded knowingly, the orcs behind them ran as if some sort of demon drove them, nipping at their heels with every step. She didn't care to find out why they were chasing them, she didn't understand it, and orcs never chased her before when she was a hunter. She hated not knowing why they acted this way now. She didn't worry about that to long though.
"Get ready to jump, there's a small ravine soon!" Legolas said as they raced towards the edge of the forest.
Fainu fell behind Legolas slightly, knowing that if she hit it at the same time as him she would not react fast enough and would fall into the gouged earth. She saw Legolas jump and one step later she too was air born, she was amazed at how wide the ravine was. She felt the earth crumble from underneath her foot as she landed. She dove forwards rolling back to her feet, barely escaping falling into the ravine.
Legolas looked back at her and slowed his pace, the orcs would have to slide down one side and climb the other, which would give them enough time to cover a large distance. He could tell that she had been hurt when she jumped. He could see that her hands were bleeding and dirty, he waited until she had caught up with him before he said anything, the orcs were getting so loud.
"What happened?" He asked as they continued their run to Mirkwood.
"The ground started to give way beneath me when I landed." She said calmly, she wouldn't tell him that her hands weren't the only things that had been injured. Her hip had taken a lot of the blow and she could feel blood trickling down her leg. They were close to Mirkwood; she could smell the trees faintly now. They glanced back the first group of orcs had finally climbed out of the ravine and were chasing again. Fainu gritted her teeth and struggled to keep up with Legolas now that they were running faster again.
"Hurry up Fainu." He called back, to her. He couldn't tell why she wasn't running as fast as she had been earlier unless dark elves didn't have quite the same endurance.
Fainu nodded and forced herself to speed up again; she could feel the blood pouring freely from her wounded him now. The smell of her own blood filled her nose drowning out the smell of the orcs and Mirkwood Forest. Legolas smiled as she drew up to run beside him, he could smell blood but he assumed that it was coming from her hands. He could hear the warning blasts from his city's tower warning the guards of the orcs, perhaps they wouldn't have to run nearly as far as they would have. The elven prince glanced towards Fainu; her face was twisted in pain as she ran.
"Are you all right?" He asked, he could see nothing wrong with her except her hand.
"I'll live." She hissed as she ran, her hip throbbed, and even though Mirkwood Forest was less than a 500 meters it seemed to be many more leagues than she had already run.
Legolas nodded and looked back, the orcs were gaining again but he knew that Fainu wasn't going to be able to run any faster than what she was. He kept running beside her, knowing that if the orcs did over run her she couldn't properly defend herself with her hands bleeding.
They reached the forest and Legolas grabbed Fainu's wrist. It was his turn to lead her to safety, she followed him closely, but her leg began to fail. The dark elf struggled against the urge to collapse, she focused on where Legolas was leading her and put all of her energy towards making it there. Suddenly a wave of arrows flew past her, she could hear them whizzing through the air past her, and then landing in their targets.
Legolas smiled he'd made it far enough that he no longer had to worry about the orcs, he reached up and caught the quiver that one of his kin had brought for him.
"Mag te eithel, Curdu Legolas.(Use them well, Prince Legolas)" The archer called before pulling another arrow from his own quiver and shooting another orc. Legolas spun pushing Fainu behind the line of his kin while he turned and fired an arrow into one of the furthest orc that the bow from Galadriel would reach.
Fainu sank down; unable to fight the darkness that had been beckoning her while she had been running any longer. She could still hear the battle raging around her, she could smell the blood of countless orcs, but she couldn't open her eyes and see anything. Fainu felt strong arms shaking her, telling her that she had to wake up, when she didn't move she felt more hands on her.
"Her hip was wounded." A strange voice said as a hand ran over her injured hip, causing her to flinch away.
"I'll take her home, away from the battle." Another said, softly as the soft hands disappeared and she was lifted up so that she was cradled in some ones arms.
"Lil-hant, torn-nya.(Thanks my brother.)" Legolas said softly as he let another arrow fly.
Fainu could hear the sounds fading as she was carried deep into the forest, footsteps raced up to her and took her from the elf that Legolas had entrusted her to.
"Ensi haur harwe.(She is wounded)" The tenor voice said.
"Ni iest, ni-uva kyar man ni aa fallan he.(I know. I will do what I may to heal her. )" The new elf that held her was just as strong but seemed to have a vaster sense of wisdom.
She was set down gently on the ground; she could hear water running in the background. Fainu felt the strong hands holding her hands; a sharp pain ran through them causing her to finch.
"You have been through a lot dark one." The voice said softly but the hands didn't release hers for a while. When they finally did they no longer hurt but she felt drained, again she was lifted and carried even further away from the battle. She heard soft laughter in the distance and she knew that she was near Legolas' home.
"A dark elf? I thought that they were all dead." A voice called from high above her.
"Apparently not all of them." Came the answer from the elf carrying her, she must have instinctively tightened her muscles because soon she was being spoken to gently in a form of elvish that she did not know. It was extremely relaxing even in this strange place, with no one that she knew.
"So my son has returned?" Fainu immediately knew that this was Legolas' father that was speaking. "And where is he?"
"I do not know my lord. I believe he is safe or his brother would not have sent only the elf he brought." The elf replied, bowing to the king.
"So he has been seen?"
"Yes my Lord." The elf said as he continued on with the smaller elf.
"And the swarming orcs?" Thranduil asked looking at the elf that hung limply in the healer's arms.
"They are being dealt with swiftly. Right now I have to tend to her." Fainu felt them moving again; it wasn't long before she was set down on a soft bed.
Legolas turned his head after an arrow shot past him into a nearby orc, his brother smiled at him.
"You should be more careful brother."
"I am not the one shooting within an inch of a younger sibling, Aronon." Legolas replied as his oldest brother steps back into the line his quiver again full.
"En' rant ai torn.(Of course little brother.)" Aronon chuckled.
"Alya gayaquant.(You're awful.)" Legolas laughed back. There were only a few orcs left and the two brothers nodded to their kinsmen before turning to return to their home.
"I know. I know." Aronon smirked, he looked at his little brother, they looked close to identical but Legolas was nearly a thousand years younger than hi and was far more serious. With the exception of when he got the younger elf going, "The elf you brought here, is she really a dark elf?"
"Yes. Though I do wish that she had been awake when she was brought to our city then she would have been able to see that what I told her is true." Legolas said as the two brothers walked through dark forests.
"Did you see their city?" Aronon asked his interest in his younger brothers knowledge. "Is it as horrible as in the stories or worse?"
"I saw their city brother. No other elf of our kind could have though." Legolas answered. "Their city in an underground forest that can only be reached through a dark tunnel in which all vision but theirs fails."
"So it is a dark awful place." Aronon said looking at the sun through the small holes in the canopy far above their heads.
"No their realm is far from awful. I thought of it as a beautiful place, there were two massive chambers; one completely filled with massive trees and it was lit as if the sun itself shone in the cavern. The other was almost identical except for there was a large lake in the center. Bridges and stairs joined the ground and the floor and the railing and decorations were wrought of gold and others shimmered as if they were set with diamonds." Legolas said softly playing back the few details that he remembered on his quick journey in and out of the dark elves hidden realm.
"You speak as if you missed a lot of the beauty that it held younger brother." Aronon said raising an eyebrow ever so slightly as he looked at Legolas.
"I did. The elf you carried home, Fainu, she dragged me through the chambers as fast as she could." Legolas said checking over his shoulder at the heaps of dead orcs that were being piled high before they were to be burnt.
"Dragged you through? And why didn't you get her to slow down so you could see everything?" Aronon snorted, at the thought of his younger brother, the famed elf from the Fellowship, being dragged around by a dark elf.
"If I had of, you would not be speaking to me right now. She saved my life by doing what she did." Legolas said calmly it was going to be a long walk with Aronon questioning him.
"She saved you life? That's something you never expect from those bloodthirsty elves."
"Get it out of your head that they are bloodthirsty. They are much like us, we fear them as much as they fear us, and we both have to deal with orcs. I see no difference between us except that the are descendants from a race twisted by Morgoth, though they were made by the same creator that we were." Legolas frowned, he didn't know if his brother would ever understand.
"All right, I will agree with you on that point, but I still don't know what to think about Fainu." Aronon said patting the younger elf on the back.
"What is wrong with Fainu?" Legolas said ducking away from the second pat.
"She didn't feel completely elvish. She felt like she had a hidden power stirring deep beneath the surface, not known to her." Aronon said seriously, his face losing its cheery smile.
"That's because she." Legolas trailed off unsure of what Aronon would do if he found out that Fainu was possibly one of the Dark Lords most powerful minions.
"She's what Legolas?" Aronon asked puzzled by the way Legolas was acting.
"I'm not sure, I have a faint idea but I'm not fully sure so I shall not say." Legolas said softly as the smell of smoke and burning flesh filled the air as the fires were lit.
Disclaimer: Why must we put these disclaimers up? Everybody KNOWS we don't own the stories, and we don't hold the copy writes or it wouldn't be called FAN fiction. Okay I'm done now.
Author babble:
Legolas: Wow.
Red Demon: Now we know WHY he grew the stubble.
Kara J: He has a hole in his chin!
All (except Aragorn): (Smack themselves on the forehead.)
Red Demon: It's a cleft. NOT A HOLE!
Aragorn: (Looking indignant) And I can't help I was born with it.
Kara J: So?
Gimli: At least you don't have pink yellow and baby blue ribbons in your beard.
Legolas: May I point out that Aragorn doesn't have a beard, or stubble for that matter anymore?
Gimli: Do you think I care? I'm a dwarf!
Red Demon: Gimli. Don't make me kill you.
Gimli: (Shuts mouth with an indignant huff)
Red Demon: Good boy. (Pats dwarf on head)
Legolas: Can I get a picture of this?
Kara J: Sure. (Whips out digital camera takes pictures of the now pretty beard and clean-shaven ranger.)
Red Demon: You know Legolas it's a good thing I figured out an ingenious use for writers block.
Legolas: Why?
Kara J: Because when we let them go they will try to destroy all evidence. Which will include you.
Legolas: OH.Let's continue the story.
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Fainu and Legolas walked well into the next day before they stopped for the briefest of moments. Fainu took the mantle off, she had no need for it during the noon sun, and she lay down under the tall grasses.
"Why are you stopping now?" Legolas asked crouching down beside her, her eyes were distant though and her eyelids drooped. He sat beside her as she slipped into a light sleep. Legolas waited calmly beside her, she remained still the entire time that she slept.
He didn't dare wake her because of how long it took for her to finally fall asleep. The sun began to lower in the sky before she stirred, Fainu opened her eyes slowly and looked up at the tall blond elf, and the sun glinted off of his hair and shone through his ears. She laughed softly at the sight.
"What's so funny?" Legolas frowned down at her.
"Your ears." Fainu said finally.
"You have the same type of ears as I do so I wouldn't be laughing." He frowned leaning close to her.
"No I don't. Mine don't glow pink in the sun." She said propping herself up on her elbows.
Legolas touched his own ears gently before he scowled and grabbed her by her shirt and pulled her up so that his face was an inch from hers. Fainu's eyes went wide as he snarled at her. He smiled suddenly, moving away from her so that he could see her ears.
"Your ears are glowing too." With that he stood up. He offered her a hand up; Fainu smiled slightly and took the hand up. Legolas could tell that she would have been somebody that he could have loved for eternity if she had of been from any other of the elven realms, as it was he still loved her but it wasn't allowed. He shook his head, thankfully she didn't seem to return his feelings or it would be all the harder for him.
"Are you all right Legolas?" Fainu asked looking at the blond prince, she could smell something from him every once in a while. It was strange; she had smelt it only once before and even then she didn't know what it was.
"Yes I'm fine. Why?" Legolas frowned as they continued towards Mirkwood.
"Because every so often you act funny, that's all." Fainu said softly.
"It's nothing don't worry about it." Legolas didn't know how she sensed what he felt but somehow she was managing to pin his every single emotion.
Fainu watched him for a moment she could tell that he was feeling trapped suddenly but nodded anyways. She didn't know whether or not to trust him, he had already had delivered her to Galadriel. She walked in silence beside him; she hated not being able to do anything to make sure that he wasn't hiding something that could kill her. She looked at the prince again just as she caught a whiff of something that she did know, and she pulled out her daggers.
"Do you smell something?" Legolas asked looking at her carefully; she was concentrating hard on the damaged blades for an instant.
"Yes." Fainu said softly, they were roughly over five leagues from Mirkwood, she turned and scanned the vast field of grass behind them, her sharp eyes could see nothing but she had smelt it. Just as she was about to turn back the wind shifted again so that it blew directly into her face, her blue eyes went wide. And she took a couple steps back.
"What is it?" Legolas asked as he turned around and pulled out his long knives.
"Orcs. And they come in a number that we are no match for." Fainu put her daggers away quickly before she turned and ran.
Legolas followed suit, the two elves raced through the grass to the forest, he knew that even once they reached the forest they wouldn't be safe from the orcs until they were well into the deep forest. Behind him he could hear the shouts of the orcs as they gave chase, he glanced over to see a mass of orcs of such size that he had not seen since the last war. The ground between them and the forest was rapidly decreasing as they held their swift pace but the orcs behind them closed the space. Fainu glanced back over her shoulder to see that they weren't going to make it if they didn't speed up. Both elves found an even faster speed and were able to keep the distance between them and the mass from decreasing anymore. Legolas wished for a quiver of arrows and Fainu for her knives so that they could better defend themselves if the orcs were able to out run them.
"How far into the forest are we going to have to get before we run into more elves?" Fainu shouted as they ran side by side.
"Deep enough that you will need to follow me." He answered. "Besides we still have enough leagues to worry about before we get to the forest."
Fainu nodded knowingly, the orcs behind them ran as if some sort of demon drove them, nipping at their heels with every step. She didn't care to find out why they were chasing them, she didn't understand it, and orcs never chased her before when she was a hunter. She hated not knowing why they acted this way now. She didn't worry about that to long though.
"Get ready to jump, there's a small ravine soon!" Legolas said as they raced towards the edge of the forest.
Fainu fell behind Legolas slightly, knowing that if she hit it at the same time as him she would not react fast enough and would fall into the gouged earth. She saw Legolas jump and one step later she too was air born, she was amazed at how wide the ravine was. She felt the earth crumble from underneath her foot as she landed. She dove forwards rolling back to her feet, barely escaping falling into the ravine.
Legolas looked back at her and slowed his pace, the orcs would have to slide down one side and climb the other, which would give them enough time to cover a large distance. He could tell that she had been hurt when she jumped. He could see that her hands were bleeding and dirty, he waited until she had caught up with him before he said anything, the orcs were getting so loud.
"What happened?" He asked as they continued their run to Mirkwood.
"The ground started to give way beneath me when I landed." She said calmly, she wouldn't tell him that her hands weren't the only things that had been injured. Her hip had taken a lot of the blow and she could feel blood trickling down her leg. They were close to Mirkwood; she could smell the trees faintly now. They glanced back the first group of orcs had finally climbed out of the ravine and were chasing again. Fainu gritted her teeth and struggled to keep up with Legolas now that they were running faster again.
"Hurry up Fainu." He called back, to her. He couldn't tell why she wasn't running as fast as she had been earlier unless dark elves didn't have quite the same endurance.
Fainu nodded and forced herself to speed up again; she could feel the blood pouring freely from her wounded him now. The smell of her own blood filled her nose drowning out the smell of the orcs and Mirkwood Forest. Legolas smiled as she drew up to run beside him, he could smell blood but he assumed that it was coming from her hands. He could hear the warning blasts from his city's tower warning the guards of the orcs, perhaps they wouldn't have to run nearly as far as they would have. The elven prince glanced towards Fainu; her face was twisted in pain as she ran.
"Are you all right?" He asked, he could see nothing wrong with her except her hand.
"I'll live." She hissed as she ran, her hip throbbed, and even though Mirkwood Forest was less than a 500 meters it seemed to be many more leagues than she had already run.
Legolas nodded and looked back, the orcs were gaining again but he knew that Fainu wasn't going to be able to run any faster than what she was. He kept running beside her, knowing that if the orcs did over run her she couldn't properly defend herself with her hands bleeding.
They reached the forest and Legolas grabbed Fainu's wrist. It was his turn to lead her to safety, she followed him closely, but her leg began to fail. The dark elf struggled against the urge to collapse, she focused on where Legolas was leading her and put all of her energy towards making it there. Suddenly a wave of arrows flew past her, she could hear them whizzing through the air past her, and then landing in their targets.
Legolas smiled he'd made it far enough that he no longer had to worry about the orcs, he reached up and caught the quiver that one of his kin had brought for him.
"Mag te eithel, Curdu Legolas.(Use them well, Prince Legolas)" The archer called before pulling another arrow from his own quiver and shooting another orc. Legolas spun pushing Fainu behind the line of his kin while he turned and fired an arrow into one of the furthest orc that the bow from Galadriel would reach.
Fainu sank down; unable to fight the darkness that had been beckoning her while she had been running any longer. She could still hear the battle raging around her, she could smell the blood of countless orcs, but she couldn't open her eyes and see anything. Fainu felt strong arms shaking her, telling her that she had to wake up, when she didn't move she felt more hands on her.
"Her hip was wounded." A strange voice said as a hand ran over her injured hip, causing her to flinch away.
"I'll take her home, away from the battle." Another said, softly as the soft hands disappeared and she was lifted up so that she was cradled in some ones arms.
"Lil-hant, torn-nya.(Thanks my brother.)" Legolas said softly as he let another arrow fly.
Fainu could hear the sounds fading as she was carried deep into the forest, footsteps raced up to her and took her from the elf that Legolas had entrusted her to.
"Ensi haur harwe.(She is wounded)" The tenor voice said.
"Ni iest, ni-uva kyar man ni aa fallan he.(I know. I will do what I may to heal her. )" The new elf that held her was just as strong but seemed to have a vaster sense of wisdom.
She was set down gently on the ground; she could hear water running in the background. Fainu felt the strong hands holding her hands; a sharp pain ran through them causing her to finch.
"You have been through a lot dark one." The voice said softly but the hands didn't release hers for a while. When they finally did they no longer hurt but she felt drained, again she was lifted and carried even further away from the battle. She heard soft laughter in the distance and she knew that she was near Legolas' home.
"A dark elf? I thought that they were all dead." A voice called from high above her.
"Apparently not all of them." Came the answer from the elf carrying her, she must have instinctively tightened her muscles because soon she was being spoken to gently in a form of elvish that she did not know. It was extremely relaxing even in this strange place, with no one that she knew.
"So my son has returned?" Fainu immediately knew that this was Legolas' father that was speaking. "And where is he?"
"I do not know my lord. I believe he is safe or his brother would not have sent only the elf he brought." The elf replied, bowing to the king.
"So he has been seen?"
"Yes my Lord." The elf said as he continued on with the smaller elf.
"And the swarming orcs?" Thranduil asked looking at the elf that hung limply in the healer's arms.
"They are being dealt with swiftly. Right now I have to tend to her." Fainu felt them moving again; it wasn't long before she was set down on a soft bed.
Legolas turned his head after an arrow shot past him into a nearby orc, his brother smiled at him.
"You should be more careful brother."
"I am not the one shooting within an inch of a younger sibling, Aronon." Legolas replied as his oldest brother steps back into the line his quiver again full.
"En' rant ai torn.(Of course little brother.)" Aronon chuckled.
"Alya gayaquant.(You're awful.)" Legolas laughed back. There were only a few orcs left and the two brothers nodded to their kinsmen before turning to return to their home.
"I know. I know." Aronon smirked, he looked at his little brother, they looked close to identical but Legolas was nearly a thousand years younger than hi and was far more serious. With the exception of when he got the younger elf going, "The elf you brought here, is she really a dark elf?"
"Yes. Though I do wish that she had been awake when she was brought to our city then she would have been able to see that what I told her is true." Legolas said as the two brothers walked through dark forests.
"Did you see their city?" Aronon asked his interest in his younger brothers knowledge. "Is it as horrible as in the stories or worse?"
"I saw their city brother. No other elf of our kind could have though." Legolas answered. "Their city in an underground forest that can only be reached through a dark tunnel in which all vision but theirs fails."
"So it is a dark awful place." Aronon said looking at the sun through the small holes in the canopy far above their heads.
"No their realm is far from awful. I thought of it as a beautiful place, there were two massive chambers; one completely filled with massive trees and it was lit as if the sun itself shone in the cavern. The other was almost identical except for there was a large lake in the center. Bridges and stairs joined the ground and the floor and the railing and decorations were wrought of gold and others shimmered as if they were set with diamonds." Legolas said softly playing back the few details that he remembered on his quick journey in and out of the dark elves hidden realm.
"You speak as if you missed a lot of the beauty that it held younger brother." Aronon said raising an eyebrow ever so slightly as he looked at Legolas.
"I did. The elf you carried home, Fainu, she dragged me through the chambers as fast as she could." Legolas said checking over his shoulder at the heaps of dead orcs that were being piled high before they were to be burnt.
"Dragged you through? And why didn't you get her to slow down so you could see everything?" Aronon snorted, at the thought of his younger brother, the famed elf from the Fellowship, being dragged around by a dark elf.
"If I had of, you would not be speaking to me right now. She saved my life by doing what she did." Legolas said calmly it was going to be a long walk with Aronon questioning him.
"She saved you life? That's something you never expect from those bloodthirsty elves."
"Get it out of your head that they are bloodthirsty. They are much like us, we fear them as much as they fear us, and we both have to deal with orcs. I see no difference between us except that the are descendants from a race twisted by Morgoth, though they were made by the same creator that we were." Legolas frowned, he didn't know if his brother would ever understand.
"All right, I will agree with you on that point, but I still don't know what to think about Fainu." Aronon said patting the younger elf on the back.
"What is wrong with Fainu?" Legolas said ducking away from the second pat.
"She didn't feel completely elvish. She felt like she had a hidden power stirring deep beneath the surface, not known to her." Aronon said seriously, his face losing its cheery smile.
"That's because she." Legolas trailed off unsure of what Aronon would do if he found out that Fainu was possibly one of the Dark Lords most powerful minions.
"She's what Legolas?" Aronon asked puzzled by the way Legolas was acting.
"I'm not sure, I have a faint idea but I'm not fully sure so I shall not say." Legolas said softly as the smell of smoke and burning flesh filled the air as the fires were lit.