I am no J R R Tolkian and this fiction only uses some of LOTR 's
characters.Therefore,if in any ways,I may have describe or use words that are
unfitting,please bear with it. However, some new characters are created in this
fiction.
~Lightfellow~
Chapter One
I have seen much of the world. Maybe too much. My eyes grew weary but my
heart told me to hold on. For isn't the world not at peace? Is not this what I
have been fighting for? The One Ring destroyed. Sauron perished. All is well.
Yet there was a familiar forebodiness.
Slyvia told him it was his heart. His heart would not let it rest.
"Legolas, you need to forget." But he wondered how is it anyone can forget.
"My memory will not fail me, try as I might."He whispered.
She touched his forehead.And that little gesture offers comfort.
"Rest Legolas,and all shall be well."
He believed her then.He had no reason not to.Sylvia was like a sister to her.He would trust her. Time had passed since Frodo Baggins ends it all.The One Ring finally returned to its place of rest.And Middle Earth restored to its former grandeur.Legolas had traveled shortly with Gimli,the dwarf. But they finally parted and since then,Legolas stayed faithfully in the Undying Land.
"Maybe it is time I travel again."Legolas muttered. Sylvia took one look at her childhood friend. He looked mildly disturbed by something she could not yet understand.
"Travel again? So soon? To where? Reunite with your little friend?"
"Gimly should still be in the mines."
"You miss him?"
He chuckled. Gimli had been a wonderful companion. But he wasn't sure he wanted his chatty presence just yet. "I do,of course."He said.
Slyvia played with the ends of her shiny golden hair. They were as straight as Legolas's. "But you have not been here long enough."She paused."You are a prince." "Legolas shall suffice.I wish you will never call me that again."
"It is your responsibility."She said softly.Her light blue eyes sparkled."And I shall miss you if you are gone."
He looked at her."I will never shed my responsibility as the prince of Mirkwood,Slyvia.I just wish you will never see me as just another royalty,but instead,your loyal friend."
She nodded quickly."Yes Legolas.I apologise."
"You have no need to." She glanced at the distant hills."Maybe one day,You can take me on your travels."
"Yes.One day." She smiled.She had a beautiful smile.It showed the dimples in her rosey cheeks. "I shall dream of your safe return."
He nodded."And I shall have that honor."
I travel across mountains,across oceans and rivers.With no clear destination
in mind.Yet my heart urges me to move.I traveled alone for the first time in
many years.But I will not be alone soon.
Legolas walked steathily across the forest trails.The forest ents,he
knew,should be around here.He had seen them on one of his travels with Gimli.But
he wasn't eager to see them again so soon.Ever since the Ring was destroyed,the
forest had been a lot safer to travel. Even though alone this time, Legolas
felt no threat.It was as if he was taking a casual stroll down the quiet
forest.Ocassionally,he could hear the songs of the birds.And not far,he could
hear the sound of the running waters. The scenery was so captivating.He thought
about bringing Slyvia here the next time. Then his ears pricked up.His eyes
tingled every so slightly.Some strange sound that does not belong to the
forest.Some foreign creature,he was sure. Orgs?No.They died out about a year
ago. The ents perhaps?No.The ents are usually still asleep this time of the
day.
Slowly,he drew out his bow.His travels with his past companions through dangerous pastures had instill a prudence in him.He would be better safe than sorry. He should have been able to pick up the creature's scent.Or even hear it approaching.But perhaps his days in the Undying Land had impoverished his skills.He did not see it.Until it was already too late. It crept out from behind a tree.And Legolas spunned around,caught by surprise.Instinct made him shoot.
He was to regret later. It was a girl.A human girl,although she do look particularly queer. The girl stumbled back in shock and pain.And she finally fall to the ground. Legolas was with her in an instant. "Bear with it!Good thing I did not hit the heart." Her soiled face turned white."It..it hurts..."
Legolas gripped around the hard arrow."This might hurt a little."
She had no time to protest.And he offered her no chance to.She did not even see him pull out the arrow.But it was out and her blood drenched her tattered coat. "
The village is not far from here.I will bring you
there."Legolas said.Without waiting for a response from her,he lifted her
up easily and was off. He could have been running.He didn't know.But he felt a
strange sort of panic.Like the panic he had felt earlier when he felt that
something was still wrong.That Sauron might have lived after all.
So I ran like the wind.To the Village of Men.There she would be healed.And I
shall continue down the coast.That was my thought.And it was all wrong.
If Legolas had given more thought to his own current situation, he might think
twice before entering the Village. But the girl was bleeding and he had to
bandage her wounds. Villagers regard them suspiciously.Even though the world
had learnt to accept both men and elves. It was still hard to see one in their
own village. A bold young man approached them.Legolas noted the sword in his
helm.
"What do you want?"He asked in a gruffy sort of voice.His tanned face was covered with ruby red hair and he looked a little like he had awaken up the wrong side of the bed this morning. It was already noon.Legolas had to move fast if the girl was to be saved.
"This girl.She's hurt.I need to find a healer."
The young man looked at Legolas.His elven ears didn't help the situation.
"What's an elf doing with a human girl?" On normal circumstances,Legolas might have drew out his bow to get his point.But this time,the girl looked paler than before and her eyes flickered slightly.
"Details I will reveal to you later.She needs to see the healer now!"
The man shook his head."In this village,we called him the shaman."
"Then bring me the shaman!"
The man finally nodded and went towards a small hut.Legolas laid the girl down,with her back resting on a tree.
"Hold on,little one." Soon,the man appeared again,with
the shaman by his side. "Bring the girl into the hut."The shaman
said.
While the shaman tend to the girl's wounds,Legolas had a good look around the
hut.It was poorly equipped with supplies and it was small.Fit enough for one
person,no more.
The shaman was an old man,with white curly hair and a wrinkled face.His eyes were a dull blue but Legolas could sense he was wise.
"Is she going to be fine?" "Yes."The shaman paused and looked up at the elf.
"Did you do this to her?"
"I might have."Legolas lowered his head.
"I mistook her for."
"An org?" Legolas looked up quickly.
"Oh no.She was sneaking up on me..."
The shaman nodded."Very well.But she is fine now.The arrow hit her left arm.She wouldn't be able to use it very well later,but it will healed."
"Thank you."
"Now if I may request,please leave the village as soon as you are done."He looked at the girl,who was already sleeping quietly.
"And take her with you."
"What?"Legolas was surprised."But she is a human.And I barely knew her.I am in the middle of my travels.I cannot take a girl with me."
"In this village,no one welcomes strangers."The shaman said softly."I am sorry to inpart this burdence.At least,bring her to the next village in the south."
Legolas paused.He could do that.The next village in the south was not far from here.And he had planned to travel to the south anyway.
"Fine.I shall do that."
"Then I will leave you with the girl now.Later,Marianne will clean her up a little." With that,the Shaman left Legolas alone in the hut. Legolas looked at the girl.Her hair was matted with soils and there were some dirt on her face.Her dress was dirty and brown and she had an overcoat. She looked to Legolas like a peasant. What was she doing down in the forest? A movement behind Legolas made him turned around.It was the young girl,Marianne.
"I came to clean the girl."She said softly.Legolas left the hut. He had more time to explore the village,but he didn't really want to.
In this village,no one welcomes strangers.
The shaman's words had an effect on him.He saw passer-bys looking at him strangely.Particularly those damn ears and the bow and arrows. He sat quietly in the corner of the village,trying to remain stealthy.
Marianne came for him shortly. "She's fine now.You can go in for her."
He thanked her and went inside the hut.
What my eyes revealed was a stunningly beautiful girl,with curls of shiny
raven black hair that reached her waist.Her eyes were opened clearly for the
first time and it was as if I could see into them.Those enchanting green eyes
shall haunt me for as long as I remember.
"Can you stand now?"Legolas asked.
The girl nodded slightly.She eyed him wearily."Where am I?"
"In the village of men.May I ask your name?"
She paused.She seemed to observe Legolas a little.
"You are an elf."She said quite simply.
"Yes.I happened to be one.And your name?"
"What is yours?"
"Legolas."
She smiled finally.A very open smile."My name is Harmonia."
"And do you know where is your home?"
She paused.As if the word 'home' had no significance to her.
"I do not know.Where is your home,Legolas?"
"Somewhere across the river."He frowned ever so slightly."Surely you know where you come from.Any family?Companions?"
She shook her head firmly."No."
Now this could be a
problem.
They traveled together to the village to the south.Legolas decided that
Harmonia probably suffers from a temporary lack of memory from the shock.She
would recover soon,he reasoned.And he would be on his way.Her company slowed
them down reasonably.She was easily tired out and had to take constant short
rest.
"You said the village was very near."She complained.
"It was.I can see it from here."
She stood beside him and peered into the distant hills."No.I see nothing."
"I see it.Its not far."He paused."As long as we stop taking this little rests."
She shot him a glare."Hey!You are the one who injured me!"
"I did not shoot you in the leg."
She was about to say something snide back when a large black falcon flew dangerously past their heads. "Wow!"She exclaimed."That got to be the largest..." "Quiet!"Legolas quickly tell her."I sense danger.Very near."
She looked at him wearily."Danger?I think you suffer from the madness disease." Before he could response to that last cynical remark.More falcons flew past them.Some seemed to circle about the air above them. It was as if they were the prey...
"Hurry!Into the woods!"He ordered.She did not move.Instead,she stared at him lazily.
"Get off it!There is no danger whatsoever!If only you have the wits to see..."
She didn't finish her last sentence.Legolas had picked her up in his arms and was off in the woods.
"For an elf,you are pretty strong."she remarked. They hid silently in the depths of the woods.Legolas had his hand over Harmonia's mouth.Until the sound of the birds faded away,he let go of her.
She pulled away from him angrily."You have some nerve..."
"They are gone."Legolas whispered,almost to himself."But why are they...?What are they?"
"They are falcons!"She snapped."And they are suppose to be Birds of Prey.Are you happy now?You soiled my clothes all over again."
He looked at her tattered clothes.He didn't think those clothes of hers worth very much.
"They looked better soiled."He said calmly."They matches with their owner."
She frowned."I do not deserve this!"She rolled her eyes."I shall find my way to the village on my own!Good day!"
Legolas watched her walked
determinedly away. Good riddance,he thought.