As he worked Legolas began to hum a catchy little tune as he built the fire: "Log and wood, Both once stood, Among the tall and proud. But now they rest like a broken chest, Here upon the ground."
As he hummed Lilly listened intently. She watched as he worked diligently and soon a small fire was crackling merrily, Lilly gazed as it played gently over his features. His eyes reflected the fire but still held the bright blue deep within them. It illuminated his string arms and muscular figure, and Lilly saw a smile playing around the corners of his mouth as though starting a fire was a great achievement. He presently looked up from the fire to see Lilly staring intently at him. Her eyes blazed a deep green and no trace of age could be found on her face even though she was 2,000. The light caught her hair and it reflected a golden red color. She smiled at him; he did not realize how much he had missed her smiling face and her contagious laughter. After a few more seconds they broke eye contact and continued what they were doing.
"Dinner is served." Lilly said about five minutes later. So they sat down near the fire and ate. Lilly had prepared some of the small purple berries that she liked so much, along with some apples, a few pieces of meat, some bread, and soup. It was delicious, everything have such rich flavors to them. As they finished Lilly began to unpack the sleeping equipment, which was only two blankets. As Lilly was laying down the blankets she cute her hand on a small stone, but she only winced and continued. All of a sudden Legolas looked down and saw a scratch begin to rise on his hand. When Lilly looked up she saw Legolas holding his hand and looking at it with bewilderment. "What did you do?" "Nothing, to my knowledge. I just looked down and I had a cut on my hand." At this Lilly looked down at her own hand and saw she had a cut as well, from the rock. "Let me see your hand." She said moving to Legolas She took his hand in hers and to her astonishment the marks were identical. At first she could only stare at their hands in awe and bewilderment, then it hit her. "The crystal." At this Legolas raised and eyebrow. "When I gave you half of the crystal something happened-." "Yes I know, you saved me." Legolas cut in. "No that is not what I mean. What I mean is that we are now one, what ever happens to me will happen to you." She stopped at hearing her own words, and began to cry. "Lilly what troubles you?" "If I am hurt or killed-," she paused to take a breath and go on through her tears. "Then the same will happen to you." The realization of what she had said brought her to her knees. Legolas held her as she went down and kept holding her. "Lilly, Lilly its alright, its alright. Nothing will happen to you because I will not let anything happen, I promise." "But you can't promise that Legolas," she said breaking down again. So Legolas took her head and held it in his hands. "I swear to you, I will never leave your side, ever." A single tear ran down her cheek and he tenderly wiped it away. He bent his head down and kissed her on the forehead and just cradled her in his arms, and just rocked slowly back and forth. Quietly he began to hum a tune in Lilly's ear; after about five minutes Legolas looked down to find that Lilly had fallen asleep in his arms, at this he smiled. He gently picked her up and laid her down on the blanket near the fire. Then taking his blankest he laid down beside her. Looking up at the starry sky he drifted off to sleep.