Disclaimer: Yeah blah blah, your all smart enough to know I don't own
anyone you recognize.
Authors note: Ok well this is definitely AU and my first LOTR fic. My chapters are really short I know but please don't get too mad. Of course Reviews always help me go faster...and who knows I might forget if you don't. There's also some Elvish in here, it's terrible but I don't have the patience to go through and fix it.
Oh... and flames will be returned in kind by my pet Dragon :)
Ok ok I know my last chapter was very short so I decided to give this one to you early and it should make up for all my other chapters shortness, this one is pretty long I think.
Frodo lay awake that night. He heard Legolas cry out and he flinched inwardly.
When everything became settled again Frodo sat up. He needed to think. Carefully so as not to wake anyone Frodo stood up and walked into the forest.
When he was sure he was alone and not in danger of disturbing the camp he stopped and leaned against a tree.
He was so preoccupied that he didn't notice the glowing red eyes looking down at him from the tree's branches.
Frodo didn't know how much time had passed when the leaves began to rustle though no wind blew. Frodo stepped away from the tree and frowned, it was as if the forest was trying to warn him of something.
His thoughts were abruptly ended when something slammed roughly into his back, staggering him, and hands grasped at his neck, griping the repaired chain.
"No!" Frodo gasped, struggling in his attacker's grip. Despite his protests though he felt the chain snap anew and something sharp pressed against the back of his neck.
"Si le gurth, kleine er." he heard an Elvish voice hiss next to his ear.
"Legolas?" Frodo stuttered.
In response he felt the knife-edge press harder against his neck and he shut his eyes.
Then he was free and Frodo looked up to see Legolas and Aragorn struggling on the ground next to him.
Aragorn tackled Legolas to the ground, fighting to pin the stronger elf to the ground. Legolas twisted slashing at the ranger with his knife.
The blade tore a gash across his cheek and Aragorn cursed softly as he grabbed Legolas' wrists, forcing them above the elf's head, pinning him.
Legolas continued to struggle even as Aragorn twisted his wrist and took the knife from him. Rage twisted his features and Aragorn could have sworn that Legolas' eyes had turned red.
"Leithian enni, Ellessar!" Legolas cried.
Aragorn blinked in surprise at hearing the name, no one ever called him that, he didn't even know Legolas knew of it. He shook the thought away, "Leithian ned i loch, Legolas." he demanded.
Legolas grimaced, shaking his head, "U! Le car al henia, Leithian enni!"
Legolas bucked against him and Aragorn slammed him back to the ground, "Le in raug san? Le ammen pan?"
"Le isto tithen, gwarth hil! Le ath ha le!" Legolas snarled.
Aragorn was so shocked that when Legolas tried to pull away again he nearly suceeded, "Mani car le ped ned?!" He cried when he once again had control.
Legolas relaxed and met his gaze, Aragorn was shocked by the deep crimson of his eyes, "I galad ortal leneema an gurth. Galad an mat dae." he rasped, almost seeming to be in a trance.
Aragorn shook his head in confusion, "An i Valar! Legolas, tol an le!" he said and slapped Legolas sharply across the face.
Legolas went limp under him and the ring slipped loosely form his limp hand. Aragorn saw the confusion written clearly on the elf's face as he blinked up at him, The clear blue he was used to seeing glittering, "Estel?" Legolas asked.
Aragorn slowly released him, "Legolas?"
Legolas sat up looking around, "What - ?" he started.
"Why didn't you tell me, Legolas!" Aragon snapped, angry now.
"I don't understand . . . " Legolas said truly confused by all this.
"Have you been feeling the effects of the ring?"
"No," Legolas said shaking his head.
Aragorn picked up the ring by the chain obviously so that Legolas could see, handing it back to Frodo, standing uncertainly nearby. He turned back to the stunned elf, "You tried to kill us Legolas."
Legolas' eyes widened, "No, I would never - "
"You did Legolas, please stop denying this! We do not need to suffer your foolish pride!" Aragorn shouted.
Legolas' eyes narrowed, "You dare say that I would endanger us because of pride?"
"You tried to kill us Legolas." Aragorn stated, moving closer.
Legolas started to protest again but stopped, "Aragorn, you're hurt." He said reaching up to Aragorn's cheek.
Aragorn slapped Legolas' hand away, "Of course I am, you . . . " He stopped seeing the look of horror forming on the elf's face, "You...You truly don't remember do you?" he asked, the look in his eyes softening.
Legolas' face fell, "What did I do?"
When Legolas and Aragorn returned to the camp Frodo was sitting with Sam. Sam gave Legolas a hurt, betrayed look and Legolas looked away.
"I did not know the ring could effect someone in such a way." he heard Gimli say.
"Nor I, Ai, I wish Gandalf were here . . . " Boromir replied. (yup that's right he's still alive!)
Legolas grimaced, he couldn't take this. Putting a hand to his head Legolas stood and walked away.
Gimli started to follow but Aragorn grabbed his arm, "Let him be . . . give him time."
Legolas fled the campsite. He longed to run until he could not anymore but he didn't have that luxury. Instead he leapt up into the tallest tree he could see and climbed as far as he could. He leaned back, running a hand across the rough bark but not even the relaxing voices of the wood could comfort him this night.
Crystal tears ran down his stubbornly stoic face.
He had failed.
Deep within his soul the Shadow crooned with amusement. The unsuspecting fools blamed the ring for their problems unaware of the threat in their midst. He had almost completely ensnared the elf's light and soon nothing would be able to stop him.
TBC
"Si le gurth, kleine er." - "Now you die, Little one."
"Leithian enni, Ellessar!" - "Release me, Elf stone!"
"Leithian ned i loch, Legolas." - "Let go of the ring Legolas."
"U! Le car al henia, Leithian enni!" - "No! You do not understand, release me!"
"Le in raug san? Le ammen pan?" - "(Are) you his creature then? (Would) you
(destroy) us all?"
"Le isto tithen, gwarth hil! Le ath ha le!" - "You know nothing, Traitor's Heir! You will
(let) it (destroy) you!"
"Mani car le ped ned?!" - "What do you speak of?!"
"I galad ortal leneema an gurth. Galad an mat dae." - "The light cannot (be)
permitted to die. Light to feed the shadows."
"An i Valar! Legolas, tol an le!" - "By the Valar! Legolas, come to your
(senses)!"
Shout Outs
Amlugwen: That they do! And no he's not really a dragon he just kinds looks like one, in fact if he weren't a shadow he'd be closer related to an insect. Well anyway he sends his thanks :)
LafiTafi: Lol!!! You're so funny, I love reading your reviews! Sorry I don't have cable so I didn't see it! ::pouts:: oh well...
Meaghan: :) glad that you think so......
Analorien: I'm glad you like this story despite the short chapters :) I really appreciate it.
Authors note: Ok well this is definitely AU and my first LOTR fic. My chapters are really short I know but please don't get too mad. Of course Reviews always help me go faster...and who knows I might forget if you don't. There's also some Elvish in here, it's terrible but I don't have the patience to go through and fix it.
Oh... and flames will be returned in kind by my pet Dragon :)
Ok ok I know my last chapter was very short so I decided to give this one to you early and it should make up for all my other chapters shortness, this one is pretty long I think.
Frodo lay awake that night. He heard Legolas cry out and he flinched inwardly.
When everything became settled again Frodo sat up. He needed to think. Carefully so as not to wake anyone Frodo stood up and walked into the forest.
When he was sure he was alone and not in danger of disturbing the camp he stopped and leaned against a tree.
He was so preoccupied that he didn't notice the glowing red eyes looking down at him from the tree's branches.
Frodo didn't know how much time had passed when the leaves began to rustle though no wind blew. Frodo stepped away from the tree and frowned, it was as if the forest was trying to warn him of something.
His thoughts were abruptly ended when something slammed roughly into his back, staggering him, and hands grasped at his neck, griping the repaired chain.
"No!" Frodo gasped, struggling in his attacker's grip. Despite his protests though he felt the chain snap anew and something sharp pressed against the back of his neck.
"Si le gurth, kleine er." he heard an Elvish voice hiss next to his ear.
"Legolas?" Frodo stuttered.
In response he felt the knife-edge press harder against his neck and he shut his eyes.
Then he was free and Frodo looked up to see Legolas and Aragorn struggling on the ground next to him.
Aragorn tackled Legolas to the ground, fighting to pin the stronger elf to the ground. Legolas twisted slashing at the ranger with his knife.
The blade tore a gash across his cheek and Aragorn cursed softly as he grabbed Legolas' wrists, forcing them above the elf's head, pinning him.
Legolas continued to struggle even as Aragorn twisted his wrist and took the knife from him. Rage twisted his features and Aragorn could have sworn that Legolas' eyes had turned red.
"Leithian enni, Ellessar!" Legolas cried.
Aragorn blinked in surprise at hearing the name, no one ever called him that, he didn't even know Legolas knew of it. He shook the thought away, "Leithian ned i loch, Legolas." he demanded.
Legolas grimaced, shaking his head, "U! Le car al henia, Leithian enni!"
Legolas bucked against him and Aragorn slammed him back to the ground, "Le in raug san? Le ammen pan?"
"Le isto tithen, gwarth hil! Le ath ha le!" Legolas snarled.
Aragorn was so shocked that when Legolas tried to pull away again he nearly suceeded, "Mani car le ped ned?!" He cried when he once again had control.
Legolas relaxed and met his gaze, Aragorn was shocked by the deep crimson of his eyes, "I galad ortal leneema an gurth. Galad an mat dae." he rasped, almost seeming to be in a trance.
Aragorn shook his head in confusion, "An i Valar! Legolas, tol an le!" he said and slapped Legolas sharply across the face.
Legolas went limp under him and the ring slipped loosely form his limp hand. Aragorn saw the confusion written clearly on the elf's face as he blinked up at him, The clear blue he was used to seeing glittering, "Estel?" Legolas asked.
Aragorn slowly released him, "Legolas?"
Legolas sat up looking around, "What - ?" he started.
"Why didn't you tell me, Legolas!" Aragon snapped, angry now.
"I don't understand . . . " Legolas said truly confused by all this.
"Have you been feeling the effects of the ring?"
"No," Legolas said shaking his head.
Aragorn picked up the ring by the chain obviously so that Legolas could see, handing it back to Frodo, standing uncertainly nearby. He turned back to the stunned elf, "You tried to kill us Legolas."
Legolas' eyes widened, "No, I would never - "
"You did Legolas, please stop denying this! We do not need to suffer your foolish pride!" Aragorn shouted.
Legolas' eyes narrowed, "You dare say that I would endanger us because of pride?"
"You tried to kill us Legolas." Aragorn stated, moving closer.
Legolas started to protest again but stopped, "Aragorn, you're hurt." He said reaching up to Aragorn's cheek.
Aragorn slapped Legolas' hand away, "Of course I am, you . . . " He stopped seeing the look of horror forming on the elf's face, "You...You truly don't remember do you?" he asked, the look in his eyes softening.
Legolas' face fell, "What did I do?"
When Legolas and Aragorn returned to the camp Frodo was sitting with Sam. Sam gave Legolas a hurt, betrayed look and Legolas looked away.
"I did not know the ring could effect someone in such a way." he heard Gimli say.
"Nor I, Ai, I wish Gandalf were here . . . " Boromir replied. (yup that's right he's still alive!)
Legolas grimaced, he couldn't take this. Putting a hand to his head Legolas stood and walked away.
Gimli started to follow but Aragorn grabbed his arm, "Let him be . . . give him time."
Legolas fled the campsite. He longed to run until he could not anymore but he didn't have that luxury. Instead he leapt up into the tallest tree he could see and climbed as far as he could. He leaned back, running a hand across the rough bark but not even the relaxing voices of the wood could comfort him this night.
Crystal tears ran down his stubbornly stoic face.
He had failed.
Deep within his soul the Shadow crooned with amusement. The unsuspecting fools blamed the ring for their problems unaware of the threat in their midst. He had almost completely ensnared the elf's light and soon nothing would be able to stop him.
TBC
"Si le gurth, kleine er." - "Now you die, Little one."
"Leithian enni, Ellessar!" - "Release me, Elf stone!"
"Leithian ned i loch, Legolas." - "Let go of the ring Legolas."
"U! Le car al henia, Leithian enni!" - "No! You do not understand, release me!"
"Le in raug san? Le ammen pan?" - "(Are) you his creature then? (Would) you
(destroy) us all?"
"Le isto tithen, gwarth hil! Le ath ha le!" - "You know nothing, Traitor's Heir! You will
(let) it (destroy) you!"
"Mani car le ped ned?!" - "What do you speak of?!"
"I galad ortal leneema an gurth. Galad an mat dae." - "The light cannot (be)
permitted to die. Light to feed the shadows."
"An i Valar! Legolas, tol an le!" - "By the Valar! Legolas, come to your
(senses)!"
Shout Outs
Amlugwen: That they do! And no he's not really a dragon he just kinds looks like one, in fact if he weren't a shadow he'd be closer related to an insect. Well anyway he sends his thanks :)
LafiTafi: Lol!!! You're so funny, I love reading your reviews! Sorry I don't have cable so I didn't see it! ::pouts:: oh well...
Meaghan: :) glad that you think so......
Analorien: I'm glad you like this story despite the short chapters :) I really appreciate it.
