Disclaimer just in case LOTR belongs to Tolkien and his heirs. However like in Cassia and Sio not-so-little but wonderful universe, Aragorn was raised in the house of Elrond, and it means he considered him his father and Elladan and Elrohir his siblings.

Note sorry guys if the chapter wasn't as long as i wanted and will make this one look unbalanced, I was really tired and didn't want to search my bag upstairs for my notes, so i didn't wrote all i had planned.

Since my reviews are few in number, i will give my thanks here, thank you grumpy for reading. I will explain in due time how Aragorn survived all these years and what is happening. Also thank you penpunk for writing and being intrigued. I am trying to post every 3-4 days, I need to get this story out.

Hey there DTRH, say can I call you Alice, it seems weird to say "hey DTRH wrote me a review" To answer your question, yes Arwen and Legolas has been searching Aragorn since the fourth age and kinda beyond, I will explain in due time the change the earth has undertook since then. I meant to say Thranduilion but it is logic that his father is handsome or maybe he got that from his mother side of the family. And I shall explain or make a flashback or several about Legolas as a priest.

This chapter will especially make one girl happy, this is for you, sis. Also, in this piece is an homage to all the writers who made Legolas teach Aragorn as a younger man.

Chapter 4 Teach me . I know I'm not a hopeless case

The night had fallen on the two of them, sitting on the floor munching on the treats that had found in their bags. The silence was warm and comfortable, the two of them exchanged little glance and smiles, they were both exhausted but, being here recharged their energy in each other quietude.

-"So. " Said Legolas looking at his dark haired companion.

-"So. "

-"What is wrong with you?" Legolas asked, he had no problem reading the emotion of his friend, after all the years. No matter if his friend thought sometimes it was possible to hide things from him. Wasn't it futile to hide anything from him.

-"I don't know what you mean." Pale eyes glanced from one corner to another, pretending to be casual, yet to Legolas it was obvious something was wrong.

-"Estel, I know your heart, speak friend of your burden." Legolas prodded gently, they had gone just the two of them away on a small hunting trip. It was obvious that Estel felt something wrong with his brothers but now all alone Legolas had hoped the ranger would confide in him. It was clear now he would have to make the first step.

-"You have been avoiding Elladan and Elrohir." Legolas remarked trying to capture his friends eyes.

-"No I have not." Aragorn said quickly, on a tone that screamed "liar"

-"Estel, I know better then that. What is wrong? Have you got in a fight with them?" Legolas prodded, over the years despite the great love between the three of them, the sons of Elrond had temper that was the cause of many fights.

-"No, not yet." Aragorn quiet acceptance was scarring Legolas, he bent his chin low on his chest rested it for a second, Legolas had the feeling it was to keep tears from falling.

-"What do you mean not yet?" Legolas questioned, thinking of what Estel would do that would make his brother hate him despite the arguing he found naught Estel could do to bring such wrath.

-"Legolas if I confided in you, would you swear never to tell it to a soul?" Aragorn said raising his head his hands clasped in a position of a prayer.

-"I swear, now unburden your worries mellon nin." Legolas moved closer to Estel, hoping that physical presence might help loosening his tongue.

-"I am in love." Of all the things Estel could have said, Legolas was expecting something more in the line of "I am dying". "I will be executed because I killed a deer." "I am leaving to be Sauron's maid. " "I am joining the Nazg?ls"

-"That is hardly the reason for a fight." Legolas chided, looking deeper in his memory it was true that he looked at time of reflection much happier. Youth, they really dramatised everything.

-"It depends who is the choice of my heart." Aragorn gave a little almost bitter laugh at that which Legolas choose to ignore.

-"Estel you are young, this matter is no reason to distance yourself from you brothers. Unless.are you in love with Glorfindel?" Legolas kidded thinking back at the blonde warrior who has been a teacher to Estel and one of the closest friend of Elrond.

-"No. Legolas, do not jest about this." Aragorn almost seemed in pain, but he couldn't possibly had fallen in love with his former teacher, and Rivendell was filled with pretty maiden. Or possibly Aragorn as a newly made ranger had met a woman of the dĂșnedain and felt he betrayed his foster family for wanting to be with his clan.

-"Who is the lucky maiden that has found a way to your heart?" Legolas asked trying to remember all the names possible.

-"The lady Arwen." Aragorn said after a long pause.

-"Arwen." Repeated Legolas surprised, her name had not come on his mental list and he had almost forgot about her, it has been a few years since he didn't see her.

-"Are you angry with me?" Aragorn quickly asked, Legolas looked at him feeling pity. Aragorn was forever plague with being neither truly elf neither truly a man and was ever wanting to please both origin.

-"Estel, I don't know how to say this but." Legolas said gently and slowly, trying to find words that would not hurt his friend.

-"You hate me for being in love with her." Aragorn stammered the words too quickly.

-"No, it was not what I meant to say." Legolas knew he shouldn't laugh, but the thought of being Arwen's husband always seemed a bit ludicrous, the worst was when he was courting another lady of his realm, they had seen him carrying flowers and assumed the wedding was near. But there was another matter at hand. "Estel you do realise that she is the daughter of the man that you call father. "

-"Yes I know. I have been avoiding my father over this matter." Legolas knew how terrible it would be to be separated from his father, Elrond was an overprotective parent and father were always twice as touchy with their daughters.

-"And that she is the sister of Elladan and Elrohir that you call brothers."

-"Yes." Said Aragorn as if he already knew this fact, but he didn't seem to get the point Legolas was trying to make.

-"You do realise that it makes her your sister of some sort." Legolas pointing out the strange link that tied Estel to Undomiel.

-"Legolas, I know. I already feel sick over that matter. I wish that I had not fallen in love with her, but I cannot help my weakness." Aragorn let out frustrated.

-"Estel." Legolas paused perhaps calling his friend by his childhood name was not the right thing to say. "Strider, I had just wanted to make sure you understood. But I see clearly how troubled you are. It would be better to think hard and true. Many have been blinded by the beauty of the elves and I must say that the Evenstar is one of the most beautiful one in all the land. "

-"I know." Said Aragorn meekly.

-"Yes, you do. But I also know you Strider you have grown surrounded by elves, you are one of us in spirit and almost one of us in body. I do not think it is mere folly or wrong that you are enamoured by Arwen. After all, she had not visited the realm of her father for your lifetime and beyond, and you have very distantly related. Do not fret, judge your feeling well. "

-"What if I wanted her to be my wife." Asked Estel quietly, a slow smile appearing like a rainbow after a storm.

-"I would wish you good luck when the time is come to talk to lord Elrond." He could just imagine a lecture that Elrond would make about how to take care of his baby girl, no matter if Arwen was mostly under the guidance of her grand-parents.

-"You are not angry with me my friend. " Aragorn asked again and Legolas knew he had to take care.again of this matter.

-"Why would I be. Because for centuries some wished Arwen and I to be together. I do not wish to make her my wife and never did, neither does she. You have all the reason to love her. Do you know if she return those feelings? "

-"I do not know. I think I have troubled her." Admitted Aragorn confused, Legolas frowned if Arwen was troubled by Estel it meant that maybe she returned the feelings.

-"Your father, lord Elrond does not know."

-"I believe he does, but he said naught of it for now. I have not known about her presence for long after all. But I expect that he will soon approach me." Aragorn seemed almost to tremble in anticipation.

-"Well, he cannot blame you for loving her. Do not feel guilty my friend, I have a feeling everything will fall to place. Know you have my support." Encouraged Legolas, he had a blurry vision of Arwen and Aragorn on their wedding day, there was something right about that sentence.

-"Thank you." Aragorn squeezed Legolas forearm.

-"You are welcomed mellon nin. " Legolas said bowing his chin in a wise figure sort of way. They both stared out at the deep dark forest lying a feet steps away when Aragorn spoke again.

-"So do you think I have a chance?"

-"Aye, with your rugged charms, maybe one day you will swoon the lady. " Legolas winked at his friend.

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-"Legolas, your pocket is singing."

-"My what." Somehow that comment was peculiar.

-"Your pocket is singing, wake up." He heard Arwen say in an annoying sing- song voice, she sounded like she was at the other end of the room.

Legolas fussed with his pocket trying to pull out the little cell phone. Blinking at the harshness of the sunlight invading the room.

-"Hello. This is." Legolas paused trying to remember his alias, wondering why everything was fuzzy this morning. "Louis Green. How may I help you. "

-"This is detective Horovitz, Mister Green, I may have found a lead on your friend." Said the friendly voice of the detective, they had met twice and something about the grizzly appearance of the man and his honest voice had appeal to Legolas.

-"Really, where?"

-"New York, there is a man named Samuel Rider that is working at the hospital, he fit the physical description. Where are you staying?"

-"An hotel in Iowa, just wait a second. Can you fax me the information? I will give you the number." Legolas took the hotel pamphlet and spelled out the number and heard the detective repeat them to transcribe them properly.

-"Sure but you really should learn about how to use the internet man, it would be easier for you." Reminded the man, the two of them had a long discussion about cell phone and internet the day Legolas had hired him.

-"Will do." Promised Legolas noting it down in his notebook.

-"I'm sending it to you in a minute. Hope its the right guy this time." He added sincerely, he had been most sympathetic when Legolas had told him the story of his best friend and how they had a fall out. Legolas had said that his friend Thomas Aragon had let everything one day and disappeared but he had suffered a car accident a year before and worried about his health, Legolas had hired the detective to help find him.

-"Thank you." Legolas said before hanging up.

Arwen left and came back two minutes later with the paper in her hands, Legolas had already laid out the maps they kept, he almost snatched the paper from Arwen and searched the street on the map of New York. He quickly found the place he had been talking about, Arwen read over his shoulder.

-"So New York.again. " She said sounding almost bored.

-"Well, we only started to visit this place in the 1600." Legolas said winking at her, a lot of changes had gone to that part of the world ever since the arrival of Europeans in the past 400 years.

-"Yes, well, one thing for sure, we will have a lot of information to relate to the others. Imagine how my brothers will be mad to know all the land we have travelled together." Arwen said laughing a little at the thought of her older siblings.

-"Yes, but I wish sometimes they would have come. We could have use their expertise a couple of time. " Legolas couldn't help remember about all the hunting trips he had taken with the two elves that had grown to be his brothers in arms.

-"Maybe, I miss them. I also know we would have been twice as much in dangerous situation because of their pranks." Arwen said shaking her index as if the twins were sitting next to her and she was punishing them.

-"I miss them all too." Admitted Legolas thinking about the members of the fellowship that had been waiting for him in Valinor he would have to ask for their forgiveness at choosing Estel over them.

-"So are we going to New York with the car or by plane? "

-"I think it is too far away to be doing this in car, and I am weary of that way of travelling. We will take the plane. Call to check up the flight schedule." Legolas said adding the latest entry in his notebook, he was nearing the end of this one and noted to buy another.

-"Legolas, the flight are 13h45, 18h30 and 19h25. " came back Arwen a couple of minutes later.

-"Why so late, what time is it? " asked Legolas frowning at the high sun outside, he had fallen asleep when the moon was still low in the sky, it couldn't possibly be late.

-"It is 11h40, we need time to sell the car and buy our plane tickets." Reminded Arwen preparing their luggage.

-"We will take the plane of 18h30. I have something I wish us to do first." Said Legolas changing shirts and bidding Arwen to put on her shoes.

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They entered the large building, it resembled the school a little. A few people was passing by or sitting as they walked to elevator. Arwen looked at him perplexed, she had recognised the utility of the place but wondered why they had come.

-"Do we need to consult books?" She whispered used to be quiet in moment of mediation while consulting books, she heard grown up in the house of Elrond. Her father had quite the collection of papers on the lore and songs of Middle-Earth.

-"No, I have seen this in a pamphlet when we were in Colorado last month and detective Horovitz mentioned it again this morning. We will learn about the internet." Declared Legolas, proud of his initiative.

There was a few people in the computer lab, half of them students or older people since it was a Wednesday morning. A pretty slim woman sat at a large desk with a nameplate, she was writing on a book when she saw Legolas and Arwen enter.

-"Hi, can I help you?" She said pushing her pale blonde hair from her left eye, her hair was in a ponytail with long bangs cut in a asymmetric coifs.

-"I'm Louis, this is Uriel. We were wondering if we could learn about the internet, I saw at the door we could take a course." Said Legolas softly not wanting to bother the other people in the room.

-"Of course, when do you want to take it?" She asked her chestnut-green eyes shuffling from one to the other.

-"Is now a good time?" Asked Arwen it was barely past noon but they needed time to go to the car concessionaire and to the airport.

-"Sure, I have a free period, my name is Jill by the way, just come with me. We are gonna take two computers, so when you get the hang of it you will be able to surf on your own. " Jill said raising to her feet.

Legolas and Arwen smiled a little exchanging a glance, sometimes it was obvious that the blood of the Eldar still ran. The woman was tall and had an Elven quality, with her blonde hair and long face, she could have easily passed for Eowyn and Faramir's daughter considering that Faramir had Elven blood from his mother side.

She led them to two computers and waited for them to adjust in their seat before taking a chair and sitting between them.

-"Okay now, do you know a little about computer?"

Legolas and Arwen nodded, Arwen had been a secretary once and both of them had returned to school twice in the last 15 years, they had been taught a little how to deal with the beasts but internet was still too new for them.

-"Do you know a little about internet?"

-"Absolutely nothing." Answered Legolas looking straight in the eyes of the young woman, she seemed to be barely twenty and frowned at that admission but she smiled at him. And blushed a little when he returned the smile while Arwen rolled her eyes.

-"Now, internet is a system connecting data or lets say a page, " she added quickly feeling that she was loosing them, "to everyone who has a computer program able to display the pages. "

-"Now, the program are called netscape or explorer, they are the two main one. So when you want to go on the internet, you need first to activate the program. Now you see the white box, it is to type address. Imagine the internet like the telephone, you want to call up somebody you have to type his number first. Most address start with www, its like a regional code. Now when you dont know the phone number you call 411 or the operations, on the internet, you type a search engine. There is yahoo, AOL, google, alta vista just to name a few. So say you want to find about.do you want to search something." She asked as a second thought looking at Legolas.

-"New York." Said Legolas.

-"Okay, so you type the regional code, www and add google plus .com. You always need a .com or .net or .org at the end, it is like the dial out 1 when you do long distance. Here you go, the WebPages google, you type in the little box new York and press okay. Here you have the information from the most pertinent to least pertinent. You have to be precise in your search and at the same time a bit vague. Well you have to try both things." She said letting them work, both Arwen and Legolas tried it and found it easy under the steps Jill had given them. They worked silently for a about half and hour, Legolas was especially enjoying looking at pictures. He was immersed in looking at a web site talking about missing person when Arwen tapped his wrist. Legolas sighed hating to be taken away from the captivating screen but he knew he had to go, he bided farewell to the young woman. She had been very helpful in her teachings and so elf like he had almost the urge to kiss her hand but in this decade it was not the custom.

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-"No, that it not the way to do it. Estel aren't you listening to me." Legolas warned standing behind Estel and looking at his posture.

-"I am, but I do not see how I am not doing it correctly. I thought I was a fair archer." Whined Aragorn lowering the bow to look at his friend, after the talk they had about Arwen, Legolas was compelled to teach Estel how to use a bow after Estel had mentioned he wished to do so. Aragorn just did not expect to learn a mere minute after he had made the request.

-"You are a fair archer." Legolas replied pausing to let his comment sink in.

Estel smiled at the compliment but his grin soon faded as Legolas continued.

-"Compared to blind soldier or drunks. But I do not blame you." Said Legolas waving a hand, his chin very high and his looks far too regal for Strider to like.

-"You don't." Repeated Estel finding it hard to believe.

-"No, you have been taught by Elladan and Elrohir, or I should say you have been taught by Rivendell elves and they are far from being the best archer, they are capable in the lore of medicine and construction but as for archery. You are lucky to have my experience to guide you." Legolas said with a smug smile on his lips.

-"Are you not a bit vain." Commented Aragorn one eyebrow higher then the other waiting for the answer of the fair prince.

-"You know in your heart I speak true, now if you keep to offend me I shall never give you this opportunity to learn and you will have to be stuck with your sword." Right after he said that, Legolas regretted it, Aragorn was the true heir of a line of kings and was exceptionally gifted for the swordplay.

-"I have no problem with the sword my friend." Replied Aragorn proud while Legolas winced, it was not the way he wanted to make his point.

-"Yes I know, but you asked. Didn't you ask me to teach you" reminded Legolas using his last retort. He felt satisfaction when Aragorn slumped his shoulders before looking up again, acting every bit as the child Legolas thought him to be.

-"Yes I did, now what am I doing wrong?" He asked preparing the position on his bow loosely for Legolas to comment.

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-"You are too late." Said the voice of the old man as the two of them climbed the mountain, they could see the mountains of mount Doom on the other side.

-"Who are you?" asked Legolas lowering his bow and walking closer.

-"I am but a mere man." He said, with rugged clothes and his face full of soothe, he carried a cane and seemed harmless. But appearance were often misleading.

-"Liar, tell us who you are? " Legolas said looking closer to the surroundings

-"I have told you, I am but a simply man." He repeated bowing a little to them.

-"Then why did you tell us we were too late?" Asked Arwen pointing out the earlier remark, the mans eyes twinkled with a gleam neither of the elves liked.

-"Because, I adore watching you in pain." The man confessed passing a hand to his lips and rubbing his chin in glee.

-"What did you do?" Asked Legolas he could feel his mind spinning, was he the man responsible for the disappearance of Estel body.

-"I have done nothing, I only followed my master bidding." He mimicked a voice of a poor servant, but his tone and looks reminded Legolas a bit too much of Grima Wormtongue.

-"What did you do?" Legolas said more forcefully, lowering his bow, to the ground and putting his hand on the dagger he carried.

-"I have caused pain on the one you call Elessar." The man said happily as if he had done a good deed.

-"Why?" Cried out Arwen. There was a moment of silence then the man moved.

-"Kill me now." The man pleaded falling on his knees.

-"We will not until you have told us all." Swore Legolas unsheathing his dagger.

-"How will you know when I have told you all. I prefer knowing you ignorant." The man rose to his feet looking smug as if he had decided upon a plan.

-"Why would you give all of this pain on someone else?" Arwen said disgusted at what she was hearing, she knew evil. She had seen what the Orcs had done on her mother but by nature she couldn't understand why being would want to inflict pain.

-"He destroyed my master with the help of the periannath and of course, your help." He added on second thought.

-"You wish to blame me." Declared Legolas showing a little bit of pride to have participated in the fight against the evil of Mordor.

-"No, she is the one to blame." Said the man turning to Arwen, both elves jumped a little at the unexpected claim.

-"Why?" Asked Arwen confused, she had not played a large role in the destruction of Sauron.

-"You gave up on the Elessar." Accused the old man pointing his index at Arwen with his lips turn upward in a viscous smile.

-"I never gave up on Aragorn, you liar." Shouted Arwen coming next to Legolas as if she wanted to strangle the man herself. Legolas grabbed her arm and held her steady trying to fight the anger she felt by transferring her part of his calmness.

-"You said you preferred us ignorant." Legolas reminded when he knew Arwen was calmer.

-"Well on second thought, I prefer you with selective information. After all what you don't know cant hurt you." The man said with venom in his voice, he started to chuckled to himself as if he had made a big joke.

-"How did I give up on Elessar?" Asked Arwen forcefully, her eyes filled with tears, she walked one step closer to the man and slid one hand to the sword she carried. She gripped the handle to stop the tremors racking her body.

-"My master ask me to kill the persons responsible for his death. On the list was king Elessar of Gondor and the perian Baggins. You allow me to touch your king by giving the Elessar to the perian my dear queen. And now your precious king is alive, when you left him for dead, I have taken his mortality and his mind, so he will wander for all eternity in pain, ignorant. Don't you now wish you had killed me to be spared of this pain. I don't. Let me lick the tears falling from you face my dear, they will be quite a nect... "

He didn't even have time to finish the word that he fell on the floor, his neck broken.

-"I shouldn't have. Forgive me Arwen." Legolas said trembling, looking at his hands, the surge of anger, frustration and sadness had made him lash out at the man, he could still hear the crack and feel the bone breaking under his palms. He couldn't shake the feeling of satisfaction and yet incredible feeling he had made a mistake.

-"Do not blame yourself, Legolas, he couldn't have told us anymore only lies to cause us pain. " Arwen said wiping the tears that had fallen from her face.

-"Do you think he is lying?" Said Legolas still looking at the crumpled figure

-"In part, we both feel the presence of Estel in this world, and if he was in a right state of mind he would have gone back to Gondor or somewhere. I do not doubt that Sauron wished revenge. You behaviours is not at fault." Arwen said softly the last part as if she didn't want the lying corpse to hear her.

-"Nor yours, you have helped Frodo to chase away a few of his demons, do not blame yourself for giving inner peace to a friend in need. " Legolas reminded looking up at Arwen, his face grim.

-"Lets burn his body and leave, I do not wish to stay long near his corpse. " she said turning her back. It seemed like the wind changed and everything moved in slow motion.

-"As you wish.Arwen.Arwen. ARWEN! " Legolas screamed seeing the corpse grab her from behind and they both fell tumbling down, he could hear their screams and they rolled downhill.

-"ARWEN! " Legolas screamed again but this time he was surrounded by warm arms and something soft smelling like wildflowers trickling his nose. He didn't need to open his eyes that he would see raven locks. He buried his face in her neck and breathed deeply as she made soothing circle on his back. It didn't compare to the peacefulness that the havens brought, but it would have to do.

For a while anyway.