Elrond halted his horse and dismounted the horse. He crossed over towards Aragorn, and pulled Legolas from the horse. By this time they were halfway to Isenguard. Elrond placed Legolas on the ground. A deep from formed upon his face as he examined the prince. He quickly stood with the prince, and swiftly mounted, Encalien. " We must make haste, on to Isenguard!" He shouted as he spurred on the stallion holding the prince tightly.

Aragorn and Gimli spurred their horses onwards after the Lord of Rivendell, and made it to Isenguard in record timing.

Merry and Pippin greeted the company eagerly in a cheerful voice. " Gandalf, Strider!" They cried happily.

" Now isn't the time for such greetings." Aragorn responded as he brushed past the two Hobbits and followed his father.

Legolas thrashed on the ground lost in a nightmare, and Aragorn went rushing to his side.

They eye of Sauron flashed through the darkness of the thrashing elf's mind. " Soon.. soon little elf you will be mine.. and then the real fun shall begin." Sauron's twisted voice boomed into the prince's mind. Legolas shuddered violently, and a cry pierced the air from the prince as Sauron roughly tore himself from the prince's mind.

" Legolas.. come on Mellon-nin you must pull through this.. I won't let this claim you. You know.. the first time I met you I thought that you were just a stuck up prince that had no regards for rules. Through the years you've proved time and time again how wrong I was. Every day that passed you've given me such happiness I never knew before. We both thought that I would be the first to leave this world.. you are immortal you have so much more to live for.. this cannot defeat you." Aragorn whispered to Legolas in elvish.

In the shadows Elrond bowed his head hearing what Estel said. He knew how hard the events of the future would be upon his human son. ' Perhaps Galadriel is right... perhaps I am hurting him more in trying to shelter him..' Elrond thought grimly to himself.

The sun slowly rose, and little cheer was to be found that morning though the two Hobbits tried to lighten up the dismal mood.

Early on that afternoon the sky darkened into an early night from the evil radiating from Mordor, and the evil still radiating from the tower within.

Legolas was once again sleeping, and Elrond pulled Aragorn from the elf's side. Gandalf looked between the two and looked expectantly at the Elf Lord.

Elrond met Gandalf's eyes with a meaningful look and sadly shook his head. " Aragorn the remainder of you must press on. The ring bearer is counting on you."

Aragorn shook his head. " I'm not leaving without Legolas." With that said Aragorn stormed back off towards Legolas's side. The Ranger stared around the camp in horror, but his friend was nowhere in sight. " He's gone..." Aragorn whispered in a trembling voice full of fear, worry, and concern for the elf.

A/n: This story is now complete. The first chapter for the final story in this series will be up soon.

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Sporkgirl: yeah well I'm trying to write it anyway lol. part of it is posted up at fictionpress.com under the penname sky87.