Paralyzing Devotion

Chapter Twelve: Do you care?

By: Fairylady

A/N: Busy, busy, busy! Why am I always busy?!?! Christmas vacation is here so I will use that time to work on my internet stories and my work stories! If you are wondering what work stories are I am an unpublished author who might have found a publisher but just can't be happy about my story! Any enough about that! I just went to see Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on my birthday and it was SSSSOOOO good! I cried at the end when the thought that there were no more to wait for came back when "The End" came up. Peter Jackson PLEASE! make the Hobbit into a movie! Oh, if anyone—ANYONE AT ALL—happens to have a picture of Legolas at the end of ROTK please tell me where ya got it! I have been dyin' for a picture of him at that point! Anyway, ON WITH THE STORY!!!!

REVIEWERS:

DiscoDelic: I should say hello Smeagol to you since you sounded almost exactly like him. You would have it exactly most likely if I could hear you. *Laugh to herself but shuts up when no one else is laughing and coughs* Well, an award, hmm *thinks* let me see *thinks some more* well, how about a brand new chapter of Paralyzing Devotion! Howss that, preccioussss?

LanierShazar: I think Estel would be in big trouble if he wasn't on Terra's side! Thranduil would be yelling at him, Terra would be yelling at him, Elrond would be yelling at him, I would be yelling at him! But your reward is a brand new chapter of Paralyzing Devotion! Just scroll down and there's your reward!

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Tiffany: You review I would NEVER EVER think as a Flame. Look at the very first review that I got for this story. That was on the edge of being a review and almost had me stopping this story. But your review *shakes head* that is not a flame I would never think of it as one. You're giving me suggestions and I like that, thank you!

Nelys1: I'll let you on a little biddy secret: I don't read Mary-sues very much. Only the humor ones. *Looks around to make sure no Mary-Sue writers or readers are around before sighing in relief* Do not worry, Terra, I think, already had her big breakdown when she found out she was no longer home. I would think of it as a nasty shock too, but after a while I would be very happy because Legolas would be there and so would Aragorn!

*Important note!!! This is before Aragorn (Estel) knows he is the Heir to the throne of Gondor.*

On with the Story ~

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"Right foot, left foot, your other left foot, damn it Legolas were you even taught the difference between left and right?" Terra sighed out of frustration and loss of all her patients. Legolas was becoming insufferable and almost whiny as he continued to go on complaining that he would never walk again and Terra was edging closer to her breaking point.

"Legolas," Estel rubbed his freehand over her face in annoyance, "try to work with us. We are trying to help you."

"I don't see why we have to do this when we all know I will never be able to walk again! Terra, I know you are trying your hardest and are trying to make an effort—"

"That you aren't even trying to show," Terra interrupted Legolas's words and screamed out some of her frustrations. "You could at least say "Thank you, Estel, thank you, Terra, you are giving me hope for a brighter future!" All you do is complain! I want to her optimism coming out of your mouth and nothing else! Now once more, Estel can you help Legolas try to walk around the field again?"

"Yes, I can help." Stepping out Estel began to basically drag Legolas around the empty archery field and spoke encouraging words to his Elven friend who was trying to get movement into his legs, but nothing was working.

Finally, after about 15 minutes walking around the field Legolas pushed Estel away from him and fell to the ground. "It is no use! My healing ability just will not work because of too close to injuries set together! Because I was injured during the fight and my heart was broken I lost the will to even walk! Maybe it would have been best if I had just died that night when my life seemed like nothing was worth living for."

Terra gapped at Legolas in shock and anger. "What!? You think that just because one stupid Elf broke your heart it is reason to stop living?!?! If that is the case then I should be six feet under already with the weeds growing over my grave and my memory beginning to fade from everyone's minds. Many times I have carried around a broken heart but do you see me walking around feeling sorry for myself and wishing I was dead?"

Legolas didn't know whether to answer or not so he only shook his slightly in response.

"Do you think dying would have made life easier for the people who are used to living with you everyday or knowing you? When I was back home I would hear about people giving up on life and I would think not about the person now dead but about the people who were left behind. If you died I know your father would be heartbroken, Estel would be mourning, and about everyone in Mirkwood and anywhere else you have been in Middle-Earth would also be mourning. What able Lord Elrond? He comes here every so often to check on you and try new medicines to see if they will help you, but do you even care? Do you care about the people who care about you?"

Legolas stayed silent and didn't move. He looked away from Terra's eyes and found a mound of dirt more interesting to look at.

Terra moved in closer to Legolas's slumped form and looked at Estel briefly before returning her gaze back on the prince. "Do you care, Legolas?"

Legolas took a breath and looked up at Terra with sorrow filled eyes, but his heart was already passed healing and no, he didn't 'are anymore. "I still wish I had died that day."

With all of her patients used up and anger replacing it, Terra let her body act for itself and with almost lightning speed her hand flew out and slapped Legolas hard across the face before she turned and run back to the palace leaving two stunned men.

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A/N: I updated! Here! Yikes, to think that even during Christmas break I have almost no free time when friends are asking you all these thing to do, siblings wanting you to spend time with them, presents to wrap, work to do, the presents to wrap, presents to find and look through, and still the problem with the presents to wrap. When am I going to be able to do that? Anyway, hope you like the story so far. I think Terra is getting her buttons pushed a bit more than they are suppose to be and that is good.

I have been thinking about a sequel to this, but there will be no Terra and it will kind of be AU, but I have to finish one of my works first before I can do that, but I have met up with a roadblock that says: "Need to create different languages for different races and you don't know how! Haha, have fun." Stupid-think-for-yourself-mind, I could do less without it and that is why I don't want it. Wait… Well, anyway, review! The policy is always at the end of my stories:

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