"Oi!" Legolas shouted as he woke. He found that he was outside, in the
streets of some town. He looked at his surroundings, but saw nothing but
metal bars, and Uruviel standing outside of them. As she noticed that he
was awake, she smiled.
"Hello, Legolas," Uruviel smirked. "You may ask where you are, but nay, I shall answer for thee. You are mine now. My prisoner, dear Prince. She looked as though she thought she ruled above all as she peered at Legolas's confused face.
A figure appeared behind her, and spoke. "You speak wrongly I'm afraid, Uruviel. Because Prince Legolas of Mirkwood is truly mine, and not yours." He stared at Legolas, and instantly Legolas recognized the smug face of Taurnil Ancalime, the elven king of the east. As the Prince of Mirkwood, he knew fairly well that Taurnil was no kind ruler, and refused to ally or contact with any elf-kind besides his own.
"I am owned by no one creature, elf or mortal." Legolas said, still fairly dazed. He stared out and saw that it was daytime, and judging by the shadows left by the nearly hidden sun, it was before noon.
"Well isn't that ironic, now, because I am elf, and I do own you," Taurnil said, exaggerating all of his words to prove that he indeed had the power to capture the elf-prince. All that Legolas could do was stare.
"What is your meaning?" Legolas asked, "Why do you cage me while our people have done nothing to deceive or harm you!" Taurnil just continued to keep his jesting expression on his face while Legolas took a moment to observe where he was.
He looked around, and saw that he was in a cage, very tall but not all that wide. The lock that held its bars was elf-wrought and Legolas knew well that one could not break out of elf-made locks. "Legolas, quiet yourself, and since I have no early appointments, I shall accept and tell you my tale." The king said, and quickly Uruviel ran to collect chairs. When she returned, Taurnil sat and began to tell of his plan.
"I have plenty of fair reason to have you here," He began, "Three years beyond, Thranduil came to discuss allegiance once again, that old fool. -Legolas twitched at this- Yes, your father is very foolish."
"I am not a child, Taurnil! Even as your prisoner, you shall not treat me as one. My father is noble, benevolent, intrepid, and a proud leader of Mirkwood, even if malignance may blind you!" Legolas yelled, even as Taurnil attempted to silence him.
"You? You are naught but just over 2,000 years! I shall not speak my age, though it is much wiser than such an insolent, arrogant little elfling! To me you are nothing but a child, and that you will remain in my eyes. However, you speak strong words to protect your father's sake," The king said, and began to pace, "I shall begin to tell my reasoning of why I despise your father so, if you are naught, and you stay that phase till the end of my speech."
Legolas stared. He did not speak, so Taurnil began once again. "Three years beyond, your father came to discuss allegiance terms. My elves constantly attack Mirkwood, as you know, for food, for maids, for supplies. ----Animals, Legolas thought, Elves do not spend immortality stealing from their own kin! Stealing maids! Of all! His kind are animals! --------- "I said nay, for once before I accepted his partnership, and he deceived us! He left me, his own kin to deal with the orc band all by my self, with our small army! Why should I ally with him, when Thranduil's promises are false! He always was like that," He mumbled. ----Legolas thought of what Taurnil had just said. He always was like that? What does that mean? ------- --
"My plan is to show that I can too deceive, Prince of Mirkwood. For instead of stealing maids or food, I steal you, Thranduil's only heir!" He looked mad and maniacal. "You will never go back until Thranduil surrenders, and accepts my terms. My terms, you may ask? They are that he ally with us, and allow us do what we please!"
"Chaos will endure, Taurnil! The balance will be upset. I will not let my father surrender hope for me. Your plan will fail," Legolas said confidently, after standing silently in his cage for so long.
"Are you so sure you will let Thranduil throw away your life? You will beg him to save you in the end!" Taurnil replied, "Come Uruviel, let us leave. Legolas shall stay here, while the cold season become bitterer! Let us feast while he does not!" With that he turned and left, with several guards behind him, and Uruviel, with her bright blue robes, following him into the hall nearby.
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Inside of the cage, Legolas sat alone, and he did not have a hope of escape. He sat believing that he would eventually be saved, and not for the neck of Mirkwood. Eventually eve came, and an elf maiden came to the cage with dry bread and old goat's milk. Legolas noticed that this elf was not of the eastern kin. She was a Lothlorien elf. She looked much like the Lady Galadriel. "You are not of Taurnil's kin, are you, milady?" He asked, hoping she would answer.
The maid paused in her steps, looking down. She looked up, into Legolas's eyes. She stared for a while, and then she shook her head. "You are not permitted to speak to me, are you?" Legolas asked.
The lady shook her head: No. "Come closer then, for there are none guarding me; I have no chance of escape." Legolas said. She came forward at last and set down the food.
"The king has forbidden speech to the prisoner, lord. And nay, I am not of Taurnil's kin. I was also kidnapped, twelve years back, by the elves of this rein." With that, she turned and headed for the castle, leaving Legolas in the cold, alone, to think of what he had just endured.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*Mirkwood, the morning after his capture~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Legolas? It is time for breakfast," Arwen said, knocking on Legolas's bedchamber's door. When no answer came, she shielded her eyes and entered. But when she entered she did him. From behind her there came a voice.
"Lady? Elrond bids you come to breakfast," a servant said. He was a pale elf with dark hair and eyes, and was intimidated by Arwen. Not only by her beauty, but the strong will that surrounds her.
"Yes, yes, I will," She said, and she followed the elf into the breakfast hall. Perhaps Legolas was already there.
At the breakfast hall she spied Aragorn, who had joined Thranduil's party that morning. Arwen smiled broadly, and hurried for a seat next to him. Aragorn pulled a chair out for her and she sat. He took her hand and kissed it. "Milady, it has been nearly two days past since I have set eyes upon you. That was too long," Aragorn said, and they began to eat poached quail eggs and honey. With that, Arwen failed to recall the memory that Legolas, her friend, was missing.
Thranduil was growing weary, however. "Legolas is not here, Elrond, my friend," he said. "Where could he be at this moment of need?" Elrond merely told him that the evening before probably wore him out, and that he need not worry about an elf like Legolas.
"Yes, yes, Elrond, I know I shouldn't," he replied, "But where is Uruviel? She is not at the table either. Neither are her father and mother!" Elrond laughed at this.
"You cannot keep your guest chained, Thranduil!" Elrond laughed merrily. "For all you know, they are out in the garden!" He took a large bite of bread. "It is what you want, no? For Legolas to create a family, to have a successful heir? Let them be alone! Maybe your son will finally fall for a maid. Let us celebrate now on, and no more thoughts may there be put upon it!"
And all through the night all suspected Uruviel and Legolas were gone for love, and none were told to disturb him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The Cage*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Legolas tried to sleep on the iron floor of the cage, which proved challenging without pillow or bed. He wondered if anyone had noticed yet that he was absent from Mirkwood. Would anyone look for him? Would Arwen, his dear friend come to his rescue? Legolas knew Arwen not as a maid, but his own kin, so he would not mind if a maid like her came to help.
Legolas chose to pass the time by thinking of what Taurnil had said: "He always was like that" kept repeating over and over in his head. It meant something; he knew it.
Soon it dawned on him like the spring solstice. All of the puzzle pieces fit. Taurnil's face, his name, his voice, all so familiar!
The realization slapped him on his face. Taurnil was Thranduil's brother.
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"Hello, Legolas," Uruviel smirked. "You may ask where you are, but nay, I shall answer for thee. You are mine now. My prisoner, dear Prince. She looked as though she thought she ruled above all as she peered at Legolas's confused face.
A figure appeared behind her, and spoke. "You speak wrongly I'm afraid, Uruviel. Because Prince Legolas of Mirkwood is truly mine, and not yours." He stared at Legolas, and instantly Legolas recognized the smug face of Taurnil Ancalime, the elven king of the east. As the Prince of Mirkwood, he knew fairly well that Taurnil was no kind ruler, and refused to ally or contact with any elf-kind besides his own.
"I am owned by no one creature, elf or mortal." Legolas said, still fairly dazed. He stared out and saw that it was daytime, and judging by the shadows left by the nearly hidden sun, it was before noon.
"Well isn't that ironic, now, because I am elf, and I do own you," Taurnil said, exaggerating all of his words to prove that he indeed had the power to capture the elf-prince. All that Legolas could do was stare.
"What is your meaning?" Legolas asked, "Why do you cage me while our people have done nothing to deceive or harm you!" Taurnil just continued to keep his jesting expression on his face while Legolas took a moment to observe where he was.
He looked around, and saw that he was in a cage, very tall but not all that wide. The lock that held its bars was elf-wrought and Legolas knew well that one could not break out of elf-made locks. "Legolas, quiet yourself, and since I have no early appointments, I shall accept and tell you my tale." The king said, and quickly Uruviel ran to collect chairs. When she returned, Taurnil sat and began to tell of his plan.
"I have plenty of fair reason to have you here," He began, "Three years beyond, Thranduil came to discuss allegiance once again, that old fool. -Legolas twitched at this- Yes, your father is very foolish."
"I am not a child, Taurnil! Even as your prisoner, you shall not treat me as one. My father is noble, benevolent, intrepid, and a proud leader of Mirkwood, even if malignance may blind you!" Legolas yelled, even as Taurnil attempted to silence him.
"You? You are naught but just over 2,000 years! I shall not speak my age, though it is much wiser than such an insolent, arrogant little elfling! To me you are nothing but a child, and that you will remain in my eyes. However, you speak strong words to protect your father's sake," The king said, and began to pace, "I shall begin to tell my reasoning of why I despise your father so, if you are naught, and you stay that phase till the end of my speech."
Legolas stared. He did not speak, so Taurnil began once again. "Three years beyond, your father came to discuss allegiance terms. My elves constantly attack Mirkwood, as you know, for food, for maids, for supplies. ----Animals, Legolas thought, Elves do not spend immortality stealing from their own kin! Stealing maids! Of all! His kind are animals! --------- "I said nay, for once before I accepted his partnership, and he deceived us! He left me, his own kin to deal with the orc band all by my self, with our small army! Why should I ally with him, when Thranduil's promises are false! He always was like that," He mumbled. ----Legolas thought of what Taurnil had just said. He always was like that? What does that mean? ------- --
"My plan is to show that I can too deceive, Prince of Mirkwood. For instead of stealing maids or food, I steal you, Thranduil's only heir!" He looked mad and maniacal. "You will never go back until Thranduil surrenders, and accepts my terms. My terms, you may ask? They are that he ally with us, and allow us do what we please!"
"Chaos will endure, Taurnil! The balance will be upset. I will not let my father surrender hope for me. Your plan will fail," Legolas said confidently, after standing silently in his cage for so long.
"Are you so sure you will let Thranduil throw away your life? You will beg him to save you in the end!" Taurnil replied, "Come Uruviel, let us leave. Legolas shall stay here, while the cold season become bitterer! Let us feast while he does not!" With that he turned and left, with several guards behind him, and Uruviel, with her bright blue robes, following him into the hall nearby.
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Inside of the cage, Legolas sat alone, and he did not have a hope of escape. He sat believing that he would eventually be saved, and not for the neck of Mirkwood. Eventually eve came, and an elf maiden came to the cage with dry bread and old goat's milk. Legolas noticed that this elf was not of the eastern kin. She was a Lothlorien elf. She looked much like the Lady Galadriel. "You are not of Taurnil's kin, are you, milady?" He asked, hoping she would answer.
The maid paused in her steps, looking down. She looked up, into Legolas's eyes. She stared for a while, and then she shook her head. "You are not permitted to speak to me, are you?" Legolas asked.
The lady shook her head: No. "Come closer then, for there are none guarding me; I have no chance of escape." Legolas said. She came forward at last and set down the food.
"The king has forbidden speech to the prisoner, lord. And nay, I am not of Taurnil's kin. I was also kidnapped, twelve years back, by the elves of this rein." With that, she turned and headed for the castle, leaving Legolas in the cold, alone, to think of what he had just endured.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*Mirkwood, the morning after his capture~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Legolas? It is time for breakfast," Arwen said, knocking on Legolas's bedchamber's door. When no answer came, she shielded her eyes and entered. But when she entered she did him. From behind her there came a voice.
"Lady? Elrond bids you come to breakfast," a servant said. He was a pale elf with dark hair and eyes, and was intimidated by Arwen. Not only by her beauty, but the strong will that surrounds her.
"Yes, yes, I will," She said, and she followed the elf into the breakfast hall. Perhaps Legolas was already there.
At the breakfast hall she spied Aragorn, who had joined Thranduil's party that morning. Arwen smiled broadly, and hurried for a seat next to him. Aragorn pulled a chair out for her and she sat. He took her hand and kissed it. "Milady, it has been nearly two days past since I have set eyes upon you. That was too long," Aragorn said, and they began to eat poached quail eggs and honey. With that, Arwen failed to recall the memory that Legolas, her friend, was missing.
Thranduil was growing weary, however. "Legolas is not here, Elrond, my friend," he said. "Where could he be at this moment of need?" Elrond merely told him that the evening before probably wore him out, and that he need not worry about an elf like Legolas.
"Yes, yes, Elrond, I know I shouldn't," he replied, "But where is Uruviel? She is not at the table either. Neither are her father and mother!" Elrond laughed at this.
"You cannot keep your guest chained, Thranduil!" Elrond laughed merrily. "For all you know, they are out in the garden!" He took a large bite of bread. "It is what you want, no? For Legolas to create a family, to have a successful heir? Let them be alone! Maybe your son will finally fall for a maid. Let us celebrate now on, and no more thoughts may there be put upon it!"
And all through the night all suspected Uruviel and Legolas were gone for love, and none were told to disturb him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The Cage*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Legolas tried to sleep on the iron floor of the cage, which proved challenging without pillow or bed. He wondered if anyone had noticed yet that he was absent from Mirkwood. Would anyone look for him? Would Arwen, his dear friend come to his rescue? Legolas knew Arwen not as a maid, but his own kin, so he would not mind if a maid like her came to help.
Legolas chose to pass the time by thinking of what Taurnil had said: "He always was like that" kept repeating over and over in his head. It meant something; he knew it.
Soon it dawned on him like the spring solstice. All of the puzzle pieces fit. Taurnil's face, his name, his voice, all so familiar!
The realization slapped him on his face. Taurnil was Thranduil's brother.
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