Heylo there everyone!!!

silvertoekee; LOL! I can imagine that... "Would you like ice-elf in your coca-cola sir?" =)

Terreis; I know; there are some things I read and I'm think; "Eh?! How d'ya say that?!" I'm glad Tolkien put one at the end of LOTR... I needed it!

Joee1; Ah; the scene separating... I did do it, but now ff.n's silly Quick Edit thingy is wiping them out!!! ='( So now I've resorted to dots... =( My poor stars...

Dha-Gal; No, no Dan Angst in this one, but next story, I promise!!! Haven't you wondered why I'm asking about poisonous snakes? =) I HATE it when people do that!!! It's so hard to keep track of! A secret? Hmmm... not sure yet... we'll see... =)

Celebrean; Oh... Kay... then... sorry, it's just that now I've been told by different people 3 ways of spelling Celebrian!!! =( Now I'm confused... thanks for reviewing though!!!

Anarya; You sure do like leaving novel-length reviews, hey?! Don't worry, I love reading them!!! Ah, well you see Anarya m'dear... I can make the Nilmé Series a complete AU one of I wanna... which could possibly mean character death... and don't forget the number of originals I've made up!!! =) OOH, OOH!!! That sounded really good; do a story with that!!! What you wrote about the snake I mean... go on! I'm not going to do it to Legolas anyway... oh yeah, please tell me if you don't like me asking you to write all these things; it's just that I think that you're really a VERY excellent writer...

Amthramiel; Thanks for the snake info and the review!

Stoneage Woman; Hmmm... do you think I could use a cobra-viper hybrid? Coz I like the sound of the viper in colour and size things, but I LOVE the rings-around-the-neck thing... panthers?! Leopards?! Jeez... how do you survive?! Ah right, thank you very much! I'll go fix that sentence some time later on... yeah; I've just recently taken up singing when my teacher overheard me singing to myself while putting up decorations for something we did recently... I thought nobody was around to listen so I just sang to myself and she walked around the corner and told me I sounded really good, so I guess it's a fledgling talent I've just discovered! I reckon I'm better (and much more comfy with) creative things... Thanks for reviewing!!!

leggylover03; THANK YOU!!! Just so you know, I'm planning up a whole entire Nilmé Series story with NO Legolas and ALL Estel (Well, I mean, known as Aragorn by this time) and there will be ANGST GALORE!!! Let's just say; Group of Rangers Orcs Taken-to-Mordor = Ouch. Yup. =)

Mellaithwen; Thanks Amy!!!

Yavie Aelinel; I like reptiles too!!! Thanks for the info on the snakes!!!

Manders1953; Lol! DUDE!!! You do realise that my friends are being driven nuts now that you've got me hooked on that word, eh? DUDE!!!

shadowfaxgal7; Yes, they know Tiliath!!! Phew... sounds scary! Glad to... well, I'm assuming you're fine now, yeah? Ah, right I'll remember that... Quick Updates = Painlessness... good good... ouch!!! Hope your ankle gets better soon! Thanks for all the answers!!! You helped a LOT!!!

ElenaRoan; Wow, that's a hell of a lot of snakes!!! Thank you for all your help; review again sometime, yeah?

ESTEL!!!; Yup, we could start calling him Shnuggle-Bunny... LOL!!! Ouch; GCSE's... are you Y10 or Y11? Sorry; it's just in my school the Y9's are already starting coursework and that got me wondering... SLAP STICK RULEZ!!!

Lainfaer; Thanks for the help!

Astievia; I'm glad your comp is fixed!!! Oh, I'm glad you like Tiliath!!! Why am I asking about stabbing? Will I hurt Legolas? Funny you should ask that... think, Future Story, Legolas, Morgul Blade, and Ouch... yeah... =) MWUHAHAHAHAHA!!! There is a snake loose in your room?!?!?! OO' Bloody hell... I WANT A STAR!!! That way I'd live up to my many Internet names; they all have Star in them somewhere! Let me think... Star-Stallion, MoonStar, StarQueen, Elentári (Star Queen in Elvish!), Little Elf Star... yeah... it's my trademark!!! In case you haven't realised by now, I REALLY love stars!!!

senseii; Ooh!!! New reviewer!!! Hello!!! I know I'm evil; it's a patented thing of mine! =) Mushrooms? Oh, thanks!!! Thank you very much for putting me on your faves list and for reviewing!!!

Wife of Elladan; Hi! Thanks very much! -.- --- Ooh I'm blushing now...

Ok then everyone!!! Time for the next chappie...

.:Chapter Eight:.

Groggily, Estel's silver-grey eyes blinked open. A figure stood above him, too blurred to identify. As the teenager swallowed to relieve his dry mouth, his throat grated painfully. He felt the person above him place a hand over his forehead.

"Ada?" he croaked, his voice sounding unnaturally raspy.

"No Estel, it's me," replied the figure.

Estel blinked rapidly, and slowly the colours of the softly lit room swam back into their normal places to reveal Glorfindel standing there. He was smiling fondly, yet there was something in his eyes...

"You gave your Ada quite a scare there," he told the human firmly as he sat in a comfortable chair that was situated next to the bed. Estel coughed a little as his cheeks blushed; he was ashamed of what he had done.

"I know I shouldn't have run off like that-" he began, before he noticed the strange look that the blonde Elf gave him. "What?"

Glorfindel frowned. "I'm not talking about your running away," he explained. "I mean when you fainted."

Estel was taken aback. "I fainted?!"

The Elf nodded. "Aye, and when you did your Ada had a vision of you collapsing. He had no idea what was wrong with you and rode back hard to help you. You were in pretty bad shape; that fever of yours was the root of the problem. I think you became over-heated." Glorfindel sighed and rested back, relaxing back into the soft cushions. "Oh well... all seems well now I guess; all that's left now is to inform him when he awakens."

It was only now that Estel realised that Lord Elrond was nowhere to be seen. This worried him; his adoptive father was usually milling about the healer's ward when there was someone injured, which usually developed into frantic 'Healer Mode', as he and Legolas liked to call it, if the afore-mentioned injured person was one who was close to him.

"Where is Ada?" he asked. Glorfindel had a slightly devilish glint in his eye.

"Do not think that your Ada is immune to his own sleeping potions young Estel..." he whispered, tapping the side of his nose. Estel grinned; he had no idea that Glorfindel, the famous Balrog slayer, had such a trait in him... it almost made him sound like Elladan or Elrohir.

"But of course, it's just our little secret, yes?"

Estel nodded, pleased to be in the conspiracy. "Of course..."

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Legolas woke again later on to the same surroundings. This time, however, he definitely felt less disorientated and confused.

He suddenly wondered what was happening as one of the many blankets draped over the top of him began to slide off of him. He rolled slightly to peer over the edge of the thick posted bed and large, soft feather mattress to see a small child, no more that about two years old, chewing on the corner.

"Well hello!" he muttered to the little one. The infant looked up at him with big blue eyes, still chewing, and waved with tiny fingers.

"Hello," he replied.

Legolas smiled. He had never really come across very young children before; in Mirkwood, all of the tiny Elflings stayed very close to their mothers for fear of what was beyond their borders.

"Ah, so I see you're awake!" said another voice. The Elf's head turned towards the doorway to see a man there.

He wore dark clothes; black trousers and a deep blue overcoat, and underneath a white shirt. His boots reached to just under his knees, while a sword was strapped to his belt and an old yet strong-looking bow over his shoulder. These he removed and placed in the corner of the room.

As he walked towards Legolas and the young child that still sat on the floor, the warm fire seemed to make his deep brown eyes almost glow, and Legolas could see the slight smile that was on the rugged face of the dark-haired human.

The man rested a hand over Legolas' forehead, and sighed, sounding contented. "Well Master Elf, I think you'll be happy to know that your little mishap in the snow hasn't seemed to have done too much damage to you... I reckon you'll make a complete recovery!"

Legolas felt quite relieved at this, though to be honest he'd had no idea just how close to freezing outside the previous night he had come. There was just one thing he wanted to know though...

"Who are you?"

The man straightened up. "My name is Tiliath. I'm a Ranger. I found you out near the water hole..."

For the next few minutes, Tiliath explained to Legolas how he had found him out in the snow, taking him to the cave, spending the night there, and everything else up until his waking a few moments ago. Legolas merely listened intently through it all until the tale ended.

A moment of silence passed between them for a moment, broken only by the little infant playing on the floor.

"Well Tiliath, I want to let you know that I'm eternally grateful to you for saving my life. You are welcome in Mirkwood any time you like!"

Tiliath resisted the urge to laugh as the small and young-looking Elf told him this in such an authoritive voice; after all, with Elves, you could never tell their age just by looking. Anyway, something told him that there was more to this Elf than what he seemed.

"Thank you for your hospitality," replied Tiliath. He picked up Tolaith from the floor where he was just about to begin playing with some big balls of fluffy dust that had come to rest hidden underneath the bed on which Legolas lay.

"Hey you," growled Tiliath playfully. Tolaith giggled gleefully.

"Hello Daddy!"

Tiliath tickled his little boy mischievously. Legolas smiled as he watched the father and son playing. Tolaith gasped back his breath as his father held him close.

"Don't tell your mother that I left you to play with dust... she'll kill me..."

Tolaith nodded innocently. "Ok Daddy."

With that he popped the youngster on the floor, where he toddled back over to Legolas.

"Who's you?" asked the little one, staring up to the Elf.

"I'm Legolas," he said.

Tiliath stopped stoking the fire and listened to that part very carefully. "Legolas?!" he thought.

No...

There was no way that this could be the same Elf...

Could it?

So, tell me what you think!!! R&R!!!

OH YEAH; ALL GO READ ANARYA'S STORY 'THE QUEST' BECAUSE IT IS REALLY GOOD!!!