Title: The Stars Will Shine Brighter
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the genius which is Tolkien.
Summary: The people of Mirkwood have secluded themselves from other elves for a long time. Legolas has not seen his former best friends, the children of Elrond, for almost 2 thousand years. But when he runs into an injured human that claims to be a child of the Lord of Imladris, will he return to Imladris? Will this human become a friend?
Chapter Six:
Legolas and Gandalf had been summonded to eat dinner with the Lord's family in the great hall. When they arrived, Les was surprised to see Estel sitting at the table, he sat in the seat next to him.
"You're up." Said Legolas.
"I'm up." Repeated Estel. The twins smiled from across the table.
The dinner went relatively uneventful as Gandalf told them tales of his previous adventures, and the twins also regaled the group, telling Les stories about pranks they had played on the residents of Rivendell.
"Elladan how is the scouting going for that small group of orcs spotted near the eastern borders?" Glorfindel asked.
"Terrible. We searched for hours and when we finaly found them, the group wasn't small at all there were seventy of them. Many of our scouts were injured and we had to retreat back here." Elladan explained, his distress evident.
"Through all your distress, be it darker or lighter, if you look to the skies, the stars will shine brighter." Whispered Legolas in consolation.
"Where did you learn that?" Elrohir asked, suspiciously.
"I picked it up, I don't know who from. Why do you ask?" Legolas lied quickly.
"We used to have this friend who always said that when we were depressed or angry." Elladan and Elrohir shared a smile as they remembered their old friend.
"You used to have a friend?" Estel questioned, they had never mentioned this before. The Twins stopped smiling.
"Yes his name was Legolas, he's the prince of Mirkwood." Elrohir said.
"Why aren't you still friends?" Aragorn asked.
"When his Mother died, and after that, the king stopped letting him visit and we weren't allowed there so." Elladan trailed off.
"Do you miss him?" Aragorn asked.
"He was like our brother and when all of a sudden you aren't allowed to see your brother, it hurts. We miss him more than you'll ever know Estel." Said Elrohir with a sad smile.
"I'm sure he misses you to." Legolas spoke up, eyes lowered. Estel gave him a look.
"I think I'm going to retrire for the night." Legolas stood from his seat.
"That's ridiculus you just woke up." Elrohir said.
"I'm sorry but I'm very tired." Legolas turned away from the table after nodding good night, he left the dining hall. Estel looked to his ada, Elrond, who knew what he was asking and nodded. Aragorn left the room to follow Legolas.
When he finally caught up to the elf. He pulled his arm and stopped him.
"Whats going on?" Aragorn asked, concerned.
"Nothing." Brushed off Les.
"No you're acting weird." Estel pushed.
"No I'm not..i'm just..tired." It wasn't actually a lie, he was really tired. Estel nodded, accepting this response.
"Good Night then." Aragorn said. Les nodded to him his goodnight and turned back to his room.
Aragorn stood there for a moment then shouted.
"Les, me and my brothers are going orc hunting tomorrow would you like to attend." Aragorn asked. Legolas stopped again and turned around.
"I'd like that. But are you sure you're up to it and that your ada will let you go?" Legolas asked, guessing Estel had not yet asked his father if he could go.
"I'm sure he'll be fine with it."
The Next day.
"No I'm not fine with it Estel, you can not go! You're still recovering." Elrond said. Legolas who stood nearby, smirked at Estel. He knew the human had not asked his ada. Estel glared at Legolas and sighed, accepting that his father would not change his mind.
"Do you want me to stay here with you?" Legolas asked the human.
"No, go on, I have things to do here that are important." Estel said.
"You're sure?" Les did not want to ditch his new friend.
"I'm sure," said Aragorn, smiling, "You three have fun." Legolas smiled aswell and waved goodbye as he mounted his horse and followed Elladan and Elrohir out the gates of Rivendell.
It had been a few hours and they had not located any orcs yet. Legolas was happily and quietly listening to the banter of the Rivendell twins. The three guards that had also attended the hunt were also enjoying a good conversation.
The three lordly elves and their companions rode on, finding nought but trees and rocks in their path. Legolas was greatly disturbed by the absense of sound around them. there were no birds chirping, no sounds of animals in the woods beside them. This made him very nervous, but he said nothing to the others.
Les was just listening to Elladan recounting an adventure involving Lord Elrond, Glorfindel, and a group of roudy dwarves, when he heard it. The sound of a grunt coming from the trees not 20 feet away. Legolas looking in the direction of the sound just in time to see a black arrow that was heading strait for Elrohir's back. Before he could think twice about what he was doing, Legolas put his body in the path of the arrow.
It struck him on the left side of his abdomin. As soon as he was hit, the others sprung into action. They fired towards the woods, where the orcs were rushing out of the forrest to attack. There were many orcs, around 80, not so small a group. Elladan and Elrohir were using their swords, for they had now run out of arrows and their quivers were empty. Legolas, the only one of them with any arrows left, was standing on a hill just above the fray and firing his arrows onto the orcs attacking. He had already pulled the black arrow out of his side, but could feel the poison from the tip running through his body, he ignored it. He was also starting to feel weary from blood loss, he ignored that aswell and kept fighting. Finally the battle was over, and all the orcs were dead. Some of the Elves were injured and Elladan was tending to them with others who were unscathed.
Elrohir was approaching Les to offer him aid to the wounds that Elrohir knew he had. Legolas was kneeling on the ground at the top of a small hill. When Elrohir was just ten feet away from him, Legolas suddenly grabbed his bow and shot. Elrohir closed his eyes, knowing the arrow wasn't meant for him, but not knowing if this elf was a good shot. When he heard a screech, he opened his eyes. He turned to see Elladan, who had been tending to a guard's wound, openmouthed. An orc had tried to sneak behind him and had been about to slice his head from his shoulders, when and arrow struck it dead center on its forhead. Elrohir was in shock that his twin brother's immortal life had almost ended, and also at the accuracy of the arrow, Elladan was 60 feet away.
Legolas once again laid down his bow as Elrohir sat down beside him.
"Let me look." Said the younger twin, indicating to Les's side. Legolas complied and lifted his tunic. Elrohir gasped. Around the wound there was a large amount of black poison.
"Black poison." Whispered Elrohir. Les nodded.
"we need to get you back to ada quickly." He helped Legolas up.
"Elladan we need to get back to Imladris, quick." He yelled to his twin, who nodded and started helping the injured onto their horses.
Elrohir, did the same for Legolas, then mounted his own horse and rode beside the injured elf.
"Why did you do that?" He asked Legolas.
"Do what?" Legolas asked.
"take the arrow for me. You didn't have to do that." Said Elrohir, who was beginning to like the elf more and more, the better he got to know him.
"Would I be able to live with myself if I knew I could have but didn't." Legolas questioned.
"You speak in riddles. Much like Mithrandir." Legolas smiled at this.
"So Les, tell me more about you." Elrohir was noticing that his companions eyelids were getting heavier.
"What do you want to know?" Legolas asked, hoping that Elrohir wouldn't ask anything too personal.
"Do you have any brothers and sisters?"
"I had a brother, but he went over the sea." Legolas looked saddened as he said this.
"I am sorry. My mother went to the grey havens. I know how it feels." Elrohir spoke.
"So what of your parents? Have they sailed?" Elrohir asked.
"My father remains. He does not wish to leave until all of Mirkwood is emptied. And my mother . my mother was killed by orcs many years ago." Legolas finished the last bit quickly, not wishing to dwell on it.
"I am sorry, what happened?" Elrohir didn't get the hint that it was a sensitive subject for he had never himself lost someone close to him in that way.
"She was out for a walk with me and we were ambushed and there was nothing I could do." Legolas whispered. Elrohir could tell that Legolas blamed himself, but said nothing.
It seemed like forever before they reached the gates of Rivendell. Legolas was almost falling off his horse and Elrohir was reaching over to keep him from falling. Lord Elrond, Estel, Gandalf, and a she-elf ran to them.
"What happened?" Elrond asked as Estel and Elladan pulled Legolas off of his horse and began to carry him to the healing houses for he had lost conciousness.
"We were traveling and out of no where an arrow was fired and was about to strike me when Les jumped in front of me and took the arrow for me. It was covered in black poison. We fought for quite awhile against a large group of orcs and finally defeated them. but one was left alive and he almost took Elladan's head off but Les managed to kill it." Elrohir explained the whole story as they followed Elladan, Estel and Legolas to the healing rooms.
It was three days before Legolas woke. When he did, he found a group of people waiting.
"Les, it is good to see you awake." Smiled Lord Elrond, "I would like to thank you for saving the lives of both my sons. I am eternally gratefully."
"I just did what was needed." Legolas said, looking down. It took a moment before he realised that there was someone in the room he didn't know. He looked to the she-elf then to Estel.
"Oh, I forgot. Les this is Arwen."
TBC.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the genius which is Tolkien.
Summary: The people of Mirkwood have secluded themselves from other elves for a long time. Legolas has not seen his former best friends, the children of Elrond, for almost 2 thousand years. But when he runs into an injured human that claims to be a child of the Lord of Imladris, will he return to Imladris? Will this human become a friend?
Chapter Six:
Legolas and Gandalf had been summonded to eat dinner with the Lord's family in the great hall. When they arrived, Les was surprised to see Estel sitting at the table, he sat in the seat next to him.
"You're up." Said Legolas.
"I'm up." Repeated Estel. The twins smiled from across the table.
The dinner went relatively uneventful as Gandalf told them tales of his previous adventures, and the twins also regaled the group, telling Les stories about pranks they had played on the residents of Rivendell.
"Elladan how is the scouting going for that small group of orcs spotted near the eastern borders?" Glorfindel asked.
"Terrible. We searched for hours and when we finaly found them, the group wasn't small at all there were seventy of them. Many of our scouts were injured and we had to retreat back here." Elladan explained, his distress evident.
"Through all your distress, be it darker or lighter, if you look to the skies, the stars will shine brighter." Whispered Legolas in consolation.
"Where did you learn that?" Elrohir asked, suspiciously.
"I picked it up, I don't know who from. Why do you ask?" Legolas lied quickly.
"We used to have this friend who always said that when we were depressed or angry." Elladan and Elrohir shared a smile as they remembered their old friend.
"You used to have a friend?" Estel questioned, they had never mentioned this before. The Twins stopped smiling.
"Yes his name was Legolas, he's the prince of Mirkwood." Elrohir said.
"Why aren't you still friends?" Aragorn asked.
"When his Mother died, and after that, the king stopped letting him visit and we weren't allowed there so." Elladan trailed off.
"Do you miss him?" Aragorn asked.
"He was like our brother and when all of a sudden you aren't allowed to see your brother, it hurts. We miss him more than you'll ever know Estel." Said Elrohir with a sad smile.
"I'm sure he misses you to." Legolas spoke up, eyes lowered. Estel gave him a look.
"I think I'm going to retrire for the night." Legolas stood from his seat.
"That's ridiculus you just woke up." Elrohir said.
"I'm sorry but I'm very tired." Legolas turned away from the table after nodding good night, he left the dining hall. Estel looked to his ada, Elrond, who knew what he was asking and nodded. Aragorn left the room to follow Legolas.
When he finally caught up to the elf. He pulled his arm and stopped him.
"Whats going on?" Aragorn asked, concerned.
"Nothing." Brushed off Les.
"No you're acting weird." Estel pushed.
"No I'm not..i'm just..tired." It wasn't actually a lie, he was really tired. Estel nodded, accepting this response.
"Good Night then." Aragorn said. Les nodded to him his goodnight and turned back to his room.
Aragorn stood there for a moment then shouted.
"Les, me and my brothers are going orc hunting tomorrow would you like to attend." Aragorn asked. Legolas stopped again and turned around.
"I'd like that. But are you sure you're up to it and that your ada will let you go?" Legolas asked, guessing Estel had not yet asked his father if he could go.
"I'm sure he'll be fine with it."
The Next day.
"No I'm not fine with it Estel, you can not go! You're still recovering." Elrond said. Legolas who stood nearby, smirked at Estel. He knew the human had not asked his ada. Estel glared at Legolas and sighed, accepting that his father would not change his mind.
"Do you want me to stay here with you?" Legolas asked the human.
"No, go on, I have things to do here that are important." Estel said.
"You're sure?" Les did not want to ditch his new friend.
"I'm sure," said Aragorn, smiling, "You three have fun." Legolas smiled aswell and waved goodbye as he mounted his horse and followed Elladan and Elrohir out the gates of Rivendell.
It had been a few hours and they had not located any orcs yet. Legolas was happily and quietly listening to the banter of the Rivendell twins. The three guards that had also attended the hunt were also enjoying a good conversation.
The three lordly elves and their companions rode on, finding nought but trees and rocks in their path. Legolas was greatly disturbed by the absense of sound around them. there were no birds chirping, no sounds of animals in the woods beside them. This made him very nervous, but he said nothing to the others.
Les was just listening to Elladan recounting an adventure involving Lord Elrond, Glorfindel, and a group of roudy dwarves, when he heard it. The sound of a grunt coming from the trees not 20 feet away. Legolas looking in the direction of the sound just in time to see a black arrow that was heading strait for Elrohir's back. Before he could think twice about what he was doing, Legolas put his body in the path of the arrow.
It struck him on the left side of his abdomin. As soon as he was hit, the others sprung into action. They fired towards the woods, where the orcs were rushing out of the forrest to attack. There were many orcs, around 80, not so small a group. Elladan and Elrohir were using their swords, for they had now run out of arrows and their quivers were empty. Legolas, the only one of them with any arrows left, was standing on a hill just above the fray and firing his arrows onto the orcs attacking. He had already pulled the black arrow out of his side, but could feel the poison from the tip running through his body, he ignored it. He was also starting to feel weary from blood loss, he ignored that aswell and kept fighting. Finally the battle was over, and all the orcs were dead. Some of the Elves were injured and Elladan was tending to them with others who were unscathed.
Elrohir was approaching Les to offer him aid to the wounds that Elrohir knew he had. Legolas was kneeling on the ground at the top of a small hill. When Elrohir was just ten feet away from him, Legolas suddenly grabbed his bow and shot. Elrohir closed his eyes, knowing the arrow wasn't meant for him, but not knowing if this elf was a good shot. When he heard a screech, he opened his eyes. He turned to see Elladan, who had been tending to a guard's wound, openmouthed. An orc had tried to sneak behind him and had been about to slice his head from his shoulders, when and arrow struck it dead center on its forhead. Elrohir was in shock that his twin brother's immortal life had almost ended, and also at the accuracy of the arrow, Elladan was 60 feet away.
Legolas once again laid down his bow as Elrohir sat down beside him.
"Let me look." Said the younger twin, indicating to Les's side. Legolas complied and lifted his tunic. Elrohir gasped. Around the wound there was a large amount of black poison.
"Black poison." Whispered Elrohir. Les nodded.
"we need to get you back to ada quickly." He helped Legolas up.
"Elladan we need to get back to Imladris, quick." He yelled to his twin, who nodded and started helping the injured onto their horses.
Elrohir, did the same for Legolas, then mounted his own horse and rode beside the injured elf.
"Why did you do that?" He asked Legolas.
"Do what?" Legolas asked.
"take the arrow for me. You didn't have to do that." Said Elrohir, who was beginning to like the elf more and more, the better he got to know him.
"Would I be able to live with myself if I knew I could have but didn't." Legolas questioned.
"You speak in riddles. Much like Mithrandir." Legolas smiled at this.
"So Les, tell me more about you." Elrohir was noticing that his companions eyelids were getting heavier.
"What do you want to know?" Legolas asked, hoping that Elrohir wouldn't ask anything too personal.
"Do you have any brothers and sisters?"
"I had a brother, but he went over the sea." Legolas looked saddened as he said this.
"I am sorry. My mother went to the grey havens. I know how it feels." Elrohir spoke.
"So what of your parents? Have they sailed?" Elrohir asked.
"My father remains. He does not wish to leave until all of Mirkwood is emptied. And my mother . my mother was killed by orcs many years ago." Legolas finished the last bit quickly, not wishing to dwell on it.
"I am sorry, what happened?" Elrohir didn't get the hint that it was a sensitive subject for he had never himself lost someone close to him in that way.
"She was out for a walk with me and we were ambushed and there was nothing I could do." Legolas whispered. Elrohir could tell that Legolas blamed himself, but said nothing.
It seemed like forever before they reached the gates of Rivendell. Legolas was almost falling off his horse and Elrohir was reaching over to keep him from falling. Lord Elrond, Estel, Gandalf, and a she-elf ran to them.
"What happened?" Elrond asked as Estel and Elladan pulled Legolas off of his horse and began to carry him to the healing houses for he had lost conciousness.
"We were traveling and out of no where an arrow was fired and was about to strike me when Les jumped in front of me and took the arrow for me. It was covered in black poison. We fought for quite awhile against a large group of orcs and finally defeated them. but one was left alive and he almost took Elladan's head off but Les managed to kill it." Elrohir explained the whole story as they followed Elladan, Estel and Legolas to the healing rooms.
It was three days before Legolas woke. When he did, he found a group of people waiting.
"Les, it is good to see you awake." Smiled Lord Elrond, "I would like to thank you for saving the lives of both my sons. I am eternally gratefully."
"I just did what was needed." Legolas said, looking down. It took a moment before he realised that there was someone in the room he didn't know. He looked to the she-elf then to Estel.
"Oh, I forgot. Les this is Arwen."
TBC.