Angel of the Forest

Pairings: Legolas/ Lurtz, Possibly others in the near future, ideas welcome

Rating: Well, I'm leaning towards an R rating but it may go up

Warnings: See previous chapter

Disclaimer: I am just going to sit here and ignore you until you realize that I don't own a damn thing *start's singing Hakuna Matata*

A/N: I'm not going to be concentrating a whole lot on Thranduil, this is Leggy's story so I'm gonna try to stay focused on him throughout most of the story.

And I know the Uruk-Kai aren't usually portrayed as big talkers but Lurtz is a main character so he's going to be talking a lot.

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It was pitifully easy getting the Elfling out of Mirkwood, he had expected some sort of search party or even just the boy's family on his tail the whole way, but no, he just walked out of the forest as if he did it everyday, with absolutely no resistance.

Well, he wasn't complaining, the less trouble the better, besides, Legolas had been surprisingly well behaved which was a blessing all in itself and the last thing he needed was for the boy to be questioning him.

He could just imagine the trouble he would have with his new pet if his father came riding out of nowhere to save him, it would be rather difficult to explain to a child why his father was trying to rescue him if he had given him permission to go.

Well, with any luck Legolas would probably forget his family in a few years. [1]

Not wanting to take the risk of being caught if by some chance a search party was searching the area Lurtz picked up his pace to a run. At this rate he would reach the encampment in about an hour and if all went well the Uruk-Kai estimated that he could probably make it to Isengard within the week, Sauruman would want to hear of his progress in mapping out the forest's of Mirkwood and of his newly acquired pet. [2] He knew Sauruman would have no problem with him keeping the Elfling but he would still need permission if only for the sake of appearance. And risking the wrath of the White Wizard was not something he was willing to do if he didn't need to.

Lurtz was so caught up in his thoughts that for a while he didn't notice Legolas tugging on his hair until the Elfling jerked it so hard that he tore out a few strands, not a big deal really but annoying all the same. Glaring at the little elf in annoyance at having his thoughts interrupted the Uruk-Kai ground out thought clenched teeth, "What?"

"Um", Legolas whispered softly. "I-it's getting dark, are we gonna be at your home soon?"

"No," He snapped.

Large blue eye's widened in shock. "No? But, w-we could get attacked. What if there's a monster in the forest?!" he demanded frantically, eye's sweeping over the area in search of anything that could possibly be a 'monster' and nervously wriggling around in Lurtz's arms. "My brother said that monsters come out at night to eat people!!"

In all honesty, Lurtz was stunned. He would have expected that such a race of warriors as the Elves would have taught their children not to fear such stupid things as 'monsters'. The irony of it was not lost on the Uruk-Kai though, who was probably the most dangerous thing in the forest but it did open his eye's to the fact that he would have his work cut out for him. He was dead serious about training Legolas to become a warrior, a defenseless pet would be to much of a danger and distraction to him and the others, but to have a warrior elf on his side [3] , the advantages were far to numerous to ignore.

He had no illusions that this would be easy but the elfling seemed to be obedient and willing to listen to him, and the rest of the Uruk-Kai would be more than willing to help once they got used to him.

Turning his attention back to the Elfling Lurtz gave him a snarl, getting a rather sick satisfaction when Legolas's eyes widened at seeing his razor sharp teeth. "Don't be stupid! There is no such thing as monsters," he lied. "Now shut up, were going to be at the camp soon and I don't want you to be asking any stupid questions or drawing attention to yourself, do you understand?"

"Y-yes," Legolas squeaked in fear.

"Good, now wipe your eyes, if your going to be living with me you'd better toughen up quickly or I will leave you here, and you can forget about becoming a warrior if I do."

The threat struck home in the little Elfling and he nodded swiftly, still staring at Lurtz's teeth in shock, and wiped his eye's on the sleeve of his robe. He would be a warrior someday and warriors don't cry, he told himself furiously, he would show them that he could be as strong as them.

"No! I want to be a warrior!"

"Fine. First lesson then," he said, switching Legolas to his back so that the Elfling had to hang on to his neck unless he wanted to fall. "Hold on tight." And with that he took off in a full out run, Uruk-Kai style, with great bounding leaps and last minute dodges to avoid trees. He was going fast enough to outrun even the swiftest of Elves, this was what he was born to do, not even all of Sauron and Sarumans tortures and magic could erase that, all they could do was enhance it, which is exactly what they had done.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Legolas screamed, clinging to Lurtz's neck in terror as the Uruk-Kai plowed through the forest.

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Thranduil had returned to the city and was gathering all able bodied riders to search the forest for Legolas when their sharp Elven ears heard the faint sound of screaming echoing through the forest. All movement seemed to cease as everyone listened to that incredibly faint, sound.

"Legolas," Thranduil whispered, fearing for his youngest sons life.

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Some time later…..

After the initial shock of going from a walk to a breakneck run Legolas was actually beginning to enjoy himself, screaming in a fearful delight as Lurtz just barely dodged trees and leapt over large roots and boulders that were imbedded deep in the ground. Suddenly he came to a skidding halt as the trees abruptly ended, sending Legolas flying over his head and crashing into one of the Uruk's that were sitting in a group, no doubt awaiting his return.

Murtag [4] looked down in shock at the Elfling giggling in his lap. "Well well well, what do we have here?"

"Hands off Murtag, he's mine!" Lurtz growled in warning, vaguely aware of the incredulous looks he was getting from the others.

"You stole an Elf?!" Kurchek, who was leaning against a tree, bellowed in a mix of shock, amusement and anger. "Why didn't you just kill the little rat, at least we could have had some fresh meat to eat tonight."

The rest muttered in agreement, looking to their leader for an explanation.

Lurtz's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Are you questioning me, Kurchek? For your sake I hope your not."

"No," the other answered, perhaps a little to quickly. Lurtz would hate to have to kill him, Kurchek was one of the better fighters he had, but he refused to allow his soldiers to question him, especially over something as trivial as food.

"Good," he hissed. "Now all of you listen closely! If any one of you so much as touches a hair on the Elf's head I'll kill you," he said bluntly. "He's going to be living with us for a long time so you'd better get used to it. You will consider him to be a friend and ally and teach him what you know, do I make myself clear?"

He didn't need many words for the them to understand him and he could already see some weighing his decision in their heads and the look in their eye's that said they understood his reason for bringing the Elfling to them.

However, there was some grumbling with the others but in the end he knew that the Elfling would be accepted by them to just by the way they were looking at him. Legolas was far to small and young for them to really work up any amount of hatred for him and he knew that was probably the only thing that was sparing the Elfling life, if he had brought a full grown warrior Elf here they would have torn him apart regardless of what he said, their hatred of Elves just went to deep.

"*We need to get out of here before they send a search party for the Elf*," Lurtz said pointedly, "Murtag, you carry Legolas, the rest of you get up, were headed to Isengard."

Murtag looked at Legolas with a raised eyebrow. "Well, looks like I'm stuck with you. What's your name, Elf?"

"Legolas. Legolas Greenleaf," he said in a light, childish voice that Murtag found to be rather nice to listen to.

"Greenleaf, eh? Not anymore your not."

"What do you mean?" Legolas asked.

He never did get an answer as Murtag took off after the rest of the Uruk-Kai, leaving the realm of Mirkwood far behind them.

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It was said among the Elves that the prince, Legolas Greenleaf had been killed by the Uruk-Kai in the area, this was never confirmed as there was never any body to be found, the only trace they found of the young prince was his white cloak in the clearing.

Nevertheless, the Elves of Mirkwood searched for years and were even aided by Rivendell and Lothlorien but to no avail. And after awhile everyone just accepted the truth and stopped searching, paying more attention to protecting their borders from the rising threat of the Orcs than for searching for a dead prince. The loss was especially hard on Thranduil and his family, but they to moved on, especially when his wife gave birth to another child, a boy, who inevitably replaced Legolas as the favorite youngest child of Thranduil who was glad for any reason to stop dwelling on his lost child. It was just easier to forget him than to remember.

After Legolas was proclaimed dead a small memorial was placed in his honor, a memorial which served no purpose as nobody there wanted to remember him, a child who had done nothing great in his lifetime was not worth remembering. And so it simply became a moss covered stone which the children would play around and tell each other ghost stories of a dead prince who, on a dark night when the moon was full, you could hear screaming as he was killed by the Uruk-Kai.

And such was the fate of Legolas Greenleaf, beloved son, brother, and prince…………..

A/N: I know I switched timelines a bit but don't worry, next chapter will be on the normal timeline again ^_^

[1] Ok, 6yrs old in elves isn't very old so after awhile it would be only natural that he would forget his family and where he came from, I don't know about anyone else but I remember almost nothing about being 6yrs old, I'm sure after 1000 yrs I wouldn't remember a thing.

[2] I know the timelines a little off for Sauruman being a bag guy but I figure this was something that had been going on for awhile.

[3] I've seen so many fics where Legolas gets captured by orcs and becomes their sex slave, or something along those lines, it gets annoying after awhile. I want a Legolas that can kick some @$$!!!!!!

[4] I'm no good at making up names so if they don't sound quite right……well, who really care.