Part five

"We have to go back and find him," cried a distressed Frodo

"What? And have to wash Legolas again? No way!" Argued Gimli. "Do you know how long it takes just to catch him?"

"Anyway, these mountains will be swarming with Orcs and hanging baskets by sundown," Aragorn reasoned

So they set off to Lothlorien. Gimli was giving Legolas piggyback ride, the young elf was giggling for joy and clapping his little hands together.

"WILL YOU SHUT THAT THING UP!!!!!!!!!!!" Yelled Boromir, getting annoyed with the noise.

Legolas stopped giggling, hugged Gimli's head like a life preserver and sobbed his little elven heart out (he does that a lot doesn't he).

Gimli started to advance towards Boromir, murder in his eyes, growling with his axe raised

Aragorn saw this and stepped between the two with his hands raised in a peaceful gesture

"Stay your han.......axe Gimli. Boromir didn't mean it," he turned to Boromir and gave him a look that said 'apologise or you're not getting any tonight buster', "did you Boromir?"

Boromir looked at Gimli then at Aragorn, gulped and mumbled an "I'm sorry" and retreated to the other side of the group

Gimli meanwhile was trying to calm the sobbing elf.

"There, there little one, I won't let anyone hurt you," he soothed, hugging the elf close. Legolas looked up at the dwarf holding him and sniffed, rubbing his nose on his sleeve.

"Don't do that little one," scolded the dwarf gently, while wiping the elf's nose with his spare pocket-handkerchief.

Legolas snuggled into his beard and started sucking his thumb again, then he offered it to Gimli.

"Um........no thanks, you keep it," grimaced the dwarf.

Legolas shrugged and put the thumb back in his mouth (A/N: He's beginning to make a habit of that)

"How long until we get to Lothlorien?" Asked a slightly out of breath Sam.

"Two days," replied Aragorn, while scanning the area ahead for Orcs.

Meanwhile back at Isengard, the Orcs still hadn't left yet.

Saruman came down the stairs in search for more ice cream and some tissues only to find that the Orcs haven't gone, but were instead sitting around a table, stuffing their faces with HIS ice cream.

"YOU IDIOTS, GET GOING!!!!!!!!" Boomed the red faced good wizard gone bad (A/N: BAD WIZARD BAD hits him with a rolled up newspaper)

The Orcs grumbled and got their Wargs ready to leave.

"And make haste," Saruman called after them as they left, "don't come back until you have destroyed that chicken...(A/N: Sorry wrong movie again).....elf......oh and get the ring as a bonus!" In the background a black blur can be seen nicking all the ice cream. (Hiei: SWEET SNOW m-c: Hiei get out of this fic)

The fellowship were settling down for the night. Pippin was on first watch, munching an apple 'need to keep my strength up' was his excuse.

While getting ready to sleep, Gimli's family amulet slipped out from under his tunic, Legolas stopped babbling baby talk and stared at it.

"Pwetty," he said, pointing at it.

"Do you like it, little one?" Asked the dwarf, taking off the amulet and letting Legolas get a closer look at it. It was made of Mithril, which shone as bright as the sun and in the centre of the family crest was a stone of the deepest amethyst. The light reflected off of Legolas' golden hair and made it shine brighter than any gem in middle earth.

Gimli was enchanted by it and without thinking started stroking the small elf's hair, which ran between his fingers like silk. (A/N: Oh god, I've been hanging out with elves too much) Legolas was still staring at the amulet (A/N: Ooooooooo shiny), but leaned into the dwarf's touch.

A 'thump' of Pippin falling asleep and toppling off his log snapped Gimli out of his trance and he quickly stopped his hand. And looked around to make sure no one saw.

"If you like it, you can keep it if you want," he said hanging it round the baby's neck, "there, nearly as beautiful as you."

Legolas smiled with delight and the light that always seemed to glow around him brightened more than it ever had before and was caught by the amulet now hanging round his neck, nearly blinding his dwarven babysitter.

"I'm hungry," complained Pippin the next morning after walking for half an hour.

"You've just had 2nd breakfast," said Aragorn, starting to get annoyed 'same thing everyday, I'm hungry, my feet hurt, I have to go to the little hobbits room,' thought the miffed ranger. After a few more complaints and getting ignored, Pippin gave up and went over to Gimli.

"Can I play with Legolas?" He asked.

Gimli looked doubtful, but Legolas just giggled and held his arms out to the hobbit.

"Ok, but be careful with him," sighed the dwarf, reluctantly handling the baby to Pippin.

"YAY!!!!!!" cheered Pippin, "we're going to have soooooo much fun!"

5 minutes later found Pippin playing peeka boo with the elf.

"Where's Leggy, where's Leggy?" Cooed the hobbit, with his hands covering his eyes, while Legolas sat in his lap giggling.

"There he is!" Cried the young took, taking his hands from his eyes and started tickling the bundle of elven giggles in his lap.

Suddenly Legolas stopped giggling and looked intently at the row of trees to the side of the trail they were following.

"What's up Leggy?" asked Pippin concerned.

"Yrch," whimpered the elf while pointing towards the trees.

Hearing the elf's whimper, Gimli came rushing over from where he was keeping a close eye on the two while trying not to look worried.

"What have you done to him now, master Pippin?"

"Me?"

"Yes, you"

"I didn't do anything, I think he senses Orcs in those trees over there."

As if on cue Orcs and Wargs burst out of the bushes, brandishing jagged swords.

"Give us the elf," demanded the lead Orc, he thought for a bit then added, "and the ring and make it snappy Orcenders (A/N: I think they all look like Orcs on the show.......no offence to all the Eastender fans out there under breath not that there's many) is on soon." This got him some weird looks from the rest of the Orcs and the fellowship, he blushed, "Hehehehe, did I say that out loud?" There were nods all round.

"Oh.......CHARGE!!!!!!!!!"

The fellowship formed a circle around Legolas and Frodo. Legolas was sobbing while Frodo was trying to comfort him. The number of Orcs and Wargs seemed endless, the fellowship was starting to tire, they were about to give up hope when an Orc fell dead with an elven arrow buried in it's skull. (A/N: Muaahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahha Blood, blood, blood!!!Clears throat I'm not morbid) More and more Orcs and Wargs fell dead, felled by elven arrows. Soon all of them either lay dead or had run away only to find death in the trees. (A/N: No really they did find death, didn't they death D: I am Deathhhhhhhhhhhh.....got an custard? m-c: no and don't think I don't know who drank all the vanilla coke)

A tall blonde elf appeared from the cover of the trees.

"Who are you and what business do you have in Lothlorien?"

Aragorn stepped forward, "We are on a mission for Lord Elrond."

"Mae govannen, mellyn," (Well met, friends) replied the elf, "I'm Haldir, my brothers Rumil, Orophin and I parole the borders of this wood."

His sharp elven eyes caught sight of the young elf in Gimli's arms, a slight smile graced his fair face and he walked over.

"And who's this?" He asked, kneeling down and stroking Legolas' hair.

"His names Legolas," replied Gimli, feeling jealous at the look of contentment Legolas had while the other elf stoked his hair.

"I used to know a Legolas, he was the prince of Mirkwood," mused Haldir, 'he looks just like him,' he thought, looking at Legolas closer.

"He is the prince of Mirkwood," piped up Pip and Merry together.

"So that's why he looks so familiar," exclaimed Haldir, "how did he come to be like this?"

"Saruman," the name came out in a growl from Gimli, anger sparked in his eyes. Sensing his anger, Legolas whimpered, thinking it was directed at him.

"Shhhh little one, it's not you I'm angry at," all the anger was gone as he tickled the little elf's side. Legolas forgot his unhappiness and giggled.

"Well if you come this way, we will lead you to the Lady," said Haldir, standing up and leading the way.

Legolas yawned and nuzzled into the crock of Gimli's neck and fell asleep.

After about an hour, Haldir stopped, "I'm afraid we're going to have to blindfold the dwarf from this point."

"WHAT?!" this jerked Legolas awake.

"Gimmie, angry?" He asked sleepily, rubbing his eyes.

"No little one I'm not angry," sighed Gimli, reluctantly putting on the blindfold (so whipped).

They stopped for the day (mostly because the hobbits needed feeding) after 5 hours of walking. Gimli was still wearing the blindfold (well it was a sleep mask since Haldir didn't have any clean blindfolds handy) and Legolas was taking great delight in pinging it.

PING "Ow, quit it"

Giggle, PING "Ow, quit it"

More giggles, PING "Ow, quit it"

More giggles, PING, PING "Ow, ow, quit it"

Even more giggles, P........ Aragorn stepped in at that moment and stopped the ping.

Gimli could almost hear the pout in Legolas' voice "No fair"

"Bloody elves," muttered the dwarf and got a swift kick in the chin as an answer.

The next day, they set off again and after 6 hours of none stop walking (not including the sight seeing detours, 7 food and tea breaks and a few long naps) found themselves at Caras Galadhon.

Lady Gobalot.........I mean Galadriel came out to meet them.

"I hope Haldir has guided you well, he has a awful habit of blindfolding people then dunking them in swamps"

Haldir blushed and started to edge away.

(A/N: This means speaking mind to mind)

Frodo.................ringbearer.................your shoelaces are untied He looked down and she flipped his nose. Haha made you look And during all of this she still looked wise, kind and queenly.

Aragorn son of some prat.....................wash your hair............eck Aragorn looked uncomfortable and kept touching his hair.

Sam..................sings smelly Sam, smelly Sam, what are they feeding you Sam looked at his feet and sniffed pathetically.

Boromir..................get a grip will you, it's pathetic Boromir burst into tears (A/N: Baby)

Gimli son of Groin..........I have foreseen that you will want some of my hair............get lost you little hairball

Pippin.....................you're a klutz, that's all there is to say

Both Gimli and Pippin looked very downcast to say the least.

Merry....................I know what you did last carrot season Merry shifted from foot to foot looking guilty

Legolas............................some elven warrior you are I've seen bigger muscles on a toothpick The baby's eyes began to water then he burst into tears and hugged Gimli's beard.

The wicked witch of the..........oops, Galadriel went over and picked him up acting all motherly, "there, there Legolas, I'll take good care of you," and so saying walked out the room, with Legolas looking over her shoulder, with his arms trying to grab hold of something, a look of utter terror on his face. He finally succeeded in grabbing hold of the doorframe and hung on for dear life.

"Now, now Legolas, let go of the 2000 gold piece doorframe," she yanked him hard enough to make him lose his grip and disappeared with him out of the room.

The others were all sniffing and trying not to start blubbering. "I....I.....'ll just go over here," each one stuttered at the same time and turned their backs to each other, sobbing noises could be clearly heard through out Lothlorien. No one gave a damn.

End of part 5

Sorry it was so sappy but it just gets worse from here I'm afraid heheheheh -. Please review.