This is a Aragorn/Legolas friendship story. But from the first chapter you will see my OC Arien. But fear not she will not become a mary- sue and she plays a secondary part in this story. And i am kind off going with my own time here so you must forgive for that. And please do not flame me about it as i have just told you about it here! But by all means review. Now that i am finished rambling, on with the story.

Prolouge.

"I am so sorry my dear." Arien's uncle said to her gripping her shoulder almost too tight. Arien just nodded her unshed tears blurring everything around her.

"To be so young and loose your family. I can not imagine how you feel. At least they did not all die together and at the same time." Her uncle continued, not caring how much his words where hurting his niece. "Of course i would be only too happy to look after your duties until you feel up to it."

"No." Arien answered something inside her not trusting her uncle. She felt something else lurking behind his kind words. "Thank you for your kind offer. But i fear that if i do not take the throne now, i never will."

"Of course, my dear. We wouldn't want that. Come, it is starting to rain."

"No thank you uncle, I want to stay here for a while longer." Her Uncle nodded and led his two sons away. Glancing back briefly at his sisters grave.

When she saw that she was alone Arien fell to her knees in despair, the tears that had been threatening to fall, fell in torrents.

"Why?" She asked to the sky. "Why did this happen?" Thunder rumbled in the distance as the rain fell with almost as much power as her tears. She gazed at the four tombs before her. Her parents and two brothers all lost in some way to war. Arien vowed then that she would do all in her power to bring peace to her land. Getting up she wiped away her tears and walked towards the castle.

In a place not very far away there was an extremely differant atmosphere.

"Legolas is here!" Aragorn shouted forgetting not only his age but also that he was standing beside some of the oldest elves in Rivendell. The person in question blushed at his friends outburst. He dismounted from his horse and greeted his friend.

"Legolas?Did someone scream at the top of their lungs that he has arrived?"

"Nobody screamed anything of the sort Elrohir. Your ears must be playing tricks on you again." Replied Aragorn to his brother.

"My ears must be playing tricks also, for i too heard the scream." Elladan, Aragorns other brother and Elrohirs twin replied.

"It wasn't a scream, more a shout in greeting." Aragorn replied to the laughter of his friends.

"Estel you would never think you where almost fourty with the way you carry on." Another voice said this time coming from behind. It was Aragorns father, Elrond.

"Hello Legolas. I trust you had no problems on your journey here?"

"No i didn't Lord Elrond." Legolas answered, bowing slightly in greeting.

"Come in and get settled. It looks like we will have rain." Lord Elrond said motioning to the four friends as a roll of thunder rumbled in the distance. With that they follwed him into the house.

Well thats it for now. Please review. Thanks.