LIGHT AT THE END OF THE FOREST

AN: )flashback( thoughts

"Get up! We got to keep moving!" the coldness had returned to Morris's voice as he rudely woke them up. He turned to go back to finish his breakfast while the elves got up. He began to eat again, wanting to have the elves hungrily watch him eat his breakfast.

Legolas, realizing the man's plan, laughed at the man to himself. Elves don't need to eat as mush as humans. Legolas watched him for a few seconds before shaking his head. Silly edan, your plan's not going to work today.

Legolas looked over at Lan. She seemed to not have a lot of strength, but she tired not to show it. She, like him, seemed to hold onto her pride, even in the grimmest of situations. Although she walked with few troubles, Legolas still kept an eye on her in case she needed his help.

And she did. They had been walking for a couple of hours when she stumbled on a root as she was almost at the top of another hill they were climbing. The path to the top was narrow, so they had to walk single file. It twisted and turned over protruding roots. On one such root Lan failed to see. Her foot got caught, and caused her to tumble backwards. Legolas caught her with his shoulder so she could steady herself. She glanced back at him and he smiled. She returned his smile, and it reached her eyes, something he had never seen her do, but Legolas could spy the exhaustion in her smile.

The path widened when they reached the top, but they were still in the forest, and the hill only led to more trees. Legolas let her lean against him for support as they continued their journey onward. Morris didn't object. Either he was too intent on their surroundings or reaching their destination, wherever that was, but he didn't give any indication he knew what they were doing.

Lan didn't look at Legolas; she looked at the ground, at her feet. Concentrating on not falling. Legolas didn't mind; this gave him time to think. He looked down at her: she stood only a few centimeters shorter than him.

His mind went over the events that had happened in the past few days and he realized why Lan was that tired. She had said she had been tracking Aragorn for twenty-five years, and finally found him after fifteen years of searching: probably never taking a break during that time. Then she came here, warning them of the Delaney brothers, taking care of him when he was shot, then re-tracking Oscar to where the others were. Something was driving her on, pushing her to continue, because she sure as heck wasn't living for enjoyment.

He glanced back down at her. Her brown hair hung in front of her face in tangles, hiding her eyes. Those eyes-they were as distant and mysterious as the dark side of the moon. You could see them; see the outer image of it, but what lay behind them was a mystery. Legolas realized that at the moment he had begun to respect her. He no longer held the grudge of her staying behind. She was a warrior, like him; and would do anything in her power to protect her friends. That was when Legolas came to a decision: She had been alone for over 25 years, grieving alone, and living alone. And whatever was to happen with them and Morris, Lanta-raana would not be alone.

AN: Okay, I have been feeling sick for a while because I have had this virus for over a week. So I apologize for the wait. I also apologize for the short chapter. As I was revising this, an idea sprung into my head to make it longer; but it was taking too long so I decided to make it a separate chapter.

After this story, I have a couple of other ideas of stories. True, I am thinking of doing maybe a prequel of this about Aragorn, Megil and Lan's adventures, but this has been getting hard to write after a long period of time, so after I finish this, I want to do a different story with a different plot. That is where you the reviewer come in. I am leaving little snippets of the stories I have plan. Please, vote which one you want, and leave a reason why (this is because I know I won't get tons of reviews, and if there is a tie, I would like to read your opinions about which one I should do.) If you would like more, please e-mail me and I will give you more. Or I can post more in my next chapter. Well, here are my ideas. (And sorry for the cruddy summery).

Next story:

CORNER OF THE SKY

A girl kept a secret comes and with her brings a forgotten truth and danger for Legolas, Elrond and his family.

FALLING STAR

A mortal from our world with a deadly secret finds herself face to face with the man/elf who would change her life.

TOPHAR. (Pronounced toe-far)

When Elledan and Elrohir ask for Legolas for a favor, he had no idea what was in store for him.

REVIEW REPLIES:

RMC: Ok, where do I sign up for the torture-Legolas-club? Lolololol.

Legolas: hits her with a frying pan

Lulu belle: hey! That hurt! And what are you doing with the frying pan? That's supposed to be Sam's weapon!

Sam: snatches frying pan from Legolas and hits him on the head that'll teach you to steal my weapon!

Legolas: o.0

Lulu belle: thanks. I am glad you like this, and guess what? You are super duper special cuz you're the only reviewer of this chapter! So, I guess I dedicate this chapter to you cuz you reminded me that I still have people waiting to read this story.

Namaarie!

Lulu belle