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Woohoo! I reached 100 reviews! Thx to you guys I reached my goal! I never thought I would either. Gozilla hit the mark; you've reviwed throughout my whole fic too. Thank you all so much. -=grins=-

I'm soooo sry everyone. My friend came over for like a week, and then I have a volleyball tournament thingie, ontop of practice. I've also been in a really big drawing mood, which I haven't been in one since, like.... forever.... Oh, and by the way, I do have some posted on (same sn as this one) and one my site (look at profile). That was prob'ly really pointless.... Oh, and I'll also be goin' on vacation next week, for like four days I think. My friend's also comin' over to my dad's with me so I won't be able to update a lot like I usually do when over there. Gomen... I don't mean to not write... wow, that was a weird sentence.....

Sry 'bout all the grammer and/or spelling mistakes.

Review Responses

boybeater3736 - ....interesting name..... Heh, well, I'm glad you're enjoying it... I hope you liked the rest as well... if ya ever read them. -=sweatdrop=- Umm.. sry, but no, this one won't have shounen-ai (slash, sry, habbit) in it... the sequel will though. -=grins=- I like shounen-ai too so there's no way I can pass up an opportunity for it... guess, I already did though.. on this fic, which is my only fic without it. Anywayz... I'll stop rambling... Oh, and 'Ja ne' means see ya in japanese.... also another habbit.

galadriel evenstar - lol.. I think it was actually you who wanted it, wasn't it? lol.. where there ya go... more twin angst to come too... I think....

Gozilla - Of course ya can. Legolas and Aragorn are the main focus in this fic.. just wanted to get some twins for some reason.....

NEO - -=slowly back away=- -=from a safe distance starts to speak=- Ooookay then... well, there is goin' to be more Legolas and Aragorn suffering so don't worry about it.

Lady of the Twlight Woods - Did you put the spaces or whatever in your name cuz I swear it was all one word before.... but anywayz... that's really not important. I'm glad ya liked it, though I did change the details a bit cuz it really needed to be.

Enelya Aldarion - True true... though I don't really know what I'm doin' with the twins. I've only read up to The Two Towers and am not even done with that yet. I'm only goin' by what other authors do. -=sweatdrop=- I'm glad ya think it's right though. That's always a good thing. I think they were mentioned in the books that I've read but I don't really remember since I read the first one a long time ago and.. .yeah. But anywayz.. thx for the comments. -=grins=- I appreciate them.

empath89 - I'm glad ya feel that way. I pleased someone.... -=grins=-

Celebrean - Oh, well, glad ya think that. It looked like you typed perfectly fine to me....

FireOpal - Yay! I never get that great of sleep though. Go to bed at like 5am every night. O.o It's good fun though. I don't really like the day that much anywayz. -=grins=- Yes, of course, you may suggest anything that you think will improve my writting skills.. or lack of... I tried to go back through and fix the detail.. don't really think I did that great of job.. but, I tried. :) I promise I'll try harder on it. I've always had a problem with that.

Okay, so above all this ish is what has been goin' on lately and what will be for those of you who may have skipped all that. Not really that important.. but.. yeah. Anwayz.. thx for all the reviews once again and plz leave some on this chapt as well. :)

By the way, sry if there are more mistakes than usual... I'm talkin' to two people on yahoo.... it's takin' forever to type this up cuz of it too. -.-

If it's not one thing, it's another

Chapter Seventeen

Difficulties on the Way

Aragorn had came back to the balcony, where Legolas was sitting and told the elf about Elrohir and Elladan. The ranger had been quiet ever since. Legolas could cleary see that he was thinking hard about something, but whenever he asked, Aragorn would just shrug it off, saying it was nothing.

Night had fallen and the twins still hadn't returned. Aragorn had started fidgeting as his worry grew with each passing minute.

Aragorn had styed by the elf's side once more. However, late into the night Legolas heard the human get up and leave, telling his injured friend to get well. After seeing the ranger leave Legolas painfully got up, changed quickly but with difficulties. He was expecting to leave with Aragorn.

Legolas went to the stables, knowing that would be where Aragorn had gone.

"Estel, where are you going?" A tired voice questioned. He was right, Aragorn had been at the stables. He found him preparing his black horse, Lor, to leave.

Aragorn jumped and turned around to find the blonde elf leaning against a wall; pain could be seen in his eyes. "Legolas! What are you doing walking around? You should be resting!"

"Do not change the subject. You are going to find your brothers, are you not?" Legolas voiced his suspicions.

Aragorn ignored the elf's questions, continuing to prepare his horse. He had hoped to leave unnoticed, especially by Legolas. He knew the elf wouldn't let him leave and if he did he would more than likely force Aragorn into letting him come or follow. None of which would be good.

"Go back to your room and rest, mellon nin." The human commanded softly, treating Legolas like an elfling.

"Only if you came with me." The elf stated, sternly. He watched as Aragorn strapped his bad onto his horse, tightening it tight enough so the item wouldn't fall but not too tight to where it would hurt the horse.

Seeing that Aragorn wasn't going to be convinced into staying, Legolas hopped onto his own horse. The move sent agony through his leg but he ignored it and kept his face calm, in case Aragorn looked over.

Aragorn frowed at his friend. "You cannot go with me. Go back to bed."

"Mellon nin, you should know me well enough to know that I am going with you, whether you wish it or not." Legolas said determinedly. Either Aragorn was staying or he was going with the human.

I know he shall follow me even if I do not want him to. He thought. But he shall slow me down if I let him. Also if he follows, he could run into danger along the way and get even more hurt. The human though, confusing his thoughts. He definitely didn't want the elf to go with him, he wanted to ride hard and wth the injured elf it would be harder. However, Legolas would go regardless. Aragorn jumped onto his horse, decision made and he was none too pleased with it. Without any words he urged his horse forward, leading him out of his stall; thinking, Stubborn elf.

Leoglas stared at the human. He must be really worried about his brothers. Usually the human would argue a lot more before giving in to Legolas' demands. The ranger needed to rush to his brothers' sides.

Taking Aragorn's silence as sa sign that he would no longer argue with him about going along, Legoals had his own snow-white horse follow. He knew that he would more than likely hinder Aragorn's progress in finding the twins but he didn't want to leave Aragorn by himself, there were far too many orcs now. He wouldn't be of much help but he'd try. He was sure he'd be able to do something.

They both headed out into the darkness of the night. Everything was shrouded in black, except for the few things that shimmered with the faint light that the crescent moon gave off.

Elladan had woken up to a quiet snicker. He had been alert to the sound since its owner was their only means of protection while the two elves slept.

The elder elf looked over at the gray mare with white splotches. He noticed that she looked distressed. "What is it, Sûl?" The elf was instantely on alert, expecting orcs.

The horse turned towards his brother and he looked over at him, scared. He had felt no change in Elrohir's condition while sleeping so what could be wrong?

Looking at Elrohir he could see that he looked a lot more pale than before and his breathing was more shallow. I must have been more exhausted than I thought. Elladan thought, surprised that he hadn't noticed the change in his twin's condition. He checked the younger twin's pulse and found it also more weak than it had been.

The elder twin quickly started the fire again so he could see Elrohir more clearly. It was starting to get light out but it still wasn't bright enough for him to see clearly without the fire.

Once it was started he went next to his twin for further investigation. He frowned at what he saw. He couldn't figure out why this change had overcome his brother, the wound hadn't reopened or anything.

Maybe he lost too must blood. He thought confused. I know it was not poisoned, I thoroughly checked.

The dark-haired elf looked at the bandages and did find some blood on it, but what did he expect? Of course there was going to be blood on it.

Elladan put the needed herbs onto the wound and re-bandaged it, hoping that it would help his younger brother.

The elf looked at his twin again and then walked to the entrance of the cave. He saw that the sun was just beginning to rise. He breathed in deeply, relishing in the refreshing air. The cave's air was really stuffy and he felt trapped in it. He shook his head. I have to focus on Elrohir. He reminded himself and decided that it would be time for them to leave again. Elladan wanted to get Elrohir back to their father as quickly as he could.

Elladan had hoped that Elrohir would have woken up by now. He wanted to see the full extent of his injuries. He knew the majority of them but you could never be too sure, especially since the orcs had beaten him up pretty badly. Besides, his twin's comatose-like state was scaring him. He still hadn't moved.

Elladan sighed heavily and carefully picked Elrohir up, mindful of his broken arm and other injuries that the orcs had placed upon him.

Legolas was far behind Aragorn, his leg sending shoots of agony throughout his body. He said nothing though, knowing how much Aragorn wanted to find his brothers.

The blonde elf couldn't control his breathing, which was erratic but he was able to stifle his cries of pain. It would bring Aragorn's attention to him and he didn't want that. He had insisted on going along so he would deal with it.

Legolas struggled onward, trying to ignore the pain.

After an hour he could no longer bear it and nearly fell off his horse, Mîr. He would have fallen if the white horse hadn't shifted his weight to catch him.

Aragorn heard Legolas' horse snicker in distress and quickly turned around. He found the blonde elf tightly clutching Mîr's mane, his face pale and drawn tight with pain, and he was breathing heavily.

The human mentally slapped himself. Legolas was still injured and in serious pain! How could he have forgotten?

Aragorn quickly went up next to Legolas and just in time, for the elf could no longer handle the agony and fell into the painless darkness.

The ranger caught him as he was falling. The white horse could no longer balance the unconscious elf when he started falling to the side.

I should have been paying attention. Then this would have never happened. He thought dispairingly. Now it is going to take longer for us to reach Elladan and Elrohir. And Legolas is even more exhausted since I gave him no rest. The ranger blamed himself.

Aragorn sighed heavily. "This just is not my day. Or even month for that matter." He muttered thinking about all of the recent events.

There. Finally done. :) Okay, well, like I said at the beginning I'll try and post all I can at my dad's but it definitely won't be as much as it usually is. So... I'll prob'ly see all of you after the..... 15ish. I'm so sry that I haven't been updating as much. I still feel like drawing.... hmmm... it's 2:10am maybe I'll draw a pic.....

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