Author's Note-I wanted to warn everyone that Legolas will be acting a little OOC in this chapter and in few subsequent chapters. (Hope no one gets angry with me about it. It will be explained later on.)

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The Fellowship walked through the Mines, hoping that they wouldn't be noticed by everyone or anyone.

Legolas glanced around at the walls of rock around him. He was becoming more and more agitated by them by each passing moment and he didn't know why. It was as if the limited space was making him jumpy for some strange reason. Almost claustrophobic. Before they arrived, he knew he wasn't going to like it but he didn't think he would be this jumpy. Narcissis looked at him and so did Aragorn. They could tell that something was wrong.

"Legolas?" Aragorn asked him.

"Yes?" the elf replied.

"Is there anything wrong?" wondered the man.

Legolas shook his head before they continued on, hoping that Aragorn didn't see through his lie. Aragorn narrowed his eyes as he looked over the elf, watching his moves. He noticed that something was wrong. He did see through the elf's lie and was hoping to ask him about it later.

'What is the matter? I wish you would tell me. I think there is something more than Narcissis following us,' Aragorn thought to himself.

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They soon came across three passages and Gandalf stared at the three of them.

"I have no memory of this place," he quietly said.

He glanced back at the nine people who were following him.

"Rest while I try and remember which direction to head in," he told them.

They soon complied and the hobbits, dwarf and one human were soon sleeping. Aragorn, Legolas and Narcissis were soon talking out of earshot of the wizard. At least they thought they were. Gandalf soon heard the talking and strained to listen in on the conversation between the three.

"Why did you really follow us?" Legolas had to know.

"Legolas? You know why I followed you. Because Shentree was following you. You know how dangerous she can be," replied Narcissis, not believing what she was hearing.

"Legolas, do you really think that she would follow you from Rivendell because of her extreme worry about you?" Aragorn asked the elf.

"We could have handled her," Legolas retorted, placing a hand on his forehead.

"I don't think so. If I remember right, wasn't it Narcissis that first warned us about Shentree? It was her that stopped the gargoyle from attacking you. You might not even be standing here right now if it wasn't for your sister," Aragorn told him, sounding a bit upset.

It was either that or disbelief of the elf's reaction to Narcissis' presence. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Legolas, are you certain there is anything wrong?" Aragorn asked him, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"No, nothing's wrong," Legolas snapped back.

Aragorn was really surprised at that reaction for the elf has never reacted like that before.

'Something's happened to you. What is it? Even better, why and who did it? You have never acted this way before, not to me or anyone else that I am aware of,' Aragorn thought to himself.

"Legolas!" Narcissis said as she began to cry.

Both Aragorn and Narcissis looked at the elf standing before them, concerned looks on their faces. Legolas had a hand on his face. He looked at the two and sighed.

"Once we get out of the mines, I will feel better. I feel so cramped in here, as if the whole place around me is closing in and I cannot stop it," Legolas finally admitted to them.

"So do I Lego. I feel like jumping between the walls, trying to push them apart even further than what they are now. Please hold on until we do get out of here," Narcissis told him.

Legolas looked at her with sad eyes and he received sad eyes in return.

"Nanay, please go back to Rivendell once we reach the other side. Stay with Elrond and his children until I return," he pleaded with her. "You'll be safe with them."

She shook her head as she faced the ground. She placed a hand over her eyes and Aragorn put his hand on her shoulder. He looked over at Legolas.

"I cannot Lego. Shentree is still a threat to you and the others. She will not stop until you are dead and until I am dead as well. You know how much she enjoyed us escaping from the Dark Forest," Narcissis reminded him.

"Well, do not remind me again please. I know she hated it greatly. But of course, you weren't so lucky soon after our first visit. Remember that?" Legolas replied.

"Do I ever. I just hope you never have to deal with that. There are many dangerous paths out there and that was just one of them," Narcissis said as she stood up. "You will never know the pain and suffering I had to go through."

"And you will never know the sorrow Father and myself went through after we were told your body could not be found and you were most likely dead. I cried for days after that. Even when Aragorn, the twins and I ventured into the Dark Forest that one time all those years ago and found you there, I was still not over the grief of losing you," Legolas told her as he stood up and walked over to her.

Aragorn smiled as he watched them hug each other.

"I just don't want you to lose you again because of someone who gave you so much grief already," Legolas whispered in her ear.

"I will be heading back to Rivendell but it's once I know that Shentree is no longer a threat," Narcissis said.

"But that could be days, even weeks or months! I won't allow you to follow me any further than what you need to," Legolas said as she held onto her shoulders.

Narcissis nodded as all three of them heard a noise coming from Gandalf's direction. They faced him and sighed. Legolas dropped his head a little as he realized what happened.

"He was eavesdropping," Legolas sighed as they walked up to the wizard. "How much did you hear of it?"

"Most of it," came the reply as he looked over at the gargoyle. "I cannot believe it that it is really you. You were held captive in that dangerous part of your kingdom the entire time? And everyone believed you were dead?"

Legolas and Narcissis nodded in reply as they and Aragorn walked over to him. Gandalf carefully looked over the older sibling before staring at the younger one. He came to the Fellowship, at the sleeping hobbits, dwarf and man before returning to the elves and man.

'There is something wrong here. Something that I cannot place my finger on. I fear that it is something dangerous. I cannot explain it. Could it be because of that other gargoyle?' Gandalf thought to himself.

He looked over at the rest of the Fellowship, who were all still sleeping, not even noticing what was going on around them.

"And none of them know either," Gandalf murmured.

"No one knows besides a select few. Ourselves and our father do not want the entirety of Middle Earth to know about how what happened to Nanaylia. It wouldn't look good for us if we were associated with a race that was considered extremely dangerous, even if Nanaylia was part of them for a time," Legolas explained.

"I can see, even though she has different colouring than the regular gargoyle. I have heard about them and seen pictures of them yet I never expected to see one. You almost look like a different race of gargoyle. Just like there's different races of elves," Gandalf said as he stood up.

"Yes, I could be another race of gargoyle but I'm not," Narcissis told him. "As you can see, the colouring is from anothoer source."

Gandalf looked over the sleeping Fellowship again and sighed before he realized something. He smiled as he stared at one of the three passageways.

"It's that way," Gandalf suddenly said. "We will wait a bit to wake rest of the Fellowship. They need some sleep before continuing on, as do the three of you."

Legolas nodded as he and Aragorn sat next to a wall nearby as Narcissis sat next to Legolas. She curled up into a ball and fell into a light sleep. Legolas did the same.

None of them noticed that one of the hobbits was awake and listened to what they were saying. He was surprised by what he heard of the conversation and didn't know what to make of it.

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Some time later, both awoke to find most of the Fellowship had awoken. Aragorn was just arousing as Gandalf prepared the Fellowship to leave. He quickly realized what was happening and got everything of his prepared. He soon stood beside Legolas. Narcissis glanced over at them before staring at the wizard.

"Alright, we are leaving," Gandalf told them before returning her stare.

Everyone followed him. Gandalf occasionally looked back. He became worried as he looked at Frodo. The hobbit appeared to be uncertain about something. Almost nervous. The wizard decided to ask him about it later.

'There is more on his mind than the Ring. I can tell,' Gandalf thought to himself as the group walked into a vast area with many pillars. "This is the dwarf city of Dwarrowdelf."

"That's an eyeopener, that's for sure," Sam quietly said.

They continued on until Gimli saw something in a room. Gandalf cried out to him as the dwarf hurried towards the room and looked at the tomb before him. The others walked in behind him.

"'Here lies Balin, son of Fundin. Lord of Moria'. He is dead then," Gandalf said as Gimli continued his sobbing.

Gandalf noticed a book and picked it up. He began to read from it, telling what happened. Pippin looked over at the skeleton sitting on the well as Legolas turned to Aragorn.

"We must not linger. I fear something is coming and quickly," Legolas told him in a quiet voice.

"I believe you Legolas but we have to wait a few more moments," Aragorn replied as he noticed Pippin.

The young hobbit touched the arrowhead and the head fell into the well with a crash. Everyone looked over at the slightly embarassed Pippin as the rest of the body went with the head.

"Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity," Gandalf told the hobbit, taking his hat and staff from him.

They soon heard drums beating. Gandalf became slightly worried as it became more intense.

"Orcs," Legolas said as he looked at the gargoyle standing next to him.

It looked to Legolas that the pain she was having earlier was coming back by the look on her face. Boromir stepped outside the room only to have an arrow fly past him into the door. The gargoyle took a place beside Gandalf as Aragorn told the hobbits to stay close to the wizard.

"They have a cave troll," he said, not quite believing it.

They barricaded the door and prepared themselves for what was coming. Legolas soon noticed that Narcissis was huddled in a corner, obviously in pain.

'Oh no. She can't defend herself!' he thought to himself as the doors were slightly broken from the creatures trying to get inside.

He released the arrow and it hit an orc. The door was soon knocked down and the orcs came rushing inside the room. As they were rushing into the room, Legolas hurried back to the gargoyle and was soon defending her from the onslaught. She watched as he did this action.

"Lego," she managed to whisper. "Please be careful. "

Aragorn glanced back at what the elf was doing and saw that Narcissis was in slight pain again. He couldn't place his fingers on it.

'Something is wrong with her. What could it possibly be?' he asked himself. 'If we make it out of here, I really have to ask her about it.'

The fighting with the orcs continued for a few more minutes until they heard a loud roar. They watched as a cave troll made its way into the room. Everyone looked at it in surprise.

"We are in serious trouble," Legolas said as he continued to stand in front of his sister, lowering his bow slightly.

TBC...