Chapter Five: Love's Tragedy

Over the past days both Legolas and Arissa thought that the evil presence was gone, neither one of them knew that he had never left. It waited lurking in the shadows; it watched their every movement, never blinking once to let them out of its site.

Adam watched from above in the trees as Arissa cried "Oh dear sweet sister why do you cry," Adam asked mockingly. Arissa looked up and saw him, Adam her twin brother he matcher he looks in every possible way. They had the same eyes, lips, hair, his figure of course is more boyish, hers more delicate.

"You, you did all this! Why I do not understand why you hate me so much, you are my brother, my blood my kin" Arissa rose to her feet, she wiped away her tears.

"Oh how you like to believe that, I was your brother once. No actually, I do not believe I ever was, you see the real Adam was killed at birth. I took his life just as your mother pushed him out into the world he was alive for less than five seconds," he crackled loudly, his laughter sending fear into Arissa's very heart.

"I do understand if you're not Adam then who are you?" Arissa asked, Legolas found them both in the forest.

"I am Seviel your mother and I were betrothed to each other, that was until she found love with my cousin your father. I hated her from that moment on, she promised herself to me. That I was the one that would take away her innocence she broke that promise by marrying your father. You would have been my child, along with your brother but the blood of Darrion flows through your veins, his name alone burns my soul"

"What soul?" Arissa said rudely.

"You have taken the live of Lady Galandriel and Lord Celeborn, since you have taken their live you must pay with your own!" Legolas said anger filled his very being.

"Oh so you are King Thranduil's son, you resemble your father with the exception of the eyes, do you remember what they look like or should I remind you?" Seviel asked as he pulled out two emerald green eyes throwing them to the ground. "His last wish was to see his son before he died, oops to late" Seviel's voice was unlike any other, he had no feeling or remorse.

Tears welled up in Legolas's eyes anger festered in his heart. Screaming loudly he, tackled Seviel down to the ground he punched in his face as hard as he could never letting his fists up. Arissa had disappeared into the halls searching for a weapon. She looked down around her neck and found the most powerful weapon of all, the jewel. Arissa ran back into the room to find Legolas and Seviel fighting tumbling over each other never letting up.

"Hey Seviel" She called to him; he turned and saw the jewel. "This is what you want is it not? The jewel that binds our life force together there's just one thing the power doesn't work if one of us is dead!" Arissa said stabbing herself the hot blade smoldered her heart.

Seviel grew angry and screeched into the morning sky. The jewel exploded into a million pieces both of them fell to the ground, death taking their life. Therefore, there really was no other way to kill Adam/Seviel other than to take Arissa's life. Legolas looked at Arissa his once beautiful elven princess dead on the ground. Legolas held Arissa's body close to his own, but she never woke up she died leaving him in the world alone and unloved. Many of his elven friends had already taken the ships to the Grey Havens, Aragorn died many years ago, as did Arwen. Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Gimli, all died before the turn of the new century. Legolas died about two days after Arissa did, still holding onto her body. His eyes had grown dull, grey, his skin as white as the frost the covers the morning grass. Lips cold and colorless, but not all fairy tales end happily ever after or unhappily ever after. With his last dying breath, Legolas kissed Arissa, and died happy knowing that he gave his heart to her. He could see the bright light, and reached for it, as he finally reached it, he discovered and even-happier event, Arissa had waited for him.

"My love what took you so long I have waited so long for you, and would still wait if you had not come by now" She said as she kissed his lips. They walked off into the new morning dawn, with love in their hearts. They died but they saved each other, and destroyed Seviel from whatever else havoc he could have caused in life.