Once they found Legolas at the bottom of the Misty Mountains, covered in at least 6 feet of snow, eagles descended from the sky. As Legolas was just walking up, he saw the two girls leap onto the backs of the great eagles.
"What in Gandalf's name are you two doing?" He asked them, not quite sure of where he was.
They just smiled and grabbed his arms and yanked him up onto the eagle with them. As they flew to Mirkwood, Legolas started recognizing where they were going.
"Wait a second…we're not going to Hobbiton, are we?" he asked in a very infuriated manner.
Lessien said to him, "Oh! Hi, Legolas! I forgot you were there!"
"Yeah! Umm…Hobbiton….yeah its nice and all, but we discussed this among the eagles as we let your icy body thaw in the ice….and they said, that it would be fun to go to Mirkwood! And we want to meet your family!" Idril proclaimed.
Legolas stared at them in horror. But he knew that fighting wouldn't solve anything, in this case anyway. Now he just felt sorry for his family and mostly Mirkwood.
When the eagles finally landed in Mirkwood, the girls immediately jumped off and ran into the forest. Legolas is just completely drained and now barely even cares if they make out alive. He lost sight of the elves and soon found them licking trees and eating grass. He almost didn't even want to ask, but still, curiousity got the best of him.
"I know I shouldn't ask, but…what are you two doing now?" Legolas asked.
Idril spit out some grass and informed him, "We decided to pretend like it's a candy land!"
Lessien chimed in, "Isn't that a wonderful idea?! I mean, taste the trees! They taste like candycanes!"
Legolas turns towards the reader, "Candycanes in Middle-Earth…just go with us on this one…"
Ignoring the sight before him, they continued their journey, which was unclear at the moment.
Soon the encounter what we will call for now…The Sleepy River (if u read The Hobbit, its that river in Mirkwood that Bilbo and the dwarves went in and it got them all sleepy…)
Legolas stopped them and said, "We must take the boat across."
So they all got into the one boat there. As they were drifting to the other side of the river, Legolas was completely entranced at watching the water.
"Ya know, Legolas, this boat is kinda heavy, don't you think?" Idril suggested.
Legolas raised a brow and said, "Ummm….no….I don't…..I don't think….why do you think that I agreed to bring you guys home…."
Idril didn't quite understand what he was saying, but she was sure that it meant "I love you." But unfortunately for Legolas, he was the heaviest one on the boat. After consulting with Lessien, they decided, that if they wanted to make it across this river alive, they would have to make a sacrifice. An elven sacrifice.
"Legolas, there comes a time when you just have to do what's right for everyone else." Idril began, "And don't you agree, that that theory would be wise?"
Legolas was sooo lost right now that his gaze kept darting from Idril to Lessien, in an attempt to see what they were up to.
Lessien stepped forward with a solemn face and said, "If we don't get rid of some of this weight, we'll surely drown in the abyss. And Idril and I talked it over and as much as we love you Legolas, you've packed on a few pounds, out weighing the both of us."
Legolas stared at them both in disbelief, "What are you talking about? You don't have a scale! You have no idea how much I weigh and how is my weight right now relevant to anything we're doing? No one will be dying in the abyss! And what abyss are we talking about?"
The two girls got frustrated with their attempts to suggest the idea of his suicide to him, so Idril took one more step toward him and said only thing, "Elven sacrifice!" Then they pushed him in the sleepy water.
Proud of their work, they reached the other side safely and jumped out the boat as Legolas drifted down the river, sleeping.
Lessien got mad at the sight and shouted to him, "You're supposed to be protecting us! And you're sleeping! WHY?! LEGOLAS! I HATE YOU!"
Then Idril looks at Lessien in shock, then she shouts, "But we love you, Legolas! She doesn't know what she's saying!"
By now the body of Legolas had drifted out of view, but the two continued to go back and forth at shouting to him.
Lessien said, "No! I meant it!"
Idril continued, "We love him! We love the Legolas!"
Lessien said, "It'll be okay once the elf is dead…"
Idril slapped Lessien in the face and Lessien stares in shock. Then they both smiled and giggled and ran deeper into Mirkwood.
