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Title: Legolas's True Love?

Author: Insane Elven Rock Baby

Summary: Aragorn is dead and Arwen travels to Mirkwood to find confide in Legolas. Will Legolas and Arwen fall in love or let each other get away?

A/N: This chapter may be a bit shorter than the last, but I think it's better than the last. Hopefully you agree.

Night had passed and Legolas was just waking up. It was still early. The sun had just risen. Legolas got up and put his things away quickly. He did not eat, but he did feed Apollo, his horse.

Apollo ate slowly. Legolas almost went mad watching him. He couldn't wait to arrive at Gondor. He silently urged his horse to eat faster, but did not push him for they had ridden all day yesterday. When Apollo had finally finished eating, Legolas mounted his and the rode off.

It was noon when Legolas finally came to a clearing. The sun was shining brightly and both Legolas and Apollo were becoming hungry. So, they stopped. Legolas unloaded the food from Apollo's pack and fed him. He then sat down and fed himself.

Just as Legolas began to bite into his Elven bread, an arrow shot from a tree nearby. It flew past Legolas's head and just barely missed him. Legolas quickly got up and drew his bow and arrow. He fired at the tree from which the arrow had come. He did not hear the arrow smash against a tree, but instead heard an orc groan in pain. The orc fell from the tree. As it hit the ground, Legolas fired a few more arrows into it until it stopped twitching.

Legolas looked around, scanning and listening for orcs. In the distance he heard a twig snap. He immediately turned in the direction of the noise. He raised his bow, ready to shoot. Suddenly, he felt cold steel on the back of his neck.

"Lower your bow," said a cold, scratchy voice. Legolas did as he was told. He dropped his bow. Slowly he began to turn around. "Stay still," said the voice as the sword was pushed harder against Legolas's neck.

Legolas stopped moving and asked, "What do you want?" The voice, which belonged to an orc, laughed along with many others.

"You, prince," said another orc. "We've been waiting here for you." Legolas closed him eyes and thought, That's why I didn't hear them approaching. They've been hiding in the forest.

The orc leader who had first spoken to Legolas beckoned to another in the crowd. "Bind him," he said. The orc obeyed and bound Legolas's arms behind his back. "Kill the horse," the leader yelled to another. An orc approached Apollo with a knife that gleamed in the sunlight.

"No!" Legolas yelled and tried to escape his binds, but they held fast. The orc grew closer to Apollo. Apollo began to stamp and tried to get away, but three orcs held him in place. Apollo struggled to break away from the orcs, knocking a few of them to the ground. "Go, Apollo," yelled Legolas. "Aut (Go to) Gondor!" Apollo broke free of his captors' grasp and ran across the clearing and into the forest. The orcs tried to shoot him down, but could not.

The orc leader growled. "How dare you," he hissed at Legolas. Legolas glared at him defiantly. The leader bared his teeth, ready to attack him. But, remembering his orders to bring Legolas back unharmed, he smacked him on the side of his head with the hilt of his sword. Legolas was hit with such a force that he passed out.

Arwen awoke in her room. Everything was now hers. She no longer shared her belongings or bed with Aragorn. The kingdom was now hers to rule and control.

Arwen was still too tired to get up. Instead she lifted her head and looked out the window. It was still dark and a candle had been lit and placed on the small table beside the bed. Arwen lay her head back down. It was still bursting with questions. Questions she did not feel like thinking about at that very moment.

Arwen closed her eyes. In her mind she pictured Aragorn's face and began reminiscing about past times. However, her thoughts soon drifted to Legolas. How does he fare? Does he care that I have gone?, she wondered. Slowly, she began to fall back to sleep.

Legolas awoke to the sound of pounding hooves. He was barely able to open his eyes, but when he did, Legolas found that he had been strapped to a horse. Thoughts of Apollo came rushing back to Legolas. Did he reach Gondor?, Legolas wondered.

Suddenly, the horse that Legolas was riding stopped. Legolas lurched forward. He looked around him and saw that he was surrounded by orcs. He looked ahead and saw the orc that had struck him conversing with another. (Both orcs were still mounted on their horses.) This orc looked like he was of higher power. He was slightly taller than the other orcs and was also burlier.

Legolas continued to stare at this orc and wondered of what the two orcs were discussing. Was it his fate? Legolas became worried. If they planned to kill him, he might never see Arwen again or have the chance to tell her how he truly feels. Legolas's head began to pound and his vision became blurry. He suddenly felt sick and had the urge to throw up. His eyes started to droop and his head tilted to the side.

The orc riding beside Legolas noticed his strange behavior. However, to the orc Legolas seemed to be falling asleep. "Ay, stay awake," he yelled at Legolas. However, the noise around Legolas was muffled by the pounding in his ears.

In an effort to wake him from his 'sleep' the orc reached over and smacked Legolas on the arm. Legolas's eyes shot open. He leaned over the side of his horse and vomit began to spew from his mouth.

"Lady Arwen," yelled a voice. Arwen blinked her eyes open slowly. Standing above her was maid who was shaking her in a desperate attempt to wake her up.

Arwen soon realized that something was wrong. There was panic in the voice of the maiden beside her, and the look of fear on her face. Arwen sat straight up. She looked at the girl and asked, in worried voice:

"What's wrong? Are you alright?"

The maiden nodded and said in a small voice, "It's Prince Legolas of Mirkwood."

A/N: Well? What do you think? Please let me know. I need feedback or I may not continue. ::hint, hint:: Anyway, I may not update for a while. I have to review for many state tests all of which could make or break me. Anyway, please just review. ... Oh! And I saw Troy! It was a good movie and worth seeing, but not if you're going to see it just for Orli, LoLz.