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Nienna was riding next to Eowyn. She had her thoughts on Legolas. She liked him, which was a fact; he just confused her that was all.

"Lass, are you thinking about a pretty Elf boy?" Gimli asked grinning broadly.

"No, Gimli, I am not!" She snapped unintended. The Dwarf grinned again but Aragorn looked at her with a mild expression of amusement. She had never lost her temper before and he was surprised that it was on the subject of no doubt Legolas.

Nienna turned her face to the front again and ignored the look Gimli was sending her. Aragorn grabbed hold of Gimli's arm and said in a low voice. "That is enough, Gimli. Leave her alone."

The Dwarf nodded and focused his attention on Eowyn when she asked him the question about Dwarf women.

"It is true; you don't see many Dwarf women these days. And in fact they are so alike in voice and appearance that they are often mistaken for Dwarf men."

Nienna and Eowyn both looked at Aragorn who made an invisible beard with his hand. Nienna looked ahead again, hardly stiffening a laughing fit.

"This in turn, had given reason to believe that there are no Dwarf women. And that Dwarfs just spit from holes in the ground. Which, of course, is ridiculous?" Gimli said while laughing.

The horse he is one neighed and he fell off. Nienna was about to jump down her own horse when she saw Eowyn was already helping him up.

"Are you alright, friend Gimli?" Nienna asked coming up next to him.

The Dwarf looked up and smiled at her before he said. "Of course I am. Now why don't you let me ride with you instead?"

Nienna nodded and dismounted to help Gimli on the horse.

"I am sorry I snapped at you, Gimli. I did not mean too." Nienna said softly to her back.

She felt Gimli's hand tighten around her before he said. "That is alright, lass. I am sorry I asked but you looked so lost in thought. I guess it is an Elf trade mark since it has been bothering Legolas a lot lately."

Nienna decided to not answer that since she did not want Gimli to know that Legolas was the one who kept her in her thoughts.

"Do you think he hates me?" She softly asked Gimli."

"Who? Legolas? Goodness no lassie, of course not. Where did you get that idea?" Gimli said sounding shocked.

"Because he is so distant" Nienna muttered softly.

"That is just who he is, lass. Don't think too much about it. He will come around when he realizes how special you are." Gimli assured her.

Nienna nodded before she said. "Thank you."

The next day was the same as the last one. They were still riding. Nienna had her hood pulled up. For some reason, she felt a lot safer then. She had this weird feeling in the pit of her stomach, that something was going wrong.

She urged her horse on and went in search of Legolas. Maybe he could reassure her. He was riding all the way in front and looked at her when she stopped next to him.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I feel something coming. I was wondering if you felt the same." She answered.

He nodded and pointed to the left. "Look there, what do you see?"

"There are riders coming our way. They look like the kind of riders that Saruman used to have."

Legolas looked sharply at her before he said. "Go, warn the other and then get the hell out of here. It is not safe, least of all for you."

Nienna nodded and forced herself to calm down before she made for the rest of the group.

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"Get out of here! Make for lower ground!" Eowyn shouted before she led the people away from the battle. Nienna stole on last glance at Legolas who was shooting with his bow. She then turned her horse and followed Eowyn away from the battle.

Legolas was trying to hit the orcs with his arrows. He hoped Nienna made it out of there safely. It was all that mattered to him right now. He looked back towards her before he continued the battle; she was long gone and hopefully safe.

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"Helms Deep! It is Helms Deep." Some of the women shouted. Nienna looked up in relief. They were finally safe. She could hardly believe it.

When she had dismounted her horse, she was swept into a hug by Eowyn. The woman laughed at her and then she followed Eowyn to get everything ready for the arrival of the men.

"You lie!" Legolas spat to the orc before the slimy creature died. The Elf made for the cliff to see for him self.

He could not see a body with his Elven eyes. He felt a hand on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Théoden standing there. "Come, we have to leave." The king said before walking off.

Legolas looked down on last time before he mounted Arod and took off towards Helms Deep and towards Nienna.

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"So few, so few of you have returned." Nienna heard Eowyn say before she came to the court yard.

Legolas had already dismounted and she could see the grief in his eyes. "No. It cannot be." She said to him while looking desperately for Aragorn.

He took her by the hand and let her away. She regained her compositor, Legolas needed her now.

He soon stopped and Nienna took over. She led him to a room where he could change and bind his wounds if he needed too.

He turned around and Nienna saw the psychical pain written all over his face. She opened her arms and within a moment, she felt his strong body pressing against hers.

Even though he was hardly an inch taller then her, he buried his face into her shoulder and sobbed quietly.

When he pulled away, Nienna saw the thanks in his eyes. She only now noticed how beautiful he was. His blue eyes looked into hers and she could feel him coming closer, she had not noticed that she was coming closer to him too.

Without thinking Legolas gently pressed his lips onto hers. Nienna was caught of guard by his kiss and the first thing that flashed though her mind was to pull away.

Legolas looked at her with an unreadable expression on his face. "I am sorry, Legolas. I need to think." Nienna muttered before she ran out of the room.

Legolas looked after her with new grief in his eyes.

Nienna made for the battlements. Her heart was screaming with joy, yet her mind was clouded over with the pain of losing Aragorn and the doubts about Legolas. Could she love him?

This is a cliffy. Yah finally a good one. Hope you liked it. Please review.