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Note: Thanks for the reviews. Please send some ideas. This will be the last update for this story for the Christmas break so far since I will be in California so I won't be here. But let's begin.

Legolas felt a smile tug at his lips when he looked at all the people that was visiting the palace. He turned around when he felt Nienna's presence coming in behind him. Smiling, he wrapped his arms around her. They had been in Eryn Lasgalen for about 3 months now and Nienna was due any moment. Nienna did not smiled back but instead rested her weight a little bit more on Legolas.

She closed her eyes and when she opened them she asked. "What?"

Legolas grinned and answered. "It is you, Nienna. You are not behaving like a princess should."

"Well most of the princess are not pregnant, now are they?" She snapped. Legolas laughed out loud and said in a rasp voice. "But they are not as beautiful as you, Meleth."

Nienna blushed and signed before she cried. "If I know that it would be this hard, I would never have gotten pregnant. Do not say a word, Greenleaf and do not even think about making love to me, I will not have it, not right now." Legolas smiled before he kissed her.

"I love you, Nienna." Nienna nodded and answered. "Love you too, Greenleaf." While her eyes closed again, resting her head against his shoulder to enjoy the peace for now. Legolas softly stroked her hair; he could not wait to hold his child in his arms.

Nienna woke up a couple of days later in the middle of the night; she looked around dazed, wondering what had woken her up. She flinched when a flash of pain shot through her stomach. The next moment, she felt water rush down her legs. Looking down at the bed, she signed while she thought. "Great, my water broke. Oh well, let's clean it up first before I do anything else."

She looked back and arched an eyebrow when she saw that Legolas was still fast asleep. He had not noticed anything. Shaking her head, she stepped out of bed and cleaned up the mess before she made herself comfortable on the couch with a good book.

Legolas shivered in his sleep, something told him that there was something different. He turned around and was surprised to find Nienna gone. Waking up fully, his eyes traveled through the room until they settled on her form on the couch. She was sitting with her arms hugging her knees, which she only did when she was in pain.

Legolas shook his head and got up. Nienna's eyes followed him when he got up. Legolas bent down to pick up some leggings and while picking out of shirt from the top closet, he said. "So you are up early, dear. It has only been midnight. Do you have any special plans today that require getting up so early?"

Nienna's lips curled in a smile, while she saw Legolas try to get a shirt from a big pile of clothes that he could not quite reach, before she answered. "Yes, when your water breaks that requires getting up early."

Legolas pulled his shirt loose with a bolt and looked at her while all the shirts came crashing down on his head. Nienna burst out laughing when she saw the Elf looking up from under a pile of shirt and tunics. Instead of cleaning them up, he walked up and while sitting down in front of her with a worried glance in his face, he asked. "For how long?"

"I think about 2 hours ago." Nienna answered, while her laughing creases and she found herself looking at him with tears in her eyes. Legolas pulled her close and while kissing her, he said. "It will be fine. You want to take a shower while I go and alert one of the healer."

Nienna nodded and allowed herself to be helped by Legolas to the shower in hope it would lessen the pain.

Several painful and weary hours later, Nienna was still hours away from giving birth. Legolas was sitting next to her while she lay in a restless slumber and talking with his father. He looked at her when Nienna tensed in her sleep and relaxed as another contraction passed.

Thranduil kept a close look on his son. He knew how he was when Legolas was born. "It will be fine, son. She is strong and will deliver a healthy child. We have send for to Rivendell. I have to leave, send word when you need anything."

Legolas nodded and was surprised to hear Nienna answering. "Thank you, Lord Thranduil." Thranduil only smiled and gave Nienna a quick kiss on her cheek before he left the room, leaving the two lovers to think and talk.

Nienna crawled closer to Legolas as far as her body would allow it. He wrapped his arms around her before he asked. "Our lives are about to change, are you ready?"

Nienna nodded weary and put her ear straight over Legolas's heart, its steady beating lulling her into false peace. Legolas stroked her hair while he hummed an old song that he knew from his childhood.

"Come on, Nienna, push." Legolas softly encouraged Nienna while the midwife checked the child once more. It was midnight and Nienna had been in labor for almost 2 days straight. She was sweating and tired but did not give up. She would prove to the world, that she could do it.

Legolas pulled the wet hair away from her face while Nienna fell back into her pillow. She panted but tensed when another contraction came. Legolas slipped behind her and held her up while Nienna pushed with all her might. He felt her tap into his strength and was glad to give it to her.

With one mighty scream, Nienna pushed with all her strength to deliver the healthy child in the world. She sank back against Legolas and closed her eyes for a split second before she asked, worried. "Why isn't he crying?"

"It is a she and Elven children do not cry if they are healthy and do not want anything." The Midwife told her friendly before she handed the newborn princess to Nienna. Nienna tucked the new child safely in her arms while tears fell down her face.

Legolas was speechless, Nienna looked at him and made a move to hand him the child while she asked. "What should we call her?"

Legolas smiled before he said in a rasp voice. "How about Moriethel? Since she is born in the middle of the night."

Nienna nodded and tested the name on her tongue. "Moriethel. It sounds good, what does it mean?"

"It is means night Elf." Legolas answered while tucking a some loose hair behind his daughter's perfectly pointed ear. He rested his chin on Nienna's shoulder and Nienna smiled and kissed him before she said. "Take her, Greenleaf."

Legolas was all to happy to obey before sat back down, the both of them so observed in their child and in themselves that they did not notice that everything had been cleaned up. A happy Thranduil stood watching from the doorway. He smiled when he saw the look of pure bliss on his son's face and watched with mild amusement when Nienna fell asleep against Legolas and his son gently tucked the blankets around them before he settled next to her with Moriethel in his arms.

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