"The presence"

For disclaimer see chapter one

Legolas sensed danger; he felt it, everywhere, sometimes weak, sometimes strong but always there. But it didn't feel like an army or cave troll, it was something he hadn't felt before so didn't recognise it. It was something new. He had confided in some of his closest friends, Aragorn was comforting but Legolas knew he didn't believe him, Gimli didn't believe him and didn't bother hiding it, and Elrond was thoughtful and said nothing and Haldir was sceptic. (A/N happy now Michi?) So Legolas felt alone.

The thing Legolas noticed about the danger he sensed was that it never moved by day only t night which made Legolas think it was an orc or Gollom don't be rediculus Legolas he told himself, orcs travel in groups and Gollom dead, so what is it?

So to satisfy his curiosity he went looking for it but whenever he drew close he would sense it elsewhere which puzzled him because it would jump to another location, which unnerved him he was starting to feel afraid which for Legolas Greenleaf, prince of Mirkwood was something that had never happened before.

Legolas knew there was only one of them, and he wasn't going to let "the presence" which he called it, see him scared, so he started avoiding it, whenever he felt it he would run from it, whatever he was doing (A/N: don't be disgusting it didn't involve sex o.k?)

Then he found it, from where he was standing it looked like a pile of leaves but it was stained with blood down one side. Legolas moved over to it to get a better look at it and brushed off the leaves and found it to be a corpse, he finished brushing the leaves off and turned the body over, he gasped and moved back putting his hand to his mouth whispering the name Alakfalath, for Legolas knew this corpse it was an elf he knew he was a distant friend and he was shocked at finding it, his expression changed to sombre, he said a prayer that the spirit would fly as state as his arrows to the side of valor, he then picked up the body of his friend silently cursing the presence for he knew in his heart it was that which killed his friend.

He walked and didn't stop until he was in front of the Lord Elrond, he placed the body of his friend at Elrond's feet and knelt with his head down and told Elrond that he had found him on the high pass covered in leaves, Elrond gave him leave and Legolas left Alakfalath with Elrond and made his way to his chamber and couldn't help but think that his friends death was done purposely to spite him and was left for him to find and cursed "the presence" silently again.

The next day Legolas was summoned to the Lord Elrond and was told he had found Alakfalath's body completely bloodless and two puncture wounds in his neck and there was no other explanation for his death.

Over the weeks that followed Legolas found more corpses he knew them all, Nilcoireion, Rinregion, Enednedlorion the elves and Nori, bain sarin the dwarfs to name but a few, every time he found one he would bring it Elrond who each time bid him leave and called him back the next day to tell him he had found the same puncture wounds on either the neck (usually on the elves) or the wrist (usually on the dwarfs)

It was always Legolas who found the bodies, which made the people around him suspicious and was finally accused of the murders and stood trial at a council and was found guilty on 17 counts of murder and had the sentence of death. While he awaited his execution he was held in the dungeon where he had a visitor, but this visitor didn't come threw the door like the others but the window he didn't hear him come in but sensed him and when he turned around he came face to face with the killer.

Well end of chapter one folks if you like it review and if you don't review flames feed my cats so flame if you must it keeps my cat healthy.