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A/N: Here is Chapter three, enjoy.

Chapter Three

Uruite huan

Fiery hound

It had been years, I had lost track. But one thing was certain, I was very helpful to Estel. We were hunting a creature called Gollum. His stench was the only thing I could smell, and it was burning my nose every step we took into the Dead Marshes.

Estel looked down at me, "What say you, my furry friend?"

I snarled, looking ahead of me. 'He passed here not too long ago. We shall have him soon enough, Estel, but I do not think my nose can take this stench any longer!'

Estel nodded, knowing we had been searching for Gollum for days, "We shall soon have him, and then we shall take him to Thranduil. Your nose then may take a break from his stench."

I gratefully lunged forward, hoping to end the hunt as soon as I could. To my luck, this Gollum character had stopped for a break, and I snarled as I lunged in front of his startled form. I bared my teeth at him, causing him to struggle backwards, only to be caught by Estel. I walked forward, still snarling. As I got a foot from him, I snapped my jaws inches from his head. He screamed in fright and tried to claw at me, but Estel held him at bay.

"I think we shall have no problem taking him back with us, will we, Runya?" Estel chuckled as Gollum desperately tried to get away from me.

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As we walked through the gates of the Wood Elves' kingdom, I shivered. I could feel the evil that infested these woods, and I desperately wished to relieve it of its pain. We had been traveling for at least a week; I couldn't tell any more. Time passed differently for me than it did for humans.

Elves surrounded me and pointed spears at my form. I yelped in surprise, but didn't cower. Instead, my hackles raised, and I bared my teeth. If I was going down, I was taking all of them with me! I started snarling, hoping they would understand and back down. To my disappointment, they pushed their spears even closer to me.

I bit one of the spears, smashing it with my teeth. Estel yelled to me, "Runya, daro!" –stop!- When I wouldn't heed his words, he ran over towards us.

I smashed another spear, gaining myself an arrow in my right shoulder. I didn't back down then, my anger had become too great! I snarled even more and lunged onto an elf, bringing him down. The others rushed to help him, but they only received bites from me. The elf below me tried to wriggle free, but I would not have it.

I snapped my jaws a couple inches away from his head, and he froze instantly. Estel quickly came over to my side, grabbing my jaws and holding them firmly shut, "Runya, mani naa lle umien?" -What are you doing?-

I looked up at him, regaining control of my wild side. Realizing what I was doing, I quickly jumped off the elf, snarling from Estel's hold as he looked at me with a glare. Estel pulled on my muzzle, bringing my attention back to him, "Mankoi lle uma Tanya?" –Why did you do that?-

I didn't answer him, I only looked away. He let my muzzle go and shook his head. "She is not a wolf, my friends."

"She acts as fierce as one," the elf I had attacked stated evenly.

I snarled at him, but Estel hit me, causing me to yelp and look up at him. He spoke loudly and seriously, "This is Oromë's finest bred hound. Do you deny her what she has come to do?"

The elves eyed me warily, and I didn't blame them. For what I had just done, I would have been afraid of myself as well. An elf came forward then, smiling at Estel and then kneeling down to my level, looking into my eyes.

He nodded, "She is a fine one, my friend, but how did you come across her?"

"Ah, Legolas, I knew you would take a liking to her," Estel chuckled. "She was given to the elves of Imladris to aid in these coming times. But she wanted to travel, and settled with a lowly Ranger as her companion."

I snarled at his comment about himself, but did not speak. I did not know these elves well enough to speak to them just yet. Legolas put his hands on either side of my face, rubbing underneath my left eye, "So this is the Runya that my father got letter of from Elrond. She is more magnificent in person than what he wrote about her on paper. And the twins have been telling me of her incredible nose. But they said nothing of her fierceness when cornered. That was an amazing feat to watch!"

Estel laughed lightly, bringing attention back to him, "She is the one who caught Gollum. We have brought him here for safe keeping." Two elves walked forward with the said creature. He was struggling in their grips.

I turned my attention onto him, snarling and taking a step forward, only to be reminded that I had an arrow stuck in my shoulder. I yelped as pain laced its way through my right front leg.

Legolas cooed to me just as Glorfindel used to, and Gil-galad before that. My soul once again became free of worries and pain, and Legolas quickly pulled the arrow out of my shoulder. I yowled in pain and lightly latched my jaws onto his arm, not drawing blood, but enough to tell him that it hurt.

He hushed my yowls of pain, "Hush, golden flame, hush, it is over with." I nudged my head under his arm, wishing him to ease my pain, and he did so. He pet me until my heart's content, and after we had been there for a couple of minutes, he smiled down at me. "Father will be please to meet you. Come, he awaits us."

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I howled in appreciation as we were led into the throne room. It was quieter in here, and it smelled lovely. I closed my eyes and sniffed, wishing to memorize the smell. I soon felt my legs moving on their own accord, and I did nothing to stop them. As opened my eyes, I found myself right in front of an elf that looked uncannily like Legolas. He looked down on me in amusement.

"And what do we have here, I wonder?"

I yipped at him and bowed awkwardly, showing him the respect that I thought he should have. He laughed at the sight of me, I could smell it on him. He came down to stand in front of me, "No, no, my dear little one, do not bow in my expense. I have heard much about you."

I looked up at him, and then to the guards that stood on either side of him, glaring down at me. At those looks, anger rolled through my veins uncontrollably. I growled a warning at them as my hackles raised, but they continued to glare at me.

I hated those who thought that I was just a lowly beast that should not be welcomed, it burned my soul into fire. But my anger died away as the king scratched a delicate spot behind my ears, causing me to close my eyes and whimper in pleasure. I reopened them as he stopped his scratching, and I could see he was now sitting back in his throne.

I sat down right where I was, content to see how this played out. The king nodded to Estel, "I welcome you back, Estel. It seems you have brought me something as well."

"Yes, we have brought you Gollum, the creature that supposedly…"

I tuned him out, not interested in his drabble of talk. Movement caught my attention, and I was pulled towards it. It only turned out to be the cape from one of the guards, but I didn't care. It took on a whole new form with me. It became a snake, anything that I could pounce on.

The guard it belonged to watched with interest as my ears shot forward and I quickly pounced on the part of cloth that was moving around. He chuckled silently and moved his body lightly, causing the cape to move again. My eyes looked into his, but the movement once again got the better of me, and I pounced on it.

I had no clue how much time had gone by, but when I heard laughter all around me, I looked up, forgetting what I was doing. It seemed that the conversation was over, and I was the main attraction. I quickly latched my teeth into the cape and started walking over to Legolas and the king. As I got close to them, I was pulled backward. I pulled again, only to have the same thing happen.

Legolas smiled, "Romen, let her have the cape."

I pulled even more, growling low in my throat, wanting my prey badly. The guard slowly took his cape off, letting me pull it along. I quickly sat down in front of Legolas, wagging my tail and holding my head high, proud of my skill of the hunt.

Legolas chuckled, grabbing at the cape, "Very well, Runya!" As he pulled on it, I pulled back, thrashing my head from side to side, finally having someone who would enjoy playing with me, unlike Estel.

The king laughed, "It seems she is playful at the moment."

I yanked even more on the cape, hoping to have a little fun, but Legolas quickly let the cape go, sending me backwards. I quickly stood back up, growling at what he had done. My anger died away though, and I quickly lunged on him, sending him into the ground. I continued to lick his face, ignoring his pleas for me to stop.

Romen, the guard, picked up his discarded cape, looking at the tears and gashes in it. He then held it out from him, "Well, I shall always remember her, for her slobber is all over this."

I quickly lunged at him, latching onto the cape once more, not ready to give it up. Estel chuckled, "It seems she has found something she wishes to keep. You will not get it back, my friend."

The king smiled down on me, "Legolas shall show you to your room, Estel." He then nodded, "And where would you prefer to sleep, Runya? Where is your choice of bedding?"

I sniffed the air, spinning around in a circle before turning towards the door. I had no clue where I wanted to sleep. I usually slept at the bottom of Glorfindel's bed or just on the forest floor, keeping an eye out for orcs. This was all new to me.

I whimpered, not wanting to make a decision. I pulled the cape behind me, looking around the hall. I was confused, the place was too foreign. Legolas smiled as I turned back towards him, "Let's see if we can find accommodations for you, eh?"

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I watched as Estel walked into his respected room. I then looked up at Legolas, hoping he would know what I wanted. He smiled down at me, "Aphado nín, Runya." –Follow me,-

I followed him, secretly remembering his scent. It reminded me of home and of father. I could smell vanilla and pine on him. Not to mention the smell of a warrior. This elf had been in many battles, I could tell from his strong smell.

Legolas stopped at a door, opening it for me. He then walked in, nodding for me to follow him. I took a step into the room and the smell was uncannily familiar. I barked, quickly running into the room the whole way and sniffing around.

He laughed, "So it seems you like it?" I looked at him before picking the cape back up in my mouth. "This is my room. I figured you would like to stay with me, for I would love to learn more about you and to spend much time with you, golden flame."

I dropped the cape, totally forgetting about it as I came over beside Legolas and sat down, looking up into his eyes. He smiled and put his hand on my head. Ah, the greatness of being a hound. I leaned my head against his leg, closing my eyes, and Legolas just laughed, "You are not as dangerous as the others think you are. You can be as gentle as a playful pup."

I yipped at him before jumping up on his bed. I circled the bottom a couple of times before I lay down. I then looked up at him, silently asking for allowance to be there. He nodded, and I lay my head down.

This was going to be an eventful stay at the Woodland realm that was for sure. Legolas couldn't contain his laughter as I blinked my eyes at him, "You silly one, it is midday! You do not need to sleep!"

I closed my eyes and ignored his protests for me to get up. I had just spent three days of constant travel without sleep. I didn't care what time it was, I needed some sleep.

"But wouldn't you like to accompany me to the training courts? I would love to have your presence there." Legolas' voice filtered through my ears.

I quickly jumped off the bed, grabbing the cape in my mouth. He laughed once again. "Are you going to take your prize everywhere with you now?" I nodded, simply stating that I was. He shook his head, "We are going to have to make it smaller if you plan on dragging it everywhere with you, you silly hound!"

He grabbed one end of it, planning to make it smaller, but I would not let it go. It was my masterpiece, and I was not going to let some elf take it from me without a fight. Finally, after minutes of hard pulling on both ends, I fell backwards along with Legolas. He smiled triumphantly as I noticed that I only had a small piece of the cape. The rest was in his hands.

I snarled and headed towards the door. If he wanted it that way, then he would have it that way. I would totally get him back in training! I didn't spend all that time with the twins and learn nothing. Oh, on the contrary, I learned everything they taught me, and more.

Legolas joined me, opening the door and continuing out of it. I followed silently, the small portion of the cape still in my mouth. Elves turned and looked at me as we walked past them, but as we got to the training courts, my eyes went wide. They were big and extravagant, like Imladris'. I was happy and lunged into the fray of elves. The all yelled at me and back away, but I was not to be outdone. I sorted through them, finally finding an elf that I had seen before. It was Romen, and he kept backing away from me.

I lunged on him, sending him into the ground. I then deposited the small part of the cape I had left onto his chest, causing him to eye me peculiarly. "And what is this, small one? Would this happen to be my cape that you fought for so hard?"

I yipped at him and then looked down at the small piece of cape. "Are you returning it to me?" I yipped once again, licking his face. He laughed and pushed me off of him, "Why thank you, Runya, I will keep it close to my heart forever."

"Ah, Romen, it seems the females still go for you!" Legolas laughed as the others joined him.

I growled at all of them, causing them to quiet down. I then lunged onto Legolas and pinned him, licking his face uncontrollably, not stopping even when he begged for me to do so.

"It seems that hounds are attracted to you, my prince!" Romen laughed as well, holding the piece of cape in his hands.

I got off of Legolas, ignoring the comments around me. I was destined to leave him wondering what in Arda I was doing. As he sat up, my tail slammed into his face, causing him to fall back, stunned. Take that one, Legolas! Ha!

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Alrighty guys… There ya go! Chapter three! It seems Legolas is going to have some fun. (hehe) Oh well… time will tell (wink, wink)

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