Disclaimer: Not mine!! :(
Title: To New Mutiny
Rating: R
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Note:: Seeing as this chapter is so unforgivably short and you've all been so wonderfully patient with me, I'm putting up two chapters today! Both written in kinda a rush though so I hope they're okay. Enjoy!! ;)
Hugs, .:Tithen Min:.
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Chapter 21
Legolas jogged to catch up with the small group, smiling slightly at them as he joined them. Now that they were actually on their way, he was more nervous than he would like to admit.
Aragorn turned towards him, noticing at once the nervous gnawing on his fingers and the way Legolas kept looking around him, looking at everything but his companions.
"Legolas?" As the Elf reluctantly turned to him, he raised a questioning eyebrow. "Are you alright, my friend?"
Legolas smiled. "Am I really so easy to read?"
"Only to those who know you well enough to see the signs." Aragorn assured quietly, "What troubles you?"
"Ai, tis nothing, mellon, I just doubt the wisdom of my course…" Legolas replied, refusing to meet the Ranger's eyes.
Aragorn shook his head slowly, frowning. "Legolas…I know that I was trying to get you to reconsider your decision to return to your home, but I believe that you are doing what you need to do. You will never be at peace in your life if you do not try,"
Legolas thought over this for a moment before smiling at his Human friend. "You are right, Strider. Thank you, I— it means a lot to me to have you all here, but especially you. You have done so much for me already."
"Think not of it, my friend. Tis nothing,"
As Legolas was about to reply, the others stopped, causing Legolas and Aragorn to look up. In front of them, blocking the main path into the forest was a large group of men, women and children from the village. Between Narso and Cedir's idle mentioning and Rezad's gossiping, almost everyone in the village knew that Legolas was leaving, and where he was going…and what he was going home to.
Narso stepped forwards, a puzzled frown on his face. "What is going on? Let us pass!"
"No!" One man took himself as the representative of the group, "We know what Tiri's father is like, and we cannot let him go back there!"
"Aye," One of the women said softly, "We care to much for him to allow him to walk back into the hands of that madman."
"Legolas, you have people here who care for you," Ran added his voice to theirs, "Do you really need to leave?"
Legolas lowered his head from their penetrating stares, closing his eyes. "You do not understand," He sighed, "I do need to leave. If I ever wish to get my old life back, I must do this and it must be now. Please, if you truly care as much about me as you say you do, let me do this."
The general mood of the crowd softened, seeing the Elf that they loved in such distress. A low murmur went through the gathered people and their speaker stepped forward again.
"We can see how important this is to you, Tiri…although it grieves us, we agree with you. We must let you go, for it is best for you." Legolas breathed a silent sigh of relief. "However," The man continued, "We would like your word that, if you are in any trouble, that you will come back to us…where you will be safe."
Legolas smiled fondly, looking at each member of the group in turn. "Of course I will. This is as much my home as the one I am returning to and you are all my family for helping me through this hard time. I will come back and visit as often as I may."
At these words, the crowd parted to let them through. As he passed, every person murmured their soft goodbyes to Legolas, wishing him luck and a happy future. By the time the travellers had reached the edge of the woods, the Elf's eyes had filled with tears.
He turned to Ran. "I fear that this is where we must part, my young friend."
Ran shook his head, tears in his own eyes. "No, Legolas, I wish to come with you! Please, I do not wish to be left behind."
"I am sorry, Ran, but I cannot let you come. The forest is not a friendly place, young hunter, as you should know well by now. I would not suffer you to walk into danger again,"
Cedir came forward then, placing a hand on his son's shoulder, half to comfort and half to restrain. Legolas hugged them both tightly.
"I will miss you. Thank you for all you have done for me,"
Stepping away from them, he turned and raised a hand in a sad wave to the villagers who had turned out to see him off.
"Farewell my friends. Be safe until we meet again,"
Turning from the people of the small town— his home— Legolas led the way into the woods, his friends following closely behind him.
As the shadows of the forest once more enveloped him, Legolas' fevered thoughts began to calm, soothed as he had always been by the boughs and leaves of the trees that stood guard over his home.
He paused for a moment before turning to his companions behind him. "I am ready now. If you are also, then let us go. We have a long road ahead," And somehow they knew he meant more than the journey.
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