(-)Chapter 10(-)
Aragorn spun suddenly, the heightened elven senses quickly picking up on a vague presence, he quickly drew his sword and stared ahead of him.
The two dragons immediately froze and listened, tensing even further after a moment.
"Wargs," Aragorn groaned, then frowned down at his sword.
"Is something wrong?" Elen asked worriedly.
"The grip is odd," he grumbled.
Elen laughed slightly.
"Here they come," Menel said suddenly.
Aragorn simply tightened his grip on the hilt of the weapon and quickly jumped forward, taking down one of the creatures as he went.
Halfway through the battle Legolas finally began awakening, he leaped awake when he realized his body was moving without his permission.
Aragorn stumbled at the sudden jolt, managing to throw himself to the side as one of the creatures jumped at him. He jabbed his sword out and sliced the creatures throat as it passed.
"Bad timing," the ranger muttered, rolling to the left to avoid one of the creatures as it swiped at him, he quickly caught hold of one of the elf's knives and threw it into the side of the creature's throat.
Legolas drew his hands to his throat in shock, his eyes widening.
Aragorn paused, suddenly confused as to why he was shocked before realizing it wasn't him but Legolas who harbored the shock.
"Legolas," he spoke as calmly as possible in his current situation, "I need you to calm down for a moment or you're going to get yourself killed."
The elf suddenly slumped back, not caring what was happening as he remembered what happened before.
Aragorn winced and bowed his head a moment, then frowned as the blond hair fell into his face. He brushed it back in annoyance and quickly got back into the fight, retrieving the elf's blade as he went.
Several times during the fight he was forced to stop in order to push the hair back, his annoyance with it growing by the second.
The fight finally ended with a few of the wicked creatures fleeing from them, snarling at them as they ran.
Aragorn dropped his sword and growled, "Legolas, I am in awe of your ability to actually fight properly with your acursed hair."
The elf didn't respond.
Aragorn paused, "Legolas?"
"I'm going insane. Dear valar I'm turning into Gollum..."
"No! Legolas," Aragorn bit back a laugh, "ai, how do I explain."
"Where am I?"
"We're headed to Rivendell," Aragorn said slowly, his amusment gone.
Legolas' eyes widened, "No, I can't go there, not after what I did."
"Legolas," the ranger muttered sadly, "listen, what happened back there wasn't your fault mellon-nin. I've been given a second chance but I need ada's help in order for everything to return to normal."
The elf stared straight ahead, his eyes wide, "Estel?"
"Yes it is I," he answered then grinned, "I hope you'll forgive my intrusion but I honestly had nothing to do with it!"
The elf continued to stare ahead of himself wide-eyed.
"Legolas?"
"..."
"Are you okay?"
"..."
"You're lack of movement, speach and thought is beginning to worry me."
"..."
"Okay... Legolas... I have some bad news... your bow has died."
The elf blinked, "What!"
"Hah! I knew that would work," Aragorn exclaimed, then winced, "unfortunately it's true, it was destroyed in the fire."
The elf groaned, then shook his head, "Ah, I care not," his voice shook.
"Are you okay?"
"I am trying to figure out how to express my relief. I believe it would look rather odd if I hugged myself."
Aragorn grinned, "A great dilemma," he glanced over at the two dragons, "shall we continue? Or are we to sit here all day?"
"Let us be going."
"Wonderful..." he fell back, allowing the elf to do as he wished.
Legolas pushed himself to his feet, surprised at how out of breath he felt.
Aragorn grinned unconsciously at the shocked feeling, "Well my friend, you could not have expected to fall unconscious in a fire, breathing it's fumes for at least ten minutes, then come out and find yourself battling a group of wargs all the while fighting against yourself as well and not come out short of breath."
"I suppose not, it is just odd, after all I didn't really do any of the fighting."
Aragorn smiled then paused, "Do you hear that?"
The elf froze and frowned, "Yes... how did you hear that before me?"
"I've been keeping a sharp lookout in case the wargs that got away decided to turn around and come back for another try."
"I see... that is no warg."
"I can tell Legolas. It is much too small," he frowned, "I'm not sure what it is..."
The two dragons had turned to stare in the direction their friends were looking.
"I don't hear a thing," Elen muttered.
"I think we scared whatever it was off," Aragorn shrugged.
Legolas shook his head, "Not away... it's still there, we would have heard it leave."
Aragorn nodded slightly, "Yes, of course. You must forgive me, I am unused to your superior elven hearing," he mocked, grinning.
Legolas rolled his eyes, "If you do not be quiet, I will feed your body to the next pack of wargs we come upon. I cannot hear when you will not be quiet."
Aragorn shrugged, "Go right ahead, but I warn you, I'll be stuck with you from now on if you do that."
The elf winced, "Right... bad idea then isn't it?"
"You could say that."
The elf sighed and stood, wandering in the direction the sound had been heard.
Aragorn frowned, "Odd it seems to have dissapeared."
"I've realized that Estel... well this day just keeps making less and less sense."
Aragorn grinned, "And do our journeys together ever make much sense?"
"No... not really. But they are usually better than this."
"Legolas?"
"What now?"
"We're being watched."
The elf paused midstep and frowned and turned to stare where he suddenly recognized the other presence.
"There is nothing here Estel..."
"Yes you are right... this is weird... but still not as weird as the time you found me in the middle of Mirkwood as a child."
"No I agree... that was definately beyond weird."
"You realize whatever is watching us is probably extremely freaked out over this? It sounds as though you have a split personality..."
"That is a common mistake actually... a person with what you human's call a 'split personality' doesn't really have two different personalities."
"Legolas, you are the last person to be speaking to me about human sicknesses..."
The elf shrugged.
"Where did you learn that anyway?" he asked suddenly.
"A book I found in my father's library making fun of the human mind."
"..." Aragorn went silent for a moment, eyes narrowed in an annoyed fashion, then grinned, "I find it amusing... that elves make fun of the human mind so often, to any man, the elven mind is just as odd."
Legolas shrugged, taking no offence, "I'm sure it is."
Aragorn grinned again, "Just as the mind of a dwarf or hobbit is just as odd to either of us."
"The mind of a man trapped in an elven body must be a confused one at that as well I suppose," came a sudden shocked voice.
They spun to stare at the hobbit behind them.
Aragorn blinked, "Bilbo? What are you doing here?"
Legolas smiled slightly, "Interesting how we come across you at the oddest of times."
The hobbit nodded slowly, "I could say the same to you... I was on my way to Rivendell actually, it seems I have gotten myself a bit lost."
Aragorn laughed and glanced to his left, "Rivendell is a days journey that way my friend."
Legolas quickly turned his gaze back to the hobbit, "Is it not a bit dangerous for a hobbit to be out here alone?"
Aragorn shook his head, smiling, "You would think so but this one seems to be able to hide from anything."
A/N
Elven Kitten: Isn't confusion fun:P I hope you all liked it, am slightly worried myself, ever since I've started writing I've been ahead of myself so I've never had to worry about my next chapter but it seems I've finally caught up with myself... :S Must get next chapter done... XP lol. Thank you sielge, Micro, Nessa Ar-Feiniel, IwishChan, Inuyashaloverfan, invisigoth3, and Elentariel for your great reviews :) Namarie!