Return to Middle Earth

Kayo

Chapter II: Didn't Know Middle Earth Had Angels

There are no heroes…Shawn thought as his vision blackened. His body began to fall into a deep sleep, beyond his control. He could barely feel his body being wrapped in a silk casing. He could barely feel the breath of the fangs about to pierce his throat. He could barely hear the hisses of pain the spiders made…hisses of pain?

The spider that had just been about to devour our young hero was now somewhere howling and shrieking. He heard other sounds, too. Whistles, something jumping, utter chaos around him. Lifting a heavy eyelid, he saw a flash of blond hair and a spurt of red coming from a spider. Legolas…He thought. He had found Legolas. And he was hacking the spiders into pieces. How nice…wait…

The blond haired face searched his barely lifted eyes. Shawn forced himself to not succumb to the poison or whatever was coursing through his veins. "Legolas," he mumbled. A confused look spread over the figure's face. Was he going delirious, or were there several Legolas' huddling around him? Shawn started not to care as he fell victim to the spider's venom.

~*~

"Silmaril!" Shouted Legolas as he had a clear view of the Elf leading the trio of horses was indeed his older sister. A she-Elf, beautiful as the night sky with liquid eyes that burned into your soul, in the customary forest-colored tunic of the Mirkwood royalty jumped off her horse and began a slow walk to Legolas.

"LEGOLAS!" She squealed and jogged to her brother when she heard him shout her name. Where have you been?!? You've been missing for months! Father has almost had a heart attack thinking you were eaten by a spider! Legolas laughed at this, picturing in his mind his father storming around the castle, no doubt exploding at any one who might get on his bad side. Why, may I ask, are you in a bramble of poison ivy?

You know what, Silmaril? I have no idea… Legolas tried to think back the past the last few hours…days…months…and nothing came to his mind. Where had he been? And why was he here in the first place?

In any case, started Silmaril as she unsheathed her own Elven Blades of Doom to cut the ivy without touching it, don't think you're getting any kind of hug from me with all those rashes you'll have. Legolas looked down at his hands and saw a red rash already forming.

After cutting a vital vine that was keeping Legolas stuck in the lovely ivy, Legolas felt his back hit the ground and his hands being released from their restraints. Pushing himself up and out of the bramble, he noticed the other two riders had dismounted and were joining the brother and sister. Both their mouths dropped when they saw Legolas brushing himself off.

Prince Legolas! One said, while the other stood mouth a-gap. The raven haired one which had spoken ran back to his horse, grabbing a particular bag and bringing it back to the Princess Silmaril. The other, another blond but with a long bow wrapped around his shoulder, forced himself out of his stupor.

My Prince! He practically bowed to the dirt. You are alive!

And quite itchy, added Legolas.

Yes, well that can be helped, said Silmaril, taking out a small vial of liquid and a couple leaves. She ordered the raven haired Elf to take care of the horses and the blonde to set up a somewhat comfortable resting spot for the moment. Though I must admit, the rash will just have to run its course until we get home. And that's about a couple hours away.

We're that close to the palace? Wondered Legolas out loud. He sister ordered him to sit as she started to apply a salve to his hands and face, the only places the vines happened to touch. She let him get his ears, knowing how sensitive they were. Legolas started to curse when he noticed the ivy had touched his eye, causing it to start to puff.

I'm sure father would love to see this, said Legoas and Silmaril laughed. Thranduil always worried about his children's welfare. If they had even a scratch on them after going out, even after a fall, he wouldn't allow them out until he was sure they were fully recovered. Then again, Legolas did have a knack for disobeying this restriction and sneaking out. Naughty prince.

Legolas, what on earth is in your hair? At first, Legolas thought there was a bug or something, and started shaking his head and flaying his hands to get it out. What he encountered was not an insect, however. It was some kind of string with objects coming out of it. He brought it into his vision and saw it was actually his hair braided with neon braids. On the bottom was a silver heart to hold the braid together. He would've remembered that. He should've remembered that. No one touched his hair without his permission! A distant thought was about to resurface, but there was so much cloudiness to it that Silmaril's voice broke his concentration.

Hey, by chance, were you traveling with a human? She asked as she was putting the medicine back in the bag.

A human? A flash of uncertainty crossed his mind. I don't think so. But then again, I don't even remember where I've been.

Ah yes, our amnesic Legolas. I bet you took a hit to the head and wound up in that bush…Everything's in order? She asked.

Legolas blushed and stood up away from his sister. What an insinuator! His own sister! Just like someone else, but he couldn't remember who. YES! Everything's fine. Why did you ask anyway? Legolas tried to direct the conversation back to the rogue human.

Well, my party broke off into two groups because a couple of them spotted some spiders nesting nearby. One reported that they found a human, a very odd looking one at that, which had been attacked and almost eaten alive. He was in really bad shape, from what they told me, so they took him to the palace.

But what made me think maybe you were traveling with him was the fact he kept mumbling your name over and over again. Why would he say that? There must be a connection.

Legolas took this into consideration. Maybe this human knew something about why he couldn't remember where he had been for the last couple months, as Silmaril had said. Let's go home, said Legolas. I want to see this human. Think we can dodge father until then?

Not likely…

~*~

The arrival of the lost Prince caused much stir in the forest. Before Legolas could even request secrecy to his advent, word was brought to him to go directly to King Thranduil, no matter what condition he was in. Legolas had sighed. He wouldn't be seeing the mysterious human until after his father had dealt with him. Who knew how he was treating the wounded human anyway?

Do not worry, oh brother, she said sarcastically. I'll go watch after him. Besides, I want to get a look at this human.

~*~

A cool breeze made its way through a window and into the palace of Mirkwood. The open balcony allowed air to flow in and caress the body that lay in the highly elaborate wooden bed near the balcony. The sweet smell of the woods inched up Shawn's nose. The silk-like sheets hugged tightly to Shawn's barely clothed body. It's so warm, though Shawn. He didn't want to get up ever again. This moment was too perfect. If only Nina were laying beside him would all his fantasies be fulfilled.

He felt something lifting the sheet off his skin, exposing his bare chest. A dull ache spread through his stomach and he groaned at the sudden flash of coldness and pain. Leave me be! I was so comfy! Why would someone do that?!? He slowly opened his eyes to a wonderful sight.

A maiden, so beautiful that no one could ever compare to, stood above him. Her eyes were full of concern, such a deep shade of sapphire. Gold trusses of hair escaped her delicate ears and pooled around her angelic face. He could see a silver dress attached to the perfect shape of her body, but surprisingly, he only focused on her loving face.

"Angel," his raspy voice uttered. Middle Earth just got a tad better.

~*~Meanwhile in the real world~*~

Jared, Chloe, and Nina sat in a dark movie theater, watching the greatest movie of all time, Return of the King. Jared, having used his awesome Istari powers, had been able to get them back row seats at the very first showing of the movie in Edison. The powers at be had most certainly blessed these three.

"Oh holy mother," muttered Chloe as Legolas came on screen. "How I wish to caress your body but one more time."

A chorus of SHHHs rang.

"Dude, Elves SO can not do that," commented Jared.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

"Does anyone care that Shawn is missing this?" mentioned Nina.

"Not really, he gets to be there, damn bastard…and he stole my bag…damn bastard."

"Haha, no one cares about Shawn."

"Shh," whispered Nina. "Legolas is on again."

"I bought a stand up Legolas. I hug him every night," squealed Chloe.

"Excuse me, people, you are being removed for disturbing the movie," said an usher who, with a couple buddies of his, grabbed the three out of the theater.

"NOOO! LEGOLAS!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Nina and Chloe.

Outside the theater, standing in the cold, Jared mumbled, "What another fine mess caused by Shawn. I'm going to kill him if something else hasn't yet. I'll see you later girls."

Jared started walking away. "Where ya going?" shouted Chloe.

"Like I said, to kick Shawn's ass."

"In Middle Earth…"

"Yep."

"But I thought you read the books already," asked Nina.

"Ya, but I NEEDED to see the movie. And so, I bid you adue. M'ladies." He bowed and disappeared into the night.

"I thought he didn't have enough Istari magic power to get back?" questioned Chloe.

"Apparently, he's a lying bastard."

tbc…

(I noticed when I was searching ff.net that there are several stories already titled "Return to Middle Earth." Mistake on my part for lack of knowledge that there were fics titled this already. So, I'd like to say sorry to any of those who might know about that and think I stole the title, because it was unintentional.)

Responses to Reviews:

Nina: Yes, Legolas is a very lovely shade of red. ^_^ Only on his hands and face though. Spiders, the bane of my existence, and Shawn's too apparently.

lolly pop3: Wow, people were really excited to read this! YOU FLATTER ME! Lol, really! I think I updated pretty quickly. Go me!

Bex the Bold: You left me 2 reviews! Lol, clicked twice, eh? Ya, poison ivy sucks. Especially since it's in Legolas's eye. Heh heh, I'm evil.

Vaniwen Calenlas: Well…that wasn't Leggy who saved Shawn. ^_^ Twas Silmaril! Oh, I hoped people don't hate her!

WeasleyTwinsLover1112: Hahaha, I like Shawn the Damsel in Distress! He's so…pathetic! ^_^

Josh: Nope, third to review. And do not bug me 'bout being online. You're the one who never sees me nor is on when I am. So :P to you. And I have muses. They're called LEGOLAS in my bedroom muses. Three of 'em.

Froggy: I like your name! Hee hee. More excited fans! You make me so happy! Even though it's past midnight as I'm writing this and working on only six hours of sleep. Thank you Christmas vacation for saving me!

Das Blume: Ya…spell check is a good thing. Ya, amnesic people don't know they have amnesia. But Legolas just knows that he doesn't know anything…lol, does that make any sense? You can find pink bags at…hm…go to Hot Topic or a girly store. I have seen them around. Just gotta search. ^_^ Good luck!

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