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Note: Thanks for the reviews. Somebody send me ideas. I have no idea what Valinor looks like so this is what I made up. Tell me if you want Aragorn to die or to set sail ship. Any way's let's begin. Kind of evil Elrond in this.
"Elves, to fast and to silent for their own good." Gimli muttered under his breath when Legolas had managed once again to sneak up on the Dwarf. "Did you say something, Gimli?" Legolas called to his friend. The Dwarf attempted a smile but when the Prince smiled at him in a sweet and mocking way, he failed and huffed. "Why is it that you always sneak up on me? Damn you and your silent feet."
"That is what Aragorn used to say, one time I managed to scare him so much he fell of the balcony." Legolas smiled at the memory but Gimli could see the pain in his eyes. He missed the man terribly. "I am sure he misses ya too, laddie." Gimli offered as comfort.
Legolas looked up in surprise before he settled for a content smile and said. "You know me to well." Legolas rubbed his eyes, which were finally beginning to get their sparkles back. After Legolas had fallen into a coma, Gimli had been worried sick about his friend.
But as Galadriel had said, the day that they reached Valinor, Legolas had began to stir and finally woken. It took him 3 full months to recover but then he was once again the Elf they all knew, save for one difference. He had changed and had become even more silent, his guard was up at all time and Gimli caught him staring down the coast to see if one of the ships was coming in. He was waiting for Aragorn.
"Where are you going to live with that Human king of yours?" Gimli finally snorted. Legolas looked at the Dwarf sitting beside him and said. "I have never even thought about it. You have an interesting point, Gimli." He fingered the ring that was on his right hand.
The Ring of Barahir, an heirloom to the house and the Kings of Gondor, reminding him of his king, but he knew that he needed no such thing to remind him or Aragorn. He remembered sending his own heirloom to Aragorn, hoping one day to see it on the King's chest, close to his heart.
"How old is Aragorn now, do you recon?" Gimli asked, noticing the far away look in Legolas's eyes. There were not many times that they talked about Aragorn but they usually discussed the quest with Frodo and the things they would have liked to do in Middle Earth but never have gotten the change to do.
"I have been here for nearly 100 years now and Aragorn reigned 3 years since we left so he should be about 190 now. I wonder how he looks now. I know in Valinor you did not age, Gimli, you still look he same since we came here. I wonder if he still has handsome as the day I last saw him." The last part was whispered but Gimli understood it all the same.
The years weighted heavy on Legolas. Everyday that ceased before another ship was seen was another heavy blow to the Elven heart but Legolas remained hopeful, knowing he would feel it when Aragorn surrendered the throne to pass into the West, be it by ship or by death, he would know.
"How about we do not waste this day but find you a good house or tree for you to live in with Aragorn when he comes?" Gimli asked. Legolas smiled at the Dwarf and answered. "That sounds like a good idea, my friend, thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?" Gimli asked, climbing to his feet. "For making me stay true to myself and for reminding me of these little things." Legolas smiled at him. "No need to thank me, lad, he asked me too, you know, he did."
Legolas spun around, from Elrond he had heard Aragorn had done nothing to stop him from going to Valinor and at first he did not belief it, but when the night was dark, doubt crept into his heart and slowly he started to belief it. Gimli saw the look on Legolas's face and the hope in his eyes before he said. "Sit down, lad. I take it Elrond has been telling things again."
Legolas sat down beside Gimli. Elrond had not paid much attention to the two friends ever since Arwen had been reborn. There was no doubt she remembered Aragorn but the first time she had made it clear he belonged to Legolas now and was beyond her reach. It had pained Elrond that his twin sons had not come and he was still hoping they would not fall prey to the mortal fate as his daughter had done, he could not stand to lose all of his children to Mandos.
"Well before I left he made me promise to take care of you and to tell you he will come for you. He will come for what is rightfully his…" Gimli began before Legolas spat. "So he comes for the Ring then, for that is rightfully his."
Gimli had been expected this and pulled out a piece of paper he had been holding with him ever since he left Gondor. It was wrinkled but directed to Legolas, for this moment. The Elf took it with a questioned look at Gimli but the Dwarf merely gestured to the paper and said. "Just read it."
Legolas eyed Gimli for a moment and then he opened it.
Dear Legolas,
I knew that this moment would come, when you would no longer belief that I would come for you. More then likely you will think that I am here to claim my ring, or as I said, what is rightfully mine.
I am not here to claim my ring, true as it may it is an heirloom to my house but most importantly it was something for me to gave to you, as for other people to see who you are with and for you I hope, to look upon and think of me.
I shall come for you and claim what is mine, namely you, my soul calls for you and shall always will, as my gaze is always turn west and if not my gaze, my heart and mind is.
I hope to still have you love when I leave these shores and come for you.
Amin mela ill
Yours by right,
Aragorn.
Gimli watched as a smile played across Legolas's face as the Elf read the letter. He did not need to ask what was in it, for it was all that Legolas needed to hear or read. "I think, Legolas, that he comes for more then what has been his by his birth, I think he hopes to come for something which he hopes is his."
"And he shall find it, when he finally comes, for I shall find something that is mine." Legolas answered, folding the letter and putting it away into his tunic. He then stood and brushed off his tunic and leggings of the dirt before he said. "Come, I need to speak with Elrond. He has been doing this for to long without anybody stopping him. Will you and Mithrandir be with me?"
"Yes, Legolas we shall. You are right; Elrond cannot do this any longer." Gandalf's voice answered him. Gimli let out a battle cry and Legolas could not help but feel his own heart lifting at the Dwarf's enthusiast. They would prevail, he was sure off it.
All three of them made their way over to where Elrond's halls were located. They walked in a slow pace, since it had been early morning when they had left and it did not take more then two hours from where Legolas lived, close to the sea to where Elrond's halls were.
"Legolas, Gimli and Lord Gandalf, what a pleasure to see you here once again." The voice of Celebrian, Elrond's wife called out. She had the same blond hair as both her parents and she was tall as Arwen was. Her daughter stood beside her and Arwen smiled at them, peace and love for the tree in her eyes. "Hello, my friends, we heard that people were coming here but I thought with my foolish head it was Rumil and his brother. Forgive a waiting lady." Arwen blushed faintly at this.
She and Rumil had found love together and started courting for a year mere months ago as was the custom of the Elves so they could decide if marriage was suitable for them. Arwen's heart still loved Aragorn more but she knew they could not be, for she would make him unhappy. Rumil had said that he would wait for as long was needed and Arwen had settled for a lesser love and found this in the kind hearted and fair Rumil. "No need to ask for forgiveness for I know what it is like to wait upon somebody." Legolas smiled at her, he still felt uneasy around the fair Undomiel about this subject, even when she herself had made it known to him that she carried no wrath to him, she accept her former husband had loved him more then he had loved her and she was pleased that they found happiness with each other.
"Is Lord Elrond here, we wish to speak to him." Gandalf asked, casually. Celebrain's fair face grew grim and she nodded, not saying anything and leading the way to her Lord's study. Gandalf smiled at the Lady and waited until she had left them again, before he knocked on the door.
"Enter." Elrond called, his voice light, as it had been ever since he resided in Valinor. Legolas took a deep breath while all three of them entered. Elrond stood when he saw the three of them and smiled, but his smile dimmed when he saw the barely concealed anger in Gandalf's eyes. He signed and ran a hand through his loose hair before he gestured for them to sit down. "You wish to speak about Elesar I imagion?"
"That we do, Elrond. As you knew the moment you made your choice." Gandalf answered, looking the Lord in the eye. "Aye, I do know it. What do you wish to discuss?" He leaned forward, looking at them in turn.
"Did Aragorn try to stop you from going to the Havens and taking me across the sea?" Legolas asked, deciding that he wanted that question answered beyond anything else. "He did not try to stop me, no, he did send several letters, pleading, begging and in the last demanding that I would stop this and would allow him to see you one last time. Galadriel send him a letter, telling him that he should not come by my wish." Elrond left it there.
Legolas's world fell, so it was true, Aragorn did not care about him. His shoulder shook and Gimli send a worried glance his way but Gandalf's voice reached the Elf. "Aragorn would have wanted to come but he could not. For by the time Galadriel's letter reached him, we had already set sail and he could not have come. Gimli had left before that. Aragorn loves you more then anything in this world and you should know it well."
"Then why did he tell me that Legolas was just a passing fancy?" Elrond's voice caught through the silence. "For he was 21 years old and you put your nose into something it should not have been. You would never have agreed if he had chosen Legolas as his husband as was his hearts desire or if he had stayed true to Arwen. Both would not have pleased you, Elrond, you are hard to please and that is what struck Aragorn harder then anything else. He was being willing to forgive you but by taking Legolas from him, I am afraid that the love he had for you set sail as well." Gandalf answered swiftly.
Legolas stood and while his fists clenched and unclenched at his side, he said in a voice with anger seeping through it. "You should have known better, Elrond. You were once wise, where is that wisdom now? I cannot stand to listen to this, how you speak about the love that Aragorn and I share is nothing but a children's crush, while in fact we are soul mates, may nothing stop me when you do the same thing when he gets here, for I shall proof that death can certainty hunt Valinor." With that oath, he stormed out of the room.
Jumping up and taking three steps at a time, Gimli raced after him. When Legolas reached the shore, he collapsed, taking deep breaths to calm himself but to no avail and soon tears spilled from his eyes. Gimli reached him soon afterwards and he placed a hand on the Elf's back, while saying. "Rest assured, Legolas, Aragorn shall come to claim what is his, very soon, my friend, very soon indeed."
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