Chapter 15 reviews:
Grecian: Why, thank you! I'm glad you think that. Here is the next chapter!
Silver20: Wow, you're the first person to say that! Others just use easier words, hehehe. Thank you for the review!
A. NuEvil: I personally think that I could have done better. Oh well. Tell your daughter that I thank her for thinking my story is "dorky"! I added the sweat-drop thing because I don't think many people do that. Makes my story unique, ya know?
TheAmazingTecnoColorRingWraith: See, I told you that you could still be right. Ro does whine a lot, doesn't he. (Scratches head) I didn't do that on purpose, it just wrote itself in, besides, it goes with the story better.
IwishChan: what? You didn't want him to meet them so quickly? Maybe I moved to fast...sigh. Your just gonna have to read to find out!
Kel: why thank you very much! Yup, now they're all together!
Rebell: You really think that? I'm so touched! Yes, I know I messed up my spelling, I realized that after I posted my story. Have I ever mentioned that I have terrible grammar? Well, now you know! Yes, pride is important! I have losts of pride, but I can lose it really fast. Oh the shame. I bet I took more tumbles than you.
Xiaoweisan: Well, lets see...Legolas is 300 right? He was lost when he was about 10 (that's like 4 in human years) so he has been missing for about 290 years of his life. Raindul is about 5 years older than Legolas, yes I know he is young, but he has had plenty of experience in his short life. When Legolas went missing, noone spoke about him, fearing that the king might break down and do something terrible, like fade from grief. Raindul, being the little boy he was, didn't know what was going on until later in his life. Since then, noone has spoken Legolas's name in Mirkwood. Hope that answers your questions!
Arialas: He'll probably drag Leggy home. I would. But that might not happen in the story, but maybe it will. Who knows?
Chapter 16
When Raindul was far enough, Elladan gave Legolas a hug. He didn't think that he would see him so soon, especially since he didn't tell him which road to take. But he put that thought behind him. It wasn't important anymore. "How did you find us?"
Legolas chuckled. "Well, Shadow was the one that found your trail." Hearing his name, Shadow walked over and nuzzled Legolas. "Then all I did was find out which direction you were traveling in and follow it."
Elrohir shook his head and smiled. "A man abusing my horse, huh? My Legolas, I didn't think you could come up with a lie so quickly and make it sound true."
Legolas looked startled. "Your horse? Oh! I didn't know! If I have known, I would have never taken him! I'm sorry if-"
Elrohir cut him off. "Don't worry about it. In a way, I'm kinda glad you took him. I don't think I would have been able to ride him this far." Seeing Leogolas's confused expression, Elrohir pointed at the horse, then at himself. "We don't like each other." As if agreeing to Elrohir, Shadow shook his head.
Legolas made an "Oh" shape with his mouth, while Elladan and Estel chuckled. "You should have seen them when they were both younger." Elladan said. "They would do so many bad things to each other, it was funny." As if to prove his point, Elladan began to laugh, which caused Estel to chuckle again, and make Elrohir fume.
"Well, I'll make sure to keep Shadow away from Elrohir than." Legolas said as he patted Shadow's neck. "Then I'll return it to one of your brothers."
Elrohir waved his hand. "Don't bother. I don't ever want to see that horse unless my life depended on it. He like you, you like him, keep him. I don't want that horse trying to run me over just because I took him away from you." Legolas looked taken aback while Elladan and Estel had goofy grins on their faces.
"Aw Elrohir, your so kind and giving." Estel said, grin still on his face.
Elrohir shrugged. "What can I say? It's a curse." Then something that never happened before happened. Shadow walked over to Elrohir, who became weary when he saw the horse walk towards him, and nuzzled his cheek. Elrohir eyes almost popped out while the other three laughed.
Raindul, hearing the others laugh, turned his attention to the group. All he saw was the black horse, Shadow, nuzzling Elrohir. He couldn't see his face, but he guessed that that was the cause of the laughter. He shook his head and turned back to stare at the fire that he rebuilt. Legolas. That name kept nagging at him. He tried to ignore it the first few minutes, but the nagging continued until he returned his attention back to it.
Raindul let out a small sigh and rubbed his eyes. The new elfs name also triggered a memory, but he couldn't grab it. It always seemed to be just out of reach. Whatever the memory was, it happened a long time ago, that much he knew. Raindul turned his attention back to the fire and added more sticks to keep the fire high. He turned back to the group of four that were still standing out in the open where they had meet Legolas. They seemed to be getting along.
Getting up, he made his way over to the other four. Estel was the first to notice his approach. By the time Raindul got to the group, Elladan, Estel, Elrohir, and Legolas were waiting for him. "It's late, get some rest. We have an early start in the morning." With that, Raindul made his way back to the fire, but not before eyeing Legolas one last time.
When Raindul reached the fire, Legolas frowned. "I don't think he trusts me." He reached into his pack and pulled out two apples and two carrots and handed them to Shadow, who happily gobbled them up.
"Well, you did just ride up to our camp and stuff. I would be suspicious if I didn't already know you."Elladan said. "Don't worry Legolas, he'll get over it. Now lets go get some sleep."
Elrond stared into the fire. He couldn't help but wonder about Estel and the twins. I just hope that Estel remembered to pack plenty of bandages and medicine. He looked around the camp. Most of the elves were already asleep, a few were up, but they were walking around the camp, making sure that no harm came.
He didn't hear Talan walking behind him until he was sitting next to him. Talan looked at Elrond, who was still looking into the fire, then rolled his eyes. "Go to sleep Lord Elrond. We have to get up early to continue our journey."
Elrond still didn't look away from the fire. "I know."
Talan frowned. "Elrond, I know that your worried, but please, I'm sure that they're fine. I told you this already." He placed a hand on Elrond's shoulder and gave him a light shake. "Go to bed."
Elrond looked over to Talan and gave him a small smile. "Do you think I worry to much?"
Talan let a small laugh escape. "To tell you the truth, I do. I think all this worrying is going to be the death of you." He got up and held out his hand to help Elrond up. Then they made their way to their own sleeping areas. As they parted, Talan spoke over his shoulders. "If I were you, I would worry more about those two left behind. You don't know what they might do."
Elrond groaned as he got into bed. He had enough worrying for today.
The next morning came quickly for the group headed towards Lothlorien. They quickly got rid if any evidence that they had made camp at that spot and were soon on their way.
Legolas wasn't surprised when he saw more elves this morning. He had seen this before. Raindul seemed a little surprised at Legolas's lack of shock. Legolas just looked over at him and shrugged. The other elves gave Legolas a curios look, before returning their attention to their surroundings. The trip was quiet at the beginning. The twins, Estel, and Legolas rode in the middle, the Mirkwood elves (except for Raindul) were behind them, and Raindul rode ahead, losts in thought.
It didn't take long for Legolas to get bored, so he decided to start a conversation. "So, where is your ada?"
Elladan shrugged. "If I didn't know any better, I would say that he was probably worried sick about us. He left with Talan and the rest of the Mirkwood elves the same day that we left."
"Really?" Legolas asked. "How come?"
This time Elrohir spoke. "They went to Mirkwood to see the king. That's what ada told us later. He and Thranduil are good friends. He went to help the king deal with his grieving for his wife and child. They died a long time ago, but-"
Raindul, who was drinking water at that moment, began to choke and cough. Estel, who was the closes, rode over and began to pound on his back, until Raindul was able to breath normally.
"Raindul, what happened?" Estel asked. But Raindul wasn't listening.
Raindul was looking at Legolas with wide eyes. Now he understood why the name was so familiar! He also managed to remember why the name was familiar as well! He just stood their, staring at Legolas, who was getting uncomfortable. "Legolas..." Even though he whispered it, the other Mirkwood elves, who didn't know Legolas's name till now, turned to stare at Legolas with wide eyes.
Legolas was beginning to get nervous. Why are they staring at me like that? Shadow, sensing his masters nervousness, began to snort and stomp the ground with his foot. Legolas was also able to hear some of what the other elves were saying, things like "it's him," "he's alive," and "I thought he was dead!"
Elladan and Elrohir were also able to hear the whispers. "Elladan, what's going on?" Elrohir asked. Elladan shook his head. He was at a lost, and Legolas looked like he was getting ready to bolt.
Estel rode over to Legolas. "What's going on, why is everyone looking at you like that?"
Legolas quickly calmed Shadow down. "I don't know! I don't know why the other elves are looking at me as if they know me! I've never met them before!" Estel grabbed onto Legolas's arm, to keep him from running off as much as to try and calm his nervous friend down.
Raindul was the first to snap out of his shock. "How?" That was the first word that left his mouth.
Legolas looked confused. "How what?"
Raindul opened his mouth, then closed it, before he continued. "How did you get here? How did you survive? What are you doing here? Why aren't you with your father? Do you know how crushed he was when he learned that you 'died'?"
Legolas's head was spinning. "Stop asking so many questions!" Raindul, who was about to ask yet another question, quickly closed his mouth. "Now, what? My father? Huh?"
Raindul looked a bit surprised. "You don't remember your father, the king?"
Now it was the twins and Estel's turn to look surprised. "Wait," Estel said, "you mean to tell us that Legolas's dad is a king? So that makes him a prince?"
Legolas was more confused then ever at this point. He was about to speak, but Raindul beat him to it.
"Yes, Legolas is the prince of Mirkwood."
Well, this chapter was fast...hope yall don't mind. I know, this chapter was short, but I didn't want to much, that's for the next chapter! See ya soon!