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KyLaaa: Ah yes, the terrible cliffy that keeps people guessing. Well now you can read some more!
Pocky: I'm glad that you loved it. It's always nice to hear from someone new.
Meekah Greenleaf: Glad that you think that! Don't worry! I tend to update faster now that there is no school and all.
A. NuEvil: Yes, poor Legolas. Wouldn't you be confused as well? I think I'm being to cruel on Elrond. I should make him stop worrying so much, it's bad for you.
KawaiiWhiteWolf: Oh, why thank you! You don't have to wait to long for the next update, unless my life doesn't allow me to get close to a computer!
TheAmazingTecnoColorRingWraith: You want to know the answers to you questions? Well, I won't tell you, your going to have to read to find out! (Begins to laugh evilly)... (begins to cough) sorry about that, I got carried away. Glad to know you aren't a hobbit, I was beginning to think that you were, with all your questions and all.
Xiaoweisan: Don't worry, I knew what you meant when you wrote your numbers. I haven't read the book, but I did hear that he was 1000. But that sounds to old for me, and besides, I didn't want Legolas to be too old, cause he still has a lot to learn.
Rebell: You are too kind! -blush- Anyways, I don't think that I will put any flashbacks about Elrohir and Shadow in the story. I thought about it, but I couldn't find a good place to put them. But since you asked, I'll tell you some of the things that went on. When they first meet, Elrohir accidentally smacked Shadow. Shadow didn't take to kindly to that and bit Elrohir. Then Elrohir, when it was time to feed the horses, dumped water over Shadow's head, which resulted in Shadow head-butting the younger twin. What a way to meet your new horse! Thank god I never had to dance just because the principle called me out. I don't even know how to dance! Sad, right?
Arialas: Oh, you poor thing, how can parents be so cruel! You should write about something that is interesting to you, that's how I started my story. Thanks for the review!
IwishChan: Right, we can have Legolas be a criminal, now can we? I really, really need to stop Elrond from worrying to much!
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Chapter 17
Now it was the three brothers turn to turn and stare at Legolas, and that didn't help Legolas at all. He was confused enough as it was. It's amazing what a few words could do to someone.
What? That was the only thing that Legolas could think of at that moment. To find out that you have a unknown dad somewhere in the world who is a king while thinking for almost all of your life that you had no family can really mess up your own reality.
Elladan broke out of his shock and amazement first and rode over to Raindul. "So Legolas is the prince of Mirkwood?"
Raindul raised an eyebrow at Elladan. "I just said that, did I not?"
Elladan gave a sheepish smile. "Yes you did, but it's hard to believe, you know? Meeting a prince in the middle of nowhere and all."
Raindul just nodded. "We are fortunate that we found him." Here, Raindul smiled. "It will be good to see the king and his son reunited."
Estel and Elrohir were still looking at Legolas, though they were looking at him with curiosity. "Hey Legolas," Elrohir said, "you never told us that you were a prince." Elrohir expected Legolas to shrug or something like that. What he did shocked him. Legolas shot Elrohir a dark glare, as if daring him to ask another question.
Estel gave Elrohir a sharp push, but made sure that Elrohir wouldn't fall off from the horse that he was riding. "That's because he didn't know that he was a prince, right Legolas?" Instead of answering, Legolas turned his gaze to the ground and began to absently pat Shadow's neck. That was answer enough for Estel.
Legolas's mind was a mess. He didn't know why he glared at Elrohir, after all, all he did was ask a question. A question I knew the answer to, but couldn't answer...wait, that doesn't make sense, does it? He was beyond confused at this point.
The other Mirkwood elves that were accompanying Raindul snapped out of their awe and rode over to their captain. One of the elves, named Amarid, rode next to the captain. "Captain, what do we do now. Should we continue on our journey or should we head back home with this news?"
Raindul thought about the question for about a forty-five seconds before answering. "We will head back, and tell the king about this." Raindul was smiling a large smile when he said this. It will do wonders for the king to know that he still has someone from his family alive.
Legolas overheard this. For the first time in a long time, he felt anger race through him. They're talking about me as if I'm not even here! This did not make him happy, not at all. He didn't like the fact that some captain was deciding what to do with him just because they thought he was some prince.
Its like they're deciding my future or something! Legolas had never had to deal with people telling him what to do without asking his opinion first. But that seemed to be the case now. That captain is just going to make some decision and probably expect me to agree with him and go with him without asking any questions! Legolas had unconsciously began to grin his teeth together and he clenched his hand hard, making his knuckles go white.
Both Elrohir and Estel noticed this reaction. Neither had seen Legolas angry, let alone this angry. They slowly began to back their horses away from the silent raging elf. "I've never seen Legolas this angry. It's scary." Estel whispered so quietly Elrohir had to strain to hear. Elrohir didn't dare to answer, afraid that if he spoke too loud, he might catch Legolas's attention. So he just nodded his head in agreement.
Legolas was giving the mother-of-all-glares in the direction of Elladan and Raindul. Said elves didn't notice. Legolas then made Shadow walk in their direction, never changing his expression. If anything, the anger in him began to raise the closer he got to the small group that contained the Mirkwood elves, Raindul, and Elladan.
"But what about the arrow? Don't you have to go and ask the Lady Galadriel about that?" Elladan couldn't help but ask. After all, that was why the were having this trip in the first place.
Raindul waved the question aside. "We will go ask about that after we return the prince to his father. He is more important, after all." At that point, Legolas reached the group. Shadow, sensing that the elves in this group were making his rider unhappy, shoved and bitt any of the horses that were in his way.
Legolas rode until he was face to face with Raindul, his anger clearly showing on his face. With one quick move, he grabbed Raindul by the collar of his tunic and brought him even closer to him. The other Mirkwood elves didn't know what to do. On the one hand, their captain was being threatened, but on the other had, it was their prince that was doing the threatening. Elladan eyes had gotten so big, it made you wonder how they didn't fall out.
"Who do you think you are?" Legolas said in a low, dangerous tone. "What makes you think that you can just tell me where to go?" Legolas tightened his grip on the tunic, making Raindul winch when it cut off some of his air.
"But my prince-" Raindul began but was cut off when Legolas tightened his grip even more.
"Don't call me that! You don't know if I'm a prince or not! You have no proof!" Legolas gave Raindul a hard shove, making him fall off his horse. Shadow bared his teeth at the captains horse, making the poor animal move away in fear of getting bitten. Shadow walked around Raindul, who was laying on his back, and continued on his journey to Lothlorien.
Elladan's shock was soon replaced by his own anger. He quickly rode in front of Legolas, making his stop Shadow. "Legolas!" He hissed, "What do you think your doing? Didn't you hear what Raindul said? We have to take you back to Mirkwood. You're a prin-"
"Don't say that word." Legolas looked calm now, unlike a few moments ago. For some reason, this made Elladan more nervous. "Did you hear what I said Elladan? They have no proof that I'm their so-called prince. I don't think that I'm the only Legolas in the world." He then steered Shadow around Elladan and continued as if nothing happened.
Estel was helping Raindul off the ground when Elladan got back to the group. Elrohir was talking to the Mirkwood elves off to the side. Elladan could see the stern look Elrohir was giving them, almost as if he was giving them a lecture.
Elladan got off his horse and walked over to Estel and Raindul. "Are you ok?" He asked Raindul.
Raindul nodded his head, though he was shaking a little. He had one of his hands around his neck, rubbing it, and he was also a bit pale. Estel shook his head sadly. "I don't think it would be wise for the both of you to talk to Legolas for a while." Estel turned to look after Legolas, who was slowly becoming smaller the further he went. "And I wouldn't say the word 'prince' anywhere near him. Now, hurry up before we get left behind!"
Soon everyone was back on their horse and riding after Legolas.
They ride in silence for a while. Legolas, Estel, and Elrohir were at the front. They were followed by Elladan and Raindul, who didn't want to get to close to Legolas at the moment. And behind them were the rest of the elves, who were looking at anything except for Raindul and Legolas.
After almost three hours without anyone talking, Elrohir got bored and began to have a conversation with the two he was riding next to. That seemed to brake some silent command, and soon the sound of elves and a human talking filled the air.
When the sun began to set, Raindul ordered a halt so that they could set up camp. No one complained.
Everyone got off their horses and began to brush them down. Elrohir went to find wood for the fire with Elladan. Raindul began to pick out sentries to keep watch for the night. Estel and Legolas stayed with the horses, getting them food and water.
Estel looked over at Legolas. "You know, you didn't need to act so harshly." He watched as Legolas began to look through his pack for something.
Legolas stopped his search for a short moment before resuming it. He pulled out a carrot and gave it to Shadow, who happily munched it. "I know." That was all he said.
"Legolas?" Estel asked with concern in his voice. "Are you alright?"
Legolas patted Shadow's neck before looking over to Estel. "I'm fine."
Estel sighed before walking over to Legolas. Stubborn elf. "Legolas, tell me the truth. There is no need to lie."
Now it was Legolas's turn to sigh. "It's frustrating." Estel motioned for his to continue. "I spent all my life doing as I pleased. I always though I was alone in this world. I mean I don't remember my parents or any family that I could have had. For someone to just come up and say that I have an ada was a shock."
"I know how you feel, sort of." Legolas gave him a questioning look. "I never knew my father and my mother died when I was around five years of age. I don't really remember her." Estel offered Legolas a small smile, which was returned.
"You know," Legolas said after a moment of silence, "in a way, this is kinda good news."
"How so?" Estel asked.
"If I am a prince, which I don't think I am, at least I know that I have an ada." Legolas smiled over at Estel, who just raised his brows. "I always wanted a family."
"Didn't you have a family when you were younger?" Estel looked at Legolas when he asked this. It was hard for him to imaging someone living all their life without someone to help.
"Not really." Legolas answered. "Once in a while I would find someone who would take me in, but I never stayed long. I felt sort of like I was trapped. The rest of the time I would walk around outside. Sometimes I would find a party of either elves or humans and I would join them. I learned most of the thing I know from parties like that." Legolas chuckled. "That's where I learned the trick I used on Elrohir when we first meet."
Estel laughed at that. He remembered. "Did they also teach you how to use weapons?" Legolas nodded his head. Estel turned his attention back to the horses. Sounds like Legolas had an interesting life.
Legolas smiled as well. He was feeling much better now. I think I'll go and apologize to the captain. What was his name again? Was it Raindul? Oh well, I'll just have to ask him. With that in mind, Legolas made his way over to Raindul.
Estel watched as Legolas headed over to Raindul. He noticed that when the captain caught sight of Legolas, he stiffened up. This made Estel laugh quietly to himself. He watched as Legolas rubbed the back of his head as he talked to Raindul. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he was nervous. Even though Estel couldn't hear what was being said, he could almost imagine what Legolas was saying. Suddenly Raindul laughed, while waving a hand. He smiled at Legolas and said something to him, looking way more relaxed.
Estel smiled to himself and decided to go and look for the twins, who were taking their sweet time getting wood for the fire. I bet they're arguing about which stick would burn better.
In Rivendell, at the Last Homely Home, dinner had just ended and most of the elves were heading to the Hall of Fire to listen to music before calling it a day.
Key word: most.
Glorfindel had kept his promise to Erestor and at the moment had a nice pile of paperwork lying on his desk, in his room.
Normally, he would have gone straight to the Hall, but now that he had work to do, he couldn't. He managed to fit everything in his schedule. He taught his first warrior class after breakfast, his second class after lunch, and now he had something to do after dinner, instead of always going to listen to music, although he did miss it.
He eyed the pile on his desk from the corner of his eye. Better finish this tonight if I don't want to get up earlier than usual to finish it. Glorfindel let out a sigh before continuing his work.
The work itself wasn't hard, it just took a while to finish. Erestor probably takes care of the harder work, seeing as he is always working.
A few minutes later, he heard a knock on his door. "Come in!" Much to his surprise, Erestor came in. Erestor must have noticed Glorfindel's look because he gave his friend a small and just shrugged his shoulders.
"Erestor, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be working or something?" Glorfindel asked as he watched his friend move to a couch and take a seat.
Erestor gave Glorfindel another smile. "I would be working, except for the fact that I have already finished my work for the day." Glorfindel raised a brow. "I didn't have much to do today, either that or it was all so simple." Erestor eyed the stack of papers on Glorfindel's desk. "I think that your going to be up for a while before you finish that." Erestor said as he pointed to the work on Glorfindel's desk.
Glorfindel rolled his eyes. "I already know that Erestor. You still haven't answered my other question. Why are you here?"
Erestor got up and walked till he was next to Glorfindel. "I just came by to see how you were doing. Just in case you didn't understand something."
Glorfindel gave Erestor a smile. "Actually, this is all pretty simple. The only thing is that it takes forever to finish." Erestor nodded in agreement.
"I'll be right back." Erestor said, and before Glorfindel could say anything, Erestor had left the room. Glorfindel just shrugged and continued to work. A moment later, Erestor came back with a glass of water in one hand and an apple in the other. Glorfindel gave Erestor a look. "What? I was thirsty, and I decided to get a little snack. Nothing wrong with that." Glorfindel shook his head and continued to work.
Crunch!
Glorfindel looked up, started by the noise.
Munch, munch, munch...
He looked behind him to where Erestor had moved after placing his water on the desk. He was looking over Glorfindel's shoulder to make sure that he mess up. In his hand was the apple, with a bite mark on it. That apple must have been ripe. Glorfindel thought as he returned back to work.
Crunch!
Munch, munch, munch...
This continued for a while until Glorfindel put his pen down and turned to Erestor, who was about to take another bite from his apple. "Erestor, you mind?"
"Hm?" Erestor had moved the apple away from his mouth.
"Can you not stand there and look over my shoulder? It makes me uncomfortable." It really did make him feel uncomfortable, almost as if he couldn't make any mistakes as long as Erestor was there.
"Oh! Sorry about that." Erestor moved from behind his friend and made his way over to the couch he was on earlier. "Better?" Glorfindel nodded his head.
Crunch!
Munch, munch, munch...
Glorfindel looked over at Erestor, who was looking as if he was lost in his own thoughts. The munching was starting to annoy him.
Crunch!
Munch, munch, munch...
Glorfindel tightened his grip on his pen.
Crunch!
Munch, munch, munch...
Glorfindel began to grin his teeth together. He looked back over to Erestor, who still looked as though lost in his thoughts.
Crunch!
Munch, munch, munch...
"Erestor! Do you mind!" Glorfindel almost shouted and he slammed his hand on the table. Erestor jumped and turned to look at Glorfindel with a confused expression. "Don't make any noise! It's annoying."
"Oh..." Erestor fell silent after that.
It stayed quiet for awhile until...
Crunch!
"ERESTOR! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!" Glorfindel threw the first thing he got his hands on, which was the glass of water Erestor had brought in earlier, after Erestor. Erestor managed to shut the door after fleeing from the room before the glass shattered as it hit the spot his head would have been if he hadn't shut the door.
On the other side of the door, Erestor stood leaning up against the wall next to the door. He heard the glass hit the door and shatter. He stood in front of the door and shook his head sadly.
"What was that all about?"
Erestor turned around to find Lindir, one of the musicians, standing behind him. "I think that our dear friend Glorfindel is a little stressed." Lindir just stared at the door, then gave a soft sigh.
"Erestor, would you be joining the rest of us at the Hall of Fire?" Lindir asked.
"I believe I will." With that, Erestor and Lindir made their way down the hall, to the area where they could hear music and talking.
Hahaha, I'm so cruel to Glorfindel! Sorry if I made some of you wait so long, but apparently, everyone had to use the computer. The only way I could even get on is if I woke up at like 10:00 and get on. I don't wake up till around noon, so, yeah...
This chapter was so easy and fun to write. Hope yall enjoy it!