Chapter 27 reviews:
mesccccrg: Hello. No I am not dead, I have just been very busy lately. And don't worry, I would never discontinue this story. I like it too much.
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Redhead: I know I'm taking so long and I apologize for that. I have been soo busy lately. I know! I broke my promise! cries but I will update, so don't worry. I'll try not to make yall wait so long next time.
True Will: I am so glad to hear that you enjoy my story. And thanks for the review.
Redleef: Well, at least you now know were I live. It wouldn't load? Oh how cruel! Thanks for putting me on your favorite list! I'll read you story, so don't worry.
Inwe Nolatari: You know what? I don't really know why I make them do things like that. I guess I just want to add some fun in that chapters. Glad you liked it!
Elven Kitten: thanks for the review!
KerowynGreenleaf: Yes, those poor elves. Shadow is so cool! My favorite horse of all times! So happy that you agree with my decision to write about Leggy's mom in another chapter.
Seylin: You liked that part, didn't you?
Kel: I think I write a lot of random things, but that's what I think. So glad that you liked it!
Silverkonekotsukari: I loved that scene as well. I wanted to make them goofy because they are usually so serious.
Elf of life: Glad you thought the chapter was great. The hurricane was such a joke, only about ten people died, but probably less.
Emily: Who knows what they're going to do with Leggy. I would make everything go faster, but I don't like to rush my stories so much. Don't know why, but I just don't.
Avion Jade: Let us all praise Shadow! It could be amusing, I haven't decided if I wanted it to be serious or not. Who knows, with Leggy, anything is possible. I'm sorry to hear that you went without internet, that is just so evil!
Mearas: Who would have thought that Galadriel could be such a cheater? Being mature at such a small age, well for elves that is. Estel would make a great king, don't you think?
Rebell: Elrohir can be so mean! And to poor, innocent Legolas too! Waa! Sorry! Can't tell you what is going to happen. It will ruin everything!
IwishChan: The radio always puts me to sleep at night, no matter what kind of music I play or how high the volume is. I think it will take more than a bit on the leg for Elrohir to learn his lesson. Estel is so funny!
Legolas's fanatical fan girl: You don't like short chapters? Sorry about that. I will try to update faster, if school will let me! Glad you enjoyed that chapter. You know that you can win a tic-tac-toe game in only three or four turns? It's true! That is how my friend beat me.
Arialas: Wow, that really is depressing. Just don't get to depress, cause pretty much nobody died by the hurricane that hit me. He should know better, but I guess he is always skipping those lessons.
Silver Mirror: I agree with you there! One of the reasons why I like writing short chapters!
Chapter 28
After being released by the healer, after so many lectures that both Elrohir and Legolas thought that their heads would explode, the two elves headed back to the building were the will hopefully run into the other three members of their small group.
Elrohir was slightly limping, because the healer said not to put to much weight on it, while looking around to see if he could spot his brothers or the captain. While he looked calm on the outside, he was cursing Shadow with every word that he knew in his head.
Legolas was looking around them as well, but for another reason. Earlier, he didn't get such a good look at the realm they were staying at, so now he took this time to look at everything at once, while rubbing his chest at some points. Those stitches itched!
They made their way to the building, and just as they were about to open the doors and go inside, the doors opened the three other members of the small group came out, followed by Celeborn and Galadriel.
Elladan put an arm around his twin. "So, how is the wound?" This was said with a grin on his face. He couldn't pass an opportunity to mess with his younger brother.
Elrohir's face darken a bit. "It's just fine."
"Really? Your not to hurt are you? We could always go back and get you a walking stick if you want us to." Estel said, worried about his older brother. He didn't want him to hurt himself anymore than he had to.
Elrohir, of course, thought that Estel was poking fun at him. He was very self-conscious right now. Instead of saying anything though, he just glared at Estel.
Estel, being his innocent self and not knowing why his older brother was glaring at him, gave Elrohir a confused look, as if to ask "what?"
Raindul just smiled and then walked over to Legolas, with the Lord and Lady following him. "How are you feeling Legolas?" He asked.
Legolas turned his attention from the bickering brothers to Raindul. He gave him a smile. "Just fine, as always." Except that these stitches itch like hell!
"You shouldn't think such thoughts Legolas." A voice in his head said.
Legolas looked at Galadriel from the corner of eyes, only to see her wink at him. He felt himself blush. He then notice Raindul looking at him in a weird way.
"Legolas?" Raindul asked, "are you ok? Your face is all red."
Legolas just smiled and nodded. He didn't feel like talking at the moment. Raindul eyed him for a few seconds before nodding his head as well.
Galadriel chose that time to walk forward and stand in front of Legolas. All the talking that was taking place suddenly stopped. A silence fell over the small group. The only thing that was head was the sound of other elves talking and the sounds of nature.
"Legolas," Galadriel said, breaking the silence with her smooth voice, "would you follow me, please?" She then turned around and began to walk away, her husband following. When they were a few feet away, they both turned around and seemed to wait for Legolas to follow.
Legolas looked after the Lord and Lady, then turned back to look at his friends. He then shrugged his shoulders and followed after the rulers of Lothlorien. The others made as if to follow, but a glare from Celeborn stopped them. Galadriel then turned to look at the others. "He will follow us, alone."
They began to walk away again, with Legolas in tow, leaving the others to wonder what the Lord and Lady were going to do with their friend.
"What do you think is going to happen?" Elladan asked.
Raindul just shook his head. "I don't have the slightest idea."
Legolas looked around his new surroundings.
They were in a clearing, a very quiet clearing, were the only light came from the trees themselves. He must say, the place was very pretty.
He followed the Lord and Lady down a small stairway that led to a smaller clearing that had what appeared to be a bowl placed on a stand. A small distance from the stand was an area were water flowed like a miniature waterfall. Celeborn stood to one side of the bowl, while Galadriel took a pitcher that was near the water and scooped some up. She then walked over to the other side of the bowl, still holding the pitcher, but doing nothing else.
"Legolas, what do you know of your past?" Celeborn asked in a soft voice, staring Legolas in the eyes. It made Legolas slightly uncomfortable.
Legolas shifted a bit in the spot that he stood in. "Not a lot to be honest. I remember spending much of my time walking around different parts of the area. I also remember traveling with several parties, both human and elf."
Celeborn nodded his head a bit before looking at Galadriel, who gave a small nod. "What about before that?"
Legolas bit his bottom lip. Why were they asking him these questions? "Before that?" Celeborn nodded. Legolas let out a sight as he tried to think further back. After a moment, he shook his head. "I don't remember."
"What about your parents, Legolas? Do you remember them?" Galadriel asked. She was still holding the pitcher in her hands.
Legolas was starting to get annoyed. These questions were starting to get a little to personal for his liking. His anger was starting to show on his face as well. He had unconsciously narrow his eyes and set his jaws. His hands were balled into fist at his side. He opened his mouth to reply, but Celeborn beat him to it.
"You don't remember, do you?" Celeborn said, in a voice that said no to answer. "You don't remember your parents, your home, your old friends or any of that stuff, do you? You don't remember who you were, or what you were. You only remember your name, am I correct? You don't remember anything at all, only what you want to remember, yes?"
During this little talk, Legolas felt as if someone had run him through in the stomach. He felt as if all his strength was leaving his body at every word that Celeborn said. He tried not to listen, tried to say that all that Celeborn said was a lie, but he knew it wasn't. Deep down, he knew that Celeborn spoke the truth about him.
By the time Celeborn had finished talking, there were tears streaming down Legolas's face. He looked so lost standing were he was. He felt lost as well.
Galadriel threw Celeborn a harsh glare before walking over and placing one of her hands on Legolas's shoulder, the other hand still holding onto the pitcher. When Legolas looked at her, she gently removed her hand to wipe the tears off his face. She then took his hand and pulled him towards the bowl on the stand.
"Legolas, ignore Celeborn. He doesn't know when to stop once he starts." She gave a soft smile to Legolas, which he returned after a moment. "Would you allow me to see into your past Legolas? It may help answer some of your questions." Galadriel said. Legolas nodded his head after a minute.
With the hand holding the pitcher, Galadriel slowly poured the water into the bowl. After a few seconds, to let the water still, she motioned Legolas to look into the clear water. Legolas raised one of his eyebrows, but looked into the water anyways. At first nothing happened. Legolas was about to pull away until he noticed that his reflection began to waver. A moment later, the water that once showed a reflection of Legolas now showed an image of another elf.
The elf was a female, they all noted. Her eyes were a beautiful sea-blue that glowed with inner happiness. Her hair was pale-blond and reached down to her waist. Her hair seemed to radiate in the image. She was a slim elf, without any trace of fat as far as all three could see. She also had the most heart-warming smile on her face. She was dressed in a light green dress that hugged her body in all the right places, but not to tight. She was, in one word, beautiful.
Legolas found himself starring at the image. The woman radiated warmth and happiness at such high amounts. "Who is this?" He asked when he found his voice.
"This is your mother, Legolas." Galadriel said.
She was my mother! Legolas couldn't hid his shock. He moved on if his hands to the image, as if to touch the elf that it showed.
He looked up at both Celeborn and Galadriel. Celeborn was looking at anything except for Legolas and the image in the bowl. Galadriel was smiling at him, but the smile held sadness.
"Were is she?" He asked in a whisper. Galadriel just pointed back to the bowl, so Legolas returned his attention to the image.
He watched as the image changed. Now it showed a dark forest. He recognized the trees, for he had seen them before, or some that looked like the trees that were being shown. They were dark and looked as if tormented. He recognized the trees as thought that were found in Mirkwood. From the path, a group of elves were walking into the small clearing. He noticed that all the elves were warriors and seemed to form a shield around the elf in the middle, which he noticed was his mother.
They were walking quickly, yet quietly, and seemed to watched the forest at all times. Here the image changed again, to a scene that made Legolas sick to his stomach.
There were orcs and spiders everywhere, fighting against the elven warriors. Blood was flowing from wounds and formed puddles on the ground near bodies that fell and didn't get back up. He watched as a mob of the evil creatures cornered a lone elf and started to hack at it, the air filling with the cries of the dying elf.
Legolas wanted to look away, but found that he couldn't. He watched as the two sides continued to do battle, noticing that while many of the creatures were stuck down, more seemed to appear to replace the ones that fell. It was too soon when the elves were outmatched and outnumbered. The images were so stunning to the elf that watched. Legolas forgot to breath more than a few times. He vaguely noticed as one of the elven warrior shouted something to another before he was overtaken. The image changed again.
Now it showed a female elf, his mother, running from the battle. Her eyes that were so full of kindness and happiness now showed nothing but fear. He watched as she ran as fast as she could, further and further from the battle. He also heard the heavier footfalls of orcs that were giving chase. Their howls of joy filling the air and driving his mother to run even faster.
He watched with eyes wide and all his senses on the images being shown. Suddenly, his mother cried out in pain and surprise, mostly pain, and an arrow struck her back. She stumbled, but continued to run. Soon, another arrow stuck her, then another, and another two before she finally fell to the ground. It was then that he finally noticed that his mother had been carrying something. He watched as she crawled to a nearby bush and placed something wrapped up in the bushes, hoping that it would prove enough coverage. Legolas instantly knew what the bundle was. It was him.
He watched as his mother then began to crawl away from his hiding place. He couldn't help but admire his mother for showing such strength. Just as she manage to get a few feet away, the orcs that were following her showed up. They surrounded her and seemed to grin to each other. Then one grabbed her hair and gave it a hard yank, making her cry out in pain. The orcs just laughed before pulling out knives. Then they began to slash at her, cutting her deep enough to bleed, but not to cause death. They did this for a while, before the grew bored.
Then the one holding her hair began to drag her deeper into the woods, while the others followed and laughed at the pain that they caused the elf. He watched as the orc holding his mothers hair pulled out his sword and raised it high into the air.
No! He saw the pain and fear in his mothers eyes. No! He watched as the orc brought the blade down on his mother. No! He saw his mothers blood flow out of the wound on her stomach, then her neck as the orc slit her throat. No!
"NO!" Legolas hadn't notice that he had spoken out loud. He felt arms grab him by the waist and began to struggle, crying out at the same time. The image of his mothers death continue to play in his mind, over and over again.
"Legolas! You must calm down!"
He heard the voice, but ignored it and continued to struggle, trying to free himself from the grip he was in. He felt another pair of arms wrap around his shoulders, trying to calm him down.
Finally he stopped. He was breathing hard and he was sweating. He opened eyes he didn't know he close only to see Lady Galadriel standing in front of him, holding his shoulders. She was crying. He turned around to find Lord Celeborn standing behind him, holding him by the waist. Even thought he wasn't crying, Legolas could see such sadness in the Lords eyes.
He turned around to face Galadriel and looked at her for a moment before throwing himself at her as he began to sob. Galadriel held onto him tightly, tears running down her own face. Celeborn walked so that he behind his wife before hugging her from behind.
All three stood there, sharing each others grief.
I almost made myself cry when I wrote this. sniff
I apologize for taking so long to update. Remember the hurricane? Yeah well because of that, we missed two days of school and everyone fell behind schedule. So everyone was working like made to get work done, take test, and all that other stuff.
I didn't update last week because that was the week we had our art-a-thon. Did art all night long. I was out cold the entire Saturday and slept for half of Sunday. The other half of Sunday was spend doing three projects that were due the next day. It was hell.
And now I have to study for finals. No! I took some time out of my busy schedule just to write this chapter. Hope that you all enjoy it!