Chapter 30 reviews:

MaddyPaddy: I was thinking of giving Thranduil a heart attack, believe it or not. You know what? I think that we think alike.

Inwe Nolatari: -gets up from the floor- Woe is me, always eating poisoned foods! Yeah, I know who Sesshomaru is. He's so cool! I think trick or treaters are free loaders. Free loaders I tell you! Glad that you liked my chapter. I couldn't torture leggy forever, that would be just wrong. And I read your story as well. Very nice!

KerowynGreenleaf: I don't think that there are going to be many more chapters, unless I make the story last longer. Hmm, maybe I should make the story last longer... I like messing with Glorfindel! He is so much fun to write about! Thank you for the compliment!

Sunlit-leaf: Thanks for the review. Glad you liked my update.

Emily: Well, you better start believing! I have plans for when legolas and Thranduil finally meet and how they meet.

Emie: I'm so glad that you like my story and that it keeps you interested. You can't find anything to tell me about! I'm shocked. I think that I have made so many mistakes! You could be right or you could be wrong. I'm not sure, I have to think about that.

Redleef: Legolas would never leave his faithful horse behind! Besides, I think that Shadow would have followed him even if he was injured.

Rebell: You know what? As I wrote this chapter, I realized exactly how unfair things are for Legolas. The Erestor and Glorfindel part didn't come out exactly how I wanted it to, but I thought that it was still good enough to post. Glad that you liked it!

Avion Jade: I'm going to try to make it as interesting as I can. I would also be more fun like that. Yes, Shadow is a 'he'. I thought I said that...? -shrugs-

Mistx2: You mean Raindul? Yeah, he is pretty cool. Yes, Elrond will still be in Mirkwood, but that's all I'm going to tell you! Can't tell you the rest, I wouldn't be fair to the other readers. My weekend was good, thanks for asking. Well, you didn't actually ask, but you know what I mean. Oh, and about the last sentence you wrote...huh? Such big words! They hurt my head!

Darklink231: I would be sunk as well. I don't think that I ever want to make a decision like that! Of course they had lottery! Usually it's the soldiers that play it, but sometimes the royalty play it as well. As if they need the money.

ThaFroggie: Thanks for the tip. I'll try to type better just to make you happy.

Arialas: Of course he has to bring the horse! He wouldn't dare live him behind. That would be to cruel for Shadow.

IwishChan: You could always feel sorry for both. Me, I would feel more sorry for Glorfindel. I think that he might be slowly going mad.

Silver Mirror: Glorfindel really, really, really needs a break. I'm happy to know that you liked the chapter. That's good to hear.

Illeanah: You didn't? Well, that's good! I'm glad to know that you have been enjoying yourself. But don't be sad, I still have a few chapters to write! It was suppose to be funny.

Animebishieluver: Glad that you liked it. I wasn't worried, I just wanted to let people know that I knew that the chapter was short before they told me that themselves. Nobody mentioned that though.

Nasuada Moon: Your elvish looks fine to me. I don't know that much elvish, just a few words here and there.

Moonlight Butterfly: Well then, tell your sis that I'm glad that she likes my story. I hope to update faster than this next time.

Chapter 31

"You know," Elladan said as he turned to look at his twin, Elrohir. "This would go so much faster if we didn't have to bring that horse with us."

Elrohir turned around to look behind him before nodding his head in agreement.

They had departed Lothlorien that morning so that they would be able to travel throughout the day. Well, they were hoping to have departed by the morning, but they hadn't left the realm of Lothlorien until well past midday.

Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you why. First they had to get Shadow out of his pen in the stable, seeing as Legolas almost threw a tantrum, among other things, when they said that it would be better to leave Shadow behind. Legolas wasn't happy about that. And this happened before the sun even came up!

Then they had to make something like a stretcher so that they will be able to pull Shadow along. Since Shadow still couldn't walk, this was the only way to take him. Don't get me wrong, he could stand, just not walk.

Of course this meant that Legolas would have to get a different to ride. Shadow was one pissed off horse.

The stretcher for Shadow took some time to make, and during this time, Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel were telling the group of five, Legolas, Estel, Elladan, Elrohir, and Raindul, some helpful things that they could do incase Shadow was misbehaving.

The Lord and Lady of the realm also told Legolas some other things that they thought would help Legolas when he finally meet his ada.

Last but not least, they all had a nice large breakfast.

Haldir had gotten the other Mirkwood elves in order and then everyone was ready to leave. They attached the stretcher, with Shadow on it, to two large elvish breed horses so that they could drag it between them.

It was a busy morning.

Now the group of five with their Mirkwood guards where making there way to Mirkwood, the birthplace of Legolas.

Estel rode up next to Elrohir. "I'm amazed that they actually allowed us to take the horse with us. I had thought that we were going to have to leave Shadow behind."

Elrohir gave a dry laugh. "With the way that Legolas acted? They were going to have to let us take that demon in disguise unless they wanted to get hit in the head with whatever Legolas got his hands on." Elladan just nodded his head.

Raindul was riding behind the three brothers and managed to hear everything that they said. He shook his head. And they were suppose to be the prince's friends. Ba-humbugs!

Legolas, who was at the back with Shadow, rode up till he was riding next to Raindul. He turned around to give Shadow a smile before turning back to the captain.

"Hey Raindul, if we keep this pace up, how long will it be before we reach Mirkwood?" Legolas asked as he petted his horses neck.

Raindul looked at Legolas from the corner of his eye. "Excited are we?" He let a grin spill onto his face.

Legolas smiled back. No. "Yes, very."

Raindul seemed to beam when he heard that. "That is good to hear!" He said before trying to calculate the distance from their spot to Mirkwood. "As far as I can tell, we should arrive at the border of Mirkwood about two days after your birthday."

"Oh, alright." Legolas was about to ride up ahead until what Raindul said hit him. He froze up so suddenly that Raindul thought that Legolas had spotted something.

Suddenly, Legolas wheeled around to face Raindul, his eyes blazing. "What did you say!"

Raindul actually paled and gulped, while the other Mirkwood elves that were around backed up a few steps and began to move away, not wanting to get caught in the middle.

Legolas lashed out and, once again, grabbed Raindul by the collar of his tunic and yanked him closer so that his face was just inches away from that of the captain. "What did you say?"

Raindul was beginning to sweat. He remembered what happened last time. That was a beating he didn't think his pride will ever recover from. "I-I just sa-said that w-we should reach Mirk-Mirkwood two d-days after y-your birthday...!"

"That's what I'm talking about!" With a huff, Legolas shoved Raindul away from himself. "What's all this about it being my birthday!"

By this time, the others had noticed the commotion and were making their way to the two arguing elves, or the one arguing elf and the one scared-for-his-life elf.

Raindul rubbed his neck and cleared his throat. "Well, it was known that on your birthday, about 290 years ago, you, well, you died." Wow, that was blunt. Legolas raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, well, everyone thought you were dead, and since you are of royal blood, it was written in one of the books that keeps the history of all royalty." Raindul saw Legolas's eye twitching. "And besides, it's kind of hard to forget what happened that day."

Legolas felt his eye still twitching. "How come you never told me about this?"

Raindul shrugged. "You never asked."

"Wow, you died on your birthday? That must have sucked!" Elrohir said. His comment was meet with a fist to the face, knocking him off of his horse.

With a glare, Legolas urged his horse forward, leaving the others to help Elrohir, who was bleeding from his nose.

"Damn it! That's the second time he did that!" Elrohir cried out as he tried to stop his nose from bleeding. His eyes were also watery.

Estel patted his brother on his back. "Maybe next time you should be careful about what you say. That way, Legolas won't break you nose!"

Well, that's all for that chapter. I made it short because I'm going to try and get the next chapter out tomorrow. I'm sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out, but I have economics now, and they give lots of work. I have to do regular school work and a project at the same time. Besides, every nine weeks the school changes your classes.

Well, I had fun writing this chapter and I hope that yall enjoy it!