Disclaimer: After reading my story I have decided to re-write my epic Hidden Identity. It will take a long time so be patient, will include all the best bits of the old version and some new bits. Still only own my made up characters though sigh shame, I'd love to own Legolas and Elrohir.

WARNING! FEMSLASH! ANGST! ABUSE!GENERAL MEAN THINGS AND ICKINESS!

Hidden Identity

Chapter Five, Discovery

"Leila!" Shí hissed angrily, glaring at her friend.

"Sorry," Leila mumbled with a wince.

"It's alright, I won't tell anyone what I know if…" Legolas said quietly. The two women started up at him startled, "If you stop walking on that leg and ride up her with me, no there is no other option."

"Blackmail!" Leila gasped in pretend shock. Shí chuckled deeply.

"I can lead your horse for you Leila, Nana is leading mine," Shí offered calmly. "We'd be able to move faster if you rode as well."

"Two against one, that is not fair!" Leila complained just as her leg suddenly gave way and she stumbled, Shí catching her was all that kept her from hitting the floor. With a small smile Shí all but lifted Leila up onto Legolas's horse, the Prince taking her from Shí and helping her to sit side saddle in the circle of his arms. Shí waved at Legolas and Leila calmly before pulling Leila's horse forwards with her.

"Good friend you've got there," Legolas said casually as he held her steady.

"Yeah," Leila winced in pain as she finally allowed herself to relax and feel all of her hurts. "Why did I do that?"

"Do what?" Legolas asked.

"Fight him, I hurt all over."

"But you won," Legolas said quietly in her ear, "And saved not only your family but probably quite a few of us as well." A small smile graced Leila's face as she allowed herself to rest against the Prince's chest. Up ahead Ahora happily greeted Shí with a kiss, the two hugging tightly, Shí for a moment letting go of the horse. Pedoé giggled and it was that sound that broke the two apart and reminded Shí about their company.

"I've missed you," Ahora said still in Shí's arms as many of the surrounding warriors groaned, obviously having liked Ahora or rather the look of her. "Why didn't you tell me what you and…Sérle were going to do?"

"You would have told our Ada's wouldn't you?" Shí asked.

"Yes I would have, you were both needed at home, a farmer is what they expected you to be," Ahora tweaked the truth just a little as most of the men around them were listening intently.

"I know, I know," Shí said with a small grin, "I can still hear my father now, 'You will take over the farm when your mother and I travel to the Undying Lands. It is your destiny, your right and your duty.' He told me that almost every day. I just didn't want to be a farmer."

"Well I must say this fighting thing suits you, and Sérle although that is not what anyone expected of him," Ahora said with a smile, kissing Shí's neck as she leaned her head on her girlfriends shoulder.

"I know, he'd very different now isn't he?"

"Yes, the way he fought that other man before…"

"Amazing what training does to you isn't it?" Shí asked with a laugh.

"You two are so different," Ahora said slowly.

"Good different or bad different?"

"Good, definitely good," her answer was accompanied by another kiss. "You look a lot sexier now than when you were a farmer, more…elegant, less muddy."

"Is that all you think about?" Shí asked.

"Yes, but all you think about is sex, that's all any men think about," Ahora said with a teasing giggle.

"You got that right," Shí chuckled, "But only with you Ahora, only with you."

Two hours later and the group was called to a stop and began to set up what various tents they had amongst them which the women and children would sleep in for the night, the warriors would be taking guard duties and sleeping under the trees and stars.

"Only put men on guard who aren't wounded or engaged in a happy reunion," Legolas ordered Dalamar who grinned as the two watch Shí and Ahora entering one of the tents, Ahora giggling like a young child with sweets.

"Yes my Lord. And what of our prisoner?" Dalamar asked.

"Bind him securely to a tree, bind his hands and feet, blindfold him and gag him. I am taking no chances," Legolas ordered calmly while supporting Leila whose leg burned like it was on fire. "Let's get you to our healer, it's waited long enough."

"I think that's a very good idea," Leila mumbled around a wince. Slowly, Legolas taking most of her weight, they made their way to the troops healer, Maruun.

"You again, have a seat," Maruun said with a shake of his head. Legolas slowly eased Leila down onto the log and then moved back to observe the healers work and interfere if at any point he was about to discover a few certain things about the warrior he was now going to treat. "So where are you hurt now?"

"I've got a scratch on my stomach, another on my ankle, my stitches might have come loose and I've hurt my right leg," Leila said calmly, "Plus smaller scratches on my arms from the tree I ran up."

"She is in fact down playing most of that Maruun, for example her 'hurt' leg is in fact broken," Legolas put in calmly. Maruun sighed and gave a shake of his head.

"Do you like pain?" he asked Leila while getting his supplies ready. Calmly he checked all her cuts, bandaging them securely while Leila held her top securely over her breasts so that he wouldn't be able to pull it up any further. He tutted when he checked her cheek and handed her a bottle of strong smelling wine. "This will hurt, that will ease it."

"What are you going to do?" Leila asked.

"I have to clean it, take out the old stitches and apply new ones. Then I'll set your leg. Drink up, you'll need it," Maruun ordered. Leila grumbled and took a gulp of the wine, coughing as it burned the back of her throat. His hands were gentle as he cleaned the wound and pulled out the stitches but it still hurt more than it had when it happened. "Take another drink or two before I do the stitches and bandage it, you'll need it for your leg."

"Ok, just warning you my heads starting to feel light head and a little fuzzy." Maruun nodded and set about re-stitching Leila's cheek as quickly as possible. "I wanna lie down." Her comment was quick and quiet, her voice rather strained. Legolas determined it was the strong wine and quickly helped Maruun to lie her down on the soft forest floor.

"I'll set his leg and splint it," Maruun told his Prince who nodded, his hand behind Leila's head acting as a pillow. "Well the good news is that it's a closed fracture, you aren't bleeding inside as far as I can tell," Maruun said as he felt the break swiftly after slicing her leggings off at the knee. Then with no warning at all he put one hand on her knee, the other grabbed her ankle and pulled in line with one swift jerk. Leila screamed and fainted.

"He's out," Legolas told the healer who was busy arranging the splints of wood on her leg and securing them with bandages. "I'm going to go and check on his sisters, if he wakes up before I return inform him of that would you."

"Yes your highness." Maruun bundled up his spare shirt and breeches and put them under Leila's head as a pillow, then covered her in a blanket. And then of course as a healer always does he went on to his next patient. It was ten minutes later when the poor healer was having his first break since they stopped when Legolas returned carrying little Pedoé securely in his arms, Risen followed behind.

"Maruun could you possibly see to this little ones arm?" the Prince asked.

"Course I can, sit her down over here and I'll see what I can do," Maruun smiled at the shy little girl placed on the log in front of him. Gently he looked at her arm and frowned. "How did you get these little one."

"The mean man was going to hurt he-him so I jumped on him but he threw me off," Pedoé explained with only one little slip up, quickly covered and one which Maruun gave no further thought to as he looked for his bruise and scratch ointments.

"He must have thrown you hard little one, you'll be black and blue for about a week by the looks of it. Now the cream is going to be cold," Maruun warned kindly before he started to gently rub it into the bruised skin.

"Hurts."

"I bet it does, bruises hurt a lot don't they? But don't worry, you'll be fine in no time," Maruun said kindly as he noticed similar bruising on Pedoé's ankle. "Do the bruises go all the way up your leg?" She nodded sadly. "I'll put some cream on that too then shall and then put a bandage on just for safety."

"Where's Sérle?"

"Behind you," Maruun said as he started wrapping the little leg gently.

"He's sleeping," Pedoé giggled.

"Yes he is, would the two of you like to stay with him or come back to the others with me?" Legolas asked. They looked thoughtfully at each other before lying down on either side of their disguised big sister. Maruun smiled softly and stretched the blanket so it covered their little forms as they snuggled close. "Keep an eye on them Maruun."

"I will your highness."

A/N There we go, R&R if you want to.