The Ents had a plan in the ways they would search; first they would go to Lothlorien then they would head towards Mirkwood, then they would search around all the mountains, and then go through the gap of Rohan near Isengard and head towards the Shire.
They had been walking for a few hours when they reached the outer woods of Lothlorien, it was a very wonderful place, though it was empty, the elves magic was still at work. Treebeard walked past some of the gold leafed trees and when he had come to a circle of white trees, the very same place the nine companions had been many years before, he stopped and gave out three loud, clear calls, but there was no reply.
He turned to Bregelad and they continued on. When they had searched all of Lothlorien, they had a quick rest and headed off to Mirkwood. Many days they had been striding slowly, when they came upon Dol Gulder, it was a very terrible place and they were afraid. Many eyes were watching them and they walked very close to each other, they have been very big trees but the things in Dol Gulder were very evil.
Treebeard had a mind to think that why would the Entwives come here if it was so evil? They only wanted to help bushes, flowers and many beautiful things to grow, but they would not have passed through these evil woods.
"Treebeard," Bregelad said, "I am afraid, we must move quickly or those eyes shall get us, if we go this slowly we will never find our Entwives."
"Hoom, now, now, don't be hasty," Treebeard replied, "we will find them, but we must search everywhere, I am not stopping until I find them."
They moved on, a bit quicker than before and soon they arrived at the East bight, it was quite a rather simple place, with a lot of tall grass, the Ents found it hard to walk through, but they managed. When they had completed their walk through the grass, Treebeard stopped again and sent out three calls, but there was still no reply. Ents couldn't cry, but if they could every Ent would be leaving a lake behind.
They had walked on more when they came to the Old Forest road, they were weary and needed a rest so they had a "sleep", and pressed on even more, trying desperately to find their Entwives. They soon came to Forest River and passed over it, though the water was rather dirty and had a feeling of evil about it.
After a few more hours of walking, they came upon a big palace; sitting on the steps outside was a very familiar person.
"Hoom, now, good evening, master elf, it has been many years since I have seen you. I thought you had passed over the sea with the other elves" Treebeard said.
The figure looked up at him with a smile, "Fangorn," Legolas said happily, "it has been a long while since I last passed through your woods, what brings you to Mirkwood?"
"We Ents are going on a journey, to look for our Entwives, we have searched all over Lothlorien and Mirkwood, but we will not stop until they are safe in our arms, would you care to join us? It would be good to have an elf with good eyes and hearing to come with us and help us search" Treebeard said.
"I would love to help you, Treebeard," Legolas replied, "but I have to stay here and take care of my father, he has taken illness and must rest."
"Well, would not your brothers take care of him?"
"My brothers passed over the sea to the Undying Lands, but my father and I wanted to remain in Middle Earth" Legolas explained.
"Hoom, I see, well we had best be off, we can't waste any time, hopefully one day you will come and visit my forest and meet my sweet Fimbrethil. Goodbye Legolas" Treebeard said, and he headed off west, to the mountains. The other Ents followed and took one last look at Mirkwood before continuing on their journey, their last search for their Entwives.
