Disclaimer: - *points sheepishly* He he, I was stupid enough to forget to put a disclaimer on the first chapter. *giggles stupidly* I knew I had forgotten something, and when I came back to check on my fic to see if it looked fine, I was like... huh?! Oh mi gosh... I forgot the... the... oh dear. LOL. Stupid me. Anyways, you have probably read this over and over and over, so I won't make it long. I am not smart enough to come up with these things, much less such wonderful characters. So I don't own anything, and I am not gaining anything from writing this. (This counts for the first chapter too. I didn't gain anything from typing that up either, except for wonderful reviews. *sighs* ^^; )
Summary: This is an Aragorn/Legolas slash fic, and it takes place after the ring has been destroyed. Arwen is very evil in this fic, so please, if you are an Arwen fan, don't read this. Please don't come bawling at me later, because you have been warned. Arwen is sick of having to chase Legolas away from Aragorn all the time, and when Aragorn finally decides to end the relationship between him and her, she takes desperate measures to get rid of poor Legolas. Please review! ^^
*Some notes on this fic: Ok, I haven't read the books (I know, I'm sad, but I just didn't) so I might have gotten names and places wrong. Please do tell me, in a kind way (hee hee) and I will fix them. I know that it should be "Legolas' " and not "Legolas's", but it's just a habit of mine, I like putting the "s" after the apostrophe. *giggles* The stuff in italics are thoughts. You'll know the meaning of the title later on. Aragorn's father is still alive, and I guess that would make this fic sort of AU. And umm... that's it I guess. Well, on to the story then.
Author's Note: Thanks SO much for all those wonderful reviews! Gosh, I have never gotten 12 reviews in one day, I was totally thrilled. I am SO happy right now! :: chibi Angelline jumps around the room widly :: *coughs* Anyways, personal thanks are down at the bottom, please check if you reviewed. ^_^ Oh, and please, could someone please tell me how long it takes to walk from Gondor to the Shire? And how about from Gondor to Mirkwood? Gosh, I am so lost, I have no idea. Please help me if you know! Thanks!
" Until You Are Here With Me " (Chapter 2) - (I know, pretty lame, but I never name my chapters. I never have for any of my fics. ^_^; )
There were not very many people at the banquet. Aragorn's father, the king, didn't like to have too many visitors at banquets. There were some important people that Legolas had never seen before, the hobbits, Gandalf, and Gimli. All the people who were part of the fellowship had been invited, and all had politely come to assist. Legolas looked around and also spotted Haldir speaking with Elrohir and Elladan, the elf twins. Then of course, all the people that were originally at this palace were all here too; King Arathorn, Lord Elrond and his daughter Arwen, Faramir, Eomer, and... and... Legolas pried his eyes away from Aragorn. If he stared any longer, his father, King Thranduil, who had come as well, would notice something was amiss.
Legolas had never been on good terms with his father for some strange reason. He had always avoided talking to him much, and had even decided to stay in this palace with Aragorn after the quest was over. Of course, anybody would say that he was using that as an excuse to stay with Aragorn, but really, he didn't want to have to face his father's sterness every single day of his immortal life.
The blonde elf stiffened when he saw Arwen approach Aragorn and link her arm with his. Aragorn smiled at her and the two started talking with King Thranduil. The king seemed very pleased with the fact that the two were together and even placed his hands on their shoulders, looking like a preacher joining them in a wedding. Legolas sighed painfully, and went far away from everybody, moving to the darker and emptier side of the banquet room. He didn't want to talk to anybody, much less face his father.
"Dear, Lady Arwen. You are as beautiful as ever," King Thranduil praised Arwen.
Arwen blushed and curtsied, "Oh, dear king. You are too nice, and your compliments too exaggerated. No elf owns a beauty greater than that of your son's."
Thranduil frowned at the mention of his son, and grumbled. "He deserves not to be praised. Legolas has abandoned his home for causes I do not understand. He has put his life in danger by going on this quest without asking for my permission, knowing very well that he is the heir to the throne. He is an extremely disrespectful prind, and I will not speak of him or hear of him. Let's talk about when you two will wed?"
Arwen giggled and started to talk to Thranduil in a sweet voice about how they were still planning and weren't sure when exactly they'd wed.
Aragorn frowned at how Thranduil berated his son like that. Legolas was completely the opposite of how Thranduil described him, and Arwen had been right, he was the most beautiful elf he had ever seen. But of course, she probably brought the subject up just to make Thranduil start feeling more remorse towards the prince.
By the way... where is he?
Aragorn suddenly noticed that Legolas was nowhere to be seen. The blonde elf was always at his side, laughing and chatting with him with a sweet smile at all the banquets and meetings. It was odd to not see him anywhere near him. Aragorn's eyes searched for a long time until he found the elf sitting in a far and isolated corner of the room, sitting down and staring at his cup of wine. The half-elf frowned and left Arwen's side to go talk with the lone elf.
"Why is my prince alone and so miserable looking at such a great and wonderful banquet?"
The elf prince gasped in surprised when a voice whispered in his ear. He looked up and saw the person whom he was trying to avoid seeing. Legolas sighed.
The irony of this world...
Aragorn frowned. "Did you just sigh, dearest prince? Don't tell me you are disappointed to see me?"
The elf laughed lightly at this, and shook his head. "Of course not, Aragorn, of course not. I was just... I just had lots to think about."
"I see. And do those thoughts have anything to do with me?" Aragorn asked, curious.
Legolas smiled sweetly. "Perhaps. Perhaps not."
The two sat there, looking around at the people who had attended. The hobbits were all huddled like little puppies, cooking up some mischief, while Gandalf watched over them with a disapproving look. Aragorn smiled at how cute the hobbits looked, talking to each other like that. Hobbits were indeed amazing little beings, and they never seemed to tire for adventure and for fun.
Legolas turned to Aragorn and looked at the man who was smiling the most innocent and happy looking smile he had ever seen. He almost wanted to reach out and caress those lips, and let his fingers comb the dark curled hair. But he resisted the urge to do so, and tentatively asked.
"Aragorn?"
Aragorn snapped out of his reverie and turned to face his beloved elf. "Hmm...?"
Legolas coughed shyly and looked at Aragorn's dark brown eyes. "Do you..."
Sigh... he couldn't do this...
Legolas turned away with a pained expression. "Never mind."
The half-elf frowned, and urged the elf to ask. "Tell me, Legolas. Finish your question please."
The blonde prince debated on whether he should ask or not for a few seconds before mustering up the courage to ask for once and for all.
"Do you... do you love me, Aragorn?"
Legolas immediately blushed. Aragorn chuckled and admired the beauty of the elf when he was flushed like that.
"Of course I do, Legolas. I told you that night, remember? I am sorry if I didn't pay much attention to you lately, but it's because I have been quite busy. My father's health is seriously failing, and there are many things I must do and must face doing in the near future if my father's condition gets worse. You understand don't you?"
Legolas sighed in relief and nodded. "Yes, I understand, Aragorn. I understand." Suddenly, though, a thought bothered him.
The evenstar...Arwen's... evenstar...
Arwen, on the other hand, was glaring at the two men who were talking and laughing. She had no idea what was so amusing, but it fed the fire that was burning in her heart. Jealousy was about to eat her up alive, and she could feel veins popping in her forehead. She smirked and fingered the packet that held the powder that was hidden in her dress pouch. The content of the packet was a white strong sleeping powder that she had gotten hold of. She remembered the time when she tried to pour a whole packet of it into Legolas's food and to make him sleep forever. A huge amount of it would probably knock out a person into an eternal coma. Unfortunately, her plan had failed when Legolas had decided he wasn't hungry and left to his room. This time, she wouldn't fail. Her new plan would work out perfectly, and there was just so way she could make any mistakes.
With a firm grip on the opened packet, she picked up a cup of wine and walked over to Aragorn and Legolas, who had stood up to watch Gandalf chase the hobbits, who had taken his staff and were passing it around, out of the wizard's reach. Legolas was laughing, and Aragorn was admiring how beautiful Legolas looked. After a while of watching the whole incident, the hobbits settled down, and went on to making fun of how hilarious Gandalf had looked, chasing them around like that.
Legolas turned around and looked at Aragorn. He tried to remember what they had been talking about.
Oh... yes... Arwen's evenstar... I must ask...
Legolas opened his mouth and was about to ask about the evenstar when Arwen suddenly appeared from the table behind them. She came and stood right in between them and linked her arm with Aragorn's once again and smiled sweetly.
"So what are the two men talking about? Something a lady mustn't hear?" She giggled, blushing.
Aragorn sighed, annoyed, but smiled. "No, Arwen, nothing important."
"Well, all I wanted to say were my last goodbyes. I feel extremely tired for some reason, and will retire early to my room tonight. I hope you enjoy the banquet," Arwen smiled coyly and reached forward and planted a kiss on Aragorn's cheek.
Legolas felt extremely uncomfortable with this lady near him. He felt the evil aura that she carried around with her, and almost cowered away when she turned towards him. The elf almost froze himself into an ice cube when she leaned forward and hugged him tightly.
"Dearest Prince Legolas. I hope you enjoy the banquet too, until the second it lasts. Yes, dear Legolas, enjoy it while it lasts," she whispered into his ears. Legolas shivered and fear, feeling the double entendre in those phrases. She turned around, and without another word or look, she walked away towards her father and the two kings.
"Let's have a drink, Legolas." Aragorn smiled and tried to cheer up the mood, for he had noticed how Legolas had grown stiff as a stick and the pale face had become paler. Legolas nodded and they both picked up their cups of wine.
"For us, Legolas."
Legolas smiled sweetly.
"Yes. For us, Aragorn."
The cups rose to their lips. Arwen whirled around to watch the two men drink their wine. Her eyes widened, and she smirked, success written all over her face. Both of them drank their wines until the last drop. They both smiled and went back to talking.
"Aragorn... I wanted to ask you something. You know, Arwe..." Legolas gasped in shock when Aragorn swayed a little and then fell to the floor with a loud thump, completely unconscious.
"Aragorn!"
But before Legolas could run to his fallen lover's side, a whole bunch of servants and people had already gathered around the heir of the kingdom. Lord Elrond pushed aside all the people who were panicking and checked Aragorn.
"The prince has been drugged! Check everybody here for the drug that has been used! Nobody may leave this room until he or she has been checked!"
Legolas tried to get a glimpse of Aragorn; he was so worried he felt his heart would burst out of his ribcage. A servant roughly started to check his body for any suspicious items. Everybody stood still while they were being checked. Arwen looked towards Legolas's direction out of the corner of her eye. The servant found a white packet in one of Legolas's pockets, and took it out. Legolas gasped in surprise and in terror, when something he had never put in his pocket suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The servant immediately took it to Lord Elrond and Elrond was just as shocked and surprised as Legolas.
"This is... this is sleeping powder." Lord Elrond looked at Legolas with shock written all over his face. Time seemed to have frozen all of a sudden, and everything was so quiet and still, that the seconds could almost be heard ticking away. The whole banquet turned around and looked at the elven prince. Legolas froze in fear and said nothing for a long time. He then forced himself to speak, for if he did not, he knew he could be killed right there, in front of everybody.
"I have not drugged the heir. The pouch does not belong to me, and I have no idea how it came into my hands."
"Silence!" Thranduil thundered at the prince. The blonde elf took a step back, and placed his hand on his heart, for he knew the blow of the king's words would be harsh and painful. He had to block them somehow.
"How dare you drug the heir?! Do you know how important he is? He is Isildur's heir, the future king of Gondor! You dare to do such an unforgivable thing!?"
"But father.. I..."
Thranduil was furious, and refused to hear any of his son's excuses. "I am sick of having to listen to your lame excuses and explanations. You are not my son anymore; therefore you shall not call me father.¡±
Tears started to trickle down the blonde elf's cheeks.
"Father... please don't say that... please..."
"You are not my son anymore, therefore, you may not call me father. Don't make me repeat that again. You are a disowned elf that doesn't belong to any kingdom or land, and therefore you are not welcome anywhere from now on. Is that clear?"
Legolas's lower lip trembled as he regarded his father bitterly. He saw that arguing wasn't going to help him at all, and that saying one more word would lead to a quick and dishonorable death. So he did the only thing he could do at the moment.
He whirled around and ran out of the room and proceeded to run out of the palace as well. The tears that were trickling out a moment ago were starting to flow out endlessly. He ran blindly towards the woods once again, laughing mentally at how impossibly miserable his life was, and how he was running away from shame once again like he had done earlier in the day.
He ran without looking back, for he would never get to see the beloved palace in his life again.
And of course, he would definitely never get to see the love of his life.
And yes, that was what pained him the most.
** Back at the palace...
Everybody was quiet. Everyone was just staring, shocked at the flash of events that had occurred in front of their eyes. Nobody had even bothered to intervene, for it had all happened so quickly. Thranduil was still furious at how he had been humiliated in front of people of high social status.
How could Legolas have done such a terrible thing in my presence... wretched son...
Thranduil growled quietly at his servants that have followed him to the palace.
"Track him down. And bring him to me. Bring him to me alive. He will have to suffer the consequences, for he has tried to kill the son of a good friend of mine."
Only one person was extremely happy with the result of the events that had occurred. Arwen smirked to herself, for everybody was too busy nursing the fallen heir. Everyone but one person. One person hadn't failed to notice the smirk on Arwen's face.
To be continued...
Oooohhh...So you all thought that Leggie would be the one dropping dead, didn'cha, didn'cha! LOL. Surprised? o.O; Eerrmm. perhaps not. hee hee... I got so many reviews! I am SO happy that I decided to update real quickly. *giggles* Check down here if you reviewed chapter 1.
Earendil - Baby: Thanks so much for reviewing! "Wickedly enticing".. I love that. I just had to smirk at that one, for that was exactly how I felt while writing this up. ^_- I hope you came back to read this! Oh, and I read that fic of yours and reviewed, you should really continue.
DRUMLINEpaco: *blushes* Do you really think it's that good? Awww, that was just real sweet of you. I think I got many reviews, so no worries, I always feel satisfied with the amount of reviews I get. It shows me how bad or well I wrote something you know?And you are right, their speech is nothing like the books, so I am real sorry about that. This really is the first time I write an LOTR fic, so please understand! (and yes, a bitchy Arwen is just too much fun *wink*)
MoroTheWolfGod: OK! YOU SHALL HAVE MORE! LOL.
goldmund: O_O *eyes bug out* Oh, dear. You seem to have really read the fic quite in depth. I am so happy. Your review was really encouraging, and... *speaks in Gandalf way* - "You shall have your questions answered when the time comes." LOL. Just wait up and you'll see. ^^
shi_chan: Hey! Thanks SO much for reviewing. *smiles* Here's your update! I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter!
Phoenix Tear: *blushes again* Thanks for the wonderful comments. I really appreciate that. Here you go so that you can read more. *wink*
Katherine: LOL! Your review was just real funny and cute. I got a nice image of that in my brain and it was just hilarious. I could almost see a chibi Arwen running around screeching and avoiding your attacks. Lovely Lego, I love him so much! Thanks for your review.
Lomelinde: Hey! I read your fic. Where was I when you were typing that up? I can't believe I missed an Evil-Arwen fic. This is way cool. I really enjoyed reading your fic, so please update soon, ok?
Jadey: *blushes yet again* You people are so sweet! Your comment is so nice! I am glad that an evil-arwen is "believable" as you say, I was worried people would start hating me and flaming me cuz I made her evil and stuff. And yes, Aragorn will find out eventually, so no worries! Take care!
Artemisa: LOL. I like to make Legolas suffer too, I am an angst-crazy person. All the fics I ever write are angsty. In every single one of my Gundam Wing fics, I make Duo suffer. Poor dear Duo :: huggles Duo :: Twin sons of Elrond. :: giggles :: I read your review, and I was like... oh, man, twin sons? O.o; Oh dear, I don't know how to write about those two, but I made them appear nevertheless up there, you noticed right? That was for you *wink* I'll make them appear later again, don't worry. It's just that I'm not quite sure yet how to organize everything, and well, I don't know how to make the twins fit in. I don't know know them very well, so I'd be very greatful if you'd help me fit those twins in. *wink* Take care.
Veggie: You are an Arwen fan? O.o; Oh dear. Thank God you still like the fic. *wipes away the sweat* I am sorry if you like her and stuff, I don't mean to offend anybody, really. It's just that she has to be mean, because if she isn't, who will be the perfect antagonist? My plot would just not work. Thanks for reviewing! Take care.
S_Star: Hey! Look carefully at your name. I put the underscore instead of the dash! LOL! I'm real picky about details, and well, I read your page, and it is evil that they don't change that for you! Let's all sign a paper saying that your name should be properly fixed and send it to FFNET! *grunts* He he, I am happy that you are enjoying this, and that you like an evil-arwen. *wink* Take care, and please check for more updates!
One last note: Dear, this is so long, that it isn't even funny. I hope you people are still here, reading this. Anyways, the most important thing I want to say is that I want to make this a possible mpreg (male pregnancy) fic and I would really like all of you to comment on that. I really need opinions. I am worried that if I do this, people will go EWWW and like go away forever. *pouts and bursts into tears* Just the thought of that makes me wanna cry. *wipes away the tears* Please tell me what you think. If most of you prefer to not have this be an mpreg fic, I will come up with something else. And also, I was thinking of adding perhaps one or two secondary pairings in this fic (although usually I don't like to. I like to focus only on the main pairing, LOL). What do you think? As you must have noticed... Haldir.. is BACK! Yes! Alive! I love that guy, and well, I think he's real sweet. I want him back. What do you think about an Eomer/Haldir pairing? I dunno, tell me what you think! (Or Faramir/Haldir would not be bad either! O.o; eerrmm... ok, so I like Faramir too! blah~) LOL. Take care, and please review! Reviews make me update faster, cuz they make me happy! ^ o ^
Love,
Angelline~*