A/N: Ok, I wrote most of this chapter out on paper. You all are lucky that my hand isn't cramped yet! I have written 3 pages (front and back) and one sentence on a 4th page. So be proud! I hope it's long, but long hand is always shorter in type *sigh*.

Orli: And she did 2/3 pages at school!

Me: And I almost got a detention at school because of it!

Orli: Aww...darnet. I wanted you to be tortu... *evil authoress looms over him* treated....nicely...

Me: better....

*Disclaimer in ch. 6*

AND...(I swear this is the last thing) It's strange, but I believe that in dreams, it isn't you there, it's your soul in your image. Ok, a bit creepy, but ya. That takes part in this chapter.

Chapter twelve: Dreams

*dream* Fanya walked through an open field. 'This isn't anything like the forest I was in...' she thought. She wandered aimlessly for another minute when she saw someone. The person appeared to be sleeping. She walked over to them and saw that it was an elf...

The elf's blonde hair cascaded over his fair face, his eyes were closed in slumber. His lips were slightly parted, as his breath was drawn slowly and evenly. Fanya's breath caught in her chest at his flawless face.

He groaned and rolled onto his back, and the even rise and fall of his chest was disturbed as he woke. Sitting up, he studied her, and just as he said "Fanya?" she realized who it was.

A dream form of Legolas sat in front of her. Someone who looked like Legolas, but was in fact his heart and soul of his being, which meant that Fanya could ask anything, and he would answer.

That also meant that he could do the same.

"Fanya?" Legolas said again.

"Legolas?" she asked and he nodded.

He did nothing but stare at her asking silent questions to her soul. As his brown eyes connected with her sapphire blue ones, she felt something hook her heart. As she felt the jerk of her heart, she looked at the thing that had captured it. Legolas.

His flawless complexion seemed to enhance as her stubborn will to get rid of him gave way. His eyes were still locked onto her own as he asked the silent question. "Do you love me?" The words crossed her mind.

She only closed her eyes because she didn't think she knew the answer, yet her heart said 'yes!' her mind shouted back 'no!'.

Pushing down her will into a dark corner of her mind, she slowly nodded. Legolas moved towards her.

"That's what I wanted to know. All I wanted to know. And now I know what to do." He said, his lips right over hers, his breath washing her face. Then almost unexpectedly, she closed the gap as her lips met with his in a slow and sweet kiss. Her hands wandered over his back and up to his hair, which she entwined into her fingers. It felt like water; it slipped through her fingers and cascaded into exactly the same place.

As she felt Legolas deepen the kiss, she did not resist, instead she melted into him, and found herself wishing that she could do more...

As the blissful dream came to an end, she realized that her mind would still hate him, and that her soul would have to conquer that to feel the same way it did now; in love.

Slowly she slipped back into reality, forgetting everything in the dream; everything that had made her feel so enraptured.

*end dream*

Fanya awoke, clutching somebody's hand. To her astonishment, she found that the hand belonged to none other than Legolas Greenleaf.

She only just realized all of the spider corpses then. She screamed at the sight of them and looked down at Legolas. "Did he kill all of them?" she whispered.

Looking down on his fair face, she suddenly felt something twinge in her heart. A sudden yearning to feel his body beside hers bubbled up out of nowhere.

She scrambled back, and stood up, afraid that the feeling would come back. "No Fanya...you can't allow that! You hear me? That's stupid! How could you even think that?" She shouted silently to herself.

She leaned against a tree and curled up into a ball, waiting for something to happen. ANYthing to happen. Fanya dozed for a while, waiting for Legolas to move. It seemed like he was out cold, as if he had been knocked out. Her back ached, as if she had fell down...had it been from the clutches of the spider? What had happened after the spider had gotten her?

A motion distracted her from he thoughts. A groan came from Legolas, as he rolled ovr and rubbed his head.

"Legolas?" Fanya asked. "What happened?"

Legolas turned his attention to her. "Why would you want to know, you hate me," he said sarcastically.

That hurt.

"No...I don't..." she said, mentally slapping herself. Yet some part of her body knew that it was true.

"You don't?" he asked. Fanya then saw something in his eyes; a sort of sparkle, but whatever had been there was gone as soon as she had registered it.

"No. I don't hate you."

"Well apparently you still don't like me, so I'll leave it at that." Said Legolas, standing up. He held out his hand to help her to her feet as well, but she stood up on her own, and started to walk toward the edge of the forest.

The sun had just started to rise, and Fanya noticed the dew on the leaves, sparkling innocently as though the knew nothing of what happened; all they had to do was sparkle.

"Legolas, what happened?" asked Fanya, her curiosity getting the better of her.

Legolas sighed and as they reached the edge of the woods he started talking. "The spider released you from its grip, and you fell and was knocked unconscious by the fall. I stayed up in the trees and defeated all of the spiders, but as I killed off the last one, I overbalanced and was knocked unconscious by the fall as well. And there you have it." He finished.

" I guess that you tell the truth, as I see no other explanation." Said Fanya, as she whistled for Morion to come.

Morion trotted alongside Legolas' horse and nuzzled her master. Fanya smiled and gently rubbed Morion's nose affectionately. She mounted her and waited for Legolas to mount his horse.

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Her words echoed through his head, "No...I don't hate you..." He was one step closed to her than he was yesterday...or was he further than that?"

A dream that he had last night was fresh in his memory. In the dream he had awaken in another realm with Fanya leaning over him. Well, a form of her.

He asked her whether she loved him, and when her soul answered 'yes', he knew it was only a matter of time before her physical body felt the same way.

But he had to wait. He had to be patient while her mind realized that the yearning in her heart was really a yearning for love.

A/N: And there you have it! My world has taken a definite upswing, as two out of the three major projects are done, tests are taken care of, and reviews are rolling in. ^^. I know it's weird about the whole 'your dream form is your soul' thing but hey! I'm weird!

Orli: And you've JUST figured that out?

Me: No, but you have.

Orli: ANYwho...

Me: My friend would kill you if she heard the word...

Orli: anywho?

Me: NO! YOU SAID IT!

Orli: ANYWHO!

Me: *cringe*

Orli: ANYWHO! ANYWHO! ANYWHO!

Me: *flinchcringe* onto the responses!

Review Responses:

Mercuriall: I'm glad that you liked it! I was a bit bored when I wrote it, and then I went into a MAJOR writers block, so I'm glad you took the time to review! ^^

P3gurl: *eye twitches, then clings onto Orli's leg* Like I said, I'm glad that I was your inspiration. ^^ I love your story as well, and I hope that you update it soon!

Anaka Greenleaf: I guess we all forget that authors have lives to live. Except summer. THEN I don't have a life at ALL. Lol. I'm super-happy that you like this story! Thx!

Digital-tiffany: No, Leggy isn't hurt, but he DID fall, like, 15 feet, so that MIGHT hurt a BIT. Ok, more than a bit. A LOT. Thankx for the review! ^^

YueMichiruNaragisawaMiko: Well...this is fiction! And I wanted to make it a dramatic fall... *ponders* And I know. Most of my cliffhangers REALLY suck...

Inweofnargothrond: Thx for the advice of going there...I might do it. And thx for explaining the AU thing, I NEVER get those... lol.

Blu-eyed-belle: NO. HE'S MINE. *attaches herself to orli's leg*. But yes. I did mean to make Legolas seem kind of un-perfect, because everyone thinks that he doesn't make mistakes, and I mean, every being makes mistakes, so I made him fall off a tree branch! *whoopsiedasie!* Thanks for the review!

A/N: Lol. Most of my reviews had something about saying sorry that they complained about long chapters...and I laughed at most of them...hmm... Well, I better post this thing...

Orli: Did I ever mention that every review she gets, she feeds me? So feed me! Review!!!

-The Hobbit Ivy ;;;;;;;;; 6:45PM 9/26/03