A/N: I've come to a decision. This is not going to be totally about Legolas finding Nicolette and all that jazz. It will be more about the reaction that the citizens of Mirkwood and Legolas' parents at him returning from a completely different universe with a wife and a four year-old daughter they never knew about.

××Ithilwen's POV××

"C'mon, you know you want to…" Robbie said, winking at Mom.

Mom crossed her arms over her stomach, "Nope, not going to happen."

Robbie was always trying to convince Mom to sing. I liked her voice, but not as much as he did.

I secretly hoped that one day they would get married and I'd get to have a daddy again. Besides, Momma was lonely sometimes.

"Oh look, we're here!" Mom cried sounding way to happy.

Rob parked the car and we all got out.

I looked around at the Church; behind the whitewashed building was a big green field with lots of graves.

I shuddered and ran into the building.

"Whoa, it's unlocked," said Rob in surprise, walking behind Mommy and me.

Mom looked behind her shoulder, "Yeah, they keep it open so that way homeless people can have a place to sleep at night."

As we entered I saw a man was kneeling at the alter; he was dressed in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. He had long black hair that was pulled back into a half-ponytail. I giggled; he looked like a girl.

"Hey, Momma, look at that man! He looks like a girl!" I laughed, tugging on her sleeve.

Mom was busy arguing with Rob about that poem they had found at the library, she looked down at me, "It's not polite to laugh at people, honey," She said distractedly.

Feeling kind of sorry, I slipped my hand out of Mom's and went up to the man, I tapped him on his back.

He looked up and smiled, he had big blue eyes and…he had pointy ears like me! "Hello," He said, softly.

"I'm sorry I laughed at you, Mister…?" I began.

"Greenleaf, You can call me Legolas, if you want," He replied, "And you're forgiven."

"Thank you, Mr. Greenleaf. Why do you have pointy ears, like me?" I asked him curiously.

Legolas laughed quietly, "Because that's what Eru- erm, God, gave me. You want to do me a favor?" He asked.

I nodded; I liked him, "Okay."

"Go tell your mother to look up," Mr. Greenleaf said.

I nodded and ran to my Mom, "That man told me to tell you to look up!" I said.

Mom stopped talking to Robbie, "What did I tell you about talking to strangers?" She asked me sternly.

"Sorry, but would you look up?" I asked her impatiently.

Mom obeyed but Mr. Greenleaf had left, "I don't see anything important," She said.

I shrugged, "Just doing as I was told."

Mom picked me up, "You and me are going to have a talk whenever we get home. Now let's look for that clue, okay?"

We all explored the church, but I was the one who found the clue.

"Here mom!" I yelled.

I had found a crown of roses and berries behind the pulpit; they were artificial and very old looking but they seemed to fit a few of the things the poem said.

Mom looked over my shoulder, "Thank you, Ithilwen." She kissed me on the cheek and began to examine the crown.

"Doesn't seem very interesting or have much to do with the clue," Rob said after a minute.

Mom shook her head, "No it really does, here, I think I found something."

Digging into the center of a rose she produced a little leaf made out of silver.

Mom's hands began to shake, "Oh God…" She murmered.

"Momma? Are you okay?" I asked Mom.

"Yeah, Mom, you okay?" Rob asked.

Mom blinked, "Yeah, sorry. Hey, it's a pin, and there's something stuck on the pin." Pulling a small piece of paper out of the pin, she read out loud:

"Left, right,

And left once more,

Ending up where you were before."

Chewing her lip, mom stuffed the note in her pocket.

"I'm not quite sure about that one," Rob and Mom said in unison.

We sat on the soft red carpet of the church for a few more minutes before Mom said she had to get home and work on some stuff for her website.

"Mom, can't we stay a little longer?" I asked.

Mom shook her head, "Nope, besides I'm starving."

A rumble from my stomach confirmed I was hungry too.

Rob dropped us off at our house before going home.

Mom popped in a movie for me to watch while she did stuff on the computer.

××Nicolette's POV××

I had been typing away for several hours, my thoughts kept on wondering back to that riddle.

"Ending up where you were before…." I found myself muttering repeatedly.

I was fiddling with ideas for that gardening website, perhaps a photo of a maze…a maze…

"It's a maze!" I shouted.

Ithilwen poked her head into my office, "What's a maze?"

"The riddle, it's a maze," I said, more calmly this time.

"Huh?" She said, confused, then realization dawned on her, "Cool, but where's a maze in this place?" Ithilwen asked me.

"There's one behind the library, it's pretty cool. I used to go out there all the time when I was a kid," I replied.

Ithilwen grinned, "Is it scary?"

I shook my head, "Not really, we'll go there in the morning after church if you want."

Ithilwen beamed, "Sweet."

××Ø××

In the morning I threw on a denim skirt, pair of boots and a scoop-neck shirt before making a dash to the church.

Ithilwen and I sat on the back pew with Cecilia until the service was over.

We hung out a little bit at the church, fooling around with the musical instruments (Cecilia had sweet-talked the pastor until he had finally gave in and allowed us to use the instruments when we liked). But Ithilwen begged me to drive to the maze; I think her head might've blown up if I hadn't agreed to go.

We pulled into the parking lot of the library and walked around it until we were finally in front of the relatively large maze.

It was formerly a cornfield owned by the previous owner of the private library, the man had turned it into a maze.

"Let's go!" Ithilwen cried and tugged me into the maze.

We wondered around the maze for about thirty minutes. Finally I sat down on the dry soil to take a break, my feet were killing me.

"Mom!" Ithilwen huffed, "Let's keep going!"

I smiled, "You can wander around a little bit, if you get lost or a stranger tries to talk to you: yell."

Ithilwen put her hands on her hips and stalked off.

Thankfully, the early fall day was relatively sunny, so I was content to read my book while my daughter wandered around the maze.

I had started to nod off when a scream woke me up, "What the hell?"

"MOMMY!" I heard Ithilwen shriek.

"Oh no…" I murmered and got up and started running as fast as the high-heeled boots would allow.

Ithilwen screamed again, she was on my right, taking a turn I ran until I was at a dead end.

There stood Ithilwen, looking perfectly content, and also Cecilia, Rob and…

Legolas and Aragorn.

××Ithilwen's POV××

I laughed at the look on Mom's face. She was so funny whenever she was freaking out.

You see: Rob and Cecilia had been at the house yesterday whenever the man had knocked on the door asking for Mom.

But when I opened the door he took one look at me and got really excited, he had told me his name was Aragorn and he had been searching for my mom and me for several months.

Of course when Rob heard that he asked him to leave, but Aragorn whispered something to Rob and showed him a picture of someone.

Rob got all excited and explained to me that a man who loved Mom very much but had been separated by accident from Mom wanted to give her a big surprise.

He explained it to Cecilia about a scavenger hunt, he said, "Go lay some clues around then go home and act like nothing ever happened."

So Cecilia drove off after exchanging several words with Aragorn, he gave her that silver leaf…thing.

And so when Mom got home we gave her that number to call and as Cecilia would say: voila!

But what I hadn't known was that Mr. Greenleaf was Mommy's boyfriend.

"How did you…what the? Oh no…I've lost my mind," Mom said feebly.

××Nicolette's POV××

This could not be possible.

Nope, nuh-uh, somebody call the Psych Ward, I've lost it.

Legolas smiled and wrapped his arms around my waist, "Perhaps, but if you did, then so am I."

Aragorn was grinning, "Arwen is anxious to meet you."

The Arwen? Arwen Evenstar wants to meet me!

I laughed nervously, "Cecilia?" I enquired through gritted teeth.

Cecilia nodded, "Yes, One Who Runs With Sexy Rangers?"

"One: He's married and Arwen and Èowyn will hurt you if you say that to their faces. Two: am I drooling and running around like a monkey spouting really weird poetry?"

"Um, no…should you?" She enquired unsurely.

"Odd, because if I'm seeing this it's got to mean I've lost-" I began but I felt someone's lips cover mine.

Legolas laughed into my mouth and tightened his grip on my waist.

When we parted I had a really idiotic grin on my face.

"Mom?" Ithilwen asked.

I turned to her, "Yeah?" I said, feeling fluttery.

"That was gross," She said with a disgusted huff.

I laughed, "Legolas, meet your daughter, Ithilwen."

Ithilwen gaped, "What the hell?"

Legolas smiled grimly, "She has your mouth."

I blushed, "Ithilwen!"

"He's my dad? Mr. Greenleaf's my DAD!" Ithilwen said incredulously.

Uh-oh…this doesn't sound so good.

"Yes, he is," I said calmly.

After a few quiet moments she grinned, "Cool! I always wanted a Dad."
That kind of stung me personally, why? I have no idea. But it still hurt.

Legolas smiled again, "I missed you," He whispered in my ear.

I smiled weakly, "You don't want to know how much I missed you."

"I intend to find out," He replied, he rested his chin on my shoulder (my back was against his chest).

Cecilia cooed, "How cute! This is the stuff romance novels are made of!"

I nodded and separated from Legolas, "How's Anna?"

Rob raised an eyebrow, "That's the first normal name I've heard this week, tell me about Anna."

Legolas grinned, "Pregnant."

My eyes popped, "What! Anna? She's a baby! She can't be more than twelve!"

"Not exactly, time in Middle-Earth is faster than here apparently, she's eighteen and married to…" At this He began to laugh.

Infuriated, I nearly popped him, "You had better tell me or so help me God…"

Legolas faked hurt, "What? You would hurt me? Your husband?"

Rob and Cecilia choked, "You're MARRIED!"

I nodded, "Yep, I don't do one night stands."

"What's a one night stand?" Ithilwen asked.

I rubbed my temples, "Legolas, just tell me who she married."

"Èomer's cousin, Èmerath, a Rohirrim warrior," Aragorn explained, "A good man, absolutely worships the ground Anna walks on."

It still made me a little queasy thinking about Anna being married with a baby on the way, but I was happy for my baby sister.

"Now, explain to me how you got here," I said, that question had really been on my mind.

Cecilia held up her hand, "First a picnic." She held up a basket.

I sighed but agreed.

Cecilia and I set up the picnic while Ithilwen played games with Legolas, Rob and Aragorn. It was adorable, and incredibly sexy. Legolas, I mean.

Finally we had the picnic set up, compliments of Subway sandwiches. I lay sprawled out under the shade of a tree, Legolas resting on my stomach.

Rob was sitting next to Cecilia; I had noticed that lately he had been giving her weird looks. Perhaps there is hope for our beloved Robbie?

After we had finished lunch in silence I repeated my question.

Aragorn held up his hand to silence Legolas, "I'll tell it seeing as I have more knowledge of it than you, besides my friend, you are not very eloquent no matter what every female thinks."

Legolas cast him an annoyed look but remained silent.

"Whenever Legolas found you dead he rushed to the healer's to find Nerwen, by the time she had gotten to you, you were already to far gone. We gave you a proper burial before having to ride out. Anna remained in Rohan, partially how she met Èmerath. Legolas became silent, he was slowly fading away, only surviving because of the quest. After the ring was destroyed he returned to Mirkwood, I assumed my duties as king of Gondor, and Anna went to the Shire with the Hobbits.

"Soon after that Galadriel came to Mirkwood to settle affairs before leaving Middle-Earth and going to the Grey Havens.

"When she saw Legolas and his state of mourning she told him that because both Saruman and you had been killed (Cecilia and Rob gave me confused looks at this) that the spell that Saruman had used to bring you to back had been reversed and you had been sent back to your own world, and that if Legolas desired, she could send Legolas to Earth for one year to find you and convince you to return to him," Aragorn took a deep breath.

"Will someone please tell me what's going on? I just thought that Legolas was some college sweetheart," Cecilia said in confusion.

I sighed, "I'll explain it to you whenever we get home, and how did you guys find me?"

"Once I learned how to use the Internet you weren't too hard to track down," Legolas said.

I snorted; somehow I couldn't picture Legolas, Prince of Mirkwood, using a computer.

"Don't laugh, I rather like using the computer," Legolas replied.

Aragorn groaned, "Like? Mellon, you are addicted to that box of light!"

Now Cecilia and Rob were really confused; seeing as how we all had nowhere to go and I really didn't want Legolas to get up off of me (quit giving me the evil eye!)

So I spent the better part of the afternoon telling the story, covering Ithilwen's ears here and there.

Aragorn and Legolas hadn't known much of what had conspired in Isengard so needless to say they were pretty mad when I got to that part.

Cecilia was gaping, Rob was flexing and releasing his hands over and over again, his teeth gritted.

I concluded with the part about me slitting my wrists then the hospital visit.

Legolas leapt up, "You did what? You tried to kill yourself! Nicolette how could you?"

I looked down at him, "I had nothing left to live for at the time, I knew my life was most likely not going to get any better. I was going to go to a better place," My voice was strangely calm.

Legolas shook his head, "But-"

Ithilwen's eyes were welling with tears, "You tried to kill yourself, Mommy?"

Ithilwen had fallen asleep sometime ago and had apparently just waken up without anyone noticing, or I would've covered her ears.

I took her in my arms, gently scooting Legolas off my stomach, "Yes, Baby. And I regret trying to kill myself; it was very stupid. Besides, if I had killed myself, I wouldn't have had you," I said softly, tracing invisible lines all over her little face.

"But why did you do it. Mom?" She asked, her voice trembling.

I shook my head, "I was young and stupid, I thought I had nothing to live for, I had lost everything I had come to love."
"But now you have a lot of things to love, right, Mommy?" She asked sleepily, whenever I traced my finger all over her face she almost instantly fell asleep.

"Yep," I looked up at Legolas, "I have a lot of things to love now."

××Ø××

A/N: That was fast! Next stop: Love in an Elevator! Just kidding.