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Chapter 4

Conversations

"I still don't know", Legolas said," why you left."

Both brothers were lying on the deserted deck, looking at the stars and drinking rum. It has been one hell of a day. During the explanation Jack had got himself slapped three times by Anamaria and in the end everybody had gone quite hysteric. Especially the human Legolas was travelling with, Aragorn, king of Gondor. He had been shocked Legolas never told him about his older brother. As was Jack. Now everybody but the two Elves had gone to sleep.

"I don't really know either; as well as to see something of the world as to not become king. Mostly to be free I guess. But by the hearing of what you have been doing I missed a lot of fun."

"Oropher, I was on a quest for the salvation of Arda. It was fighting or dying."

"As I said: a lot of fun. Although I fought for a treasure, many gold and you only for one ring from some guy who I thought we already destroyed."

"You look too much like ada (father). All that treasure."

"And you prefer the trees and birds and butterflies and pink flowers and…."

"Shut up, you're not funny!"

"No? I really thought I was."

"You weren't. And if you want to fight you can still come. Although Sauron is defeated, there are many yrch (orks) left to kill."

"Wait a sec! Are you suggesting I come back home?" Jack sat up and looked back down too Legolas. "Back too ada (father) ?"

"Well yes, why not? I finally have my big brother back and I don't want to lose you already."

"But can't you just come with me then?"

"Come on! Do you hate ada that bad?"

"It depends."

sigh "You really must have hated him if you left everything behind to flee for him, even me…"

"Don't say that tithen miundor(little brother). I'm feeling guilty enough already."

"Isn't it a bit obvious you're feeling guilty? You run away without saying a word and don't hear a thing from you for almost 30 centuries!"

"Legolas, please, stop…"

"No, Oropher, I will not stop! It's nothing but the mere truth. If you can't stand to face it then you hadn't need to come back."

"But I haven't come back on purpose! I already told you: it was that bloody storm, pure coincidence!"

It fell silent for a couple of moments. Jack was frustrated about the whole situation and Legolas was plainly shocked.

"So," the blond elf said," you haven't come back to see me at all?"

"No… I mean yes… It's just, I didn't plan nor wanted to be here, but still I'm very happy to see you again."

"You can stop explaining, gwador nin (my brother). I should have known you would never really come back. Just leave and all this never has happened. I could even doubt if I really do have a brother."

Legolas stood up and went to the railing. There he took a rope and swayed back too "The Evenstar" so Jack was left alone with his thoughts and grief.

Legolas was running through the woods with a terrified look on his face. The leaves and branches were making cuts in his face and limps. The elf was unarmed and running for his live it would seem.

Behind him there were the sounds of orks, shouts and even a couple of horses.

Legolas kept running and running and running. His whole body was getting exhausted but he didn't stop. If he stopped, he would be dead.

He began slowing down and some moment later Legolas stumbled over a root and fell flat on his face.

It took only a second before he was surrounded by orks. Between the orks there were two riders on horses.

"Kramp ta!" A woman's voice commanded from under the hood of the cloak from one of the riders.

The other one came of his horse and stepped throughout the elf who was lying on his back on the moss. The man looked terrifying although he couldn't step very well. It looked like his legs and joints had been broken several times and hadn't grown back on the proper way, like a wolf that had learned to walk on two legs. The man (if you can call him that way) bowed and the last thing Legolas saw were big, razor-sharp teeth before everything went black.