Glad that even though the last chapter took a while, it was well-received. Here is the next installment. I hope you enjoy it.

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Different Paths

The fellowship continued down the wide river towards the falls, Aragorn still very much leading them on. Since the death of the wizard, he had taken it upon himself to care for the group and guide them to Mordor. Mist filled the air before them and the ranger knew that was where the falls began and so he guided them to the river bank on their right. Legolas helped the dwarf clamber out of the boat onto the gravel beach and then proceeded to assist Aragorn. The fellowship set up camp close to the forest's edge and Sam lit a fire as the others finished unpacking their things from the boats. Frodo watched Legolas as his eyes scanned their surroundings, searching for any possible threat to them, the elf could feel the hobbit's eyes on him and turned his head to smile at the halfling. The brought a smile to Frodo's lips as he watched the Mirkwood prince walk towards him, the elf seemed to float over the story ground beneath his feet until finally, he stopped next to the ring bearer.

'You saw my thoughts.' stated the Hobbit as looked the elf squarely in the eyes.

'I didn't mean to, but they wormed their way into my mind.' replied Legolas as his eyes dropped in shame.

'Its okay Legolas, I know you meant no ill will.' Replied the hobbit softly.

'Do you know when it will pass?' Quizzed the elf, his eyes fixed on the grey stone floor that surrounded them.

Frodo knew what the elf was asking and he was not sure what to tell the prince for he did not truly know when it will pass. He wondered how Legolas must be feeling after having a vision of his death.

'I'm sorry, I don't.' Replied the halfling as he dropped his head and walked away towards the trees, hoping that he would find solace amongst their leaves.

Legolas was left to ponder the Hobbits words but a feeling washed over him that stole away his attention. He searched through the woodland in the hope of finding the impending doom that clung to his consciousness. Gimli squabbled with the ranger about their path, but Legolas ignored it as he continued to scan the woods as far as his eyes could see but they could not find what they sought. He turned and stalked towards Aragorn who was placing his simple bow down as the dwarf huffed at the ranger previous statement.

'We should leave now.' Legolas said in a worried tone.

'No. Orcs patrol the eastern shore. We must wait for the cover of darkness.' replied the Ranger.

Legolas rolled his eyes at the man's reply, why wouldn't he heed his warning?

'It is not the eastern shore that worries me. A shadow and a threat have been growing in my mind. Something draws near… I can feel it.' finished the Elf as he looked at the ranger with a steely expression.

Aragorn pondered the elf's warning for a moment, never had he known the elf's gut to be wrong but his attention was pulled away by Merry.

'Where's Frodo?'

Aragorn looked around for any sight of the hobbit only to notice that he was not the only member of their troop that was missing, his eyes now locked on Boromir's shield. Without a second through he dashed off into the woods, grabbing his sword on his way. Legolas sighed before grabbing his weapons and following the ranger into the green woodland. He ran for a small time in the hope of catching a glimpse of the ranger but he had disappeared and so the elf stood and listened. His ears suddenly picking up the clang of metal against metal and so he followed the sound to the battle with his bow drawn. He could hear a voice shouting 'FIND THE HALFLING… FIND THE HALFLING!' and his eyes were then greeted by a huge black orc with red marks on his face. The elf fired arrow after arrow, taking down the orcs with ease, he did not even see the dwarf come up behind him and hack down orcs as they ran at the twosome.

'Aragorn go!' Shouted the elf as he continued to shoot at the enemy, but the ranger did not leave.

Legolas drew his blades and started to cut through them foul creatures with ease, glancing quickly at Aragorn before returning his attention to the orc that ran at him with pointed teeth on show. He sliced its throat with his blade before sheathing them and drawing his bow again, firing arrow after arrow, finishing by firing one in the back of an orc that had Aragorn by his throat. The ranger giving him a nod in thanks as he caught his breath. The air filled with an alien sound that brought everyone to a standstill, Legolas' head spun around as his eyes searched for where the sound came from and his ears tried to discern it.

'The horn of Gondor' said the elf as his eyes remained fixed on the source of the sound.

'Boromir.' replied Aragorn as he shot past Legolas, nearly knocking him off his feet.

Legolas watched again as the ranger sprinted off into the forest, leaving him and the dwarf to attempt to cut down the remaining orcs that filtered through the ruins of Amon Hen. Slowly they made their descent down the hills towards where Aragorn had run to, killing everything in sight. They found for what felt like hours, Gimli grunting as he swung his heavy ax around. Finally, the orcs seemed to disappear and Legolas ran off ahead of the dwarf who had now slowed to a walk, his short tired legs struggling to carry the weight of his armor. Legolas skipped and jumped over the bodies that littered the forest floor until finally he could see the two men uh ahead but he knew something was wrong as Aragorn hovered over Boromir he lay flat against the roots of a great old tree. His expression softened as he realized that Boromir was not long for this world.

'I would have followed you, my Brother… my Captain… my King!' said Boromir as he took his final breath.

The man of Gondor's body stilled and Aragorn held him as he passed, tears fell from his tired eyes as he clasped the mans face in his bloodied hands.

'Be at peace, son of Gondor.' said the ranger as he placed a kissed upon the means brow.

Legolas' expression turned to one of sorrow as Gimli trudged up behind him, unsure of what his eyes were greeted by. The elf's heard dropped as he realized that the haltings weren't with them and so he turned and ran back towards the beach. Once he reached the beach, Aragorn hot on his heels he realized that one of the boats was missing. He put away his weapons and went about grabbing one of the boats and pushing it towards the water.

'Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore.' as he reached the water's edge and turned to look at his companions. Aragorn was watching as the two hobbits traipsed through the wilderness, not taking in Legolas' confused expression.

'You mean not to follow them?' he finished as he continued to stare at the ranger whose attention was still fixed on the ring bearer.

'Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands.' Replied the man.

Legolas looked at Gimli with a sorrowful expression, a feeling of defeat washed over him.

'Then it has all been in vain! The Fellowship has failed.' Spat the dwarf as he bashed his hammer against the Stoney beach floor.

'Not if we hold true to each other. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left.' Replied the man as he went about packing his weapons and supplies as he readied himself to leave.

'Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let us hunt some Orc!' he said as he looked at the dwarf and the elf one after the other.

'Yes!' shouted the Dwarf as he sprinted off after Aragorn, then followed by Legolas who's expression have been replaced with a smile.

With that, the elf followed also and the trio jogged through the woodland, narrowly missing roots as they went. Legolas, however, didn't mind. Finally, after hours they reached the other side id the woodland and were greeted with gold grass friends.

'Rohan.' Aragorn said softly as they stopped for a moment to take the sight in.

Legolas, however, could feel his heart race as he remembers what he was. Him laying dead amongst men, men of Rohan.

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Well, i hope you enjoyed this installment! I can't wait to write what i have in mind for the next chapter. Let me know what you thought of this one though!