Legolas pulled her close as his lips met hers. The feeling came back. The fire courses in her veins as she kissed him hard. When they pulled away both were panting.
"Did you feel that?" He asked breathlessly. Ariness nodded.
"That was...amazing... I felt fire in my veins and passion." He nodded.
"Same..." Legolas looked out the window.
"It's almost night... I have to go...but I will come back. I promise." He turned to leave.
"Wait...one more..." She asked and looked into his eyes. He leaned down and kissed her long before pulling away and jumped out the window. Suddenly she had an idea.
"Legolas bring rope next time and metal so we can try to break the chains. He smiled and nodded. Then the prince if Mirkwood got on his horse and rode off. She watched her prince ride off and collapsed on the bed with happiness.
Legolas returned home with a happy expression. He put away his horse and walked into the palace smiling. Thranduil looked at his son confused.
"Where did you go? Your not drunk are you?!" He came closer. Legolas laughed.
"Don't worry Adar. I'm not drunk." He waved and raced up to his too,. He opened the door and stopped. Tauriel was on his bed. In a thin night gown.
"Tauriel? What are you doing here?" He slowly closed the door.
"I love you Legolas." She came forward. He didn't know what to say. She came closer and placed a hand on his waist. Poor Legolas. He was frozen with shock. She leaned forward and kissed him. Her lips were soft and plump...but Ariness's slips were soft and thin and perfect.
He pulled away.
"Explain yourself..." He said princely. She looked sad.
"Why do you love that elleth?" She cried out.
"I could give you everything she has and more!" Tears came down her face. Legolas stared at her.
"I don't know if I love her yet...I just feel something for her..." He opened his door.
"Leave captain...and if you ever do this again I will demote you." Tauriel leaves and doesn't say anything. But she had a plan.
Ariness woke up and smiled. She remembered last night. The kiss. She smiled and blushed. Her father came in with a tray. She held out her hands and he undid the cuffs. But Ariness was smart. She memorized the key.
"Eat..." He commanded and she ate her breakfast. After she was done Elrond decided to leave the chains off for an hour. He left but locked the door behind us.
The first thing she did was run to the window and look out, waiting for him to come. She saw the white horse galloping through the forest with a blonde rider. Glee filled her as she watched. Legolas jumped off his horse and climbed the arrows again. In his hand he had a coiled rope. He jumped in the window and hugged her. Legolas was surprised when he felt hands hugging him back.
"He allowed them to be off for an hour. " Ariness flexed her hands and sparks flew out. Legolas smiled and sat on the bed. He handed her a piece of thick metal,
"Perfect!" She gasped and started bending it to the shape of the key- best to her memory. Soon the hour was up and Legolas had to leave. He left the rope in the tower so that he could climb up it instead of the arrows. Before the prince left Ariness gave him a small kiss and he jumped out the window. The elleth hide the rope and metal as her father unlocked the door and chained up her hands again.
Tauriel rode her black horse down the path in the forest but made a abrupt turn to the north. The dark forest lay ahead and she pushed on. Soon she reached a hut where a rumored sorceress lived. Thrice she knocked on the door and it open. Tauriel stepped in cautiously and the door closed behind her.
"A love spell eh?" A voice came from the shadows.
"Yes I can make one. But I need a lock of hair from the male and the female." Tauriel pulled a red hair and blonde hair out of her pocket and held them out to the dark.
A light flew on and the elleth stepped out. She wasn't what Tauriel expected. She was pretty and not ugly.
"The only way to break the curse is a kiss of true love so be warned." The elleth said.
"Yes I know. But I want to keep him away from his true love...she isn't safe." Tauriel thought about the arena.
"Very well." The sorceress stood over a pot and tossed in a few items. Moon flower, unicorn hair, some sort of dust...and finally the hairs.
"Lova termara en' templa!" Love spell be in effect.
"Legolas il Tauriel udon pele lova khelek æthra!" Legolas and Tauriel until true loves kiss will break it.
When the spell was done the sorceress poured it into a bottle.
"He has to drink this...but not all or else it will be very hard to break. Only an act of true love will break that much...like dying for the other.." The sorceress handed Tauriel the bottle and Tauriel paid the elleth. Then she left and jumped onto her horse, riding into the forest.
Ariness started to sing another song because she got bored. This one was about the battle of Gundabad.
"And who are you?
the proud Lord said
that I must bow so low
Only a cat of a different coat
that's all the truth I know
Let it end
wipe the blood from steel
Let it end
let the heartsick heal
Let it end
let our children know
it's the end
Let them see no more
bloodshed
bloodshed
Let it end
let the feuding die
Let it end
we're so tired of this
bloodshed
bloodshed
Let it end
the rains weep o'er this hall
Let it end
with not a single soul to hear
Let it end
the rains weep o'er this hall
Let it end
with not a single soul to hear
Let it end
Let it end
Let it end..."
A tear slid down her face as she remembered the knife plunging into her mothers back.
Elrond heard the song and a tear slid down his face.
Thranduil heard the song and a tear slid down his face as he remembered losing his wife.
Legolas heard the song and a tear slid down his face.
Tauriel heard the song and a tear slid down her face.
All had suffered upon that awful day.
Flash back
It was a bloody mess of elves and orcs. Gundabad was an Orc strong hold in the north of the misty mountains. The dwarves we're still in erebor...Smaug hadn't taken it yet. This was only the beginning. Orcs were dying... Elves were dying... Suddenly a roar was heard. All eyes were up. A giant red dragon flew ahead. Smaug. Fire rained down killing anybody in its path. Smaug landed in front of Thranduil who was cradling his dead wife.
"Leave now..." Thranduil said to the dragon.
"Who are you to challange me pixie?" The dragon bellowed.
Thranduil stood up.
"I am no pixie. I am King Thranduillion Octavian Greenleaf, King Of all Elves, King of Mirkwood, High Eldarin elf and Three thousand years of age." He drew his sword.
"No mortal blade can pierce me..." The dragon laughed.
"This is no mortal blade. Forged in the fires of Mt. Doom. It can kill even you..." Thranduil charged forward and stabbed the dragon. He missed the heart but cut a hole in the dragon. Smaug groaned in pain and breathed fire. It burned the Kings face leaving a gash. That hole was the same hole that Bard shot an arrow through, killing the beast. That gash on Thranduils face is still there... He covers it up with magic making it seem like it was gone. He had faced the great servant of the north and seen his wrath.
End of flash back
Thranduil went to a mirror and closed his eyes. His perfect face caved in and showed the scar. Milky white eye, red tendons and flesh still re growing... He jumped back and closed his eyes again. The face came back covering the scar and he sighed.
300,000 elves had died. 2 wives of royalty.
It truly had been the worst .