Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings, just the new characters and the plot…
Chapter 4: Legolas rolled over sweating terribly. He sat straight up and held in a scream. He then looked over towards where a sleeping girl should have been. SHE'S GONE! He thought as he quickly jumped up. He sighed in irritation; this girl was getting on his last nerves. He sat a moment thinking, fine, if she wants to go then she can go! He began packing before he noticed a few leafs and a few flower petals and ten gold coins. He quickly took down camp and then packed everything up. He climbed onto the gray horse and turned the horse around. He had the horse walk slowly; he looked down at the petals and sighed. He knew she need his help, and the truth was he hated being alone. Not to mention he wanted to world to remember him as a good man, always helping those in need.
Turning the gray horse around and gave a soft kick. The horse galloped towards his original resting place. He climbed off the horse and scoped the tiny girl's tracks. It was still a little muddy from the rain storm, so he easily spotted her tracks. He climbed onto the gray horse before, at a slot trot; he followed the girl's foot prints. He was going the wrong way towards Gondor. He sighed as he kept his eyes on the ground. He made the horse go a little faster as he watched the ground. He saw brown curls in the air for a brief moment. Was she climbing a tree? He snapped the reigns making the horse go faster and faster, it went from a trot, to a gallop, then to a canter. She screamed as she watched the ugly creatures try to climb the tree after her.
"Inwë!" yelled Legolas as the he pulled out his bow and pulled out an arrow. She screamed as one of the orcs managed to get into the tree. The orc grabbed her foot just as an arrow hit him in the back. The orc fell back nearly dragging Inwë with him. She clung to the branch as the orc fell to the ground. Legolas was quick and swift, one arrow after the other, taking down orc after orc. More came from behind a bush catching him off guard. He shot down as many as he could before pulling out his sword and long white knife.
"Be careful!" yelled Inwë frantically. Legolas turned around to see and orc getting ready to pounce on the elvish prince. He quickly swiped his blade through the orc's gut, just as the orc's blade cut through his shirt and into his shoulder. Inwë's hand flew to her mouth as she sat on the tree branch and watched blood turn a large spot of his green and brown attire into a dark brown nearly black stain. Legolas winced but did not stop fighting. Inwë grabbed a branch and shook it getting some of the orc's attention, giving Legolas time to act. Legolas quickly with his sword killed quite a few orc's, not noticing the one climbing the tree. Frantically Inwë kicked at him and hit with a branch, it did no good. He grabbed her leg pulling her down. She screamed out as the ugly orc looked at her with a hungry smile. Legolas looked up at the girl who was kicking and pushing as the orc grabbed her. He pulled out an arrow ignoring the orc's running towards him, and shot the orc grabbing the brown haired elf. The orc gripped her as he fell dragging her with him.
"No!" yelled Legolas as he watched her fall. She quickly grabbed a branch ignoring the sharp pain in her neck as the orc plunged into the ground ripping her dress at the bottom slightly. Legolas quickly as possible finished off the stupid orc's. He then ran to the tree where the girl hung trying hard to not fall, "Inwë let go I'll catch you!"
"No! Are you mad!" she yelled back at him. He sighed; man was her smart mouth getting annoying.
"No! Just let go already!" he said holding his arms out. If I wasn't the polite gentlemanly prince that I am, I'd so move my arms so she could fall into the ground, he said in his head. He looked at the girl as she hesitated a moment before letting go of the branch. She screamed as she fell from the branch into his arms. He grunted slightly, not wanting to admit that he was hurt, and her weight and pressure from the branch did not help his situation. For one he didn't want to seem like a baby or like he can't handle anything, and two he didn't want to hear her say, "Well you're the one who told me to let go."
"Are you alright?" she asked as he sat her on her feet he nodded yes before walking to the gray horse. She knew he was lying. She sighed not wanting to keep pressuring the blonde elf who held his hand down to help her up. She was going to protest but realized she needed someway to get to a safer place. She sighed walking to him and taking his hand, he pulled her up onto the horse behind him. She wrapped her arms around his stomach as the horse trotted through the dead orc bodies.
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They were deep into the forest, and it was getting darker and darker. They were lost. Legolas had to go out of his way to go find this girl, and she didn't even know where they were! He stopped the horse deciding they should probably go to sleep and get some rest. She looked over at him and remembered his cut. She gasped as she watched him set up camp with a bloody shoulder and chest.
"You lied to me," she said softly to him. He turned to look at her and saw her hands on her hips as she glared at him.
"What?" he asked a little confused by her statement.
"You said you were alright, your bleeding," she said pointing to his shoulder and chest. He looked down and touched it, blood wiped off his shirt onto his hand. He hadn't noticed at all.
"I didn't know," he said looking at the blood on his finger, "it is not that bad Inwë I have had worst. You must forget I fought in the battle for the ring. I am use to it."
"Well I am not," she sighed going through her bag. He watched her as she pulled out some weird looking plants. She broke off leafs, stems, petals, ground them together and made an ugly looking paste. She then made him take off his shirt so she could clean off the wound. She quickly placed the ointment on it and then told him to sleep with his shirt off so the ointment could absorb into his wound and help it to heal faster and not scar. She watched him while she placed the ointment on; looking over his chest, abs, and arms… there was so many scars. I forgot, having her around could be useful, he thought as hew watched her put the ointment away for if they needed it later. He smiled as he nodded his head and lay down.
"Why did you want to help me?" she asked when she was under a blanket. He thought about it a moment.
"Because I want to be the one, when is all said and done, who lived a good life, and always helped someone in trouble, and the day they send my body to sea, I want everyone to gather round and say he was a father, brother, neighbor, and a friend… he was a good man. I want to be a good man. So I wanted to help you, because I risked my life to save Middle Earth, and what was the point if no one was happy in the end?" he said rolling onto his side looking into the dark depths of the forest.
"Well thank you, I probably would have been dead if you hadn't come… either times," she said softly, she hated thanking people.
"Good night Inwë," he said with a slight smile.
"Good night," she said softly before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Authors note:
Ok I might be able to come up with another chapter before I leave… lol but anywhoo thanks for reading this!