I don't own Lotr, because if I did, I wouldn't be writing this right now.
Day Two
They all woke up feeling refreshed. Once again, they gathered in Legolas' room. This time Aragorn was the last to wake.
"Is everyone hungry?" Questioned Legolas.
At everyone's eager nods, he stood up and led the way to the kitchens. Surprisingly, all the food was ready by the time they got there. They quickly sat down and started chatting with Naomi and other cooks.
They loved questioning the hobbits, never having met them, they had a bunch of questions. They were now finding out about birthdays and their food. Second breakfast and elevenses.
"Goodbye," the cooks all chorused as the group left.
"Where can we go now?" Pippin asked Legolas.
"We have this meadow, we can go there if you'd like,"
"Yes!" They quickly agreed, already having seen most of the palace.
"Follow me," Legolas led them out to the woods where the hobbits paused.
"Didn't you say there was giant spiders out there?" Merry asked.
"Not here. And even so, I would be able to protect you," Legolas reassured them and they went with no more hesitation.
Once there, Merry and Pippin went to the tallest tree and had a climbing race. The others stood under and watched them.
"Who do you think will win?" Gimli asked.
"Merry," Legolas said.
"Pippin," Aragorn said at the same time.
"Want to make a bet?" Legolas asked.
"Sure. If I win, you have to tell me what the surprise is,"
"Fine. But only you. If I win, you have to go to Naomi and say you got Arwen pregnant,"
"Do you want me to die?" Aragorn gaped at Legolas. Gimli chuckled at them both.
"Well, shouldn't be a problem if you win," Legolas said, smug.
They watched and of course, Merry won. Aragorn pales in fear of what was to come.
"You'll do it after lunch," Legolas instructed him. Aragorn nodded his head, resigned to his fate. They stayed for a while longer, learning about the different plants and the names of flowers.
They were about to leave when they saw a unicorn. It approached slowly, it's head lowered. Legolas told them to stay back and when the unicorn stopped, Legolas went towards it. Hand outstretched, he touched the unicorns head. The unicorn shied away, but Legolas talked to it quietly, soothingly in elvish.
When it was calm, he motioned for the hobbits to come towards it slowly.
"Place your axe away from the unicorn, if you want to go towards it," Aragorn advised Gimli. Aragorn himself took his daggers and placed them on the ground, doing the same thing with his sword and then went towards the unicorn.
Gimli grumbled a bit before getting rid of his axe that he always had, then went toward the unicorn.
It shied away at first. Then, seeing no weapon, nudged Gimli's hand. They were all petting it. It sat down.
"Would anyone want to ride her?" Legolas asked.
The hobbits shook their heads, knowing they'd just fall off. Gimli hated riding anything and likewise said no. Aragorn agreed and swung up on her back.
She stood up. She took off towards the woods. They waited for a short time before they came back.
She knelt, allowing Aragorn to get off before going and kneeling next to Legolas, clearly wanting the elf to ride her.
He got on and she took off around the meadow before going deeper into the forest. This wasn't the first unicorn he's ever been on, but it was the fastest and most graceful.
After a longer wait, Legolas came back, smiling wildly.
"Can we go now?" Pippin asked, bored.
"Of course. What would you like to do?" Legolas said immediately.
"Draw or read," Pippin seemed to realize something as his eyes widened, "can we come back here after supper. I'd like to draw this place,"
"Yes. You can do whatever you'd like. You are the guests," Legolas told them.
"Can we have lunch?" Gimli said, laughing at Aragorn's look of horror.
"Let's go," Legolas led the way back to the kitchens.
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After lunch, Aragorn hesitantly made his way over to Naomi.
"Naomi, can I talk to you?" He asked her.
"Yes, of course you can," she smiled warmly at him, making him feel worse about doing this to her.
"Naomi, please don't kill me?"
"What did you do now?"
"I got Arwen pregnant," he said, looking terrified.
"YOU STUPID BOY! YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, MUCH LESS A BABY! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!" She continued to scream at him. The other cooks looked on in amusement. Merry, Pippin and Gimli bursts do out laughing at Aragorn's face. Legolas smirked before making his way over to Naomi.
"Calm down. Naomi, come on, sit down, stop yelling," Legolas continued to speak in his most innocent sounding voice. When she calmed down enough, he told her, "Aragorn didn't get Arwen pregnant. He made a bet with me and he was too sure he would win,"
Instead of yelling at Legolas, like his friends expected her to, she nodded her head and hugged Legolas and tried to calm down.
"Why didn't she get mad at him? He was the one who told me to do that to her!" Aragorn asked the others.
A passing cook heard and turned to him, "Aragorn, Naomi can never be mad at Legolas. She has never, ever been mad at him. Not even when he went into the forest and almost died,"
"Why?" Gimli asked him. The cook just shook his head and walked away.
"What was that about?" Pippin asked.
"Legolas and Naomi are the only ones who can tell us," said Aragorn.
Legolas came back and smirked at Aragorn before pushing past him and leading the way out of the kitchens. They didn't really know what to do next, so they wandered the palace and asked random questions.
"Why can elves walk on snow?" Merry and Pippin asked, looking towards Legolas, who smirked at Aragorn, who was pouting.
"Elves do not plod about as men do, we pick our footing and find the best in the terrain we are in. It is quite simple, but no one, but elves can do it," Legolas told them.
"Why?"
"Perhaps because we are the firstborn,"
"But-" whatever Merry was to say next, would never be found out, for they were interrupted by a man asking for a shoot-off with Legolas.
"You should know by now that I will always win," Legolas said, cockily.
"I've trained. Someday I will be better than you," the man promised, "it's quite rude to not introduce your friends,"
"Fine. This is Thomas," Legolas gestured to the elf in front of him, "Thomas, this is Merry, Pippin, Gimli and Aragorn,"
"That's a dwarf," Thomas said, looking distastefully at the dwarf.
"One I owe my life to," Legolas calmly replied. Thomas looked into the eyes of Legolas and they seemed to read each other's minds for a moment. Thomas finally broke off his gaze and nodded.
Legolas looked relieved that he had decided not to question it further.
"How about we do that shoot off you requested?" Legolas questioned.
"Let's go," Thomas said back.
"Aragorn, you know the way?" Legolas never stopped looking at Thomas.
"Yes, why?" Aragorn asked. Legolas had a question in his eyes and Thomas nodded his head again.
"So we can do this," and then Thomas and Legolas were shooting the hallway, dodging elves and pushing each other.
The others stared in shock at the two elves running down the halls. They had never seen Legolas or any elf act like so. It wasn't really a childish thing, but it was the most childish thing they've ever seen older elves do.
Once the others were finally at the fields, they saw Thomas and Legolas taunting each other, grinning madly the entire time. The saw the others and so in one motion they both turned to their targets and shot three arrows, quick as they could.
Legolas was done before Thomas, but only because Legolas trusted his ability to shoot with perfect aim and Thomas wasn't so sure. Both of their arrows were in the bullseye, but Legolas had the exact center on one. The second was close and the third split the second.
Thomas although one of his arrows got very near the exact center it wasn't as good.
Legolas was the winner.
"Told you I'd win. Again," Legolas teased him.
"I got better and soon I'll be good enough to beat you," Thomas shot right back, "I have to go. Goodbye," and promptly ran off.
"What would you like to do now?" Legolas turned towards the others.
"Teach us how to shoot a bow?" Merry suggested.
"Who would like to learn?"
"Us," Merry and Pippin said.
"Come with me, so we can pick a good bow for you," Legolas led the way to a building that had swords and daggers and bows.
"Gimli? Would you like to fight?" Aragorn questioned. Gimli agreed so Aragorn brought him back outside and a small distance away. They got into their ready stance and fought.
In the same moment, Legolas was trying to find the bow for the hobbits. Didn't take long and they went back out and Legolas showed them the best way to stand.
"Just because this is the best way to stand, does not mean it's the only way," he told them, while correcting where their feet should go.
They held their bows up, and Legolas checked over that they were holding it right. One little mistake. Pippin had his whole hand gripping the string.
"It is best to hold it with three fingers," Legolas told him and showed him how. On and on they learnt. They did not get it even on the target and that disappointed them, but cheered up when they heard Legolas say they were doing good for their first time. By the time they left, they were hitting the target occasionally and Aragorn had won the fight between him and Gimli.
"Would you like some supper?" Legolas looked at me he hobbits.
"You've been doing this that long?" The hobbits looked around, then added on, "yes please,"
Aragorn and Legolas hung back letting the others go ahead of them.
"You can't hide the fact your a prince forever," Aragorn told him softly.
"I'm not going to try. They will find out when the special event is happening,"
"What is the event?"
"You will have to wait," Legolas smirked and caught up with the others.
They got to the kitchens. They had decided to just continue eating in there, because they loved to chat with the other elves.
Afterwards, they went to the hobbits room and Pippin grabbed his book and they left to the meadow, like Legolas had said they would.
They stopped in the other rooms to grab books to read and such.
Pippin decided to draw the big tree that he and Merry climbed. It was beautiful and Pippin drew it just how it looked, maybe making it look a little cooler and more magical. Adding shadow and more moss and other things. He continued to draw until they wanted to sleep and they all walked back to the palace, instantly falling asleep, including Legolas.