I obviously don't own Lotr.
Day Three
They all slept later and Aragorn was the first awake. He went around and woke the others starting with Legolas and ending with Gimli.
They went down to the kitchens as usual.
"What's your favorite color?" Pippin asked.
"Green," Merry told him.
"Grey," Gimli.
"Red," Aragorn. There was silence for a moment. Pippin turned to Legolas who was staring at nothing.
"Legolas?" Pippin asked.
"Yes," he looked over to see them all staring at him.
"He asked what your favorite color is," Aragorn told him.
"White," Legolas told them absentmindedly.
"Why is that your favorite color?" Merry asked next, "Pip, you go first,"
"Blue, because I like the sea," Pippin said.
"Because it reminds me of home." Gimli.
"I'm not sure. Perhaps it just looks good," Aragorn.
"It seems innocent," Legolas.
"How so?" Aragorn questioned him.
"It is untouched by darkness,"
When they were done they stayed a little longer before going to the meadow again. Once there, Pippin continued to draw the tree. It looked even more magical and he drew snow, lightly falling around it, but no snow actually touching the tree.
He was finally done and the others were amazed at his skills. They stayed a little while longer before the hobbits got bored and wanted to explore the forest. They all went around, Legolas keeping an eye out for anything that could possibly kill them.
They came across two wolves. Two baby wolves and they were harmless. The hobbits went over and pet them, they others weren't so sure that they wouldn't bite them. They played with the wolves for a while and then Legolas saw the mother coming towards them and they promptly left before they were eaten.
They had spent quite a long time wandering the woods and had gotten quite deep into it that it was almost time to eat again. While they waited, they asked questions.
"Who's your favorite person?" Gimli asked.
"Merry," Pippin said.
"Pippin," Merry said.
"Legolas," Aragorn said.
"Aragorn," Legolas said.
"What do you like to do when alone?" Pippin asked.
"Read," Legolas and Aragorn said in sync.
"Hunt," Gimli said.
"Draw. Although I'm not as good as Pippin is," Merry stated.
"You're probably equally as good," Legolas, "I'd like to see a drawing of yours so I can judge for myself,"
"I do not think I will draw today," Merry turned down his offer.
"You should see Legolas draw. He is terrible at it. He cannot draw to save his life," Aragorn told them.
"When did you two meet?" Pippin asked, "can you tell us some of your adventures together?"
Legolas said yes, knowing Aragorn would have no objections.
"Would you like to tell them, or shall I?" Aragorn asked Legolas.
"You can, just tell the truth and do not make yourself look better," Legolas told him, giving him a glare as he remembered the last time Aragorn had told a tale of one of their adventures.
"Never mind that. Eat first, then you may tell stories," Naomi bustled over to them serving them their lunch.
The hobbits ate quickly, wanting to hear a story. And so, were not the last ones eating again.
They went on a walk again, except not into the woods. They found a nice place to sit in the sun and that is where Legolas started to speak.
"Aragorn was 6 or 7," he paused and looked at Aragorn.
"7," Aragorn said.
"He was seven and so does not remember this as well as I do,"
Flashback
Legolas was running away from two elves. He climbed into the trees and went deep into the woods. He came across a little boy. He dropped down to the ground silently, the other two elves a fair distance away.
"Hello," Legolas said, "perhaps you can help me get away from those two?"
"What's your name?" The child asked.
"Legolas and yours?"
"Estel, can you help me home?" The child glanced around him not knowing which way was home.
"Of course," Legolas took the hand of the child and they started walking when the two elves dropped from the tree.
"Estel!" They both exclaimed, "what are you doing out here?"
"I wanted to take a walk," the child pouted.
"And you, Legolas shouldn't have done that," the two glared at him. Legolas chuckled and replied.
"I only told them the truth. Now you might get married. Thank me instead of hating me because I got the woman you like to notice you," he then walked away pulling the child along and the two elves stared after them before running off and hunting.
Flashback over
"That is how we met," Legolas concluded.
"Who were the two elves?" Pippin asked.
"It was Elladen and Elrohir," Aragorn told them, "they are my brothers. Not by blood, but I lived with them for many years,"
"Can you tell us an adventure?" Merry asked.
"Which one," Legolas mused.
"The one with the orcs," Aragorn suggested.
"Estel, there were many times with orcs," Legolas rolled his eyes, "pick one and tell it,"
Aragorn thought for a while.
Flashback
Aragorn was now 38.
"Estel. There are orcs coming this way," Legolas told Aragorn staring off into the distance.
"Can we fight them all?" Aragorn questioned.
"Yes. I believe so, there are not many," Legolas said.
Eventually a pack of orcs only about seven to ten orcs came towards them.
Legolas pulled out his bow and Aragorn his sword. Aragorn had killed two and one snuck up behind him as he beheaded another. Legolas saw this and shot that orc and in doing so, got a cut along his side from another. He grabbed one of his knives and swiftly beheaded the orc.
"Legolas," Aragorn pushed him to the ground, pulling up his shirt and seeing how bad the wound was. It had started to rain during the fight and so, Aragorn lifted Legolas into his arms and walked into a cave not to far away.
He laid Legolas down and the wound was not too bad, as long as it did not get infected. Aragorn went out into the rain to grab some plants that helped heal.
That night the entrance collapsed, waking the two from their sleep and sealing them in. They could not move the rocks, they were too big. They would have to find another way out.
Aragorn looked at Legolas' wound and saw that it was already almost healed. They headed off into the cave. They travelled for quite a long while before coming across more orcs.
There were only three and Legolas took his bow and shot two and Aragorn gutted the last one. They did not know about the one behind. Orcs hate elves and so the orc sliced a deep wound in Legolas' shoulder. Aragorn threw his dagger into the orc's head.
He rushed to Legolas' side and knew that he could not heal it. They needed to get back to Mirkwood. Aragorn draped Legolas' arm around his shoulder to help him stand and they started for the way out again. They found it.
Legolas was losing blood, more than Aragorn thought he should. He had Legolas sit on the ground and then took a look at the wound. It was deeper than either of them had expected. Aragorn ripped a piece off his shirt and wrapped it around the wound before they took off again. Mirkwood was close. It wouldn't take too long to get there.
Flashback over
"And he got healed," Aragorn ended.
"Tell us another," the hobbits loved stories.
"Perhaps another day," Legolas suggested.
"Is there anymore spots in the woods like the meadow you showed us?" Pippin asked wanting to draw another beautiful thing.
"Yes. Would everyone like to come?" Legolas glanced over at Gimli. He had not been making many suggestions or asking about places to go. He merely went wherever they went. Gimli saw the look and nodded his head.
"Alright. Shall we go now?"
"Can I grab my book to draw it?" Pippin looked at Legolas.
"Perhaps you would like to see the place first to know if you want to draw it,"
"Alright," and they left. It was a long walk to wherever Legolas wanted them to go. When they got there they looked around. There was willow trees all around. Legolas kept leading the way through the willows. On the other side of the willows was a waterfall and a lot a birds. The birds flew over and sat on their shoulders. The hobbits sat down and put their feet in the water and there was silence for a moment before Pippin pushed Merry in and Merry grabbed onto Pippin pulling him in. Aragorn then grabbed Legolas and threw him in.
"We should go back and dry off before s we eat again," Legolas said, stopping anymore mischief.
"I will pay you back for that," Legolas hissed at Aragorn as he passed him. Legolas led the way back, Aragorn in the back. Aragorn was honestly scared because Legolas gave good payback.
They cleaned up and ate supper calmly, Aragorn was waiting for Legolas to throw food in his face the entire time.
Gimli, Aragorn and Merry did not want to go back to the willow trees afterwards and Pippin did. Legolas went with him and they did not come until late. Pippin had drawn the willows with a curtain of it hanging back to show on the other side, the waterfall and birds. Legolas had also drawn, but not that. Legolas had drawn Pippin hunched over his book a look of concentration on his face.
They were amazed at the perfection in this drawing.
"I thought you said he couldn't draw," Merry said accusingly at Aragron.
"He saw me draw one picture before. I drew Aragorn. And I drew it quite good." Legolas smirked.
"He drew me old and wrinkly with long hair and a huge nose," Aragorn told them.
"I can draw. I just didn't want to draw him well, and so failed on purpose," Legolas shrugged. They parted ways and fell asleep. Legolas however went back out to the woods. Not very deep. He grabbed berries and carefully smeared their juices all over Aragorn's face and whatever other body parts he could. Legolas went to bed satisfied that night.