'Thoughts and flashbacks'
"Language"
" 'Enemy' "
Sam awoke to whispering and a familiar, comforting rubbing motion on the sides of his head. When he opened his eyes, Sam was met with kind twilight blue eyes and a relieved smile. "Dawn?" Sam whispered hopefully. "Hush, Sam. You are safe now, go back to sleep." Dawn's lyrical voice whispered, prompting Sam to close his eyes once more. When Sam woke up again, it was to the sound of a lock being opened, and he bolted upward, turning around to see the surprised faces of Dawn and her elven friends "What-" "We'll explain later. Could you show my friends to the inn? I need to speak with the mayor for a few minutes Sam. Stay out of trouble, don't let Dean leave the inn either." Dawn said quickly as they exited the cart and she walked confidently to the mayor with Trent and his companions behind them.
"So, the inn is this way. I'm Sam, youngest son of John." Sam started "Hello. I am Lance, these are my friends Elladan, Elrohir, Glorfindel, Erestor, and Hérion. We've heard quite a bit about you and your brother, Dean." Lance replied as Sam's eyes widened in awe. "You're the elves from Dawn's stories! We've heard a lot about you and your adventures." Sam said excitedly as they entered the inn. Suddenly Sam was pulled to the side by a boy they could tell was his brother. "Sam! Sam thank the Valar you're alright!" Dean exclaimed as Merry and Pippin hugged the elves around their legs tightly, Legolas and Aragorn smiling widely as they saw their friends. "Legolas! Ara-Strider! What are you doing here?!" The twins whisper screamed as they attempted to remove the hobbits hugging them. After an hour of explanations and greetings, everyone turned to the door opening and saw Alice walk in with an annoyed frown gracing her features, said frown disappearing as she neared her friends.
"Dawn!" Sam and Dean exclaimed as Merry and Pippin called "Alice!" At the same time, said elleth now trying to stay upright as the hobbits hugged her legs and the two brothers hugged her properly. "Hey you two... Merry! Pippin! What are you doing here?!" Alice whisper screamed as the group of four led her to their table in the back. Saying that Alice was shocked was an understatement. She was terrified. The Fellowship was coming too close to finding out the real reason why she was there "Frodo and Sam were taken here for a crime they didn't commit." Gandalf explained, throwing Alice into even more shock that she had to sit down. "Crime?!" She whispered, everyone looking at her worriedly. "Yes. What did you talk to the mayor about?" Erestor asked before anything else could be said, gathering everyone's attention. "Oh, right. I just explained to the mayor that whatever incident had been caused by our arrival was a misunderstanding. Sheriff Trent is being punished for dragging Sam into his plan and lying about us wanting to hurt the town." Alice replied and continued "I had just returned from clearing your names of any phony crime in exchange for something I am still considering. If I had known you were here as well, I could have made arrangements for you not to be suspected of anything. Now if you don't mind, I need to speak to him about our hobbits."
With that, Alice stood and turned to leave, but not before swiping Legolas' drink and taking a quick swig of the ale before handing it back and leaving. The elves and the fellowship stared after her in shock while Dean and Sam just shook their heads with amused smiles and explained why she drank the ale. "She's nervous and under a lot of stress right now. That exchange she was talking about, please don't tell her we told you, but the mayor has been trying to get her to marry his son ever since he turned twenty." Dean started "Dawn refuses, but then she also has to keep the sheriff from doing anything. The reason she left was that they both wouldn't leave her alone, so she was going to travel more. When she came back to visit, though, they just got worse." Sam finished sadly as Lance laid his head in his hands and sighed, mumbling "Arbellason. Sheriff Trent. The mayor's son... Legolas, you better make a move before you lose her and we lock you two in a room!" Legolas brought his tankard to his mouth to cover the blush appearing on his, everyone turning towards the door once more as Alice ran in and to their table with a panicked expression.
"Hide me!" She whispered quietly, looking back to the door "What?" Gandalf, Aragorn, and the elves asked in shock. "Don't ask questions just, please, hide me! Now!" "Lady Dawn?" A voice called from outside, making Alice panic even more before turning to Legolas. "Not a word. From any of you!" She threatened before grabbing Legolas' hand and running upstairs as the three subjects of topic entered entered the inn. "Which is your room?" "Last door at the end of the hall, to the left." The two elves ran to the end of the hall and closed the door behind them quietly. Alice walked over to the window and groaned as the mayor's son was asking people if they had seen her. Legolas walked up to Alice and tapped her on the shoulder, making her jump and attack on instinct. Legolas let out a surprised yell and fell back as Alice covered his mouth and held a dagger to his neck, Alice straddling his waist as she stared at him with an intense fear Legolas had never seen in her eyes before.
Alice blinked a few times and realized that her dagger was at her friends throat and quickly removed it, dropping but it the floor beside them "I'm sorry, I didn't mean-I just-you startled me and I-" "Alice?" Legolas stopped Alice's rambling nervously "Yes?" "Could you please help me up first?" Legolas asked, a blush starting to appear on his face. Alice looked at their position confusedly before blushing and standing, offering Legolas a hand and pulling him up. "Sorry." She whispered, afraid to speak any louder. "It's alright." Legolas replied, equally quiet as an awkward silence took over. Both Legolas and Alice slowly inched closer to each other, Legolas taking Alice's hands in his. "Alice, how are you feeling?" "Alright, I suppose. Though none of us will be leaving any time soon, especially with Frodo and Sam in jail." "He won't let them go, will he?" "No. But we do have options." Alice stated as she and Legolas moved to sit at the table in the fellowship's room.
"One: Enter a competition to free them. Two: Let me go to the jail in the middle of the night, break them out, and continue your quest. Or Three: Marry the mayor's son and live the rest of my immortal life in misery." Alice stated, Legolas looking at her shocked before finding his voice to answer. "I'd rather go to the competition and fight orcs and have you free the hobbits than leave you here with an option like that." Alice bit her lip and said that she would tell him more about the competition with everyone as they stood and carefully opened the door. Seeing no one outside, the two elves walked back to their friends downstairs and were about to sit down when a pair of arms wrapped around Alice's waist, startling her and making her bump into Legolas. Legolas and Alice fell onto the floor once more and were now in a very compromising position. Legolas was now leaning over Alice, his arms on either side of her head to keep from completely falling on her, and was now kissing her as well. Shocked gasps filled the room from the fellowship and elves while the men and women at the bar and nearby tables whistled and cheered.