"Tauriel, where are you taking me?" Angeli demanded.
"Shut up!" Tauriel responded, gripping Angeli's hand and guiding her along the stone paths of the Mirkwood dungeons.
"Tauriel!" Angeli groaned.
"Quiet! Do you want us to get caught?" Tauriel said again, this time stopping to turn to the princess.
"N-no," Angeli stuttered.
"Good," Tauriel muttered, continuing her run.
Angeli followed, tripping over her dress at every turn.
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"How...much...farther?" She panted after they ran on the paths for what seemed like hours.
"Here we are," Tauriel whispered, pausing at the doorway.
"Now, remember to be very quiet, there are guards about," she gently reminded Angeli.
"Wait here until I give you a signal,"she added.
The princess wouldn't have it.
"I'm not waiting down here for someone to find me and take me to a place of bigger horrors then Mirkwood!" She stated firmly, determined not to let Tauriel ditch her.
"Suit yourself. Just don't blame me when we get caught," Tauriel shrugged, and together both she and Angeli began to walk into the hallway.
However, just as they took a step to get into the hallway, a dagger flashed right in front of the doorway.
"Hey! What's the big ide-" Angeli began, but was quickly silenced by Tauriel covering her mouth.
"And where do you think you're going, Tauriel?" A familiar voice asked, removing the dagger from the exit and replacing it with it's body.
Prince Legolas. What a surprise.
"What are you doing here?" Tauriel asked, her voice trembled.
"Funny. I could ask you the same thing," Legolas responded, his voice was cold, reminding Angeli of his father.
"I...Well...Um..." Tauriel's voice faltered.
"Legolas, please don't tell," she finally pleaded.
"How did you even know Tauriel would be here?" Angeli demanded.
"Watch it," Tauriel whispered before Legolas could respond.
Angeli knew what Tauriel meant. Even though the silvan elf had her bow and arrows with her, Angeli had nothing, and if Legolas suddenly decided to attack, the princess would be doomed.
"I knew Tauriel would try to save you, so I came to help," Legolas looked down at the floor.
"What makes you think we can trust you?" Angeli demanded.
Tauriel elbowed the princess hard, warning her to keep her mouth shut. Legolas's eyes became cold again, and he narrowed his eyes.
"Do not think I won't kill you simply because we are both elves," he warned, raising his bow.
Tauriel quickly stepped in between them, sensing this would not end well.
"Quit acting like elflings the both of you!" she said sternly.
Legolas lowered his bow, but his eyes were still narrowed.
"Good," Tauriel murmured, satisfied. She took a step back.
"Now the way I see it, we need to get Angeli back to Elrond tonight," she continued.
Legolas shook his head, and crossed his arms.
"No, that would be the first place everyone looks when they find out Angeli is missing," he explained.
Tauriel considered this for a moment, then nodded, "you may have a point."
Legolas suddenly snapped his fingers.
"Laketown!" He whispered.
"What?"
"We can take her to see Bard in Laketown," Legolas explained, "then she could stay there until everything dies down and we could bring her back to Elrond."
Tauriel nodded, but Angeli shook her head, mortified.
"I have to live with a strange man for who knows how long?" She whispered, outraged.
"Would you rather die?" Tauriel asked pointedly.
Angeli said nothing.
"Just what I thought. Legolas, I'm not sure Bard would be able to take care of his three kids as well as Angeli. Don't forget he has no wife," Tauriel reminded.
"He took care of thirteen dwarfs while his house was being watched," Legolas pointed out, "and it's not like we can stay here all night debating where to take her. I say we go to Laketown and at least try to get Bard to care for her."
Tauriel's stomach churned, but she managed to murmur, "I guess you're right. Now we better get moving if we want to reach Laketown by dawn."
"Dawn? We have to reach Laketown on foot by dawn?" Angeli gasped.
"Who said we were walking?" Tauriel replied mischievously.
Sorry this chapter is really short, but the next chapter will probably be really long with a lot of details. I'm sad to say that this story is almost finished, but I promised my friends I would try to finish the story before Christmas break. Until next chapter-Mallowbloom