Love Will Always Find a Way (A Legolas Love Story)

Chapter 20 My Past and Love Life

It was morning and Willow was walking the halls. A few people came up a started a conversation with her but she quickly got away, when Gandalf called her.

"Gandalf, you call me?" she asked, appearing in the hall, the fellowship standing around the white wizard.

"Yes, dear. Our enemy has gotten bigger, his forces are stronger," Gandalf said. "He is looking for you, Willow..." Gandalf murmured. Gimli stood up on his stubbed feet.

"Enough secrets lass! Why is Sauron looking for you?" Gimli asked. Even the name 'Sauron' made Willow tense. She sighed.

"Gandalf?" she asked, getting a nod from the wizard. Willow drew her hood down.

"I-I am his...betroth." she stuttered, as Legolas and Aragorn raised both eyebrows. Elliastral continued.

"I am the maia of nature and animals. I am Elliastral, the maia," Willow said.

"You are the one from the elven folk tales." Legolas breathed.

"Yes, Legolas that is correct. I am also the fool that was tricked by Sauron. The fool that fell madly in love with the horrible Sauron. The fool who watched her family get tortured by Sauron, watching them all die.The fool that barely got away...from Sauron." Willow clenched her daggers with on hand.

"When Sauron came down to trick Middle Earth subjects into making the rings, he was in a form of a handsome elf. I met him and we talked and well, eventually started courting. I did not noticed the red signs that he was giving off. everyone else did though. I was too in love. One day, he took me into the woods, far, far away from my home. That is where his followers attacked me. Sauron brought me back to his chamber, bound and gagged. The dark lord forced me to give up power. I refused, then he brought out my best friend. He started torturing her, slicing away at her body. She died because of me. Sauron killed more and more of my friends and family in front of my eyes. I still refused. I barely managed to escape out alive." Willow said frowning.

"That is where, my burn comes from," Willow lifted her sleeve up to show a signature signed in the dark language on her shoulder.

"That is not a burn, it is a warning." Aragorn said, taking a close look at her shoulder. Gandalf walked to the warrior. Willow pulled her sleeved back down.

"Yes, but since Sauron is my betroth, when he falls, I will die along with him." Elliastral says. Legolas eye's widen in shock.

"I am not afraid of my death. I will do whatever it takes to get rid of him." Willow slams her dagger onto the table, hard.

"Come, we must get ready for battle." Willow says, as if she knows Rohan is about to go to a great war.