A New Life (On Hold)

Chapter 5

When the sunrays sank into his room, Legolas shot his eyes open, his dream still lingering in his mind; he had been dreaming of  Tauriel, that the two of them were having a peaceful life, full of love, passion and pure  happiness.

He smiled at that and then it hit him; today was the big day; the day when he should leave from Rivendell and head to his home to save his love.

He slowly got off his bed and started getting dressed. The backpack he had prepared the previous day, was thrown in a corner for he, originally, had thought that they would leave immediatelly.

When he was finished, he grabbed the backpack and made his way to the dining hall to have some breakfast.

When he entered the hall, he found out that he was the only one awake except for Elrond and Aragorn.

"Good morning" he said to them and they nodded in greeting. He grabbed an apple from a bowl on the table and took his seat beside Aragorn.

While Elrond was speaking with another elf, Legolas took his chance and asked Aragorn "Why have you waken up so early mellon? It is only dawn and you were tired from yesterday's trip." Legolas looked at his friend with worry.

"Ah...I didn't have a proper sleep at all. I was concerned about Arwen. What if anything happens to her and the baby? I didn't want to leave her alone but-"

"Don't let the worry control you, Aragorn. She will be alright, she can take care of herself. I am sure she didn't want you to lose the chance to see your friend again. Besides, you will not be away too long. Everything is going to be ok."

"Thanks mellon" Aragorn said and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder, while Legolas did the same.

"And...if you ever need help with her, let me know." Aragorn whispered as Elrond dismissed the elf and looked at them.

Legolas nodded and faced the door when the twins and Gimli entered. The twins were yawing a bit while Gimli was holding his head and was stumbling all the way to the table. They all said "good morning" to each other and took their seats.

"What's going on with Gimli?" Aragorn asked Elrohir.

"You know, he was pretty drunk yesterday night and, all the way to the dining hall, he keeps complaining that his head hurts a lot." Elrohir sighed and took a look on Gimli who was eating  some grapes, cursing under his breath.

"Do you think I should tell them about Arwen?" Aragorn asked Legolas.

"Uh, yes. I think you should."

"But then only Elrond will be the one not to know-"

"Yeah, but...well, it will be better if there is only one to faint at the same time, than three" Legolas shrugged while smirking mischieviously.

"Ok, whatever" Aragorn rolled his eyes.

"Elladan, Elrohir" Aragorn called the twins who looked at him. He gestured for them to lean forward. When they did so, he whispered "I wish to tell you something"

"Is anything wrong gwador?" Elladan asked his step brother concerned.

"Follow me" Aragorn replied and stood up. The twins followed him to the gardens while Legolas turned his attention to Gimli and Elrond.

When the three brothers got to the gardens, Aragorn spoke "I wish to tell you both something really important". The twins nodded, Aragorn took a deep breath and spoke " Arwen is pregnant."

He waited for their reaction with closed eyes. When he opened them, he saw both of them, eyes widened, jaw dropped.

Elrohir seemed to overcome the shock and a wide smile started appearing on his face.

"W-What? O-Our sister?" Elladan still didn't believe anything.

"Who else? Have you got any other sister??" Elrohir asked his brother with happiness.

"What?? You got our little sister pregnant and you didn't even tell us? How dare you??" Elladan shouted a bit angry and with a look of betrayment written on his face.

"Calm down brother, I found out a week ago, she is only in her second month." Aragorn answered calmly.

Then Elladan gave up and hugged his brother tightly. Elrohir did too.

"This is wonderful news!!! Congratulations little brother." Elladan breathed.

"Does adar know?" asked Elrohir once they pulled away.

"No, Arwen wants to surprise him."

"That will be indeed a surprise to him. I want to see his face when she tells him." Elladan smirked.

"Yeah, she will tell him after I get back from the journey to Mirkwood. Arwen will come here too." Aragorn said.

After a few minutes, Legolas showed up in order to tell them that they are leaving.

They all gathered out of the palace and Elrond spoke "I wish you to complete your journey to Mirkwood safely my friends. However, I should warn you about something; plenty of orcs have survived Mordor's destruction. I think you will have to deal with some of them through your journey. Be careful then. Farewell." he finished and bowed. The three friends bowed too and left the palace.

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The three friends had gotten out of the forest of Rivendell. They would walk the whole day and rest at dusk. Then, they would start again at dawn.

Mirkwood was a week's walk. Three days had passed till they left from Rivendell, and no evil had got on their way.

But Legolas kept pushing them to move faster cause he didn't want to be too late. Aragorn knew, but Gimli didn't. And it was a problem.

The darkness was about to fill the sky, so they stopped to rest for the night.

"Can I ask you a question Legolas?" Gimli, who was extremely exhausted from the whole day's walking, asked Legolas.

Legolas faced him and nodded for him to continue.

"Can you tell me the reason why you keep pushing us to move faster? The only thing you have told us is that you want to reach Mirkwood as soon as possible." Gimli said in a frustrated tone.

Oops...Legolas remebered that he  hadn't told Gimli about Tauriel. But now, he wasn't in the best mood to tell him.

"Sorry my friend, but I would like to enlighten you another time. I am tired and I don't have the mood to tell you." Legolas answered and lowered his head so that Gimli couldn't see his emotions that were reflected on his face.

Aragorn pityed him and wished that Gimli would drop this subject at once. But Gimli was too stubborn to let go.

"What? We are traveling with you and you push us to move faster and not telling us the reason why? If it is for the evil that might come, why do you worry so much?"

"Gimli" Aragorn warned him, but Gimli ignored him.

Legolas wished to tell Gimli to shut up at once, but he kept his mouth shut.

"What's happening to you? I sensed that you were wary in Rivendell and now too. What's going on-"

"WILL YOU EVER STOP TALKING?? I TOLD YOU I WOULD EXPLAIN YOU ANOTHER TIME BUT YOU KEEP ASKING!! DO YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT YOURSELF?? SOMEONE'S LIFE IS IN DANGER AND YOU KEEP COMPLAINING THAT YOUR BLOODY LEGS HURT! CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND???"  Legolas yelled in pure frustration at Gimlu and ran away from them, ignoring Aragorn's calls.

When his friends were out of sight, he stopped and leaned against a tree, trying to calm himself down.

He suddenly sensed that evil was around him. He immediatelly cursed himself for not getting his weapons from their small camp.

Before he could do anything, a whistle sounded on the air.

An arrow came from nowhere and stuck in his shoulder.