A Journey for Peace (LOTR/Legolas Fanfic)

Moving Forward (10)

My sleep that night was the last pleasant sleep I would experience for many months following. I had no dreams and enjoyed those of hours of peaceful, undisturbed sleep in Legolas' arms; no fear of being attacked during the night, no fear of hurting others. That is until I was gently awoken by the Prince of the Elves.

I sat up and stretched my tired limbs, my face falling into an emotionless stare. The emotional roller coaster of the night before had taken its toll on my mind, all I could do was block every emotion out in an attempt to save my sanity. Legolas was acutely aware of my blank stare, his heart filling with worry, itching to know what troubled me but deciding now wasn't the best time.

The sun was just peeking over the horizon, not many people were awake at this hour. I rolled out of bed, stretching anymore kinks from my body and then went to grab my clothes, finding them neatly folded and clean. It must have been by Galadriel's wishes. I slipped my clean clothes on, the green tunic feeling soft against my scarred torso, I laced up my soft soled boots, tucking my dark green leggings into them, finally slipping on my chest guard and forearm guards, making sure everything was secure before glancing at Legolas.

He was dressed in his clothes now as well, his hair still falling freely over his shoulders, his eyes holding a deep concern directed at me. I frowned at the worry I must be causing him, but I did not feel ready to dive into the pit of despair from last night just yet. I sighed deeply and walked to my best friend, pushing a stray lock of hair from his face. "Let me braid your hair today." I said softly. Legolas' features relaxed at my request and he nodded, sitting down on the bed.

I sat next to the blond elf, placing my legs on his lap as I braided the hair on the sides of his head, pulling his hair from his face, I tied the braids together at the back of his head. I was content with my work and sat back. Legolas requested to braid my hair as well but I waved him off because he washed my face last night. I pulled my long, thick hair into a tight braid and let it fall down my back. I strapped on my weapons, my twin blades sitting in their sheathes on my back, my sword sitting on my hip, my bow also strapped on my back with a quiver full of arrows.

I gave myself a quick final pat down before Legolas and I silently exited the room. I felt his intense stare and let out deep sigh. I stopped walking and met Legolas' icy blue eyes with a sad gaze. "Lady Galadriel spoke to me last night..." I began, it was hard to keep any sort of secret from Legolas since we had grown up together and were each other's greatest confidant.

"If you don't care to speak of what happened-" Legolas cut me off. I held my hand up and huffed.

"No no. I should have told you this in the night." I crossed my arms, giving myself the feeling that I was holding myself together. "Lady Galadriel spoke to me last night, of the incident after Moria....." I took a shaky breath and looked away from my beloved. "She said that I had a curse placed upon me by someone. They are attempting to use my powers in the name of Sauron. And if I cannot control it there's reason to believe that I'd be used to attack the Fellowship, to attack you." My voice shook at the thought of it and tears stung behind my eyes, threatening to show their faces. "M-melanim, if I ever lose control and I start h-hurting the others, please just put me down. Don't let me kill anyone I care about."

Arms wrapped themselves around me, pulling me into a chest. Legolas placed a kiss on my forehead to calm me. "You are the strongest elleth to ever live Thurinel. Don't let these thoughts plague your mind, don't give more power to the bastard who did this to you. We'll get through this and no one will have to die."

My heart swelled and I buried my face into Legolas' chest. I was still worried greatly, but for Legolas' sake, for the Fellowship's sake I had to stay strong and functioning like I always do. Legolas clapped me on the back "Now. Compose yourself and let's get moving. We have a quest to complete." I almost grinned at his words. I pulled away from his embrace and took a deep breath, shaking the rest of the negativity out. My mind was set, this quest was going to be completed and no one in the Fellowship will die at my hand.

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Hey y'all I know it was short but it's all I got in me rn. I haven't written this in awhile so forgive me if my style changes or anything.

I'm gonna do my best to finish this book off for y'all soon.

Hope you enjoyed :)
-Kristy

~UPDATE~

I realized after about two weeks of pressing publish that it didn't go through. So apologies for making you wait longer than I said.