Love Can Fight Any Battle (Legolas/Hermione Love Story

Chapter 17: The End of the Fellowship but the Start of the Hunt

Legolas's heart surely stopped as he watched his love fall to the ground. He didn't know if she was dead or if she fell unconscious because of the hit she took. Both Gimli and Legolas ran to her aid.

Legolas dropped his bow beside him as he knelt next to Autheil. "No, no, no." he whispered as he took her in his arms, one hand cupping her cheek and the other brushing away the hair from her face. Gimli placed two fingers under her chin to check her pulse. "She's alive."he said letting out a breath of relief as did Legolas. "Oh thank the stars that shine above." he muttered. Legolas stroked Autheil's cheek with his thumb. "Autheil, love you have to wake up. Wake up." he said.

Autheil heard a familiar voice call her name softly like a gentle breeze. Autheil's eyes fluttered open and the first thing she saw was pale blue eyes and blond hair. "Legolas." she said. "It's alright, you're fine." he said and kissed her forehead. "How's your head?" Gimli asked. "Hurts a little but it will pass." she said looking at the dwarf. "How long was I out for?" she asked. "Not even a minute." Legolas said. Memories came rushing back of what had taken place before she passed out. "Aragron? Boromir?" she asked. The elf and the dwarf looked at each other, they had forgotten all when they had seen Autheil fall.

"Let's go." Gimli said, Legolas helped Autheil to her feet, she grabbed her weapons and they ran after Aragorn and Boromir.

Aragorn had just killed the leader of the Orcs and was now leaning over a dying Boromir who had three arrows in the chest. The trio rushed to his aid, Legolas and Gimli both knew they were fatal wounds and he would not survive so they stayed back but Autheil knelled down next to Boromir.

"Autheil, you alright? I heard they were looking for you." Boromir asked. "I'm fine as are you going to be." she said and moved her hands to take out the arrows but Boromir grabbed her hand, stopping her. "Leave it. It's too late." "Boromir?" she asked tears in her eyes. "It is over. The world of Men will fall and and will come to darkness and my city to ruin." Boromir told them tears in his eyes.

"No, they all will burn." Autheil said and got up and tried to run after the Orcs that took Merry and Pippin. She only made a few feet before Legolas grabbed her waist from behind. "Autheil." he said calmly and turned her around. Autheil hid her face in his chest, letting only two tears fall as Legolas did his best to comfort her while holding his own tears back.

"I do not know what strength is in my blood but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall nor our people fail." Aragorn promised Boromir.

"Our people." Boromir said and Aragorn nodded. "Our people. He repeated and looked over to grab his sword next to him. Aragorn placed the sword in his hand and helped Boromir place his clenching hand over his chest. "I would have followed you, my Brother. My Captain. My King. I believe in you." were Boromir's last words as he gave out one final breathe. Autheil smiled knowing he remembered their discussion the night before. Both elves walked next to Aragorn as he took hold of Boromir's head genitally. "Your sacrifice will not be in vain. Be at peace son of Gondor." he whispered and kissed his forehead. Aragorn let a few tears fall as he stood up as did Autheil but Gimli and Legolas didn't. "They will look for his coming from the White Tower but he will not return." Aragorn said.

Autheil knelled down where Boromir laid and took out the arrows as genitally as possible before casting a cleaning charm to remove the blood from his vest. Autheil then closed Boromir's eyes and levivated him gently off the ground. Autheil walked in front of Boromir's body to help navigate her way through the tree's with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli in tow. They walked silently as they reached the shore, Autheil placed Boromir into one of the empty boats. They saw that frodo and sam were only about half way across the large lake. Autheil quickly healed the simple wounds of Gimli as they other two fixed Boromir up in a funeral way. Next she healed up Aragorn and watched as Legolas pushed the boat down the river. Autheil knew the river lead to Gondor, she quickly shot a spell at the boat. "It will make sure that the boat doesn't flip over." she explained.

She then turned to Legolas to heal him but saw he only had either a brown spot or a large bruise on his head. "Come." she said taking his hand and leading him to the water's edge and told him to sit next to her. She pulled out a small cloth and dabbed it in the water. She placed the wet cloth on his head and wiped the what ended up being dirt away.

Legolas smiled at her but then frowned as he saw the blood soak through the forearm of her tunic. Legolas gently grabbed her arm and examined it. "What happened?" he asked. "It's nothing." she said. "Autheil it's not nothing you could bleed out if you don't heal it." he said before taking the dagger at her waist and cutting open the material to see the wound.

The wound went all the way across her forearm that was now covered in blood. Autheil tried to pull away, not wanting Legolas to see the scars but his grip on her wrist tightened. Autheil gave in as Legolas took the cloth she was using on him and wiped the blood away carefully not wanting to touch the wound too harshly. Autheil could not meet his eyes as he saw the several scars that were fading but still visible given to her by Bellatrix.

"Heal it." Legolas said still holding her wrist. Autheil grabbed her wand, held it above the wound and muttered a healing spell. The skin regrew and didn't even leave a scar. Legolas's thumb rubbed the inside of her wrist as his fingers lightly traced over the several fading scars, he could feel the humiliation and shame radiating off of Autheil as she watched Frodo and Sam on the lake but he wanted her to know that he loved her for everything she was.

Legolas brought her arm up and kissed every single scar lightly up to her elbow. Autheil now stared at him in amazement, "Beautiful." she heard him mutter as he kissed the last scar and stared into her brown eyes. Neither one could take hiding the truth from the other anymore. Legolas grabbed the back of her head and brought his lips down on her as she did the same to him.

It was said that elves could only love one person their whole lives, and both Autheil and Legolas knew as soon as they felt each other's lips that they had found the one person the would love forever. The kiss soon turned desperate as they each had their hands around the other's neck.

"Well it's about time." Gimli grumbled as he and Aragorn watched their two friends clean each other's wounds and then kiss.

Aragorn smiled as he strapped on the gondorain armour that he took from Boromir.

Leoglas and Autheil smiled as the kiss ended. They both looked out across the lake and saw that Frodo and Sam made it to tHe other side.

They both jumped up "Hurry! Frodo and sam have reached the eastern shore." Leoglas said while pushing a boat into the water. He looked back at Aragorn who didn't move from his spot but looked across the lake as Frodo and Sam disappeared into the trees.

"You mean not to follow them." Legolas whispered as a statement more than a question.

"Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands." Aragorn told him. Leoglas and Autheil looked back at the eastern shore as they walked to Aragorn.

"Then it has all been in vain. The Fellowship has failed." Gimli said. As he stood next to Aragorn whle the others wore looks of sorrow at the failure.

Aragorn shook his head and placed a hand on Gimli's and Legolas's shoulder. "Not if we hold true to each other." he told Gimli who grabbed hold of the arm that held his shoulder. Aragorn turned to Legolas who was already looking back at the Ranger. "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death." he told them and then looked at Autheil who already knew what he was thinking.

"Not when we have strength left." he finished. Autheil accio the water and Lembas bread and stuffed it in her enchanted bag. "Leave all that can be spared behind." Aragorn ordered picking up his knife. "We travel light." he said and slipped his dagger into his sheath. He gave them a evil smile "Let's hunt some Orc." he said and ran into the trees. Gimli smiled at the two elves who mirrored his "Yes!" he smiled and took off after Aragorn. Autheil and Legolas smiled at each other and then followed behind Gimli and Aragorn through the trees.