The scouting adventure had gone terribly wrong. In all honesty, Legolas had expected to find an abandoned fortress in Dol Guldur, and for a while, it had seemed that his father’s suspicions would not come true indeed - but then a deep, cold darkness had appeared from the shadows, and with it had come an army of spiders and orcs, and the prince had knew that there was no way in which his kin could defeat this. They were with too many.
Nay, their only chance would lay between the strong walls of the palace, and in their knowledge of nature to sit this storm out - but they would never be able to take down the old fortress by their own power. It had been a near miracle that they had even escaped it in the first place. Only because they had not penetrated the castle deeply yet, they had been able to find the protection of the forest before the evil forces could get them, and still it took a merry chase to shake them off
. When at last they were clear again, Legolas let out a deep breath of relief, and in a sudden urge, he kissed the maiden next to him.
Anonymously send me “❤” + a url and I’ll kiss whomever it is.
