Chapter 1: Meeting Her Among Them

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Fifty years have passed since the destruction of the ring, there weren't many major battles to be fought by any of the races. The world of men however did have their internal disputes between each other, but that was none of his concern.

He would not put his kin in harm's way anymore.

The King of Mirkwood would not sacrifice the lives of his kin for the greed of men.

Thranduil sat in his wooden chair watching the trees dancing with the wind, singing their song for all of the wood elves to hear.

The number of ellons and ellths were small now in his realm, the majority of them left to the West to leave the blood shed behind them.

He could not leave, he would not leave unless there was not one single kin of his in this realm.

The king threw more wine out of his goblet and into his cup as a knocking sound traveled to his ears.

"Come in" his strong and harsh voice traveled throughout his chambers.

Thranduil watched as his general emerged through the doors.

"What is it mellon nin?" He looked at the man that stood beside him in many wars, He had served his father King Oropher.

The man was more than a few centuries older than the king himself. Thranduil would go to him for guidance during difficult times. He even went to him for guidance with Legolas's mother.

"It is a private matter my lord" The silver haired ellon declared as he made eye contact with his king.

Thranduil made a hand motion and Dillion sat across of him, while Thranduil poured out a glass of wine for him.

"What is it my friend?" He observed how nervous the man across him was, whatever the matter was it seemed to be a subject that was close to his heart.

"You would do anything for lord Legolas would you not?" Dillion had set the table up, the discussion was between two men, two ellon men.

Thranduil nodded with a "of course"

"I have a child, my lord" Dillion took a sip of wine as he watched the red liquid swirl in his cup.

"Congratulations my friend, who is the lucky ellth?" Thranduil smiled at his friend, he had never seen him as much as look at an ellth before.

"She has passed" Dillion did not make eye contact with his king, no matter how hard he tried the pain would always sting his chest.

A silence fell between them, Thranduil knew very well the pain of losing the only woman he ever loved.

Elves only love once, only married once.

"My lord our kin are dwindling, more and more are leaving to the west."

Thranduil did not need to answer, it was the truth. Now there resided less than a few hundred wood elves in his realm.

"If there was a way to make our beloved Greenwood flourish with children and our kin. Would you choose to take it?" Blue eyes meet with silver ones

The two ellons' kept their eye contact for several minutes before the king answered.

"Yes, but it is not possible"

The statement that Dillion made next, made the king drop his cup of wine.

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King Thranduil and his son Prince Legolas, were by the gates of Mirkwood, everyone was observing the entrance the visitors would be coming and it would be many. They had been preparing for six months to have lodging and food prepared for their kin that would be arriving soon.

Dillion had explained it to him the entire night, six months ago exactly on this day.

He had fallen for an Avari elleth at the time he thought she was peredhil, a half breed, but that was not the case when he realized she was with a child.

The Avari clan had been just a myth to many, no one had ever seen any.

"Ada what will they be doing here?" Legolas asked his father while he stood beside him.

"You must have patience my son"

The sound of horses could be heard and with it noises of his kin talking trying to see what was coming into their realm.

Thranduil listened to the trees as they whispered to him what they saw and felt with the Avari.

There are many warriors, and many young ones, elflings.

Everyone wanted to see their appearance but it was hidden under white cloaks. It was unusual for elves to hide themselves with white cloaks. It was hard to conceal themselves in the woods with a color like that.

Their leader seemed to be leading in the front, they stopped in front the gates and, the one in front dismounted their horse and revealed their features.

Thranduil could hear his people starting to whisper.

The leader seemed to look very similar to a male human, his dark hair was tied into a ponytail. His eyes had a dark color to it, you could see their build was much more robust when being compared to a normal wood elf.

Thranduil walked up to him followed by his son.

"Welcome to Mirkwood, are you their king?" He declared in Sindarian.

The man looked at him, he was young not much older than Legolas.

"No, I am not" He spoke back fluently as the other Avari in the back made a path and another figure emerged. It was smaller than the person standing in front of him.

The white hood covered their features as they entered closer into the gates with a strong black horse.

The reigns were pulled back and the horse stopped, and the figure watched the people in front of them.

Thranduil was intrigued why would a leader ride in the back of their people.

As the person dismounted and whispered something to the horse and rubbed it nuzzle.

"It is a pleasure to meet you King Thranduil son of Oropher"

The hood was pushed down to a reveal a young women, with silver hair, dark eyes, and skin toasted by the sun.

"I am Zoë"

Thranduil eyes had decided on their own to make eye contact with her, he saw something he had seen in himself many years ago. She seemed very young no matter how you looked at her, but when he looked into her eyes that seemed to not be the case, her eyes held the same pain he did.

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As Dillion watched as Zoë and his king made eye contact, it seemed as if they had been conversing with each other through their mind.

Laughter filled the city as Dillion could hear children laughing and running through their streets.

Thranduil and his people watched at least twenty little elflings ran straight towards them laughing and smiling brightly.

"I apologize, the children are weary from traveling." The female looked at her companion next to her with a glare, as the children ran to her horse trying to climb and play with the animal.

She watched as Thranduil smiled watching the little ones playing around her horse, pulling its tail and hair.

"Ada children, little ones" Legolas said watching astonished as if her had never seen little ones in his life.

Legolas had never seen so many elf children at once, it was hard to conceive for elves, the bond must be strong and want even stronger for a child to be born with the light of Eru.

Thranduil watched as his son looked in amazement at the little ones, playing and running around, they had surrounded the young ellth tugging at her hands trying to pull her to play with them.

She sighed as she glared at the child holding her hand,

"Come children leave our princess alone" When Aaron uttered those words she glared at him.

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Legolas watched as the Avari prepared their camp right outside their gates. They were extremely fast setting things up.

The ellons were stronger built and the women fuller, their bodies seemed to be all different sizes when it came to their bodies.

He watched as his father and the generalconverse with the first male that revealed himself to them.

The other wood elves offered food and help to the Avari.

Legolas watched as the children played, there were so many.

Thranduil called his son to his side, he watched as Legolas walked towards him.

"This is my son Prince Legolas." Thranduil introduced him to Aaron

Aaron put a hand over his chest and gave a slight bow. It seemed they greeted in the same manner as them.

"We prepared a feast for your arrival," Dillion said looking at Aaron with smile, but it seemed like his mind was occupied by something else.

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The wood elves and the Avari, were now conversing, laughing, and getting drunk together.

Thranduil watched as his realm was filled with joy and life once again. He had made the right decision. They would support him in fights of the left over orcs and spiders in the woods. Bring life to his realm with the young ones and laughter that filled the air around them.

Dillion stood by his king with a cup of wine, he was observing the new comers, searching.

Thranduil smirked knowing what he was looking for.

"Where is your little one?"

"Little one?" Dillion asked a bit confused as one of the little girls crashed into his leg smiling and then running back to the merrymaking.

"My daughter is hardly a little one, would like me to introduce you"

A nod of conformation

Dillion led the King to one of the larger tents in the back of the camp, as they made their way there the noises started to diminish.

The tent was large and light was coming from inside, the entrance was opened as Dillion and the king entered.

The young ellth that first introduced herself to him and Aaron was standing beside each other in front of a table as they looked at us.

"Uncle, are you leaving the festivities early" Aaron asked he looked at them with a smile

"I brought Lord Thranduil to meet her" Dillion smiled as he walked towards the silver haired girl.

It was then that Thranduil realized that she was the only one with silver hair just like Dillion.

Dillion hugged the young ellth and kissed her forehead before turning to his King.

"This is my daughter Zoë"

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This is completely different from my other LOTR fanfic, this one has a lot more back story.

I did not read the books so I am just getting my information from the movies and web. If I did something wrong let me know and I will try to fix it.

Of course I do not own LOTR or The Hobbit.

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