secret Love

The next morning he awoke at dawn again. They weren't going to leave until noon, since the train left at 1 o'clock. So he decided to go for a walk. He silently dressed himself and quietly left the room. When he was outside he took up his surroundings. He was liking the landscape before him a lot. Although he could feel that there lived some dark creatures in the forest. First he walked to the lake. He could feel a friendly presence in there so he lay flat onto his stomach and peered into the water. After a few seconds he saw a great squid resurfacing. He smiled at the creature and tried to talk with it. The squid seemed to look at him surprised when he heard him talk in Elvish. Apparently he was the first person besides Dumbledore with whom he had ever talked. They talked to each other for a while. The squid even invited Legolas to see his home. Legolas refused politely telling him that he couldn't breath under water, so he would probably suffocate, plus he couldn't swim too well. The squid nodded understandably and asked if just wanted to ride on his back than. Legolas told him yes enthusiastically. He jumped onto it's back and soon he was laughing out loud. He was having so much fun. After while he tried to stand onto it's back, it wasn't easy keeping his balance but he succeeded anyhow. When he looked back at the castle he saw Aragorn approaching. He waved at him happily. When he returned his attention back to the squid he saw to late that he was going to make a sharp curve. He slipped and fell into the water, hard. He resurfaced coughing and spluttering. When he tried to swim towards the shore he noticed that one of his feet had got stuck in some kind of weed. He pulled with all his might, but he only seemed to get more stuck. He called out to the squid for help. The creature swiftly turned around. "I'm stuck!" he yelled. "Just a moment, I'll have you free in a sec." It told him, while diving beneath the surface. When Legolas looked at the shore he saw Aragorn running up to the lake. When the Elf realized that he was about to jump into the water as well he quickly yelled: "Don't get into the water, Aragorn. It's filled with weed! The Squid is already trying to free me!" "Are you sure? You don't need my help?" he asked worried. "Positive." He yelled back as he felt his foot being freed. Seconds later he was already on the shore again with help from the giant squid. "Thanks." He said to the creature as it went under water again. Aragorn quickly pulled him away from the water. "Man, you gave me a fright there. Are you sure you are alright?" he said holding the elf's shoulders and looking searchingly in his eyes. "I'm fine, Aragorn. Thank you." "Comelet\let's get you inside than and get you some dry clothes." "That won't be necessary I will dry eventually, besides I would really like the explore the forest a little." "You will get enough time to do just that, Legolas. But now you're coming with me." He said again getting a hold of his arm and dragging him behind him. "Alright, alright if you insist, ..mother." Legolas said a little amused. Aragorn quickly tried to tackle him, but Legolas just simply jumped away. And started to run away swiftly. "Come here, you!!" Aragorn yelled after him, going into a pursuit. "If I don't get you now, I will sure take revenge some other time!" Legolas slowed his pace a little, making the distance between him and Aragorn smaller. When he had almost reached the castle, he turned around and faced his "opponent". "Come and get me than, or are I just to fast for you, mother? Well you aren't the youngest anymore, are you? Your age is slowly catching up you you." He said daringly. Aragorn quickly jumped towards him, but he was way to slow for the elf. "Is that all you've got? Well, it's not very good, is it?" he said teasingly, while jumping away again. Then Aragorn suddenly stopped attacking him and seemingly stared behind the elf open-mouthed . Legolas turned around to see what was happening behind him. When he saw nothing odd, he realized too late that it had simply been a trick. He could feel Aragorn pinning him onto the floor. "You are not very smart, are you?" he asked laughing. Legolas glared at him, before looking away swiftly. If he stared in those eyes only a few seconds longer he couldn't be held responsible for his actions. He wanted to kiss the man on top of him so bad, that it hurt. Aragorn looked down at him, wondering why Legolas was acting all weird again. He slowly released him and sat next to him on the grass. "Legolas, what's wrong?" he asked softly. When he didn't get a response he turned to face the elf again, who had now closed his eyes and still lay onto his back on the ground. He touched his face lightly, when he did he felt the elf shudder again, before opening his eyes. "Legolas?" "I think we better get inside." he said, hastily getting up. His face was flushed and there was pain showing in his eyes. "I don't think so, not before you tell me what's wrong." Aragorn said looking sternly up to the Elf. Legolas sighed. "It's nothing, believe me, Aragorn." "No, I don't believe you! It has something to do with me, hasn't it? Are you angry with me or something?" "No, no I'm not angry at you at all .... Only at myself." He added silently, but loud enough for Aragorn to hear. The ranger looked confused at this. "How so?" he asked softly. "It doesn't matter anymore. This discussion is going nowhere as is our relationship." Legolas blurred out, before he could stop himself. He looked at Aragorn, afraid of what would come. "What? What are you talking about? Don't you like us being friends?" Aragorn demanded. "Of course I do. You're my best friend, Aragorn." "Then what are you talking about?" he asked starting to get a little angry. He looked at his friend and saw how vulnerable he was looking. He looked so adorable now. With his short golden hair and shifting his weight from on foot to another uncomfortable. Wait a minute he wasn't talking about him liking me, was he. He looked at his elven friend more closely. And realised that he was. A smile crept onto Aragorn's face as he slowly approached the elf and took him into his arms. He could feel him shiver at his touch again.

Legolas was completely surprised when Aragorn took him into his arms. Oh my, why is he doing this to me. Can't he see I'm in pain over here! ..Well, I can't say I don't like. He thought as Aragorn put his arms around his waist. "Legolas, are you in love with me?" he whispered. Legolas let his arms drop in shock and inhaled sharply. He felt like his knees could give away any moment now. "W-What?" he asked hoarsely. "You heard me." Came the response. "Yes." He whispered softly. Aragorn pulled away a little so he could look Legolas into the eye. "I'm in love with you too." He said huskily, before kissing the elven Prince softly. Legolas was just too stunned to kiss him back in the beginning, but when he finally got over that feeling. He started to kiss him back passionately running his fingers up and down Aragorn's back. Aragorn moaned softly pulling Legolas even closer and starting to explore his mouth with his tong. He pushed his lover gently to the wall behind him, putting his hands into his wet golden hair. Legolas kissed him back hard, now touching his face, slowly he tried to remove Aragorn's cloak. When he had finally succeeded, he realised that he still couldn't touch his bare skin. He groaned softly trying to find a way to put out his lovers robe. Aragorn was experiencing the same problem. After a few minutesjustjust gave up and pulled away slightly. "I think we'd better go inside, before someone catches us." Legolas let go of him reluctantly, whishing it could always stay this way, before he remembered Arwen. He pulled away completely and looked searchingly into Aragorn's eyes. "What about Arwen?" he asked softly. Not really wanting to hear the answer. "Ah, so that was what you were worrying about. Well I can reassure you that, she doesn't pose a threat to you. Because we broke up a long time ago. She just couldn't stand me being away so much, plus she fell in love with someone else. When she told me that it was over, I realized that I didn't even cared that much." "So the baby isn't yours?" "Well,." Aragorn began mysteriously, being silent for a moment. "No, the baby isn't mine." He added after a while, seeing the distressed look on the elf. Legolas let out a relieved sigh. Aragorn laughed at him and quickly pulled him close again giving him a short reassuring kiss. He let go when the longing inside started to grow more strongly. "Come on, let's get you into some other clothes." He said, while opening the large wooden entrance doors. Legolas followed him dreamingly. When they reachheirheir room, they saw that Gimli and Gandalf were also starting to wake up. They looked surprised at Legolas who was dripping all over the place en Aragorn who seemed only a little wet. "What happened to you?" Gimli asked. Gandalf and Gimli both listened amused when Legolas told them the events at the lake, letting out the love scenes, of course. The dwarf laughed out loud when he had finished. "Why am I not surprised something like this happened to you, crazy elf?" Legolas only laughed and started to get out of his wet robes. When he looked around in his bag he realised that was the only plain robe he had, the others had all the names of the Houses on them and he wasn't supposed to wear those until after the Sorting Ceremony. So he just decided to put some casual clothes on, which he also gotten from McGonagall. "I think I'd better go and find someone, who can dry these clothes fast." He said, taking his robes into his arms and slowly walking out of the door.

He walked through halls of the beautiful castle singing softly:

We're coming from far, over oceans of time

We're coming from places we ones left behind We're looking for love, in the heart of every man We're looking for reasons we'll all understand

We're are in need, we want a place for everyone We shine through love, we are the children of the sun

We follow our dreams and we'll never stop We follow our hopes and we'll never give up Until we have found the warmth of the sun Until we are one

We are in need, we want a place for everyone We shine through love We are forever on the run

We are in need, we want a place for everyone We shine through love, we are the children of the sun

We're coming from far, over..

(a/n: this song is from Twarres (a dutch band) and is called: Children)

He quickly stopped singing when he heard someone approaching him, or maybe rather something, because he didn't hear any footsteps. When he rounded a corner, he stopped in shock. Before him was a ghost floating through the hallway. When the ghost had spotted him, it approached him slowly. "What are you doing here?" it demanded to know. "I- I was invited by Albus Dumbledore." "Everyone could say that. Bhat hat doesn't mean it's true." The ghost spoke again. "I realise that, but I was just looking for him, so why don't you escort me to him and you can see for yourself that I am saying the truth." "That's sounds fair to me. Let's go then."

When they had reached a small wooden door the ghost spoke again: "Wait here. I'll get him for you." He said before gliding through the door. Soon Dumbledore opened the door and approached Legolas to enter. "I see you have met Sir Nicholas de Mimsy - Porpington, Gryffindor's ghost." "Sorry about before. I wasn't sure you were a good or bad guy." "That's okay, you have every right to be careful. These are dark times." Legolas smiled. "I'm Legolas, by the way. Legolas Greenleaf." "I would like to extend my hand to you, but unfortunately I can't." Nick said a little sad. "So what was it that you wanted to talk me about?" Dumbledore interrupted. "Well, it's kind of embarrassing really, but I fell into the lake so my regular robes are wet." Dumbledore chuckled softly, before answering: "That's no problem, just hand them to me and I will dry them for you. Maybe I should learn you that spell first, so you can dry your clothes yourself from then on." Legolas just shook his head. "I guess I had that coming."

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When he returned towards his friends, they were all ready to go, ex Gim Gimli, who had already left to Hogsmeade. Legolas quickly changed into his now dry robes and packed his things. They arrived in London by using Floo Powder and soon had found there way to the train station. "Right," Frodo started. "We are supposed to go through the wall between platforms nine and ten." They all stared at the wall in front of them. "And how are we supposed to do that?" Merry questioned. "I don't know. Maybe we should ask someone?" Frodo answered. "I think it would be best, if we just stood a little aside and wait for someone to go through." Aragorn spoke wisely. "Remember what Dumbledore told us abouggleggles. We might ask one by accident and expose the magical culture." "Right." >>>>>>>

After a few minutes a redheaded family walked towards them. There also was a boy with raven black hair walking beside them. They all looked around suspiciously before standing in front of the wall. "Come on Ron, you first." A redheaded woman spoke to her youngest son. He quickly looked around before grabbing his bags and running through the wall. The fellowship looked at the wall in surprise. "Now you Harry." Thean san spoke again only this time towards the boy with ravenblack hair and piercing green eyes. "Thank you for letting me stay for the summer, Mrs Weasley." "The pleasure was all mine, boy." She replied, hugging him tightly before he went through the wall as well." "Excuse me," Aragorn said, walking up to the woman. "But could you tell us how to get onto the platform?" "Of course, I do." She said, looking a little surprised that a grownup wouldn't know the way. "Just walk straight at this wall and when you get to the other side, you're there." "Thank you." He smiled, motioning for the others to come closer. "Are you a new teacher, if you don't mind me asking?" Mrs Weasley asked curious. "Yes and my friend here to." He said pointing towards Gandalf. "The rest are students. We travelled together, because we all come from the same country." "Oh I see. Well just keep an eye on my son Ronald Weasley and his friends, for they always seem to get into trouble." "I'll try to keep an eye out for him." "Thank you. I'm Molly Weasley, by the way." "Right", he stammered, he still had to come up with a good name. "It was nice meeting you Mrs Weasley." Molly looked at him puzzled, before saying: "And you are?" "Hmmm.... Aragorn. Aragorn Strider." "Well it was nice to meet you, Professor Strider." she said, before turning towards her daughter, who seemed to be staring open mouthed at something. When Aragorn en Mrs Weasley followed her eyes, they saw that she was looking at a very uncomfortable Legolas. Molly also looked at him twice, before telling her daughter that it was not polite to stare and pushing her towards the wall. With one more backward glance, the girl disappeared. "Well I think we'd better get going too." Aragorn stated. "I'll go first." Legolas was about to protest, but Aragorn silenced him with look and quickly went through. Soon the others had followed him through and were now standing on Platform 9 ¾. The train was already there and they quickly searched for an empty compartment. When they had found one, they pueir eir things away and started to talk about all kinds of things. "So Aragorn Strider, hah?" Legolas chuckled, beside him. "Well, I had to make up something." Aragorn said. "What about you, are you just going to keep your name?" "Yes, I guess so. Maybe they'll find Legolas a little strange, but I'll just say that it's a common name in Australia." "Smart thinking. What about you Gandalf?" "I think I'll just go with Professor Gandalf White." "How original." They chatted lightly until they finally arrived at Hogwarts.