This is my first LOTR fan fiction story. This story is about Legolas and his family right before he goes off to join the Fellowship. I am addicted to "young-Legsie" and Mirkwood stories but I do not intend to do as some of them do and show Thranduil as an abusive monster (he does have a bit of a temper though). I have read the books, but please excuse any discrepancies or differences for the sake of the story (hopefully you know how random plot bunnies can be!). This might be a "Mary Sue" but I’m not exactly sure what one is, so you decide. But I PROMISE that Lady Sorayaiel will NOT be joining the Fellowship!!

I intend for this to be a first draft so feedback is appreciated. If there are really terrible mistakes, let me know! Also realize that this is totally my own invention and if some players are out of character, forgive me and as I am developing this more I will try to fix it.

Also, please forgive (and help!) me if my Elvish is terrible, I’m just learning.

In further chapters I will explain better the circumstances of how Sorayaiel and Arahil joined Thranduil’s family. I have not been able to find a reference to Legolas’s mother or siblings, so if anyone knows about a source or something that tells us about them, please let me know. For my purposes I have just made them up.

Rating—PG-13 because there will probably be violence and maybe mild swearing, and suggestion of sexual content (though no actual descriptions of sex). I have read some of the stuff Tolkien wrote regarding Elven sexuality, in Morgoth's Ring, but some of it is going to be ignored to fit my story.