Belowin's POV

We just arrived back in Mirkwood. My new home or so I am told. The memories of this place are still a little fuzzy to me. We walk into what I assume to be the throne room when I look up and see a pair of blue eyes staring at me with worry written all over them. Who was this person and why was he so concerned for me?

"Father." I hear Legolas say as he walks up to the man.

Father? What in the world? That is Legolas father? I keep my thoughts to myself though. I don't want to interrupt their conversation. I keep still until Legolas motions for me to come forward to join him and his father. I nod and walk up to him only to trip and almost land face first on the floor but I feel a hand go around me. My eyes close as I see myself saving Legolas father from another elleth. An evil elleth, the one who must have done this to me. I open my eyes to be met with Legolas.

"Belowin are you alright?" Legolas asks me.

"I'm alright, just not very well on my feet today." I tell him as his father helps me stand up with Legolas holding my hand.

"I have sent search parties out for the elleth. Believe me when I say that she will pay for what she has done." Legolas father whose name I now remember is Thranduil tells me.

"Thranduil." I say very simply to see him look at me shocked.

"You remember my father's name?" Legolas asks me with a look of joy on his face.

"I remember him in a garden with a strange elleth. she was evil I had to keep him away from her." I tell Legolas as I turn to him. "She was the one who did this to me?"

"Yes, it seems that her punishment wasn't severe enough." The king says as he walks up to his throne and sits down.

A part of me feels sorry for the King. He takes so much on his shoulders, will Legolas do the same when he is King? So many questions run through my mind as I look at Legolas and Thranduil. I try to not listen to their conversation on appropriate punishments for the elleth when she is captured.

Later that day I walk the halls with Tauriel. Of course she is trying to help my memory come back much faster than my mind will allow. I really do appreciate her efforts, I can't imagine a better friend to have than he during this time, well besides Legolas of course.

"Tauriel, you are needed with the other guards." one ellon says as he runs up to us.

"Forgive me Belowin. Duty never waits" Tauriel tells me as she turns and runs off.

I know she always has something to do with the guard. I just wish I could distract myself so easily. Just as I start walking again I see Haldir talking to apparently no one outside in the garden. My curiosity gets the better of me as I watch and listen to what he is saying. I can barely make out what he says when I start to hear another voice cloud my thoughts. A elleths voice and I get the feeling whatever she is telling me isn't good.

Legolas POV

I had to attend to my duties today against my will but being a prince isn't easy. I still feel like I should be with Belowin though. She is the only person I can even imagine to focus on right now. All the sudden the door opens. Since I am alone I turn around and am alarmed to see Haldir trying to hold my wife who is now holding a sword and trying to fight him off of her.

"Something has happened to her! She is not herself!" Haldir calls out to me.

"What do you mean?! Why is she fighting you?!" I yell back at him as Belowin hits him in just the right spot that allows him to release her.

After she is released she looks up at me with sword in hand and an evil grin on her face.

"Belowin? My love what has happened to you?" I ask her .

"My love? Who are you trying to fool young prince?" I hear Belowin ask me but not in her voice. "Always to quick to assume that good will always beat evil?"

"Belowin this isn't you. What has happened? You do not even speak in your voice." I tell her as she continues to come my way.

I start to remember a conversation I had with the Lady before we left to return back to Mirkwood. She told me that there may be a time when Belowin was not herself. During this time something desperate may be in need to happen. If the worse came and Belowin was no longer able to be found. I would have to place either an arrow or my blade where the elleths arrow once was. How could I do that? How could I harm my own wife? The one who held my heart in her hands.

I am then taken out of my thoughts as she thrusts me blade towards me only to be met by my twin blades. Oh by the valar has this truly happened to my elleth? She continues to fight me trying to wear me down but I won't give up on her. She quickly tries to recover as I push he sword back yet again but with one other move from me she is disarmed and I grab her holding her close to me but with my twin blades still in hand.

"Belowin I know you are in there and I know you can hear me. Answer me my love!" I call out to her hoping that she can actually hear me.

To my surprise I hear her crying and look down to see tears in her eyes. What is happening that elleth must be hurting her.

"Legolas, please my love. Save me." she says tearfully.

Oh no. I have to do what the lady told me to. I love Belowin with all of my heart. I would do anything to keep her safe and love her but could I really do that? I feel Belowin grab my dagger and had it to me. She knew what I had to do as well?

"It's the only way. If you truly love me Legolas then please save me." she tells me.

I take the dagger in hand as I look into her eyes. No fear, no confusion only trust and love. How could she be so understanding? I lean down and kiss her as against my own wishes my daggers blade goes into the same place where the evil elleth's arrow once was. All the sudden I sense a bright light. I pull away from Belowin and see her smile as me. I look down to where my dagger is and quickly remove it to see that dark bruise on her now was gone. She was still injured but even I could sense that the darkness that was once inside my wife was now gone. I watch as her body goes limp in my arms.

Haldir runs up to us I can not tell if it is more in anger or surprise when he keeps looking from myself to Belowin. My father enters a few moment later and can barely believe what he sees.

"What have you done Legolas?" my father demands an answer.

"I got rid of the darkness inside of her. Look for yourself father no mark is left and she still breathes." I tell him as I hold Belowin close to me.

"Take her to the healers and try to explain to them what happened. Perhaps they will know what to do." my father tells me.

I nod and take Belowin out of the throne room and quickly to the healing rooms. Time seemed to pass too slowly. I watched as the healers attended to my wife. I didn't know what was going to happen next. Did I do the right thing? Was that really my only option to get my wife to come back to me? I am brought out of my thoughts as a healer comes up to me.

"My prince your wife will be just fine. As you said the dark mark she was had is no longer there." the healer tells me as I stand from my seat.

"May I see her?" I ask the healer.

"Of course, she rests now and please try not to wake her." the healer says as she leads me to Belowin.

Was the darkness really gone? Was this all finally over? Would her memories truly return to her? I didn't know the answer to any of these questions but all I knew was that I was more than happy to see that she was healing well and even in her sleep she had a smile on her face.

Belowin's POV

I remember everything. I remember Legolas, Haldir, Tauriel, King Thranduil, my uncle. All of my memories even of my far past are back and I am thankful to have them again. I open my eyes and look around the room. I have seen this place one before with Legolas. I turn to my right to see my prince standing beside me with a smile on his face.

"Belowin?" he asks me cautiously.

"Legolas." I answer him as he comes to me and wraps me up in a hug.

"You remember please tell me that you remember." he asks pulling away from me and looking at me.

"I do, I remember meeting you, our wedding everything. Including my two times being stabbed." I tell him as I touch my wound.

"Forgive me Belowin it was the last thing I ever wanted to do to you. I was hoping that your memories would return on their own as they had been." he tells me taking my hands in his. "Still I am glad to have my wife back."

"And I my husband. Along with all of my other memories. However where is my Uncle?" I ask him as I look around the room.

"He had to return to Rivendell on business but he promised he would visit as soon as he could. I know he will be very happy to hear that you are well again with memories restored." Legolas says as he leans down and kisses my head.

"I'm sorry Legolas. I did not mean to attack you or Haldir. It was as if I could not control my own actions." I tell him regretfully.

"Haldir and I are fine Belowin. I am glad you are well again for you were my only concern."

"Legolas but she is still out there. What if she tries this again? Or what if she tries to kill me?" I ask with terror in my voice.

"Impossible since you will be staying here especially after your coronation in three days." I hear the King's voice say as he walks up to us. "I will make sure no harm comes to either of you. Once the elleth is found, there will be worse punishments than she could ever think."

I can tell the King is very angry. A part of me understand why and the other is confused why would he care what happens to me. That is when another thought pops into my head. Children. I still have to give Legolas and heir. This is when my body starts to panic and both ellons notice this.

"Belowin?" Legolas asks as he grips my hand.

"I am fine just thinking is all. I promise." I tell him.

"She needs to rest Legolas. Come let us hear the report from Tauriel and the other guards." The king says as he walks out the door.

"I will return after I hear the report my love. Until then just rest." Legolas says as he give me a small kiss on my lips then follows his father out the door.

I try to remember the wedding and the wedding night. Lucky for me I do remember them. Then I start to count on my fingers how long it has been since Legolas and I were together in that way. The healer comes up to me with a confused look on their face.

"Something the matter?" they ask me.

"Have you noticed anything else different about me from examining me?" I ask them hoping they would understand what I meant.

"No, Prince Legolas just wanted the wound to be checked. Would you like me to examine you fully?" the healer asks as they come to my side.

"Yes, just to be safe. I don't want Legolas or the King to worry any more." I tell her telling somewhat of a lie.

Legolas POV

I have never seen my father this angry before. It seems he has taken the assault against my wife very personal. I can agree with him on many things including the punishment the elleth has coming for her when we find her. Tauriel arrive before us with two other guards beside her.

"What do you have to report Tauriel?" my father asks her.

"The elleth in question is now in the town of man. Humans have taken her in thinking she is one of them. If we did try to take her there would be a fight for her. I wanted to ask your permission before taking on the task at hand." Tauriel says looking to my father.

"Humans taking in an elf? Have her watched she will be away from them sooner or later and when that moment comes take her and bring her back to us. Once she is here she will not leave." My father says as he turns and walks away from us.

"How is Belowin?" Tauriel asks me.

"She is doing well. Healing in the healing halls as we speak." I inform her.

"Yes, Haldir was very upset with you when he heard you had to stab her with a dagger." Tauriel says after she dismisses the other two guards.

"The lady told me that it might happen. It was a way to prove my love to her. To bring my light to her body and kill the darkness that was there." I tell her trying to explain to her my actions.

"I'm surprised when she woke she didn't want to kill you." Tauriel says with a small laugh.

"No she was happy to see me and that he memories had returned to her. All of them." I tell Tauriel with a smile.

"I wish she could have forgotten the part about us fighting. I should have known she wasn't like that. I am sorry for the way I use to treat her Legolas. I know she is a good wife to you, one day a good Queen and mother as well." Tauriel says as she stops walking.

"What?" I ask her confused.

"Now that I think of it, have you noticed anything else strange about Belowin? A certain glow perhaps?" she asks me.

"A glow? I saw a white glow after the darkness was gone." I tell her.

"No Legolas a different kind of glow." Tauriel says looking down at her stomach.

"Oh, that glow." I tell her as I take off from her side and back to the healing halls.

I run inside to see the healer walking away from Belowin who is just smiling at me.

"What happened? Are you well?" I ask her as I come to her side and take her hand.

"Yes, Legolas we are just fine. No need to worry and I am healing well." Belowin says with a smile.

"We?" I ask her hoping to hear good news perhaps about a child?

"Yes, it seems the heir you and your father want are quite well as well." she tells me as she looks down to her stomach as I barely touch it.

"We are going to have a baby?" I ask her as I look into her eyes.

"That is what the healer just told me. That is why I was smiling just now." she tells me as she takes my hand. "I just now found out Legolas please don't think I kept the news from you."

"Of course not Belowin. I know you would not hide anything from me." I tell her as I kiss her. "Belowin I will never allow any harm to come to you or to our child."