Just for fun, guys, these are the 5 hottest fashion statements in TTT ;

                5. Eowyn's white gown. (Very feminine.)

                4. Arwen's purple gown (Wow! Almost transparent!)

                3. Eomer's warrior helmet. (Ooo…slick!)

                2. Haldir in red cloak. (He's glowing bright!)

                1. Legolas in tights and armour. (Arghh!!! Fainted dead away on the floor!! My heart stop beating! Am I dead?)

The absolute worse ; Gollum in loincloth!!! (Eeek!!!!!!!!)

Oh, didn't I tell you this is going to be the last chapter?

It was already a bloody battle outside the cave. The dwarves were fighting desperately to chase the spiders away from the cave entrance. The woodland elven guards that had remained outside let loose their arrows in rapid succession, maiming the spiders but unsuccessful in stopping the beasts. The spiders were too many, about more than twenty. Their size was big, about eight feet wide and four feet tall.

Keldarion and the twins swung their swords with all the skill they possessed. They plunged their blades into the spiders' most vulnerable part; the eyes. The beasts screamed but kept on coming, striking with their claws, slashing at will.

Legolas dove into the fray with his own mad recklessness, jumping onto a spider's back, plunging his blades repeatedly into its thick neck. Ever nimble on his feet, Legolas kept his balance when the beast swayed violently this way and that to throw the prince off its back. Keldarion looked up in horror. "Legolas! Get down from there, you fool!"

Legolas ignored his brother. He would not stop until this one is dead! You're the reason I lost Foolish and Idiot! You are the one who really killed my friends!! The spider crumpled down at last, dying slowly under the afternoon sun.

Legolas jumped down and hopped onto another, brandishing his blades like crazy. Keldarion shook his head at his brother's wild movements, hoping that Legolas would not get hurt in the process. He faced his own opponent with grim determination. I was looking for my brother, for crying out loud! How did we come into battling against these ugly beasts?!

Many spiders had already lay dead on the ground, killed by either the dwarves' axes or the elves' swords and arrows. But more still kept coming, they all saw in horror. They crawled down from the mountain, giving more strength to the first attack. The cave defenses were getting weaker. Some of the dwarves were badly wounded; either stabbed by the spiders' claw or got suffocated in its spindly web.

Legolas jumped down from another spider he'd won over. Then a spray of web burst forth and wrapped around his legs. The spider flung its web upwards, throwing Legolas head over heel into a tree. The web stuck to a branch, and Legolas was left hanging there, upside down. He struggled desperately to free himself but his blades had got thrown away, leaving him with nothing useful to hack his way out.

Keldarion saw his brother's plight and definitely saw the spider that was advancing forward to the helpless Legolas. He rushed to get to him before the spider did but got knocked down from behind. He whirled around and saw the deadly claw coming down for his neck.

But even before he could blink, the spider howled when an arrow hit him in the eye. Then another, and another. Suddenly, the area was raining with hundreds of arrows.  Keldarion turned, and saw the battalion of elves warriors from Mirkwood…and Arwen Undomiel.

She looked magnificently beautiful as she lowered his bow and ran forward towards the fallen prince. Arwen crouched down, giving Keldarion a hand to help him up. "Didn't I tell you this female will save your hide one day?" Smirking, she turned away to block a spider's claw with her sword.

Having no time to feel chagrin, Keldarion turned once more towards the spider that was still crawling for Legolas. His brother was getting livid by now, screaming, "Will somebody please get me down!!!!"

The spider was dead even before it reached the prince. So were the other beasts, fallen by many arrows and axe blows. Keldarion helped the Rivendell twins freed Legolas from the web. The younger Mirkwood prince was cursing and swearing in five different languages. "There were those beasts to destroy, and where was I? Stuck in a tree!! Damn it all to hell!!"

As soon as he got down to his feet, he went to the nearest spider corpse and kicked it. "Serve you right!"

Arwen came near him. "I don't think it can hear you now." Legolas turned and his face lit up. "Arwen!" He crushed her in his arms, kissing her on the cheek. Arwen returned it by kissing his forehead. "Always got yourself in trouble, hmm little one?"

Legolas grimaced. "Just because you're 200 years older than me doesn't mean you are the big sister, Arwen." He smiled gratefully. "You've come with reinforcement, I see."

Arwen was grabbed by her brothers into their loving embrace. "King Thranduil was getting more and more impatient. He insisted to go looking for you, especially when his crown prince also went missing…" she said, glancing at Keldarion. "So I volunteered to make my own search aided by the Mirkwood warriors. And here I am. It was not easy to follow your tracks but we could hear the sound of battle from a league away."

Keldarion step closer to Arwen. "For this, I'm grateful. I will never forget you saving my life, Arwen. I vowed not to be such a male chauvinist pig again." With that, his head came down and he kissed Arwen full on the lips. Arwen went stiff for a few moments before she relented, wrapping her arms around Keldarion's neck.

Legolas and the twins turned away, blushing red in the face. "Err…guys? Ease up, will you? Everyone's watching. Guys?" Elladan rasped, embarrassed at the couple's show of affection.

Walking away from the smooching elves, Legolas advanced towards Tarang who was sitting on the ground against a rock. The dwarf was cradling his injured arm. Gimli had emerged from inside the cave; it was now safe for a youngster like him to come out after the battle was over. He was carrying bandages; another dwarf helped carried a pail of water. It's time to treat the wounded.

"You got hurt, dwarf?" Legolas asked. Tarang glared back. "You got stuck in the tree, elf?"

Legolas grinned. "So, now we're even?"

Tarang glowered. "If you say so." Chuckling, Legolas took off his chain and dropped the stone of Manya into the pail of water, giving instructions to Gimli on how to treat the wounded with it.

That night, the dwarves and the elves climbed up the mountain to the spiders' nest and burned it to the ground…

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The elves left for Mirkwood the next day.

The dwarves had lost their cold reserve and all of them stood at the cave entrance, bidding farewell to their newfound ally. "Send my regards to your father, the king," said Gloin. "We are very grateful for your assistance, and we wish we can return it in kind."

Keldarion bowed. "I will be honored to relay the message to him, Master Gloin. We requested one thing, though. No more hunting traps in our woods. We do not know what other innocent creatures that might get caught unaware."

Gloin nodded. "Note taken. You have my word."

"I understand that you had lost a pair of ferrets because of our traps." Gimli came forward, cradling a cloak-covered bundle in his arms. Legolas stiffened. "Yes, Gimli. What about it?"

Gimli held up the bundle to him. Legolas was puzzled, but took it nonetheless. He was surprised to see the beautiful creature inside the cloak. The prince had never seen this kind of animal before in all his life.

"We found it barely alive beside his mother's dead body a week ago. The spiders had killed her, but this little one survived," said Gimli. "This is a very rare creature, the first time I saw it myself. Not many of his kind live now; they are on the edge of extinction. I'm not very good at taking care of pets. I hope you will take care of him for me. "

Keldarion, Arwen and the twins came near to get a better look. "Ai!" They gasped when they saw the creature. "Isn't that…?" Elrohir pointed, his eyes grew wide. Keldarion shook his head at him, signaling him to be quiet. He was quite uneasy with the creature himself, but surely he had not the heart to forbid Legolas from taking it home, especially when his brother was smiling brilliantly with joy.

"Kel, I don't think your father will be very happy about this," Elladan whispered.

Keldarion sighed. "I bet he won't."

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Nope. Thranduil was not happy at all. He was happy at first when he saw his sons returned home safely in one piece, without a single scratch on them. But then, he saw the bundle that Legolas was cradling protectively in his arms. A sliver of dread ran down his spine. "I feared to know what's inside the bundle but please, do tell me."

Legolas showed his father the creature. Thranduil blanched. "It's a tiger cub!"

"Yes, I know. That's what they told me. And not just ordinary tiger, but a white tiger! Isn't he beautiful?"

The king stared in disbelief. "Beautiful? Legolas, this creature is…is…Valar! It's a tiger, for heaven's sake!!!"

Legolas frowned. "Why are you so angry?"

"Angry? I'm not angry. I'm terrified!"

"Why would you be terrified of him? He can't harm you. He's so small."

"Legolas, he will grow up!"

"Well, that's good, right?"

"He'll grow bigger! Even bigger than you!" Thranduil threw up his hands in the air when Legolas kept staring at him with the pleading look in his irresistible silver eyes. The king can't stand that look. "Fine! Keep him! Just don't tell me I didn't warn you when he started to have elves for breakfast!!!"

Grumbling to himself, Thranduil stalked back into the palace. Legolas turned to his brother and his friends. "What does he mean by that?"

 Keldarion, Arwen and the twins were trying hard not to laugh. "You have to wait for at least three years to find out," said Keldarion as he led the group inside. "So, what are you going to call him?"

"Tiger."

"I know it's a tiger but what is his name?"

"That's what I said. I'm going to call him Tiger."

Keldarion and the others burst up laughing then. "Legolas, you are so not creative with names!"

A wind blew softly then, rustling the leaves at their feet. Legolas looked up, and smiled as he heard the message in the wind. He swore he could hear the familiar chirping sounds, so full of happiness and joy. "Good bye, my friends. You'll always be in my heart."

THE END

Yes! Another story completed! I would like to thank every one of you who never tired of giving me your wonderful reviews, constructive suggestions, opinions, etc!! I love you all! I wanted to write all your names here but you are so many! Anyway, you know who you are. You are so awesome! This gives me great reason to write more stories on Legolas in the manyan series.

Wait up, guys! I'll be back!!!!! (sounding just like Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator).