Disclaimer: Yadda, yadda, yadda. Everyone knows it anyway, so why waste space with saying that it all belongs to Tolkein, PJ and NLC?
Author's Notes: I know that Amazons don´t exist in ME, but after watching too much Xena with my best friend, the idea of the story didn´t leave my mind, and I decided to write it. I am really really trying not to make this a Mary Sue, so please tell me if that happens!
Princess of the Amazons
The door to the room opened and Taurilien entered the throne room of her mother, Miraloona, queen of the Amazons of Mirkwood. The dark-golden streaks of her waist long blonde hair glittered in the morning sun that fell through the windows and her sparkling blue eyes focused on her mother. She had been outside in the forest, practising archery since the early hours of daylight, and wondered what her mother would want of her on this morning.
"What is it you want from me, Mother?" she inquired curiously.
"I have to tell you something, my dear daughter.
Long have I pondered this decision, but now I have to tell you, because of the recent happenings. My foresight has told me about the way of your destiny.
The One Ring has been found. You know what this means. Sauron may regain his strength and cover all the lands in a second darkness, if it is not destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
You have the power to prevent this. It is your fate to stop the Dark Lord. You shall depart for Rivendell tomorrow at dawn to attend the Council of Elrond that will decide the future of Middle-earth.
The time has come that our people have to reveal themselves; we have to step out of the shadows of the forest and do our part.
Without you, Taurilien, the Quest that will take place is doomed to fail, and Middle-earth will be enslaved as it was during the first reign of the Dark Lord, until Isildur, the son of the king took up his father's sword and cut the Ring from Sauron's hand in the Battle of the Last Alliance. Men and Elves fought and died together, and since you are of both those races, the fate of this world now rests in your very own hands."
"I understand, and if that is truly my destiny, I know what decision to make. Gladly will I depart and try to save our world, but know that I only do this for the people of the Amazons, for never have I known any other of the free kindreds of Middle-earth."
"Do this for whatever reason you want as long as you do it. It is important for the future of our people, because we, too, will be destroyed, should Sauron regain his power.
Everything will be ready for your journey tomorrow morning, go now and bid your friends farewell, for you will not see them for a long time, if ever again. I can not decipher your future to the end of the quest, and it may very well happen that you will pass through great dangers, and never return."
Taurilien turned around and left the room, still shocked by what her mother had told her, though she had showed no sign of her confusion to the Queen. She did not fear the dangers that might be awaiting her, but knowing that the fate of the world lay in her hands made her tremble with nervousness for she had never liked to take up such responsibilities.
Inside the room, her mother sighed and hoped that the journey of her daughter would eventually lead her back her home, after the darkness had been defeated forever.
Meanwhile Taurilien took a secret path into the forest to a hidden clearing near the River. She sat on a rock and began singing a mournful and enchanting song, for the thought to be parted from her beloved for so long filled her with grief.
"How do I,
Get through a night without you
If I had to live without you,
What kind of life would that be
Oh, I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold,
You're my world, my heart, my soul,
If you ever leave,
baby you would take away everything good in my life,
and tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live
Without you,
There'd be no sun in my sky,
There would be no love in my life,
There'd be no world left for me.
And I,
Baby I don't know what I would do,
I'd be lost if I lost you,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything real in my life,
And tell me now,
How do I live without you
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live
Please tell me baby,
How do I go on
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything,
I need you with me,
Baby don't you know that you're everything,
Good in my life
And tell me now,
How do I live without you,
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live
How do I live without you
How do I live without you baby
How do i live"
Suddenly strong arms circled her slender body lovingly, and a tender voice whispered into her ear.
"What sorrow is it that shadows your heart, Taurilien, my love?"
Taurilien leaned back and closed her eyes, enjoying the embrace of her beloved for a while, before she answered his question.
"My mother is sending me on a dangerous quest and I fear you will forget me when I'm away. There are many who try to win your heart. Even now that I am still here they try. You are strong and wise, and yet you are but a man who may be seduced by the charms of the other maidens. You know well what powers my sisters and I possess, not the least of them is to make a man give into temptation of both body and mind."
"I know, and that is why my decision is easily made. I will accompany you on your journey. Do you not remember what we vowed? We would never part."
Taurilien sighed and shook her head.
"This is not your fate but mine. I have to walk this path alone, you can not help me. If something happened to you, I might never forgive myself, for it would have been my fault alone that put you into danger. Losing you would break my heart, and then life and the quest would lose all meaning to me. Promise me that you will wait for me, and hope will help me through everything that might await me on my journey and bring me safely back to you."
He looked deep into her blue eyes and saw that those words had been spoken from her heart. And though it pained him to let Taurilien go, he knew deep in his heart that it was for the best. And silently he vowed to never betray her and wait for her return even if it might take years.
TBC