Can You Thaw This Heart Of Mine?
Chapter 1
"I am screwed..." thought Tauriel as she ran back and forth the palace walls, desperately trying to find a way in. "They locked me out!"
The sound of thunder was heard,and pretty soon,to her dismay, rain poured in and instantly drenched her-soaking her wet from head to toe.
"Ugh..." she groaned at her misfortune. Eyeing the place,her only source of light was from the moon. Nothing more...until.
"What is that?" she thought to herself,squinting for a better view.
From the palace walls,an alcove seemed to light up with fire but as she moved closer,she saw that it was not an alcove at all...it was a lit room. And to her delight,it was the only room with an open window.
"I can climb up there!" she thought excitedly and saw her stairway as thick vines creeping up to the palace. There was a tree nearby it...she can use the thick branch to swing herself into the window.
"Here goes nothing..." she said and suddenly leaped onto the surface of the creeping vine,her fingers clutching tightly. Quickly,her feet moved up and up...yes,she was almost there!
With one powerful jerk of her body,the elleth curled her fingers up and hanged on to the ledge. Then,she brought herself up and pushed her body down so she'll topple over to the other side. Next thing she knew was the feel of soft mattress beneath her wet form...and a voice.
"What are you doing?"
From the sound of it-it was clearly a male...and his tone suggests that he didn't see her as a threat at all.
"Um...I was just..." she stammered, getting up on her feet. But once her eyes locked in with the ones in front of her, she knew she picked the wrong room,and elf, to stumble with tonight. "Prince Legolas?"
The ellon looked unimpressed. "Yes,it is me...would you mind telling me what you are doing here,soaking wet?" he said,eyeing her from top to bottom. "Captain?"
Tauriel could feel the words die in her throat. "I...I was locked out, ernil-nin."
Giving a light shrug,Legolas suddenly loosened his robe and slipped the garment off, revealing half his body. Tauriel froze with shock...but she knew she was blushing profusely. The prince handed it to Tauriel and she slowly reached out for it; much to his annoyance.
As if reading her mind,Legolas gave another sigh and explained. "Look," he began,"I don't want you to walk out there and wet my father's halls with your drenched clothing so I suggest you go take your clothes off and put that on."
Tauriel was terse of shock and embarrassment. "Um..."
"I have a small room over there." he said hurriedly, pointing to another door on the far side of his wall. "You can change there."
Tauriel didn't know what to say. "Hannon le,ernil-nin." she said,her voice shaking and as fast as she could,the elleth made her way in and locked the door shut.
There, she sighed heavily. This event scarred her...maybe for life. Of all the rooms-why did she end up in the prince's room?!
But no matter,Tauriel sensed that he is not going to give her alot of time,so she suggested herself that she do it quickly.
As she slipped the robe on, she grumbled. It was kind of big on her. She just shrugged it off and went outside,carrying her neatly folded,yet soaking wet, clothes in her arms.
Tauriel thanked the prince one more time before going out-where she was finally able to breathe normally. Thank god that's over...
In his room,the prince tried to get his bearings and recover from that incident where a wet maiden,out of nowhere, leaped from his window and into his room. Legolas was more than ready to shrug it off when he noticed something glimmer from the room where Tauriel has just used.
Bending down,he picked up a necklace with a green gem shaped in a circle. He knew he never saw it before,but he also soon realized who it may belong to.
The Captain.