Disclaimer: I own Shez, Hays, King Hon, Queen Masia, and Shion, oh, and Master and Cro, so they're mine! I don't own Lord of the Rings, Tolkien does, unfortunately. WAH! Please R&R, flames welcome.
Shez, princess of Mordor, was not the most usual girl you could find. With the bit of Elvish blood in her, she was almost immortal, but not quite. She was taught by her assistant, Hays, that survival was the biggest priority at that time. Before then, Mordor was a land of death and cruel whispers. No one dared go near it, and the whole time this was happening, Shez had run away from home with her co-assistant, Shion, and Hays. They ran off to Mount Doom, hoping to find Saruman and destroy him themselves. Instead, she ran into the two Hobbits with the ring of power, hoping to destroy it.
Now, at the moment, Shez, Shion, and Hays were safely secure in the castle of Mordor with the King and Queen, hoping to find dear Shez a suitor.
"Shez, you must find a suitable husband," her mother said, going through Shez's closet to find a dress.
"I have found suitable men," Shez said.
"Oh, right. Like the time you brought home the man with dread locks and the nose ring."
"I liked him."
"And the man with long, braided hair with tattoos up the yin-yang!"
Shez rolled her eyes.
"He was an artist."
"No, no! You're finding a person who looks good, even if he's a dwarf!"
"NO!"
"Then cooperate with me."
"Fine."
Shez lied down on her bed.
"Well, Shez dear, you may choose whatever you wish. I must go downstairs."
Shez quickly closed the door behind her mother, only to find Hays hiding behind the door. She let out a scream and tripped over her dress onto her bed.
"Hays! Don't scare me like that!"
"Sorry, my dear, it's just . . . I was listening to your conversation with the Queen. It seems you need a vacation," he said.
"What are you implying?"
"That how about you, me, and Shion go to Rivendell!"
"Rivendell? Where the Elves live?"
"Precisely."
Shez stood and up and paced around, her hand over her mouth. She seemed to be thinking the conspiracy over in her mind.
"Well, mother won't like it. She's got too much on her mind to--"
"No, no, no. We go . . . unnoticed."
"As in . . . incognito?"
"Well, a bit, I suppose."
"Excellent idea, Hays! Brilliant! Elrond is a friend of my father! He'll gladly take us in!"
"Like when you were just a girl that one time and you . . ."
"That wasn't funny. My father had me in trouble for weeks!"
Hays smiled. He walked over to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Here's the plan: Tomorrow, your mother and you are going to be trying on wedding gowns. I will come with all over your things in my bags. I will schedule a trip, and it will look like I'm leaving, but I will saddle up Cro also. She will be waiting for you with me outside the back of the castle. You will make up an excuse to leave the room, accompanied by Shion. Then, you two will exit the back door and we will leave."
Shez stared at him. She seemed a bit nervous.
"That's easier said than done, Hays."
"I know, but we've done it before."
"Okay, okay. Have you told Shion?"
"Yes, Shez, everything is going according to plan so far."
"Perfect. Schedule the trip. You can take Cro and Master out of their stables and get them prepared for travel. I know for a fact that The Shire is a longer ways away than Mordor from Rivendell. The last time we traveled we were with Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins."
Hays nodded.
"I will do that now, Shez."
"Good."
He bowed himself out of the room and closed the door silently. Shez fell onto her bed again. In just hours time, she would be leaving Mordor and going back to Rivendell. It would be much different from the last time she saw it, but would be just as beautiful.
The next morning, everything went so smoothly, Shez thought it was a dream. Everything went so quickly, Shez couldn't help but showing her excitement. Her mother finally led her to a magnificent room full of beautifully mastered gowns. Her mother was delighted to see the look of glowing wonder in Shez's eyes.
"Look! Look at this one! It's blue . . . Can it be blue?"
"Oh, well, I don't know, Shez. It's up to you."
"Wonderful."
It seemed as though it were hours in the dress room. Finally, Shion appeared in the room. Shez and Shion made eye contact and nodded.
"Mother, can I try on this blue dress and then see it in my bedroom mirror. I find my bedroom has more natural light."
"All right, Shez."
"Shion can help me get the dress on, all right?"
She smiled and nodded her head. Shez smiled back and grabbed Shion's hand, leading her out of the dress room. Shion made sure that the Queen wasn't watching as they silently crept out the back door. They saw Hays on Master, who was a bit anxious to leave. Cro was saddled and ready for departure. Shion climbed onto Master behind Hays, and Shez climbed on Cro and threw the dress over her lap.
"Hai!" Shez cried.
Both horses set off at a run. Cro, being faster, was ahead of Master, who was silently gaining speed. They rode through steep hills and shallow rivers. Shez pulled out her sword and cut brush and wood out of their way as they rode. Before they knew it, they could see the peak of the highest building in Rivendell, and they finally arrived, stopping in front of Elrond's castle.
"I do not ever want to ride Master again! He is reckless!" Shion cried, leaping off the horse.
Shez climbed over the side and came to the ground with a thud.
"Spectacular. Absolutely magnificent. I knew it changed since I was last here."
"Yes."
"See Hays? I told you we would get here in a matter of hours if we kept riding. See?"
"Right as always, Princess Shez," Hays said with a grin.
A few people stopped to stare at them. Others bowed at Shez, who smiled.
"Come on, Hays. Shion, please watch after Cro and Master as we go see to business."
"Yes ma'am."
Hays and Shez walked into the palace, not even being stopped by the guards.
"Do they remember me?" Shez whispered to Hays.
"Well, you'll always be hailed with the two Hobbits as the Princess who saved everyone."
"I only helped."
"Helping is good."
"Not all the time."
They walked down more chambers. Finally, one guard stood in their path.
"Tell me who passes."
"Princess Shez of Mordor, daughter of Queen Masia and King Hon. And my squire, Master Hays of Mordor, son of Duke Wilnish of Rivendell."
"What business do you have with King Elrond?"
Hays whispered in Shez's ear.
"We are visiting, Sir."
The guard eyed the two, and then opened the door, slamming it behind them. For a minute or two, Shez and Hays stood there, trying the hide their excitement. Finally, the door opened again and the guard came out.
"Princess Shez, Master Hays, you are welcomed," he said, bowing.
They walked through the open door, greeted by Elrond. He had a much broader smile this time to welcome the two.
"Shez, Hays, how good to see you. And where is Hon and Masia?"
"Mordor. I'm afraid they won't be joining us. Shion is also here with us. She is outside with Master and Cro."
"You still have those two? They're quite old."
"Yes, I know. We ask permission to use the stables, Sir."
"Of course."
Shez nodded at Hays, who immediately exited the room to join Shion. Elrond looked back down at Shez.
"So, what brings you three here again? To see Aragorn? I have to say, he is doing better."
"No, though it would be nice to see him again. The White City is doing better with him. Not that Boromir wasn't a good leader, it's just . . ."
"Yes. We all regret it."
"I just wish I had been there to save him."
"Everyone loses the ones they love."
Shez nodded. Elrond put his arm around her shoulders.
"Elrond, you know how it is. I ran away from home because they want me to marry some sort of old royalty. I was going to marry Boromir, but all that returned to me was his gem-incrusted dagger. Aragorn gave it to me personally."
"Aragorn is a great man."
"I hope that Arwen is happy with him. I don't want to see their marriage split up."
"Yes, but he is only mortal."
Shez looked sadly out the window.
"Well, that's all right, I suppose. Arwen's decision was wise indeed."
"Yes. But, have you come back for . . . someone else?"
"What do you mean?"
"Someone who . . . misses you . . . and has missed you for quite some time . . ."
"Who?"
"The first person you actually-er-met here."
"Legolas?! That stupid bastard is still here?"
"Yes, well, he does live here."
"If I saw him again I would give him a piece of my mind. And then I'd give him a piece of my fist."
"Oh dear."
"Anyway, where can we sleep?"
Elrond led her out of the room and down the foyer. In that same hall it had the sword that was used three-thousand years ago by Aragorn's ancestor. Then he stopped at a foyer lined with rooms. He opened two doors.
"That's all we can spare at the moment. We're having house guests at the moment, and need plenty of rooms."
Shez nodded and went back downstairs and met with Shion and Hays. Shion and Hays were very angry when they only saw two rooms.
"Well, I'll have both of you know -- and that's my luggage -- that I am not sharing a room. Good-night, I'll see you two in the morning. Elrond is also letting me do archery."
Shez closed the door, leaving Hays and Shion sputtering with anger.
"You, mister, are sleeping on the floor."
Hays did not have a comfortable night sleeping on the ground. He awoke with a rather large headache and backache. He found Shez outside with Shion as an audience, arching. In fact, Shez was a very good archer, but her father would never let her fight in a war with her skill. But in just the wall over, Legolas was practicing also.
"Shit," Hays muttered beneath his breath. He walked over to Shez and Shion, greeting them in the best mood he could. "Good morning, SHEZ. Wonderful day, eh?"
He remembered to say "Shez" extra loud to draw attention over from Legolas.
"Morning, Hays. No, it's not a wonderful day. It's a particularly bad day to get me very pissed off at one moment."
"Ah, well, yes, I suppose a lot of days are like that," he replied. Shit, shit, shit-shit, shit.
She grabbed another arrow out of her quiver and placed it on the bow, aimed, and fired. It struck the target straight in the bull's-eye, which made Hays flinch.
"If that stupid bastard Legolas were here right now, I would replace the target with him. That shot there would've hit him straight in his heart, and he would roll over, convulsing and blood squirting everywhere. I would kill him just like how the Uruk-Hai killed my Boromir."
"Are-are you sure?"
"Positive," she said. She grabbed another arrow, placed it on her bow, and shot it. It flew straight into the bull's-eye (Legolas's heart), and broke down the middle of the first one. A grin spread across her face and she aimed again. Instead of the arrow hitting the bull's-eye, it hit the very top part of the target. "Oops, his head."
"Uh, uh, Princess. Don't you think you should have something to eat."
"Nope, I ate."
Before Hays could say anything else, Shez pointed her aim up to the sky and let it go, hitting a flying bird, and falling into the spot next to them, right where Legolas was.
A few girl screamed, and ran out of the space. Shez and Shion clapped their hands to their mouths to stop from laughing.
"You girls! You're going to get in trouble!" Hays hissed angrily at them.
"What are they gonna do, spank us?"
Shion laughed harder, until Legolas appeared from the space, holding the arrow that was sunk into the bird. He didn't look too angry, but from the back, he couldn't see who is was.
"Princess, you - uh - have company," Hays whispered.
"Excuse me, but I think this is your's," he said, throwing it to Hays's feet.
"Shit," Shion and Hays said in unison.
Shez slowly turned around. They gasped when they saw each other.
"YOU!" they cried together, pointing at each other.
"I can't believe this! Of all people to ruin my vacation!" Shez cried, throwing down her arrow.
"Oh, ruin your vacation, huh?! You don't think I've forgiven you!?"
"Oh, don't worry, pal! I don't want you to forgive me!"
"What did you do this time?! RUN AWAY FROM HOME AGAIN!?"
"WHAT'S IT TO YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"LOOK WHO'S TALKING!"
"OH, GO TO HELL!"
"AFTER YOU!"
Shez pulled out another bow and shot it. It dug itself deep into Legolas's shoulder.
"Oh my!" Shez cried. "I hit him."
"Nice shot, Shez," he gasped.
He fell over on his back, clutching the arrow. Shez was jumping up and down on the spot happily.
"I hit him! I hit him! I can't believe this, I actually did it!"
"Shez, take him up to get that taken care of," Shion said.
"Oh all right! Hays, get him, I don't want to touch him," she said.
"You don't want to touch him, Princess, or you can't," Hays whispered in her ear after he picked up Legolas, who was standing quite steadily.
"You heard me, Hays," she growled at him. "Take him up to the castle and out of my sight. You too, Shion."
She quickly hurried after Legolas and Hays, not daring to look behind her.
Shez sat down on the cool grass. She held her hand up to the light, reflecting the brilliant ring she was wearing.
"It's just like his dagger. Why did he have to die? When I . . . I was waiting for him. Legolas lived. Why did he have to live? Why does he have to come back to torture me and play games." She massaged her forehead with the palms of her hands. "No. No more. This is going to end now."
She got up and put down her quiver and bow. She headed for the castle; as slowly as possible, she climbed the stairs, making sure to count each one. When she finally reached the hospital wing, Hays and Shion were heading out. She fled to a dark corner, and watched them go out of sight, hoping they didn't see her. She came out silently, and tipped down another hall, where there was a door ajar. She looked in through the crack. She quickly snapped back. Legolas . . . without a shirt . . . She took a deep breath.
She knocked silently on the door. It opened, and she was confronted with a shirtless Legolas. She quickly turned around again.
"Sir! You're --"
"Oh, it's you. Well, I'm fine now, but I suppose that's bad news for you."
"No, I wanted to apologize. I - I shouldn't' ve done that. It was wrong, and I was just ill tempered, not in the perfect mood for you to show up again."
"No, I just live here."
She turned back around. Shirtless or not, she was going to confront him.
"So, you think just because you live here you can treat me as though I were something you could throw around, eh? I am a Princess! How dare you . . . you . . . you . . ."
"Can't think of an insult?"
"No! It's just . . . I can't find anything that can describe you!"
"Really?"
"Yes! Now leave."
"But I was here first."
"Well then I'll leave and you stay! So stay!"
"Don't you want to come in?"
"I'd rather sew my eyelids shut."
"I insist."
He grabbed her shoulders and steered her in the room. Her arms were crossed and her lips were pursed. She sat on his bed while he got his shirt on.
"Wow, comfy," she said sarcastically.
"Thanks to you," he said.
He turned around. She stuck out her tongue and flipped him off. She quickly put her hand down and turned away as he walked back over to her.
"So, why am I in here when I could be doing something important?" she said.
"Doing what?"
"I-I, well, I could be . . . erm, maybe . . ."
"Killing more birds?"
"Yes! I mean, no. You're mincing words."
"So what if I am?"
He drew nearer to her. In a fleeting moment, she felt like strangling him. Instead, she did the next best thing: She spit in his face. He closed his eyes and wiped it off with his sleeve.
"You . . . you . . . PERSON!" she cried.
She stormed out of the room, muttering angrily to herself. Elrond swept past her and went into Legolas's room.
"What happened there?"
"We had a disagreement."
Shez stormed out of the castle and met with Hays and Shion.
"Of all the nerve! How dare he make a move on me! I AM A PRINCESS!"
"Right you are, Shez," Hays said hastily.
"SO WHAT ELSE COULD I DO!? I'M GOING TO BE MARRIED!!"
"You were going to be married, Princess," Shion said matter-of-factly. "Boromir is dead."
"DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT, SHION!!! SHIT! PEOPLE ACT AS THOUGH I'M AN IDIOT!!!"
"Especially me?" asked a voice from behind her.
She turned around, nose flared, eyes alight with fury.
"ESPECIALLY YOU!!! Legolas! What are you doing here?"
"I followed you."
"Why are you following me around? You're . . . you're like a pompous guard dog!"
Legolas whispered something to Hays and Shion and they left off to the castle again.
"Am I really?"
He walked over to her again. She took a step back, her fists clenched.
"I'm warning you! One step closer and I'll . . . I'll . . . hurt you!"
"Will you really?"
"I DID IT BEFORE!"
He grabbed her hand. She looked absolutely terrified at his touch. Two little voices sounded off in her head.
You know, he's stronger than you. Just . . . let it go.
She's right. Just give in. You know he's a lot better looking than Boromir.
Oh shut up, you. She's still in love with Boromir.
He's dead, you stupid fucker.
THAT'S IT, VOICE! YOU'RE GOING DOWN!
*Figures. My voices hate each other.*
"Please let go of me, Legolas."
"Why? Such . . . soft hands," he whispered, stroking her hand.
Oh shit.
Kick him, dude!
Dude?
Uhhh . . .
So she did. She kicked him in the face and ran away. She hid behind a nearby wall and sank down low, clutching her chest, her breath bated.
You stupid idiot! You weren't supposed to listen to her! She's the bad one!
Oh, go to Hell.
SEE? I'M AN ANGEL!!
Will you two shut up for a minute? I'm trying to think here.
See what you did, you inane fool!
Oh, shut up, she's trying to think.
Before she could stand up, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around, teeth clenched, wincing slightly.
"Uh, Legolas, about that --"
Of course, she didn't have time to speak. He had immediately kissed her, catching her heart in her throat.
Ah, love.
Oh, shut up.
Her shoulders eased and her tension ebbed away. She sank into his arms and he released her, her eyes still closed, her lips shaking.
"I couldn't help it," he said to her, smiling.
"I could see that."
"I need to go."
"O-Ok, you can go . . ."
He turned around and hurried away, his blonde hair swaying behind him. Shez clutched the wall and touched her lips.
"What the hell just happened?"
Hays and Shion had been looking all over for Shez until midnight.
"Finally!" Hays cried.
"I kissed him," she said, her words and thoughts a bit scrambled. "I didn't mean to . . . it just happened."
"Oh my. Shez, you kissed Legolas?" Shion asked.
"Uh-huh," she said, nodding her head convulsively.
Shez walked ahead of them, still nodding her head. Behind her back, Shion and Hays gave each other a high-five.
They walked up to the castle and into their rooms. Shez lied down on her bed.
The light in Shez's bedroom flickered on. Legolas walked in, suddenly noticing Shez lying in bed. He froze; stealthily, he crept over to her. Unfortunately, he tripped and fell, his foot catching on a few things including a cabinet, a small table with a burnt-out candle on it, and a pile of sheets stacked next to the cabinet.
Shez shot straight up in bed and her mouth opened wide in horror as Legolas struggled to untangle himself from the sheets.
"LEGOLAS!! THAT IS IT BUDDY!" she leapt from the bed, her fists posed and the anger burning in her eyes like wildfire. "PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR ASS KICKED INTO YESTERDAY!!!"
"Wait, Shez, I can explain about that kiss."
"Oh right, and how you came into my room."
"Your room? This is my room!"
"WHAT?! ELROND, THAT STUPID BASTARD!!"
"You know, you could help me."
"Oh really. I thought you liked to be in that position."
"I think I know what you're implying and I seriously don't think that right."
She pulled him up, various items breaking. Legolas brushed himself off. Shez stared at him for a few minutes.
"What was I gonna do? Oh yeah."
She picked up a flower vase and threw it at Legolas's head. He quickly ducked, and it broke against the wall.
"Wait! Shez! Stop!"
She picked up a smaller glass ornament, and chucked it. It hit Legolas square in the forehead, and he clutched the spot, which was bleeding, or at least Shez thought it was.
"HA! I GOT YOU!!" she cried triumphantly, punching the air.
"Ah, that hurt!"
Shez put down her hand and walked over to him.
"Oh Gosh, it only left a bruise thingy."
"'A bruise thingy?'"
"Did I stutter?"
Legolas took his hand away. There was a cut on the bruise, which was bleeding.
"Just a bruise, huh?"
"Well, your hand was there so I couldn't see it!"
He wiped the bit of blood on his shirt, making Shez stick her tongue out.
"That's disgusting."
"What?"
"You wiping it on your clothes!"
"Uh-huh."
"Oh, never mind!"
Shez walked away, her blonde hair swishing from side to side. She pulled the sheets from the ground and stacked them next to her bed. She grabbed the other pillow and threw it down at the head.
"What's that?"
"You sleep there."
"I'm sleeping on the ground?!"
"That's what it looks like, huh?"
Legolas walked over to the sheets and sat down, making them all sink down on the ground.
"How am I suppose to sleep on this?"
"Okay, first, you lay down. Second, you put that top sheet over you. Third, you shut the hell up and make sure you don't bother me."
"That's not what I meant."
So Legolas laid down on the sheet-bed-thingy and fell asleep (sort of). Shez looked down at him before looking back at the mess.
"I'll clean it later," she grumbled to herself and she went to sleep on her bed.
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A/N: Okay, how was it? I have to wait for some reviews saying it's good before posting on Chapter 2. ^ ^