"Hey Leggy, What do you think of this?" Said the she elf to her brother who was lying beside her in the snow.
"If I leave for Lothlorien this spring, alone. Will he let me?" She asked, as she shifted her body to face her brother staring up in the gray winter sky.
"Nay I think not, Leila. Father doesn't want you to go anywhere except if you have guardians with you. You know that Leila."
"But Leggy, I can protect myself. Right?"
"But Leila, You know father would be furious if you would disobey him." He remarked, rather annoyed.
She lied back to her original position facing the gray sky & sighed, "When will I ever get my freedom Leggy?"
Legolas shifted his body now that he faces his sister. He wiped away the stray brown hair to her face and said, you know you can have it Lei, I believe in you. Then he kissed her forehead.
She sat up & looks at her brother then grinned.
"You believe in me?"
"Of I course I do. Why?"
With that, her right hand instinctively scooped some snow & throws it at the direction of her brother's face.
"Auta miqula orqu"!
"Why You!"
"So now you believe I can do it huh?" She said, grinning.
Lailomeiel Verinesse Greenleaf, as her full name was, never looked like anyone of the Greenleaf Family. She had beautiful dark brown hair, & sparkling grey eyes. Also, she had rosy skin. While her brother, Legolas Greenleaf had blond hair, blue eyes, & pale skin.
"You'll pay for this Leila, you will. I swear…" he spat, as he took some snow & started to throw them at his sister.
As they continue their snowball fight, their father, the King of Mirkwood stepped out his study, after being quite annoyed by their loud curses, especially his I-don't-give-a-damn-about-courteousy daughter said,
Lailomeiel! Legolas! You two are already mature elves, but why act such childishness?
Lailomeiel, who was already whispering mean curses to her brother just gave her father her coaxing looks,
"I'm not doing anything father, in fact, My dear brother Leggy first started this fight
"Why you liar!" Legolas protested.
"You see father," she said with an evil smile.
"Now stop it you too!" Thranduil, now annoyed gave the two a warning glance.
"You two should be preparing for the celebration tonight! Not acting like a bunch of children! I want to see you two an hour before the celebration starts, Oh & Lailomeiel, be nice to the guests."
"Will Elrond be in the celebration tonight Father?" Leila asked, slightly raising her voice for her father to hear.
"Yes, everyone will be there. Remember what I told you!"
"Yes Father. Anything you say." As she turned around...
"The hell are you looking at Legolas?"
Why the sudden interest at Elrond, Lei? He asked his sister with the I-think-you-like-him-and-I-know-you-do face.
"For your information you imbecile, the reason I asked about Elrond is that, maybe he can convince Father to let me go, you know, do whatever I want!"
"How can you be so sure?"
"Well," she said with as-a-matter-of-fact-tone to her annoying brother, "Father always takes Elrond's advice."
The Night of the Celebration...
"Uncle Elrond!" Lailomé blurted out as she ran to give her so-called uncle a big hug.
"Oh dear Leila! How's my little elf?" Elrond said after releasing his so-called niece from their so-tight embrace.
"Elrond!" Thranduil waved at them after seeing their oh-so-glorious reunion.
"Well, may you excuse me my dear elf, but I think your father needs me."
"Oh wait Uncle," she said as she tugged Elrond's sleeve.
"Um' Uncle, can I ask you a favor?"
"Sure Child, what is it?"
"It's about my departure, you know, uncle, I need some time to study and other things like that that I cannot do here at Mirkwood & that…"
Elrond cut her off and said, with a rather poignant tone & the I-cannot-guarantee-that-child look.
"To tell you the truth child, that is what I came here for". As he started to walk to greet Thranduil.
"What was that all about?" Legolas asked his sister who just stood there like some petrified tree.
"Question is, what was that all about?"
"Don't tell me you're going to sneak after them as what you always did…"
"I will if I have to..."
Legolas pulled his sister's right arm & dragged her to the nearest "balcony" as they reached it, Legolas quickly pulled the side curtains as for no passer – by might hear what they are talking about.
"What?" Leila angrily pulled her arm of her brother's grasp. " You nearly powdered my bones, you creep!"
"You ask me WHAT? Shouldn't "I" be asking you that question?"
"I don't understand, what are you so angry about?" Leila asked her brother, she was beginning to get irritated by his interrogating. Why is he acting so unreasonable lately? She asked herself.
"Leila, you are putting yourself to trouble. You know what had happened before; father also went insane just to make sure you are all right."
"You know that don't you?"
"Yes I do! I did know that Legolas dear stupid brother, but why just can't you two let me get on with my life. Legolas, I am 1,500 years old. It's not that I don't appreciate what you two do to me, it just that, I want myself to be more independent. To know myself more, and it's just that!"
Legolas was stunned at what she said, there is no way he's gonna let her into trouble, also, there's no way he'll get his father to major insanity.
They were both looking at each other, as both of them are thinking what they are going to say then
Suddenly the curtains parted, the sudden curtain thing took both of them aback when they finally realized it was only Mrs. Dewberry, the quite plump, tall female butler who served King Thranduil before she was born.
"Just look at you two." she said as she shook her head.
"Your father is furious, He said he wanted to see you both two hours before the celebration will start, not two minutes, now go, you two!" as she shooed the two young elves to come out of the balcony.