Ballad For All
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Nuquer woke the next morning staring into Legolas's eyes.
"Hey!" Nuquer sat up. She looked around. She was still in the tent that her, Melde and Ven were sharing.
"I just wanted to know what you looked like when you were sleeping." Legolas smiled at her.
"How'd you get in here?" Nuquer asked lying back down, very much liking the feeling of lying next to him.
"Waited until the rest of the guys went down to wash." Legolas smiled mischievously.
"You naughty elf." Nuquer teased.
"Did you sleep well?" Legolas snuggled closer to Nuquer, breathing in the sweet perfume of her flower smelling hair.
"I did. And you?" Nuquer closed her eyes and imagined for a moment that she could spend eternity in this moment.
"Though about you the whole night." Legolas replied.
"I had a dream about you." Nuquer suddenly remembered.
"Really? Was I wearing any clothes?" Legolas grinned.
"Not that kind of dream! Goodness Legolas, where is your mind sometimes!" Nuquer playfully nudged Legolas.
"Same place yours goes sometimes!" Legolas defended himself.
"I dreamt that you were picking flowers in a beautiful meadow with some little elfling." Nuquer didn't mention that the elfling was really the child her and Legolas had.
"That's random." Legolas smiled, feigning that he was picking flowers.
"Shutup, no one asked you!" Nuquer rolled over on her back and stared up at the brown clothe of the tent.
"You know, we're all alone right now. Even Ven is gone. That means if we did something we shouldn't no one would know." Legolas wiggled his eyebrows at Nuquer.
"Legolas!" Nuquer gasped and tried to escape from Legolas's outstretched arms but he was to fast for her and he pulled her into his arms and began to tickle her.
"No!" Nuquer squealed and tried to worm out of his arms.
"There is no escape this time!" Legolas mimicked Elrond chasing after his sons.
Nuquer doubled over in laughter and Legolas stopped to let her breath.
Glorfindel and Haldir stood outside the tent looking in.
"Are you two quite finished?" Glorfindel asked after watching the tickle attack on Nuquer.
"Oh!" Nuquer bolted up and stared wide-eyed back to Glorfindel.
"Legolas, you got us this time! How foolish of us to leave you alone with a sleeping Nuquer at camp. We realized out mistake when Ven and Melde came down to the brook." Glorfindel shook his head at his mistake but Nuquer and Legolas could tell he really wasn't angry.
"Your mistake!" Legolas smiled coyly and ran out of the tent leaving Nuquer under the gaze of Glorfindel.
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The group started back on their journey towards Dol Amroth where Melde and Nuquer would be left to the care of their parents.
"I think we might actually reach it today." Haldir announced after a brief lunch break.
Nuquer and Legolas looked at each other sadly and no one else said a word until the sun started to drop in the sky.
"There it is." Melde said quietly as a few twinkling lights came up in the distance.
They rode on until they reached the beginning on the town, it was small with an even smaller population.
"This is it." Haldir said looking back at the young elves. "I think we will rest here for the night." He knew Legolas and Nuquer were thankful for theirs last night together.
Legolas smiled thankfully at him and the group headed towards Nuquer's house where her mortal family was eating dinner.
"Nuquer! You're home!" A young girl came running out of the house towards the group.
"This is my mother." Nuquer introduced her.
Everyone knew that it wasn't her real mother, being extremely young and not of elvish kind but Nuquer had been raised by mortals and had stayed in their family for all of her 400 years.
"Hello everyone!" The girl smiled at everyone. "Please come in! We were just finishing dinner, there is plenty left for you all!" The girl motioned them towards the large house and raced back inside to make more room for company.
"Come on in! You guys can stay here, we have plenty of room!" Nuquer dismounted and the rest followed her into her warm home.
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Nuquer woke the next morning staring into Legolas's eyes.
"Hey!" Nuquer sat up. She looked around. She was still in the tent that her, Melde and Ven were sharing.
"I just wanted to know what you looked like when you were sleeping." Legolas smiled at her.
"How'd you get in here?" Nuquer asked lying back down, very much liking the feeling of lying next to him.
"Waited until the rest of the guys went down to wash." Legolas smiled mischievously.
"You naughty elf." Nuquer teased.
"Did you sleep well?" Legolas snuggled closer to Nuquer, breathing in the sweet perfume of her flower smelling hair.
"I did. And you?" Nuquer closed her eyes and imagined for a moment that she could spend eternity in this moment.
"Though about you the whole night." Legolas replied.
"I had a dream about you." Nuquer suddenly remembered.
"Really? Was I wearing any clothes?" Legolas grinned.
"Not that kind of dream! Goodness Legolas, where is your mind sometimes!" Nuquer playfully nudged Legolas.
"Same place yours goes sometimes!" Legolas defended himself.
"I dreamt that you were picking flowers in a beautiful meadow with some little elfling." Nuquer didn't mention that the elfling was really the child her and Legolas had.
"That's random." Legolas smiled, feigning that he was picking flowers.
"Shutup, no one asked you!" Nuquer rolled over on her back and stared up at the brown clothe of the tent.
"You know, we're all alone right now. Even Ven is gone. That means if we did something we shouldn't no one would know." Legolas wiggled his eyebrows at Nuquer.
"Legolas!" Nuquer gasped and tried to escape from Legolas's outstretched arms but he was to fast for her and he pulled her into his arms and began to tickle her.
"No!" Nuquer squealed and tried to worm out of his arms.
"There is no escape this time!" Legolas mimicked Elrond chasing after his sons.
Nuquer doubled over in laughter and Legolas stopped to let her breath.
Glorfindel and Haldir stood outside the tent looking in.
"Are you two quite finished?" Glorfindel asked after watching the tickle attack on Nuquer.
"Oh!" Nuquer bolted up and stared wide-eyed back to Glorfindel.
"Legolas, you got us this time! How foolish of us to leave you alone with a sleeping Nuquer at camp. We realized out mistake when Ven and Melde came down to the brook." Glorfindel shook his head at his mistake but Nuquer and Legolas could tell he really wasn't angry.
"Your mistake!" Legolas smiled coyly and ran out of the tent leaving Nuquer under the gaze of Glorfindel.
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The group started back on their journey towards Dol Amroth where Melde and Nuquer would be left to the care of their parents.
"I think we might actually reach it today." Haldir announced after a brief lunch break.
Nuquer and Legolas looked at each other sadly and no one else said a word until the sun started to drop in the sky.
"There it is." Melde said quietly as a few twinkling lights came up in the distance.
They rode on until they reached the beginning on the town, it was small with an even smaller population.
"This is it." Haldir said looking back at the young elves. "I think we will rest here for the night." He knew Legolas and Nuquer were thankful for theirs last night together.
Legolas smiled thankfully at him and the group headed towards Nuquer's house where her mortal family was eating dinner.
"Nuquer! You're home!" A young girl came running out of the house towards the group.
"This is my mother." Nuquer introduced her.
Everyone knew that it wasn't her real mother, being extremely young and not of elvish kind but Nuquer had been raised by mortals and had stayed in their family for all of her 400 years.
"Hello everyone!" The girl smiled at everyone. "Please come in! We were just finishing dinner, there is plenty left for you all!" The girl motioned them towards the large house and raced back inside to make more room for company.
"Come on in! You guys can stay here, we have plenty of room!" Nuquer dismounted and the rest followed her into her warm home.
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