Eärlindë Galathil

By: Writes with Block

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Disclaimer:

Merry: She broke the computer.

Jo: Shut up! My dad is in the room. He still doesn't know it was me.

Pippin: You ought to tell him.

Jo: Yeah I know. It would be the adult thing to do but can't I do the childish thing on this one and be more adult later?

Legolas: To be an honorable person you must act responsibly at all times.

Jo: Ah, lemme alone. I learned my lesson and I won't make that mistake next time. And if I ever break the compy again I'll tell my dad. Are you happy now?

Legolas: Let us hope you remember that vow.

Jo: Not likely to forget. Its typed out and all.

Aragorn: You need to get on with the chapter.

Jo: *sigh* Is anyone else going to gripe at me?

Haldir: Not me. Anything you want to do is fine with me.

Jo: I knew there was a reason I saved you. Besides Shawn's threats. Oi, I gotta make this quick cause my mom is telling me to do the dishes. Stupid dishes. Aragorn?

Aragorn: I won't do the dishes for you.

Jo: *mumble* Dang.

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Chapter Seven

Lessien sat on a low stone wall, her ears turned toward the wind. Her tail swished gently back and forth, the feathery fur fringes sending small plumes of dirt and dust into the air. Her sensitive nose twitched as she searched for the scent of the elves. She could only catch the faintest scent, the wind was blowing the wrong way. They were closer now, marching steadily throughout the night. She turned her head the other way, this time searching for the Uruk-hai army. They were getting closer as well, marching on much as the elves did.

"Do you sense anything new?"

Lessien turned around. It was that woody elf, Legolas. She didn't like him very much. He was an elf and his eyes were piercing and judgmental. He was cold and distant but he smelled like wooden streams and green leaves and she liked that. He was also a friend of Aragorn's and that meant that he couldn't be bad.

"No. Just the elves and the Uruk-hai. They are coming closer but I can't tell how much."

"The wind blows in the wrong direction," Legolas noted, resting his hands on the wall Lessien was sitting on. "There is rain coming. Do you smell it?"

Lessien nodded. "It has been coming for many days. A large storm is moving across the forests and the open plains. It is coming straight for us."

Legolas nodded his head softly, looking out over the plain in front of the fortress. "What will you do when the enemy arrives?"

"What do you mean?" Lessien asked, looking up at him from the corner of her eyes.

"Will you stay, fight, leave?"

"You think I'm going to run," the Wolven girl said, the short hairs on her ears bristling. "Why do you hate me?"

"I am very young by elfish standards but my father is very old and he remembers the days when your kind roamed freely. They enjoy in causing mayhem and mischief. It is their stock and trade. Perhapse you are not like them, I do not know you. I just wish to know what to expect during battle."

"I'm not a coward. Lord Aragorn saved my life and I'll stay at his side to defend him. I won't run from anything. And I'm not a turn coat. I'm not like the ones your father told you about. I don't know what any of them are like. I've never seen anyone like me."

Legolas nodded, his sharp eyes scanning the darkened plain. "That is all I wanted to hear. I did not mean to offend you and I apologize if I did."

Lessien shrugged her shoulders, her tail wrapping around her side to rest lightly on one of her hands. "You are a good friend woody elf Legolas. You are brave and true. Lord Aragorn is lucky to know you."

"I thank you for your kind words." Legolas gave her a quick, piercing look and turned to go back into the Deep.

"I will protect him," Lessien said over her shoulder. "Just wait and see."

"That I will," Legolas replied. "The battle will come to us tomorrow. Then you may prove yourself."

"And I'm going to you woody elf," Lessien mumbled. "Just watch me."

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Jo: So was there a point to that chapter?

Pippin: You wrote it. Shouldn't you know?

Jo: Yeah. It was just to ease the transition into the battle and to show some interaction between Lessien and Legolas.

Legolas: Why do I look like the bad guy?

Jo: Its just for now. You'll be everyone's favorite handsome elf in a few chapters. Cause if you're not fan girls might hurt me.

Aragorn: That's what I'm here for.

Merry: Has anyone seen Gandalf?

Jo: *chuckle* Nope. *prances away*

Just another filler chapter. That and I hate using this old computer. So I don't wanna stay on it too long cause the screen looks like it vomited on itself. Anyway please read and review.