She looked out the small window and sighed.
"I know who you are...and you know who I am.." Her hazel eyes meet his ice blue ones. He looked at her for a moment trying to figure her out.
"We're you really born with this power?" He asked her and she nodded.
"When I was young I couldn't control it so my father locked me up in my room. " she sighed thinking of Elrond. Legolas looked at her . Suddenly his hatred for her was gone and hers for his was gone as well.
"Your father locked you up?" He was astounded. He couldn't imagine his own father locking him up so what kind of father would lock up their daughter even if they had powers.
"I believe he was scared of me...even though I was mainly scared of him..." Ariness started to mess with her fingers.
"Who is your father?" The prince asked slowly seeing if he could get that piece of information his father desperately desired.
"He was here today watching me. Quite close to you in fact." She looked up at him seeing if he would guess it. The prince jumped up and ran out of the room. Ariness stood up to follow him but she didn't make it out the doors. Guards escorted her back in and she grumbled.
"Adar! I know her father and so do you!" He burst into his fathers study and Thranduil looked up. He dismissed his council and as soon as they left Thranduil scolded his son.
"How many times have I told you not to interrupt me whilst I am with my council?!" He paced the room.
"Her name...its Ariness...Ariness Undomeil " Thranduils head tuned.
"Elrond?" He looked surprised.
"That would explain Elronds reaction at the Arena...and why she looks like Celebrian." He paced more.
"But I didn't know he had another daughter. She's the eldest no doubt... But why a secret?" Thranduil looked up at Legolas.
"Do you know?" And Legolas nodded.
"Because he was scared of her. Apparently he locked her up in her room for half of her life. " Legolas started to pace the room as well.
"He what? Locked her up?" Thranduil was beyond shock.
"Her powers...Ariness... That means Storm in elvish..." Sudden,y it became clear. He rushed to the the halls of healing with Legolas on his tail. He slammed open the doors and stopped. Her bed was empty...what?
"Guards what happened to 'watch the girl!'? I gave orders and she is gone!" Thranduil noticed one of the windows open and groaned.
"She made a run for it... We should have had guards inside the halls."
Legolas went over to the window and picked up a piece of bandage.
"Adar I don't think she left...more like was stolen..." He lifted his hand where he was holding the bandage.
Ariness struggled with the guards as they struggled to pull her along. She tried to bite and scratch her way out but nails and teeth weren't helping. She closed her eyes and started to use her powers but then she felt cold metal covering her hands. She pulled at them but they covered her hands. A fear started to grow in her. She closed her eyes agin and tried to use her powers. They were cut short and she realized the truth. These weren't just ordinary chains, they cut off her power so that she couldn't use them. Her father had gone to a new level of fear.
Ariness started to hyperventilate as she was dragged along to Rivendale. Finally they reached Rivendale and her father was waiting in the stairs.
"I see that you wouldn't corporate with my guards." Elrond took the chains himself and pulled her inside.
"What...are these? Why...why are my powers gone" she says as she shakes. Elrond looked pleased.
"So they do work! They are enchanted to stop your powers. Eventually they will be gone but that could be thousands of years." He pulled her to the top tower.
"Thousands of years? I will be locked in a tower for a thousand years?" She started to cry.
"Adar please all I ever wanted from you was love...you have denied it to me most my life...please don't do this!" Tears flowed down her face.
"How could I ever love a monster?!" He snarled and shoved her in the top tower room. Her face was hurt and most likely couldn't be repaired. Elrond took the chains and nailed them into the farthest wall. He slammed the door in her face after he did that. Ariness looked around the small room. A bed in the corner, a bathroom over in the right, s small table, a book shelf of books and a meduim sized quickly ran to the window- thank goodness her chains were long enough.
The forest of Rivendale and Mirkwood were laid out before her. Ariness did what she always did when she was scared or sad- sing.
"Home is behind...
The world ahead..
And there are many paths to tread..
Through shadows..to the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadow ..
Cloud and shade..
All shall fade...
All shall fade...
When the cold of winter comes..
Starless night will cover day..
In the veiling of the sun..
We will walk in bitter rain
But In dreams.. But in dreams
I can hear your name..
And in dreams...and in dreams..
We will meet again...
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la La la
When the seas and mountains fall
And we come... To end of day..
In the dark I hear a call...
Calling me there...
I will go there
And back again..."
Her mother had taught her that song and she sang it to her every night. Ariness always loved it because it was about her father but now as she sang she felt feelings for another...an Ellon.
Back in Mirkwood Legolas heard her voice in his head somehow...
"But in dreams...but in dreams..
I can hear your name...
And in dreams...and in dreams...
We will meet again...!"
He smiled sadly as he heard this... Wait a minute...
We will meet again? She was talking about him...
Legolas ran to the stables and grabbed his horse. As soon as he was on it he raced through the forest trying to find her. He looked all over..
The town of Mirkwood, Rivendale town, the woods, a but in the woods and lastly he knocked on Elronds door.
"Where is she?" He demanded. Elrond pretended to look suprised.
"Who?" He asked calmly.
"The girl...your daughter..." Elrond froze.
"How do you know about her?" He snarled. Legolas didn't respond.
"What did you do to her?" He asked again and Elrond locked the door.
Legolas pounded on it but he didn't open. The prince growled in frustration.
Up in the tower Ariness heard arguing and looked out the window to see the blonde hair of a familiar prince.
"Legolas?" She called down to him and he looked up.
"Ariness?" He back up so that he could see her.
"What are you doing up there?" He looked around.
"My father locked me up and ...and he... He chained my hands ...I can't use my powers...these chains...they stop them.." A look of fear was upon her face.
"He chained you up? Like a prisoner?!" Legolas was mad... No body should lock up their own child.
"Hang on... I'm coming for you..." Legolas quickly jumped on his horse and shoot arrows into the tower. They stuck in the brick making a zig zag path. Then he swung off his horse and started climbing from arrow to arrow till he reached the top. Finally he swung inside the window. Ariness backed up and gave him room. He stood up and took her wrists in his hands. The chains were Mithral meaning no blade could pierce them. They covered her hands fully like metal gloves and he sighed.
"I am sorry he is doing this.., is their anything I can do to help?" She shook her head.
"Unless you can get me out of her I do not think so..." Legolas sighed as she sat on the bed. He sat down next to her.
"What you did...at the black smiths...why did you do it?" She asked slowly.
"The kiss? Oh! I don't really know... I felt something other than hatred and it was an impulse." He smiled as he recalled the feeling. She blushed.
"Did you like it?" He asked and she nodded.
"I felt something during it..." Legolas laughed.
"I could tell...you kissed back remember? I think we scared the blacksmith..." She laughed softly. A melodious sound and it was music in his ears.
"May I do it again?" He asked softly as he neared her face.
"Why do you even ask?" She responded as her lips met his.
