And so the DoS events begin! As usual, I hope you enjoy and leave some comments/reviews - I love reading your thoughts.
Tauriel ran through the forest, hair streaming behind her. She was so angry at Thranduil, furious even. So she had let her feet take her to the place she felt the most at home at. The forest. She had grabbed her bow and daggers and her quiver and ran off into the forest. She went to the clearing that she loved so much. As she sat in the middle of the clearing under the shade of the tree, she remembered her childhood, playing and running in this clearing - with Legolas - her mind reminded her. Then came training which also happened in this clearing, both elflings getting better and better until they could beat any other elf in the Kingdom. Then, they both started their duties and this clearing became their meeting spot for when they wanted to escape their lives. They would talk and laugh and have fun. Tauriel sighed as she remembers those times. It was probably in this clearing she realised how deep her feelings went for him. Their friendship had become more flirtatious than ever, and they became so close. She knew Legolas cared for her but she wasn't sure how far his caring went. Today, when Thranduil told her that Legolas had mentioned her to him, her heart had soared, only to be knocked to the ground and beaten to a pulp the next moment. And now, she would have to find a way to break that precious friendship. Because she knew that if she was to give him no hope, she would have to break off all relations with him.
And so here she was, in the clearing they shared so many memories, with a lot of tension to work off. She stood up and grabbed her bow from the ground, slinging her quiver over her shoulder. She took her stance at one side of the clearing and aimed for the target at the other end of the clearing. She shot arrow after arrow at the target, each one hitting the bullseye, but a little off the centre. No more than a centimetre but she was annoyed anyway. "Your mark seems slightly off today Tauriel" a voice said from the target end of the clearing. She almost kicked herself for being so stupid. Of course he would come here, did she not just reminise about their memories together here?
"My apologies, my Lord, I will practice harder" she said curtly. She could see him frown when she called him My Lord, they were long past the use of formalities.
"Tauriel?" he said, his voice questioning. "What bothers you so much that your mark is off and you call me My Lord?" she continued shooting, standing side on to the target so that as he advanced she almost had her back to him.
"It is nothing, My Lord" she said, although her heart ached to tell him the truth, it had been decades since they kept anything from each other. But for this to work, she needed to cut all ties with him.
"Tauriel," he said, standing behind her as she continued shooting "Stop calling me that, have I not told you that I don't appreciate the use of my title by those close to me?"
"But it is not appropriate for the Captain of the Guard to be close to her Prince, My Lord. So I will call you whatever is appropriate and your first name, is not that." She replied stifly.
"Tauriel!" he almost shouted, and she flinched ever so slightly. "What is wrong? For you have never been so concerned with the use of my title before."
She sighed, "It's nothing, I promise. Please, excuse me," she said. She ran from the clearing, and didn't look back. She didn't look back, because if she looked back, she would go back. And she couldn't go back.
Legolas stood in the clearing, watching as she fled, his mind completely puzzled over her actions and words. He didn't know what was bothering her, but as he stood in their clearing he vowed that he would follow her to the ends of this earth to find out what was wrong. He would follow her to the ends of the earth anytime.
