Chp.10 MPOV
I watch as my brother storms out of the room. He does have a valid reason to be mad at me. But he has never been one to forgive someone easily. Ithilwen mutters something about going to try to calm him down then leaves the room. Legolas' nose has stopped bleeding but his nose is displaced slightly and it is beginning to turn purple. I laugh quietly.
"What is so funny?" Legolas asks me.
"My brother got you good, did he not? Your nose looks broken, it is purple and off center. But other than that you look as handsome as ever." I reply.
Legolas laughs as well. I get up off the bed and grab Legolas' hand. I guide him out of the room and lead him to my room. I am well enough now; I do not need to be in that healing room anymore. Too many bad memories are associated with that room. I enter my bed chamber with Legolas in tow. I go to my vanity and pull out my father's silver ring. He does not wear it anymore, he says it hurts too much to look down and be reminded. I know he misses my mother dearly. I go over to Legolas who is now sitting on my bed.
"I give you this silver ring with my love, and I promise to marry you." I say to Legolas then place the silver ring on the first finger on his right hand.
Soon a gold ring will replace that one. And soon my father will get back his silver ring and my mothers. Legolas takes my mother's silver ring off my finger.
"I give you this silver ring with my love, and I promise to marry you." Legolas says then places the silver ring on my index finger of the right hand.
I smile up at him. My dream is finally coming true. After all this time we are finally getting married. After he left, I never thought this day would actually come. I hear a knock on the door.
"Come in" I say.
Arwen and Aragorn come into the room hand in hand.
"My father says you are to be married before the fellowship leaves, is this true?" Arwen asks.
I smile and nod. Arwen comes over and hugs me.
"It is about time for the two of you. Hopefully Legolas will go through with it this time. I promise not to take him away this time. What happened, Legolas?" Aragorn says.
"Well, I am still waiting for your marriage. So you have no room to comment on our marriage. I do not blame you Aragorn. It was Legolas' choice to leave, you did not force him." I reply. "And my brother punched Legolas in the face earlier."
Aragorn comes over and inspects Legolas' face. "Your brother hit him good. What did you do to deserve being hit in the face?"
"Arvaldon found me in bed this morning with Miriel but it is not what you think it is." Legolas replies sheepishly.
Before Aragorn can reply with a witty comment, Ithilwen comes into my room.
"I see the betrothal is common knowledge now." Ithilwen says with a laugh.
"Ithilwen, I was wondering if you would play the part of our mother at the feast." I ask.
"I would be honored to. I think that would make mother very proud. Does father know yet?" Ithilwen asks.
"I do not know. I was planning to go see him after I gave Legolas the silver ring. How is Arvaldon taking the news?" I ask Ithilwen.
"I do not know. I could not find him after he stormed out of the healing room earlier. I just hope he has not gone and done something stupid or something he will regret later." Itilwen replies
I have a feeling I know where he is. And I know he will not being doing the same thing I was planning the last time I went there.
"I think I know where he may be. I will go after I change out of this dress. It still has my blood on it."
Arwen, Aragorn and Ithilwen nod and exit my room. I go behind my dressing curtain and change into a pale blue, long sleeve, corset dress. I go and sit next to Legolas on the bed. He smiles at me.
"I love the color blue on you. It brings out the color of your eyes." Legolas says.
I smile at him.
"I have to go see my brother. I will be back. When I get back I would like to talk to my father if that is alright with you." I tell him.
"I will be right here when you get back. Take your time." Legolas says then kisses me on the lips.
I break away from the kiss. I take a deep breath and imagine the top of the cliffs near the ocean where my accident happened. The lush green grass near the top, the crashing waves near the rocks on the beach, the birds flying in the distance. The abandoned log of a tree acting as the perfect bench for wanderers on the cliff. I begin to hear the sound of waves crashing when I open my eyes to find my brother sitting on the log near the cliffs edge. I come up and sit down next to him.
"I remember that day as clearly as if it was yesterday. I was out with Ithilwen teaching her how to shoot a bow and arrow since we knew you were not going to help us for a while, I saw it fit to teach her how to fight. She was trying to shoot an apple off of a tree when I got the vision. I remember it clearly, I saw you sitting on this very log crying. You got up and your face looked defeated yet determined. You walked towards the cliffs edge and I gasped as I watched you jump off of the edge. I waited willing you to come back to the surface of the water. But I did not see it and I knew there was little time to be wasted. I rushed to the beach near the cliffs, dove in the water and was lucky enough to pull you out and get you help before you died. It ate me up inside to see you miserable as you were those days leading up to your accident. And now you just took Legolas back like nothing had happened. How could you?" Arvaldon asks me; his voice hints a tone of disgust.
"I love him. You forgive the people you love. I know he hurt me and that hole is not completely healed. But Legolas is making a huge effort to try to set things right again. And I love him for that. I want to be with him for the rest of my existence. That is why I am going with him and the fellowship. If something were to happen to him while on the journey and I did not take the chance to make things right, the guilt would eat me alive. I know it may be hard for you to understand my reasoning. But know that I thought about it before I took him back. " I reply to him.
"I see the way you look at him and the way he looks at you. You truly love him?" he asks me.
"With all of my being. He is my other half and I only hope you find someone to share your life with soon." I tell him earnestly.
"If you truly feel that way then you have my blessing. But I am doing this for you, Miri, because you are my little sister. I am not doing it for him. I do not plan on forgiving. I feel like I can no longer be friends with him."
I smile and hug him. "Thank you that means so much to me. I understand why you are doing that. But you are making an effort for me and I love you for that."
I take a deep breath and imagine my bed chambers. The wide window on the back wall, the dressing curtain slightly to the left of my window, my vanity across from my wide bed with its light blue blanket draped over it. I take another deep breath and open my eyes. I find Legolas on my bed waiting for me.
"That did not take as long as I thought it would." Legolas says.
"Everything is fine. He will be at the feast. Now all that is left is my father." I tell him.
I take Legolas' hand and I lead him to my father's room. I am practically skipping the whole way there. I am just so happy right now. It is a change I welcome. I do not need anymore sadness in my life. I knock on the door.
"Come in" my father's voice says.
I open the door and enter. I let go of Legolas' hand and bow. Legolas does the same. I walk up to my father and kiss both of his cheeks.
"Legolas and my Miriel are together again. I hoped I would see this day. I say it is about time both of you got some sense into to you. You both are sometimes to stubborn for your own good, though one is more stubborn than the other. I guess you are coming to ask me about a wedding feast." My father says.
"Yes, father. I assure you everything is fine between us." I say.
"I know it is. I know how stubborn you can be Miriel and I know you did not say yes to him easily." My father says with a wink.
"It took some work on my part, Lord Belegorn." Legolas says.
"Just call me, Belegorn. We are going to be family soon enough. When would you like the feast for your marriage ceremony to be?" My father asks.
"As soon as possible, father. We have been waiting for this for too long. And I was wondering if you would act as Legolas' father for the wedding. Ithilwen has already agreed to act as mother for me." I tell him.
"I would be honored to. I will arrange for the feast to happen tomorrow night." My father says.
"Thank you so much." I say with a smile then go and kiss my father's cheeks.
The next night
I take one final look at myself in the mirror. Arwen just left to go to the feast. My hair is up in my mother's jeweled clips and I am wearing a white short sleeved corset dress. The sleeves are tiny and fall right on the top of my shoulders. The body is a tight corset set right at my hips and the dress falls straight down to my feet. I have never been an extravagant girl and that is not going to change tonight. I take a deep breath to calm myself. I cannot believe this is happening. I only hope it is not a dream. But if it is please do not let me wake up.
I exit my room and proceed to the feast. I enter and find everyone is there already; Arwen, Aragon, my uncle, my brother, my sister, my father, and many other of my friends. I even see Gandalf and the young hobbits. And next to Gandalf I see Bilbo Baggins, which is a familiar face I have not seen in a long time. I walk over to Bilbo.
"Bilbo Baggins, what are you doing here?" I say as I embrace him in a hug.
"I was here with Gandalf and I heard my nephew talking about a blond haired elf and a brunette elf getting married. I thought it was about time for the two of them. I was not going to miss your wedding feast, Lady Miriel. Not while I still have some fight left in me." Bilbo says.
"Where are your travels going to take you next?" I ask him.
"I do not know yet. But I do know that now that I have seen you and Legolas get married I can die peacefully." Bilbo says with a laugh.
"Do not say that. I do not wish for you to die. Thank you for coming. I have to go Legolas has just walked in." I say to him as I turn away.
I walk up to Legolas and take his hand. We walk to the middle of the feast. Ithilwen and my father walk down towards us.
"May Varda watch over this marriage and protect it from the shadow of death. May Legolas and Miriel live and love together always, according to the will of Eru Ilúvatar." Ithilwen says.
"May Manwë guard this marriage and shield it from the shadow of death. May Legolas and Miriel live and love together always, according to the will of Eru Ilúvatar." My father says.
I take the silver ring off my finger and hand it back to Legolas. I hand him a gold ring
"I give you your silver ring and a gold ring with my eternal love, and I marry you. I name you, Rimlir" I say while smiling and trying to hold back the tears. I can see Ithilwen and Arwen have already started to cry.
Legolas takes off his silver and hands it to me with my gold ring. I place it on my index finger.
"I give you your silver ring and a gold ring with my eternal love, and I marry you. I name you, Echuirmel" Legolas says.
Ithilwen steps towards Legolas and hands him a green jewel necklace that sort of resembles a tree. He places it around his neck. My father steps forward and hands me a blue jewel necklace. I place it around my neck.
Legolas and I take our seats and we continue the feast. Afterwards, we head back to my chamber where we make our marriage official.