A/N SO…Hope you like it! Thank you for your reviews! Even if you did flame, I won't shoot you down, thanks for stating your opinion… however I will not erase this story just because you think that my story is stupid, there are some people here who like it, so I will continue for them. I am not going to track you down and tell you how much you hurt me, because A. that would be what you would want wouldn't it? And B. I'm not that hurt!
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Hey, sorry it has taken yet another long time to post! And I regret to say that I probably will not finish the story before I go to school so it will probably take a while to post! But I will do my best! Hopefully it will not take too long before I post again, but I can't promise anything : ( sorry!
I suppose that I should get on with the story! ;)
A Similarity
It was May's birthday and she was turning thirteen, she looked younger than she was. When Beth first heard that she was near thirteen she was surprised that she was this old, when the first time she had seen May she looked so much younger, even still. Beth was so exited to give her the gift that she had made for her; a gown that was the same size as the night gown because that was the thing Beth knew fit her. It was a yellow gown that would touch the floor when worn by May. The dress had a poignant purple color of needlework that was May's favorite flower, lilies. Beth had wrapped it up in linen and tied a bow around it. Beth had a whole day planned for this special day. First, Beth would wake early to make May a full English breakfast which consisted of: sausage, smoked bacon, eggs, fried mushrooms and tomatoes, toasted bread, and hash browns. Then after breakfast Beth would let May spend some time with her new friends, in the mean time Beth would make her lunch and by this time Legolas would arrive (Beth asked him to bring something special for May from Mirkwood). Then Beth would give May her gift, as would Legolas, then she would let May play once again for her to prepare her birthday supper. But for now it was the night before her thirteenth birthday.
"I'm excited! Just tell me what we are going to do?" May had said laughing.
"I'm sorry missy, but you just have to wait!" Beth said smiling. "You need to go to sleep!"
"But I can't sleep! I am too excited!" May said. Beth went over to her to tuck her in.
She sat beside May and said, "May, just close your eyes, and before you know it, it will be morning! It will be as if you advanced through time!" May closed her eyes and turned over to her side and settled down, Beth stood and left the room shutting the door. Beth walked down the stairs to the kitchen to prepare some dough for bread tomorrow. While she was kneading the bread she looked out the window and saw somebody. Beth ran to the door and met with the person.
"Hello, Miss, I am Ferren," the man said.
"What were you doing outside this cottage?" Beth asked alarmed.
"I was just wondering if this is where May lives, my son and her play together," he lied.
"Yes, this is where she lives," Beth said believing him.
"Oh, well I shall tell my son then, he has a present for her," he said adding to the lie.
"Alright, but she is not taking presents until tomorrow afternoon, if he could come by then." Once again believing him, because why should she not? Ferren smiled and bowed, and then he turned and left into the darkness of night. Beth closed the door thinking nothing of it and went back to kneading the dough. She finished and let it rise over night. Beth decided it was getting late so she went to bed. She slipped on a night gown and went to lie down in her bed but was quite unsettled by the late night visit that had happened, so she went and laid by May just for caution, for both of their sakes. Like Beth had told May, once Beth had closed her eyes and dozed off to sleep, it felt like she had went forward in time, it was already morning. May was still sound asleep, it was quite early and this is what Beth wanted. She began to make May a full English breakfast, she began with cooking and toasting the bread, and then everything else fell into place. The breakfast was made and Beth went up to wake May.
"May, dear. Wake up!" Beth said sitting on her bed. May opened her eyes and paused for a moment pulling herself together. "Happy Birthday sweetie!" Beth said smiling. May sat up and realized it was her birthday. "I have made breakfast for you May!" Beth said. "Come on! Lets eat!" They both scurried on down the stairs and sat at the table.
"What is this?" May said excited as ever.
"This, my dear, is a full English breakfast!" Beth said.
"Oh," she said confused.
"Just eat," Beth said laughing. In no time May's plate was empty.
"This is great!" May said smiling, "Thank you Beth!" they both had finished their breakfast and cleaned the dishes, but Beth stopped her.
"No work for you today, May!" Beth said smiling, "Go and take a bath, I will finish." May nodded and went to take a bath. By the time the dishes were cleaned May was done taking a bath.
"I'm done!" May said in a towel.
"Go get dressed and brush your hair while I take a bath." Beth said.
"Alright Beth," she said happily as she went to her room. Beth went and took a bath, she washed her hair and her body quickly. Beth then got dresses and wrapped a towel in her hair. She grabbed some of her things to do May's hair with and hurried out to her.
"May? Would you like me to do your hair?" Beth said smiling, May nodded. May went over to her and sat down for Beth to do her hair. Beth put it in the normal bun that she would always do for her own hair. "Now go and play with your friends, I will call you in for lunch!" Beth said smiling trying to do her own hair the same way. May hurried out the door and went to play. She went over to the living room to sit while she was waiting for Legolas to show up. Then like clockwork Legolas showed up exactly when she expected him. Knock, Knock she heard on the door and went to let Legolas in.
"Hello Legolas," she said smiling, giving him a kiss on the cheek, he was holding the gift he promised to bring.
"Good afternoon, Beth," he said shutting the door. He put his hand on Beth's face and brought her face closer to his for a kiss on the lips.
"Come here, I want to show you the gift I have made for May," she said holding his hand and leading him to the living room. She opened the linen and took out the dress that she sewed.
"That is glorious! You have done a wonderful job, Beth." He said to her as she was putting it back into the linen. "Look here, what I have brought for May." He said. Beth looked over and saw a magnificent bracelet of silver.
"That is wonderful, Legolas! May I?" she said wanting to hold it.
"Of course," he said handing it to her. Then he pulled out something else.
"Would you like me to put it in cloth for you?" she said already doing it. She went over and set it by her gift, Legolas followed her. He grabbed her hand and bought it up to kiss it.
"And this, my dear, is for you." He said showing her the necklace he pulled out. "Did you not tell me that your birthday was soon?" She stood there dazed by the necklace, and then she came to her senses.
"Oh!" she said realizing that her birthday was in a few days. He went in the back of her and pulled the necklace over her neck and closed it.
"Just as I suspected…" he said smiling.
"What?" she said.
"Beautiful, but not as beautiful as you," he said going in for another kiss on her red lips. She kissed him back then realized that she needed to make lunch!
"Legolas," she said stopping, "I need to make lunch for May!"
"Would you like any help?" he asked.
"No, that's ok, just talk to me." She said smiling pointing to the table. She made potato chowder and cooked some more bread to add to it. She had finished preparing the meal, so she went to call for May.
"This smells delicious!" Legolas said excited to try this new food.
Beth smiled and walked to the door; she looked out and spotted May, "May! Come have lunch!" May turned and said she would see her friends later, and ran to the cottage. when she walked in she inhaled the scent of this delicious soup.
"Who's this Beth?" May asked looking at Legolas.
"May, I would like you to meet Legolas; we grew very close in Mirkwood. I asked him to come over for your special day." Beth explained.
"Hello, Sir Legolas," She bowed.
"Hello, May," he said bowing just the same. "Happy birthday!"
"Thank you, sir!" she said smiling at him.
"Please," he said, "Call me Legolas." She nodded at him.
"Come to the table and we shall eat!" Beth said. They followed her to the kitchen and sat down up to the table. Beth went around and served them each a bowl of soup, and a rather large slice of freshly cooked bread, and then she went to sit down herself.
Legolas raised his glass of water and said, "A toast, to May!" They all clanked their glasses in respect of May and her special day. The meal went smoothly with a fair deal of conversation; mostly about Mirkwood because May was so fascinated with it. It sounded so magical to her.
"There are dances there?" she said mesmerized.
"All sorts," Legolas said amused at how interested and excited she was.
"Wow, I have never even danced before, I don't know how!" she laughed; Legolas smiled and ate some more soup. In time their bowls were empty and their stomachs filled.
"That was absolutely exquisite dear Beth," Legolas said.
"The best birthday lunch I have ever had, I dare say," Ma said agreeing with Legolas.
"Well thank you my dears," Beth said smiling, "Just wait until supper!" May had wide eyes when she heard this.
"What's next?" May ask cheerfully.
"Presents," Legolas and Beth said synchronized.
"Presents?" May said, "But I never got a present before!" she said exited.
"Well now you will have two!" Beth said smiling at her. Beth stood and walked into the living room motioning for them both to follow. She grabbed both the presents and gave them to May once she had sat down. "Here you are," Beth said handing them to her. She opened the one on top first which was Legolas' gift. "This one if from Legolas May," Beth informed her before she pulled the linen away to open it.
"This is beautiful!" May said so exited that she had been given something so extraordinary.
"This is from my home of Mirkwood, May," Legolas said exited to see her reaction, "I am glad to see you enjoy it." But in fact she was so overwhelmed with joy that she jumped out of her seat and ran to give Legolas a huge hug around the neck. Legolas with open arms wrapped them around her and said, "Wear it, it will give you luck." She handed it to him so that he would put it on for her because she was unsure of how to. He grabbed her wrist and put it on, then he brought her hand up to kiss it, "Happy birthday, May." She smiled and went back to her seat with such a glow of happiness.
"And this is from you, Beth?" May inquired.
"Yes," Beth said smiling. May pulled back the linen and saw the most beautiful dress she had ever seen.
"Beth," she was looking at it speechless. "I have never…" she trailed off.
"I made it," Beth said looking at her.
"This is magnificent, Beth," she said still dazed. She stood to let the dress fall to the ground so that she could see it all. Then she went to her room with the dress to try it on. She came down with the dress on and she looked very proper and pretty. "I have never seen this style anywhere," May said so happy and satisfied by her gifts.
"You look like quite the lady," Beth said, "Yes, where I come from this style is common."
"You do look like quite the lady, Lady May!" Legolas said smiling.
"Happy birthday, May!" Beth said, "Wear it with pride!" Beth said smiling.
"I will, and I am so exited to show my new friends!" May said excited. Then there was a knock on the door.
"Oh, excuse me," Beth stood and went to the door. She opened it and saw Ferren at the door, "Oh, Hello sir, where is your son? May is opening her presents now." May went to the door to see who it was, as did Legolas.
"Ferren?" May said surprised. "You don't have a son."
"Yes, I have come to take you back with me," Ferren said.
"Back?" Beth said confused, "You said that your parents were gone, that your guardian had left you, May. What is this man talking about?"
"I didn't leave her! She ran away!" Ferren.
"May, is this true?" Beth said worried.
"Yes…" May said sadly. Then Beth thought of something and pulled Legolas aside for a moment.
"Legolas, I need to speak with May for a moment, will you keep him busy for a little while?" Beth whispered. Legolas nodded and went to talk to the man. Beth pulled May aside to her bedroom to talk to her in private.
"I'm sorry I lied to you Beth," May said crying.
"We can talk about that later," Beth started, "Right now I need to ask you something. Does he h-hurt you?" Beth asked. It took May a while to answer, but then finally with tears streaming down her face she nodded a small nod. Beth wrapped her arms around May and rocked her, "It's alright, my May, you are safe here, just stay here and I will handle this." May curled up on Beth's bed and Beth closed the door behind her. She stormed down the stairs and to the door, "Get off of my property you slime!" she yelled at Ferren interrupting Legolas in the middle of his sentence, looking shocked. Legolas looked over to her confused. She walked right up to him and looked him in the eye, "Get out of my sight you… you… useless excuse of a man!" she screamed. Ferren could not take that kind of insult and came at her. He brought her to the ground on top of her punching her in the face and squeezing her neck.
"You don't talk to me that way you tramp!" He said maliciously with such hatful and murderous eyes. Before Ferren could do anymore damage to Beth Legolas pulled him off of her and pushed him against the wall holing him there, immobilizing him for a while. Beth stood and wiped the blood off of her face.
"This man, if you could call him that, is a child beater," Beth said infuriated. "He abused poor little May, and this is why she ran away." When Legolas heard this he too became infuriated.
"That worthless little girl!" Ferren screamed, "May! I am taking you home!"
Legolas gave him a punch in the face for mentioning the word 'worthless' and said, "Oh no your not! You're coming with me to the courts and they can deal with you." Legolas banded his hands and legs and threw him on his horse to take him. "I will return shortly, stay with May." Legolas said kindly, he went over to give her a peck on the cheek and then he jumped on his horse and rode into town to the courts. At this time Beth had been so grateful that Legolas was there. She ran to her bedroom to find May still curled up on her bed.
"May, Dear…" Beth said walking softly to her, "It is taken care of, you are safe, you need not worry about him." She sat herself on the bed to feel it shake from May. "You don't ever have to go back to him, May!" May sat up and wanted Beth to hold her. Beth wrapped her arms around her once more and said, "I love you May."
"I love you, Mummy," May whispered. Beth's heart was glad to hear her call her Mummy; it sank into gladness as she sang to her. "Shoo, Shoo, Shoo arune."
A/N, Please R&R I hope you liked it: )