Ballad For All
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"Nuquer!" Flora raced into Nuquer's room. Nuquer sat on her bed, trying to look as innocent as possible, "Yes?"
"I hope I didn't wake you, but I couldn't wait to talk to you!" Flora shut the door behind her and sat on the bed next to Nuquer, "It's about Legolas's friends."
"What about them?" Nuquer suddenly concerned for her sister.
"Nothing bad, I just think they are all incredibly gorgeous!" Flora gushed, Nuquer's worry completely flooded away to excitement.
"I know! Nilhisie, or I think that's him, is absolutely handsome!" Nuquer smiled.
"That's what I was thinking!" Flora laughed, "Though I don't think I have a chance at all." Flora looked down at the floor.
"What are you talking about?! I'm not about to say this just out of sympathy or because you're my sister but you are beautiful. Everyone knows it and that is why Faunia a Sila, and Tybalt are so protective of you! Any man would love to be with you!" Nuquer placed her hand on her sisters' shoulder, it was true Flora was beautiful, she was graced with a beauty to match elves but with enough roughness on the edges to set her apart from any race.
"You mean it?" Flora looked up, her green eyes sparkling.
"Would I lie to you?" Nuquer looked at her.
"I hope not, otherwise you know what happens!" Flora started to tickle Nuquer in all the best places that Flora had learned growing up with Nuquer about.
Nilhisie and Legolas opened the door just in time to see Nuquer crash to the floor with Flora behind her and a full-fledged tickle-war start.
Legolas smiled, admiring Nuquer's beauty and wishing that he cold join but not wanting to ruin the moment.
Nilhisie, though, was astonished, he had grown up among beauty beyond imagination but here lay on the floor something he had never experienced before, untried of beauty. It was Flora that had caught his eye, her hair was not pulled back into intricate braids that were so common among his people, her clothes were common day working clothes of no significant colour or pattern and her face had a little streak of dirt across her left cheek. Her beauty was natural, it shined through without her even trying.
"Legolas!" Nuquer looked up to see the two elves smiling down at them. Flora stopped tickling Nuquer and looked up at the elves, "Oh!"
"Good morning ladies, I'm guessing you two are doing just fine." Legolas smiled and held out his hand to Nuquer.
"Yes we are!" Nuquer grabbed his hand and pulled herself up. Flora got up quicker than Nilhisie could offer her a hand.
"Flora, this is Nilhisie, in case you forget." Legolas introduced his unusually quiet friend once again.
"Hello." Flora smiled trying to brush her loose hair out of her face.
"Morning." Nilhisie finally spoke.
"Well, let's go eat breakfast and then you two will need to pack before we can leave." Legolas took Nuquer's hand and led her down the hall.
"After you." Nilhisie stepped aside, allowing Flora through the doorway.
"Thank you." Flora smiled and passed through.
Nilhisie couldn't help but watch Flora's slender figure all the way down the hall, only tearing his eyes away when he entered the door to the eating room where her family was already seated.
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Elladan followed Makathen and the others down to the pond where as Makathen had promised there were a gathering of young elves.
"I never knew about this." Elladan looked around in awe.
"That's because you are the son of Elrond." Makathen pointed out and motioned for Elladan to follow him.
"Hey Makathen! Who's your friend?" One of the male elves called out.
"This is Elladan." Makathen answered as the group arrived at the edge of the rather large pond, if not a small lake.
"You're Elrond's son?" One of the maidens stepped forward.
"Yes." Elladan suddenly wished he was not Elrond's son, he didn't want to be known as so.
"I though you had a twin?" Another one of the maidens asked.
"I do, he just didn't come." Elladan didn't want to talk about his father or his brother, he wanted more than anything to be a normal elf and have fun with his friends, or make some friends really.
"Well, welcome Elladan. I'm Dairuin and these are my friends Mahtan, Umanyar and Ihach. These lovely ladies are Aeglos, Nienor, Carnil, Duilwen, Eregoin, and Finduilas." Dairuin pointed to each of the elves as he introduced their names.
Elladan looked around trying to remember who belonged to what name but it proved difficult.
"That's all right, you'll get our names before the night is up!" Dairuin grabbed Elladan's arm and directed him towards the group.
"You guys hang out here a lot?" Elladan asked.
"We try to get together every night. We are the youngest elves here so we try to stick together." Dairuin explained.
"How young are you guys?" Elladan looked around, suddenly feeling that he might be out of place.
"Well, Nienor is the youngest at 200 and I'm the oldest at 412." Dairuin pointed one of the maidens and himself.
"Well I'm also 412." Elladan smiled.
"How strange, well it's nice to have someone else my age!" Dairuin laughed.
"What's it like being Elrond's son?" Nienor, the youngest there asked.
"I don't know, it's not much different than what you guys are used to." Elladan blushed slightly.
"It's ok I understand if you don't want to talk about it." Nienor smiled and led him towards the water, "Finduilas is going to sing an old song tonight, one that her mother taught her."
Nienor motioned for Finduilas to start singing. Finduilas smiled and started singing an old song that Elladan heard his mother sing once. The other elves began dancing. Elladan joined in and completely lost himself in the movement and motion of his new friends.
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"Nuquer!" Flora raced into Nuquer's room. Nuquer sat on her bed, trying to look as innocent as possible, "Yes?"
"I hope I didn't wake you, but I couldn't wait to talk to you!" Flora shut the door behind her and sat on the bed next to Nuquer, "It's about Legolas's friends."
"What about them?" Nuquer suddenly concerned for her sister.
"Nothing bad, I just think they are all incredibly gorgeous!" Flora gushed, Nuquer's worry completely flooded away to excitement.
"I know! Nilhisie, or I think that's him, is absolutely handsome!" Nuquer smiled.
"That's what I was thinking!" Flora laughed, "Though I don't think I have a chance at all." Flora looked down at the floor.
"What are you talking about?! I'm not about to say this just out of sympathy or because you're my sister but you are beautiful. Everyone knows it and that is why Faunia a Sila, and Tybalt are so protective of you! Any man would love to be with you!" Nuquer placed her hand on her sisters' shoulder, it was true Flora was beautiful, she was graced with a beauty to match elves but with enough roughness on the edges to set her apart from any race.
"You mean it?" Flora looked up, her green eyes sparkling.
"Would I lie to you?" Nuquer looked at her.
"I hope not, otherwise you know what happens!" Flora started to tickle Nuquer in all the best places that Flora had learned growing up with Nuquer about.
Nilhisie and Legolas opened the door just in time to see Nuquer crash to the floor with Flora behind her and a full-fledged tickle-war start.
Legolas smiled, admiring Nuquer's beauty and wishing that he cold join but not wanting to ruin the moment.
Nilhisie, though, was astonished, he had grown up among beauty beyond imagination but here lay on the floor something he had never experienced before, untried of beauty. It was Flora that had caught his eye, her hair was not pulled back into intricate braids that were so common among his people, her clothes were common day working clothes of no significant colour or pattern and her face had a little streak of dirt across her left cheek. Her beauty was natural, it shined through without her even trying.
"Legolas!" Nuquer looked up to see the two elves smiling down at them. Flora stopped tickling Nuquer and looked up at the elves, "Oh!"
"Good morning ladies, I'm guessing you two are doing just fine." Legolas smiled and held out his hand to Nuquer.
"Yes we are!" Nuquer grabbed his hand and pulled herself up. Flora got up quicker than Nilhisie could offer her a hand.
"Flora, this is Nilhisie, in case you forget." Legolas introduced his unusually quiet friend once again.
"Hello." Flora smiled trying to brush her loose hair out of her face.
"Morning." Nilhisie finally spoke.
"Well, let's go eat breakfast and then you two will need to pack before we can leave." Legolas took Nuquer's hand and led her down the hall.
"After you." Nilhisie stepped aside, allowing Flora through the doorway.
"Thank you." Flora smiled and passed through.
Nilhisie couldn't help but watch Flora's slender figure all the way down the hall, only tearing his eyes away when he entered the door to the eating room where her family was already seated.
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Elladan followed Makathen and the others down to the pond where as Makathen had promised there were a gathering of young elves.
"I never knew about this." Elladan looked around in awe.
"That's because you are the son of Elrond." Makathen pointed out and motioned for Elladan to follow him.
"Hey Makathen! Who's your friend?" One of the male elves called out.
"This is Elladan." Makathen answered as the group arrived at the edge of the rather large pond, if not a small lake.
"You're Elrond's son?" One of the maidens stepped forward.
"Yes." Elladan suddenly wished he was not Elrond's son, he didn't want to be known as so.
"I though you had a twin?" Another one of the maidens asked.
"I do, he just didn't come." Elladan didn't want to talk about his father or his brother, he wanted more than anything to be a normal elf and have fun with his friends, or make some friends really.
"Well, welcome Elladan. I'm Dairuin and these are my friends Mahtan, Umanyar and Ihach. These lovely ladies are Aeglos, Nienor, Carnil, Duilwen, Eregoin, and Finduilas." Dairuin pointed to each of the elves as he introduced their names.
Elladan looked around trying to remember who belonged to what name but it proved difficult.
"That's all right, you'll get our names before the night is up!" Dairuin grabbed Elladan's arm and directed him towards the group.
"You guys hang out here a lot?" Elladan asked.
"We try to get together every night. We are the youngest elves here so we try to stick together." Dairuin explained.
"How young are you guys?" Elladan looked around, suddenly feeling that he might be out of place.
"Well, Nienor is the youngest at 200 and I'm the oldest at 412." Dairuin pointed one of the maidens and himself.
"Well I'm also 412." Elladan smiled.
"How strange, well it's nice to have someone else my age!" Dairuin laughed.
"What's it like being Elrond's son?" Nienor, the youngest there asked.
"I don't know, it's not much different than what you guys are used to." Elladan blushed slightly.
"It's ok I understand if you don't want to talk about it." Nienor smiled and led him towards the water, "Finduilas is going to sing an old song tonight, one that her mother taught her."
Nienor motioned for Finduilas to start singing. Finduilas smiled and started singing an old song that Elladan heard his mother sing once. The other elves began dancing. Elladan joined in and completely lost himself in the movement and motion of his new friends.
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