Adonnenniel wandered around alone in the rose garden, everyone seemed relieved that Legolas had returned back to health. But despite the magic that was in the air at that moment, the Healers commanded that everyone should leave at let him rest. The Teleri Princess felt the cold rain trail down on her hands as she mindlessly walked through the gardens. She looked up and stopped dead in her tracks and quickly hid away from Thranduil's view as he approached the statue of Raina, his lost love.
"I felt your presence" Thranduil said, at first, Adonnenniel thought that he was talking to her but then he continued to talk to the statue, "I felt almost selfish that I wanted him to stay instead of being reunited with you. I am sorry, my love"
Thranduil shrank his head down and let it rest there. Adonnenniel felt a tear slide down her cheek as Thranduil sat down at the beautiful Elven Queen's feet. When he looked up, she didn't know whether or not it was the rain or if he was crying. Either way, he looked so lonely that grief could take him at any moment.
"If only I had gotten to you sooner" Thranduil said in a small voice.
Adonnenniel got up from her spot and slowly made her way over to Thranduil. She normally would let something like this be left alone. But something inside of her stirred, almost like as if it was her duty to comfort her future father-in-law. Thranduil looked up and almost blinked in surprise that Adonnenniel was walking over to him. He almost seemed perplexed like as if Adonnenniel was the very image of Raina herself.
"She would want you to cherish your son's second life" Adonnenniel suddenly spoke.
Then something happened that Adonnenniel wouldn't have suspected to happen. Thranduil suddenly got up and wrapped his arms around Adonnenniel in a big hug. Adonnenniel gasped but then gently hugged him back. She looked up to the statue of the Queen and thanked the Valar that they were not thinking about putting up a memoriam for Legolas any time soon.
"Adonnenniel-"
"She would want you to be happy, Lord Thranduil, she would want you to cherish and love life to its fullest"
Thranduil broke the hug and looked at her in a very peculiar manner. Raina used to always say that, every day was a new adventure for her. This was probably the reason why she left Middle-Earth the way she did. If only this time he had accompanied her and not grow tired of going on countless journeys with her.
"I am very thankful for what you did for my son, Adonnenniel" Thranduil said.
He remembered the first time that the rumor of the Ring had emerged, that was the day that Legolas offered to go in the party to Rivendell. Thranduil had almost immediately saw his beloved wife through his son's eyes and almost denied him on the spot. He always wanted to keep Legolas under his wing and pray that nothing happened to him like what happened to his mother. But he knew that that wasn't the way to treat a Prince with such a title like his son.
"Lady Galadriel told me what to do" Adonnenniel confessed. "I would not have thought of that on my own, Lord Thranduil. If Lady Galadriel hadn't communicated with me than we would've lost Legolas. I would never have been that clever, Lord Thranduil. I would never think that the mysterious love that he has over the sea would make him come back. It was the song that had saved him. I only manipulated the sound of the sea to bring him back. I have to admit that he loves the sea almost as much as a Teleri Elf. Almost anyone would wake up to the sound of the sea. I had no other magic involved"
The rain poured all around them, washing off the blood of the battle and the fires that the Ra'zacs had caused. But it was also washing away the difficult past that both of these races would have faced. Just five years ago, the Teleri would not have come to the aid of the Sindar Elves for a reason that Adonnenniel felt lost to her. Adonnenniel felt a hand on her shoulder, making her look up to Thranduil.
"But it was you that made him wake up" Thranduil told her.
Adonnenniel looked over Thranduil's shoulder and gasped, "Legolas!"
"Adonnenniel" Legolas smiled and walked over to his father and his beloved. "Adonnenniel. You don't get it, do you?"
Thranduil smiled and placed his and on the small of his sons back and nodded to him. He looked over to Adonnenniel and bowed his head before he left the gardens to let them be alone.
"It wasn't the song that brought me back to life" Legolas confessed.
"What do you mean?" Adonnenniel looked to him in confusion. "Lady Galadriel told me to sing. So I did and she worked her magic"
"It wasn't Galadriel's presence either, I never felt it" Legolas shook his head.
"Then what was it?" Adonnenniel asked. "It has to be something because you are standing before me"
Legolas took a step forward and wrapped his arm around her waist, making their bodies push against each other. Adonnenniel looked up at Legolas as he caressed the side of her face as he looked deeply into her eyes.
"This cannot possibly be a dream. If it is… then let death take me so that I don't have to wake up" Adonnenniel told him.
"Your love is the reason why I am alive right now" Legolas told her.
Adonnenniel remembered just moments before how they were both in his sanctuary of a tree. His life was dwindling away as he lost his will to stay up, making Adonnenniel fear that he was dead. It was in that moment that Adonnenniel finally confessed what she was truly afraid to feel for any other Elf. But Legolas could not have possibly heard her say that to him.
"I said I love you after you were gone. You couldn't have possibly heard that" Adonnenniel felt her face being streaked for cold raindrops and warm tears. "I should have told you sooner. It wasn't right to let you go off into battle without me telling you. I have known this feeling for a very long time now"
Legolas leaned down and kissed Adonnenniel's lips, making her heart skip into a million beats. She wrapped her arms around his neck and realized how long it must've been since the last their lips had met. Feeling his lips onto hers was somewhat of a realization for her that he was actually real. That she had saved him from the brinks of death to live a torturous life of being forever alone.
"I love you" she whispered once their lips had parted.
"Adonnenniel, I have always known" Legolas smiled down to her.
"And that is what brought you back to me" Adonnenniel smiled.
"Are you ready?" Legolas asked a couple days later. "People are already waiting. We can't keep them waiting for all eternity"
Adonnenniel turned around in her green dress and walked over to Legolas. He smiled down to her as he wrapped his finger around a curl and let it bounce once he released it.
"Stop that!"
"Then let us be on our way! Your mother and sister have been dying to see you" Legolas offered out his arm and led the way to the ballroom.
The sun shone bright up high in the sky, making the hallways seem almost heavenly and dream like. There were no guards in the public hallways which would have seemed odd to everyone but Legolas and Adonnenniel knew where all the Elves were. Together, they walked up to very tall doors that seemed to beg to be opened. The couple stopped at the door and looked to each other.
"Does this remind of you something?"
"The first night we danced"
The door opened as Adonnenniel and Legolas stepped onto the balcony before the stairwell. There was a sea of green Teleri and silver Sindar outfits as they all applauded the arrival of the Prince and Princess. They could easily spot their families together and smiling proudly at their children. Adonnenniel beamed as she noticed Erulassë on the arm of her brother, leaning her head onto his shoulder.
"Shall we?" Legolas asked.
Adonnenniel nodded as they both walked down the stairs and looked around at their people together. To her amazement, everyone was bowing down their heads like as if they were already the King and Queen of Mirkwood. Legolas and Adonnenniel stood in the middle of the room and smiled to each other as they prepared for a dance. Once the melody played, Legolas took the lead and started swaying Adonnenniel all over the place.
"Well, Legolas, my love. We seem to be getting quite the attention" Adonnenniel said after a few moments of silence.
"Of course, my love. You are the one who just recently got a title" Legolas said.
"There is nothing too special about it, my love, this day is for all of us" Adonnenniel told him.
"Adonnenniel the Resurrector. You do not believe that that is a well induced title?" Legolas asked.
Adonnenniel laughed, "So what next?"
"What do you mean?" Legolas asked.
"What will be our next adventure together?"
"We just barely ended one four days ago"
"Which is why I am asked, Legolas" Adonnenniel countered.
"If you insist, my love" Legolas thought for a moment. "How about we start by healing Ithilien?"
"That sounds wonderful" Adonnenniel beamed.
Legolas smiled and bent down his head and gave her a sweet and long kiss as the song ended. The cooling rush that seems to always be in his presence filled her entire body as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Everywhere around them, Teleri and Sindar were all applauding the kiss and performance. Adonnenniel smiled through the kiss and thanked the Valar one last time for letting fate take her swiftly into the arms of her Prince of Mirkwood.
"Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear."
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