Ballad For All
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The next morning Flora was awake early and nearly bursting with excitement from what she had to tell Nuquer. Unfortunately, Nuquer wasn't in her room. Which made Flora very suspicious.
"Flora, you're awake early." Nilhisie was going to leave flowers for Flora outside her door and wasn't suspecting Flora to already be awake.
"Oh, I wanted to talk to Nuquer." Flora smiled and tried to flatten her still messy hair that she hadn't bothered to comb yet.
Nilhisie had a feeling that it was about him, or them really but was wise enough not to say anything in stead, he held out the flowers for Flora.
"For me?"
"Of course, I wanted to leave them outside your door but this works." Nilhisie smiled
"Thank you very much." Flora gave Nilhisie a kiss on the cheek.
Nilhisie looked at how beautiful Flora looked, her hair uncombed, no ornate robes or clothing just a simple, pale robe that hugged her curves and was left unbuttoned on top. Her imperfections made her perfect to him.
Just as Nilhisie was about to tell her how wonderful she looked Nuquer came around the corner. "Nuquer! Where have you been!?" Flora called to her sister.
"What?" Nuquer was obviously not expecting a welcoming party in front of her room.
"Well, come on we have some talking to do." Flora opened Nuquer's door and waited for Nuquer to walk inside, "I'll see you later Nilhisie." Flora winked and followed Nuquer into the room. Nilhisie smiled and turned away, he just couldn't get enough of her.
"Nuquer, where were you last night? I saw you and Legolas leave, what happened?" Flora demanded as soon as she closed the door.
"I spent the night in his room." Nuquer said quietly and sat on her bed, her hair a lot messier than Flora's and her clothes half put on and had obviously been either slept in or tossed aside for the night.
"Really?" Flora raised her eyebrow, knowing that there was more to it than just that.
"Okay, I will tell you, you know I'd tell you anything and everything." Nuquer gave in with a smile.
"That's what I thought!" Flora laughed and sat across from her expectantly.
"Legolas and I- well, we- you know." Nuquer couldn't quite bring herself to say it.
"You- you did it?" Flora asked in awe.
"Yes, I lost my virginity." Nuquer blushed and looked down and yet her stomach fluttered with gladness that it happened, she didn't regret a single moment of it.
"What was it like?" Flora asked after grabbing Nuquer's hand.
"It was- well, it's hard to explain. Good, more than good. It's indescribable." Nuquer looked up at Flora and the both started in a fit of giggles.
"You're so bad!" Flora slapped Nuquer on the leg.
"What?" Nuquer laughed.
"You know Faunia would not approve of this! What is she going to say?" Flora joked about their sister who had always been somewhat of a prude and stickler for rules and that sort of things, she never did anything wrong and nearly died every time she did something and it wasn't perfect.
"Oh, she won't know." Nuquer waved her hand and slid off the bed, "I need to find something to wear to breakfast." Nuquer stretched her arms and headed towards her wardrobe, "Ow!" She stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Flora asked, not to concerned.
"I'm a little sore." Nuquer blushed lightly.
"Oh, well then." Flora smiled, she couldn't help but laugh at Nuquer's little problem, it was more than worth it and she was a little jealous of her, though she wasn't ready to tell Nuquer that, yet."
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Legolas left his room, he felt, different. Like he was suddenly more of an adult now, with responsibilities and a relationship that others couldn't just laugh at. He felt pride and a sense that he would burst if he didn't tell someone about it. Though he wasn't sure if Nuquer would exactly like that idea.
He nearly ran into his father on the way to the main hall.
"Good morning Legolas." Thranduil greeted his son.
"Good morning." Legolas smiled back.
"I need to talk to you about last night." Thranduil turned and Legolas felt his stomach drop, all his feelings of being more mature and grown up suddenly vanished; once again his was a nervous elfling following his father trying to recall everything bad that he had done recently wondering what he was in trouble for. Though usually he wasn't praying to the Valor that his father didn't know about his actions with Nuquer.
"I know what you did last night." Thranduil said as soon as they entered the empty hall.
Legolas froze, he didn't know if he should turn and run or just stay and take his punishment.
"It's a very serious thing, committing to something like that. A lot of things can happen afterwards." Thranduil sat down at one of the many tables and waited for Legolas to sit as well.
"I'm not angry, I was young once and, well we're not talking about me now. But, you need to think about what you are going to do now." Thranduil looked Legolas in the eyes, "Do you love her?"
Legolas was still half-waiting for his father to blow up and start yelling and ranting about how immature and childish he had been and why he hadn't thought before he acted but, it wasn't coming.
"Yes." Legolas answered certainly.
"That's good. At least I know you won't be leaving her, at least anytime soon then?" Thranduil leaned back in his chair, as though his emotions had been suddenly eased.
"No, I do not intend to and I don't think she does either. She hasn't mentioned anything about returning home yet." Legolas said.
"Good, I would like to see her stay." Thranduil nodded.
That was something big. King Thranduil had never said that about one of Legolas's friends before, especially a girl. Yes, he had made Legolas met with daughters of his friends and other important people but he never really wanted Legolas to stay with any of them. This time though, he did not frown whenever she walked into the room but proudly introduced her as Legolas's special friend to everyone, he was proud of Nuquer. Though Legolas had yet to figure out why.
"I was going to ask her to stay for a while." Legolas admitted.
"Good, send my hope that she does stay and take advantage of my hospitality." Thranduil stood, "And Legolas,"
"Yes?"
"Don't mess this up, she's a good one."
~ The End ~
That's right all my loyal reviewers and you other readers too, it's the end. Though fear and worry not, there will be another installment on this fic! News on that will be posted in my bio, it should be up within this next week so look out for it, I haven't got a name for it yet but I'm working on it!
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The next morning Flora was awake early and nearly bursting with excitement from what she had to tell Nuquer. Unfortunately, Nuquer wasn't in her room. Which made Flora very suspicious.
"Flora, you're awake early." Nilhisie was going to leave flowers for Flora outside her door and wasn't suspecting Flora to already be awake.
"Oh, I wanted to talk to Nuquer." Flora smiled and tried to flatten her still messy hair that she hadn't bothered to comb yet.
Nilhisie had a feeling that it was about him, or them really but was wise enough not to say anything in stead, he held out the flowers for Flora.
"For me?"
"Of course, I wanted to leave them outside your door but this works." Nilhisie smiled
"Thank you very much." Flora gave Nilhisie a kiss on the cheek.
Nilhisie looked at how beautiful Flora looked, her hair uncombed, no ornate robes or clothing just a simple, pale robe that hugged her curves and was left unbuttoned on top. Her imperfections made her perfect to him.
Just as Nilhisie was about to tell her how wonderful she looked Nuquer came around the corner. "Nuquer! Where have you been!?" Flora called to her sister.
"What?" Nuquer was obviously not expecting a welcoming party in front of her room.
"Well, come on we have some talking to do." Flora opened Nuquer's door and waited for Nuquer to walk inside, "I'll see you later Nilhisie." Flora winked and followed Nuquer into the room. Nilhisie smiled and turned away, he just couldn't get enough of her.
"Nuquer, where were you last night? I saw you and Legolas leave, what happened?" Flora demanded as soon as she closed the door.
"I spent the night in his room." Nuquer said quietly and sat on her bed, her hair a lot messier than Flora's and her clothes half put on and had obviously been either slept in or tossed aside for the night.
"Really?" Flora raised her eyebrow, knowing that there was more to it than just that.
"Okay, I will tell you, you know I'd tell you anything and everything." Nuquer gave in with a smile.
"That's what I thought!" Flora laughed and sat across from her expectantly.
"Legolas and I- well, we- you know." Nuquer couldn't quite bring herself to say it.
"You- you did it?" Flora asked in awe.
"Yes, I lost my virginity." Nuquer blushed and looked down and yet her stomach fluttered with gladness that it happened, she didn't regret a single moment of it.
"What was it like?" Flora asked after grabbing Nuquer's hand.
"It was- well, it's hard to explain. Good, more than good. It's indescribable." Nuquer looked up at Flora and the both started in a fit of giggles.
"You're so bad!" Flora slapped Nuquer on the leg.
"What?" Nuquer laughed.
"You know Faunia would not approve of this! What is she going to say?" Flora joked about their sister who had always been somewhat of a prude and stickler for rules and that sort of things, she never did anything wrong and nearly died every time she did something and it wasn't perfect.
"Oh, she won't know." Nuquer waved her hand and slid off the bed, "I need to find something to wear to breakfast." Nuquer stretched her arms and headed towards her wardrobe, "Ow!" She stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Flora asked, not to concerned.
"I'm a little sore." Nuquer blushed lightly.
"Oh, well then." Flora smiled, she couldn't help but laugh at Nuquer's little problem, it was more than worth it and she was a little jealous of her, though she wasn't ready to tell Nuquer that, yet."
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Legolas left his room, he felt, different. Like he was suddenly more of an adult now, with responsibilities and a relationship that others couldn't just laugh at. He felt pride and a sense that he would burst if he didn't tell someone about it. Though he wasn't sure if Nuquer would exactly like that idea.
He nearly ran into his father on the way to the main hall.
"Good morning Legolas." Thranduil greeted his son.
"Good morning." Legolas smiled back.
"I need to talk to you about last night." Thranduil turned and Legolas felt his stomach drop, all his feelings of being more mature and grown up suddenly vanished; once again his was a nervous elfling following his father trying to recall everything bad that he had done recently wondering what he was in trouble for. Though usually he wasn't praying to the Valor that his father didn't know about his actions with Nuquer.
"I know what you did last night." Thranduil said as soon as they entered the empty hall.
Legolas froze, he didn't know if he should turn and run or just stay and take his punishment.
"It's a very serious thing, committing to something like that. A lot of things can happen afterwards." Thranduil sat down at one of the many tables and waited for Legolas to sit as well.
"I'm not angry, I was young once and, well we're not talking about me now. But, you need to think about what you are going to do now." Thranduil looked Legolas in the eyes, "Do you love her?"
Legolas was still half-waiting for his father to blow up and start yelling and ranting about how immature and childish he had been and why he hadn't thought before he acted but, it wasn't coming.
"Yes." Legolas answered certainly.
"That's good. At least I know you won't be leaving her, at least anytime soon then?" Thranduil leaned back in his chair, as though his emotions had been suddenly eased.
"No, I do not intend to and I don't think she does either. She hasn't mentioned anything about returning home yet." Legolas said.
"Good, I would like to see her stay." Thranduil nodded.
That was something big. King Thranduil had never said that about one of Legolas's friends before, especially a girl. Yes, he had made Legolas met with daughters of his friends and other important people but he never really wanted Legolas to stay with any of them. This time though, he did not frown whenever she walked into the room but proudly introduced her as Legolas's special friend to everyone, he was proud of Nuquer. Though Legolas had yet to figure out why.
"I was going to ask her to stay for a while." Legolas admitted.
"Good, send my hope that she does stay and take advantage of my hospitality." Thranduil stood, "And Legolas,"
"Yes?"
"Don't mess this up, she's a good one."
~ The End ~
That's right all my loyal reviewers and you other readers too, it's the end. Though fear and worry not, there will be another installment on this fic! News on that will be posted in my bio, it should be up within this next week so look out for it, I haven't got a name for it yet but I'm working on it!