A/N: If this gets all icky and very Mary-sue-ish, I'm sorry.
Luvs Elfie xXxXx
Chapter 35
"Why did you leave?" said Legolas, eventually.
"I didn't feel as if I was helping anyone by being here," she replied, without looking at him. "I thought I'd be better off out of everyone's way."
"Why Lothlórien?" he said.
"Pippin told you about the lineage, didn't he?" Legolas nodded. "My great-grandmother was Galadriel's sister."
"Her sister?" said Legolas, clearly very shocked. "I didn't know Galadriel had a sister."
"She doesn't, well, not anymore," said Christina. "You know, the whole marrying a mortal thing. When she married my great-grandfather she had to give up her immortality. She's been dead quite a long time now, well, by my measure, anyway."
"Well, that would explain most of things you've done or can do," said Legolas. She looked at him oddly.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the amount of times you've done things quicker than most people can, that couldn't have been luck, that orange thing you can do-"
"Orange thing?"
"Yeah, you know, when we were at Tol Brandir, Aragorn commented on it. You were bouncing the orange on either side of your hand," he said.
"Oh yeah," she said, when she finally remembered. "I don't have the memory of an Elf, though." There was an awkward silence.
"Are you back for good?" said Legolas.
"I think so," she said. "I didn't plan on coming back. But when Galadriel met me, we spoke for a while and she convinced me that I was needed here. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm sure Aragorn will think of something."
"Of course you're needed," said Legolas. Christina blushed. "By all of us. Aragorn, the hobbits, Gandalf, Gimli and me. We all need you."
"I'm sorry if I worried you," she said, "just taking off like that."
"You're back now, that's the main thing," he said. He paused for moment then continued. "Did you mean what you said?"
"What did I say?" she asked.
"What you asked Pippin to tell me?" he said.
"Oh, that," she said. "Yeah, I did."
"Why did you never tell me?" he said.
"I was ashamed to admit it," she said. "Don't take that offensively. It was nothing to do with you. I've always been this cold, stern girl that never showed any emotion apart from anger. Occasionally, I showed kindness, as you have seen with Pippin. But, generally, I got used to being hated and feared."
"That doesn't sound like much of a life," said Legolas.
"It wasn't," said Christina. "But it was my life."
"Well, why don't you start again," said Legolas. "By the sounds of it, you can't apologise to everyone you've offended, but it'd be a start apologising to Éomer, for example." Christina smiled.
"You know, I might just do that," she said. "Can you imagine Éomer's face when I say sorry?"
"I'll have to be there," he said. "Even better, you could make it a public apology. In front of everyone." Christina laughed.
"If all goes well with the battle, I'm going to do that," she said. "I'll stand up in front of everyone from home and make an apology, firstly, to Éomer, secondly, to Éowyn and lastly, to the people of Rohan."
"It'll certainly be a change," said Legolas.
"From now on," she said, "and you're a witness to me saying this, I'm not going to 1) deny my connection to Rohan, 2) be AS violent, because I won't be able to stop it altogether, 3) be cold and unforgiving and emotionless and 4) be evil to you all the time."
"Well, I'm definitely remembering that last one," he said.
"I'm going to be loving and kind," she said. Legolas raised an eyebrow. "OK, I'm going to be more loving and kind than I was before."
"That's better," he said. "But can you please keep a bit of mercilessness in you until after the battle. Because if you suddenly decide in the middle of fighting that no living thing deserves to die, evil or not, you're probably going to die yourself."
"Thanks, Legolas," she said.
"Er. you're welcome," he replied. "For what?"
"You've made me 'see the light', helping me change," she said.
"No, you've done that yourself," he said, "you just needed a little guiding."
"All the same," she said, "you're - now don't have a heart attack or anything, but you're a great friend."
"Wow," he said. "I know you've decided to turn over a new leaf and everything, but are you sure you're feeling OK?"
"I feel fine," she said.
"You haven't gone blind and death, have you?" he asked, mock-worriedly. "Or are you delusional? Or all three?"
"None of the above," she laughed.
"Because this is me you're talking to," he said. "Me. Legolas. The person you've been finding any excuse - or no excuse - to hit for the past Eru knows how many months."
"I'm sorry," she said, becoming serious again. "I've been a real bitch, haven't I?" Legolas nodded. "And all because I didn't want people to know that. Well, anyway."
"You know, I really am starting to wonder whether I should take it personally that you don't want to admit it," said Legolas. She looked at him and blushed again.
"I." she hesitated, "I love you, Legolas." 'YES!' he thought but what he actually said was:
"Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?" he said. She shook her head, walked over to him and held him. She started to laugh. "What?" he said, suspiciously.
"Do you think I'll snap out of it, this time?" she said. "And then cut my foot on broken glass?"
"Well, we could always test the theory," said Legolas. "But what were we doing?"
"Oh, I remember that very well," she said and she kissed him. Right then, Aragorn walked in.
"It's ti-," he said, then he noticed them. "Oh, sorry." They looked at him, then at each other and laughed.
"It's alright," said Christina. "But it can't be time already," she added.
"I'm afraid it is," said Aragorn. "We leave in ten minutes, and you have to get your horse ready."
"Is she OK?" she asked. "Will she be all right for the journey? She's had very little rest since Lothlórien."
"She's fine, amazingly," said Aragorn. "She's fit and raring to go. But she's a bit excitable at the moment and she's not letting anyone put on her bridle and saddle."
"OK, I'm coming," she said. They got outside and sure enough, Piewacket was prancing round like she was on drugs and every time someone approached her, she danced out of their reach. When she saw Christina, she trotted over to her and immediately calmed.
"What sort of trouble have you been causing?" Christina said. "Now come on, we've got to be going again, so that means you've got to have your bridle and saddle on."
When Piewacket was finally saddled up, Christina mounted. Everyone waited for her to immediately ride up to the front but she didn't move. Instead, she surprised them.
"Where am I to go, Aragorn? Which troop am I to ride with?" she said.
"You will ride with us, of course," he replied. "Are you not a member of our fellowship?" She smiled and followed his lead.
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A/N: There, I did it. They kissed because they're in love. This is now officially a Mary-Sue, but I don't care. And if you don't care either then there's no point in me even writing this, so I'm shutting up now. How rude! In the thesaurus, the two other words for 'elf' are 'imp' - Legolas is most definitely not impish - and 'goblin' - he's not evil either! Just thought I'd share my 'how rude'ness with you all. Moving on. Luvs Elfie xXxXx PS. No, I don't read the thesaurus. I was looking up a word and 'elf' was on the same page, thank you very much! PPS. Let me know what you think I should change the title to, 'coz it has to be changed now 'coz it's a lie!
Chapter 35
"Why did you leave?" said Legolas, eventually.
"I didn't feel as if I was helping anyone by being here," she replied, without looking at him. "I thought I'd be better off out of everyone's way."
"Why Lothlórien?" he said.
"Pippin told you about the lineage, didn't he?" Legolas nodded. "My great-grandmother was Galadriel's sister."
"Her sister?" said Legolas, clearly very shocked. "I didn't know Galadriel had a sister."
"She doesn't, well, not anymore," said Christina. "You know, the whole marrying a mortal thing. When she married my great-grandfather she had to give up her immortality. She's been dead quite a long time now, well, by my measure, anyway."
"Well, that would explain most of things you've done or can do," said Legolas. She looked at him oddly.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the amount of times you've done things quicker than most people can, that couldn't have been luck, that orange thing you can do-"
"Orange thing?"
"Yeah, you know, when we were at Tol Brandir, Aragorn commented on it. You were bouncing the orange on either side of your hand," he said.
"Oh yeah," she said, when she finally remembered. "I don't have the memory of an Elf, though." There was an awkward silence.
"Are you back for good?" said Legolas.
"I think so," she said. "I didn't plan on coming back. But when Galadriel met me, we spoke for a while and she convinced me that I was needed here. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm sure Aragorn will think of something."
"Of course you're needed," said Legolas. Christina blushed. "By all of us. Aragorn, the hobbits, Gandalf, Gimli and me. We all need you."
"I'm sorry if I worried you," she said, "just taking off like that."
"You're back now, that's the main thing," he said. He paused for moment then continued. "Did you mean what you said?"
"What did I say?" she asked.
"What you asked Pippin to tell me?" he said.
"Oh, that," she said. "Yeah, I did."
"Why did you never tell me?" he said.
"I was ashamed to admit it," she said. "Don't take that offensively. It was nothing to do with you. I've always been this cold, stern girl that never showed any emotion apart from anger. Occasionally, I showed kindness, as you have seen with Pippin. But, generally, I got used to being hated and feared."
"That doesn't sound like much of a life," said Legolas.
"It wasn't," said Christina. "But it was my life."
"Well, why don't you start again," said Legolas. "By the sounds of it, you can't apologise to everyone you've offended, but it'd be a start apologising to Éomer, for example." Christina smiled.
"You know, I might just do that," she said. "Can you imagine Éomer's face when I say sorry?"
"I'll have to be there," he said. "Even better, you could make it a public apology. In front of everyone." Christina laughed.
"If all goes well with the battle, I'm going to do that," she said. "I'll stand up in front of everyone from home and make an apology, firstly, to Éomer, secondly, to Éowyn and lastly, to the people of Rohan."
"It'll certainly be a change," said Legolas.
"From now on," she said, "and you're a witness to me saying this, I'm not going to 1) deny my connection to Rohan, 2) be AS violent, because I won't be able to stop it altogether, 3) be cold and unforgiving and emotionless and 4) be evil to you all the time."
"Well, I'm definitely remembering that last one," he said.
"I'm going to be loving and kind," she said. Legolas raised an eyebrow. "OK, I'm going to be more loving and kind than I was before."
"That's better," he said. "But can you please keep a bit of mercilessness in you until after the battle. Because if you suddenly decide in the middle of fighting that no living thing deserves to die, evil or not, you're probably going to die yourself."
"Thanks, Legolas," she said.
"Er. you're welcome," he replied. "For what?"
"You've made me 'see the light', helping me change," she said.
"No, you've done that yourself," he said, "you just needed a little guiding."
"All the same," she said, "you're - now don't have a heart attack or anything, but you're a great friend."
"Wow," he said. "I know you've decided to turn over a new leaf and everything, but are you sure you're feeling OK?"
"I feel fine," she said.
"You haven't gone blind and death, have you?" he asked, mock-worriedly. "Or are you delusional? Or all three?"
"None of the above," she laughed.
"Because this is me you're talking to," he said. "Me. Legolas. The person you've been finding any excuse - or no excuse - to hit for the past Eru knows how many months."
"I'm sorry," she said, becoming serious again. "I've been a real bitch, haven't I?" Legolas nodded. "And all because I didn't want people to know that. Well, anyway."
"You know, I really am starting to wonder whether I should take it personally that you don't want to admit it," said Legolas. She looked at him and blushed again.
"I." she hesitated, "I love you, Legolas." 'YES!' he thought but what he actually said was:
"Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?" he said. She shook her head, walked over to him and held him. She started to laugh. "What?" he said, suspiciously.
"Do you think I'll snap out of it, this time?" she said. "And then cut my foot on broken glass?"
"Well, we could always test the theory," said Legolas. "But what were we doing?"
"Oh, I remember that very well," she said and she kissed him. Right then, Aragorn walked in.
"It's ti-," he said, then he noticed them. "Oh, sorry." They looked at him, then at each other and laughed.
"It's alright," said Christina. "But it can't be time already," she added.
"I'm afraid it is," said Aragorn. "We leave in ten minutes, and you have to get your horse ready."
"Is she OK?" she asked. "Will she be all right for the journey? She's had very little rest since Lothlórien."
"She's fine, amazingly," said Aragorn. "She's fit and raring to go. But she's a bit excitable at the moment and she's not letting anyone put on her bridle and saddle."
"OK, I'm coming," she said. They got outside and sure enough, Piewacket was prancing round like she was on drugs and every time someone approached her, she danced out of their reach. When she saw Christina, she trotted over to her and immediately calmed.
"What sort of trouble have you been causing?" Christina said. "Now come on, we've got to be going again, so that means you've got to have your bridle and saddle on."
When Piewacket was finally saddled up, Christina mounted. Everyone waited for her to immediately ride up to the front but she didn't move. Instead, she surprised them.
"Where am I to go, Aragorn? Which troop am I to ride with?" she said.
"You will ride with us, of course," he replied. "Are you not a member of our fellowship?" She smiled and followed his lead.
************
A/N: There, I did it. They kissed because they're in love. This is now officially a Mary-Sue, but I don't care. And if you don't care either then there's no point in me even writing this, so I'm shutting up now. How rude! In the thesaurus, the two other words for 'elf' are 'imp' - Legolas is most definitely not impish - and 'goblin' - he's not evil either! Just thought I'd share my 'how rude'ness with you all. Moving on. Luvs Elfie xXxXx PS. No, I don't read the thesaurus. I was looking up a word and 'elf' was on the same page, thank you very much! PPS. Let me know what you think I should change the title to, 'coz it has to be changed now 'coz it's a lie!