(Author: Alasia)
Leila ran through the woods in search of Boromir,
leaves fell around her like cherry blossoms and her cheeks held a rosey
hue from running. She had been all over the elven city and had found no
trace of him, then she had thought to look near the river Anduin. She came
to a halt near the water and caught her breath and then looked around the
shoreline. Sure enough, there he was, walking along the shoreline with
his back to her. She stepped out so that she was in his line of sight,
"Boromir!"
His head shot up and he turned around, Leila ran toward him, and when
she got near enough, threw herself into his arms. His arms wrapped around
her in surprise and shock, her toes now barely touching the ground.
He held her for a moment and then whispered, "Are you all right
Leila?"
She looked up at him, eyes shining, "I thought you'd left...."
He smiled and brushed a hand over her cheek, "Never."
"Promise me you'll never leave," she asked.
Boromir's mind was shocked at what she was asking. Was she asking him
to love her? He knew not, but spoke, "Until the sun refuses to rise I will
be by your side."
She beamed up at him and slid to the ground. She
remained in his arms and rested her hands against his chest and looked
up at him, smiling, the starlight reflected in her eyes. Boromir met her
gaze and read the love within them and he leaned down, brushing his lips
over hers. When he pulled away her eyes remained closed for a moment and
then opened. She gazed up at him and smiled, he returned her smile and
she laid her head on his shoulder, content to just stand there.
He held her, a smile across his lips. They
stood there by the river Anduin, the moon reflecting off the water, the
picture of the perfect love, she in her silver-green elven dress the laid
on the forest floor behind her, and he in his dark malachite elven tunic,
his sword strapped to his side and his head resting on hers.
Leila couldn't remember a time when she had ever
been happier in her entire life. She had told Boromir that she loved him
in the only way she knew how, and he returned those feelings. Yet, there
was still one thing nagging at the back of her mind. How could she possibly
stop Boromir from being killed? She knew that if he died that her heart
would break, because she could not live without him. And she knew that
if she could think of anything at all to save him, she would do it. Everyone
in her world would have told her to let fate run its course, but she couldn't.
She couldn't watch him die.
The pair spent nearly every waking moment together
during their stay in Lothlorien. Mainly because of the way Frodo had told
her to make every moment count, and she tried. Boromir taught her how to
use a sword, but she still preferred the staff, so Boromir made one for
her. It was made of dark oak, polished to a gleam. When he gave it to her
she had thrown herself into his arms, much to his embarrassment as the
others looked on with amusement shining in their eyes. She in return had
given him something she would have given no one else. This happened three
days before they were to depart from Lothlorien....
Leila walked along the shore of the river Anduin
in a malachite gown similar to the one she had worn when she awoke. She
brushed her hand over some tall standing reeds, unaware of the rest of
the world. Her lips held a slight smile as she watched the moonlight dance
across the water, a slight breeze blowing through her hair. She did not
hear anyone approaching, and was rather surprised when warm arms wrapped
around her. She looked up into the smiling eyes of Boromir and a real smile
blossomed on her face.
They watched the water for a moment before she spoke,
"I have something for you."
He gazed down at her as she turned in her arms and she continued, "My
mother gave it to me long ago. She said it would bring luck and courage.
I want you to have it."
She took off the silver eight pointed star with the emerald in the
center that she always wore and stood on tip-toe to latch it around his
neck, "It will bring you the same things as it has for me, and it will
bring you my love."
Boromir hugged her and they were silent for a moment until she spoke
again, "I want you to be careful when we leave."
Her request confused him, but he answered her anyway, "I promise...."