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"How much longer to you think until we can get out?.."Victoria murmured to Legolas as they eat breakfast quietly, while enjoying the comfortable silence.
Legolas looked down from his observing to look upon her.
"Not much longer, I presume.." Legolas replied softly. He then got to his feet.
"Come, we must be going.." Legolas said finally. Victoria packed up her things and then followed the elf prince as he started to climb up some boulders. His light feet did not make a sound.
"Elves not only walk on snow, but I bet they could run across water.." Victoria mumbled sarcastically to herself as she climbed up a low wall of stone. She placed her foot into the nearest nooks and crannies so that she could pull herself up. Upon getting atop it, she looked around and almost groaned.
There before seemed to stretch with miles of mountain and rock canvas.
"And I thought the damn grand canyon was big!" Victoria exclaimed, heaving an annoyed sigh and ran softly down a steep hill to catch up with her elf companion.
Legolas seemed to be lost within a state of deep thought. He then snapped out of it when he looked ahead. Vast canyons were about and appeared to be bottomless pits. If of them, lost there footing, it could definitely be the instant doom for one of them.
"Careful where you step.." The ground is not strong from where we walk but we must get across.." He said and then again, walked further. Victoria looked down at the ground, uneasily. Any step could be her downfall. Stepping lightly over any cracks, she walked upon large stepping stone as if hopping across a meadow of fire, which she had done, in Isil' nightmare.
Caverns..lots of them..Victoria thought to herself. Oh how she longed to be back, sitting on a boulder while listening to the steady sounds of the vast river valley they had only been too a day ago. To feel the water against her fingertips. Or maybe even to bathe under the large waterfall that swept down like shafts of mist as they bring up a light rainbow to the eyes of onlookers.
Unconsciously, Victoria almost walked right off the side to a cliff. She stumbled back, as rock broke away from the edge. Victoria was silent as she tried to listen for the sound of its contact with the ground. But she never heard it. Victoria gave out a shuddered breath as she stepped away.
Meanwhile Legolas almost screamed in anguish. The cave walls almost seemed to gather up and surround him. How much longer of this could he take?..he knew not. Sitting down upon a rock, he set down their torch to rest within two boulders. The walls of stone laughed mockingly at him as they swept around like a four cornered room. Unconsciously, he wrapped his arms around himself, and began to tremble.
He squeezed his eyes shut.
Victoria finally managed to climb up a steep wall. But she was met with a depressing sight. Legolas was sitting up on a rock, huddled together like a scared child. His arms were wrapped around his legs. His lithe body racked with shivers and trembled almost violently, Victoria halted for a second to watch the poor elf. His eyes were squeezed shut, as if trying to block out something.
"Legolas?.." Victoria called softly. His eyes flew open and looked to her. There it was..distinct fear..
Victoria kneeled down at him feet.
"I do not think I will survive much longer.." Legolas murmured. But he was not expecting the swat to the head, he received from Victoria. He rubbed his head and glared to Victoria. She stood infront of him, her hands on her hips. He glared.
"What was that for?.." He asked, still rubbing his head.
"For saying such a ridiculous thing! of coarse you are going to make it out of here!" Victoria said, rather loudly. Legolas was now staring up at her with large eyes and an arched eyebrow.
"And you want to know why, your going to make it out of here?! Because, you got me!" Victoria exclaimed jabbing a finger at herself. Se then let out a breath.
"Be as that is, my inner light if fading..." Legolas then said. Victoria raised her hand to swat his head again. The elf turned his head and closed his eyes, ready to receive it. But it did not come. Opening his eyes, Victoria was just standing there, staring at him with hard eyes.
The two of them just stared at eachother..was it minutes?..was it hours?..was it for all eternity?..the two did not know. All there was were those two pairs of eyes. The bright green ones, and the intense blue ones..looking deeply into eachother.
Victoria then kneeled down by him. Unconsciously she took both of his hands with hers.
"Don't loose hope.." She murmured, still fixed on his gaze. She then added something, incoherently. Not even Legolas' keen hearing could make out what she said.
"What was that?.." Legolas asked with a smile. Victoria glared to herself and said it again, but it came out again as a mumble. The elf shook his head slowly, his eyes swarming curiously.
"Come now..Do not mumble under your breath.." Legolas said in a high tone. Victoria let out an annoyed sigh and then got to her feet and yelled.
"You cannot leave me!" She cried, finally letting her mumbled words become actually being able to be heard. With those words, she stormed ahead, a dark blush on her cheeks. With slightly wide eyes and parted lips, The elf stared after her.
"Did she just say that? or have my ears deceived me?..Legolas thought to himself. The elf prince then grinned and got to his feet again, to follow her.
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Victoria smacked her forehead as much times she could monger.
"You had to get all soft on him!" Victoria screamed to herself in her mind. Legolas was walking ahead of her again, casually throwing smirks in her direction.
"What has happened to me?!" Victoria then thought to herself.
"I have changed..." She said in her mind.
"What happened to the old Victoria who used to enjoy putting her foot out, to trip people?..wait, I still enjoy doing that.." Victoria thought with a snort.
"What happened to the old Victoria, who would enjoy the fines of solitude?..wait!! I still enjoy that too.." She said again in her mind.
"And what happened to the old Victoria who would curse out anyone she wanted, and not give a crap about what they thought of her?!..Hey wait! I still do and thing all of that!!" Victoria thought with wide eyes.
That's when it dawned on her..
"I have not changed..but simply evolved.." She replied in her thoughts.
Victoria was so busy talking to herself that she did not notice the large bed of rock that caught on her foot. With an oomph!, Victoria fell into a heap. A little cloud of dust came up around her.
Victoria cursed loudly to herself and then tried to budge her foot, only to find she could not move it. Looking up, she could see Legolas in the distance, unaware of her fall.
"Legolas! help me!!" Victoria cried, with an annoyed sigh. Legolas turned around and smirked when he saw her displacement. As he walked over, he could not help but laugh softly. Victoria glared at him.
"Enough laughing moron ass! just get me out of here!" Victoria said with a glare. Legolas took no heed of her words and continued to laugh, as he unhooked her boot fabric from a sharp rock.
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His laughter slowly faded when a small stream of water came from a small hole in that particular rock wall....As he moved Victoria's foot, the stream got bigger.
"Hello?..please hurry up. It's kinda uncomfortable to lay on the ground like this.." Victoria said obviously annoyed.
"Don't move.." He commanded in a hushed voice. Victoria let out a sigh but went silent when she began to feel water through the fabric of her clothes.
Legolas finally unhooked her boot and looked in horror to see that where her foot was caught, was a small break in the wall of stone. A stream of water trying to break loose. But by the sudden forming cracks in the wall, it seemed that the water would succeed.
"No.." Legolas whispered with wide eyes. Victoria looked at him curiously and then gasped upon seeing the spurting wall. The two of them slowly got to there feet, still staring at the cracking wall.
"RUN!" The elf prince shouted and then turned and sprinted off across the terrain, Victoria beside him.
A loud roar erupted into the cave, followed by the sound of breaking..But lastly the roar of water..lots of water...
Victoria ran, fear in her eyes. Never had she been so scared before...As the two of them ran blindly through the darkness, the oh so familiar sounds of rushing water came fast on there trail.
Victoria and Legolas both came to a frozen halt upon seeing a dead end cliff. There was only one way to get across. And it stood in its ancient glory. There before them was an old bridge. It was there only way across the cavern, which happened to be filled with water. Victoria's gaze looked up to Legolas who was staring down at her.
Would they die?..they knew not there fate..
"We must go across.." Legolas said and then looked down to feel water up to his ankles. Victoria looked at him with horror.
"Me!? go on that thing!? hell no Barbie boy! That thing is like, ancient!" Victoria exclaimed. Legolas sighed annoyed, and then turned her to the water that was slowly traveling it's way through the terrain's forming an ocean of it's own.
"Would you rather die?" He asked, turning the trembling girl to him again. She shook her head with a soft whimper. Legolas smiled down at her comfortingly. He then turned solemnly to the old aged bridge. Gathering up his courage, Legolas slowly walked across the rickety old wood boards. He let out a relieved sigh upon feeling the stone under his foot again.
He had made it to the other side..
He then turned to Victoria who shifted nervously on the other side. Legolas nodded and motioned her to come across..but fear grew in him. Her steps were not as an elf and would prove to be tougher for the bridge to handle.
Victoria drew in a sharp breath, trying to appear confident. With knitted eyebrows, she took that first fateful step onto one of the wooden boards. It creaked loudly. Victoria almost jumped back onto the land which was slowly getting wet by the building rushes of water. They both knew, this cave would soon fill to it's peak with the might of these waters.
"Come on.." Legolas said beckoning with his hands. Victoria kept her eyes on him as she stiffly made her way across. She took on each board slowly..
She grinned, when she was a mere two boards away from Legolas and the other side..but thats when that crack came to her ears. Victoria froze and then let out a scream when the board came loose. With another scream, the whole bridge shook, intent on Victoria falling off.
"Victoria!!" Legolas screamed with wide eyes. It was slow motion that it happened...
As if every second was an eternity..the bridges ropes unraveled from there old stone bounds...It was like the slowest time in history, that Victoria fell from the boards and to fall to a bitter death. She was going to hurl down and disappear into the river below, never to live an immortal life..
But she did not fall...
Victoria let loose one her powers, so that a long vine of green plant grew around a large sticking out rock. She hung desperately.
"Legolas!!" She screamed. His golden head popped out, his eyes wide.
"Victoria!" he cried in a hushed tone and reached over, his hand reaching for hers.
There fingers barely brushed, when Victoria felt the vine starting to snap. Reaching up with a whimper, she grabbed for his hand. Legolas grinned with relief upon feeling her hand tightly in his. His smile faded when the vine she made, snapped and plummeted into the river down below.
"Please don't let go Legolas." Victoria cried, feeling her grip on his hand weakening.
"I won't." Legolas said in a voice of confidence. He gripped her small hand tightly and pulled up. Stepping back away from the ledge, still pulling her hand. He let out a sigh when Victoria was now laying upon the cliff edge, grasping for breath. Legolas crawled over to her.
"Are you allright?.." He gasped. Victoria looked up with trembling lips. Her eyes were wide and terrified. She was suffering from shock. Legolas was silent as he pulled her to her wobbly legs and the two of them began to run again, as the rush of growing water filled the river and began to spill over the rocks and boulders. It was like a water show.
Streams of water spurted up like fountains from the cracks in the rocks, just splashing and pushing to get free. It was as if it was a held in dam, like the one at Isenguard.
Legolas was running as fast as he could, still holding onto Victoria's hand. They were about to die.
Legolas jumped away as a burst of water shot out from a crevasse. Victoria did the same with a cry. The both of them were now soaked as the water chased them like a great wolf on a flock of sheep. It was like, the very might of Ulmo was after them. Just trying to grab the duo in his vice grip.
Victoria hurled herself up onto a high boulder as another wave of water threw it's mighty form against them. Legolas shook his wet golden locks from his sight.
They ran..across the floors of rock and stone..across the never-ending terrain..the darkness even seemed to fear the might of the rushing waters..the waters that swallowed everything in its defiant path..no one shall be at it's mercy..
Legolas sprinted as fast as his graceful legs could take him, through the caverns that oh so reminded him of the darkness of Moria. But none, could ever be as horrible as the creature that forever dwelled there. The Balrog of Morgoth..The winged beast was that of the fire and shadows of hell.. The elf could clearly remember how it extended it's hideous horned head of flames to let out the very roar that put fear in all hearts..that chilled even the strongest to the core.
The elf prince let out a cry of pure anguish upon meeting the sigh before them. Victoria did as well..
Before them..
Was the ends of the cave..with no way out.
Victoria pounded a fist against the wall and leaned her face into the cold stone. Legolas was next to her leaning against the stone that enclosed there exit. There was no way out to the light of life. They were trapped..in the darkness..and soon to be in the darkness of a black sea.
He watched as the water began to fill into the small clearing there were desperately standing in. Legolas gulped.
"This is it.." Legolas murmured. Victoria turned to him with frantic eyes.
"I can't believe it.." She whispered, fear in her wobbling voice. Legolas then grabbed her hand and gave it a firm kiss.
"I shall wait for you in the halls of Mandos.." Legolas said with a light smile. Victoria couldn't help but let a smile warm her features. Death..was she fearing it?..perhaps..perhaps not. What was death anyway?..would she just be a bit of nothing?...or maybe she will wander the halls of Mandos, like some say.. Was Heaven waiting for her? Heaven would always be there for her..
Or was death plain and dark?..
Legolas watched the scared girl for a moment. So this was it..this is how it would all end. Not only him, but Victoria who still had so much life that awaited for her, was going to die right along side him. What would become of her? What would become of his father? His father had almost gone to death after the leaving of his mother. Would heartbreak finally overcome him after knowing that his only son was dead? And would Mirkwood fall to war?..would he ever know?
In slow motion, He turned his head to look at the trembling girl beside him. He then reached over and put an arm around her waist, pulling her close.
Victoria' eyes widened upon Legolas' action. She was stiff in his arms but then relaxed. At least she would die, knowing she was cared for by friends..friends that were like a family..that treated her like she was part of a family..Thats when it dawned in her heart. She had people who cared for her..truly cared for her..
Victoria buried her face into his chest, her small hands clinging to the fabric of his tunic. She let out a whimper of fear, but was instantly calmed down as the smell of earth and cinnamon filled her nose. It was his scent.. She then felt a hand tuck under her chin.
(A/N: during this little scene, be sure to play only time by Enya. Its such a beautiful song and is perfect for this scene. So play it now for the mood muahaha)
Legolas softly brought her gaze to meet his. There they were..those magnificent green eyes..The ones that burned like fireworks.. She was a flame..one that could never be burned out. Suddenly he forgot about the water that was now at there ankles that would soon be there death.
But it did not matter anymore..
Victoria could not pull her gaze away from his. Those eyes..They reached somewhere, not thought to exist..It was like they found the stone wall barriers around her heart and started to beat down upon the unbreakable seals..
Legolas let his soft fingers gently roam across her features. His finger slowly stopped on her lips. It was like some hidden unknown force pulled him softly to run his thumb repetitively over those lips of hers.
Victoria was locked with the depths of his eyes while he softly caressed her lips. She then took in a shuddered breath. Legolas was so close to her at this moment of time. This moment of time while death crept up and was raising around there bodies. Yet he looked like a glowing angel in her eyes. As the water raised up to there ankles, the two did not notice..
All that there was and mattered was eachother...
There it was again..that inner force. Legolas slowly felt himself be pulled down and leaned toward her. Yet he felt and found no will or desire to fight it. He was going to feel those lips. He leaned down further, to brush her lips with his.
Victoria closed her eyes and trembled, as she felt his warm breath, so close. What was happening?..Was she already dead?..or was this really happening?..
The two of them found themselves leaning toward eachother, there eyes closed softly..but then..
(end of enya music LOL!)
The roar of crashing rock, snapped them out of that power and control of the unknown force. There heads both turned away from eachother to see a wave of water sweep around the corner and engulf them...
Legolas felt the air escape his lungs. He was under thundering water, until reaching up and grasping up out of the surface, gasping for breath. Victoria was floating beside him, gasping as well. The what sounded like thunder rushed to there ears.. Legolas spit out a stream of water out of his mouth and grabbed Victoria's arm.
"Legolas!" She gasped, trying desperately to stay afloat. He firmly kept her arm in his grasp, and the both of them tried to keep there heads from getting swept under.
It would be a matter of seconds before they were under.
The sea of water ran over there heads, but they both took in a deep breath of air before so.
(If you want an image of what they are like under water, just think of Jack and Rose from Titanic. When they are under water, when trapped behind the locked gate while Jack is trying to get the keys fro the floor)
Victoria and Legolas pounded desperately against the wall of stone. The sounds of there balled fists coming in contact with the rock was silent though.
The distinct feeling of lightheadedness was coming to Victoria..and fast..She soon could not beat against the wall like Legolas continued to do. All was being lost..Did air even exist in her lungs anymore?...Her lungs..they were going to burst!.. From under water, Legolas could see Victoria begin to sink down into the darkness of the water around them. He knew that he could not keep this up much longer. Swimming down, he reached over and wrapped his arm around her limp floating body and pulled her up again, though there was not a surface of air to go too.
Again, he pounded on the wall of stone, but he did not hear the distinct crack in it's surface. He slowly began to loose conscious..his eyelids..they were oh so heavy..and it was so hard to keep awake..
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Meanwhile Isil and company had been walking along the outside of the cave. They then stopped near the end of the cave.. something was happening..
They halted when the loud sound of cracking?..came to there keen ears. Like twins, there heads turned to the stone cave walls.. There was indeed growing creasing lines forming into the stone.
Isil' mouth opened in horror as he realized what was happening..
"The walls are going to burst! RUN!!" Isil screamed to his companions and fled into the forest, followed by his friends. But it was too late. There was a roar and then the walls burst open releasing a dam of water!
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Legolas was about to fall too darkness when the walls suddenly burst open and the two of them fell through in the waterfall.
As is the ocean itself was released, the rushing water sped through. Legolas felt him and Victoria's bodies come in contact with the ground. With a groan he rolled over, still floating across the ground in the water next to Victoria. She made no movement for a moment.
When they finally stopped, the elf crawled over in the sunlight, squinting his eyes at the shower of light upon them. He crawled over to Victoria and put a hand to her cold cheek.
"Victoria!..Victoria!?" Legolas gasped, his breathing still short. As if the Gods heard his prayers, her eyes suddenly whipped open and she let out a strangled gasp.
Her head bobbed up and down as she spit out a stream of water. Gasps racked her body. Legolas weakly put a hand over her back.
"Are you allright?.." Legolas asked pushing some soaked strands of hair from her glazed eyes. She looked up at him with wide eyes.
"Yeah..I'm as happy as a little girl at a tea party.." She whispered sarcastically. Legolas let a laugh come from his lips. Not only a laugh at her sarcasim, but also because she was allright.
"Legolas!! Victoria!!" Screamed voices in unison. They weakly looked up to see there elf companions running up to them, soaked as well. They gathered around the duo and hugged them tightly.
"We almost despaired!" Isil cried.
"As I.." Legolas murmured. He then looked to Victoria She turned away with a faint blush.
"Are you all right mellonamin?" Isil asked Victoria.
"I have been better.." She replied in low tone as she sat up.
"We should get back to palace..I wish to never look upon this cave of memories again.." Legolas suggested looking to the cave with dim eyes.
"That's an understatement Barbie boy.." Victoria murmured. Legolas then gazed at her curiously.
"There has been a question, that has been beating at my heart.." He said with knitted eyebrows. All the elves turned to Victoria.
"What's that Barbie boy?.." She asked, attempting to get to her feet.
"Pray tell..what is a Barbie?.." He asked still with knitted questionable eyebrows. Victoria lay back on the ground, her body shaking with laughter.
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A/N: I AM finally done with this dang chapter!! I will update soon. Keep them reviews coming.
namarie
OMG!!!! thanks for all the reviews as always!!!! I love all ya!!!!! and someone asked me if im homeschooled since i update so much and so fast? LOL no i'm not homeschooled. Im actually quite surprised i got half of them done as i did. Basically I don't write the chapters up first. I usually just come up with things in the chapter as I go along. So basically I write the chapter strictly from my mind as I go through it LOL I just wanted to explain that. LOL.
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"How much longer to you think until we can get out?.."Victoria murmured to Legolas as they eat breakfast quietly, while enjoying the comfortable silence.
Legolas looked down from his observing to look upon her.
"Not much longer, I presume.." Legolas replied softly. He then got to his feet.
"Come, we must be going.." Legolas said finally. Victoria packed up her things and then followed the elf prince as he started to climb up some boulders. His light feet did not make a sound.
"Elves not only walk on snow, but I bet they could run across water.." Victoria mumbled sarcastically to herself as she climbed up a low wall of stone. She placed her foot into the nearest nooks and crannies so that she could pull herself up. Upon getting atop it, she looked around and almost groaned.
There before seemed to stretch with miles of mountain and rock canvas.
"And I thought the damn grand canyon was big!" Victoria exclaimed, heaving an annoyed sigh and ran softly down a steep hill to catch up with her elf companion.
Legolas seemed to be lost within a state of deep thought. He then snapped out of it when he looked ahead. Vast canyons were about and appeared to be bottomless pits. If of them, lost there footing, it could definitely be the instant doom for one of them.
"Careful where you step.." The ground is not strong from where we walk but we must get across.." He said and then again, walked further. Victoria looked down at the ground, uneasily. Any step could be her downfall. Stepping lightly over any cracks, she walked upon large stepping stone as if hopping across a meadow of fire, which she had done, in Isil' nightmare.
Caverns..lots of them..Victoria thought to herself. Oh how she longed to be back, sitting on a boulder while listening to the steady sounds of the vast river valley they had only been too a day ago. To feel the water against her fingertips. Or maybe even to bathe under the large waterfall that swept down like shafts of mist as they bring up a light rainbow to the eyes of onlookers.
Unconsciously, Victoria almost walked right off the side to a cliff. She stumbled back, as rock broke away from the edge. Victoria was silent as she tried to listen for the sound of its contact with the ground. But she never heard it. Victoria gave out a shuddered breath as she stepped away.
Meanwhile Legolas almost screamed in anguish. The cave walls almost seemed to gather up and surround him. How much longer of this could he take?..he knew not. Sitting down upon a rock, he set down their torch to rest within two boulders. The walls of stone laughed mockingly at him as they swept around like a four cornered room. Unconsciously, he wrapped his arms around himself, and began to tremble.
He squeezed his eyes shut.
Victoria finally managed to climb up a steep wall. But she was met with a depressing sight. Legolas was sitting up on a rock, huddled together like a scared child. His arms were wrapped around his legs. His lithe body racked with shivers and trembled almost violently, Victoria halted for a second to watch the poor elf. His eyes were squeezed shut, as if trying to block out something.
"Legolas?.." Victoria called softly. His eyes flew open and looked to her. There it was..distinct fear..
Victoria kneeled down at him feet.
"I do not think I will survive much longer.." Legolas murmured. But he was not expecting the swat to the head, he received from Victoria. He rubbed his head and glared to Victoria. She stood infront of him, her hands on her hips. He glared.
"What was that for?.." He asked, still rubbing his head.
"For saying such a ridiculous thing! of coarse you are going to make it out of here!" Victoria said, rather loudly. Legolas was now staring up at her with large eyes and an arched eyebrow.
"And you want to know why, your going to make it out of here?! Because, you got me!" Victoria exclaimed jabbing a finger at herself. Se then let out a breath.
"Be as that is, my inner light if fading..." Legolas then said. Victoria raised her hand to swat his head again. The elf turned his head and closed his eyes, ready to receive it. But it did not come. Opening his eyes, Victoria was just standing there, staring at him with hard eyes.
The two of them just stared at eachother..was it minutes?..was it hours?..was it for all eternity?..the two did not know. All there was were those two pairs of eyes. The bright green ones, and the intense blue ones..looking deeply into eachother.
Victoria then kneeled down by him. Unconsciously she took both of his hands with hers.
"Don't loose hope.." She murmured, still fixed on his gaze. She then added something, incoherently. Not even Legolas' keen hearing could make out what she said.
"What was that?.." Legolas asked with a smile. Victoria glared to herself and said it again, but it came out again as a mumble. The elf shook his head slowly, his eyes swarming curiously.
"Come now..Do not mumble under your breath.." Legolas said in a high tone. Victoria let out an annoyed sigh and then got to her feet and yelled.
"You cannot leave me!" She cried, finally letting her mumbled words become actually being able to be heard. With those words, she stormed ahead, a dark blush on her cheeks. With slightly wide eyes and parted lips, The elf stared after her.
"Did she just say that? or have my ears deceived me?..Legolas thought to himself. The elf prince then grinned and got to his feet again, to follow her.
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Victoria smacked her forehead as much times she could monger.
"You had to get all soft on him!" Victoria screamed to herself in her mind. Legolas was walking ahead of her again, casually throwing smirks in her direction.
"What has happened to me?!" Victoria then thought to herself.
"I have changed..." She said in her mind.
"What happened to the old Victoria who used to enjoy putting her foot out, to trip people?..wait, I still enjoy doing that.." Victoria thought with a snort.
"What happened to the old Victoria, who would enjoy the fines of solitude?..wait!! I still enjoy that too.." She said again in her mind.
"And what happened to the old Victoria who would curse out anyone she wanted, and not give a crap about what they thought of her?!..Hey wait! I still do and thing all of that!!" Victoria thought with wide eyes.
That's when it dawned on her..
"I have not changed..but simply evolved.." She replied in her thoughts.
Victoria was so busy talking to herself that she did not notice the large bed of rock that caught on her foot. With an oomph!, Victoria fell into a heap. A little cloud of dust came up around her.
Victoria cursed loudly to herself and then tried to budge her foot, only to find she could not move it. Looking up, she could see Legolas in the distance, unaware of her fall.
"Legolas! help me!!" Victoria cried, with an annoyed sigh. Legolas turned around and smirked when he saw her displacement. As he walked over, he could not help but laugh softly. Victoria glared at him.
"Enough laughing moron ass! just get me out of here!" Victoria said with a glare. Legolas took no heed of her words and continued to laugh, as he unhooked her boot fabric from a sharp rock.
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His laughter slowly faded when a small stream of water came from a small hole in that particular rock wall....As he moved Victoria's foot, the stream got bigger.
"Hello?..please hurry up. It's kinda uncomfortable to lay on the ground like this.." Victoria said obviously annoyed.
"Don't move.." He commanded in a hushed voice. Victoria let out a sigh but went silent when she began to feel water through the fabric of her clothes.
Legolas finally unhooked her boot and looked in horror to see that where her foot was caught, was a small break in the wall of stone. A stream of water trying to break loose. But by the sudden forming cracks in the wall, it seemed that the water would succeed.
"No.." Legolas whispered with wide eyes. Victoria looked at him curiously and then gasped upon seeing the spurting wall. The two of them slowly got to there feet, still staring at the cracking wall.
"RUN!" The elf prince shouted and then turned and sprinted off across the terrain, Victoria beside him.
A loud roar erupted into the cave, followed by the sound of breaking..But lastly the roar of water..lots of water...
Victoria ran, fear in her eyes. Never had she been so scared before...As the two of them ran blindly through the darkness, the oh so familiar sounds of rushing water came fast on there trail.
Victoria and Legolas both came to a frozen halt upon seeing a dead end cliff. There was only one way to get across. And it stood in its ancient glory. There before them was an old bridge. It was there only way across the cavern, which happened to be filled with water. Victoria's gaze looked up to Legolas who was staring down at her.
Would they die?..they knew not there fate..
"We must go across.." Legolas said and then looked down to feel water up to his ankles. Victoria looked at him with horror.
"Me!? go on that thing!? hell no Barbie boy! That thing is like, ancient!" Victoria exclaimed. Legolas sighed annoyed, and then turned her to the water that was slowly traveling it's way through the terrain's forming an ocean of it's own.
"Would you rather die?" He asked, turning the trembling girl to him again. She shook her head with a soft whimper. Legolas smiled down at her comfortingly. He then turned solemnly to the old aged bridge. Gathering up his courage, Legolas slowly walked across the rickety old wood boards. He let out a relieved sigh upon feeling the stone under his foot again.
He had made it to the other side..
He then turned to Victoria who shifted nervously on the other side. Legolas nodded and motioned her to come across..but fear grew in him. Her steps were not as an elf and would prove to be tougher for the bridge to handle.
Victoria drew in a sharp breath, trying to appear confident. With knitted eyebrows, she took that first fateful step onto one of the wooden boards. It creaked loudly. Victoria almost jumped back onto the land which was slowly getting wet by the building rushes of water. They both knew, this cave would soon fill to it's peak with the might of these waters.
"Come on.." Legolas said beckoning with his hands. Victoria kept her eyes on him as she stiffly made her way across. She took on each board slowly..
She grinned, when she was a mere two boards away from Legolas and the other side..but thats when that crack came to her ears. Victoria froze and then let out a scream when the board came loose. With another scream, the whole bridge shook, intent on Victoria falling off.
"Victoria!!" Legolas screamed with wide eyes. It was slow motion that it happened...
As if every second was an eternity..the bridges ropes unraveled from there old stone bounds...It was like the slowest time in history, that Victoria fell from the boards and to fall to a bitter death. She was going to hurl down and disappear into the river below, never to live an immortal life..
But she did not fall...
Victoria let loose one her powers, so that a long vine of green plant grew around a large sticking out rock. She hung desperately.
"Legolas!!" She screamed. His golden head popped out, his eyes wide.
"Victoria!" he cried in a hushed tone and reached over, his hand reaching for hers.
There fingers barely brushed, when Victoria felt the vine starting to snap. Reaching up with a whimper, she grabbed for his hand. Legolas grinned with relief upon feeling her hand tightly in his. His smile faded when the vine she made, snapped and plummeted into the river down below.
"Please don't let go Legolas." Victoria cried, feeling her grip on his hand weakening.
"I won't." Legolas said in a voice of confidence. He gripped her small hand tightly and pulled up. Stepping back away from the ledge, still pulling her hand. He let out a sigh when Victoria was now laying upon the cliff edge, grasping for breath. Legolas crawled over to her.
"Are you allright?.." He gasped. Victoria looked up with trembling lips. Her eyes were wide and terrified. She was suffering from shock. Legolas was silent as he pulled her to her wobbly legs and the two of them began to run again, as the rush of growing water filled the river and began to spill over the rocks and boulders. It was like a water show.
Streams of water spurted up like fountains from the cracks in the rocks, just splashing and pushing to get free. It was as if it was a held in dam, like the one at Isenguard.
Legolas was running as fast as he could, still holding onto Victoria's hand. They were about to die.
Legolas jumped away as a burst of water shot out from a crevasse. Victoria did the same with a cry. The both of them were now soaked as the water chased them like a great wolf on a flock of sheep. It was like, the very might of Ulmo was after them. Just trying to grab the duo in his vice grip.
Victoria hurled herself up onto a high boulder as another wave of water threw it's mighty form against them. Legolas shook his wet golden locks from his sight.
They ran..across the floors of rock and stone..across the never-ending terrain..the darkness even seemed to fear the might of the rushing waters..the waters that swallowed everything in its defiant path..no one shall be at it's mercy..
Legolas sprinted as fast as his graceful legs could take him, through the caverns that oh so reminded him of the darkness of Moria. But none, could ever be as horrible as the creature that forever dwelled there. The Balrog of Morgoth..The winged beast was that of the fire and shadows of hell.. The elf could clearly remember how it extended it's hideous horned head of flames to let out the very roar that put fear in all hearts..that chilled even the strongest to the core.
The elf prince let out a cry of pure anguish upon meeting the sigh before them. Victoria did as well..
Before them..
Was the ends of the cave..with no way out.
Victoria pounded a fist against the wall and leaned her face into the cold stone. Legolas was next to her leaning against the stone that enclosed there exit. There was no way out to the light of life. They were trapped..in the darkness..and soon to be in the darkness of a black sea.
He watched as the water began to fill into the small clearing there were desperately standing in. Legolas gulped.
"This is it.." Legolas murmured. Victoria turned to him with frantic eyes.
"I can't believe it.." She whispered, fear in her wobbling voice. Legolas then grabbed her hand and gave it a firm kiss.
"I shall wait for you in the halls of Mandos.." Legolas said with a light smile. Victoria couldn't help but let a smile warm her features. Death..was she fearing it?..perhaps..perhaps not. What was death anyway?..would she just be a bit of nothing?...or maybe she will wander the halls of Mandos, like some say.. Was Heaven waiting for her? Heaven would always be there for her..
Or was death plain and dark?..
Legolas watched the scared girl for a moment. So this was it..this is how it would all end. Not only him, but Victoria who still had so much life that awaited for her, was going to die right along side him. What would become of her? What would become of his father? His father had almost gone to death after the leaving of his mother. Would heartbreak finally overcome him after knowing that his only son was dead? And would Mirkwood fall to war?..would he ever know?
In slow motion, He turned his head to look at the trembling girl beside him. He then reached over and put an arm around her waist, pulling her close.
Victoria' eyes widened upon Legolas' action. She was stiff in his arms but then relaxed. At least she would die, knowing she was cared for by friends..friends that were like a family..that treated her like she was part of a family..Thats when it dawned in her heart. She had people who cared for her..truly cared for her..
Victoria buried her face into his chest, her small hands clinging to the fabric of his tunic. She let out a whimper of fear, but was instantly calmed down as the smell of earth and cinnamon filled her nose. It was his scent.. She then felt a hand tuck under her chin.
(A/N: during this little scene, be sure to play only time by Enya. Its such a beautiful song and is perfect for this scene. So play it now for the mood muahaha)
Legolas softly brought her gaze to meet his. There they were..those magnificent green eyes..The ones that burned like fireworks.. She was a flame..one that could never be burned out. Suddenly he forgot about the water that was now at there ankles that would soon be there death.
But it did not matter anymore..
Victoria could not pull her gaze away from his. Those eyes..They reached somewhere, not thought to exist..It was like they found the stone wall barriers around her heart and started to beat down upon the unbreakable seals..
Legolas let his soft fingers gently roam across her features. His finger slowly stopped on her lips. It was like some hidden unknown force pulled him softly to run his thumb repetitively over those lips of hers.
Victoria was locked with the depths of his eyes while he softly caressed her lips. She then took in a shuddered breath. Legolas was so close to her at this moment of time. This moment of time while death crept up and was raising around there bodies. Yet he looked like a glowing angel in her eyes. As the water raised up to there ankles, the two did not notice..
All that there was and mattered was eachother...
There it was again..that inner force. Legolas slowly felt himself be pulled down and leaned toward her. Yet he felt and found no will or desire to fight it. He was going to feel those lips. He leaned down further, to brush her lips with his.
Victoria closed her eyes and trembled, as she felt his warm breath, so close. What was happening?..Was she already dead?..or was this really happening?..
The two of them found themselves leaning toward eachother, there eyes closed softly..but then..
(end of enya music LOL!)
The roar of crashing rock, snapped them out of that power and control of the unknown force. There heads both turned away from eachother to see a wave of water sweep around the corner and engulf them...
Legolas felt the air escape his lungs. He was under thundering water, until reaching up and grasping up out of the surface, gasping for breath. Victoria was floating beside him, gasping as well. The what sounded like thunder rushed to there ears.. Legolas spit out a stream of water out of his mouth and grabbed Victoria's arm.
"Legolas!" She gasped, trying desperately to stay afloat. He firmly kept her arm in his grasp, and the both of them tried to keep there heads from getting swept under.
It would be a matter of seconds before they were under.
The sea of water ran over there heads, but they both took in a deep breath of air before so.
(If you want an image of what they are like under water, just think of Jack and Rose from Titanic. When they are under water, when trapped behind the locked gate while Jack is trying to get the keys fro the floor)
Victoria and Legolas pounded desperately against the wall of stone. The sounds of there balled fists coming in contact with the rock was silent though.
The distinct feeling of lightheadedness was coming to Victoria..and fast..She soon could not beat against the wall like Legolas continued to do. All was being lost..Did air even exist in her lungs anymore?...Her lungs..they were going to burst!.. From under water, Legolas could see Victoria begin to sink down into the darkness of the water around them. He knew that he could not keep this up much longer. Swimming down, he reached over and wrapped his arm around her limp floating body and pulled her up again, though there was not a surface of air to go too.
Again, he pounded on the wall of stone, but he did not hear the distinct crack in it's surface. He slowly began to loose conscious..his eyelids..they were oh so heavy..and it was so hard to keep awake..
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Meanwhile Isil and company had been walking along the outside of the cave. They then stopped near the end of the cave.. something was happening..
They halted when the loud sound of cracking?..came to there keen ears. Like twins, there heads turned to the stone cave walls.. There was indeed growing creasing lines forming into the stone.
Isil' mouth opened in horror as he realized what was happening..
"The walls are going to burst! RUN!!" Isil screamed to his companions and fled into the forest, followed by his friends. But it was too late. There was a roar and then the walls burst open releasing a dam of water!
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Legolas was about to fall too darkness when the walls suddenly burst open and the two of them fell through in the waterfall.
As is the ocean itself was released, the rushing water sped through. Legolas felt him and Victoria's bodies come in contact with the ground. With a groan he rolled over, still floating across the ground in the water next to Victoria. She made no movement for a moment.
When they finally stopped, the elf crawled over in the sunlight, squinting his eyes at the shower of light upon them. He crawled over to Victoria and put a hand to her cold cheek.
"Victoria!..Victoria!?" Legolas gasped, his breathing still short. As if the Gods heard his prayers, her eyes suddenly whipped open and she let out a strangled gasp.
Her head bobbed up and down as she spit out a stream of water. Gasps racked her body. Legolas weakly put a hand over her back.
"Are you allright?.." Legolas asked pushing some soaked strands of hair from her glazed eyes. She looked up at him with wide eyes.
"Yeah..I'm as happy as a little girl at a tea party.." She whispered sarcastically. Legolas let a laugh come from his lips. Not only a laugh at her sarcasim, but also because she was allright.
"Legolas!! Victoria!!" Screamed voices in unison. They weakly looked up to see there elf companions running up to them, soaked as well. They gathered around the duo and hugged them tightly.
"We almost despaired!" Isil cried.
"As I.." Legolas murmured. He then looked to Victoria She turned away with a faint blush.
"Are you all right mellonamin?" Isil asked Victoria.
"I have been better.." She replied in low tone as she sat up.
"We should get back to palace..I wish to never look upon this cave of memories again.." Legolas suggested looking to the cave with dim eyes.
"That's an understatement Barbie boy.." Victoria murmured. Legolas then gazed at her curiously.
"There has been a question, that has been beating at my heart.." He said with knitted eyebrows. All the elves turned to Victoria.
"What's that Barbie boy?.." She asked, attempting to get to her feet.
"Pray tell..what is a Barbie?.." He asked still with knitted questionable eyebrows. Victoria lay back on the ground, her body shaking with laughter.
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A/N: I AM finally done with this dang chapter!! I will update soon. Keep them reviews coming.
namarie