-Tragedy-
Saira wasn't quite sure what he meant by that last statement but she never found out because one of the many guards said she should get to her room. In the morning she was awoke by a flapping noise outside her window. Aranel's owl was fluttering outside. She got up and let it in. She undid the letter to its leg and read it" 'Dear Love,
Doriath is amazing and I'm treated like a nobleman, which is definitely a new experience. My every whim is dealt with when I ask for it. Having a girlfriend with such great connections is great. I don't think Aranel's father likes me too well but you know that would never bother me. A present arrived from Link today. He got me a faery made dagger. It's supposed to have magical powers but I haven't figured them out yet. I couldn't believe what you gave me. Giving me the gift you got from the Great Faery is too much. Din's Fire is supposed to be for special individuals and I don't think I qualify. I'd give it back if I knew you'd take it.
Anyway, can you believe it's already half way through July? I know someone's birthday is coming up in August. Hint hint. I haven't heard anything from our Earthy friends but I'm sure they're plenty busy. I hope all is well.
Oh, I almost forgot. I was knighted. On the way to Doriath, some orcs attacked thinking to kidnap the both of us. I had to get an arrow in my backside to be knighted but no pain no gain. I hope alls well with you. I have a feeling we'll be heading back that way soon. Don't have too much fun without me.
Sir Dmitri
PS. My mum and dad say 'hi''
"What's that?" Liz asked coming up behind Saira
"A letter from Dmitri"
"Let me see" Liz read it, "Knighted? Really? Oh great now he's going to force everyone to start calling him Sir Dmitri. You just watch"
"Yeah, but he had to get shot first" Saira laughed, "That should shut him up if he tries. Oh, I'm running late. Meet me at the pool later"
"I'll make sure it's nice and cold when you get there" Liz said casually
"Shut up" Saira changed with magic and ran to meet Legolas as she did everyday. As usual, he was waiting, sitting there
"Do you ever sleep?" she asked
"Yes. Why?"
"I don't understand how you can get up here everyday and not seem the least bit tired"
"You get hardly any sleep for nearly a thousand years and you get used to it" he explained standing up
"Take a really long nap and catch up" Saira suggested
"Even if I wanted to, I couldn't. I'm too accustomed"
"Okay. What's today? Magic or fighting?"
"Fight today. Magic tomorrow. But I want to give you something first"
"Okay. What?"
He pulled a magnificent sword out of a bag. It was a luminous made sword. The hilt was completely silver with Elvish etched into the blade itself. It seemed to glow when Saira's hand gripped it.
"'Noble of mind and pure of heart. Only she may wield it.' What does that mean?"
"I had it made especially for you. It's the lightest sword available with still the same amount of control needed for use. I thought it was due time you had your own sword."
"Thank you. I love it," she said happily.
"Shall we break it in?" Legolas said
"We shall"
Immediately the sound of clanging swords filled the air. Saira's new sword was so much easier to use and she loved the eerie glow it gave off as she swung it through the air. For a long time, neither of them backed down or slowed in the least, until Saira took a chance and amazingly had Legolas bound.
"Oh my god. I beat you" Saira said stunned.
"Have you now?" He said slyly. Within the blink of an eye, Legolas reversed Saira's grip, then tripped one foot until she was leaning horizontally held up only by Legolas' strong arms.
"Maybe I was mistaken" Saira said hoping he wouldn't drop her. He helped her up, smiling.
"Your skills are becoming quite exceptional. Are for another round?" he asked
"Definitely" They went at it again, "You're just toying with me now" she said panting.
"What gives you that idea?" he said back but not panting
"Because my left side isn't guarded and you haven't taken control yet"
"I'm trying to get you to notice those mistakes"
Two seconds later, he hit her sword in the perfect spot so it would force her drop it. He then came up behind her in a swift instant and constrained her arms behind her back but being careful not to hurt her
"You left side wasn't guarded"
"Yes, but I bet I could still made you drop your sword" She said willing to do anything not to lose
"Really now?"
"Mm Hmm." Then she pushed herself to his height and kissed him. And sure enough his sword dropped and he let go of her hands. "Told you"
"Shh" he kissed her again. He stopped for a minute but Saira looked terrified. He turned around and saw Ita in the doorway but he didn't look as bad as he or Saira imagined.
"So training huh? For what exactly? I knew we were growing apart but I didn't realize that far"
"Ita!" Saira yelled
"I don't want to hear it!" he stormed out with alarming speed. Saira chased after him but once he got into the trees she had trouble tracking him.
"Ita!" she called having lost him.
He had continued on until he had breached the protection of the main city. He knew in his heart what had been going on. Saira's feelings had been clear from the start but he was blind to it. He decided to go back and say goodbye to Saira before leaving to find his father, but he hadn't gone ten paces when pain shot through his side. He looked down and saw an arrow protruding from it. He looked around and saw nothing but his vision was blurring. With immense pain he pulled the arrow out with a swift jolt forcing him to his knees. He cried out.
"Ita!" Saira said hearing him. "Where are you? Ita, please!"
But Ita found himself unable to call out to her. A figure in a black cloak came through the trees before him.
"Who are you?"
But all they did was draw a dagger and plunge it into his chest. The figure removed it then snapped her fingers disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Ita just pressed his chest hoping to prolong what few minutes he had left.
In the distance Saira searched for him. She began heading in the right direction when a vision overcame her. She witnessed everything that happened to Ita except who was hurting him so, and it was so vivid she felt every emotion and feeling he went through. When the arrow pierced him it seemed to pierce her too.
"Ita!" she screamed louder than ever. She finally found him surrounded in a circle of blood. The arrow that struck him was stained with something black but she ignored it as she caught him. Her first instinct was to heal him, but some magic seemed to be preventing her form doing any good.
"Ita?" she whispered
In a raspy voice he said, "Saira?"
His face was practically transparent now. His eyes were no longer the fiery red only he had out of all elves she'd ever known. Saira was now covered in blood as she tried to stop the bleeding manually.
"Oh Ita. I'm so sorry" she said as tears poured from her eyes. "Hold on. Please hold on. God this is my fault. Ita."
"Saira, I'm sorry too. And I knew. I always knew. Your soul was seen in your eyes. I'll always care for you Saira" he spoke knowing these would probably be his last moments.
"Ita, hold on please. Don't go"
He grabbed her hand with his last bit of strength. "Live."
Ita's colorless face closed his eyes and his spirit left. He hand fell from Saira's grip. She pulled him up and held him close to her chest
"No! Ita! No!" Saira cried.
Legolas ran through the trees and the moment he saw the scene, he whispered and Elvish prayer to guide Ita's soul to heaven. Saira was bent over Ita's lifeless body crying her eyes out in her blood-drenched clothes. Legolas knelt beside her.
"He cant be gone! He cant!" she cried.
He touched her shoulder, but she just shed more tears. Legolas scanned the area for any clues to his attacker. He found the arrow Ita had wrenched from his side. The tip was black with poison, which is what kept Saira from being able to heal him. He returned to Saira, who reluctantly stood up.
"We should take him back."
"This is all my fault," she whispered but Legolas did not hear.
"I'll carry him"
Legolas carried Ita back into the city but to a secluded courtyard where he was set on a bench. Before Saira even had a chance to go tell Liz, she burst in fearing the worst. Saira was kneeling beside the bench crying as she held his hand as if hoping it was all an act and he was just sleeping and had not died in her arms only a few moments before.
"No!" Liz screamed, "I didn't want to believe it" she fell to her knees and leaned up against the doorway as not to fall over. "I sensed it but I just couldn't believe it!"
Legolas left for only a moment then he and Lord Thranduil came in
"Find Lenwe! Tell him to get Tir'istar! Now!" he yelled to an elf following behind them. Then he knelt beside Saira.
"Saira, look at me" he said gently
She did.
"You need to return to your room. You can do no more for him. You too Eriathiel."
Reluctantly they went back to their rooms. They separated and went to their own rooms. Saira broke down. She kicked her mirror off the wall seeing her blood stained clothes, then overturned her couch and desk. She flung open her wardrobe and changed before falling onto the bed bawling. She felt like it was her fault.
"It isn't" Liz said standing in the doorway shaking as she came and sat down. She took had been crying because her eyes were puffy and cheeks red.
"Isn't what?" Saira asked sniffling
"I know he saw you. I know he ran off, but before you go and blame yourself, you should know that he was going to leave anyway. It wasn't your fault"
"Then why do I feel like this?"
"Because you feel like your could have saved him" Liz said.
"I'll never forget the look, the words, the moment" Saira cried
Liz hugged Saira
"Death is unpredictable and often unstoppable. Blame only increases the misery. I know what he said to you. Take them into account and never forget"
No more words were spoken and they sat in silence until they were called for dinner. Everything was in black as memorial and a moment of silence was given. Lenwe was not to be seen for he was charged to find Tir'istar and inform him of his son's death. A traditional Elvish burial would be given the following day.
Saira didn't sleep all night and it seemed Liz didn't either. Around 3:00, she went into Liz's room where she was sitting in her bed staring at a picture of her, Ita, Saira, Aranel, and Dmitri that Colin Creevey had taken during the year.
"Couldn't sleep either?" Saira asked
"Nope. Something is bugging me" Liz answered
"You mean besides the obvious"
"It seemed odd for someone to attack Ita. I cant figure it out"
"All I know is that is was a woman" Saira said
"A woman? Who?" Liz asked curiously
"I don't know who but I keep hearing her voice in my visions"
"No face?"
"No.Can I ask you something?" Saira asked
"Sure"
"Couldn't you feel it when Ita was.?" Saira trailed off unable to finish her sentence.
"Unfortunately yes. You?" Liz replied
Tears welled up in Saira's eyes. "I had a vision and I was there. I heard him, I felt him, I saw him and I couldn't help." Saira covered her face to hide the tears. "I'm going to try and get some sleep.'
"Are you going to be okay?"
"I hope"
Saira went to her room and sat in her bed with her knees pulled up to her chest as she looked at her own picture of her and her friends. He looked so happy and so alive. Now he was lying alone and cold. Saira began to feel dizzy and she gripped her head
"No! Not again! Not again!" Saira said fighting to prevent the vision
Liz ran into the room hearing her, "Saira?"
"Not again!" Saira screamed as the pain escalated.
Liz ran to get Legolas. She heard Saira's cries behind her as she ran full speed to Legolas' room. He was asleep when she burst in.
"Legolas!" she ran up and pulled him off the bed in exasperation, "Get up!"
"Elizabeth! What're you doing?" he yelled half asleep
"Saira! Painful vision! Tula! Come!"
Legolas heard that and ran out without another doubt. With alarming speed, he was at Saira's door where he found her rocking back and forth avoiding the vision.
"Not again" she kept repeating
"Saira" Legolas pleaded. She kept her eyes closed and didn't notice he was there
Finally Saira lost control and a deafening scream issued from her lips. Her head shot up and eyes turned a pearly white.
Things flashed before her eyes she did not recognize. Then Link appeared and everything slowed. Black smoke enveloped him. He reached out but Saira couldn't move and she lost him to oblivion. Liz replaced him. First she smiled but it quickly merged into a look of terror. Silent screams came from her before she fell to the same fate. Next Dmitri and his blue hair stepped in Liz's place. Saira tried to speak as if to warn him but no words came out. Dmitri put his finger to his mouth to silence her. A look of pain substituted his smile as he too was pulled into the surrounding darkness by black hands.
To Saira's horror, Legolas appeared. A building materialized around them. They were in Legolas' chamber of Hogwarts. He spoke but not to her. He smiled but it became a look of shock on his fair face. Saira stared and saw blood-forming clouds on his tunic. Saira tried to go to him with all her might but she was pulled out of her vision.
Her normal sight returned and she saw Legolas sitting next to her. On reflex she shot forward and threw her arms around his neck immensely relieved it wasn't true for the moment. Her head throbbed but being in his arms lessened the pain she endured. Tears once again streamed down her cheeks.
"Shh. it's alright"
"No, no, no!" Saira pulled away. "My vision. Darkness. Death. Link said to trust my visions but it cant be right. It cant!"
"Saira, listen. Some visions show what may come if we do not accomplish what we are meant to" Legolas said
"How do I know which is which?"
"That I cant answer" he said, "Get some rest"
He started to leave
"No. Stay with me please" she asked softly
Liz left to her own room and fell asleep instantly. Legolas stayed with Saira all night and was the only reason she too slept.
Saira wasn't quite sure what he meant by that last statement but she never found out because one of the many guards said she should get to her room. In the morning she was awoke by a flapping noise outside her window. Aranel's owl was fluttering outside. She got up and let it in. She undid the letter to its leg and read it" 'Dear Love,
Doriath is amazing and I'm treated like a nobleman, which is definitely a new experience. My every whim is dealt with when I ask for it. Having a girlfriend with such great connections is great. I don't think Aranel's father likes me too well but you know that would never bother me. A present arrived from Link today. He got me a faery made dagger. It's supposed to have magical powers but I haven't figured them out yet. I couldn't believe what you gave me. Giving me the gift you got from the Great Faery is too much. Din's Fire is supposed to be for special individuals and I don't think I qualify. I'd give it back if I knew you'd take it.
Anyway, can you believe it's already half way through July? I know someone's birthday is coming up in August. Hint hint. I haven't heard anything from our Earthy friends but I'm sure they're plenty busy. I hope all is well.
Oh, I almost forgot. I was knighted. On the way to Doriath, some orcs attacked thinking to kidnap the both of us. I had to get an arrow in my backside to be knighted but no pain no gain. I hope alls well with you. I have a feeling we'll be heading back that way soon. Don't have too much fun without me.
Sir Dmitri
PS. My mum and dad say 'hi''
"What's that?" Liz asked coming up behind Saira
"A letter from Dmitri"
"Let me see" Liz read it, "Knighted? Really? Oh great now he's going to force everyone to start calling him Sir Dmitri. You just watch"
"Yeah, but he had to get shot first" Saira laughed, "That should shut him up if he tries. Oh, I'm running late. Meet me at the pool later"
"I'll make sure it's nice and cold when you get there" Liz said casually
"Shut up" Saira changed with magic and ran to meet Legolas as she did everyday. As usual, he was waiting, sitting there
"Do you ever sleep?" she asked
"Yes. Why?"
"I don't understand how you can get up here everyday and not seem the least bit tired"
"You get hardly any sleep for nearly a thousand years and you get used to it" he explained standing up
"Take a really long nap and catch up" Saira suggested
"Even if I wanted to, I couldn't. I'm too accustomed"
"Okay. What's today? Magic or fighting?"
"Fight today. Magic tomorrow. But I want to give you something first"
"Okay. What?"
He pulled a magnificent sword out of a bag. It was a luminous made sword. The hilt was completely silver with Elvish etched into the blade itself. It seemed to glow when Saira's hand gripped it.
"'Noble of mind and pure of heart. Only she may wield it.' What does that mean?"
"I had it made especially for you. It's the lightest sword available with still the same amount of control needed for use. I thought it was due time you had your own sword."
"Thank you. I love it," she said happily.
"Shall we break it in?" Legolas said
"We shall"
Immediately the sound of clanging swords filled the air. Saira's new sword was so much easier to use and she loved the eerie glow it gave off as she swung it through the air. For a long time, neither of them backed down or slowed in the least, until Saira took a chance and amazingly had Legolas bound.
"Oh my god. I beat you" Saira said stunned.
"Have you now?" He said slyly. Within the blink of an eye, Legolas reversed Saira's grip, then tripped one foot until she was leaning horizontally held up only by Legolas' strong arms.
"Maybe I was mistaken" Saira said hoping he wouldn't drop her. He helped her up, smiling.
"Your skills are becoming quite exceptional. Are for another round?" he asked
"Definitely" They went at it again, "You're just toying with me now" she said panting.
"What gives you that idea?" he said back but not panting
"Because my left side isn't guarded and you haven't taken control yet"
"I'm trying to get you to notice those mistakes"
Two seconds later, he hit her sword in the perfect spot so it would force her drop it. He then came up behind her in a swift instant and constrained her arms behind her back but being careful not to hurt her
"You left side wasn't guarded"
"Yes, but I bet I could still made you drop your sword" She said willing to do anything not to lose
"Really now?"
"Mm Hmm." Then she pushed herself to his height and kissed him. And sure enough his sword dropped and he let go of her hands. "Told you"
"Shh" he kissed her again. He stopped for a minute but Saira looked terrified. He turned around and saw Ita in the doorway but he didn't look as bad as he or Saira imagined.
"So training huh? For what exactly? I knew we were growing apart but I didn't realize that far"
"Ita!" Saira yelled
"I don't want to hear it!" he stormed out with alarming speed. Saira chased after him but once he got into the trees she had trouble tracking him.
"Ita!" she called having lost him.
He had continued on until he had breached the protection of the main city. He knew in his heart what had been going on. Saira's feelings had been clear from the start but he was blind to it. He decided to go back and say goodbye to Saira before leaving to find his father, but he hadn't gone ten paces when pain shot through his side. He looked down and saw an arrow protruding from it. He looked around and saw nothing but his vision was blurring. With immense pain he pulled the arrow out with a swift jolt forcing him to his knees. He cried out.
"Ita!" Saira said hearing him. "Where are you? Ita, please!"
But Ita found himself unable to call out to her. A figure in a black cloak came through the trees before him.
"Who are you?"
But all they did was draw a dagger and plunge it into his chest. The figure removed it then snapped her fingers disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Ita just pressed his chest hoping to prolong what few minutes he had left.
In the distance Saira searched for him. She began heading in the right direction when a vision overcame her. She witnessed everything that happened to Ita except who was hurting him so, and it was so vivid she felt every emotion and feeling he went through. When the arrow pierced him it seemed to pierce her too.
"Ita!" she screamed louder than ever. She finally found him surrounded in a circle of blood. The arrow that struck him was stained with something black but she ignored it as she caught him. Her first instinct was to heal him, but some magic seemed to be preventing her form doing any good.
"Ita?" she whispered
In a raspy voice he said, "Saira?"
His face was practically transparent now. His eyes were no longer the fiery red only he had out of all elves she'd ever known. Saira was now covered in blood as she tried to stop the bleeding manually.
"Oh Ita. I'm so sorry" she said as tears poured from her eyes. "Hold on. Please hold on. God this is my fault. Ita."
"Saira, I'm sorry too. And I knew. I always knew. Your soul was seen in your eyes. I'll always care for you Saira" he spoke knowing these would probably be his last moments.
"Ita, hold on please. Don't go"
He grabbed her hand with his last bit of strength. "Live."
Ita's colorless face closed his eyes and his spirit left. He hand fell from Saira's grip. She pulled him up and held him close to her chest
"No! Ita! No!" Saira cried.
Legolas ran through the trees and the moment he saw the scene, he whispered and Elvish prayer to guide Ita's soul to heaven. Saira was bent over Ita's lifeless body crying her eyes out in her blood-drenched clothes. Legolas knelt beside her.
"He cant be gone! He cant!" she cried.
He touched her shoulder, but she just shed more tears. Legolas scanned the area for any clues to his attacker. He found the arrow Ita had wrenched from his side. The tip was black with poison, which is what kept Saira from being able to heal him. He returned to Saira, who reluctantly stood up.
"We should take him back."
"This is all my fault," she whispered but Legolas did not hear.
"I'll carry him"
Legolas carried Ita back into the city but to a secluded courtyard where he was set on a bench. Before Saira even had a chance to go tell Liz, she burst in fearing the worst. Saira was kneeling beside the bench crying as she held his hand as if hoping it was all an act and he was just sleeping and had not died in her arms only a few moments before.
"No!" Liz screamed, "I didn't want to believe it" she fell to her knees and leaned up against the doorway as not to fall over. "I sensed it but I just couldn't believe it!"
Legolas left for only a moment then he and Lord Thranduil came in
"Find Lenwe! Tell him to get Tir'istar! Now!" he yelled to an elf following behind them. Then he knelt beside Saira.
"Saira, look at me" he said gently
She did.
"You need to return to your room. You can do no more for him. You too Eriathiel."
Reluctantly they went back to their rooms. They separated and went to their own rooms. Saira broke down. She kicked her mirror off the wall seeing her blood stained clothes, then overturned her couch and desk. She flung open her wardrobe and changed before falling onto the bed bawling. She felt like it was her fault.
"It isn't" Liz said standing in the doorway shaking as she came and sat down. She took had been crying because her eyes were puffy and cheeks red.
"Isn't what?" Saira asked sniffling
"I know he saw you. I know he ran off, but before you go and blame yourself, you should know that he was going to leave anyway. It wasn't your fault"
"Then why do I feel like this?"
"Because you feel like your could have saved him" Liz said.
"I'll never forget the look, the words, the moment" Saira cried
Liz hugged Saira
"Death is unpredictable and often unstoppable. Blame only increases the misery. I know what he said to you. Take them into account and never forget"
No more words were spoken and they sat in silence until they were called for dinner. Everything was in black as memorial and a moment of silence was given. Lenwe was not to be seen for he was charged to find Tir'istar and inform him of his son's death. A traditional Elvish burial would be given the following day.
Saira didn't sleep all night and it seemed Liz didn't either. Around 3:00, she went into Liz's room where she was sitting in her bed staring at a picture of her, Ita, Saira, Aranel, and Dmitri that Colin Creevey had taken during the year.
"Couldn't sleep either?" Saira asked
"Nope. Something is bugging me" Liz answered
"You mean besides the obvious"
"It seemed odd for someone to attack Ita. I cant figure it out"
"All I know is that is was a woman" Saira said
"A woman? Who?" Liz asked curiously
"I don't know who but I keep hearing her voice in my visions"
"No face?"
"No.Can I ask you something?" Saira asked
"Sure"
"Couldn't you feel it when Ita was.?" Saira trailed off unable to finish her sentence.
"Unfortunately yes. You?" Liz replied
Tears welled up in Saira's eyes. "I had a vision and I was there. I heard him, I felt him, I saw him and I couldn't help." Saira covered her face to hide the tears. "I'm going to try and get some sleep.'
"Are you going to be okay?"
"I hope"
Saira went to her room and sat in her bed with her knees pulled up to her chest as she looked at her own picture of her and her friends. He looked so happy and so alive. Now he was lying alone and cold. Saira began to feel dizzy and she gripped her head
"No! Not again! Not again!" Saira said fighting to prevent the vision
Liz ran into the room hearing her, "Saira?"
"Not again!" Saira screamed as the pain escalated.
Liz ran to get Legolas. She heard Saira's cries behind her as she ran full speed to Legolas' room. He was asleep when she burst in.
"Legolas!" she ran up and pulled him off the bed in exasperation, "Get up!"
"Elizabeth! What're you doing?" he yelled half asleep
"Saira! Painful vision! Tula! Come!"
Legolas heard that and ran out without another doubt. With alarming speed, he was at Saira's door where he found her rocking back and forth avoiding the vision.
"Not again" she kept repeating
"Saira" Legolas pleaded. She kept her eyes closed and didn't notice he was there
Finally Saira lost control and a deafening scream issued from her lips. Her head shot up and eyes turned a pearly white.
Things flashed before her eyes she did not recognize. Then Link appeared and everything slowed. Black smoke enveloped him. He reached out but Saira couldn't move and she lost him to oblivion. Liz replaced him. First she smiled but it quickly merged into a look of terror. Silent screams came from her before she fell to the same fate. Next Dmitri and his blue hair stepped in Liz's place. Saira tried to speak as if to warn him but no words came out. Dmitri put his finger to his mouth to silence her. A look of pain substituted his smile as he too was pulled into the surrounding darkness by black hands.
To Saira's horror, Legolas appeared. A building materialized around them. They were in Legolas' chamber of Hogwarts. He spoke but not to her. He smiled but it became a look of shock on his fair face. Saira stared and saw blood-forming clouds on his tunic. Saira tried to go to him with all her might but she was pulled out of her vision.
Her normal sight returned and she saw Legolas sitting next to her. On reflex she shot forward and threw her arms around his neck immensely relieved it wasn't true for the moment. Her head throbbed but being in his arms lessened the pain she endured. Tears once again streamed down her cheeks.
"Shh. it's alright"
"No, no, no!" Saira pulled away. "My vision. Darkness. Death. Link said to trust my visions but it cant be right. It cant!"
"Saira, listen. Some visions show what may come if we do not accomplish what we are meant to" Legolas said
"How do I know which is which?"
"That I cant answer" he said, "Get some rest"
He started to leave
"No. Stay with me please" she asked softly
Liz left to her own room and fell asleep instantly. Legolas stayed with Saira all night and was the only reason she too slept.