~*~*~* A/N: Um.. I lub Haldir? And Pippin. The end. *~*~*~
Nikki grumbled, looking down at her ankle. It was bandaged heavily, many herbs and oils covering the bandages. She had been in the House of Healing for the past two days, without a single walk or break.
"Good morn, Nicole," said Luinëlotwen, walking to her bedside. Over the past several days, she had gotten to know Luinëlotwen well, and had befriended her. "Allow me to see your leg, now," she instructed, and Nikki raised the blanket a little.
"Oh, that looks quite better," said Luinëlotwen with a soft smile. "I do believe you're ready to try and walk again."
Nikki nodded, sitting up and gingerly setting her foot upon the ground. Testing a bit, she eventually, slowly, stood. There was a bit of pain in her ankle, but not enough to stop her from walking around her bed.
"Wow.." she murmured, as she pivoted slightly up and down on her ankle. "Back home, it would take a few weeks for this to heal."
"Weeks?" asked Luinëlotwen, eyes widening slightly. "It would not take weeks to heal even a mortal wound - a simple broken bone takes less than three days."
"Wow," repeated Nikki, grinning. "This place rocks!"
With light footsteps, Nikki descended the stairs of the House of Healing, looking out at the other trees in Lothlorien. She could see Haldir at the base of another tree, looking off into the distance. She reached the bottom of the staircase, and neared him.
He could hear her, feel her presence as she neared, but he did not turn or stir.
"Haldir," she said softly and he turned, looking down at her.
"Good morn," he said flatly, turning his eyes quickly away. "How do you fare?"
"I am well," she replied, looking up at him with a questioning expression. "Why don't you look at me?"
Haldir turned slightly, looking down at her, his eyes locking with hers. After a moment, he deterred his gaze once again.
"The Lady of the Wood wishes to meet you," he said. "If you are well enough, you can go now."
"I am well enough," Nikki assured him, and he nodded, pointing toward an enclosed garden.
"That is where she is," he said, and said no more. Nikki gulped slightly, and went forward.
Peeking her head in the door, she threw her eyes immediately to the ground when she saw Galadriel standing in the midst of trees and flowers.
"Enter, young one," the elf commanded, her voice low.
Nikki quickly stepped into the garden, closing the door behind her. Walking to Galdriel, she bowed her head in reverence.
"I have asked to speak to you for a reason," Galadriel continued, a wise smile upon her face. "How did you come to be here?"
Nikki blinked, and looked up at the elf. "I cannot remember."
"What do you remember doing last, before you came to Lothlorien?"
Nikki's hand crept up, wrapping her fingers around the gold locket.
"I had just opened this locket, and said the words that are inside. That is all I remember."
Galadriel nodded softly. "It is as I thought," she said, looking down at the ground, thinking for a moment. "That is a magical locket, but is it not broken now?"
For the first time since she had appeared in Lothlorien, Nikki looked down at the locket, trying to open it. It would not open.
"It must be stuck," she murmured, as she continued to try to pry it open.
"Nae, child, it is not stuck. It is enchanted. It merely opened in your world because you were ready to come here. But you are not yet ready to leave, for there are things you must learn and do."
"What things?" asked Nikki, dropping the locket from her hands and digging them into her pockets.
"Even I cannot tell," replied Galadriel, then all was quiet for a moment. It seemed as though even the wind ceased it's whisperings. "If there is anything you wish to have, you may have it. For while you are in Lothlorien, Nicole, you shall be my personal guest."
Nikki bowed her head slightly again. "Thank you, Lady Galadriel, you are most kind."
Galadriel smiled faintly. "I must leave you now, young one. Do take care." With those words, Galadriel turned and, with feet soft as a whisper, she walked out of the garden.
"Anything I want?" Nikki said to herself, turning slightly. "How about a certain elf with something up his ass?"
As she was walking into her house, Galadriel could hear Nicole's words.
"A fear is in my heart," she thought, shaking her head slightly. "I know not why, but something in my heart tells me that Haldir and Nicole must never love one another."
Outside the garden, Haldir bowed as the Lord Celeborn approached him.
"Have you learned anything new of the girl?" Celeborn asked, glancing toward the garden, where Galadriel and Nicole spoke.
"Nae, my Lord," replied Haldir gently, his eyes still upon the ground.
"Oh, Haldir," said Celeborn, shaking his head in the manner of a father scolding his son. "Tell me you have not fallen for the girl."
Haldir glanced away, a slight blush creeping up his pale, flawless cheeks.
"You have," Celeborn confirmed. "I will warn you Haldir, if you surrendur to these emotions, only bad will come of it. Both Galadriel and I feel it."
Haldir looked down, nodding slightly.
"I must go," said Celeborn, as he walked slowly away.
Haldir looked up, peeking slightly over the garden walls. He could see Galadriel just leaving Nicole, and hearing her words.
He blinked.
"With something up his what?"
~*~*~ A/N: Tee hee. ^.^ *~*~*~
Nikki grumbled, looking down at her ankle. It was bandaged heavily, many herbs and oils covering the bandages. She had been in the House of Healing for the past two days, without a single walk or break.
"Good morn, Nicole," said Luinëlotwen, walking to her bedside. Over the past several days, she had gotten to know Luinëlotwen well, and had befriended her. "Allow me to see your leg, now," she instructed, and Nikki raised the blanket a little.
"Oh, that looks quite better," said Luinëlotwen with a soft smile. "I do believe you're ready to try and walk again."
Nikki nodded, sitting up and gingerly setting her foot upon the ground. Testing a bit, she eventually, slowly, stood. There was a bit of pain in her ankle, but not enough to stop her from walking around her bed.
"Wow.." she murmured, as she pivoted slightly up and down on her ankle. "Back home, it would take a few weeks for this to heal."
"Weeks?" asked Luinëlotwen, eyes widening slightly. "It would not take weeks to heal even a mortal wound - a simple broken bone takes less than three days."
"Wow," repeated Nikki, grinning. "This place rocks!"
With light footsteps, Nikki descended the stairs of the House of Healing, looking out at the other trees in Lothlorien. She could see Haldir at the base of another tree, looking off into the distance. She reached the bottom of the staircase, and neared him.
He could hear her, feel her presence as she neared, but he did not turn or stir.
"Haldir," she said softly and he turned, looking down at her.
"Good morn," he said flatly, turning his eyes quickly away. "How do you fare?"
"I am well," she replied, looking up at him with a questioning expression. "Why don't you look at me?"
Haldir turned slightly, looking down at her, his eyes locking with hers. After a moment, he deterred his gaze once again.
"The Lady of the Wood wishes to meet you," he said. "If you are well enough, you can go now."
"I am well enough," Nikki assured him, and he nodded, pointing toward an enclosed garden.
"That is where she is," he said, and said no more. Nikki gulped slightly, and went forward.
Peeking her head in the door, she threw her eyes immediately to the ground when she saw Galadriel standing in the midst of trees and flowers.
"Enter, young one," the elf commanded, her voice low.
Nikki quickly stepped into the garden, closing the door behind her. Walking to Galdriel, she bowed her head in reverence.
"I have asked to speak to you for a reason," Galadriel continued, a wise smile upon her face. "How did you come to be here?"
Nikki blinked, and looked up at the elf. "I cannot remember."
"What do you remember doing last, before you came to Lothlorien?"
Nikki's hand crept up, wrapping her fingers around the gold locket.
"I had just opened this locket, and said the words that are inside. That is all I remember."
Galadriel nodded softly. "It is as I thought," she said, looking down at the ground, thinking for a moment. "That is a magical locket, but is it not broken now?"
For the first time since she had appeared in Lothlorien, Nikki looked down at the locket, trying to open it. It would not open.
"It must be stuck," she murmured, as she continued to try to pry it open.
"Nae, child, it is not stuck. It is enchanted. It merely opened in your world because you were ready to come here. But you are not yet ready to leave, for there are things you must learn and do."
"What things?" asked Nikki, dropping the locket from her hands and digging them into her pockets.
"Even I cannot tell," replied Galadriel, then all was quiet for a moment. It seemed as though even the wind ceased it's whisperings. "If there is anything you wish to have, you may have it. For while you are in Lothlorien, Nicole, you shall be my personal guest."
Nikki bowed her head slightly again. "Thank you, Lady Galadriel, you are most kind."
Galadriel smiled faintly. "I must leave you now, young one. Do take care." With those words, Galadriel turned and, with feet soft as a whisper, she walked out of the garden.
"Anything I want?" Nikki said to herself, turning slightly. "How about a certain elf with something up his ass?"
As she was walking into her house, Galadriel could hear Nicole's words.
"A fear is in my heart," she thought, shaking her head slightly. "I know not why, but something in my heart tells me that Haldir and Nicole must never love one another."
Outside the garden, Haldir bowed as the Lord Celeborn approached him.
"Have you learned anything new of the girl?" Celeborn asked, glancing toward the garden, where Galadriel and Nicole spoke.
"Nae, my Lord," replied Haldir gently, his eyes still upon the ground.
"Oh, Haldir," said Celeborn, shaking his head in the manner of a father scolding his son. "Tell me you have not fallen for the girl."
Haldir glanced away, a slight blush creeping up his pale, flawless cheeks.
"You have," Celeborn confirmed. "I will warn you Haldir, if you surrendur to these emotions, only bad will come of it. Both Galadriel and I feel it."
Haldir looked down, nodding slightly.
"I must go," said Celeborn, as he walked slowly away.
Haldir looked up, peeking slightly over the garden walls. He could see Galadriel just leaving Nicole, and hearing her words.
He blinked.
"With something up his what?"
~*~*~ A/N: Tee hee. ^.^ *~*~*~