A/N: I hope you enjoyed my story so far!! This was a tricky chapter!
Chapter 2 –Gandalf
The figure was tall, thin and seemed strangely familiar. As they reached the camp Legolas's eyes sparkled. "Gandalf!" He cried with excitement and ran to greet his old friend.
When the group returned to the camp it was dark. Aragorn made a fire from the twigs Gimli and he had collected, and Gandalf was introduced to Leali. They sat for a while reminiscing together, before they nodded off to sleep.
Legolas woke during the night to find Leali shivering violently. Sliding himself beside her, he wrapped his elven cloak around them both, the warmth of each other was inviting and they both wondered back, contently into sleep.
The next morning Leali woke up next to Legolas, though it was a bit of a surprise, she smiled tenderly and ran her fingers through his long blonde hair. She slowly, as to not wake him, lifted his arm witch rested on her hip and slid gently away.
She stood up to find Aragorn, and Gimli still sleeping silently on their sides, weapons in hand. Gandalf to her surprise was awake and muttering to himself, in front of the fire. Leali hesitantly sat across from Gandalf on the other side of the fire.
He jumped when he noticed the small elf, staring at him from across the flame. "You should sleep longer child, you have a long day in front of you." Gandalf whispered. "I can not sleep any longer, I feel that I have been sleeping for days" Leali looked at Gandalf, and he nodded in understanding.
"Gandalf" Leali spoke shyly. "What do you know of my mother? I can feel your thoughts do dwell on her." Gandalf sighed and looked pitifully down at the elf-girl. "I knew your mother for a time, she was a trusted friend and loyal companion to me for many long years"
Gandalf stopped and stared at the fire for a moment "Leali I dare say she was as beautiful as she was wise. But Alas, her days were cut short by no other then her husband, your father and our foe…Saruman"
Leali was shocked and sat with her mouth open, and hands trembling in her lap. "Why? How?" the words stumbled out of her gaping mouth. "You were born unexpectedly, and though your mother cherished you. Saruman found you to be his only weakness, and he demanded that you be destroyed. Your mother, Ariana fled with you in her arms to Fargorn, where she left you in a pile of soft mosses. Alas you were found by Treebeard. After she returned to Saruman without you, he locked her in the dungeon, where she died from grief. Saruman's evil forces searched all of Middle earth for you but failed."
Leali looked up overwhelmed by this news but also striving to learn more. "How was I a weakness to Saruman?" Gandalf's eyes widened slightly. "He fears you more than anything else in middle earth, though his physical self can die, wizards can only be truly destroyed by one that they share blood. You, Leali are Saruman's only blood relation and you only, have the power to fully destroy Saruman"
Leali then became silent, fighting with herself, her thoughts solemnly on what she had just heard and what she must do.
Chapter 2 –Gandalf
The figure was tall, thin and seemed strangely familiar. As they reached the camp Legolas's eyes sparkled. "Gandalf!" He cried with excitement and ran to greet his old friend.
When the group returned to the camp it was dark. Aragorn made a fire from the twigs Gimli and he had collected, and Gandalf was introduced to Leali. They sat for a while reminiscing together, before they nodded off to sleep.
Legolas woke during the night to find Leali shivering violently. Sliding himself beside her, he wrapped his elven cloak around them both, the warmth of each other was inviting and they both wondered back, contently into sleep.
The next morning Leali woke up next to Legolas, though it was a bit of a surprise, she smiled tenderly and ran her fingers through his long blonde hair. She slowly, as to not wake him, lifted his arm witch rested on her hip and slid gently away.
She stood up to find Aragorn, and Gimli still sleeping silently on their sides, weapons in hand. Gandalf to her surprise was awake and muttering to himself, in front of the fire. Leali hesitantly sat across from Gandalf on the other side of the fire.
He jumped when he noticed the small elf, staring at him from across the flame. "You should sleep longer child, you have a long day in front of you." Gandalf whispered. "I can not sleep any longer, I feel that I have been sleeping for days" Leali looked at Gandalf, and he nodded in understanding.
"Gandalf" Leali spoke shyly. "What do you know of my mother? I can feel your thoughts do dwell on her." Gandalf sighed and looked pitifully down at the elf-girl. "I knew your mother for a time, she was a trusted friend and loyal companion to me for many long years"
Gandalf stopped and stared at the fire for a moment "Leali I dare say she was as beautiful as she was wise. But Alas, her days were cut short by no other then her husband, your father and our foe…Saruman"
Leali was shocked and sat with her mouth open, and hands trembling in her lap. "Why? How?" the words stumbled out of her gaping mouth. "You were born unexpectedly, and though your mother cherished you. Saruman found you to be his only weakness, and he demanded that you be destroyed. Your mother, Ariana fled with you in her arms to Fargorn, where she left you in a pile of soft mosses. Alas you were found by Treebeard. After she returned to Saruman without you, he locked her in the dungeon, where she died from grief. Saruman's evil forces searched all of Middle earth for you but failed."
Leali looked up overwhelmed by this news but also striving to learn more. "How was I a weakness to Saruman?" Gandalf's eyes widened slightly. "He fears you more than anything else in middle earth, though his physical self can die, wizards can only be truly destroyed by one that they share blood. You, Leali are Saruman's only blood relation and you only, have the power to fully destroy Saruman"
Leali then became silent, fighting with herself, her thoughts solemnly on what she had just heard and what she must do.