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Chapter 7: The Fellowship Arrives
Aerin awoke to birds singing out side her window. "Uhg!!!" she groaned and rolled over, trying to block out the sound with a pillow.
"Come on sleepy-head!! The day has already begun!" an excited voice came through the pillow. Recognizing the voice, her eyes flew open and she sat up quickly, but soon regretted it when sunlight hit her eyes. "ISSA?!?" she asked shocked blinking the spots from her eyes, and before her was the beautiful she-elf she had met her first day in Rivendell.
"Good morning to you too!!" Issa said grinning, "Come on and get up so we can go to breakfast!" she said walking over to the bed. Aerin pulled the sheets up over her head groaning, but soon said, "Ok! Ok! I'm up!" when Issa began to bounce on the bed. She laughed and disappeared into the bathroom, to get a bath ready no doubt.
Mumbling about un-courteous elves Aerin stretched then swung her feet over the side of the bed, wincing when her feet touched the cold tiles below.
She pushed herself up and rubbing sleep from her eyes, and then walked into the bathroom. There was a bath ready but what really woke Aerin up was a rack of beautiful dresses that Issa was thumbing though.
" Where did these come from?" she asked wide-eyed, coming up to stand beside her.
Issa turned and smiled, "Lord Elrond wanted you to be presentable for the guests today, and didn't know what you liked so he sent you these." She gestured towards the dresses, "but if you even want to meet them your going to have to hurry." She said turning her towards the bath.
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After she had bathed and dried off, her and Issa looked through the dresses, trying to find one she liked. "So... who am going to meet that is so important?" Aerin asked after they had tried on five dresses.
Issa looked up in surprise from the dress she had been holding. "You don't know?" she asked while Aerin shook her head. " It's the remaining fellowship. They're coming to visit for a while." She said handing her the dress and continued, "Go try this on." She looked up once more, when she discovered that Aerin hadn't moved. Confusion etched across her beautiful features, "Is something wrong?" she asked moving to look at the dress.
"Did you just say "the remaining fellowship"?" she asked breathless.
"Yes, I did. Why?" she asked looking at her confused.
" Umm... well I have only heard tales about them and their adventures." She said not mentioning the fact that nearly all of it had been from her father scorning them. " It is going to be nice to meet them." She said looking down at the dress, as if she had just realized she had been holding it. " Oh my!!" she gasped, "it's beautiful!" The dress she was holding was a deep green, which matched her eyes. It had leaves embroidered all over it in a lighter green thread. It was as light as a feather and it was by far the most gorgeous thing Aerin had ever laid her eyes on.
"I am glad you approve." Issa said, breaking through her thoughts, " but did you know that you have already met one of the fellowship?" she asked and Aerin's head shot up and she asked in a disbelieving voice, "Who?"
" Why the gorgeous elf-prince, Legolas! He represented the elves in the fellowship." She said eyes dancing, but the light quickly faded when she saw the look on her new friends face. "What is it?" she asked concerned.
"He's a prince?" she whispered, eyes still holding that forbidding look.
" Yes. The prince of Mirkwood to be exact." She said confused. Suddenly Aerin remembered when they had first met. He had asked her name and where she was from and she in turn had asked him, but all he said was I am legolas from Mirkwood. Now she realized that when she had entered the hall for the feast last night he had been sitting right next to Elrond, but she was to concerned on showing the proper respect towards Elrond that she forgot about it, until now.
"Why didn't he tell me?" she asked looking in to Issa's blue eyes, but she merely shrugged and said, " I have no idea, you can ask him when you see him, but right know you need to get ready." She said and pushed her behind a screen.
Sighing she began to dress, pulling the beautiful gown over her head, letting it fall into place around her body. Stepping out from the screen she heard a gasp. Turning she saw Issa holding a pair of slippers in one hand and a brush in the other. " Is it really that bad?" Aerin asked nervously coming over to take the slippers.
"No." Issa said," It's absolutely gorgeous! Your going to stop some hearts today!" Aerin giggled pushing her lightly, "I don't think so." She said putting on the shoes then reached for the brush, but Issa pulled it out of her reach. "No. I want to do your hair."
"Fine." Aerin said sitting down at the vanity.
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About ten minutes later Issa handed her a mirror. Aerin gasped. " Oh thank you! It's sooo beautiful!!" she said jumping up to hug her friend.
Issa laughed and said, "Well while you admire your self, I'm going to get ready." And with that she entered the bathroom, leaving Aerin alone in the room.
Sighing Aerin looked once more at her hair. Her ebony tresses where bound back in a braid that was rapped around her head like a crown. The braid was held in place by thousands of little pins, and to top it all of a golden tiara inlayed with emeralds rested on the mound giving her a queen like appearance. Sitting down once more she put on some perfume that smelled of the sweetest flowers and then she sat back and admired her self once more when the bathroom door opened to revel Issa.
Aerin smiled and said. "You look great!!!" Issa looked up, blushing and said, "You think so?"
"Of coarse! If I thought differently I would have said so!" she said as though stating the obvious. Issa smiled and turned slowly around, showing Aerin the low back of the silver gown. It was almost covered completely by the waterfall of golden hair, which was shot through with silver ribbons and little braids. When she finished turning around Aerin asked, "Are you ready?"
Issa smiled and while she walked towards the door she replied, "Yes. Lets go eat!" Smiling, Aerin got up and followed her out.
* * * * * * Legolas looked at himself in the long mirror for the third time before finally deciding that he was presentable. He was wearing a silver tunic that went almost to his knees and under that a full sleeved silver shirt, along with that he wore, flowing breeches also silver, and soft black boots. Both the tunic and breeches were embroidered with small leaves and his golden hair had the same look it always did, half up in a braid and half hanging around his shoulders. He also had a silver crown made to look like a circle of leaves resting on his forehead.
Sighing he fingered the crown, wishing that he did not have to wear it, but in recognition of his heritage he knew he must, and with one last look in the mirror he swept out his door.
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Aerin looked around as she and Issa descended down on one of the many staircases of Rivendell. "This place is so beautiful." She thought as they suddenly came to a halt.
They had reached the end of the staircase and before them were eight men. No. Men wasn't the right word. There where men along with four hobbits, a dwarf, and an elf.
Issa stepped away from Aerin and bowed to the eight. One of the men laughed, "You don't have to do that Issa!!" she rose smiling and was immediately embraced by him.
"Aragorn!" she said hugging him back laughing, "It is so good to see you!"
"As it is to see you! But tell me who is this beauty, for I know that if I had met her I would not have forgotten." He said winking at Aerin.
"Oh! My whits have gone begging! Pardon me, but everyone may I introduce to you, Lady Aerin." She said smiling.
"It is my pleasure, Lady Aerin." The man Issa had called Aragorn stepped forward and took her hand brushing his lips across it, " I am Aragorn."
" Very nice to met you too!" she said when he rose. " But who are the rest of you?"
"I'm Pippin!" said a hobbit with curly auburn hair, coming up he shook her hand.
"And I'm Merry." Another hobbit stepped forward but this one had brown curly hair.
" I'm Sam." A solemn faced hobbit said, "and this is Froddo." He motioned towards a hobbit with crystal blue eyes that seemed to pierce you if you looked at them. Aerin took a step backwards when she met them with her own. Shaking her head she said, "very nice to met all of you I'm sure, but who are you?" she asked a rather gruff looking dwarf.
"I am Gimli." He said in a voice that was none to happy.
"It is very nice to meet you master Dwarf." She said with kindness in her voice. At this his mood seemed to lighten and he said, " oh! It's just Gimli please." She smiled in return and turned to an old man in white robes.
"Hello." He rumbled, "I am Gandalf, the wizard." He came over and took her hand kissing it before letting it fall. Gandalf, the all-powerful wizard. She had heard many things about him. Mostly from her father, about how he helped froddo destroy the ring. Smiling she replied, "I have heard many things about you, Gandalf. It is nice to finally met you." He smiled and moved away, reveling the last member. She gasped.
It was Legolas. Clad in sliver he looked like a god, or so it seemed to her. Her thoughts were interrupted when he spoke. "I believe you already know me, my lady," He said coming up to kiss her hand. When he rose she caught a hint of mischief in his blue gaze. Smiling she replied, "Oh? Have we met? Because I do not remember you." She said teasing him.
"But, my lady, you must remember the day in the garden when we..." he leaned over to whisper something in her ear. Her eyes widened and she shoved him away playfully, "Oh, you nasty elf!!! You take the fun out of everything!" she said laughing.
He grinned then turned to the others and said casually, "We've met." They nodded smiling and then Issa said, "Well, I don't know about any of you, but I'm going to go have breakfast!" she began to make her way to the doors that lead to the hall. "I knew I liked this girl." Pippin said, and they all laughed and went into the hall, leaving Aerin and Legolas alone in the corridor.
"Are you hungry, lady Aerin?" Legolas asked after a moment. Aerin simply nodded, to lost in staring at him to reply. "Well then, shall we go?" he asked offering his arm to her. Again she nodded and accepted his arm allowing him to pull her into the hall.
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well what did you think? Please R&R!!!! Please?!? You'll get a cookie!!
Chapter 7: The Fellowship Arrives
Aerin awoke to birds singing out side her window. "Uhg!!!" she groaned and rolled over, trying to block out the sound with a pillow.
"Come on sleepy-head!! The day has already begun!" an excited voice came through the pillow. Recognizing the voice, her eyes flew open and she sat up quickly, but soon regretted it when sunlight hit her eyes. "ISSA?!?" she asked shocked blinking the spots from her eyes, and before her was the beautiful she-elf she had met her first day in Rivendell.
"Good morning to you too!!" Issa said grinning, "Come on and get up so we can go to breakfast!" she said walking over to the bed. Aerin pulled the sheets up over her head groaning, but soon said, "Ok! Ok! I'm up!" when Issa began to bounce on the bed. She laughed and disappeared into the bathroom, to get a bath ready no doubt.
Mumbling about un-courteous elves Aerin stretched then swung her feet over the side of the bed, wincing when her feet touched the cold tiles below.
She pushed herself up and rubbing sleep from her eyes, and then walked into the bathroom. There was a bath ready but what really woke Aerin up was a rack of beautiful dresses that Issa was thumbing though.
" Where did these come from?" she asked wide-eyed, coming up to stand beside her.
Issa turned and smiled, "Lord Elrond wanted you to be presentable for the guests today, and didn't know what you liked so he sent you these." She gestured towards the dresses, "but if you even want to meet them your going to have to hurry." She said turning her towards the bath.
* * * * * *
After she had bathed and dried off, her and Issa looked through the dresses, trying to find one she liked. "So... who am going to meet that is so important?" Aerin asked after they had tried on five dresses.
Issa looked up in surprise from the dress she had been holding. "You don't know?" she asked while Aerin shook her head. " It's the remaining fellowship. They're coming to visit for a while." She said handing her the dress and continued, "Go try this on." She looked up once more, when she discovered that Aerin hadn't moved. Confusion etched across her beautiful features, "Is something wrong?" she asked moving to look at the dress.
"Did you just say "the remaining fellowship"?" she asked breathless.
"Yes, I did. Why?" she asked looking at her confused.
" Umm... well I have only heard tales about them and their adventures." She said not mentioning the fact that nearly all of it had been from her father scorning them. " It is going to be nice to meet them." She said looking down at the dress, as if she had just realized she had been holding it. " Oh my!!" she gasped, "it's beautiful!" The dress she was holding was a deep green, which matched her eyes. It had leaves embroidered all over it in a lighter green thread. It was as light as a feather and it was by far the most gorgeous thing Aerin had ever laid her eyes on.
"I am glad you approve." Issa said, breaking through her thoughts, " but did you know that you have already met one of the fellowship?" she asked and Aerin's head shot up and she asked in a disbelieving voice, "Who?"
" Why the gorgeous elf-prince, Legolas! He represented the elves in the fellowship." She said eyes dancing, but the light quickly faded when she saw the look on her new friends face. "What is it?" she asked concerned.
"He's a prince?" she whispered, eyes still holding that forbidding look.
" Yes. The prince of Mirkwood to be exact." She said confused. Suddenly Aerin remembered when they had first met. He had asked her name and where she was from and she in turn had asked him, but all he said was I am legolas from Mirkwood. Now she realized that when she had entered the hall for the feast last night he had been sitting right next to Elrond, but she was to concerned on showing the proper respect towards Elrond that she forgot about it, until now.
"Why didn't he tell me?" she asked looking in to Issa's blue eyes, but she merely shrugged and said, " I have no idea, you can ask him when you see him, but right know you need to get ready." She said and pushed her behind a screen.
Sighing she began to dress, pulling the beautiful gown over her head, letting it fall into place around her body. Stepping out from the screen she heard a gasp. Turning she saw Issa holding a pair of slippers in one hand and a brush in the other. " Is it really that bad?" Aerin asked nervously coming over to take the slippers.
"No." Issa said," It's absolutely gorgeous! Your going to stop some hearts today!" Aerin giggled pushing her lightly, "I don't think so." She said putting on the shoes then reached for the brush, but Issa pulled it out of her reach. "No. I want to do your hair."
"Fine." Aerin said sitting down at the vanity.
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About ten minutes later Issa handed her a mirror. Aerin gasped. " Oh thank you! It's sooo beautiful!!" she said jumping up to hug her friend.
Issa laughed and said, "Well while you admire your self, I'm going to get ready." And with that she entered the bathroom, leaving Aerin alone in the room.
Sighing Aerin looked once more at her hair. Her ebony tresses where bound back in a braid that was rapped around her head like a crown. The braid was held in place by thousands of little pins, and to top it all of a golden tiara inlayed with emeralds rested on the mound giving her a queen like appearance. Sitting down once more she put on some perfume that smelled of the sweetest flowers and then she sat back and admired her self once more when the bathroom door opened to revel Issa.
Aerin smiled and said. "You look great!!!" Issa looked up, blushing and said, "You think so?"
"Of coarse! If I thought differently I would have said so!" she said as though stating the obvious. Issa smiled and turned slowly around, showing Aerin the low back of the silver gown. It was almost covered completely by the waterfall of golden hair, which was shot through with silver ribbons and little braids. When she finished turning around Aerin asked, "Are you ready?"
Issa smiled and while she walked towards the door she replied, "Yes. Lets go eat!" Smiling, Aerin got up and followed her out.
* * * * * * Legolas looked at himself in the long mirror for the third time before finally deciding that he was presentable. He was wearing a silver tunic that went almost to his knees and under that a full sleeved silver shirt, along with that he wore, flowing breeches also silver, and soft black boots. Both the tunic and breeches were embroidered with small leaves and his golden hair had the same look it always did, half up in a braid and half hanging around his shoulders. He also had a silver crown made to look like a circle of leaves resting on his forehead.
Sighing he fingered the crown, wishing that he did not have to wear it, but in recognition of his heritage he knew he must, and with one last look in the mirror he swept out his door.
* * * * * *
Aerin looked around as she and Issa descended down on one of the many staircases of Rivendell. "This place is so beautiful." She thought as they suddenly came to a halt.
They had reached the end of the staircase and before them were eight men. No. Men wasn't the right word. There where men along with four hobbits, a dwarf, and an elf.
Issa stepped away from Aerin and bowed to the eight. One of the men laughed, "You don't have to do that Issa!!" she rose smiling and was immediately embraced by him.
"Aragorn!" she said hugging him back laughing, "It is so good to see you!"
"As it is to see you! But tell me who is this beauty, for I know that if I had met her I would not have forgotten." He said winking at Aerin.
"Oh! My whits have gone begging! Pardon me, but everyone may I introduce to you, Lady Aerin." She said smiling.
"It is my pleasure, Lady Aerin." The man Issa had called Aragorn stepped forward and took her hand brushing his lips across it, " I am Aragorn."
" Very nice to met you too!" she said when he rose. " But who are the rest of you?"
"I'm Pippin!" said a hobbit with curly auburn hair, coming up he shook her hand.
"And I'm Merry." Another hobbit stepped forward but this one had brown curly hair.
" I'm Sam." A solemn faced hobbit said, "and this is Froddo." He motioned towards a hobbit with crystal blue eyes that seemed to pierce you if you looked at them. Aerin took a step backwards when she met them with her own. Shaking her head she said, "very nice to met all of you I'm sure, but who are you?" she asked a rather gruff looking dwarf.
"I am Gimli." He said in a voice that was none to happy.
"It is very nice to meet you master Dwarf." She said with kindness in her voice. At this his mood seemed to lighten and he said, " oh! It's just Gimli please." She smiled in return and turned to an old man in white robes.
"Hello." He rumbled, "I am Gandalf, the wizard." He came over and took her hand kissing it before letting it fall. Gandalf, the all-powerful wizard. She had heard many things about him. Mostly from her father, about how he helped froddo destroy the ring. Smiling she replied, "I have heard many things about you, Gandalf. It is nice to finally met you." He smiled and moved away, reveling the last member. She gasped.
It was Legolas. Clad in sliver he looked like a god, or so it seemed to her. Her thoughts were interrupted when he spoke. "I believe you already know me, my lady," He said coming up to kiss her hand. When he rose she caught a hint of mischief in his blue gaze. Smiling she replied, "Oh? Have we met? Because I do not remember you." She said teasing him.
"But, my lady, you must remember the day in the garden when we..." he leaned over to whisper something in her ear. Her eyes widened and she shoved him away playfully, "Oh, you nasty elf!!! You take the fun out of everything!" she said laughing.
He grinned then turned to the others and said casually, "We've met." They nodded smiling and then Issa said, "Well, I don't know about any of you, but I'm going to go have breakfast!" she began to make her way to the doors that lead to the hall. "I knew I liked this girl." Pippin said, and they all laughed and went into the hall, leaving Aerin and Legolas alone in the corridor.
"Are you hungry, lady Aerin?" Legolas asked after a moment. Aerin simply nodded, to lost in staring at him to reply. "Well then, shall we go?" he asked offering his arm to her. Again she nodded and accepted his arm allowing him to pull her into the hall.
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well what did you think? Please R&R!!!! Please?!? You'll get a cookie!!