My Burden
By Elven Warrior
Disclaimer: I own nothing other than the plot, perhaps. The characters are not mine, save for the ones that I have created.
Chapter Eight
Preparations
When the two had ridden up to the steps in front of the palace, many different people greeted them. There had been guards to escort them safely off their horses and up the steps towards the palace. The stable hands had taken the two horses and walked them around back. She imagined the stables had to be back there, somewhere. She had a sudden urge to walk around and explore the entire place, but she thought it better to stay where she was.
They walked up the steps to the entrance at the top. They were guided inside the large doorway, and into a large chamber. The chamber was well lit with candles and torches along the walls. There were many tapestries on the walls as well. Just then, Laidacilien was brought out of her thoughts by a voice. "Calenhad! I am so glad to see you have returned safely, and so soon!" said a female voice.
Calenhad rushed over to the figure, who was coming down a large series of stairs. He embraced the woman in a hug. They stood there for a moment in silence, and then they walked over to Laidacilien, hand in hand. "Laidacilien, I want you to meet my friend, Eilenwen. She will be taking care of you, and will see to your preparations for the banquet.
Laidacilien smiled and bowed her head. Eilenwen was a very beautiful elf. She had the typical golden hair of her people, and jade green eyes. They were about the same height, and much like herself, Eilenwen had a lovely, slender form. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Eilenwen," she said. She raised her head and smiled at the woman, and she received a smile in return.
Eilenwen whispered something into Calenhad's ear and Laidacilien saw him nod. Then Eilenwen turned back to her. "The pleasure is mine, Laidacilien. Now, if you do not mind, we have a bit of work to do, and I believe Calenhad here has some work to do," she said, giving him a nudge down the hallway next to the stairs.
Calenhad smiled and bowed. "Eilenwen is right. I must be going. I will see you both tonight at the banquet. Don't worry Laidacilien, everything will be fine," he said as he departed from them.
"Come, we have work to do! Come with me, and I shall show you to your room," said Eilenwen, as she took her hand and began to guide her up the stairs.
Laidacilien smiled and laughed as she made her way up the stairs. "This place is gigantic! How can someone live in such a place without getting lost?" she asked. Eilenwen just laughed and turned her head to look at Laidacilien.
"After living here for a while, you get used to it. Don't worry about it. I'll give you the tour later. First we have to get you cleaned up. Tonight is a big night. I'm sure I'm not making you feel any better, but like Calenhad said, everything will be fine!" said Eilenwen.
Laidacilien had to admit, she was dirty. Her travels very seldom led her to a place where she could have a proper bath, so she had stuck to bathing in whatever water there had been. She hadn't had a chance to do that after those men had taken her from the road.
Her thoughts were once again interrupted. "Here we are!" said Eilenwen with an excited tone. The blonde elf opened the large oak doors to reveal a large room. She walked in and looked around her for a moment. The room had been elaborately decorated with shades of whites and grays. There were also the typical greens and blues mixed into the room as well. She just stood there in awe.
"I was hoping you'd like it. I tried my hardest to make it seem cozy. I thought it might make you feel a little bit better about the situation," said Eilenwen as she turned to look as Laidacilien. "You do like it, don't you?"
"I.I.I love it! This is amazing. It's mine?" she asked. She couldn't believe that something this lovely was hers. Her old room at home with her family was great, but...
"It's all yours. My room is right off of yours, so if you need anything, I'll be right in here," said the blonde, pointing into an open door. Her room and Laidacilien's really were right next to each other's. That would be convenient, she was beginning to like the girl already.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up! We have a lot of work to do, and not much time to do it in," said Eilenwen and she took the other's hand and led her to the bathroom.
Eilenwen prepared a nice warm bath in the tub and Laidacilien began to remove her clothes. When the water was ready she hopped into the tub and sat back staring at the ceiling. 'Finally, something really relaxing.' she thought with a sigh.
The water smelled of lavender, and the candles that dimly lit the room let off several other smells, one of which she noted as vanilla. She turned to look and see what Eilenwen was up to and it appeared that she was getting something out of a cabinet.
She turned around and smiled at Laidacilien. "Well, I said we had a lot of work to do, so I might as well start with your hair, if you'll let me, that is," she said.
Laidacilien smiled and looked at the girl. "Alright. I really appreciate all of this. I mean, everything is so different than what I'm used to," she admitted.
"Don't mention it. It's my job, besides, I was really looking forward to meeting you. Well, I really didn't know *who* you were," Eilenwed said as she began to wash her hair. "I'm not making much sense, am I?"
"I understand what you mean. I imagine that you and Challenged had something to do with this whole situation. Maybe you can explain this all to me a bit better. He tried, but hi explanation was very vague," said Laidacilien.
"That's Calenhad for you. Well, as he probably told you, our Lord, the Prince of Mirkwood, has to be wed. We have less than a month to find him a bride. I say 'we' only because he's not good when it comes to this kind of thing. He is angry at his father for forcing him to do this," Eilenwen explained.
"He want's to find someone in his own time."
"Yes. Well, Calenhad, several others, and myself came up with this idea. We find him a girl, that being you, and we *try* to, well, get you to fall in love. I know our plan wasn't really that well thought out, but we did get you here, and in one piece," she said, unsure of what Laidacilien's response would be.
"Well, I'm grateful none the less. Had you not come up with this plan of yours, and Calenhad not come and get me, I would have been sold to some other vile creature. Valar knows what would have happened to me then!"
They both began to laugh. Eilenwen had finished washing Laidacilien's hair, and Laidacilien had scrubbed herself free of any other dirt she had acquired upon her journeys. She had gotten out of the tub, dried herself off, and put on a robe made of white elven silk. She followed Eilenwen back into the bedroom and she sat on the bed.
"Now to find you a dress!" said Eilenwen with a happy tone. Laidacilien made a noise, that in Eilenwen's ears sounded like and 'ugh', and plopped back onto the bed. Eilenwen shuffled through the clothes in the large closet. "Ah, here we go!"
Laidacilien sat up on her elbows to see what it was that Eilenwen had found. The blonde elf turned to reveal a midnight blue, long-sleeved dress. "Let's get you in it and see what it looks like," said Eilenwen.
"If we must." Laidacilien grabbed the dress and turned away from Eilenwen to put it on. Within a few moments, she had the dress on and she turned around to Eilenwen, waiting for her response.
The midnight blue dress was long, and fell all the way out to the floor. Like and other elven dress, it frilled out, in a sense. The sleeves belled out from the elbows, and the neck was cut low, exposing much of her chest. Eilenwen's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth with her hand.
"What? Does it really look that bad?" asked Laidacilien. She never really enjoyed dressing up, but she knew right now she had no other choice, and if all thinks worked out the way they were supposed to, she never would. Ever again. You can't have the Princess, and maybe one-day the Queen of Mirkwood, running around in leggings, dressed like a man.
"No, it looks beautiful! You can see it in the mirror when everything is done. Come now, and let me do your hair," she said.
Some time went by and the two continued on chatting as Eilenwen worked on Laidacilien's hair. By the time that was done, Eilenwen got straight to work on jewelry. "Close your eyes now. I want this to be a surprise," said Eilenwen as she went to go get whatever it was she needed to make Laidacilien look 'exquisite' as she had put it.
"What are you going to do to me?" asked Laidacilien with a laugh.
"Just be quiet and you'll soon find out!" said Eilenwen. The first thing Laidacilien noticed was that Eilenwen had put something around her neck. Then, she felt a pair of earrings being put on. 'If a silly little pair of earrings weighs this much, they had better make up for it in looks,' she joked to herself. The last thing she felt as something being placed around her head. She imagined if must have been a headband of some sort, for she had noticed Eilenwen moving her hair so that it wouldn't be seen in the back, or so she imagined.
"Well, that's done," Eilenwen said with a sigh.
"Can I look yet?" she asked. She could barely sit still, she wanted to see.
"No, keep your eyes closed. We still have one more matter to attend to," said Eilenwen. The next thing Laidacilien knew, Eilenwen was putting something on her lips, and she imagined it to be make-up of some sort. Then her eyes, her cheeks, and then something strange between her eyelids and eyebrows, and out to the corner of her eyes.
"Done!" exclaimed Eilenwen. "Keep your eyes closed, and I'll walk you over to the mirror. Don't open your eyes until I say to, alright, here we go." Eilenwen took Laidacilien's hand and led her to where a full-length mirror hung on the wall. The blonde elf centered her friend in the center of it and made a few finishing touches. "Alright, you can open your eyes now, but don't start to cry because the tears mess up everything I've just done," said Eilenwen with a playful tone.
Laidacilien slowly opened her eyes and just stared at the image she saw. She barely even recognized herself. The long dress spread out, frilled from the waist, and reached all the way down to the floor. The sleeves, as she had noted before, belled out from the elbow so that they hung down. Her dark brown, closer to black, hair was curled into several many different spirals that poured over her shoulders. As before, her hair reached down almost to her waist.
The necklace she wore was a silver star, with a sapphire placed in the middle. It looked like the North Star, and was probably fashioned to look as such. It was centered in the center of her dress, due to the fact that the neck was cut low. The earrings matched, only a bit smaller, which she was grateful for, because they were heavy. They were long, and weren't very high above her shoulders.
The thing that had been placed on her forehead, she now noticed was a silver band that looped all the way around her head, and the back was hidden by her hair. In the center was placed the same familiar star, and the same familiar sapphire in the middle. It wasn't very big, which she was also grateful for. Along both sides of the star were carved an intricate design. It was lovely, and if nothing else, it kept the hair out of her face.
Laidacilien also saw that the make-up on her face had been done to perfection. Eilenwen had put some sort of a gloss on her lips, they were already rosy enough, and didn't need any color added to them. A very small amount of blush had been put on her cheeks, and it was hardly noticeable. Some dark blue eye shadow had been put on her eyelids. The strange thing that she felt Eilenwen putting above her eyelids and at the corners of her eyes turned out to be a transparent glitter, that you only saw then the light hit her face at just the right angle, but there was not that much of it.
"This is amazing, Eilenwen!" Laidacilien exclaimed as she turned to face the other Elf.
"You look beautiful!" said Eilenwen with a smile. With that there was a knock on the door. "Come in," said Eilenwen. The door opened and a lovely female elf emerged from the hallway. She, like almost all elves, was tall and slender. She had long, straight, blonde hair that went past her waist, and dark brown eyes. Upon her head sat what appeared to be a crown.
"Your Highness," Eilenwen said as she began to curtsy, but the woman's hand on her shoulder caused her to stop.
"Please, there is no need to be so formal. You may both call me Alkatariel. I have come to see how you are doing, Eilenwen. Please turn around so I can see you, my dear child," she said, looking curiously at the girl who stood with her back to her.
Laidacilien obediently turned around and looked the woman in the eyes. Alkatariel smiled at her. "You look beautiful. Tell me, what is your name?"
"Laidacilien."
"A lovely name for a lovely face. I knew you would look lovely in all this, so I had it sent to your room. Eilenwen, you have done a lovely job, once again," she said.
"*You* did all of this? But how?" asked Laidacilien. She had never even met the woman before. How could she have possibly known what she looked like, or even if the dress would fit her?
"I saw you in a dream I had. I had all of this arranged for you, so when time came for the banquet, all would be ready."
"Her Highness also played a part in our little plan, Laidacilien. I'm sure she, more than anyone wants to see her son marry before she leaves these shores," explained Eilenwen.
Laidacilien thought about all that was being said. Even the Queen was in on this. Well, at least now she didn't have to worry about trying to impress the royal family. If she has the Queen on her side, she's set. "Thank you, both of you, for everything. I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am. I wish there was some way I could repay you both."
"You can repay me, dear child, by being at the banquet tonight, and *I'll* be the one who is grateful if you can catch the eye of my son," said Alkatariel.
"You may repay me, Laidacilien, by coming back after the banquet and telling me *everything*," said Eilenwen.
"You aren't coming?" asked Laidacilien.
"I was not invited. It is not my place anyway-" Eilenwen was cut off.
"That is ridiculous! Of course you are invited, you have my personal invitation. Besides, Laidacilien will need someone she knows to be there with her. Not to mention that my son has invited Calenhad," said Alkatariel.
"It is settled then! Eilenwen, you are coming!" said Laidacilien as she put a hand on Eilenwen's shoulder.
Eilenwen hugged Laidacilien. "Thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me!"
"Come on, let us get started," said Alkatariel as she and Laidacilien got to work on Eilenwen. "This will be a night to remember!"
Alright. That chapter considerably longer than all the others. I only did it that way because people have been bugging me about getting along to the rest of the story, and at the rate I was going, chapter Eight would have ended up being five different parts. So I hope you enjoyed it, and I appreciate all the reviews I've been receiving. I owe you guys a lot!
Disclaimer: I own nothing other than the plot, perhaps. The characters are not mine, save for the ones that I have created.
Chapter Eight
Preparations
When the two had ridden up to the steps in front of the palace, many different people greeted them. There had been guards to escort them safely off their horses and up the steps towards the palace. The stable hands had taken the two horses and walked them around back. She imagined the stables had to be back there, somewhere. She had a sudden urge to walk around and explore the entire place, but she thought it better to stay where she was.
They walked up the steps to the entrance at the top. They were guided inside the large doorway, and into a large chamber. The chamber was well lit with candles and torches along the walls. There were many tapestries on the walls as well. Just then, Laidacilien was brought out of her thoughts by a voice. "Calenhad! I am so glad to see you have returned safely, and so soon!" said a female voice.
Calenhad rushed over to the figure, who was coming down a large series of stairs. He embraced the woman in a hug. They stood there for a moment in silence, and then they walked over to Laidacilien, hand in hand. "Laidacilien, I want you to meet my friend, Eilenwen. She will be taking care of you, and will see to your preparations for the banquet.
Laidacilien smiled and bowed her head. Eilenwen was a very beautiful elf. She had the typical golden hair of her people, and jade green eyes. They were about the same height, and much like herself, Eilenwen had a lovely, slender form. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Eilenwen," she said. She raised her head and smiled at the woman, and she received a smile in return.
Eilenwen whispered something into Calenhad's ear and Laidacilien saw him nod. Then Eilenwen turned back to her. "The pleasure is mine, Laidacilien. Now, if you do not mind, we have a bit of work to do, and I believe Calenhad here has some work to do," she said, giving him a nudge down the hallway next to the stairs.
Calenhad smiled and bowed. "Eilenwen is right. I must be going. I will see you both tonight at the banquet. Don't worry Laidacilien, everything will be fine," he said as he departed from them.
"Come, we have work to do! Come with me, and I shall show you to your room," said Eilenwen, as she took her hand and began to guide her up the stairs.
Laidacilien smiled and laughed as she made her way up the stairs. "This place is gigantic! How can someone live in such a place without getting lost?" she asked. Eilenwen just laughed and turned her head to look at Laidacilien.
"After living here for a while, you get used to it. Don't worry about it. I'll give you the tour later. First we have to get you cleaned up. Tonight is a big night. I'm sure I'm not making you feel any better, but like Calenhad said, everything will be fine!" said Eilenwen.
Laidacilien had to admit, she was dirty. Her travels very seldom led her to a place where she could have a proper bath, so she had stuck to bathing in whatever water there had been. She hadn't had a chance to do that after those men had taken her from the road.
Her thoughts were once again interrupted. "Here we are!" said Eilenwen with an excited tone. The blonde elf opened the large oak doors to reveal a large room. She walked in and looked around her for a moment. The room had been elaborately decorated with shades of whites and grays. There were also the typical greens and blues mixed into the room as well. She just stood there in awe.
"I was hoping you'd like it. I tried my hardest to make it seem cozy. I thought it might make you feel a little bit better about the situation," said Eilenwen as she turned to look as Laidacilien. "You do like it, don't you?"
"I.I.I love it! This is amazing. It's mine?" she asked. She couldn't believe that something this lovely was hers. Her old room at home with her family was great, but...
"It's all yours. My room is right off of yours, so if you need anything, I'll be right in here," said the blonde, pointing into an open door. Her room and Laidacilien's really were right next to each other's. That would be convenient, she was beginning to like the girl already.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up! We have a lot of work to do, and not much time to do it in," said Eilenwen and she took the other's hand and led her to the bathroom.
Eilenwen prepared a nice warm bath in the tub and Laidacilien began to remove her clothes. When the water was ready she hopped into the tub and sat back staring at the ceiling. 'Finally, something really relaxing.' she thought with a sigh.
The water smelled of lavender, and the candles that dimly lit the room let off several other smells, one of which she noted as vanilla. She turned to look and see what Eilenwen was up to and it appeared that she was getting something out of a cabinet.
She turned around and smiled at Laidacilien. "Well, I said we had a lot of work to do, so I might as well start with your hair, if you'll let me, that is," she said.
Laidacilien smiled and looked at the girl. "Alright. I really appreciate all of this. I mean, everything is so different than what I'm used to," she admitted.
"Don't mention it. It's my job, besides, I was really looking forward to meeting you. Well, I really didn't know *who* you were," Eilenwed said as she began to wash her hair. "I'm not making much sense, am I?"
"I understand what you mean. I imagine that you and Challenged had something to do with this whole situation. Maybe you can explain this all to me a bit better. He tried, but hi explanation was very vague," said Laidacilien.
"That's Calenhad for you. Well, as he probably told you, our Lord, the Prince of Mirkwood, has to be wed. We have less than a month to find him a bride. I say 'we' only because he's not good when it comes to this kind of thing. He is angry at his father for forcing him to do this," Eilenwen explained.
"He want's to find someone in his own time."
"Yes. Well, Calenhad, several others, and myself came up with this idea. We find him a girl, that being you, and we *try* to, well, get you to fall in love. I know our plan wasn't really that well thought out, but we did get you here, and in one piece," she said, unsure of what Laidacilien's response would be.
"Well, I'm grateful none the less. Had you not come up with this plan of yours, and Calenhad not come and get me, I would have been sold to some other vile creature. Valar knows what would have happened to me then!"
They both began to laugh. Eilenwen had finished washing Laidacilien's hair, and Laidacilien had scrubbed herself free of any other dirt she had acquired upon her journeys. She had gotten out of the tub, dried herself off, and put on a robe made of white elven silk. She followed Eilenwen back into the bedroom and she sat on the bed.
"Now to find you a dress!" said Eilenwen with a happy tone. Laidacilien made a noise, that in Eilenwen's ears sounded like and 'ugh', and plopped back onto the bed. Eilenwen shuffled through the clothes in the large closet. "Ah, here we go!"
Laidacilien sat up on her elbows to see what it was that Eilenwen had found. The blonde elf turned to reveal a midnight blue, long-sleeved dress. "Let's get you in it and see what it looks like," said Eilenwen.
"If we must." Laidacilien grabbed the dress and turned away from Eilenwen to put it on. Within a few moments, she had the dress on and she turned around to Eilenwen, waiting for her response.
The midnight blue dress was long, and fell all the way out to the floor. Like and other elven dress, it frilled out, in a sense. The sleeves belled out from the elbows, and the neck was cut low, exposing much of her chest. Eilenwen's eyes widened, and she covered her mouth with her hand.
"What? Does it really look that bad?" asked Laidacilien. She never really enjoyed dressing up, but she knew right now she had no other choice, and if all thinks worked out the way they were supposed to, she never would. Ever again. You can't have the Princess, and maybe one-day the Queen of Mirkwood, running around in leggings, dressed like a man.
"No, it looks beautiful! You can see it in the mirror when everything is done. Come now, and let me do your hair," she said.
Some time went by and the two continued on chatting as Eilenwen worked on Laidacilien's hair. By the time that was done, Eilenwen got straight to work on jewelry. "Close your eyes now. I want this to be a surprise," said Eilenwen as she went to go get whatever it was she needed to make Laidacilien look 'exquisite' as she had put it.
"What are you going to do to me?" asked Laidacilien with a laugh.
"Just be quiet and you'll soon find out!" said Eilenwen. The first thing Laidacilien noticed was that Eilenwen had put something around her neck. Then, she felt a pair of earrings being put on. 'If a silly little pair of earrings weighs this much, they had better make up for it in looks,' she joked to herself. The last thing she felt as something being placed around her head. She imagined if must have been a headband of some sort, for she had noticed Eilenwen moving her hair so that it wouldn't be seen in the back, or so she imagined.
"Well, that's done," Eilenwen said with a sigh.
"Can I look yet?" she asked. She could barely sit still, she wanted to see.
"No, keep your eyes closed. We still have one more matter to attend to," said Eilenwen. The next thing Laidacilien knew, Eilenwen was putting something on her lips, and she imagined it to be make-up of some sort. Then her eyes, her cheeks, and then something strange between her eyelids and eyebrows, and out to the corner of her eyes.
"Done!" exclaimed Eilenwen. "Keep your eyes closed, and I'll walk you over to the mirror. Don't open your eyes until I say to, alright, here we go." Eilenwen took Laidacilien's hand and led her to where a full-length mirror hung on the wall. The blonde elf centered her friend in the center of it and made a few finishing touches. "Alright, you can open your eyes now, but don't start to cry because the tears mess up everything I've just done," said Eilenwen with a playful tone.
Laidacilien slowly opened her eyes and just stared at the image she saw. She barely even recognized herself. The long dress spread out, frilled from the waist, and reached all the way down to the floor. The sleeves, as she had noted before, belled out from the elbow so that they hung down. Her dark brown, closer to black, hair was curled into several many different spirals that poured over her shoulders. As before, her hair reached down almost to her waist.
The necklace she wore was a silver star, with a sapphire placed in the middle. It looked like the North Star, and was probably fashioned to look as such. It was centered in the center of her dress, due to the fact that the neck was cut low. The earrings matched, only a bit smaller, which she was grateful for, because they were heavy. They were long, and weren't very high above her shoulders.
The thing that had been placed on her forehead, she now noticed was a silver band that looped all the way around her head, and the back was hidden by her hair. In the center was placed the same familiar star, and the same familiar sapphire in the middle. It wasn't very big, which she was also grateful for. Along both sides of the star were carved an intricate design. It was lovely, and if nothing else, it kept the hair out of her face.
Laidacilien also saw that the make-up on her face had been done to perfection. Eilenwen had put some sort of a gloss on her lips, they were already rosy enough, and didn't need any color added to them. A very small amount of blush had been put on her cheeks, and it was hardly noticeable. Some dark blue eye shadow had been put on her eyelids. The strange thing that she felt Eilenwen putting above her eyelids and at the corners of her eyes turned out to be a transparent glitter, that you only saw then the light hit her face at just the right angle, but there was not that much of it.
"This is amazing, Eilenwen!" Laidacilien exclaimed as she turned to face the other Elf.
"You look beautiful!" said Eilenwen with a smile. With that there was a knock on the door. "Come in," said Eilenwen. The door opened and a lovely female elf emerged from the hallway. She, like almost all elves, was tall and slender. She had long, straight, blonde hair that went past her waist, and dark brown eyes. Upon her head sat what appeared to be a crown.
"Your Highness," Eilenwen said as she began to curtsy, but the woman's hand on her shoulder caused her to stop.
"Please, there is no need to be so formal. You may both call me Alkatariel. I have come to see how you are doing, Eilenwen. Please turn around so I can see you, my dear child," she said, looking curiously at the girl who stood with her back to her.
Laidacilien obediently turned around and looked the woman in the eyes. Alkatariel smiled at her. "You look beautiful. Tell me, what is your name?"
"Laidacilien."
"A lovely name for a lovely face. I knew you would look lovely in all this, so I had it sent to your room. Eilenwen, you have done a lovely job, once again," she said.
"*You* did all of this? But how?" asked Laidacilien. She had never even met the woman before. How could she have possibly known what she looked like, or even if the dress would fit her?
"I saw you in a dream I had. I had all of this arranged for you, so when time came for the banquet, all would be ready."
"Her Highness also played a part in our little plan, Laidacilien. I'm sure she, more than anyone wants to see her son marry before she leaves these shores," explained Eilenwen.
Laidacilien thought about all that was being said. Even the Queen was in on this. Well, at least now she didn't have to worry about trying to impress the royal family. If she has the Queen on her side, she's set. "Thank you, both of you, for everything. I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am. I wish there was some way I could repay you both."
"You can repay me, dear child, by being at the banquet tonight, and *I'll* be the one who is grateful if you can catch the eye of my son," said Alkatariel.
"You may repay me, Laidacilien, by coming back after the banquet and telling me *everything*," said Eilenwen.
"You aren't coming?" asked Laidacilien.
"I was not invited. It is not my place anyway-" Eilenwen was cut off.
"That is ridiculous! Of course you are invited, you have my personal invitation. Besides, Laidacilien will need someone she knows to be there with her. Not to mention that my son has invited Calenhad," said Alkatariel.
"It is settled then! Eilenwen, you are coming!" said Laidacilien as she put a hand on Eilenwen's shoulder.
Eilenwen hugged Laidacilien. "Thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me!"
"Come on, let us get started," said Alkatariel as she and Laidacilien got to work on Eilenwen. "This will be a night to remember!"
Alright. That chapter considerably longer than all the others. I only did it that way because people have been bugging me about getting along to the rest of the story, and at the rate I was going, chapter Eight would have ended up being five different parts. So I hope you enjoyed it, and I appreciate all the reviews I've been receiving. I owe you guys a lot!