Cailiosa awoke slowly, careful not to move until she was sure of her
surroundings. She was moving... riding a horse, she realized. There were
arms around her waist, holding her tightly, and she was leaned against
someone... male, and judging by his slight build and the silk-fine hair she
felt brush against her cheek, she assumed he was Elven.
She remembered that she was traveling with a band of warriors, and guessed that it was Legolas holding her up. She figured she was in a safe place, and, enjoying the feeling of his arms around her, didn't move any more than to cuddle closer to the man holding her.
"Aragorn, I believe she may be waking up," the man holding her said, proving to her that she was right, it was Legolas. Seeing as how she had been discovered, she decided she might as well wake up.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked around, seeing that they were now out of the Mirkwood and that it was near sunset.
"What happened," she asked weakly, looking around a little.
"You saved our lives, that's what," Gimli said from somewhere behind her, then beside her, "And I completely take back what I said about a woman warrior. You really proved yourself out there." He looked down, a little embarrassed.
She gave him a weak smile as he fell back behind her. "How do you feel?" Legolas asked her.
She looked up at him, "I'm awake. I can make it from here." She tried to sit up, but Legolas pulled her back to him, holding her a little tighter.
"Lady, you need to rest," Legolas said, ignoring the smirk he got from Aragorn, "We will be setting up camp soon, you just relax until then. You earned it."
Cailiosa didn't bother to argue with him. She leaned against him again and closed her eyes. She thought she could vaguely feel something against her cheek, but she quickly fell asleep again.
She remembered that she was traveling with a band of warriors, and guessed that it was Legolas holding her up. She figured she was in a safe place, and, enjoying the feeling of his arms around her, didn't move any more than to cuddle closer to the man holding her.
"Aragorn, I believe she may be waking up," the man holding her said, proving to her that she was right, it was Legolas. Seeing as how she had been discovered, she decided she might as well wake up.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked around, seeing that they were now out of the Mirkwood and that it was near sunset.
"What happened," she asked weakly, looking around a little.
"You saved our lives, that's what," Gimli said from somewhere behind her, then beside her, "And I completely take back what I said about a woman warrior. You really proved yourself out there." He looked down, a little embarrassed.
She gave him a weak smile as he fell back behind her. "How do you feel?" Legolas asked her.
She looked up at him, "I'm awake. I can make it from here." She tried to sit up, but Legolas pulled her back to him, holding her a little tighter.
"Lady, you need to rest," Legolas said, ignoring the smirk he got from Aragorn, "We will be setting up camp soon, you just relax until then. You earned it."
Cailiosa didn't bother to argue with him. She leaned against him again and closed her eyes. She thought she could vaguely feel something against her cheek, but she quickly fell asleep again.