Chapter Nine: Backstabbing Best Friends and Chex Mix don't go well together.
As the group arrived in Rivendell, Bran and Lily were engrossed in singing a duet of a strange song called 'Man I Feel Like A Woman'. Legolas personally found it quite strange. Aragorn and Boromir, who, yes, are still hanging around here somewhere, were both highly entertained, and Arwen, who was still unnoticed behind Aragorn, found it highly un-ladylike. But, hey, who said Lily and Bran were ladies (not in THAT way, but like cotillion ladies.)?
"Welcome to Rivendell... Yet again." Legolas said offhandedly, helping Lily off Arod's back. Lily smiled flirtatiously at him, and Bran scowled. Sulel looked a bit putout when she swung out of the saddle unassisted, all the while casting very dark, threatening looks at Lily.
"I am taking Bran to see Elrond." Sulel announced to anyone who cared to listen. Arwen, sick of being ignored by these simpletons, decided to follow. Then, once she'd convinced Aragorn that she was still alive, there was the little matter of getting her immortality back...
"Yes, yes." Legolas said to Sulel, a bit distracted. Sulel, who knew exactly what was up with Legolas (after all, he was male, too), nodded, but looked rather angry.
Sulel ushered Bran up to Elrond's little meeting thing.
Legolas took Lily's hand and led her to the gardens, leaving Aragorn and Boromir to fend for themselves (a/n: prepare for ENDLESS fluffy-ness... yum).
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"Elrond, we have retrieved Branwyn from the fiery perils of Mordor." Sulel announced grandly. Bran snorted, but in a supreme act of kindness (for her that is), said nothing to keep from bruising his manly pride.
"Yes. Uhm. That's really nice. Where's my dog?"
"Aragorn said he sent it back with some..... elves."
"Elves, you say? Well, I didn't send any for Lucky.... Damnit, Thranduil! YOU STOLE MY DOG!" Elrond exclaimed outraged.
"Legolas' father stole your dog?" Sulel exclaimed, amazed. He'd never seen the neurotic, stupid side of Thranduil before.
"He's been after my kennels for centuries! He's jealous!" Elrond ranted.
"Your highness, if I may interrupt this grand fit of pissy-ness... The people who kidnapped me, they asked about a Mystical All-Seeing Oracle of Rivendell." Bran said.
"Oh... The Oracle. You want to see it?" Elrond smiled conspiratorially, forgetting about his precious kennels for a moment.
"Yes." Sulel answered blandly.
"Follow me." Elrond beckoned them into a long hallway lined with paintings of various elves and into a curtained off room. "There it is..." He whispered, pointing at a blue china bowl.
Bran reverently walked up to the bowl and looked in, fully prepared to be blown away by the mystical-ness of the oracle. Instead she found,
"CHEX MIX?!"
"Shhh!" Elrond admonished. "You'll hurt its feelings."
Bran turned from the bowl and was about to leave when she stopped beside Elrond. "You're psycho." And with that, she left, followed closely by Sulel.
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The gardens were lightly lit, and the soft chirping of crickets was the only sound to be heard. Lily and Legolas had been strolling around in silence, hand in hand, for a short while when suddenly Legolas halted in the center of a bridge over a small waterfall drawing Lily towards him. "Lily," he breathed softly.
"Yes Legolas?" she asked, a little flustered at being so close to the elven prince.
"I was wrong when I thought that I loved Bran..." he broke off trying to get out his true feelings, "My feelings for you have grown ever stronger since we left Rivendell."
Lily stared wistfully up at Legolas. "You speak not of friendship." She said slowly.
Legolas stared into her eyes, "I speak of something that goes deeper. I
speak of something that goes deeper than the bonds of friendship could ever go," Legolas drew her closer.
"Lily, I think I'm falling in love with you." With that, he pulled her into a kiss. As he moved his arms to clasp her waist and hers moved to his shoulders, Bran and Sulel walked down the path to the bridge. Damn.
"Lily?!" Bran yelled, at her friend. Well, ex-friend.
Lily quickly jumped out of Legolas' arms. "I-uh..."
Sulel drew Bran close to him and cast a seething look at Legolas, which clearly said, 'player'. Bran stared at Sulel for a moment, and then pushed him away.
"I'd never betray you like that." Bran spat, quoting Lily's own words from only a few days before. Poor Lily just stared at the ground.
"I can't believe you!" Bran yelled. "You are supposed to be my friend. Friends don't kiss other friends' paramours."
Lily blushed. "Bran, I-I... Bran, please understand?"
"No." Bran said in one of her most childish voices. "I don't think that's possible Lily." Then she rounded on Legolas, "And Legolas, I thought you loved me, now I see that was just a cruel joke just like everything else." After slapping him, she stalked off towards her room. Sulel threw another harsh look at the two friends turned lovers and quickly followed her.
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Lily sat at the little desk in her room writing a letter/diary entry that no one would ever see:
I never meant to break Bran's trust like that.
After all, she is my best friend and I respect
her feelings, but then, what Legolas said this
evening made me feel wanted, something that
has never happened to me in my whole life.
My mother was a courtesan and I'm forever
bound to the shame that comes as a result.
Just because of my past, people think I can deal
with that kind of thing but I can't. All the kids
at school knew and avoided me because of it, so,
other than Bran, I had no friends. I've been
neglected all my life, and now that someone seems
to care and love me, my only friend seems to be
ready to leave me because of it. Why can't I lead
a normal life, why can't Bran understand, why me?
As she finished writing, Lily heard a little jingling sound behind her. She turned and saw a little black-smoke Egyptian Mau kitten with a ribbon around its neck with a bell. "What are you doing here kitty?" she asked, picking up the little kitten.
"Her name is Halda, meaning shadowed, she's my way of saying sorry." A voice said from the direction of Lily's balcony. "Oio naa elealla alasse' Lily (a/n ever is thy sight a joy in Elvish). I didn't mean to get you in trouble with Bran tonight. It is true though, Amin mela lle (I love you), very much, and my feelings can't be erased. Even if there were a way to change the past, I wouldn't. Quel kaima, A'maelamin (sleep well, my beloved)" with that, he turned and left the way he had come (their balconies are right next to each other, and an easy jumping distance).
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Legalan: Aww... he gave her a kitten
Molly of Ozz: And a darn cute one at that!
Legalan: Oh yeah, thanks very much to green-and-silver for helping with the romance scene (although, I'd like to have written all of it) and to you people for reviewing. You are reviewing, right?
Molly of Ozz: Hey! What about me!?
Legalan: I was getting to you, hold on. And a big Yee Haw (Shannon Lawson's favorite saying) for Molly of Ozz's wonderful help on this chapter (even though I wrote the majority of chappie eight and nine.)!
Molly of Ozz: I wrote the Chex Mix Part!
Legalan: We're all very proud of you, Molly.
Molly of Ozz: And you should be. You can keep all that mushy romance shi-
Legalan: MOLLY! There could be children reading this.
Molly of Ozz: *mumbling* Stuff to yourself.
Legalan: Much better.
Molly of Ozz: Anyways, we don't own Lord of the Rings. But, I am still confident that one day I will. And thank you very much to Asa (you ARE the coolest), Mela's Runya (hahaha, I MELTED YOU AND YOUR EVIL CHICKEN!!!), Elventwins (I have no idea what happened to the Emu... uh, so... He went to join the circus), and Trinity (thanks so much for the review, but I can't find your story. Maybe I'm just an idiot..)
Legalan: Anyway, feel free to e-mail either author; at legalangreenleaf@yahoo.com (for me, Legalan) or vampirequeen113@yahoo.com (for the insane Molly of Ozz)
Molly of Ozz: I AM THE VAMPIRE QUEEN! *falls over*
As the group arrived in Rivendell, Bran and Lily were engrossed in singing a duet of a strange song called 'Man I Feel Like A Woman'. Legolas personally found it quite strange. Aragorn and Boromir, who, yes, are still hanging around here somewhere, were both highly entertained, and Arwen, who was still unnoticed behind Aragorn, found it highly un-ladylike. But, hey, who said Lily and Bran were ladies (not in THAT way, but like cotillion ladies.)?
"Welcome to Rivendell... Yet again." Legolas said offhandedly, helping Lily off Arod's back. Lily smiled flirtatiously at him, and Bran scowled. Sulel looked a bit putout when she swung out of the saddle unassisted, all the while casting very dark, threatening looks at Lily.
"I am taking Bran to see Elrond." Sulel announced to anyone who cared to listen. Arwen, sick of being ignored by these simpletons, decided to follow. Then, once she'd convinced Aragorn that she was still alive, there was the little matter of getting her immortality back...
"Yes, yes." Legolas said to Sulel, a bit distracted. Sulel, who knew exactly what was up with Legolas (after all, he was male, too), nodded, but looked rather angry.
Sulel ushered Bran up to Elrond's little meeting thing.
Legolas took Lily's hand and led her to the gardens, leaving Aragorn and Boromir to fend for themselves (a/n: prepare for ENDLESS fluffy-ness... yum).
*********
"Elrond, we have retrieved Branwyn from the fiery perils of Mordor." Sulel announced grandly. Bran snorted, but in a supreme act of kindness (for her that is), said nothing to keep from bruising his manly pride.
"Yes. Uhm. That's really nice. Where's my dog?"
"Aragorn said he sent it back with some..... elves."
"Elves, you say? Well, I didn't send any for Lucky.... Damnit, Thranduil! YOU STOLE MY DOG!" Elrond exclaimed outraged.
"Legolas' father stole your dog?" Sulel exclaimed, amazed. He'd never seen the neurotic, stupid side of Thranduil before.
"He's been after my kennels for centuries! He's jealous!" Elrond ranted.
"Your highness, if I may interrupt this grand fit of pissy-ness... The people who kidnapped me, they asked about a Mystical All-Seeing Oracle of Rivendell." Bran said.
"Oh... The Oracle. You want to see it?" Elrond smiled conspiratorially, forgetting about his precious kennels for a moment.
"Yes." Sulel answered blandly.
"Follow me." Elrond beckoned them into a long hallway lined with paintings of various elves and into a curtained off room. "There it is..." He whispered, pointing at a blue china bowl.
Bran reverently walked up to the bowl and looked in, fully prepared to be blown away by the mystical-ness of the oracle. Instead she found,
"CHEX MIX?!"
"Shhh!" Elrond admonished. "You'll hurt its feelings."
Bran turned from the bowl and was about to leave when she stopped beside Elrond. "You're psycho." And with that, she left, followed closely by Sulel.
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The gardens were lightly lit, and the soft chirping of crickets was the only sound to be heard. Lily and Legolas had been strolling around in silence, hand in hand, for a short while when suddenly Legolas halted in the center of a bridge over a small waterfall drawing Lily towards him. "Lily," he breathed softly.
"Yes Legolas?" she asked, a little flustered at being so close to the elven prince.
"I was wrong when I thought that I loved Bran..." he broke off trying to get out his true feelings, "My feelings for you have grown ever stronger since we left Rivendell."
Lily stared wistfully up at Legolas. "You speak not of friendship." She said slowly.
Legolas stared into her eyes, "I speak of something that goes deeper. I
speak of something that goes deeper than the bonds of friendship could ever go," Legolas drew her closer.
"Lily, I think I'm falling in love with you." With that, he pulled her into a kiss. As he moved his arms to clasp her waist and hers moved to his shoulders, Bran and Sulel walked down the path to the bridge. Damn.
"Lily?!" Bran yelled, at her friend. Well, ex-friend.
Lily quickly jumped out of Legolas' arms. "I-uh..."
Sulel drew Bran close to him and cast a seething look at Legolas, which clearly said, 'player'. Bran stared at Sulel for a moment, and then pushed him away.
"I'd never betray you like that." Bran spat, quoting Lily's own words from only a few days before. Poor Lily just stared at the ground.
"I can't believe you!" Bran yelled. "You are supposed to be my friend. Friends don't kiss other friends' paramours."
Lily blushed. "Bran, I-I... Bran, please understand?"
"No." Bran said in one of her most childish voices. "I don't think that's possible Lily." Then she rounded on Legolas, "And Legolas, I thought you loved me, now I see that was just a cruel joke just like everything else." After slapping him, she stalked off towards her room. Sulel threw another harsh look at the two friends turned lovers and quickly followed her.
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Lily sat at the little desk in her room writing a letter/diary entry that no one would ever see:
I never meant to break Bran's trust like that.
After all, she is my best friend and I respect
her feelings, but then, what Legolas said this
evening made me feel wanted, something that
has never happened to me in my whole life.
My mother was a courtesan and I'm forever
bound to the shame that comes as a result.
Just because of my past, people think I can deal
with that kind of thing but I can't. All the kids
at school knew and avoided me because of it, so,
other than Bran, I had no friends. I've been
neglected all my life, and now that someone seems
to care and love me, my only friend seems to be
ready to leave me because of it. Why can't I lead
a normal life, why can't Bran understand, why me?
As she finished writing, Lily heard a little jingling sound behind her. She turned and saw a little black-smoke Egyptian Mau kitten with a ribbon around its neck with a bell. "What are you doing here kitty?" she asked, picking up the little kitten.
"Her name is Halda, meaning shadowed, she's my way of saying sorry." A voice said from the direction of Lily's balcony. "Oio naa elealla alasse' Lily (a/n ever is thy sight a joy in Elvish). I didn't mean to get you in trouble with Bran tonight. It is true though, Amin mela lle (I love you), very much, and my feelings can't be erased. Even if there were a way to change the past, I wouldn't. Quel kaima, A'maelamin (sleep well, my beloved)" with that, he turned and left the way he had come (their balconies are right next to each other, and an easy jumping distance).
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Legalan: Aww... he gave her a kitten
Molly of Ozz: And a darn cute one at that!
Legalan: Oh yeah, thanks very much to green-and-silver for helping with the romance scene (although, I'd like to have written all of it) and to you people for reviewing. You are reviewing, right?
Molly of Ozz: Hey! What about me!?
Legalan: I was getting to you, hold on. And a big Yee Haw (Shannon Lawson's favorite saying) for Molly of Ozz's wonderful help on this chapter (even though I wrote the majority of chappie eight and nine.)!
Molly of Ozz: I wrote the Chex Mix Part!
Legalan: We're all very proud of you, Molly.
Molly of Ozz: And you should be. You can keep all that mushy romance shi-
Legalan: MOLLY! There could be children reading this.
Molly of Ozz: *mumbling* Stuff to yourself.
Legalan: Much better.
Molly of Ozz: Anyways, we don't own Lord of the Rings. But, I am still confident that one day I will. And thank you very much to Asa (you ARE the coolest), Mela's Runya (hahaha, I MELTED YOU AND YOUR EVIL CHICKEN!!!), Elventwins (I have no idea what happened to the Emu... uh, so... He went to join the circus), and Trinity (thanks so much for the review, but I can't find your story. Maybe I'm just an idiot..)
Legalan: Anyway, feel free to e-mail either author; at legalangreenleaf@yahoo.com (for me, Legalan) or vampirequeen113@yahoo.com (for the insane Molly of Ozz)
Molly of Ozz: I AM THE VAMPIRE QUEEN! *falls over*