DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN L.O.T.R.
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CHAPTER 3.
Skye was still shaky after the event with the orcs and she knew that she would have nightmares for weeks. But something remained in her mind though. It was what her sister Ashley told her. " Legolas saved your life" Skye pondered about it for a while. She was so cooped up in her own world that she forgot to thank Legolas for saving her life. Skye made a mental note to herself to remind herself to thank Legolas when she had the chance.
Ashley sat on the horse trying not to fall asleep. It had been a couple of hours since the event with the orcs. Ashley felt herself swinging to and fro every now and again. She could not help herself. Ashley was too tired to think and all she wanted was some rest.
Legolas looking at the tired maidens and knew that they wanted some rest. He knew that they should stop soon but he wanted to get a little bit further before dark. Soon the time came when the sun was starting to set and Legolas decided that it was now time to stop and camp for the night.
Ashley got off her horse and looked at her sister who was doing the same.
She then noticed Skye walking towards her. She knew that her sister was tired and she was glad that they had finally stopped to camp.
Ashley noticed Legolas making a fire and the elves helping him. Soon everyone was sitting beside the fire. Skye who was too tired to keep her eyes open fell asleep on her older sister's shoulder.
Ashley looked at the elves with interest. She had wanted to talk to the elves but did not find the time. She wanted to know where they came from and what will they do as soon as they reached Rivendell.
Ashley was so lost in thought that she did not hear one of the elves asking her a question.
" What?" Ashley asked rather startled.
The blonde elf laughed and asked his question again,
" Your sister sleeps soundly but yet you do not. Are you not tired lady Ashley?"
The mere sight of the blonde who was named Legolas dazed Ashley. She too could not help herself but think of how gorgeous he looked. Then she remembered her promise to Skye that she would make no moves what so ever on Legolas. Sighing and looking down, Ashley answered his question.
" I thought that I was tired but when it came to it, I was not. I worry about what might happen that I dare not close an eye for we might get attacked again."
Ashley then looked at her sleeping sister and continued.
" As for my sister, she is young. She needs all the sleep that she can get"
One of the other elves laughed. He looked at Ashley and replied,
" Do not worry about the orcs Lady Ashley, we will protect you if some orcs do appear but you must sleep. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."
Ashley raised a weak smile at the elf that spoke. She so dearly wanted to sleep but she found that she could not. Her will would simply not allow it. She tried closing her eyes but found herself opening them after six seconds the most. Deciding that she could not sleep, Ashley thought that it was the perfect time to speak to the elves. She had lots of questions to ask for them and she was pretty sure that they had the same for her.
Ashley looked at the elves with wonder and spoke,
" What are we going to do in Rivendell?"
Legolas replied.
" We are going to visit Lord Elrond about you and I have a message to give to him from my father"
Ashley nodded her head understandingly. Then she asked her second question.
" You know that Skye and I are from a different world, do you not fear us? Do you not wonder what we might do to you?"
Legolas and the other elves thought for a moment, after a long time of silence, Legolas spoke out again,
" You have not done anything that has harmed us lately and I doubt that you came here to try and hurt us"
Ashley sighed. She was glad that the elves thought that they would not hurt them. Just the simple thought of it made her sick. She could not see herself hurting such beautiful creatures. The elves. Ashley stared at each one of them for a long time, trying to memorize every bit of detail that was on them.
For some reason, this seemed to annoy one of the elves.
" Is something wrong?" He asked.
" Huh, what? Oh no, I was just thinking on how beautiful elves looks." Ashley replied.
The elf blushed and the others laughed. They were all so cheerful.
Ashley looked down and muttered,
" I wish I were an elf"
Legolas looked at Ashley with concern. He had heard what Lady Ashley had said. She had said it in a bitter tone, as if she would do anything just to be an elf.
Then Legolas whispered to Ashley.
" Be grateful on who you are. Try and see the best things in you instead of whishing that you were something else. I believe that there are many things that you like about being human. Maybe one day, you might be an elf"
Ashley looked up at Legolas and felt herself getting hot. Then she felt tears in her eyes. She tried to hold them back. She did not want the elves to see her cry.
Legolas seemed to have sensed on what was going on before he changed the subject.
" Lady Ashley, you should try and get some sleep. Please do not worry, we are here to protect you"
Ashley then felt her tears falling down. She did not really know why she was crying and she didn't care. She could no longer hold back the tears that were threatening to fall. She had once heard from someone that when you cry, cry with all your heart for that is the first step on feeling better.
Ashley closed her eyes and whispered silently, " Thank you"
Before falling into a deep sleep. She did not know if the elves heard her or not.
Skye woke up the next morning feeling stiff everywhere. She looked around and noticed that everyone else was asleep. Not wanting to wake anyone up, she slowly detached herself from the group walked off into the wilderness for an early morning's walk which she did everyday back in her old world. She did not see why she could not go here.
Stretching her arms up into the air and yawning, Skye slowly made her way into the forest.
Legolas opened one of his eyes. Unknown to Skye, he had been awake a while ago. He saw her leaving the camp and decided that it was the best thing to do if he followed her. He did not know where she was going and he thought that she might run into some danger. Feeling a bit like a spy, Legolas got up and followed Skye, making sure that there was some distance between them and that she did not notice him.
Skye walked round the forest, she wasn't really sure where she was going and she didn't really care. " As long as if I'm not far from camp" She thought.
Skye walked a little bit more and found herself in a clearing. She walked up beside a tree and sat down beside it and closed her eyes. She allowed her senses to be fully aware of everything. The morning breeze on her face and the sweet smell of the forest in the morning. She then heard some noise beside her. Not really wanting to open her eyes fully, she opened one of her eyes to have a peak.
And there it was. Sitting on a tree branch beside her was a robin.
Skye smiled to herself. She didn't know that there were robins in Middle Earth.
Skye let out her index finger towards the robin, hoping that it might hop on her finger. The robin did just that. It hopped on her finger and tweaked. Skye's smile widened.
Then she heard a soft voice.
Startled, Skye let out a jump and the robin flew away. Skye looked to and saw Legolas staring at her and smiled. Skye flushed after being caught and felt embarrassed. Legolas had surely scared the hell right out of her. A bit angry on what he had done and sneaked up on her, Skye said demandingly,
" What are you doing here?"
Legolas smiled and sat down beside her before he answered back.
Skye felt herself growing hot. She had never been this close to Legolas before and it made her feel giddy. She felt his presence and his warmth. She started to feel a bit dizzy about being so near to Legolas but she was sure about one thing, she loved it.
Legolas gazed at Skye and held her stare for a few minutes. He had done this to so many number of girls and saw them fainting before him or turning away but what had startled him was that, he felt Skye challenging him. To see who would be the first to break down and look away. Legolas did not want to lose and he wanted to see if Skye could hold their stare.
Skye looked at Legolas and held their stare. She had a feeling that he was challenging her had she wanted to show him what she was made of. She refused to let go of their eye contact.
Then Skye heard a noise and instantly looked at where it came from. There, she saw the same robin that sat on her finger. Realising that she had lost their staring contest with Legolas, she cursed mentally and sighed.
Legolas looked at Skye and laughed quietly. He knew what had happened. The robin had distracted her and thus, making him win. He held out his finger and the robin flew to it and sat on it. Legolas stroked the robin gently and felt someone looking at him. He turned round and saw Skye looking at him and the robin with interest. Then he smiled.
A few minutes had passed and not one of them spoke. Skye sat beside Legolas thinking about what had happened. Then something struck her, Legolas never did tell her why he was here.
Turning round really quickly, Skye asked Legolas,
" You never finished my question, why are you here?"
Legolas stared at Skye with amusement. He had thought that Lady Skye had forgotten about that and he did not felt like bothering to tell her.
Since she didn't seem forget, he thought that he might as well tell her why he was here.
" I followed you. I did not want you to get hurt or get lost and I did not want to take that risk." He said. Then he continued.
" Are you offended Lady Skye?" he asked.
Skye was dazed about what Legolas had said. He had actually cared for her and went through the trouble of following her. Skye felt as if her was on top of the world. Legolas HAD actually CARED! Skye couldn't believe what he said and s for being offended, she felt happy.
Skye smiled.
" Of course I'm not offended"
Legolas smiled back at her showing his beautiful teeth.
Then Skye remembered something.
" Um...Legolas, I just wanted to say thanks for saving my life"
Legolas nodded his head for a brief second and replied,
" Your welcome"
Then he spoke,
" Come on my karneambara, we must head back to camp. The rest will be wondering where we are"
Skye frowned. She knew that Legolas had just said something to her in elvish and she didn't know what he said.
As she got up, she asked.
" Um.Legolas what did u just call me?"
Legolas smiled.
" I will tell you when the right time comes" he replied.
Then he held out his arm to Skye and Skye took it. Skye would have been drooling at this point but what Legolas had said to her bothered her. For all she knew, he could have said something stupid about her.
" Do not worry my karneambara. Let's go back to camp " Legolas said as they headed their way back to the camp.
This just made Skye frown even more.
End of chap 3.
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CHAPTER 3.
Skye was still shaky after the event with the orcs and she knew that she would have nightmares for weeks. But something remained in her mind though. It was what her sister Ashley told her. " Legolas saved your life" Skye pondered about it for a while. She was so cooped up in her own world that she forgot to thank Legolas for saving her life. Skye made a mental note to herself to remind herself to thank Legolas when she had the chance.
Ashley sat on the horse trying not to fall asleep. It had been a couple of hours since the event with the orcs. Ashley felt herself swinging to and fro every now and again. She could not help herself. Ashley was too tired to think and all she wanted was some rest.
Legolas looking at the tired maidens and knew that they wanted some rest. He knew that they should stop soon but he wanted to get a little bit further before dark. Soon the time came when the sun was starting to set and Legolas decided that it was now time to stop and camp for the night.
Ashley got off her horse and looked at her sister who was doing the same.
She then noticed Skye walking towards her. She knew that her sister was tired and she was glad that they had finally stopped to camp.
Ashley noticed Legolas making a fire and the elves helping him. Soon everyone was sitting beside the fire. Skye who was too tired to keep her eyes open fell asleep on her older sister's shoulder.
Ashley looked at the elves with interest. She had wanted to talk to the elves but did not find the time. She wanted to know where they came from and what will they do as soon as they reached Rivendell.
Ashley was so lost in thought that she did not hear one of the elves asking her a question.
" What?" Ashley asked rather startled.
The blonde elf laughed and asked his question again,
" Your sister sleeps soundly but yet you do not. Are you not tired lady Ashley?"
The mere sight of the blonde who was named Legolas dazed Ashley. She too could not help herself but think of how gorgeous he looked. Then she remembered her promise to Skye that she would make no moves what so ever on Legolas. Sighing and looking down, Ashley answered his question.
" I thought that I was tired but when it came to it, I was not. I worry about what might happen that I dare not close an eye for we might get attacked again."
Ashley then looked at her sleeping sister and continued.
" As for my sister, she is young. She needs all the sleep that she can get"
One of the other elves laughed. He looked at Ashley and replied,
" Do not worry about the orcs Lady Ashley, we will protect you if some orcs do appear but you must sleep. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."
Ashley raised a weak smile at the elf that spoke. She so dearly wanted to sleep but she found that she could not. Her will would simply not allow it. She tried closing her eyes but found herself opening them after six seconds the most. Deciding that she could not sleep, Ashley thought that it was the perfect time to speak to the elves. She had lots of questions to ask for them and she was pretty sure that they had the same for her.
Ashley looked at the elves with wonder and spoke,
" What are we going to do in Rivendell?"
Legolas replied.
" We are going to visit Lord Elrond about you and I have a message to give to him from my father"
Ashley nodded her head understandingly. Then she asked her second question.
" You know that Skye and I are from a different world, do you not fear us? Do you not wonder what we might do to you?"
Legolas and the other elves thought for a moment, after a long time of silence, Legolas spoke out again,
" You have not done anything that has harmed us lately and I doubt that you came here to try and hurt us"
Ashley sighed. She was glad that the elves thought that they would not hurt them. Just the simple thought of it made her sick. She could not see herself hurting such beautiful creatures. The elves. Ashley stared at each one of them for a long time, trying to memorize every bit of detail that was on them.
For some reason, this seemed to annoy one of the elves.
" Is something wrong?" He asked.
" Huh, what? Oh no, I was just thinking on how beautiful elves looks." Ashley replied.
The elf blushed and the others laughed. They were all so cheerful.
Ashley looked down and muttered,
" I wish I were an elf"
Legolas looked at Ashley with concern. He had heard what Lady Ashley had said. She had said it in a bitter tone, as if she would do anything just to be an elf.
Then Legolas whispered to Ashley.
" Be grateful on who you are. Try and see the best things in you instead of whishing that you were something else. I believe that there are many things that you like about being human. Maybe one day, you might be an elf"
Ashley looked up at Legolas and felt herself getting hot. Then she felt tears in her eyes. She tried to hold them back. She did not want the elves to see her cry.
Legolas seemed to have sensed on what was going on before he changed the subject.
" Lady Ashley, you should try and get some sleep. Please do not worry, we are here to protect you"
Ashley then felt her tears falling down. She did not really know why she was crying and she didn't care. She could no longer hold back the tears that were threatening to fall. She had once heard from someone that when you cry, cry with all your heart for that is the first step on feeling better.
Ashley closed her eyes and whispered silently, " Thank you"
Before falling into a deep sleep. She did not know if the elves heard her or not.
Skye woke up the next morning feeling stiff everywhere. She looked around and noticed that everyone else was asleep. Not wanting to wake anyone up, she slowly detached herself from the group walked off into the wilderness for an early morning's walk which she did everyday back in her old world. She did not see why she could not go here.
Stretching her arms up into the air and yawning, Skye slowly made her way into the forest.
Legolas opened one of his eyes. Unknown to Skye, he had been awake a while ago. He saw her leaving the camp and decided that it was the best thing to do if he followed her. He did not know where she was going and he thought that she might run into some danger. Feeling a bit like a spy, Legolas got up and followed Skye, making sure that there was some distance between them and that she did not notice him.
Skye walked round the forest, she wasn't really sure where she was going and she didn't really care. " As long as if I'm not far from camp" She thought.
Skye walked a little bit more and found herself in a clearing. She walked up beside a tree and sat down beside it and closed her eyes. She allowed her senses to be fully aware of everything. The morning breeze on her face and the sweet smell of the forest in the morning. She then heard some noise beside her. Not really wanting to open her eyes fully, she opened one of her eyes to have a peak.
And there it was. Sitting on a tree branch beside her was a robin.
Skye smiled to herself. She didn't know that there were robins in Middle Earth.
Skye let out her index finger towards the robin, hoping that it might hop on her finger. The robin did just that. It hopped on her finger and tweaked. Skye's smile widened.
Then she heard a soft voice.
Startled, Skye let out a jump and the robin flew away. Skye looked to and saw Legolas staring at her and smiled. Skye flushed after being caught and felt embarrassed. Legolas had surely scared the hell right out of her. A bit angry on what he had done and sneaked up on her, Skye said demandingly,
" What are you doing here?"
Legolas smiled and sat down beside her before he answered back.
Skye felt herself growing hot. She had never been this close to Legolas before and it made her feel giddy. She felt his presence and his warmth. She started to feel a bit dizzy about being so near to Legolas but she was sure about one thing, she loved it.
Legolas gazed at Skye and held her stare for a few minutes. He had done this to so many number of girls and saw them fainting before him or turning away but what had startled him was that, he felt Skye challenging him. To see who would be the first to break down and look away. Legolas did not want to lose and he wanted to see if Skye could hold their stare.
Skye looked at Legolas and held their stare. She had a feeling that he was challenging her had she wanted to show him what she was made of. She refused to let go of their eye contact.
Then Skye heard a noise and instantly looked at where it came from. There, she saw the same robin that sat on her finger. Realising that she had lost their staring contest with Legolas, she cursed mentally and sighed.
Legolas looked at Skye and laughed quietly. He knew what had happened. The robin had distracted her and thus, making him win. He held out his finger and the robin flew to it and sat on it. Legolas stroked the robin gently and felt someone looking at him. He turned round and saw Skye looking at him and the robin with interest. Then he smiled.
A few minutes had passed and not one of them spoke. Skye sat beside Legolas thinking about what had happened. Then something struck her, Legolas never did tell her why he was here.
Turning round really quickly, Skye asked Legolas,
" You never finished my question, why are you here?"
Legolas stared at Skye with amusement. He had thought that Lady Skye had forgotten about that and he did not felt like bothering to tell her.
Since she didn't seem forget, he thought that he might as well tell her why he was here.
" I followed you. I did not want you to get hurt or get lost and I did not want to take that risk." He said. Then he continued.
" Are you offended Lady Skye?" he asked.
Skye was dazed about what Legolas had said. He had actually cared for her and went through the trouble of following her. Skye felt as if her was on top of the world. Legolas HAD actually CARED! Skye couldn't believe what he said and s for being offended, she felt happy.
Skye smiled.
" Of course I'm not offended"
Legolas smiled back at her showing his beautiful teeth.
Then Skye remembered something.
" Um...Legolas, I just wanted to say thanks for saving my life"
Legolas nodded his head for a brief second and replied,
" Your welcome"
Then he spoke,
" Come on my karneambara, we must head back to camp. The rest will be wondering where we are"
Skye frowned. She knew that Legolas had just said something to her in elvish and she didn't know what he said.
As she got up, she asked.
" Um.Legolas what did u just call me?"
Legolas smiled.
" I will tell you when the right time comes" he replied.
Then he held out his arm to Skye and Skye took it. Skye would have been drooling at this point but what Legolas had said to her bothered her. For all she knew, he could have said something stupid about her.
" Do not worry my karneambara. Let's go back to camp " Legolas said as they headed their way back to the camp.
This just made Skye frown even more.
End of chap 3.