Helena was having a dream that could only be described as. . .
scrumptious. She was in her kitchen by the table dressed in her favorite
Tommy Hilfiger clothes. In one hand was a piece of crystal, and in the
other was a tablecloth that bore covered dishes that had the most
enchanting aroma. Helena turned toward the crystal confused at it but soon
the food drew her attention back to it. Jessica was there, telling her to
stop being such a fool and eat what was in front of her. . "mmmmm good
food, good Tommy, good life," she murmured Smiling Helena yanked the
tablecloth toward her. . .
Legolas jerked around at Gimli's shout, an arrow ready on his bow faster than the eye could follow. He paused for a moment at the sight in front of him, Gimli was now holding himself over the girl with both his hands on either side of her head. Helena was blinking like she just woke up. Legolas relaxed and put his arrow back in his quiver, turning back to the forest. Helena however having registered that Gimli was a full 4 inches away from her face let loose a shriek that caused Legolas to whip around again, and Gimli to fall on her trying to cover his ears. Pure chaos ensued.
Both Helena and Gimli were trying to detangle themselves while yelling. She yelled about perverts and calling Gimli quite a few colorful names, and he was yelling quite loudly in dwarvish, obviously the sentiments from him weren't kind either. Legolas was covering both his ears trying to stop the ringing in them while shouting in elvish. Finally Helena pushed Gimli off of her causing him to fall back and stop shouting, "What the hell were you doing you waste of dwarvish flesh! Screw this." She got up with a final shove at Gimli, "I need to find a stream or something, and don't even think of following me or I'll make sure you're stupidity is never passed on to future generations." With that Helena stomped out of the cave and into the woods.
Gimli sat there in shocked silence staring after one very pissed off dwarf. Legolas however felt his face flush with anger. "What happened Gimli?" he said rather sharply at the dwarf, while he still didn't understand dwarvish Legolas amply understood what Helena was yelling. Gimli looked up at Legolas with a baffled expression gracing his rough face. "She grabbed my beard and yanked me down on her!" Once more a baffled expression while he soothingly rubbed his chin, "Then she let out the most unearthly scream I ever heard." Legolas smiled at this recalling how she fell asleep with her hand clutching at his beard. Legolas once more relaxed and ventured, "I think the girl may have had a bad dream, she fell asleep holding your beard, maybe she was startled out of the dream paths and didn't realize what she was doing." Gimli sat up and got to his feet muttering about foolish women, little did he know Helena was thinking along the same lines as he.
"Stupid men, stupid dwarves, stupid dirt, stupid caves, stupid dwarf" Helena was having quiet a time ranting about anything that got in her way at that particular moment. "Owwww shit that hurt!" once more she bit the dust courtesy of a well-placed hole. Dragging herself up to a sitting position she turned to the sky, What the hell did I do to piss off some deity up there? After another fall and much cursing she found a suitable spot to take care of morning activities.
Meanwhile Gimli and Legolas had packed up the camp and were, well. . . waiting. . . and waiting. . . and well, waiting. Legolas sat upon the ground sharpening his knives, Gimli was less patient, "I say we just leave her. She'll be no use at all, leave her in the cave, give her some food, and we'll come back and collect her whenever we get back from this. . .this. . . adventure you've decided to lead me on." Legolas didn't even look up, "She's coming with us Gimli, you know as well as I she can't be left in Mirkwood without protection." To this Gimli just huffed and began pacing. Gimli was about to speak again when a familiar ear-piercing scream reached him. Both Legolas and Gimli sprang up and ran in the direction of the shriek.
Helena had just began to kneel at the stream to try her best to clean herself off when she came face to face with what could only be described as a huge, monster-wolf. She fell back in shock, as the monster crossed the stream. Helena did the only thing that leapt to mind, scream as loud and as high as possible. This accomplished two things, 1) It made the creature hesitate and shake it's head 2) After it hesitated it began to growl and move forward even more rapidly. Looking around desperately she grabbed a large stick and hurled it with all her might at the creature. It caught the stick with it's mouth and snapped it in two, then began to advance again. Either someone up there really hates me or someone up there wants to watch a really spectacular rescue. Helena grabbed another stick with hopes of clubbing it when it got in range but the monster-wolf grabbed it out of her hand once more easily snapping it. Helena curled into a ball and waited for the attack. Someone really hates me
Helena jerked her head up at the sound of the wolf giving a cry. Whirling she saw it on the ground dead. Raising her eyes heavenward for a moment she thanked whatever deity was up there that it only wanted the spectacular rescue. Looking back at the carcass she felt her happiness slip a bit as she saw that the creature didn't have an arrow in it's throat but an ax in it's skull. Gimli saved my life, *sigh* I guess I have to thank him now.
Slowly Helena stood up and faced Gimli, his chest was heaving, "Are you alright Tarin?" Helena just stared at him for a moment he looks. . . worried, squaring her shoulders she said, "I'm fine, thank you master Gimli for killing that. . . that. . . " "Warg" Legolas spoke softly. He was replacing his unfired arrow. Legolas heard the scream and ran in the general direction of the sound, but Gimli seemed to know exactly where she was and so he was the first to arrive. Legolas continued to speak softly "You've managed to find one of the last wargs left in middle earth." "Lucky me" Helena mumbled. Gimli looked her up and down and came up to her. Helena felt almost slighted as he brushed past her and unceremoniously jerked his ax free and replaced it in his belt. Passing by her again Gimli spoke softly, "Do not wander off again Tarin, I can't always save useless females." Reminding herself that he just saved her life Helena repressed the urge to shove him. Instead she muttered under her breath, "We'll see about the useless part. . . " Helena shoved past Gimli and followed Legolas into the forest.
An hour of walking later without any talking, except for an occasional curse from Helena as she stumbled, Helena was about ready to scream. Taking a deep, steadying breath she touched Legolas's arm to get his attention, geeze all that bow practice sure gives him muscle Legolas turned toward her. Still not used to being towered over Helena looked up at him meeting his pale blue eyes with her deep blue eyes she asked, "When are we arriving at the palace?" A hot bath is all I crave in the world From behind her Gimli snorted, Legolas looked at her evenly, "We aren't going to the palace Aier, Gimli and I go towards Uialtum. It means the valley of twilight. Amin hiraetha." Helena felt her spirits sink at this news, more camping? More caves? More GIMLI??? That warg wasn't so bad Gimli interrupted her musings with scorning words, "Tarin doesn't know elvish Legolas, try to stay in the common tongue for her sake." Anger flared up in her as Helena whirled on Gimli, "I do too know some elvish MASTER Gimli." Gimli's eyes sparked as he rose to the challenge, "What could some little dwarf know of elvish when she doesn't even know dwarvish?" uh oh Helena thought furiously back to all the fan fictions she read like a religion before she came here. The first word out of her mouth was perhaps not the best chosen, "I know Melamin!" Silence. . . . Gimli's eyes widened and Legolas watched her with an amused expression. Once more the silence consumed her, this time Helena realized her folly and turned a bright shade of red. "I'm sure you do," Gimli said. "Amin delotha lle" Helena whispered as she turned her back on him and followed Legolas over a ridge.
(Amin hiraetha = I'm sorry, Aier = short one, melamin = my love, Amin delotha lle = I hate you)
Legolas jerked around at Gimli's shout, an arrow ready on his bow faster than the eye could follow. He paused for a moment at the sight in front of him, Gimli was now holding himself over the girl with both his hands on either side of her head. Helena was blinking like she just woke up. Legolas relaxed and put his arrow back in his quiver, turning back to the forest. Helena however having registered that Gimli was a full 4 inches away from her face let loose a shriek that caused Legolas to whip around again, and Gimli to fall on her trying to cover his ears. Pure chaos ensued.
Both Helena and Gimli were trying to detangle themselves while yelling. She yelled about perverts and calling Gimli quite a few colorful names, and he was yelling quite loudly in dwarvish, obviously the sentiments from him weren't kind either. Legolas was covering both his ears trying to stop the ringing in them while shouting in elvish. Finally Helena pushed Gimli off of her causing him to fall back and stop shouting, "What the hell were you doing you waste of dwarvish flesh! Screw this." She got up with a final shove at Gimli, "I need to find a stream or something, and don't even think of following me or I'll make sure you're stupidity is never passed on to future generations." With that Helena stomped out of the cave and into the woods.
Gimli sat there in shocked silence staring after one very pissed off dwarf. Legolas however felt his face flush with anger. "What happened Gimli?" he said rather sharply at the dwarf, while he still didn't understand dwarvish Legolas amply understood what Helena was yelling. Gimli looked up at Legolas with a baffled expression gracing his rough face. "She grabbed my beard and yanked me down on her!" Once more a baffled expression while he soothingly rubbed his chin, "Then she let out the most unearthly scream I ever heard." Legolas smiled at this recalling how she fell asleep with her hand clutching at his beard. Legolas once more relaxed and ventured, "I think the girl may have had a bad dream, she fell asleep holding your beard, maybe she was startled out of the dream paths and didn't realize what she was doing." Gimli sat up and got to his feet muttering about foolish women, little did he know Helena was thinking along the same lines as he.
"Stupid men, stupid dwarves, stupid dirt, stupid caves, stupid dwarf" Helena was having quiet a time ranting about anything that got in her way at that particular moment. "Owwww shit that hurt!" once more she bit the dust courtesy of a well-placed hole. Dragging herself up to a sitting position she turned to the sky, What the hell did I do to piss off some deity up there? After another fall and much cursing she found a suitable spot to take care of morning activities.
Meanwhile Gimli and Legolas had packed up the camp and were, well. . . waiting. . . and waiting. . . and well, waiting. Legolas sat upon the ground sharpening his knives, Gimli was less patient, "I say we just leave her. She'll be no use at all, leave her in the cave, give her some food, and we'll come back and collect her whenever we get back from this. . .this. . . adventure you've decided to lead me on." Legolas didn't even look up, "She's coming with us Gimli, you know as well as I she can't be left in Mirkwood without protection." To this Gimli just huffed and began pacing. Gimli was about to speak again when a familiar ear-piercing scream reached him. Both Legolas and Gimli sprang up and ran in the direction of the shriek.
Helena had just began to kneel at the stream to try her best to clean herself off when she came face to face with what could only be described as a huge, monster-wolf. She fell back in shock, as the monster crossed the stream. Helena did the only thing that leapt to mind, scream as loud and as high as possible. This accomplished two things, 1) It made the creature hesitate and shake it's head 2) After it hesitated it began to growl and move forward even more rapidly. Looking around desperately she grabbed a large stick and hurled it with all her might at the creature. It caught the stick with it's mouth and snapped it in two, then began to advance again. Either someone up there really hates me or someone up there wants to watch a really spectacular rescue. Helena grabbed another stick with hopes of clubbing it when it got in range but the monster-wolf grabbed it out of her hand once more easily snapping it. Helena curled into a ball and waited for the attack. Someone really hates me
Helena jerked her head up at the sound of the wolf giving a cry. Whirling she saw it on the ground dead. Raising her eyes heavenward for a moment she thanked whatever deity was up there that it only wanted the spectacular rescue. Looking back at the carcass she felt her happiness slip a bit as she saw that the creature didn't have an arrow in it's throat but an ax in it's skull. Gimli saved my life, *sigh* I guess I have to thank him now.
Slowly Helena stood up and faced Gimli, his chest was heaving, "Are you alright Tarin?" Helena just stared at him for a moment he looks. . . worried, squaring her shoulders she said, "I'm fine, thank you master Gimli for killing that. . . that. . . " "Warg" Legolas spoke softly. He was replacing his unfired arrow. Legolas heard the scream and ran in the general direction of the sound, but Gimli seemed to know exactly where she was and so he was the first to arrive. Legolas continued to speak softly "You've managed to find one of the last wargs left in middle earth." "Lucky me" Helena mumbled. Gimli looked her up and down and came up to her. Helena felt almost slighted as he brushed past her and unceremoniously jerked his ax free and replaced it in his belt. Passing by her again Gimli spoke softly, "Do not wander off again Tarin, I can't always save useless females." Reminding herself that he just saved her life Helena repressed the urge to shove him. Instead she muttered under her breath, "We'll see about the useless part. . . " Helena shoved past Gimli and followed Legolas into the forest.
An hour of walking later without any talking, except for an occasional curse from Helena as she stumbled, Helena was about ready to scream. Taking a deep, steadying breath she touched Legolas's arm to get his attention, geeze all that bow practice sure gives him muscle Legolas turned toward her. Still not used to being towered over Helena looked up at him meeting his pale blue eyes with her deep blue eyes she asked, "When are we arriving at the palace?" A hot bath is all I crave in the world From behind her Gimli snorted, Legolas looked at her evenly, "We aren't going to the palace Aier, Gimli and I go towards Uialtum. It means the valley of twilight. Amin hiraetha." Helena felt her spirits sink at this news, more camping? More caves? More GIMLI??? That warg wasn't so bad Gimli interrupted her musings with scorning words, "Tarin doesn't know elvish Legolas, try to stay in the common tongue for her sake." Anger flared up in her as Helena whirled on Gimli, "I do too know some elvish MASTER Gimli." Gimli's eyes sparked as he rose to the challenge, "What could some little dwarf know of elvish when she doesn't even know dwarvish?" uh oh Helena thought furiously back to all the fan fictions she read like a religion before she came here. The first word out of her mouth was perhaps not the best chosen, "I know Melamin!" Silence. . . . Gimli's eyes widened and Legolas watched her with an amused expression. Once more the silence consumed her, this time Helena realized her folly and turned a bright shade of red. "I'm sure you do," Gimli said. "Amin delotha lle" Helena whispered as she turned her back on him and followed Legolas over a ridge.
(Amin hiraetha = I'm sorry, Aier = short one, melamin = my love, Amin delotha lle = I hate you)