THE DAYSTAR
BY: GABRIELLA THE FAIR
Chapter 15
THE CRY HAS BEEN HEARD
"What was she like, how would you explain her?" With a faraway smile, he looked up to the sky and answered, "She was the Daystar, lighting up the day during our darkest hour, warming the earth with her love." "She is as clear as the moon, as fair as the sun, and as glorious as an army under one banner"
To most she was a loving friend, her fairness lighting up the world, no matter what the weather. To some a companion, and one a lover and dream. Yet, many feared her dignity in her footsteps, power in her stride, and authority in her eyes. This is her story.
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"What was that?"
"Nothing, go back to sleep." Raquel whispered to Merry.
"But I heard something." he said.
"So did I" said Frodo.
"It was just Haldir and Rúmil, now go back to sleep."
The hobbits nodded, already half asleep, they laid their heads back down. Raquel waited until she heard them all fall asleep until she got up and looked over the edge. If the hobbits weren't so tired, they would have thought more sensibly. Elves even when dancing and merrymaking never make that much noise, let alone two elves. She looked down and saw the torn up land underneath her.
"Curse those Orcs to their death! Their filthy feet dirtying sweet Nimrodel."
She climbed to one branch, and then another, weaving her way among the branches. Finally she reached the last one and looked out, the other branch from the next tree was a few feet's jump away.
"Oh well, I have done this many times." she sighed and leaped, barely catching the branch. She swung in midair, looking down and sighing.
"Well, I see that you have forgotten what I have taught you." A hand appeared and pulled her up, helping her steady on the branch. Haldir stood there shaking his head.
"I have not forgotten anything." she said, pulling away from him, and by doing that almost falling, but he caught her, pulling her to a safe branch.
"Yet, now you are all the same," he said, smiling, "Did I not teach you to take help when offered, and to never lie? Of course, anyone can teach that to you, though I notice you have become ignorant."
"I have not" she said looking up at him with an arrogant face.
"And yet again you lie to me!" he said, and he laughed. A smile overcame her insolent glance.
"I have missed you dearly Haldir."
"And so have I, the woods do not seem the same without you. Even the trees cry out your name!"
"Their cry has been heard, and answered, for I am here now, standing in their midst."
He grinned, yet shook his head, "What news do you bring me?"
"Orcs, they crossed the Nimrodel, did you not see them?"
"Yes, I did, Orophin has gone back to report to the Lord and Lady, may the Orcs die a slow and painful death!"
She nodded, "Yes, so be it, but now I must go back and tend to the hobbits if needed, it is almost dawn."
"Yes, I will see you in the morning then Glînrómen"
She turned and went back to her tree, singing softly.
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"Get up, we must leave!"
The hobbits rose to find Raquel, again dressed in a white dress, standing above them, "Come it is time for us to leave." said she turning away.
They all prepared to leave, having a little to eat and then leaving.
"Farewell Nimrodel!" Legolas cried.
"Farewell, until our next meeting." Raquel whispered, turning to leave.
"Raquel." Haldir called.
"Yes?"
"Come here for a moment." he motioned for her to come up front.
"What is it?"
"We are about to come to the Celebrant and I need to go inform the watch there, so will you lead the Company?"
"What about Rúmil?"
"He cannot, he can only speak Elvish, and you could walk around here blindfolded and still know your way, so please do it, I have to be off."
She nodded and he went to the front to tell Rumil and Aragorn. Aragorn only nodded and turned to the Company.
"Raquel is going to be leading us for awhile, so listen to what she says."
The Company looked at her questioningly, though she only turned and started off again. They traveled for awhile, Raquel led them mainly on a path, but turned them aside after about a hour.
"The Celebrant is up ahead, that is where Haldir is to meet us."
As she spoke the words, a river appeared, strong was its current. By the edge was Haldir.
"Ah, you have come, and been well lead," he looked to Raquel, "and now we are to cross the Celebrant."
"There, across yonder is one of my people," he said, "since the stream is to strong to swim across we shall go across by rope."
He pulled out a rope and handed it to Raquel, "Go ahead, show me that you remember."
She stared at him and he stared back, but she took the rope and swung it across skillfully, all her old practices coming back to her.
"But what about the hobbits?" Legolas asked.
They discussed a way for the hobbits to get across, while Raquel stood there and stared at the rope. How she longed to flip on it like she did when she was a child! Without thought, she climbed on the rope and walked to the middle, the river roaring under her.
"Raquel, what are you doing?" Pippin cried
She closed her eyes fell backwards.
"Raquel!" they screamed. She couldn't tell exactly who it was, she blocked them out, focusing only on her hands and feet.
Her hands found the rope as she fell, just as she did when she was a child. Using her body, she swung back up, landing on her feet, but not yet done. She was about to flip backwards when Haldir put a hand on her shoulder.
"Raquel." Haldir looked at her sternly. They both stood on the rope, standing above the river.
"One more, please?" she begged
He sighed, "Fine, but if you fall, I am not diving in to get you."
"Thank you!" he turned and walked to the other end of the rope, and by now she had the whole Company's attention.
She got her footing and jumped, forcing her legs to pull her backwards, doing a back flip over the rope, and again, landing safely.
When she opened her eyes all she saw were open mouths. Silently she made her way back to the Company.
"Who wants to go first?" she asked.
One by one, the Company made it across the river, Pippin showing to be the nimblest on his feet.
"You are very good at that, Pippin." Raquel said as he when he had finally come across.
"You are not too bad yourself, Lady Raquel." Her brows creased together and she stared at him.
"Now why do you call me that?" she asked him.
He shrugged, "I don't know, you just seem that way, like you should be called that."
She smiled, "Then if you are to call me Lady Raquel, then I will call you Master Pippin."
"I like the sound of that, don't you Merry?" Merry punched him in the arm.
"What was that for?"
"When a Lady says something like that to you, you are suppose to say thank you!"
She left them to their arguing, gathering her things. The ropes were coiled up, and Rúmil left them to go back and keep watch at the Nimrodel.
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"You are now in the Naith of Lorien, and now I shall blindfold Gimi the Dwarf. The others may walk freely for awhile, until we come closer to our dwellings." Haldir took out a strip of cloth.
"You will do no such thing!" Gimli said, "I will not walk blindfolded, I am no more likely to betray you than Legolas or Raquel!" he said, glaring at Haldir.
"I am sorry, but it is our law. I have been very considerate in letting you even step foot over Celebrant."
"I will not go blindfolded, or I will go back!" Gimli laid his hand on his axe.
"You have entered the realm of the Lady of the Wood. You cannot go back. Even if you did, there are secret sentinels hidden everywhere. You would be slain before you even saw them."
The dwarf removed his axe and Haldir bent his bow.
"Stop!" Raquel stepped in the middle, "Both of you stop it!"
"Glînrómen move." Haldir whispered.
"No, I will not move and let you kill each other, you must kill me first."
"Then so be it!" Gimli took his axe and prepared to swing, but Raquel grabbed it by the handle and ripped it from his grip. She spun it backwards and swung it at him, stopping only inches from his neck.
"Kill me now Gimli." she said to him, stopping only a moment before she turned to Haldir.
"And you Haldir, would never kill me, not even for your own life would you, so put away your bow!" she commanded him, pointing at him. He hesitated, but she glared at him, and he put it away.
"We will all go blindfolded, even Legolas and I." she said, looking at each of her companions.
"But."
She turned to Legolas, "Not a word, we will all go blindfolded, or you can face death." she pointed across the river.
"Yes, Raquel is right, it is not fair to Gimli to be singled out thus, so we will all go together and be blindfolded, even Raquel herself."
She nodded and took a strip of cloth from Haldir making her way to Legolas. She started to tie it around his eyes, moving his hair out of the way.
"How do we know that the path is not jagged or uneven?" he asked.
"I will lead you, trust me."
"But you will be blindfolded too, how can you lead us?"
"Listen to your surroundings, while one sense is covered, the others will heighten." she finished and patted him on the back, leaving to go get bound herself.
Legolas stood and waited as the others were bound. He looked around, testing his senses, and to his surprise, Raquel was right, he could hear better now that he could not see.
"You have much in store for us, Lady Raquel, or whoever you are, I can feel it." he whispered, turning as the Company set off.
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Yo, hows every1? hope ya liked it, more lorien Legolas and Raquel to come! next chapter- getting to lorien, the city I mean. I really don't have much 2 say. im goin to a water park, o that should be fun.im gonna go before I like bore every1 to death. Whos bought the movie yet? I bought it Tuesday! yea, anywho, every1 have a good day.
*~*~*Gabi*~*~*
"What was she like, how would you explain her?" With a faraway smile, he looked up to the sky and answered, "She was the Daystar, lighting up the day during our darkest hour, warming the earth with her love." "She is as clear as the moon, as fair as the sun, and as glorious as an army under one banner"
To most she was a loving friend, her fairness lighting up the world, no matter what the weather. To some a companion, and one a lover and dream. Yet, many feared her dignity in her footsteps, power in her stride, and authority in her eyes. This is her story.
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"What was that?"
"Nothing, go back to sleep." Raquel whispered to Merry.
"But I heard something." he said.
"So did I" said Frodo.
"It was just Haldir and Rúmil, now go back to sleep."
The hobbits nodded, already half asleep, they laid their heads back down. Raquel waited until she heard them all fall asleep until she got up and looked over the edge. If the hobbits weren't so tired, they would have thought more sensibly. Elves even when dancing and merrymaking never make that much noise, let alone two elves. She looked down and saw the torn up land underneath her.
"Curse those Orcs to their death! Their filthy feet dirtying sweet Nimrodel."
She climbed to one branch, and then another, weaving her way among the branches. Finally she reached the last one and looked out, the other branch from the next tree was a few feet's jump away.
"Oh well, I have done this many times." she sighed and leaped, barely catching the branch. She swung in midair, looking down and sighing.
"Well, I see that you have forgotten what I have taught you." A hand appeared and pulled her up, helping her steady on the branch. Haldir stood there shaking his head.
"I have not forgotten anything." she said, pulling away from him, and by doing that almost falling, but he caught her, pulling her to a safe branch.
"Yet, now you are all the same," he said, smiling, "Did I not teach you to take help when offered, and to never lie? Of course, anyone can teach that to you, though I notice you have become ignorant."
"I have not" she said looking up at him with an arrogant face.
"And yet again you lie to me!" he said, and he laughed. A smile overcame her insolent glance.
"I have missed you dearly Haldir."
"And so have I, the woods do not seem the same without you. Even the trees cry out your name!"
"Their cry has been heard, and answered, for I am here now, standing in their midst."
He grinned, yet shook his head, "What news do you bring me?"
"Orcs, they crossed the Nimrodel, did you not see them?"
"Yes, I did, Orophin has gone back to report to the Lord and Lady, may the Orcs die a slow and painful death!"
She nodded, "Yes, so be it, but now I must go back and tend to the hobbits if needed, it is almost dawn."
"Yes, I will see you in the morning then Glînrómen"
She turned and went back to her tree, singing softly.
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"Get up, we must leave!"
The hobbits rose to find Raquel, again dressed in a white dress, standing above them, "Come it is time for us to leave." said she turning away.
They all prepared to leave, having a little to eat and then leaving.
"Farewell Nimrodel!" Legolas cried.
"Farewell, until our next meeting." Raquel whispered, turning to leave.
"Raquel." Haldir called.
"Yes?"
"Come here for a moment." he motioned for her to come up front.
"What is it?"
"We are about to come to the Celebrant and I need to go inform the watch there, so will you lead the Company?"
"What about Rúmil?"
"He cannot, he can only speak Elvish, and you could walk around here blindfolded and still know your way, so please do it, I have to be off."
She nodded and he went to the front to tell Rumil and Aragorn. Aragorn only nodded and turned to the Company.
"Raquel is going to be leading us for awhile, so listen to what she says."
The Company looked at her questioningly, though she only turned and started off again. They traveled for awhile, Raquel led them mainly on a path, but turned them aside after about a hour.
"The Celebrant is up ahead, that is where Haldir is to meet us."
As she spoke the words, a river appeared, strong was its current. By the edge was Haldir.
"Ah, you have come, and been well lead," he looked to Raquel, "and now we are to cross the Celebrant."
"There, across yonder is one of my people," he said, "since the stream is to strong to swim across we shall go across by rope."
He pulled out a rope and handed it to Raquel, "Go ahead, show me that you remember."
She stared at him and he stared back, but she took the rope and swung it across skillfully, all her old practices coming back to her.
"But what about the hobbits?" Legolas asked.
They discussed a way for the hobbits to get across, while Raquel stood there and stared at the rope. How she longed to flip on it like she did when she was a child! Without thought, she climbed on the rope and walked to the middle, the river roaring under her.
"Raquel, what are you doing?" Pippin cried
She closed her eyes fell backwards.
"Raquel!" they screamed. She couldn't tell exactly who it was, she blocked them out, focusing only on her hands and feet.
Her hands found the rope as she fell, just as she did when she was a child. Using her body, she swung back up, landing on her feet, but not yet done. She was about to flip backwards when Haldir put a hand on her shoulder.
"Raquel." Haldir looked at her sternly. They both stood on the rope, standing above the river.
"One more, please?" she begged
He sighed, "Fine, but if you fall, I am not diving in to get you."
"Thank you!" he turned and walked to the other end of the rope, and by now she had the whole Company's attention.
She got her footing and jumped, forcing her legs to pull her backwards, doing a back flip over the rope, and again, landing safely.
When she opened her eyes all she saw were open mouths. Silently she made her way back to the Company.
"Who wants to go first?" she asked.
One by one, the Company made it across the river, Pippin showing to be the nimblest on his feet.
"You are very good at that, Pippin." Raquel said as he when he had finally come across.
"You are not too bad yourself, Lady Raquel." Her brows creased together and she stared at him.
"Now why do you call me that?" she asked him.
He shrugged, "I don't know, you just seem that way, like you should be called that."
She smiled, "Then if you are to call me Lady Raquel, then I will call you Master Pippin."
"I like the sound of that, don't you Merry?" Merry punched him in the arm.
"What was that for?"
"When a Lady says something like that to you, you are suppose to say thank you!"
She left them to their arguing, gathering her things. The ropes were coiled up, and Rúmil left them to go back and keep watch at the Nimrodel.
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"You are now in the Naith of Lorien, and now I shall blindfold Gimi the Dwarf. The others may walk freely for awhile, until we come closer to our dwellings." Haldir took out a strip of cloth.
"You will do no such thing!" Gimli said, "I will not walk blindfolded, I am no more likely to betray you than Legolas or Raquel!" he said, glaring at Haldir.
"I am sorry, but it is our law. I have been very considerate in letting you even step foot over Celebrant."
"I will not go blindfolded, or I will go back!" Gimli laid his hand on his axe.
"You have entered the realm of the Lady of the Wood. You cannot go back. Even if you did, there are secret sentinels hidden everywhere. You would be slain before you even saw them."
The dwarf removed his axe and Haldir bent his bow.
"Stop!" Raquel stepped in the middle, "Both of you stop it!"
"Glînrómen move." Haldir whispered.
"No, I will not move and let you kill each other, you must kill me first."
"Then so be it!" Gimli took his axe and prepared to swing, but Raquel grabbed it by the handle and ripped it from his grip. She spun it backwards and swung it at him, stopping only inches from his neck.
"Kill me now Gimli." she said to him, stopping only a moment before she turned to Haldir.
"And you Haldir, would never kill me, not even for your own life would you, so put away your bow!" she commanded him, pointing at him. He hesitated, but she glared at him, and he put it away.
"We will all go blindfolded, even Legolas and I." she said, looking at each of her companions.
"But."
She turned to Legolas, "Not a word, we will all go blindfolded, or you can face death." she pointed across the river.
"Yes, Raquel is right, it is not fair to Gimli to be singled out thus, so we will all go together and be blindfolded, even Raquel herself."
She nodded and took a strip of cloth from Haldir making her way to Legolas. She started to tie it around his eyes, moving his hair out of the way.
"How do we know that the path is not jagged or uneven?" he asked.
"I will lead you, trust me."
"But you will be blindfolded too, how can you lead us?"
"Listen to your surroundings, while one sense is covered, the others will heighten." she finished and patted him on the back, leaving to go get bound herself.
Legolas stood and waited as the others were bound. He looked around, testing his senses, and to his surprise, Raquel was right, he could hear better now that he could not see.
"You have much in store for us, Lady Raquel, or whoever you are, I can feel it." he whispered, turning as the Company set off.
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Yo, hows every1? hope ya liked it, more lorien Legolas and Raquel to come! next chapter- getting to lorien, the city I mean. I really don't have much 2 say. im goin to a water park, o that should be fun.im gonna go before I like bore every1 to death. Whos bought the movie yet? I bought it Tuesday! yea, anywho, every1 have a good day.
*~*~*Gabi*~*~*