Disclaimer: Nope, not mine, never mine...I'm sure you all know who i'm talking about :) If you don't...then well! you haven't been paying attention to my disclaimers! heehee...
Author's Notes: I've been working on some stories lately on a different pen name but then I came across this one again in my files and i couldn't resist :) I've been meaning to write more on this for a while...it's just that *insert dramatic sigh* homework...
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"Where are you going?" asked Legolas. Morgause looked at him and it felt as if an arrow had punched through her heart.
"Going away," she answered. She tried to make her voice as cold as possible but it only came out sounding pleading.
"But we just got here..." Legolas' eyebrows started to crease as he comprehended what was going on.
"You are going," he said slowly. "But you do not wish for me to come with you." Morgause wouldn't meet his eyes and instead mounted Andulet. The wind blew through her hair and Morgause tried to swallow, her mouth feeling salty.
"Please, Morgause. I wish to come with you." Morgause still would not meet his eyes. She started to kick Andulet into a gallop and immediately, Legolas jumped onto his own horse and started to ride beside her.
"Why are you leaving?" he cried, his voice cutting the wind.
"To protect you!" Morgause finally said. "To protect you from me!"
"No, I can protect myself," said Legolas, stubbornly. Their horses matched stride for stride. Through her peripheral vision, Morgause could see Legolas' confused face.
"I have to go alone," Morgause whispered.
"Wait." Morgause kept her eyes averted but slowed down her horse to match Legolas' horse.
"Morgause." There was a sadness in Legolas' voice that Morgause had never heard before.
"Wait. Were we...are we...in love?" Morgause finally, slowly met his eyes. Her own eyes were filled with tears.
"Maybe," she finally answered.
"Then why not stay together?"
"It's too complicated. Stop it, Legolas! It hurts being here, looking at you, knowing you're there. It hurts and I have to get away."
"Will you go back to him? That killer?"
"I don't know where I'll go, I just know I need to get away from you. I'm more than useless to you, Legolas. I'm danger to you." Morgause started to speed up Andulet into a trot, then a canter, then finally into a gallop.
"Then I'll wait, Morgause." As Morgause galloped away, she could hear Legolas' voice clearly.
"If I wait, will you?" Morgause turned around. In their last glance, they exchanged more than they ever did in any of their conversations. Legolas stayed still for a very long time, listening to Andulet's hooves thumping against the earth, carrying Morgause away from him.
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"So you've returned?"
"Yes. I was wrong, I wish to right my mistakes. You have always been my only god, and you still are." Igraine chuckled.
"I'm sure I am," he said, an almost mocking tone in his voice. He traced a cold finger from Morgause's ear to her neck.
"You have been corrupted. It will take time before you are fully pure once more. Once you were my dragon, the ultimate weapon. You could shoot, fence, track, you were everything beyond my wildest expectations. And then you run off with that..." Morgause kept her gaze on the cold stone floor and slightly shifted her weight from one foot to another.
"And you never used to be so twitchy." He emphasized the last word by pressing down on her shoulder, hard. Morgause was forced down onto the flats of her feet and she winced inwardly. Igraine was much stronger than she had remembered in the short time she was gone and she knew now that she would bruise the next day.
"But I am a merciful person," Igraine contined. His handsome face seemed bored and he pressed his lips together. "So you will become my student once more."
"That is more than I could have ever imagined to have received from you," murmured Morgause. She lowered herself gracefully and touched the icy ground with her forehead, waiting there, her breath making clouds on the marble floor. Igraine grabbed her arm and lifted her up forcefully and Morgause slowly but directly met his eyes. Igraine smiled.
"You have become bolder, Morgause. But beware for some may say boldness is someone's only weakness."
"Yes my lord." And Igraine's smile grew wider.
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*Hmmm....i'm playing with an idea in my mind. It seems as if when Legolas told Morgause to wait, he didn't realize how easily she might get distracted.....*evil grin* anyhoozles, please R&R!
Author's Notes: I've been working on some stories lately on a different pen name but then I came across this one again in my files and i couldn't resist :) I've been meaning to write more on this for a while...it's just that *insert dramatic sigh* homework...
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"Where are you going?" asked Legolas. Morgause looked at him and it felt as if an arrow had punched through her heart.
"Going away," she answered. She tried to make her voice as cold as possible but it only came out sounding pleading.
"But we just got here..." Legolas' eyebrows started to crease as he comprehended what was going on.
"You are going," he said slowly. "But you do not wish for me to come with you." Morgause wouldn't meet his eyes and instead mounted Andulet. The wind blew through her hair and Morgause tried to swallow, her mouth feeling salty.
"Please, Morgause. I wish to come with you." Morgause still would not meet his eyes. She started to kick Andulet into a gallop and immediately, Legolas jumped onto his own horse and started to ride beside her.
"Why are you leaving?" he cried, his voice cutting the wind.
"To protect you!" Morgause finally said. "To protect you from me!"
"No, I can protect myself," said Legolas, stubbornly. Their horses matched stride for stride. Through her peripheral vision, Morgause could see Legolas' confused face.
"I have to go alone," Morgause whispered.
"Wait." Morgause kept her eyes averted but slowed down her horse to match Legolas' horse.
"Morgause." There was a sadness in Legolas' voice that Morgause had never heard before.
"Wait. Were we...are we...in love?" Morgause finally, slowly met his eyes. Her own eyes were filled with tears.
"Maybe," she finally answered.
"Then why not stay together?"
"It's too complicated. Stop it, Legolas! It hurts being here, looking at you, knowing you're there. It hurts and I have to get away."
"Will you go back to him? That killer?"
"I don't know where I'll go, I just know I need to get away from you. I'm more than useless to you, Legolas. I'm danger to you." Morgause started to speed up Andulet into a trot, then a canter, then finally into a gallop.
"Then I'll wait, Morgause." As Morgause galloped away, she could hear Legolas' voice clearly.
"If I wait, will you?" Morgause turned around. In their last glance, they exchanged more than they ever did in any of their conversations. Legolas stayed still for a very long time, listening to Andulet's hooves thumping against the earth, carrying Morgause away from him.
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"So you've returned?"
"Yes. I was wrong, I wish to right my mistakes. You have always been my only god, and you still are." Igraine chuckled.
"I'm sure I am," he said, an almost mocking tone in his voice. He traced a cold finger from Morgause's ear to her neck.
"You have been corrupted. It will take time before you are fully pure once more. Once you were my dragon, the ultimate weapon. You could shoot, fence, track, you were everything beyond my wildest expectations. And then you run off with that..." Morgause kept her gaze on the cold stone floor and slightly shifted her weight from one foot to another.
"And you never used to be so twitchy." He emphasized the last word by pressing down on her shoulder, hard. Morgause was forced down onto the flats of her feet and she winced inwardly. Igraine was much stronger than she had remembered in the short time she was gone and she knew now that she would bruise the next day.
"But I am a merciful person," Igraine contined. His handsome face seemed bored and he pressed his lips together. "So you will become my student once more."
"That is more than I could have ever imagined to have received from you," murmured Morgause. She lowered herself gracefully and touched the icy ground with her forehead, waiting there, her breath making clouds on the marble floor. Igraine grabbed her arm and lifted her up forcefully and Morgause slowly but directly met his eyes. Igraine smiled.
"You have become bolder, Morgause. But beware for some may say boldness is someone's only weakness."
"Yes my lord." And Igraine's smile grew wider.
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*Hmmm....i'm playing with an idea in my mind. It seems as if when Legolas told Morgause to wait, he didn't realize how easily she might get distracted.....*evil grin* anyhoozles, please R&R!