*~*"Come Gimli," Legolas said. "You shall come with me and keep your word;
and thus we will journey on together to our own lands in Mirkwood and
beyond." J.R.R. Tolkien ~ "The Return of the King"*~*
THE FAERIE GOBLET
Chapter 28 ~ "Epilogue"
[On the eastern outskirts of Mirkwood on the road to the Lonely Mountain.]
"That did not go particularly well."
A disappointed silence. "Nay, it did not."
"Your father has a wicked temper. I have never seen an Elf turn that particular color of red before."
Another heavy silence. "I have. When he found that thirteen dwarves had escaped his dungeon and again when he marched upon the Lonely Mountain and found it held against him."
"Humph!" A thought filled pause. "This does not bode well for Alede does it?"
A sigh. "Nay, it does not."
"Will you warn her?"
"Aye, I must." A worried silence. Then very softly, "Do you think that she will fear to come to me because of him? No maiden would want him for a father in law."
"HA!" A Dwarvish scoff. "Alede would marry you if Sauron himself were your father. She is braver than ten dwarves and more stubborn than ten Elves! Thranduil will not keep her away!"
A soft Elvish chuckle.
"You are right. Father will not deter her." A considering pause. "Shall we stop here for the night? We are at the edge of the trees."
"Yes! Let me off of this beast! I long to stretch my legs and get a drink of water."
"Do not approach the river. It is said to be the home of Green Meg."
"Green Meg? Humph! Do not try to frighten me with your nursery rhymes!"
A mischievous silence.
Much later the stillness of Mirkwood was shattered by a howl of Dwarvin rage and a peel of Elvish laughter. There was a great crashing of undergrowth as if a clumsy dwarf were trying to pursue a much more agile prey.
Calm was restored to the forest very slowly and only occasionally broken by curse words mumbled in Dwarvish and answered by the muffled laughter of an Elf.
The End (Really)
~ ~ ~
A/N: Don't miss the teaser at the end of chapter 27. See you in February and happy New Year everyone! :D
THE FAERIE GOBLET
Chapter 28 ~ "Epilogue"
[On the eastern outskirts of Mirkwood on the road to the Lonely Mountain.]
"That did not go particularly well."
A disappointed silence. "Nay, it did not."
"Your father has a wicked temper. I have never seen an Elf turn that particular color of red before."
Another heavy silence. "I have. When he found that thirteen dwarves had escaped his dungeon and again when he marched upon the Lonely Mountain and found it held against him."
"Humph!" A thought filled pause. "This does not bode well for Alede does it?"
A sigh. "Nay, it does not."
"Will you warn her?"
"Aye, I must." A worried silence. Then very softly, "Do you think that she will fear to come to me because of him? No maiden would want him for a father in law."
"HA!" A Dwarvish scoff. "Alede would marry you if Sauron himself were your father. She is braver than ten dwarves and more stubborn than ten Elves! Thranduil will not keep her away!"
A soft Elvish chuckle.
"You are right. Father will not deter her." A considering pause. "Shall we stop here for the night? We are at the edge of the trees."
"Yes! Let me off of this beast! I long to stretch my legs and get a drink of water."
"Do not approach the river. It is said to be the home of Green Meg."
"Green Meg? Humph! Do not try to frighten me with your nursery rhymes!"
A mischievous silence.
Much later the stillness of Mirkwood was shattered by a howl of Dwarvin rage and a peel of Elvish laughter. There was a great crashing of undergrowth as if a clumsy dwarf were trying to pursue a much more agile prey.
Calm was restored to the forest very slowly and only occasionally broken by curse words mumbled in Dwarvish and answered by the muffled laughter of an Elf.
The End (Really)
~ ~ ~
A/N: Don't miss the teaser at the end of chapter 27. See you in February and happy New Year everyone! :D