In this chapter you'll learn that Edie has been very (and I mean very) sheltered.
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She had gotten out during the night, she couldn't believe that she'd actually done it.
She'd taken her horse from the stables and rode it through the gates and into the forest.
She had been riding all night and now Edie was sitting propped up against a tree half-asleep, but alert in case someone should find her.
The previous night she had snuck down into the stables and bribed a stable boy for his common clothes and silence. Her hair, she didn't have the heart to cut, so now it was in a braid down her back. She'd taken some food from the kitchens and some coins and a small knife that she had kept in a box in her rooms. Now she was tired, she was so tired, but she knew sleep was out of the question, only a quick rest now and then she would be off again.
So Edie got up after a few precious minutes of rest and was back on her horse again and riding once more.
As evening began to approach Edie stopped again in a small clearing and tied her horse to the nearest tree. She looked around for some wood and put it in a pile before realising that she didn't know how to light it, the servants always did that. So instead she sighed and sat looking at it, feeling lonely and sorry for herself.
As the sky began to grow darker Edie noticed a shadow lurking in the trees. She stood up quickly stepped backwards stumbling over the log that she had been sitting on, and fumbled in her boot for the knife. After some time she produced it with a "Ha!" and held it in front of her in a way that she thought was somewhat threatening, it wasn't. "Come out and face me, you coward!" she shouted to the shadowy figure, only to regret saying it as the figure moved towards her.
Edie moved back a step as the figure emerged from the shadows. It was a man, his face looked familiar, but somewhere in the past ten years Edie had forgotten her encounter with the elf, Legolas.
Unconsciously Edie moved forward again. "Who are you...have we met before?" she asked, looking at him in awe.
Legolas offered a small smile, "Yes, Princess. I know you. We met when you were much younger."
Then it came back to Edie, she gasped, "It's you! L..." she trailed off, she had forgotten his name, but she knew who he was now.
"Legolas." He said. "You can put that fruit knife down now, I will do you no harm."
Edie hadn't realised she was still pointing the knife at him, she lowered it and bent down, replacing it in her boot with some difficulty. "Sorry," she said shrugging, "I suppose I had forgotten that we had ever met, I came to the conclusion many years ago that you were a figment of my imagination."
"That I was not." Legolas said and perched upon the log Edie had previously been sitting. They looked at each other for a few moments, Edie was still surprised that he actually existed, the Legolas spoke, "They're looking for you."
Edie sighed, "I know...How do you know?" she asked him suspiciously. "How did you know who I was all those years ago?"
Legolas did not reply, he had put his bow and quiver on the ground beside him and was bent over the fire. Edie watched him, she couldn't see what he was doing, but pretty soon there was a fire where there previously had been none.
"How did you do that?" Edie asked him.
"You ask too many questions." Legolas said. "Sleep now, we shall be leaving this place early tomorrow morning."
Edie frowned at him, "We? What gives you the right to presume that I am going anywhere with you?"
"You know nothing of this land and need a travelling companion if you're going to get anywhere without being caught by those who seek you."
Edie raised a stubborn eyebrow at him but nonetheless lay down upon the ground and went to sleep by the fire, watching the flickering flames before she drifted off.
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More to come! Luv Joy ;0)
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She had gotten out during the night, she couldn't believe that she'd actually done it.
She'd taken her horse from the stables and rode it through the gates and into the forest.
She had been riding all night and now Edie was sitting propped up against a tree half-asleep, but alert in case someone should find her.
The previous night she had snuck down into the stables and bribed a stable boy for his common clothes and silence. Her hair, she didn't have the heart to cut, so now it was in a braid down her back. She'd taken some food from the kitchens and some coins and a small knife that she had kept in a box in her rooms. Now she was tired, she was so tired, but she knew sleep was out of the question, only a quick rest now and then she would be off again.
So Edie got up after a few precious minutes of rest and was back on her horse again and riding once more.
As evening began to approach Edie stopped again in a small clearing and tied her horse to the nearest tree. She looked around for some wood and put it in a pile before realising that she didn't know how to light it, the servants always did that. So instead she sighed and sat looking at it, feeling lonely and sorry for herself.
As the sky began to grow darker Edie noticed a shadow lurking in the trees. She stood up quickly stepped backwards stumbling over the log that she had been sitting on, and fumbled in her boot for the knife. After some time she produced it with a "Ha!" and held it in front of her in a way that she thought was somewhat threatening, it wasn't. "Come out and face me, you coward!" she shouted to the shadowy figure, only to regret saying it as the figure moved towards her.
Edie moved back a step as the figure emerged from the shadows. It was a man, his face looked familiar, but somewhere in the past ten years Edie had forgotten her encounter with the elf, Legolas.
Unconsciously Edie moved forward again. "Who are you...have we met before?" she asked, looking at him in awe.
Legolas offered a small smile, "Yes, Princess. I know you. We met when you were much younger."
Then it came back to Edie, she gasped, "It's you! L..." she trailed off, she had forgotten his name, but she knew who he was now.
"Legolas." He said. "You can put that fruit knife down now, I will do you no harm."
Edie hadn't realised she was still pointing the knife at him, she lowered it and bent down, replacing it in her boot with some difficulty. "Sorry," she said shrugging, "I suppose I had forgotten that we had ever met, I came to the conclusion many years ago that you were a figment of my imagination."
"That I was not." Legolas said and perched upon the log Edie had previously been sitting. They looked at each other for a few moments, Edie was still surprised that he actually existed, the Legolas spoke, "They're looking for you."
Edie sighed, "I know...How do you know?" she asked him suspiciously. "How did you know who I was all those years ago?"
Legolas did not reply, he had put his bow and quiver on the ground beside him and was bent over the fire. Edie watched him, she couldn't see what he was doing, but pretty soon there was a fire where there previously had been none.
"How did you do that?" Edie asked him.
"You ask too many questions." Legolas said. "Sleep now, we shall be leaving this place early tomorrow morning."
Edie frowned at him, "We? What gives you the right to presume that I am going anywhere with you?"
"You know nothing of this land and need a travelling companion if you're going to get anywhere without being caught by those who seek you."
Edie raised a stubborn eyebrow at him but nonetheless lay down upon the ground and went to sleep by the fire, watching the flickering flames before she drifted off.
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More to come! Luv Joy ;0)