Chapter 13
Perilous Waters
Legolas, accompanied by Myian and Rouge, slept the rest of that night. When he woke up, Myian and Rouge were already ready to travel. Without a word, he just picked up the pouch and his archery equipment and began to walk North.
As he walked, he could see the eastern edge of Mirkwood. He didn't long to go home, so he didn't even stop to visit. Myian wasn't anxious to go home either. Rouge seemed to show some interest, but kept all her questions to herself. She had never been anywhere else, other than her home in her home. She missed the way she woke up to the roaring waterfalls, and the smell of fire-flowers, but she had a journey now, she had meaning...
After Mirkwood was a good distance away, Legolas turned to see Rouge giving most of her support on her walking stick. He knew she was fatigued, so he stopped next to the river and told Myian it was time to rest.
Rouge was extremely grateful over Legolas' decision, because she had no desire to be carried on his back again.
She took of her oversized boots and placed her feet into the river. She could see Ered Mithrin from were she was sitting. It was a small belt of Mountains, they were colored blue by the sky and were white at the tops. She could also see a peak where snow seemed to cease.
Legolas saw the peek that she was looking at and spoke.
"That is our destination. Galadriel spoke of the new memeber of our group to be there."
He then dropped the pouch on the ground, and lay his head on it, face glaring into the sky. Myian had pulled up her leggings and pulled of her boots and joined Rouge next to the river.
"So...," Myian said ot Rouge. "You are the last of the Dragon Spawn?" Rouge nodded.
"I'm... sorry. I know how it feels to be alone also. Elves treat me differernt because I am only half alike to them. When I was a child, they kept there children away from me. My mother seemed disgraced to the 'mistake' she had made, and joined them in shaming me. I soon just ran away, hoping that it was the solution to my problem. But I had faced the cruel world of man, and soon relied on thievery to survive. When I had gone through enough, I returned to Mirkwood. I built my house there with my own bare hands. People thought I was from Rivendell, so I went along with it, until the day my mother saw me. She then said the most hurtful thing I had learned in my life." Myian turned to Rouge who was listening with interest.
"She said to me, 'Why did you come back? You don't belong here'. Everybody who had became my friend, soon left me alone. But I met someone who didn't treat me any different. This person picked me up off the ground and explained to me that it didn't matter what other people think of me. 'As long as you live your life to they way you see fitting!' He told me. But he soon afterwards went to Rivendell, leaving me alone. He returned years later, soon after I had become cold hearted from all my losses, without anything to say to anyone except, 'I have made my mistake, never shall I make friendship again.' This person was Legolas. I tried many times to visit him, but guards forbade it. I waited for him to leave the palace, but he always was in the Royal Garden, or on his balcony looking at the stars. This is why I follow him. I hope to get back the man that was my friend, the man whi would speak his mind, who would help those in need, who... who would love the life he was given."
Legolas had overheard all of this. He didn't remeber this until now. He didn't know that the his past half-elf friend was indeed Myian. The little innocent girl that had become skilled in the art of thievery was now the beautiful fighter Myian. He couldn't recognize her because he had never known the little girl's name.
Legolas pondered over the fact, but dind't feel bad knowing that he had shunned his friend from his early years before the fellowship of the ring. He thought she had been killed or moved away from her torture. But she became a respected half-elf of Mirkwood. She became kind hearted towards the 'little ones' of Mirkwood. Some people became her friend, but some still avoided her. Her remembered looking at her from his balcony toying with his pointed ear that was injured when he jumped from a tree, and asking a maid who she was.
He then turned to look at his long lost friend. She began to return his stare, but a large tenticle reached from the water and grabbed her by her thin neck. It dragged her into the water, attempting to drown her. Rouge acted immediatly by raising her staff, causing two spikes, burning with green fire to poke out from each end of her stick.
Legolas forgot about his bow and drew his dagger. Rouge and he lunged at the creature that had grabbed hold of Myian. Legolas was not going to lose his only friend left alive... not now...
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Yeah! I think I just got some of the truth spilled out about Myian's past. I tried my best to make it interesting. Look at the part when Myian see Legolas for the first time in this story and look at this part and the fit perfectly. That was an accident too ^_^!
Here we go again:
Perilous Waters
Legolas, accompanied by Myian and Rouge, slept the rest of that night. When he woke up, Myian and Rouge were already ready to travel. Without a word, he just picked up the pouch and his archery equipment and began to walk North.
As he walked, he could see the eastern edge of Mirkwood. He didn't long to go home, so he didn't even stop to visit. Myian wasn't anxious to go home either. Rouge seemed to show some interest, but kept all her questions to herself. She had never been anywhere else, other than her home in her home. She missed the way she woke up to the roaring waterfalls, and the smell of fire-flowers, but she had a journey now, she had meaning...
After Mirkwood was a good distance away, Legolas turned to see Rouge giving most of her support on her walking stick. He knew she was fatigued, so he stopped next to the river and told Myian it was time to rest.
Rouge was extremely grateful over Legolas' decision, because she had no desire to be carried on his back again.
She took of her oversized boots and placed her feet into the river. She could see Ered Mithrin from were she was sitting. It was a small belt of Mountains, they were colored blue by the sky and were white at the tops. She could also see a peak where snow seemed to cease.
Legolas saw the peek that she was looking at and spoke.
"That is our destination. Galadriel spoke of the new memeber of our group to be there."
He then dropped the pouch on the ground, and lay his head on it, face glaring into the sky. Myian had pulled up her leggings and pulled of her boots and joined Rouge next to the river.
"So...," Myian said ot Rouge. "You are the last of the Dragon Spawn?" Rouge nodded.
"I'm... sorry. I know how it feels to be alone also. Elves treat me differernt because I am only half alike to them. When I was a child, they kept there children away from me. My mother seemed disgraced to the 'mistake' she had made, and joined them in shaming me. I soon just ran away, hoping that it was the solution to my problem. But I had faced the cruel world of man, and soon relied on thievery to survive. When I had gone through enough, I returned to Mirkwood. I built my house there with my own bare hands. People thought I was from Rivendell, so I went along with it, until the day my mother saw me. She then said the most hurtful thing I had learned in my life." Myian turned to Rouge who was listening with interest.
"She said to me, 'Why did you come back? You don't belong here'. Everybody who had became my friend, soon left me alone. But I met someone who didn't treat me any different. This person picked me up off the ground and explained to me that it didn't matter what other people think of me. 'As long as you live your life to they way you see fitting!' He told me. But he soon afterwards went to Rivendell, leaving me alone. He returned years later, soon after I had become cold hearted from all my losses, without anything to say to anyone except, 'I have made my mistake, never shall I make friendship again.' This person was Legolas. I tried many times to visit him, but guards forbade it. I waited for him to leave the palace, but he always was in the Royal Garden, or on his balcony looking at the stars. This is why I follow him. I hope to get back the man that was my friend, the man whi would speak his mind, who would help those in need, who... who would love the life he was given."
Legolas had overheard all of this. He didn't remeber this until now. He didn't know that the his past half-elf friend was indeed Myian. The little innocent girl that had become skilled in the art of thievery was now the beautiful fighter Myian. He couldn't recognize her because he had never known the little girl's name.
Legolas pondered over the fact, but dind't feel bad knowing that he had shunned his friend from his early years before the fellowship of the ring. He thought she had been killed or moved away from her torture. But she became a respected half-elf of Mirkwood. She became kind hearted towards the 'little ones' of Mirkwood. Some people became her friend, but some still avoided her. Her remembered looking at her from his balcony toying with his pointed ear that was injured when he jumped from a tree, and asking a maid who she was.
He then turned to look at his long lost friend. She began to return his stare, but a large tenticle reached from the water and grabbed her by her thin neck. It dragged her into the water, attempting to drown her. Rouge acted immediatly by raising her staff, causing two spikes, burning with green fire to poke out from each end of her stick.
Legolas forgot about his bow and drew his dagger. Rouge and he lunged at the creature that had grabbed hold of Myian. Legolas was not going to lose his only friend left alive... not now...
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Yeah! I think I just got some of the truth spilled out about Myian's past. I tried my best to make it interesting. Look at the part when Myian see Legolas for the first time in this story and look at this part and the fit perfectly. That was an accident too ^_^!
Here we go again: