Chapter Number: 19
Chapter Title: Reunion I
Original Chapter Title: Reunion
Aragorn took one more look at the elf before he melted into his hands in desperation.
"We're not going to get her back Gimli, or Legolas. He ran off, to find Elle for sure. Poor soul. He'll never find her." But just as he said that, Legolas strode over to him placing Elanor against a stump.
"For once the human was wrong." Gimli said smiling.
"How on Middle-earth..." Aragorn began.
"I will tell you later." Legolas said quietly.
"Should we wake her?" Aragorn questioned.
"No." Legolas whispered. "Some how she knows she's here. Look, her breathing is becoming easier."
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'I have to wake up. I have to. Not just for Legolas, but for Elle. She's here. But how? How can I be sure? I have to open my eyes. Or at least say something!' Lauri thought. Fighting to stay conscious enough to even think, was becoming difficult. Once again she tried to open her eyes, but could not. 'Why? Why have I lost control over myself? Soon.' she thought, 'soon my mind too, will be gone.' Tears began to form in her closed eyes. 'SPEAK!!!' she ordered herself, 'SPEAK NOW!'
"...Legolas, I love you..." Lauri said almost not at all, tears still streaming down her face, her eyes remained closed. Legolas looked at her with hope in his eyes. 'She loves me? I feel the same! She's going to live! She has to live!' he thought as knelt beside her.
"I love you too Lauri" he said, hoping she would hear, and then he kissed her. Lauri's eyes opened as Legolas kissed her and she blinked several times to focus her vision.
"You're awake!" Legolas cried with joy when he saw her eyes open. She nodded and looked around. Then, she spotted Elanor. Her eyes grew wide and the light that had left them so long ago, returned,
"You really did find her!" she tried to shout, but her voice was still too weak. With the little strength she had, she threw her arms around him and kissed him.
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'He has brought me here. But where is Lauri? Why is she not by my side? What is she fighting?' Elle thought to herself. She opened her eyes and found Legolas embracing Lauri. She smiled and said in Sindarin to her friend.
"Ed' I'ear ar' elenea, Yallume!"
A smirk spread across both of their faces and Lauri winked back in a reply before turning back to Legolas, with love and thankfulness shining in her eyes.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lauri cried. She let go of him and tried to crawl over to where Elle was but failed miserably. Legolas lifted her and carried her to Elle.
"Elle. I'm so glad you're alive! I...I...I..." Lauri burst into tears of joy, unable to finish her sentence.
"*I* can not believe you're, you're, *why* can't you move?"
"Many things have happened while you were gone, mellonamin. It is a long and sad story. The only way I can think of to make it shorter is by saying, 'I followed the path of my mother'." At first Elanor sat there with her eyes wide in disbelief
"If I could lift my sword right now, where ever it is, I would hit you on the back of the head with it! Please promise me you'll never do that again; not for me, for Legolas, for anyone. Why didn't you tell her I would have wanted her to live her life?" Elanor said now turning to Legolas.
"I did! Didn't I Lauri?" Legolas said defending himself.
"He did; but things like that, cannot be prevented. They happen and there is no stopping them. Just as I lost my mother, you all could have lost me. Even though you all tried hard to help me, it didn't help at all. Nothing really did, until Legolas brought Elle back." Lauri explained.
"You mean all the things I did to keep you alive another day, didn't do anything?!" Aragorn cried.
"You, Aragorn, could have kept me alive physically, but it would not have mattered. I would have been lost spiritually."
"Oh butterrum, alright everybody, new rule. If you die, don't tell Lauri about it. Especially you Gimli." At that statement from Elle, everyone laughed haughtily and smiled. Everyone was going to be all right, but they had yet to experience the real touch of loss.
A.N.: ELLE: I think, "Ed' I'ear ar' elenea, Yallume!" means,"By the seas and stars, at last!" Well, something to the equivalent to "You go girl!"
LAURI: Yay! I'm not dying anymore! I'm so very happy! Well, anyways, the next chapter is the last one in Part One. :) It'll be up tomorrow! :D I Promise! Please R/R!!!!!!!!
Chapter Title: Reunion I
Original Chapter Title: Reunion
Aragorn took one more look at the elf before he melted into his hands in desperation.
"We're not going to get her back Gimli, or Legolas. He ran off, to find Elle for sure. Poor soul. He'll never find her." But just as he said that, Legolas strode over to him placing Elanor against a stump.
"For once the human was wrong." Gimli said smiling.
"How on Middle-earth..." Aragorn began.
"I will tell you later." Legolas said quietly.
"Should we wake her?" Aragorn questioned.
"No." Legolas whispered. "Some how she knows she's here. Look, her breathing is becoming easier."
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'I have to wake up. I have to. Not just for Legolas, but for Elle. She's here. But how? How can I be sure? I have to open my eyes. Or at least say something!' Lauri thought. Fighting to stay conscious enough to even think, was becoming difficult. Once again she tried to open her eyes, but could not. 'Why? Why have I lost control over myself? Soon.' she thought, 'soon my mind too, will be gone.' Tears began to form in her closed eyes. 'SPEAK!!!' she ordered herself, 'SPEAK NOW!'
"...Legolas, I love you..." Lauri said almost not at all, tears still streaming down her face, her eyes remained closed. Legolas looked at her with hope in his eyes. 'She loves me? I feel the same! She's going to live! She has to live!' he thought as knelt beside her.
"I love you too Lauri" he said, hoping she would hear, and then he kissed her. Lauri's eyes opened as Legolas kissed her and she blinked several times to focus her vision.
"You're awake!" Legolas cried with joy when he saw her eyes open. She nodded and looked around. Then, she spotted Elanor. Her eyes grew wide and the light that had left them so long ago, returned,
"You really did find her!" she tried to shout, but her voice was still too weak. With the little strength she had, she threw her arms around him and kissed him.
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'He has brought me here. But where is Lauri? Why is she not by my side? What is she fighting?' Elle thought to herself. She opened her eyes and found Legolas embracing Lauri. She smiled and said in Sindarin to her friend.
"Ed' I'ear ar' elenea, Yallume!"
A smirk spread across both of their faces and Lauri winked back in a reply before turning back to Legolas, with love and thankfulness shining in her eyes.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lauri cried. She let go of him and tried to crawl over to where Elle was but failed miserably. Legolas lifted her and carried her to Elle.
"Elle. I'm so glad you're alive! I...I...I..." Lauri burst into tears of joy, unable to finish her sentence.
"*I* can not believe you're, you're, *why* can't you move?"
"Many things have happened while you were gone, mellonamin. It is a long and sad story. The only way I can think of to make it shorter is by saying, 'I followed the path of my mother'." At first Elanor sat there with her eyes wide in disbelief
"If I could lift my sword right now, where ever it is, I would hit you on the back of the head with it! Please promise me you'll never do that again; not for me, for Legolas, for anyone. Why didn't you tell her I would have wanted her to live her life?" Elanor said now turning to Legolas.
"I did! Didn't I Lauri?" Legolas said defending himself.
"He did; but things like that, cannot be prevented. They happen and there is no stopping them. Just as I lost my mother, you all could have lost me. Even though you all tried hard to help me, it didn't help at all. Nothing really did, until Legolas brought Elle back." Lauri explained.
"You mean all the things I did to keep you alive another day, didn't do anything?!" Aragorn cried.
"You, Aragorn, could have kept me alive physically, but it would not have mattered. I would have been lost spiritually."
"Oh butterrum, alright everybody, new rule. If you die, don't tell Lauri about it. Especially you Gimli." At that statement from Elle, everyone laughed haughtily and smiled. Everyone was going to be all right, but they had yet to experience the real touch of loss.
A.N.: ELLE: I think, "Ed' I'ear ar' elenea, Yallume!" means,"By the seas and stars, at last!" Well, something to the equivalent to "You go girl!"
LAURI: Yay! I'm not dying anymore! I'm so very happy! Well, anyways, the next chapter is the last one in Part One. :) It'll be up tomorrow! :D I Promise! Please R/R!!!!!!!!