Diphylla the Malevolent - Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own LoTR in any way, shape, or form, and am not making any money off of this fanfic (damn!). Any other characters belong to me (such as Diphylla, Eäráng, and Tódia).
Warning: Legolas/Haldir, Aragorn/Arwen... and more later on! :D Don't like, don't read! Oh yeah, and VAMPIRES and undead stuff. So if you don't like the whole undead thing, just don't read.
A/N: This is happening after everything with the Ring (and yes, I have read most of the third book, and I'm assuming everything turned out ok), and everyone is leading their normal lives again.
Another A/N: '' is Elvish, "" is Common, / / is thought.
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'Eäráng! Tódia! Hurry or we shall be late!'
'Coming, mother!' the two chorused as they quickly grabbed their cloaks and ran out to the front gate. 'Where are we going?' Eäráng asked while tugging at his mother's pale violet dress. 'Will it be fun?' Tódia inquired, as she grasped her mother's pale hand.
'Of course it will be fun, Tódia! We are going on a picnic with Prince Legolas, but your father will be joining us as soon as he arrives from his journey,' Arwen informed the children. 'Good morning, Prince Legolas!'
'Good morning, Lady Arwen, how are you on this fine day?' the blond, brown- eyed elf prince asked. He brushed a loose strand of his flowing hair behind his slightly pointed ear, smiling at his best friend's wife.
'I am very well, thank you. How are you?'
'Very good, thanks,' he replied. 'Hello there.'
'Good morning Prince Legolas!' the two greeted while clutching to their mother's hands.
As Legolas was about to comment, Haldir appeared and said, 'Do you mind if I accompany you? I received a message from Aragorn... suggesting it.'
'All right,' Arwen agreed, reluctantly. She knew of Haldir and Legolas' relationship together, and did not want her children witnessing it.
'Now, shall we be off?'
The five arrived at the chosen spot a little while later, where Arwen laid down the elegantly designed cloth on which they would sit and dine. The two children went off to play in the nearby flowers where Tódia was making a necklace out of the violet, magenta, and golden flowers while Eäráng was talking to a short maple tree. Haldir went off into the forest, and the sky started to cloud over.
'Legolas?'
'Yes, Lady Arwen?'
'Please stop with the courtesies, Legolas,' Arwen requested, since they were now alone. The blond elf nodded, still watching the children playing. 'Why did Haldir come?'
Legolas paused, 'Well... you have surely heard about the missing Humans of late...' Arwen nodded slightly, and he continued, 'Recently women and children, of all races, have been disappearing. Aragorn does not think this is safe, and therefore wanted Haldir to come as a watch.'
'But Legolas, you could stop these kidnappers, whoever they are, and we could get the children safely back to Rivendell. Surely they would not be foolish enough to try and take us mere miles away from this haven!' Arwen argued.
'Men have been disappearing as well, with no sign of struggle.'
'That just shows Men are weak!'
'Arwen, there are rumors of a Vampire posing herself as a queen who is trying to build an army greater than that of Sauron.'
Arwen shivered at the One Ring maker's name, remembering the great task of destroying the Ring, causing pain for many. 'That is impossible.'
'Vampires of seductive powers... that even some Elves cannot withstand for long. There could a great danger soon, and this is only the beginning.'
The half-elf looked down at her hands sadly. She knew what the young prince said was true about vampires, even though she did not want to believe it. If he and Aragorn could not fight it, then no one could, and this thought scared her.
'I am going to check on Haldir, and take a quick look around. You three start eating. I will be back soon.' With that, Legolas stood up with the traditional elfish grace, and strode quickly into the woods. He heard Arwen call to the children as he left.
'Haldir! Haldir!' Legolas called, looking around for his love. His eyes landed on the taller elf who lay in a crumpled heap on the ground. 'Haldir!' Legolas, panicking, darted over to the fallen form where he kneeled put a light hand to his forehead. He was deathly cold. 'Haldir? Haldir!'
Haldir moaned, and opened his eyes, 'Legolas?'
'Yes, it is me-' He was cut off when two strong pairs of hands wrapped around his neck, cutting off most of the air. Haldir sat up, looking at the prince with a hungry gleam in his eye, unlike any Legolas had ever seen before.
'Ha-Haldir?' Legolas managed to choke out, as he vainly tried to pry the taller one's grip apart. Once he realized Haldir was not going to let go, he started attacking his face. Finally, when he caught one of Haldir's eyes, his hands loosened their grip for the vital time it took for the prince to get free.
Legolas heard a scream and suddenly realized, /Arwen!/ He turned and started running as fast as he could to the spot where the three were having the picnic, and reached for an arrow when he realized he had left his bow and arrows at Rivendell. /Damn it!/ He took out his long, intricately designed dagger and prepared to defend his friend's family when he heard and felt an arrow fly mere millimeters from his ear. /Haldir.../
Ignoring his lover's arrows, the prince ran on. When he reached the small meadow, he looked in horror at the pale green monsters and skeletons that were lumbering menacingly towards the frightened children and their mother.
He kept running and met with one of the skeletons and slashed it's small neck bones with his dagger, and then the other creatures started to notice him. He slashed the throat of one of the corpses, but the thing kept on coming towards him, so he cut it's head off as well.
Suddenly arrows were upon him again, for Haldir had followed him. Legolas tried to keep moving, resulting in arrows clattering into random skeletons and embedding themselves into the undead bodies with sickening thumps.
After a few more monsters went down, he heard a female voice booming in a language he could not understand. He stood, frozen in horror, as the skeletons started coming back together and standing up. /What is this... this evil?/ he thought, before being jolted back to the situation by an arrow grazing his temple and a slash to his right arm. He gasped, but did not let the cut stop him.
"Lanno! Leth werthi nalano mala incé!" the female voice shouted. The undead warriors halted in their attack and stood limp. Legolas backed up and stood defiantly in front of Arwen and her children, to protect them from further attack.
The lady, who seemed to be commanding the undead attackers, stepped forward smiling maliciously, violet eyes glittering. She was clad in a blood red, long-sleeved, v-neck shirt that had a silver clasp in the middle, exposing most of her cleavage and stomach. Her skirt was also blood red, with slits up the sides, revealing her slender legs with silver clasps at each hip. When she walked, her long black cape, which shimmered a deep violet on the underside, flowed about her, giving her a dark feeling. Her jet-black hair snaked down her back, accented by the silver fang-shaped earrings adorning her pointed ears.
"Well, well, well," she drawled in a velvet voice, "the legendary prince of Mirkwood, Legolas Greenleaf! I have been dying to meet you in person. I doubt you have heard of me, but you have most certainly heard of my latest deeds. I am Diphylla the Vampire, Queen of the Undead and all those dark and evil."
He heard Arwen gasp behind him, but his mind was racing, /How are we going to get out of here? I can only protect Arwen and her children for so long... where is Aragorn and his company?/
"Young prince, I know you are already desperately trying to think of a way to escape, but as you can observe, there is none!" she commented, and then let out a malevolent laugh. "No one can save you now! Join us, or perish."
"We will never join you!" Arwen spat, glaring at the self proclaimed queen.
"Have it your way. Kaliné manalath!"
The undead warriors started advancing again, but this time with much more force than Legolas had expected. 'Run, Arwen! I cannot hold them much longer at this rate!' Arwen scooped her children up and started running, while Legolas attacked the skeletons who tried to grab her tried to keep them from him.
"Lanno manalath! Lanno manalath! Galash no salina! Leth werthi déliv mala no salino!" Diphylla cried, and then the undead went after Arwen. Legolas, detecting the change in target, tried to disable as many of the enemy as he could before they got too far, but his senses screamed at him that Diphylla was approaching him. He whirled to face her.
"Join me, Legolas. Together we will rule all," she offered, extending her hand.
"I will never join you," Legolas stated calmly.
"Fine. Haldir!" His lover came over and knelt to her, "Finith incé."
Haldir stood, and shot at the startled Legolas, grazing his shoulder as he jumped out of its path a moment too late. Giving up on this tactic, Haldir charged at Legolas, dagger drawn. The prince went on the defensive as Haldir's strikes came fast and hard, forcing him back.
At one block, there was a test of strength between the two, where they locked eyes. It was quickly broken when the taller elf used his lover's blade to trail down and cut his hand. Legolas yelped and dropped his blade, which Haldir took to his advantage. He grabbed the fragile elf's wrists and pushed him into the tree behind them, using a hip check to protect his lower body. He took both of Legolas' wrists into his right hand and used the other to trail down the prince's face before forcefully pulling Legolas' head to the left and pinning him there. He was leaning in and about to bite his lover's neck, but was knocked aside by a new assailant.
"Railai! Railai!" Diphylla screeched to her followers as she sent a blast of black light towards Legolas' savior. "We will meet again, young prince!" She and her followers then disappeared in a cloud of black smoke as she cackled.
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A/N: Well, what didja think? I'm aiming for 5 reviews, if you could spare a moment. Comments and constructive criticism encouraged! ^___^
Disclaimer: I do not own LoTR in any way, shape, or form, and am not making any money off of this fanfic (damn!). Any other characters belong to me (such as Diphylla, Eäráng, and Tódia).
Warning: Legolas/Haldir, Aragorn/Arwen... and more later on! :D Don't like, don't read! Oh yeah, and VAMPIRES and undead stuff. So if you don't like the whole undead thing, just don't read.
A/N: This is happening after everything with the Ring (and yes, I have read most of the third book, and I'm assuming everything turned out ok), and everyone is leading their normal lives again.
Another A/N: '' is Elvish, "" is Common, / / is thought.
- - - - -
'Eäráng! Tódia! Hurry or we shall be late!'
'Coming, mother!' the two chorused as they quickly grabbed their cloaks and ran out to the front gate. 'Where are we going?' Eäráng asked while tugging at his mother's pale violet dress. 'Will it be fun?' Tódia inquired, as she grasped her mother's pale hand.
'Of course it will be fun, Tódia! We are going on a picnic with Prince Legolas, but your father will be joining us as soon as he arrives from his journey,' Arwen informed the children. 'Good morning, Prince Legolas!'
'Good morning, Lady Arwen, how are you on this fine day?' the blond, brown- eyed elf prince asked. He brushed a loose strand of his flowing hair behind his slightly pointed ear, smiling at his best friend's wife.
'I am very well, thank you. How are you?'
'Very good, thanks,' he replied. 'Hello there.'
'Good morning Prince Legolas!' the two greeted while clutching to their mother's hands.
As Legolas was about to comment, Haldir appeared and said, 'Do you mind if I accompany you? I received a message from Aragorn... suggesting it.'
'All right,' Arwen agreed, reluctantly. She knew of Haldir and Legolas' relationship together, and did not want her children witnessing it.
'Now, shall we be off?'
The five arrived at the chosen spot a little while later, where Arwen laid down the elegantly designed cloth on which they would sit and dine. The two children went off to play in the nearby flowers where Tódia was making a necklace out of the violet, magenta, and golden flowers while Eäráng was talking to a short maple tree. Haldir went off into the forest, and the sky started to cloud over.
'Legolas?'
'Yes, Lady Arwen?'
'Please stop with the courtesies, Legolas,' Arwen requested, since they were now alone. The blond elf nodded, still watching the children playing. 'Why did Haldir come?'
Legolas paused, 'Well... you have surely heard about the missing Humans of late...' Arwen nodded slightly, and he continued, 'Recently women and children, of all races, have been disappearing. Aragorn does not think this is safe, and therefore wanted Haldir to come as a watch.'
'But Legolas, you could stop these kidnappers, whoever they are, and we could get the children safely back to Rivendell. Surely they would not be foolish enough to try and take us mere miles away from this haven!' Arwen argued.
'Men have been disappearing as well, with no sign of struggle.'
'That just shows Men are weak!'
'Arwen, there are rumors of a Vampire posing herself as a queen who is trying to build an army greater than that of Sauron.'
Arwen shivered at the One Ring maker's name, remembering the great task of destroying the Ring, causing pain for many. 'That is impossible.'
'Vampires of seductive powers... that even some Elves cannot withstand for long. There could a great danger soon, and this is only the beginning.'
The half-elf looked down at her hands sadly. She knew what the young prince said was true about vampires, even though she did not want to believe it. If he and Aragorn could not fight it, then no one could, and this thought scared her.
'I am going to check on Haldir, and take a quick look around. You three start eating. I will be back soon.' With that, Legolas stood up with the traditional elfish grace, and strode quickly into the woods. He heard Arwen call to the children as he left.
'Haldir! Haldir!' Legolas called, looking around for his love. His eyes landed on the taller elf who lay in a crumpled heap on the ground. 'Haldir!' Legolas, panicking, darted over to the fallen form where he kneeled put a light hand to his forehead. He was deathly cold. 'Haldir? Haldir!'
Haldir moaned, and opened his eyes, 'Legolas?'
'Yes, it is me-' He was cut off when two strong pairs of hands wrapped around his neck, cutting off most of the air. Haldir sat up, looking at the prince with a hungry gleam in his eye, unlike any Legolas had ever seen before.
'Ha-Haldir?' Legolas managed to choke out, as he vainly tried to pry the taller one's grip apart. Once he realized Haldir was not going to let go, he started attacking his face. Finally, when he caught one of Haldir's eyes, his hands loosened their grip for the vital time it took for the prince to get free.
Legolas heard a scream and suddenly realized, /Arwen!/ He turned and started running as fast as he could to the spot where the three were having the picnic, and reached for an arrow when he realized he had left his bow and arrows at Rivendell. /Damn it!/ He took out his long, intricately designed dagger and prepared to defend his friend's family when he heard and felt an arrow fly mere millimeters from his ear. /Haldir.../
Ignoring his lover's arrows, the prince ran on. When he reached the small meadow, he looked in horror at the pale green monsters and skeletons that were lumbering menacingly towards the frightened children and their mother.
He kept running and met with one of the skeletons and slashed it's small neck bones with his dagger, and then the other creatures started to notice him. He slashed the throat of one of the corpses, but the thing kept on coming towards him, so he cut it's head off as well.
Suddenly arrows were upon him again, for Haldir had followed him. Legolas tried to keep moving, resulting in arrows clattering into random skeletons and embedding themselves into the undead bodies with sickening thumps.
After a few more monsters went down, he heard a female voice booming in a language he could not understand. He stood, frozen in horror, as the skeletons started coming back together and standing up. /What is this... this evil?/ he thought, before being jolted back to the situation by an arrow grazing his temple and a slash to his right arm. He gasped, but did not let the cut stop him.
"Lanno! Leth werthi nalano mala incé!" the female voice shouted. The undead warriors halted in their attack and stood limp. Legolas backed up and stood defiantly in front of Arwen and her children, to protect them from further attack.
The lady, who seemed to be commanding the undead attackers, stepped forward smiling maliciously, violet eyes glittering. She was clad in a blood red, long-sleeved, v-neck shirt that had a silver clasp in the middle, exposing most of her cleavage and stomach. Her skirt was also blood red, with slits up the sides, revealing her slender legs with silver clasps at each hip. When she walked, her long black cape, which shimmered a deep violet on the underside, flowed about her, giving her a dark feeling. Her jet-black hair snaked down her back, accented by the silver fang-shaped earrings adorning her pointed ears.
"Well, well, well," she drawled in a velvet voice, "the legendary prince of Mirkwood, Legolas Greenleaf! I have been dying to meet you in person. I doubt you have heard of me, but you have most certainly heard of my latest deeds. I am Diphylla the Vampire, Queen of the Undead and all those dark and evil."
He heard Arwen gasp behind him, but his mind was racing, /How are we going to get out of here? I can only protect Arwen and her children for so long... where is Aragorn and his company?/
"Young prince, I know you are already desperately trying to think of a way to escape, but as you can observe, there is none!" she commented, and then let out a malevolent laugh. "No one can save you now! Join us, or perish."
"We will never join you!" Arwen spat, glaring at the self proclaimed queen.
"Have it your way. Kaliné manalath!"
The undead warriors started advancing again, but this time with much more force than Legolas had expected. 'Run, Arwen! I cannot hold them much longer at this rate!' Arwen scooped her children up and started running, while Legolas attacked the skeletons who tried to grab her tried to keep them from him.
"Lanno manalath! Lanno manalath! Galash no salina! Leth werthi déliv mala no salino!" Diphylla cried, and then the undead went after Arwen. Legolas, detecting the change in target, tried to disable as many of the enemy as he could before they got too far, but his senses screamed at him that Diphylla was approaching him. He whirled to face her.
"Join me, Legolas. Together we will rule all," she offered, extending her hand.
"I will never join you," Legolas stated calmly.
"Fine. Haldir!" His lover came over and knelt to her, "Finith incé."
Haldir stood, and shot at the startled Legolas, grazing his shoulder as he jumped out of its path a moment too late. Giving up on this tactic, Haldir charged at Legolas, dagger drawn. The prince went on the defensive as Haldir's strikes came fast and hard, forcing him back.
At one block, there was a test of strength between the two, where they locked eyes. It was quickly broken when the taller elf used his lover's blade to trail down and cut his hand. Legolas yelped and dropped his blade, which Haldir took to his advantage. He grabbed the fragile elf's wrists and pushed him into the tree behind them, using a hip check to protect his lower body. He took both of Legolas' wrists into his right hand and used the other to trail down the prince's face before forcefully pulling Legolas' head to the left and pinning him there. He was leaning in and about to bite his lover's neck, but was knocked aside by a new assailant.
"Railai! Railai!" Diphylla screeched to her followers as she sent a blast of black light towards Legolas' savior. "We will meet again, young prince!" She and her followers then disappeared in a cloud of black smoke as she cackled.
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A/N: Well, what didja think? I'm aiming for 5 reviews, if you could spare a moment. Comments and constructive criticism encouraged! ^___^