Authoress: Edward Uwnhai Silverfang
E-mail: Eddie_Uwnhai@Yahoo.com
Title: Standing at the Edge
Paring: Elrohir / Legolas
Summery: Ruali's bad feeling thingy finally takes place and Elrohir and Legolas have some thing to share.
Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR, I am merely using it for entertainment and no money is made from this story.
Warning: angst, slash, character death. Not original LOTR character, but my own.
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Ruali laid there, his arms surrounding the long dead corpse of his bonded mate. Why did fate have to be so cruel? He thought bitterly. His tears were long dried and the body becoming stiff when he heard the sound of foot steps approaching.
"Ruali?" Came a hesitant voice. Lord Kosha sat down next to the grief stricken elfling.
"I'm sorry about Preynue. But you need to clean up, and you should probably go home. Your father could help you." He said.
"I can't." Came a faint whisper.
"Why cant you?" Kosha asked.
"I loved him." He whispered in a voice that could of made a cave troll weep.
"I know you loved him, but he's dead now, you need to move on in your life. I'm sure that was what he would want." Kosha said trying to ease some of the pain he could clearly see.
"I can't." Ruali whispered again.
"Why? Explain to me why?" Kosha asked.
"We, well, we were kind of bound together." Ruali explained.
"When?" Kosha asked surprised.
"Just before he died." Ruali said waiting for the reprimand that was sure to come.
"Why would you do some thing like that? If he died that quickly then one could obviously tell it was coming? Why tie yourself down like that?!" Kosha asked.
"Because I needed it."
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Legolas and Elrohir woke up at the same time. They just sat staring at each other, not knowing what to say or what to do. But tears were falling from both of their eyes.
"Preynue's dead." Legolas said.
"I knew some thing bad was going to happen, I just didn't expect this." Elrohir cried.
"You knew?" Legolas asked.
"Ruali's been feeling this warning in his heart for a long time, that was the reason he came to Preynue in the first place. But the feeling never went away." Elrohir explained.
"Oh." Legolas sighed.
"Legolas! Elrohir! There you are. We've been looking all over for you two." Glorfindel said walking into the clearing.
"How long have you two been here?" He questioned.
"We fell asleep here last night." Legolas said. Sighing, Elrohir stood to his feet, still clasping Legolas' hand in his own firm grip.
"Glorfindel, Preynue died last night in our dream." Elrohir said.
"What? Both of you dream this?" He asked surprised.
"Yes." Legolas replied.
Glorfindel led the two boys to Lord Elrond's study, knocking they entered upon permission.
"They were in the garden, they had slept there, and don't worry they were fully dressed." Glorfindel said, smirk firmly concealed.
"Thank you Glorfindel." Elrond smiled. "What were you two doing there?" He asked.
"I had a glimpse of the garden upon my arrival and wanted to see it. I found Elrohir there, he was looking up at the sky, we talked for a bit, then I laid down next to him and we fell asleep." Legolas explained.
"Alright then, try not to sleep there any more, but 'tis alright." Elrond said. "Elrohir can you spare some time to talk to us now?"
"Actually, I wish Legolas to join us." Elrohir said hesitantly.
"Why?" Elrond asked curiosity entering his deep voice.
"Me and him have the same dreams." Elrohir continued.
"Well I dream them from my point of view or Preynue's, not Ruali's." Legolas said.
"Hmm, you two have a dream last night?" Elrond asked instantly reading the flashes of pain running across the boy's faces.
"Yes, Preynue died last night in our dreams." Elrohir said.
"Oh," He sighed, "Tell us what happened." Elrond said.
"Well Preynue had left early after saying goodbye to Ruali, on his way to his post, him and his party were attacked. He fought hard but was stabbed and fell." Legolas said.
"While that was happening Ruali was racing back to Preynue, he felt it like I've been saying. He nearly made it when his horse died, pushed past its limits, he struggled out from under it and joined the fight." Elrohir explained.
"Ruali fought with his sword for a while but he was struck in his side and lost his sword, so he punched the orc and drew out his knives. The fight was over soon, and he searched for Preynue."
"Ruali came running over to Preynue when he finally saw him, and Preynue tried to stop Ruali, he didn't want Ruali to die or any thing but the prince made Preynue bind himself to him." Legolas said.
"Only because they had already promised to bind, just as soon Preynue received a break from the war, and Ruali said he needed it." Elrohir continued the story once Legolas left off.
"Well, it's interesting, to finally here it from both sides that is." Glorfindel said.
"Yes it is." Elrond agreed. "Me and Glorfindel have been doing a lot of research, and well, what we found was very interesting. Destined lovers, if they died purely, would be reborn again."
"What do you mean by purely?" Legolas asked.
"What that means is if one was killed or something like that and loved his or her lover completely and his or her lover dies of a broken heart, or while still loving their dead lover fully they would be reborn again." Glorfindel explained.
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Ruali fell asleep and Lord Kosha gently lifted him up and carried him to get treated. After the wound was bandaged He took the boy back to the camp sight where he was gently laid out on Preynue's bed.
"Preynue?" Ruali asked when he woke up a few hours later. "Preynue my love, where are you?"
He looked around and wiped the sleep out of his eyes. "Oh, ya. I forgot." He whispered brokenly.
He stood up and looked around, he went over to the desk and sat down scanning his beloved's room. Then looking at the desk he saw a journal.
Upon opening it he read the first passage.
'What is this I feel, when my heart flutters with a glance from those o so gorgeous eyes. A single quirk of those full beautiful lips in glee, a single touch sends fire racing through my blood, my body tingles in unknown thunder, my heart pounds in my breast and the simplest thing he does sends me into this, this abyss of. . .
What is it, what could it be to do this to me, what?
Is it love? Do I love him? I soar on wings of gold, and jasper crowns my head, and milk bathes my body, love? Is that what it is? Is it love that sends me falling into light, that blinds me in this cavern, love? Could I have lost my heart, my soul to him, have I finally run head first into this new world of feelings? Love?'
He skips a few pages and reads another, then another. "These are all about love. Some are happy and some are filled with sorrow. I wonder who it was that influenced him to write these." Ruali said to himself.
He closes the book and studies it, and then he noticed faded writing on the dark brown leather covering. 'Up's and Down's of Love with a Prince.'
Ruali's eyes filled with new tears. He wrote these beautiful peaces of work for me? He packed his things and stuffed the book into his bag gently.
Walking out of the tent he quickly located Lord Kosha. "Lord, I think its time I go home." He said, throat swollen from crying.
"Yes of course, you will need a horse. I noticed yours died." He said hurriedly. "Look, if it means any thing, I've always considered Preynue one of my best worrier's, and almost a son to me. But any ways I will miss him too, just don't give up. Please don't give up." Kosha knew wasn't good at that thing, but he had to give it a shot any ways.
"I will try." Ruali whispered. He was led to a stable where he was given a horse, and he rode away towards his home.
(Four days later.)
He galloped into the gates of his home; his father stood their smiling in glee with his mother and older brother. The smiles quickly faded . . .
"Ruali, what troubles you so?" His mother, Randir, asked.
Ruali through his leg over the side of the horse weakly and stepped down, he promptly fell to his knees.
"Ruali!" His father and Lord of the valley came forward. "Get a healer!" He yelled.
His brother ran off as fast as he could. "Ruali, talk to me." Randir begged.
"What happened?" Huntrae questioned.
Ruali gazed up at his parents his eyes were glazed and. . . Dead? His face was pale and body cold to the touch. Then they noticed for the first time a book lying next to the ill prince.
Huntrae picked it up and held it for his son. "Father the healer is here." Thule said running to his brother's side.
After a few moments the healer stood. "I fear there's nothing I can do."
"What do you mean?" Randir cried. "What's wrong with him, is he hurt?"
"Yes, he's hurt, the only way that is not curable, that only one being could do to another. That only a lover can do." He said.
"What does that mean? Preynue loved my Ruali!" Huntrae yelled.
"Yes he did. I saw it my self on several occasions. But how else can you determine the cause for fading other than a broken heart. I would ask Lord Kosha what happened to Preynue." He said.
"Can we save him?" Randir sobbed.
"No, no I'm afraid that one does not simply heal from a broken heart, especially if that love was worthy of a bond." The healer said.
"What, they never took that step, did they?" Huntrae asked.
"What ever happened in Dragorlad it only takes a few days to reach here from there, and he would not have dallied there. He would come home, and he's practically dead already. The only type of grief that kills this quickly is when your bonded mate dies or leaves you." He said.
"No," Randir clung fiercely to her son's lithe body. "Please no."
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Legolas and Elrohir were walking down the hall together. They were just holding hands and enjoying peace. Soon they ended up at their destination where Elladan was waiting.
"Aw, how cute." Elladan smirked upon their entrance. "So what are you two love birds planning?" He asked.
"Well, it is my want to travel to Mirkwood and talk to King Thranduil." Elrohir said. "But I would need your help."
"How so, brother dear?" Elladan asked trying hard to keep from laughing.
"What so funny?" Legolas asked.
"Well, just you two. You go around holding hands and just walking and sitting, you don't even talk, and you two want to bond." Elladan exclaimed
"We don't need to communicate to know the others feelings." Legolas clipped.
"We just understand each other." Elrohir finished, a bit more mannered in tongue.
Elladan lost it there, "Fine, how can I help you love birds?"
"We need to find out how father feels about us being together, if you could just bring it up and find out." Elrohir asked.
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Later that night, Elrond called Legolas and Elrohir into his study. When the two boys entered he smiled slightly at the two of them.
"I hear you two want to bond?" Elrond started.
"Yes, if it's all right with you." Elrohir asked.
"I'm fine with that, I have seen you two together and can see the devotion the two of you have for each other, but I think King Thranduil will be a different matter." Elrond said.
"I think I can deal with my father well enough, and I thank you for you're under standing and generosity." Legolas replied formerly, but truth in the words that were spoken shone easily enough.
"And Father, when can we go to Mirkwood?" Elrohir asked.
"Well, in a week or so, I think I can offered the absence of Iavascorch for a short while, but just be sure you discuses this further before you make the finale step, this is a life commitment. And you need to make sure you invite every one that would be offended if they didn't know or were not invited for the ceremony." Elrond said.
"Yes, we know this father." Elrohir smiled gently.
"But I thank you for your information, we will defiantly need some help in this matter, seeing as how neither of us know where to begin, or. I don't know any thing, period." Legolas said exasperatedly, laughing and looking over at Elrohir.
Elrond chuckled lightly, "Yes, I will most certainly offer my guidance in this matter for the two of you."
"Thank you father." Elrohir said through the giggles that had joined the blonde's, he soon stopped though and hugged his father.
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E-mail: Eddie_Uwnhai@Yahoo.com
Title: Standing at the Edge
Paring: Elrohir / Legolas
Summery: Ruali's bad feeling thingy finally takes place and Elrohir and Legolas have some thing to share.
Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR, I am merely using it for entertainment and no money is made from this story.
Warning: angst, slash, character death. Not original LOTR character, but my own.
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Ruali laid there, his arms surrounding the long dead corpse of his bonded mate. Why did fate have to be so cruel? He thought bitterly. His tears were long dried and the body becoming stiff when he heard the sound of foot steps approaching.
"Ruali?" Came a hesitant voice. Lord Kosha sat down next to the grief stricken elfling.
"I'm sorry about Preynue. But you need to clean up, and you should probably go home. Your father could help you." He said.
"I can't." Came a faint whisper.
"Why cant you?" Kosha asked.
"I loved him." He whispered in a voice that could of made a cave troll weep.
"I know you loved him, but he's dead now, you need to move on in your life. I'm sure that was what he would want." Kosha said trying to ease some of the pain he could clearly see.
"I can't." Ruali whispered again.
"Why? Explain to me why?" Kosha asked.
"We, well, we were kind of bound together." Ruali explained.
"When?" Kosha asked surprised.
"Just before he died." Ruali said waiting for the reprimand that was sure to come.
"Why would you do some thing like that? If he died that quickly then one could obviously tell it was coming? Why tie yourself down like that?!" Kosha asked.
"Because I needed it."
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Legolas and Elrohir woke up at the same time. They just sat staring at each other, not knowing what to say or what to do. But tears were falling from both of their eyes.
"Preynue's dead." Legolas said.
"I knew some thing bad was going to happen, I just didn't expect this." Elrohir cried.
"You knew?" Legolas asked.
"Ruali's been feeling this warning in his heart for a long time, that was the reason he came to Preynue in the first place. But the feeling never went away." Elrohir explained.
"Oh." Legolas sighed.
"Legolas! Elrohir! There you are. We've been looking all over for you two." Glorfindel said walking into the clearing.
"How long have you two been here?" He questioned.
"We fell asleep here last night." Legolas said. Sighing, Elrohir stood to his feet, still clasping Legolas' hand in his own firm grip.
"Glorfindel, Preynue died last night in our dream." Elrohir said.
"What? Both of you dream this?" He asked surprised.
"Yes." Legolas replied.
Glorfindel led the two boys to Lord Elrond's study, knocking they entered upon permission.
"They were in the garden, they had slept there, and don't worry they were fully dressed." Glorfindel said, smirk firmly concealed.
"Thank you Glorfindel." Elrond smiled. "What were you two doing there?" He asked.
"I had a glimpse of the garden upon my arrival and wanted to see it. I found Elrohir there, he was looking up at the sky, we talked for a bit, then I laid down next to him and we fell asleep." Legolas explained.
"Alright then, try not to sleep there any more, but 'tis alright." Elrond said. "Elrohir can you spare some time to talk to us now?"
"Actually, I wish Legolas to join us." Elrohir said hesitantly.
"Why?" Elrond asked curiosity entering his deep voice.
"Me and him have the same dreams." Elrohir continued.
"Well I dream them from my point of view or Preynue's, not Ruali's." Legolas said.
"Hmm, you two have a dream last night?" Elrond asked instantly reading the flashes of pain running across the boy's faces.
"Yes, Preynue died last night in our dreams." Elrohir said.
"Oh," He sighed, "Tell us what happened." Elrond said.
"Well Preynue had left early after saying goodbye to Ruali, on his way to his post, him and his party were attacked. He fought hard but was stabbed and fell." Legolas said.
"While that was happening Ruali was racing back to Preynue, he felt it like I've been saying. He nearly made it when his horse died, pushed past its limits, he struggled out from under it and joined the fight." Elrohir explained.
"Ruali fought with his sword for a while but he was struck in his side and lost his sword, so he punched the orc and drew out his knives. The fight was over soon, and he searched for Preynue."
"Ruali came running over to Preynue when he finally saw him, and Preynue tried to stop Ruali, he didn't want Ruali to die or any thing but the prince made Preynue bind himself to him." Legolas said.
"Only because they had already promised to bind, just as soon Preynue received a break from the war, and Ruali said he needed it." Elrohir continued the story once Legolas left off.
"Well, it's interesting, to finally here it from both sides that is." Glorfindel said.
"Yes it is." Elrond agreed. "Me and Glorfindel have been doing a lot of research, and well, what we found was very interesting. Destined lovers, if they died purely, would be reborn again."
"What do you mean by purely?" Legolas asked.
"What that means is if one was killed or something like that and loved his or her lover completely and his or her lover dies of a broken heart, or while still loving their dead lover fully they would be reborn again." Glorfindel explained.
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Ruali fell asleep and Lord Kosha gently lifted him up and carried him to get treated. After the wound was bandaged He took the boy back to the camp sight where he was gently laid out on Preynue's bed.
"Preynue?" Ruali asked when he woke up a few hours later. "Preynue my love, where are you?"
He looked around and wiped the sleep out of his eyes. "Oh, ya. I forgot." He whispered brokenly.
He stood up and looked around, he went over to the desk and sat down scanning his beloved's room. Then looking at the desk he saw a journal.
Upon opening it he read the first passage.
'What is this I feel, when my heart flutters with a glance from those o so gorgeous eyes. A single quirk of those full beautiful lips in glee, a single touch sends fire racing through my blood, my body tingles in unknown thunder, my heart pounds in my breast and the simplest thing he does sends me into this, this abyss of. . .
What is it, what could it be to do this to me, what?
Is it love? Do I love him? I soar on wings of gold, and jasper crowns my head, and milk bathes my body, love? Is that what it is? Is it love that sends me falling into light, that blinds me in this cavern, love? Could I have lost my heart, my soul to him, have I finally run head first into this new world of feelings? Love?'
He skips a few pages and reads another, then another. "These are all about love. Some are happy and some are filled with sorrow. I wonder who it was that influenced him to write these." Ruali said to himself.
He closes the book and studies it, and then he noticed faded writing on the dark brown leather covering. 'Up's and Down's of Love with a Prince.'
Ruali's eyes filled with new tears. He wrote these beautiful peaces of work for me? He packed his things and stuffed the book into his bag gently.
Walking out of the tent he quickly located Lord Kosha. "Lord, I think its time I go home." He said, throat swollen from crying.
"Yes of course, you will need a horse. I noticed yours died." He said hurriedly. "Look, if it means any thing, I've always considered Preynue one of my best worrier's, and almost a son to me. But any ways I will miss him too, just don't give up. Please don't give up." Kosha knew wasn't good at that thing, but he had to give it a shot any ways.
"I will try." Ruali whispered. He was led to a stable where he was given a horse, and he rode away towards his home.
(Four days later.)
He galloped into the gates of his home; his father stood their smiling in glee with his mother and older brother. The smiles quickly faded . . .
"Ruali, what troubles you so?" His mother, Randir, asked.
Ruali through his leg over the side of the horse weakly and stepped down, he promptly fell to his knees.
"Ruali!" His father and Lord of the valley came forward. "Get a healer!" He yelled.
His brother ran off as fast as he could. "Ruali, talk to me." Randir begged.
"What happened?" Huntrae questioned.
Ruali gazed up at his parents his eyes were glazed and. . . Dead? His face was pale and body cold to the touch. Then they noticed for the first time a book lying next to the ill prince.
Huntrae picked it up and held it for his son. "Father the healer is here." Thule said running to his brother's side.
After a few moments the healer stood. "I fear there's nothing I can do."
"What do you mean?" Randir cried. "What's wrong with him, is he hurt?"
"Yes, he's hurt, the only way that is not curable, that only one being could do to another. That only a lover can do." He said.
"What does that mean? Preynue loved my Ruali!" Huntrae yelled.
"Yes he did. I saw it my self on several occasions. But how else can you determine the cause for fading other than a broken heart. I would ask Lord Kosha what happened to Preynue." He said.
"Can we save him?" Randir sobbed.
"No, no I'm afraid that one does not simply heal from a broken heart, especially if that love was worthy of a bond." The healer said.
"What, they never took that step, did they?" Huntrae asked.
"What ever happened in Dragorlad it only takes a few days to reach here from there, and he would not have dallied there. He would come home, and he's practically dead already. The only type of grief that kills this quickly is when your bonded mate dies or leaves you." He said.
"No," Randir clung fiercely to her son's lithe body. "Please no."
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Legolas and Elrohir were walking down the hall together. They were just holding hands and enjoying peace. Soon they ended up at their destination where Elladan was waiting.
"Aw, how cute." Elladan smirked upon their entrance. "So what are you two love birds planning?" He asked.
"Well, it is my want to travel to Mirkwood and talk to King Thranduil." Elrohir said. "But I would need your help."
"How so, brother dear?" Elladan asked trying hard to keep from laughing.
"What so funny?" Legolas asked.
"Well, just you two. You go around holding hands and just walking and sitting, you don't even talk, and you two want to bond." Elladan exclaimed
"We don't need to communicate to know the others feelings." Legolas clipped.
"We just understand each other." Elrohir finished, a bit more mannered in tongue.
Elladan lost it there, "Fine, how can I help you love birds?"
"We need to find out how father feels about us being together, if you could just bring it up and find out." Elrohir asked.
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Later that night, Elrond called Legolas and Elrohir into his study. When the two boys entered he smiled slightly at the two of them.
"I hear you two want to bond?" Elrond started.
"Yes, if it's all right with you." Elrohir asked.
"I'm fine with that, I have seen you two together and can see the devotion the two of you have for each other, but I think King Thranduil will be a different matter." Elrond said.
"I think I can deal with my father well enough, and I thank you for you're under standing and generosity." Legolas replied formerly, but truth in the words that were spoken shone easily enough.
"And Father, when can we go to Mirkwood?" Elrohir asked.
"Well, in a week or so, I think I can offered the absence of Iavascorch for a short while, but just be sure you discuses this further before you make the finale step, this is a life commitment. And you need to make sure you invite every one that would be offended if they didn't know or were not invited for the ceremony." Elrond said.
"Yes, we know this father." Elrohir smiled gently.
"But I thank you for your information, we will defiantly need some help in this matter, seeing as how neither of us know where to begin, or. I don't know any thing, period." Legolas said exasperatedly, laughing and looking over at Elrohir.
Elrond chuckled lightly, "Yes, I will most certainly offer my guidance in this matter for the two of you."
"Thank you father." Elrohir said through the giggles that had joined the blonde's, he soon stopped though and hugged his father.
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