Chapter Nine - A Master of Deception
When the cell door opened again, Legolas instinctively clutched Melriadora tightly. They would not harm her anymore. Anything else would kill her, he was sure of it. At the moment Melriadora was in a feverish sleep. Legolas knew not what to do, for it was rare for an elf to even have a fever.
Reymara stepped in, Polrai held light for her. She studied Legolas for a moment. "Come with me." She ordered in a cold tone.
Legolas did not move, he simply looked at her.
"Come with me, or the girl dies." She ordered again.
"I cannot leave her like this." He told her.
Reymara sighed impatiently, "Very well." She beckoned a Polrai forward who raised an axe over Melriadora's sleeping form.
Legolas jumped up, "No! I'll come!"
Reymara smiled, "I knew you'd see reason." She beckoned him to follow her, and led him out of the cell and down many twisting corridors into a chamber.
It surprised him because she left the Polrai outside the door, and the room was not what he expected either. Instead of a torture chamber it was a lavishly decorated hall. Reymara sat at a table filled with food and beckoned him to sit.
"Would you like something?" She asked.
"No." Legolas said, as he studied her cautiously.
She nodded, "Have a seat, Legolas." She invited. "I'll not harm you."
He sat, slowly, not taking his eyes off her, he didn't trust her. Not for an instant.
She leaned forward, "What did Melriadora tell you about me?"
Legolas raised his eyes to meet her cold eyes, "That you are trying to destroy the Isle." He answered. "Using Dark powers of evil."
Reymara made a tutting noise and stood she moved to stand before a great fireplace, bowing her head. "So ignorant, so naive. Really, if the Lady told her she could fly she would believe she could." She turned back to face Legolas. "Do you think me evil?"
Legolas felt anger rise in him, "What you did to Melriadora, that was evil."
"I did what I had too." Reymara shot back, her words sharp and angry. "I didn't want to harm her, she was a dear friend, but she left me little choice."
Legolas stood, crossing to her, grabbing her by the arm, he shook her angrily, "She may die from the wounds you caused her!"
Reymara met his eyes, coolly, "And for that I am truly sorry."
Legolas was surprised by how sincerely she said this. He released her arm and stepped back, eyeing her cautiously. "What is it you want from me?" He asked.
Reymara smiled, "I have a proposition for you Legolas." She moved and sat in a chair by the fire, and signaled for him to sit in the chair beside her.
Legolas sat, best to play along for now, it may lead him to an escape.
She paused for a moment, collecting her thoughts; she then leaned forward to speak softly to him. "You say I am evil, fair enough. I say, there is no real good or evil, only power. Those in power, the Lady of the Isle, have deemed me evil for trying to take power from them."
"You said yourself you use the Dark Powers." Legolas pointed out.
Reymara laughed, "The Dark Powers are in all of us, the Lady simply would not allow us to use them because with them, we become more powerful then even she, and her precious little 'Gifted' Priestesses, like you Melriadora." Reymara sighed, remorsefully, "If only Melriadora would listen to me and accept her Darkness, she would be a great help to me, rather then a hindrance."
She sighed again, and then continued. "I am using my powers to take of the Order, and I will change it for the better. No more of this taking girls from their homes. If they want to come to us, they shall. We should not go to them and force them to leave those the love." She looked at Legolas with some interest. "Like your Melriadora." She tutted sadly, "Such a sad tale. She loved you once you know. I remember when she first came to us, oh she missed you so! I thought she would pine away for you, but then, the Mistress of the Isle showed her how to read her visions."
Legolas blinked surprised, "She pined for me?"
"Oh yes. I thought it was just awful the way she was taken from your land. You two could have been so happy together, but now." She trailed off into silence.
Legolas played all this through in his head. He had always thought deep down that it wasn't right for his Melriadora to be taken, and if Reymara was in charge, she would have never left Mirkwood. Legolas shook his head and looked up at Reymara.
"What is it you want from me, Lady Reymara?" He asked slowly.
Reymara smiled, her cold eyes seemed to gleam in the firelight. "You come from a fine line, and are a credit to your forefathers. A child of yours would be great by any woman." She stood crossing over to him and kneeling before him. "Marry me."
Legolas was surprised, but did not show it. "My Lady?" He asked.
"A daughter of ours could rule Middle Earth! She would be powerful, oh Legolas, more powerful than any in history. Think of what we could do together! We could create an Empire which would last throughout eternity!" Her eyes sparkled in the light, firing bullets of ice.
Legolas did not reply for a moment he was thinking, formulating, he was surprised by the lady's offer. He looked at her, how could he have a child by her? The only one he ever loved was Melriadora!
Reymara gazed into his eyes, "I know what you are thinking, Legolas." She whispered. "Melriadora does not love you anymore. She has only one love, her precious Sight! She thinks only of pleasing her Mistress by having more visions. She will never love you. Besides, my pet, love is an illusion. It does not really exist. We are fools if we think it does! Power, is only real truth, ambition, the only real emotion. Will you be wise enough to seize power with me? Will you?" She asked, her red cloak blending with the fire, her hair a halo of darkness.
Legolas looked up at her, and knew his answer. He reached for her hand and knelt beside her. He kissed her hand and bowed his head. "My Lady, I accept your offer." He lifted his head to meet her eyes, "I will marry you, Lady Reymara."
Reymara smiled, "Good." She went to the table and poured two glasses of wine, offering one to him. "A toast to our union." She raised her glass and then drank.
Legolas did the same. As soon as he swallowed the warm liquid, he felt odd. He looked at Reymara, alarmed.
She just smiled, "Just a potion, to ensure your loyalty to me. Do you feel it now? Your will is now mine." She stepped forward looking very smug. "You will do exactly as I command."
Legolas looked at her in wonder. How could he not serve her? Her power was absolute. He vaguely wondered why he ever thought about helping to destroy her power. He went to her and kissed her hand.
"My Lady." He bowed, and stepped back in his place behind her to watch her gain control of all Middle Earth.
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They dined that night with the other Dark Priestesses that had come over to Reymara's side in the battle for the Isle. Legolas was given the honor of eating at the head of the table with Reymara. The other women watched him with curiousity as he sat silently by Reymara. He felt proud to be among them in the service of Reymara. Reymara's every word demanded their attention as she spoke of her plans and gave orders for the next day. After the meal, the other women left them alone as they went to work on their casting or to bed.
Reymara watched Legolas in the firelight. Suddenly she stood and turned to leave. "Follow me." She ordered.
Legolas did so and followed her down the corridors until they reached a cell. When they entered Legolas realized it was his old cell. In the corner, barely conscious was Melriadora.
Legolas never had felt so many conflicting emotions at once. Part of him hated Melriadora for trying to destroy his Lady, but the other part of him, his true self, wanted to go to Melriadora and fight for her freedom. An epic war was raging inside him as his true self tried to fight its way to the surface.
Reymara saw none of this. She pulled a knife out of the folds of her dress and handed it to Legolas. "I do not want her dead, but I want her to be wounded. It is the ultimate test of your loyalty to me. Do this, and I will trust you completely."
Legolas stepped forward, the knife in his hands. He roughly jerked Melriadora to her feet. She barely knew what was happening and gasped in pain. He could feel the warmth of her fever in her body, the sweat on her flesh made her almost seen to glow in the dim light. 'Do it!' The potion urged him. 'Now! Prove your loyalty to your Lady!' He raised the knife.
'Legolas, no. You love Melriadora. This is not you.' His inner self argued. He hesistated.
But the potion won, he lowed the knife to make a thin cut across her left cheek. At the feel of her blood on his hand, and the feverish moan she uttered as the blood dripped down her cheek a switch went off in Legolas. What was he doing? He stared in shock at the knife in his hands and the deep cut on Melriadora's cheek. What had he done? He loosened his grip on her so it no longer pained her and stared at the knife in horror. What had he done?
"Very good!"
He turned. There stood Reymara. The memories all came back to him. The potion, her proposal, her test. Anger filled him like a dam bursting. He wanted to run at her with the knife and take her life, but he knew it could not be that easy. She deserved a long slow death, to be completely destroyed. He would deceive her, that would be his first move. He bowed to her, setting Melriadora back onto the ground and silently willing her to hold on just a little bit longer. He silently followed the very pleased Reymara out of the room. He would have his vengeance for what she had done to Melriadora. This he swore on his very soul.
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Reymara escorted him to a lavish bedchamber. It was to be his until they married and he moved into hers. She had much to do, she explained, and could not lie with him tonight. Legolas was given back his weapons, Reymara trusted him completely.
The next morning Legolas joined Reymara in what seemed to be her private chambers. There were several ancient books and symbols written on the wall, which he could not understand. Legolas looked around and turned to Reymara. She seemed to be searching for an approval and he smiled, politely.
"Reymara, I wish to know more about your Portals." He asked.
Reymara nodded, "Of course, my pet, what do you wish to know?"
"Can you make them appear anywhere?" He inquired casually.
Reymara beamed proudly, "Yes. It is a Dark Power, so the Priestesses cannot. But I have learned to do this myself. It is a great advantage."
Legolas smiled, "My dear, I would like to prove my loyalty to you. I would like to invade a place and claim it for your own."
Reymara clapped her hands together, "What a sweet gesture! Where would you like to go?"
Legolas thought for a moment, "Rivendell."
Reymara shook her head, "I'm sorry, my pet, but neither I nor the Polrai can set foot there. It is protected by a spell even I have not learned to break, yet."
"But I can go." Legolas stepped nearing to her, inches from her face. "Let me go there. If I kill Lord Elrond the city will fall. They will tell us how to break the spell. Rivendell will be yours."
Reymara glowed with happiness. "If you insist!" She quickly went about preparing things. "I will create the Portal!"
Legolas then thought another moment, "My dear, I would like Melriadora to be present when I go through the Portal."
Reymara's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Why?"
"A final insult, my Lady. I would like her to be there for the city's fall." Legolas said this with such coldness and evil his voice was barely recognizable.
Reymara smiled, "Lovely idea." She summoned a Polrai and ordered Melriadora be brought to her.
It did not take long for the Polrai to return with Melriadora in his arms. She was conscious but her vision had obviously not come back to her. Her blank eyes darted around uselessly, and she groaned with pain as the Polrai ran a cruel claw down her burnt back.
Reymara smiled as the Polrai dropped Melriadora on the floor. "You may go." She told him as she approached Melriadora. "I have some wonderful news, Melriadora!"
Melriadora did not reply, she struggled to sit up. Legolas noticed her burns were now white with infection and oozing yellow liquid. He turned his head in disgust at the sight of it.
"I am getting married, my child!" Reymara sounded very much like a silly young girl, gossiping.
Melriadora paused, surprised. "To whom?" She whispered.
"Legolas Greenleaf, my dear! I must thank you for bringing him to me!"
Melriadora's face twisted in hurt, "You lie."
"Ask him yourself!" She said stepping away to finish the Portal.
Melriadora lifted her chin, trying to be strong. "Legolas?"
Legolas cleared his throat. "It's true. I am marrying Reymara."
Melriadora didn't seem to respond to this for a moment. Then she began to shake, her brow covered in sweat from her fever glistened in the fire, and she closed her eyes, tears running down her cheeks.
Legolas turned away from this to Reymara. Who smiled at him proudly, "The Portal is ready."
"And all I do is walk through it?" He asked.
"Yes. I wish you a safe journey!" She said, smiling happily.
Legolas turned and walked toward Melriadora and lifted her to her feet. He roughly dragged her toward the Portal. "Reymara was kind enough to send me to Rivendell to invade, Melriadora!" He spat bitterly. He then pulled her to the edge of the Portal with him and turned to Reymara, "Very kind indeed." With that he went through the Portal and before Reymara could stop him, he pulled Melriadora with him to the safety of Rivendell.
Reymara, realizing what had happened screamed angrily and quickly closed the Portal. But it was too late. Legolas and Melriadora, his true love, had escaped to Rivendell, and Reymara could not stop them, nor follow them there.
"Oh I will have my vengeance on you, Melriadora!" She cursed under her breath. "You shall see."
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A/N- Ooh! Vengeance! Haha! Does anyone else think it's funny that he totally faked her out? Anyway, yes, I know Reymara was sort of dumb for falling for that, but she was confident in her potions and junk! And well, dumb bad guys are fun! Time for the usual song and dance number:
Review! Cha cha cha! Review! Cha cha cha! Reeeeeviiieeewww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe, wasn't that a great song and dance number?
Lady in Red- Sigh, yeah I know it would not let you get to the next chapter. I don't know why it does that. I think it's because the universe hates me! I don't know why..... I have never done anything to the universe. Except that one time..... but you think it would have gotten over that by now! Anyway, thanks for the reviews! I hope it stops being mean and not showing the chapters that I post!
Flyaway- Mwahahahahahahahahaha! Hehe! I'll admit I had a time figuring out how the heck I was going to get him out of this! Luckily, this was written about a year or so ago so I had plenty of time to figure it out! It took me like a month of resisting the urge to have him jump out a window..... but how would they get to safety? Bah! Hehe! I hope my solution was not that stupid! I was stuck! When stuck, magic works.... hehe!
Arod-Fan- Wow, no Mary-Sueness? Really? Hehe! I'll have to admit I'm surprised! I was worried she was a Mary-Sue... but then again I tortured her... mwahahahahahaha! I'm terrible. I make all my characters go through horrible torture! Sigh. I did that in the other story I'm posting too! And they're the only two out of my millions of projects that really have that! Sigh. But torture is fun!
Enigma- Yes I will finish this, because I already did way back in like... August or July! Hehe! Yeah, this one took me from February 2002 to August 2002! And I actually finished it! Yay! So it's just a matter of me posting this stuff, one chapter at a time because I love to torture people with cliff hangers! Mwahahahahhahahahahaha!!!!!!!
When the cell door opened again, Legolas instinctively clutched Melriadora tightly. They would not harm her anymore. Anything else would kill her, he was sure of it. At the moment Melriadora was in a feverish sleep. Legolas knew not what to do, for it was rare for an elf to even have a fever.
Reymara stepped in, Polrai held light for her. She studied Legolas for a moment. "Come with me." She ordered in a cold tone.
Legolas did not move, he simply looked at her.
"Come with me, or the girl dies." She ordered again.
"I cannot leave her like this." He told her.
Reymara sighed impatiently, "Very well." She beckoned a Polrai forward who raised an axe over Melriadora's sleeping form.
Legolas jumped up, "No! I'll come!"
Reymara smiled, "I knew you'd see reason." She beckoned him to follow her, and led him out of the cell and down many twisting corridors into a chamber.
It surprised him because she left the Polrai outside the door, and the room was not what he expected either. Instead of a torture chamber it was a lavishly decorated hall. Reymara sat at a table filled with food and beckoned him to sit.
"Would you like something?" She asked.
"No." Legolas said, as he studied her cautiously.
She nodded, "Have a seat, Legolas." She invited. "I'll not harm you."
He sat, slowly, not taking his eyes off her, he didn't trust her. Not for an instant.
She leaned forward, "What did Melriadora tell you about me?"
Legolas raised his eyes to meet her cold eyes, "That you are trying to destroy the Isle." He answered. "Using Dark powers of evil."
Reymara made a tutting noise and stood she moved to stand before a great fireplace, bowing her head. "So ignorant, so naive. Really, if the Lady told her she could fly she would believe she could." She turned back to face Legolas. "Do you think me evil?"
Legolas felt anger rise in him, "What you did to Melriadora, that was evil."
"I did what I had too." Reymara shot back, her words sharp and angry. "I didn't want to harm her, she was a dear friend, but she left me little choice."
Legolas stood, crossing to her, grabbing her by the arm, he shook her angrily, "She may die from the wounds you caused her!"
Reymara met his eyes, coolly, "And for that I am truly sorry."
Legolas was surprised by how sincerely she said this. He released her arm and stepped back, eyeing her cautiously. "What is it you want from me?" He asked.
Reymara smiled, "I have a proposition for you Legolas." She moved and sat in a chair by the fire, and signaled for him to sit in the chair beside her.
Legolas sat, best to play along for now, it may lead him to an escape.
She paused for a moment, collecting her thoughts; she then leaned forward to speak softly to him. "You say I am evil, fair enough. I say, there is no real good or evil, only power. Those in power, the Lady of the Isle, have deemed me evil for trying to take power from them."
"You said yourself you use the Dark Powers." Legolas pointed out.
Reymara laughed, "The Dark Powers are in all of us, the Lady simply would not allow us to use them because with them, we become more powerful then even she, and her precious little 'Gifted' Priestesses, like you Melriadora." Reymara sighed, remorsefully, "If only Melriadora would listen to me and accept her Darkness, she would be a great help to me, rather then a hindrance."
She sighed again, and then continued. "I am using my powers to take of the Order, and I will change it for the better. No more of this taking girls from their homes. If they want to come to us, they shall. We should not go to them and force them to leave those the love." She looked at Legolas with some interest. "Like your Melriadora." She tutted sadly, "Such a sad tale. She loved you once you know. I remember when she first came to us, oh she missed you so! I thought she would pine away for you, but then, the Mistress of the Isle showed her how to read her visions."
Legolas blinked surprised, "She pined for me?"
"Oh yes. I thought it was just awful the way she was taken from your land. You two could have been so happy together, but now." She trailed off into silence.
Legolas played all this through in his head. He had always thought deep down that it wasn't right for his Melriadora to be taken, and if Reymara was in charge, she would have never left Mirkwood. Legolas shook his head and looked up at Reymara.
"What is it you want from me, Lady Reymara?" He asked slowly.
Reymara smiled, her cold eyes seemed to gleam in the firelight. "You come from a fine line, and are a credit to your forefathers. A child of yours would be great by any woman." She stood crossing over to him and kneeling before him. "Marry me."
Legolas was surprised, but did not show it. "My Lady?" He asked.
"A daughter of ours could rule Middle Earth! She would be powerful, oh Legolas, more powerful than any in history. Think of what we could do together! We could create an Empire which would last throughout eternity!" Her eyes sparkled in the light, firing bullets of ice.
Legolas did not reply for a moment he was thinking, formulating, he was surprised by the lady's offer. He looked at her, how could he have a child by her? The only one he ever loved was Melriadora!
Reymara gazed into his eyes, "I know what you are thinking, Legolas." She whispered. "Melriadora does not love you anymore. She has only one love, her precious Sight! She thinks only of pleasing her Mistress by having more visions. She will never love you. Besides, my pet, love is an illusion. It does not really exist. We are fools if we think it does! Power, is only real truth, ambition, the only real emotion. Will you be wise enough to seize power with me? Will you?" She asked, her red cloak blending with the fire, her hair a halo of darkness.
Legolas looked up at her, and knew his answer. He reached for her hand and knelt beside her. He kissed her hand and bowed his head. "My Lady, I accept your offer." He lifted his head to meet her eyes, "I will marry you, Lady Reymara."
Reymara smiled, "Good." She went to the table and poured two glasses of wine, offering one to him. "A toast to our union." She raised her glass and then drank.
Legolas did the same. As soon as he swallowed the warm liquid, he felt odd. He looked at Reymara, alarmed.
She just smiled, "Just a potion, to ensure your loyalty to me. Do you feel it now? Your will is now mine." She stepped forward looking very smug. "You will do exactly as I command."
Legolas looked at her in wonder. How could he not serve her? Her power was absolute. He vaguely wondered why he ever thought about helping to destroy her power. He went to her and kissed her hand.
"My Lady." He bowed, and stepped back in his place behind her to watch her gain control of all Middle Earth.
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They dined that night with the other Dark Priestesses that had come over to Reymara's side in the battle for the Isle. Legolas was given the honor of eating at the head of the table with Reymara. The other women watched him with curiousity as he sat silently by Reymara. He felt proud to be among them in the service of Reymara. Reymara's every word demanded their attention as she spoke of her plans and gave orders for the next day. After the meal, the other women left them alone as they went to work on their casting or to bed.
Reymara watched Legolas in the firelight. Suddenly she stood and turned to leave. "Follow me." She ordered.
Legolas did so and followed her down the corridors until they reached a cell. When they entered Legolas realized it was his old cell. In the corner, barely conscious was Melriadora.
Legolas never had felt so many conflicting emotions at once. Part of him hated Melriadora for trying to destroy his Lady, but the other part of him, his true self, wanted to go to Melriadora and fight for her freedom. An epic war was raging inside him as his true self tried to fight its way to the surface.
Reymara saw none of this. She pulled a knife out of the folds of her dress and handed it to Legolas. "I do not want her dead, but I want her to be wounded. It is the ultimate test of your loyalty to me. Do this, and I will trust you completely."
Legolas stepped forward, the knife in his hands. He roughly jerked Melriadora to her feet. She barely knew what was happening and gasped in pain. He could feel the warmth of her fever in her body, the sweat on her flesh made her almost seen to glow in the dim light. 'Do it!' The potion urged him. 'Now! Prove your loyalty to your Lady!' He raised the knife.
'Legolas, no. You love Melriadora. This is not you.' His inner self argued. He hesistated.
But the potion won, he lowed the knife to make a thin cut across her left cheek. At the feel of her blood on his hand, and the feverish moan she uttered as the blood dripped down her cheek a switch went off in Legolas. What was he doing? He stared in shock at the knife in his hands and the deep cut on Melriadora's cheek. What had he done? He loosened his grip on her so it no longer pained her and stared at the knife in horror. What had he done?
"Very good!"
He turned. There stood Reymara. The memories all came back to him. The potion, her proposal, her test. Anger filled him like a dam bursting. He wanted to run at her with the knife and take her life, but he knew it could not be that easy. She deserved a long slow death, to be completely destroyed. He would deceive her, that would be his first move. He bowed to her, setting Melriadora back onto the ground and silently willing her to hold on just a little bit longer. He silently followed the very pleased Reymara out of the room. He would have his vengeance for what she had done to Melriadora. This he swore on his very soul.
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Reymara escorted him to a lavish bedchamber. It was to be his until they married and he moved into hers. She had much to do, she explained, and could not lie with him tonight. Legolas was given back his weapons, Reymara trusted him completely.
The next morning Legolas joined Reymara in what seemed to be her private chambers. There were several ancient books and symbols written on the wall, which he could not understand. Legolas looked around and turned to Reymara. She seemed to be searching for an approval and he smiled, politely.
"Reymara, I wish to know more about your Portals." He asked.
Reymara nodded, "Of course, my pet, what do you wish to know?"
"Can you make them appear anywhere?" He inquired casually.
Reymara beamed proudly, "Yes. It is a Dark Power, so the Priestesses cannot. But I have learned to do this myself. It is a great advantage."
Legolas smiled, "My dear, I would like to prove my loyalty to you. I would like to invade a place and claim it for your own."
Reymara clapped her hands together, "What a sweet gesture! Where would you like to go?"
Legolas thought for a moment, "Rivendell."
Reymara shook her head, "I'm sorry, my pet, but neither I nor the Polrai can set foot there. It is protected by a spell even I have not learned to break, yet."
"But I can go." Legolas stepped nearing to her, inches from her face. "Let me go there. If I kill Lord Elrond the city will fall. They will tell us how to break the spell. Rivendell will be yours."
Reymara glowed with happiness. "If you insist!" She quickly went about preparing things. "I will create the Portal!"
Legolas then thought another moment, "My dear, I would like Melriadora to be present when I go through the Portal."
Reymara's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Why?"
"A final insult, my Lady. I would like her to be there for the city's fall." Legolas said this with such coldness and evil his voice was barely recognizable.
Reymara smiled, "Lovely idea." She summoned a Polrai and ordered Melriadora be brought to her.
It did not take long for the Polrai to return with Melriadora in his arms. She was conscious but her vision had obviously not come back to her. Her blank eyes darted around uselessly, and she groaned with pain as the Polrai ran a cruel claw down her burnt back.
Reymara smiled as the Polrai dropped Melriadora on the floor. "You may go." She told him as she approached Melriadora. "I have some wonderful news, Melriadora!"
Melriadora did not reply, she struggled to sit up. Legolas noticed her burns were now white with infection and oozing yellow liquid. He turned his head in disgust at the sight of it.
"I am getting married, my child!" Reymara sounded very much like a silly young girl, gossiping.
Melriadora paused, surprised. "To whom?" She whispered.
"Legolas Greenleaf, my dear! I must thank you for bringing him to me!"
Melriadora's face twisted in hurt, "You lie."
"Ask him yourself!" She said stepping away to finish the Portal.
Melriadora lifted her chin, trying to be strong. "Legolas?"
Legolas cleared his throat. "It's true. I am marrying Reymara."
Melriadora didn't seem to respond to this for a moment. Then she began to shake, her brow covered in sweat from her fever glistened in the fire, and she closed her eyes, tears running down her cheeks.
Legolas turned away from this to Reymara. Who smiled at him proudly, "The Portal is ready."
"And all I do is walk through it?" He asked.
"Yes. I wish you a safe journey!" She said, smiling happily.
Legolas turned and walked toward Melriadora and lifted her to her feet. He roughly dragged her toward the Portal. "Reymara was kind enough to send me to Rivendell to invade, Melriadora!" He spat bitterly. He then pulled her to the edge of the Portal with him and turned to Reymara, "Very kind indeed." With that he went through the Portal and before Reymara could stop him, he pulled Melriadora with him to the safety of Rivendell.
Reymara, realizing what had happened screamed angrily and quickly closed the Portal. But it was too late. Legolas and Melriadora, his true love, had escaped to Rivendell, and Reymara could not stop them, nor follow them there.
"Oh I will have my vengeance on you, Melriadora!" She cursed under her breath. "You shall see."
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A/N- Ooh! Vengeance! Haha! Does anyone else think it's funny that he totally faked her out? Anyway, yes, I know Reymara was sort of dumb for falling for that, but she was confident in her potions and junk! And well, dumb bad guys are fun! Time for the usual song and dance number:
Review! Cha cha cha! Review! Cha cha cha! Reeeeeviiieeewww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe, wasn't that a great song and dance number?
Lady in Red- Sigh, yeah I know it would not let you get to the next chapter. I don't know why it does that. I think it's because the universe hates me! I don't know why..... I have never done anything to the universe. Except that one time..... but you think it would have gotten over that by now! Anyway, thanks for the reviews! I hope it stops being mean and not showing the chapters that I post!
Flyaway- Mwahahahahahahahahaha! Hehe! I'll admit I had a time figuring out how the heck I was going to get him out of this! Luckily, this was written about a year or so ago so I had plenty of time to figure it out! It took me like a month of resisting the urge to have him jump out a window..... but how would they get to safety? Bah! Hehe! I hope my solution was not that stupid! I was stuck! When stuck, magic works.... hehe!
Arod-Fan- Wow, no Mary-Sueness? Really? Hehe! I'll have to admit I'm surprised! I was worried she was a Mary-Sue... but then again I tortured her... mwahahahahahaha! I'm terrible. I make all my characters go through horrible torture! Sigh. I did that in the other story I'm posting too! And they're the only two out of my millions of projects that really have that! Sigh. But torture is fun!
Enigma- Yes I will finish this, because I already did way back in like... August or July! Hehe! Yeah, this one took me from February 2002 to August 2002! And I actually finished it! Yay! So it's just a matter of me posting this stuff, one chapter at a time because I love to torture people with cliff hangers! Mwahahahahhahahahahaha!!!!!!!