A/N: they ppl I'm back home now. Kinda sunburnt and my whole body is aching
but other than that I'm feeling great so yeah, here's chapter 10:
Btw the places that are mentioned in this chapter, I have no idea if anyone
actually lives there like Rohan fargorn, isengard. I just looked at the map
in the book and that's where I got it from. I think that's the place were
the horse loving people live right? Anyway I need to sleep badly
Bye
Legolas did not sleep all night. He sat up all night in his room trying to think about what he did wrong to make her leave him. He heard a knock on the door and ignored it. A few minutes later he heard Adelaide say "Legolas please open the door I need to give you something". He did not move from his position on the floor in the balcony. Then the door swung open and Adelaide and Banquo came tumbling in. They walked over to him and without saying a word, Banquo handed a letter to him. Legolas took it and opened it slowly. It read as follows:
Dear Legolas,
I am sorry to cause you so much pain. I did not mean for any of this to happen. I think at this point you will be thinking the worst of me, but I cannot live knowing that you hate me or think ill of me so I will try to explain to you my situation by relating the whole of y history:
Several years ago, I lived in Gondor with my mother and father and Leith my little brother. We did not have very much money, so my mother taught me how to read and write at home. After she died, we moved to a small village in Isengard in Rohan. I was not permitted to further my education because we were too poor to pay the charge. After some time, my father met an educated man by the name of Verdan who offered to educate me for no cost. This act of his was very noble in my eyes and he showed me great kindness and patience in our daily lessons. After about 2 years as my teacher, he asked my father for my hand in marriage. I was a bit hesitant at first because I felt that I did not know him as well as I should but my father persuaded me to accept him, "for honour" he kept saying to me and so I agreed to marry him.
During our engagement period, I got to know him much better than before and he was not at all the man I supposed. He had an extremely bad temper which he masked from me during the years he taught me. He would more than often shout and swear at me and even beat me. When I told my father, he would not help me and only say "your doing this for honour, for me" and sometimes just sit in the room and watch him shout and swear at me.
After 2 years of endless misery, I discovered something that changed everything. On the night before our wedding day, Verdan slipped out the real reason my father consented to our marriage. Verdan had given my father money to pay off his debts and all he asked for in return was to marry me. My father had agreed to sell off his only daughter for money. You might imagine my reaction to learn this unhappy truth and while they slept that night, I took my brother and ran away.
I left to my uncle's house Fargorn. After a week's stay we heard news that Verdan had sent out a search party all over Rohan to find me. On hearing this news, my uncle told us to pack our things and escorted me and my brother to Mirkwood to stay there. He rented a cottage for us and left a servant with us to look after us. We were told to call her our aunt to avoid suspicion and not go out in public places too much. We told anyone who asked that we were from Gondor and that our father had died. This plan worked for a while and after a couple of months we were able to live normal lives in Mirkwood. That is when I met you.
I cannot express to you how much I appreciate your kindness my dear Legolas, and I greatly wish I could repay you but I don't know how.
On the night of the ball, I came home and found that Verdan's searchers discovered us and raided the cottage and took my brother hostage, forcing me to go with them. I could only manage to write this letter to you before I leave. I am on my way back to Rohan to get married to Verdan or he will kill my father. I will have to bear it for our family honour.
I beg that you will in time forget me and find someone more deserving of you. You are truly the kindest person I have ever known. Thank you.
I must go now Goodbye
Layla.
Legolas handed the letter over to Banquo who scanned through it and handed it to Adelaide.
"What are you going to do?" Adelaide asked after she read the letter.
"I have to go after her"
"Legolas are you sure that's wise" asked Banquo
"Never mind that now. I can't just let her leave like that. It's not fair! What kind of a father would give away his daughter like that?"
There was a short silence.
"Would you like me to come with you?" Banquo asked.
"No that won't be necessary. I will go on my own but I don't want anything we've said to leave this room" he said throwing some clothes into a bag and putting on a jacket.
"I must be on my way" he gave them each a quick hug and left.
Legolas did not sleep all night. He sat up all night in his room trying to think about what he did wrong to make her leave him. He heard a knock on the door and ignored it. A few minutes later he heard Adelaide say "Legolas please open the door I need to give you something". He did not move from his position on the floor in the balcony. Then the door swung open and Adelaide and Banquo came tumbling in. They walked over to him and without saying a word, Banquo handed a letter to him. Legolas took it and opened it slowly. It read as follows:
Dear Legolas,
I am sorry to cause you so much pain. I did not mean for any of this to happen. I think at this point you will be thinking the worst of me, but I cannot live knowing that you hate me or think ill of me so I will try to explain to you my situation by relating the whole of y history:
Several years ago, I lived in Gondor with my mother and father and Leith my little brother. We did not have very much money, so my mother taught me how to read and write at home. After she died, we moved to a small village in Isengard in Rohan. I was not permitted to further my education because we were too poor to pay the charge. After some time, my father met an educated man by the name of Verdan who offered to educate me for no cost. This act of his was very noble in my eyes and he showed me great kindness and patience in our daily lessons. After about 2 years as my teacher, he asked my father for my hand in marriage. I was a bit hesitant at first because I felt that I did not know him as well as I should but my father persuaded me to accept him, "for honour" he kept saying to me and so I agreed to marry him.
During our engagement period, I got to know him much better than before and he was not at all the man I supposed. He had an extremely bad temper which he masked from me during the years he taught me. He would more than often shout and swear at me and even beat me. When I told my father, he would not help me and only say "your doing this for honour, for me" and sometimes just sit in the room and watch him shout and swear at me.
After 2 years of endless misery, I discovered something that changed everything. On the night before our wedding day, Verdan slipped out the real reason my father consented to our marriage. Verdan had given my father money to pay off his debts and all he asked for in return was to marry me. My father had agreed to sell off his only daughter for money. You might imagine my reaction to learn this unhappy truth and while they slept that night, I took my brother and ran away.
I left to my uncle's house Fargorn. After a week's stay we heard news that Verdan had sent out a search party all over Rohan to find me. On hearing this news, my uncle told us to pack our things and escorted me and my brother to Mirkwood to stay there. He rented a cottage for us and left a servant with us to look after us. We were told to call her our aunt to avoid suspicion and not go out in public places too much. We told anyone who asked that we were from Gondor and that our father had died. This plan worked for a while and after a couple of months we were able to live normal lives in Mirkwood. That is when I met you.
I cannot express to you how much I appreciate your kindness my dear Legolas, and I greatly wish I could repay you but I don't know how.
On the night of the ball, I came home and found that Verdan's searchers discovered us and raided the cottage and took my brother hostage, forcing me to go with them. I could only manage to write this letter to you before I leave. I am on my way back to Rohan to get married to Verdan or he will kill my father. I will have to bear it for our family honour.
I beg that you will in time forget me and find someone more deserving of you. You are truly the kindest person I have ever known. Thank you.
I must go now Goodbye
Layla.
Legolas handed the letter over to Banquo who scanned through it and handed it to Adelaide.
"What are you going to do?" Adelaide asked after she read the letter.
"I have to go after her"
"Legolas are you sure that's wise" asked Banquo
"Never mind that now. I can't just let her leave like that. It's not fair! What kind of a father would give away his daughter like that?"
There was a short silence.
"Would you like me to come with you?" Banquo asked.
"No that won't be necessary. I will go on my own but I don't want anything we've said to leave this room" he said throwing some clothes into a bag and putting on a jacket.
"I must be on my way" he gave them each a quick hug and left.