Legolas rode on non stop for days determined to hold back his emotions
until he got to his destination.
It was just after sunrise when he reached Moltolas and when he did, he got off his horse and jumped into the river fully clothed. He let himself sink under the water, trying to wash away his thoughts.
After a while, fatigue took over him and he got out soaked in water and threw himself on the ground under the tree and closed his eyes.
He opened his eyes again and sat up. The sun was going down. 'I must've fallen asleep' he thought.
"Awaken from the death?" he heard a soft voice say from behind him. Startled, he sprang up and turned toward the voice.
"What do you do here Lara?" He said giving a sigh of relief.
"I am come to see you. Father is worried. You have not been home since last week. Where have you been?"
"I have gone away on business that concerns none but myself." He said sharply, which shocked Lara. He didn't mean to sound so rude but that's how it came out.
"Could this business have anything to do with that mysterious girl from the ball?" she said walking toward him, "You still have not introduce us to her"
He became silent. An image suddenly flashed into his mind of the day of the ball. He had told the king and Lara that he found his bride and that he would announce their engagement at the ball as planned. But his father warned him against her and said 'I have a bad feeling about this girl you speak of. Who is her father? What are her connections?' Legolas knew that when his father found out what happened, he would never let him forget it. Annoyance overcame him at this notion and he shouted, "I do not wish to talk about it!"
"Calm yourself my dear, what is the matter with you? What has happened?" his sister asked with concern.
Legolas became silent again. He raised a hand to his forehead and gently rubbed it.
Lara came closer to her brother and in the sweetest voice said "tell me what is the matter"
"She has gone" he said sulkily.
"My dear, you need not trouble yourself with such a person! She has made the biggest mistake to leave you" Lara said attempting to give him a hug but Legolas turned away before she had a chance.
"I did not say that she has left me! She has gone! Against her will to fulfil her father's wishes"
"Legolas do you not think that you are overreacting about this girl? Could it be lust instead of love that you feel for her?"
Legolas looked enraged. "You do not understand Lara" he shouted. Then walking away said in a calmer tone, "I should've been more persistent, I should've told her that I can not live without her, I should've made her see." he tried to find the right words.
"Made her see what? Legolas forget her. You can find someone else that can love you more. You can have any girl you want"
"No! Do not speak like that." He hung his head, "I can have any girl I want and the only one I want, I cannot have. What life is this?"
She moved in front of him and then, taking his hands into hers said "you know, when mother was alive she told me of a song she heard when she journeyed to the lands of Men. It was written by a fair Lady called Christina Aguilera (LOOOOL) and in this song she says 'If you love something let it go.
If it comes back it's yours, and that's how you know.
It's for keeps (yeah) it's for sure.'
So let her go Legolas and if she comes back to you then you will know that it is meant to be but for now you must move on my dear, now come with me, our father has requested a meeting with you"
It was just after sunrise when he reached Moltolas and when he did, he got off his horse and jumped into the river fully clothed. He let himself sink under the water, trying to wash away his thoughts.
After a while, fatigue took over him and he got out soaked in water and threw himself on the ground under the tree and closed his eyes.
He opened his eyes again and sat up. The sun was going down. 'I must've fallen asleep' he thought.
"Awaken from the death?" he heard a soft voice say from behind him. Startled, he sprang up and turned toward the voice.
"What do you do here Lara?" He said giving a sigh of relief.
"I am come to see you. Father is worried. You have not been home since last week. Where have you been?"
"I have gone away on business that concerns none but myself." He said sharply, which shocked Lara. He didn't mean to sound so rude but that's how it came out.
"Could this business have anything to do with that mysterious girl from the ball?" she said walking toward him, "You still have not introduce us to her"
He became silent. An image suddenly flashed into his mind of the day of the ball. He had told the king and Lara that he found his bride and that he would announce their engagement at the ball as planned. But his father warned him against her and said 'I have a bad feeling about this girl you speak of. Who is her father? What are her connections?' Legolas knew that when his father found out what happened, he would never let him forget it. Annoyance overcame him at this notion and he shouted, "I do not wish to talk about it!"
"Calm yourself my dear, what is the matter with you? What has happened?" his sister asked with concern.
Legolas became silent again. He raised a hand to his forehead and gently rubbed it.
Lara came closer to her brother and in the sweetest voice said "tell me what is the matter"
"She has gone" he said sulkily.
"My dear, you need not trouble yourself with such a person! She has made the biggest mistake to leave you" Lara said attempting to give him a hug but Legolas turned away before she had a chance.
"I did not say that she has left me! She has gone! Against her will to fulfil her father's wishes"
"Legolas do you not think that you are overreacting about this girl? Could it be lust instead of love that you feel for her?"
Legolas looked enraged. "You do not understand Lara" he shouted. Then walking away said in a calmer tone, "I should've been more persistent, I should've told her that I can not live without her, I should've made her see." he tried to find the right words.
"Made her see what? Legolas forget her. You can find someone else that can love you more. You can have any girl you want"
"No! Do not speak like that." He hung his head, "I can have any girl I want and the only one I want, I cannot have. What life is this?"
She moved in front of him and then, taking his hands into hers said "you know, when mother was alive she told me of a song she heard when she journeyed to the lands of Men. It was written by a fair Lady called Christina Aguilera (LOOOOL) and in this song she says 'If you love something let it go.
If it comes back it's yours, and that's how you know.
It's for keeps (yeah) it's for sure.'
So let her go Legolas and if she comes back to you then you will know that it is meant to be but for now you must move on my dear, now come with me, our father has requested a meeting with you"