Title: The mystery of elves Part 2
Author: Mariana
Reply to: persefone_rj@hotmail.com
Pairing: Aragorn/Legolas
Rating: PG for now
Summary/Notes: see part 1
No infringement is intended.
* thoughts *
----
To you who reviewed chapter 1: Thank you so much! You encourage me to
go on! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
----
Part 2
"I'm serious now Legolas. Why are you going to stay?",Aragorn asked,while
helping Legolas to sort his clothes on the bedroom.
"Why?",Legolas teased. "Didn't you like I'm staying?"
"Of course I did,you fool! Can't you see?" Legolas smiled at that. Of
course he could see it. "But I still don't know why would you leave
your family and stay here."
"I'm not sure myself.",Legolas replied. "I just know I want to be here.
Near everyone I love."
Aragorn looked at him. No,he had misunderstood,of course he had. Legolas
loved everyone in Imladris,but not in a romantic kind of loving. Elves
were weird,Aragorn thought. Though he was so used to them,the man still
couldn't understand some things about the elves. They were free people.
They just did what pleased them,because time was not important. Legolas
could stay in Imladris for years,decades and still not want to go back
home. Because he knew his parents weren't going to die. He knew time or
physical proximity weren't as important as those things were to humans.
And Aragorn found it weird,although he tried to understand.
"Don't you love your family?",Aragorn asked. "Don't you miss them?"
"I do."
"Then why Legolas? Why aren't you going back? God,I think I would have
gotten mad if the War had lasted longer so that I couldn't be back here
soon."
"Humans are different Aragorn,you know that. They feel more attached
to the people and things and places they love. But elves are not like
this. What matters to me is knowing my family loves me. And they do,as
I love them."
Aragorn smiled. Although he found it very weird of him,he admired Legolas
being so unattached. Legolas smiled back and they kept sorting out the
clothes. Once they were finished,Aragorn said:
"I'm going to sleep. You?"
"Not yet. Goodnight,mellon-nin."
"Goodnight,Legolas.",Aragorn laid down on his bed.
Legolas stayed there for a while,reading a book and waiting his friend
to sleep. Aragorn loved the way Legolas - and most of the elves - cared
about people. They were everything but selfish.
"Go to sleep,Legolas. You are tired.",Aragorn noticed.
"No. Not before you sleep."
"But..."
"No buts.",Legolas smiled and Aragorn couldn't do anything but smile as
well. It took little time before the man was soundly asleep.
Before Legolas left,he turned off the lights of his friend's bedroom and
murmured to the dark:
"Actually,I'm staying because of you. My parents and my brothers are
elves. They miss me,and I miss them,sure. But we can wait to be together
again. As you are human,my dear friend,I don't know if you could stand
to be away from me."
As Aragorn shifted a little on his bed,Legolas fell silent. He watched
the sleepy man. He was so beautiful. Aragorn had always felt so small
among the elves,but he was an incredible beautiful being as well. His
eyes were so deep. They were the thing Legolas admired the most. Elves
could be like angels,and they could be full of grace and light but they
would never have the depth of a man's gaze.
Legolas stood there for a long time,watching Aragorn. Touched the man's
hair and kissed his forehead. Then suddenly the elf's expression became
more serious and determined.
"But I promise you,Estel.",Legolas murmured. "This is going to end. You
shall never miss your friends again. Even if you're not with them in
person. You shall never feel lonely again."
----
Legolas left the room where Aragorn slept and went to join Lord Elrond,
Galadriel and the other elves in the hall. They were talking merrily
about Middle-Earth tales. All of them felt relieved now that the world
had been saved.
Legolas took a seat near Elrond and just payed attention to the talks.
Though he was more than two thousand years old,he prefered to listen and
learn than to talk.
Galadriel was bright as always. The Lady of Lorien had left her forest
just to visit Elrond and by that she was more than well-treated in
Imladris. As the Lady seldom left her forest,Elrond took her visit as a
great honor. She had the best bedroom while staying on his house.
"Legolas Greenleaf from Mirkwood.",she greeted him as soon as he entered
the hall.
"My Lady. It's so good to see you again.",he replied in awe. Though he
was an elf too,Galadriel's beauty and power always overwhelmed him.
"It's good to see you too.",Galadriel replied and graciously stood up
of where she was sit to talk to Legolas,who felt extremely uneasy.
"No,my Lady. Please don't stand up. I'll sit down."
She talked as she hadn't listen to what Legolas had just said:
"Care to take me for a walk?"
"Of course not,Lady Galadriel."
And with that Legolas left with her to the grounds of Rivendell.
----
"I see you feel uneasy,prince of Mirkwood."
Legolas turned to look at the Lady. She went on:
"You've been like this since I first saw you here in Imladris."
Legolas took a deep breath and said:
"You're really powerful,Lady Galadriel. Nothing passes unnoticed by your
keen eyes."
Galadriel chuckled and said:
"You should have known better. We've known each other for thousands of
years."
"I know.",Legolas chuckled. "But I still feel embarassed beside you."
"You have no need to,my young prince.",she replied while clinging to his
arm and walking. "Nor need you feel embarassed to tell me why are you
feeling so uneasy."
Legolas again breathed deeply and said:
"It's Estel."
"I know.",she said. "The way he loves you."
"Not exactly the way he loves me. For I love him too. But I'm afraid to
be attached to him and have to see him die."
"My young Legolas.",Galadriel stopped walking and looked caringly to the
elf. "I cannot help you with this. The only thing I can say is that you
should try. You'll only know if it is worthy if you try,my dearest."
"No,my Lady. I can't.",Legolas' eyes were full of tears. "I don't want
to see him die."
"You don't know if he's going to die,Legolas.",Galadriel said with a
secret smile.
Legolas' eyes were quickly wide open.
"What do you mean,my Lady? Isn't he human? He's no elf. He's going to
die one day."
"Haven't you heard the tale of Cyraen when you were a child?"
"Cyraen? No,I haven't. What does it say?"
Galadriel just chuckled and didn't answer. Then she was serious. She
said:
"I know why you fear,young one. That's because you love him. And that's
why you must try and love him even if he's not immortal."
Legolas sniffed. But he knew Galadriel was right. He had to try. He had
to do it for the man he loved as his own life.
But he was astonished by the way Galadriel had spoken. Who could be
Cyraen?
"Who is Cyraen,my Lady? How is she related to any of this?"
"You'll have to find out by yourself,Legolas.",Galadriel smiled. "If your
destiny is to find out who she is,then you'll know. But yes,I can help
you,my dear prince. Look for a book on Elrond's library. It's called
The tale of Cyraen. Look for Elves' Old History."
"Was she an elf? Is she dead?"
"Yes,she's dead now. And no,she wasn't an elf."
"A human,then."
"A very special one.",Galadriel smiled. "If you don't find the book,then
talk to me and I will tell you the tale. But it would be better if you
found out it by yourself."
"It's fine,my Lady. Thank you.",Legolas was curious now. Who could be
this human woman? How was she related? What did it have to do with
Aragorn not dying?
No,this was impossible,Legolas thought. Aragorn was a human. How could
he not die? He secretly told himself to stop dreaming.
Galadriel was going back to the inside of the house,but Legolas called
her:
"My Lady."
"Yes,Legolas?",she turned back.
"There's one thing I haven't quite understood yet. I have talked to Lord
Elrond and to my father,but I still can't understand."
"Then tell me what is it so that I can try to help you."
"Why do humans feel so attached to the ones they love? I know they do.
I have seen it with my eyes. But why?"
"Because they die,Legolas. They are not like us. They have death to
deal with. So they hold on to what is dearest to them. They have a desire
of possession. They want to possess everything they love so that they
can deceive themselves. They deceive themselves."
"How?"
"By wanting to believe they can control everything. While they believe
it,while they believe to control everything and everyone,they forget
the only thing they can't control."
"Death.",Legolas replied,disgusted.
"That's it."
Legolas fell silent for a while. The Lady took his hands on hers,sensing
what the younger elf was thinking. Finally he said:
"I don't want him to die.",he said sadly.
"It wouldn't be your fault,but fate's. If we are allowed to blame it."
Legolas kept deeply in thought for a while. So much that he almost could
not have heard the Lady's next words:
"Besides,if you don't try and be with Estel,my young Legolas...perhaps
another one will be able to claim his heart. He must be a human,but he's
free to choose."
"He loves me deeply.",Legolas said.
"I know. But you know how the nature of humans is. He may fall in love
with another one."
Legolas nodded and went back to the house with Galadriel. But when
Elrond saw them and asked what was wrong with the prince,he just left
without saying a word.
"What is the matter with him?".Elrond asked Galadriel.
"You know how the younger ones are.",she said,relaxing on her chair.
"Still that thing.",Elrond sighed. "He fears Aragorn's death."
"Yes. But I told him something.",she said with the very same secret smile
she had gave Legolas on the grounds.
"What did you tell him?"
"About Cyraen's tale. I advised him to look for it."
"Do you think...?",Elrond was talking,shocked,but Galadriel cut him.
"For all my thousands of years I've learnt that I have to wait to see.
But I think I still know how to believe."
"Do you think Legolas could...?"
"I believe,my Lord.",Galadriel smiled this time. "I do."
"Cyraen was special. And Idagor was special as well. We never heard
anything similar happen at any time."
"But it doesn't mean she was the only one to receive such a gift."
"Is Legolas this powerful,my Lady?"
"I believe he is. I feel it. But it's not Legolas. It's Aragorn. And
powerful is not the best word. He is gifted,just as Cyraen was."
"None have been gifted after Cyraen,my Lady. None of them."
"They have,my Lord." she replied. "That was a thing I wondered for a very
long time. Why only Cyraen? But I think I found out the answer."
"And what would it be?"
"All of them were gifted. Not only Cyraen. But they didn't find a true
love. Aragorn did."
Elrond's breath caught on his throat.
"Legolas! Is it him Aragorn's true love?"
"That is it.",Galadriel smiled tiredly. "Shall we retire,my Lord?"
"For sure my Lady. Celeborn awaits you on your room."
"Thank you.",and Galadriel left.
Elrond stood there for a while,deep in thought.
---
Legolas ran to Aragorn's room. When he got there,the man was awake. He
was looking at the ceiling absent-mindedly and almost jumped when Legolas
entered the room:
"Legolas of Mirkwood,you scared me,for Valar's sake!"
"I'm sorry.",Legolas chuckled. Aragorn laughed. Then he said:
"Care to take a walk tomorrow? We should go on a little adventure."
"Of course not,my friend.",he smiled. Aragorn was puzzled,and stared to
the elf:
"Why were you running? You are panting."
Legolas thought he couldn't tell the truth. Not yet.
"Nothing at all."
*Just the need to be by your side* the elf thought.
"May I sleep here?",Legolas asked.
Aragorn's breath was caught in his throat.
"S-sure."
"Good. Then I'm going to share the bedroom with you. You know,Lord
Elrond always has a lot of guests. I don't want to bother him occupying
another room."
"I think you're right.",Aragorn smiled to himself while watching the
elf curling up on the bed beside Aragorn's and falling into an uneasy
sleep. The only thing on the elf's mind was a single book.
End of Part 2.
TBC
Author: Mariana
Reply to: persefone_rj@hotmail.com
Pairing: Aragorn/Legolas
Rating: PG for now
Summary/Notes: see part 1
No infringement is intended.
* thoughts *
----
To you who reviewed chapter 1: Thank you so much! You encourage me to
go on! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
----
Part 2
"I'm serious now Legolas. Why are you going to stay?",Aragorn asked,while
helping Legolas to sort his clothes on the bedroom.
"Why?",Legolas teased. "Didn't you like I'm staying?"
"Of course I did,you fool! Can't you see?" Legolas smiled at that. Of
course he could see it. "But I still don't know why would you leave
your family and stay here."
"I'm not sure myself.",Legolas replied. "I just know I want to be here.
Near everyone I love."
Aragorn looked at him. No,he had misunderstood,of course he had. Legolas
loved everyone in Imladris,but not in a romantic kind of loving. Elves
were weird,Aragorn thought. Though he was so used to them,the man still
couldn't understand some things about the elves. They were free people.
They just did what pleased them,because time was not important. Legolas
could stay in Imladris for years,decades and still not want to go back
home. Because he knew his parents weren't going to die. He knew time or
physical proximity weren't as important as those things were to humans.
And Aragorn found it weird,although he tried to understand.
"Don't you love your family?",Aragorn asked. "Don't you miss them?"
"I do."
"Then why Legolas? Why aren't you going back? God,I think I would have
gotten mad if the War had lasted longer so that I couldn't be back here
soon."
"Humans are different Aragorn,you know that. They feel more attached
to the people and things and places they love. But elves are not like
this. What matters to me is knowing my family loves me. And they do,as
I love them."
Aragorn smiled. Although he found it very weird of him,he admired Legolas
being so unattached. Legolas smiled back and they kept sorting out the
clothes. Once they were finished,Aragorn said:
"I'm going to sleep. You?"
"Not yet. Goodnight,mellon-nin."
"Goodnight,Legolas.",Aragorn laid down on his bed.
Legolas stayed there for a while,reading a book and waiting his friend
to sleep. Aragorn loved the way Legolas - and most of the elves - cared
about people. They were everything but selfish.
"Go to sleep,Legolas. You are tired.",Aragorn noticed.
"No. Not before you sleep."
"But..."
"No buts.",Legolas smiled and Aragorn couldn't do anything but smile as
well. It took little time before the man was soundly asleep.
Before Legolas left,he turned off the lights of his friend's bedroom and
murmured to the dark:
"Actually,I'm staying because of you. My parents and my brothers are
elves. They miss me,and I miss them,sure. But we can wait to be together
again. As you are human,my dear friend,I don't know if you could stand
to be away from me."
As Aragorn shifted a little on his bed,Legolas fell silent. He watched
the sleepy man. He was so beautiful. Aragorn had always felt so small
among the elves,but he was an incredible beautiful being as well. His
eyes were so deep. They were the thing Legolas admired the most. Elves
could be like angels,and they could be full of grace and light but they
would never have the depth of a man's gaze.
Legolas stood there for a long time,watching Aragorn. Touched the man's
hair and kissed his forehead. Then suddenly the elf's expression became
more serious and determined.
"But I promise you,Estel.",Legolas murmured. "This is going to end. You
shall never miss your friends again. Even if you're not with them in
person. You shall never feel lonely again."
----
Legolas left the room where Aragorn slept and went to join Lord Elrond,
Galadriel and the other elves in the hall. They were talking merrily
about Middle-Earth tales. All of them felt relieved now that the world
had been saved.
Legolas took a seat near Elrond and just payed attention to the talks.
Though he was more than two thousand years old,he prefered to listen and
learn than to talk.
Galadriel was bright as always. The Lady of Lorien had left her forest
just to visit Elrond and by that she was more than well-treated in
Imladris. As the Lady seldom left her forest,Elrond took her visit as a
great honor. She had the best bedroom while staying on his house.
"Legolas Greenleaf from Mirkwood.",she greeted him as soon as he entered
the hall.
"My Lady. It's so good to see you again.",he replied in awe. Though he
was an elf too,Galadriel's beauty and power always overwhelmed him.
"It's good to see you too.",Galadriel replied and graciously stood up
of where she was sit to talk to Legolas,who felt extremely uneasy.
"No,my Lady. Please don't stand up. I'll sit down."
She talked as she hadn't listen to what Legolas had just said:
"Care to take me for a walk?"
"Of course not,Lady Galadriel."
And with that Legolas left with her to the grounds of Rivendell.
----
"I see you feel uneasy,prince of Mirkwood."
Legolas turned to look at the Lady. She went on:
"You've been like this since I first saw you here in Imladris."
Legolas took a deep breath and said:
"You're really powerful,Lady Galadriel. Nothing passes unnoticed by your
keen eyes."
Galadriel chuckled and said:
"You should have known better. We've known each other for thousands of
years."
"I know.",Legolas chuckled. "But I still feel embarassed beside you."
"You have no need to,my young prince.",she replied while clinging to his
arm and walking. "Nor need you feel embarassed to tell me why are you
feeling so uneasy."
Legolas again breathed deeply and said:
"It's Estel."
"I know.",she said. "The way he loves you."
"Not exactly the way he loves me. For I love him too. But I'm afraid to
be attached to him and have to see him die."
"My young Legolas.",Galadriel stopped walking and looked caringly to the
elf. "I cannot help you with this. The only thing I can say is that you
should try. You'll only know if it is worthy if you try,my dearest."
"No,my Lady. I can't.",Legolas' eyes were full of tears. "I don't want
to see him die."
"You don't know if he's going to die,Legolas.",Galadriel said with a
secret smile.
Legolas' eyes were quickly wide open.
"What do you mean,my Lady? Isn't he human? He's no elf. He's going to
die one day."
"Haven't you heard the tale of Cyraen when you were a child?"
"Cyraen? No,I haven't. What does it say?"
Galadriel just chuckled and didn't answer. Then she was serious. She
said:
"I know why you fear,young one. That's because you love him. And that's
why you must try and love him even if he's not immortal."
Legolas sniffed. But he knew Galadriel was right. He had to try. He had
to do it for the man he loved as his own life.
But he was astonished by the way Galadriel had spoken. Who could be
Cyraen?
"Who is Cyraen,my Lady? How is she related to any of this?"
"You'll have to find out by yourself,Legolas.",Galadriel smiled. "If your
destiny is to find out who she is,then you'll know. But yes,I can help
you,my dear prince. Look for a book on Elrond's library. It's called
The tale of Cyraen. Look for Elves' Old History."
"Was she an elf? Is she dead?"
"Yes,she's dead now. And no,she wasn't an elf."
"A human,then."
"A very special one.",Galadriel smiled. "If you don't find the book,then
talk to me and I will tell you the tale. But it would be better if you
found out it by yourself."
"It's fine,my Lady. Thank you.",Legolas was curious now. Who could be
this human woman? How was she related? What did it have to do with
Aragorn not dying?
No,this was impossible,Legolas thought. Aragorn was a human. How could
he not die? He secretly told himself to stop dreaming.
Galadriel was going back to the inside of the house,but Legolas called
her:
"My Lady."
"Yes,Legolas?",she turned back.
"There's one thing I haven't quite understood yet. I have talked to Lord
Elrond and to my father,but I still can't understand."
"Then tell me what is it so that I can try to help you."
"Why do humans feel so attached to the ones they love? I know they do.
I have seen it with my eyes. But why?"
"Because they die,Legolas. They are not like us. They have death to
deal with. So they hold on to what is dearest to them. They have a desire
of possession. They want to possess everything they love so that they
can deceive themselves. They deceive themselves."
"How?"
"By wanting to believe they can control everything. While they believe
it,while they believe to control everything and everyone,they forget
the only thing they can't control."
"Death.",Legolas replied,disgusted.
"That's it."
Legolas fell silent for a while. The Lady took his hands on hers,sensing
what the younger elf was thinking. Finally he said:
"I don't want him to die.",he said sadly.
"It wouldn't be your fault,but fate's. If we are allowed to blame it."
Legolas kept deeply in thought for a while. So much that he almost could
not have heard the Lady's next words:
"Besides,if you don't try and be with Estel,my young Legolas...perhaps
another one will be able to claim his heart. He must be a human,but he's
free to choose."
"He loves me deeply.",Legolas said.
"I know. But you know how the nature of humans is. He may fall in love
with another one."
Legolas nodded and went back to the house with Galadriel. But when
Elrond saw them and asked what was wrong with the prince,he just left
without saying a word.
"What is the matter with him?".Elrond asked Galadriel.
"You know how the younger ones are.",she said,relaxing on her chair.
"Still that thing.",Elrond sighed. "He fears Aragorn's death."
"Yes. But I told him something.",she said with the very same secret smile
she had gave Legolas on the grounds.
"What did you tell him?"
"About Cyraen's tale. I advised him to look for it."
"Do you think...?",Elrond was talking,shocked,but Galadriel cut him.
"For all my thousands of years I've learnt that I have to wait to see.
But I think I still know how to believe."
"Do you think Legolas could...?"
"I believe,my Lord.",Galadriel smiled this time. "I do."
"Cyraen was special. And Idagor was special as well. We never heard
anything similar happen at any time."
"But it doesn't mean she was the only one to receive such a gift."
"Is Legolas this powerful,my Lady?"
"I believe he is. I feel it. But it's not Legolas. It's Aragorn. And
powerful is not the best word. He is gifted,just as Cyraen was."
"None have been gifted after Cyraen,my Lady. None of them."
"They have,my Lord." she replied. "That was a thing I wondered for a very
long time. Why only Cyraen? But I think I found out the answer."
"And what would it be?"
"All of them were gifted. Not only Cyraen. But they didn't find a true
love. Aragorn did."
Elrond's breath caught on his throat.
"Legolas! Is it him Aragorn's true love?"
"That is it.",Galadriel smiled tiredly. "Shall we retire,my Lord?"
"For sure my Lady. Celeborn awaits you on your room."
"Thank you.",and Galadriel left.
Elrond stood there for a while,deep in thought.
---
Legolas ran to Aragorn's room. When he got there,the man was awake. He
was looking at the ceiling absent-mindedly and almost jumped when Legolas
entered the room:
"Legolas of Mirkwood,you scared me,for Valar's sake!"
"I'm sorry.",Legolas chuckled. Aragorn laughed. Then he said:
"Care to take a walk tomorrow? We should go on a little adventure."
"Of course not,my friend.",he smiled. Aragorn was puzzled,and stared to
the elf:
"Why were you running? You are panting."
Legolas thought he couldn't tell the truth. Not yet.
"Nothing at all."
*Just the need to be by your side* the elf thought.
"May I sleep here?",Legolas asked.
Aragorn's breath was caught in his throat.
"S-sure."
"Good. Then I'm going to share the bedroom with you. You know,Lord
Elrond always has a lot of guests. I don't want to bother him occupying
another room."
"I think you're right.",Aragorn smiled to himself while watching the
elf curling up on the bed beside Aragorn's and falling into an uneasy
sleep. The only thing on the elf's mind was a single book.
End of Part 2.
TBC