I am the author, yes I am. It is 11pm and I am editing this... AM I CRAZY?
Well, yes, if you want to be technical. *sigh* It's not easy being green.
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I'm too tired to write anything too creative. Imagine a very funny disclaimer about me not owning LOTR. You're smiling now, right?
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Chapter 4
Unfortunately for them, the dance stopped abruptly and they stopped, facing each other with that one word. "Enchanting."
While everything around them was falling apart, people leaving the dance floor, exclaiming how much fun that dance was Legolas and Lhunoriel stood there, frozen in time.
It was Legolas who broke time.
"I... uh... you see..." Legolas said ever so smoothly.
"I have to go." Lhunoriel said, dashing away from Legolas, out of the dance hall and across the courtyard to the very boundary of her manor.
*
"A fluke!" Lhunoriel said, walking back and forth in her room, wearing her white bed dress. Alcweth was following her, trying to braid her hair for the night.
"Please hold still!" Alcweth said. "Your hair will be in tangles tomorrow if you don't keep still!"
"It was a fluke! We were switched! The world was spinning! It was an evil, dirty, cruel trick that mother played on me! It doesn't mean a thing!" Alcweth held Lhunoriel still and pushed her down on her vanity seat.
"No matter what it was or what you said to him or what happened, I still need to braid your hair! Now sit still."
Lhunoriel sighed harshly. "It's not like she could have told me. Or I could have had some warning. Or she could have even tricked me into sitting with him and coaxing it out of me."
"You realize that what you're saying is a premonition that you had any feelings before hand." Alcweth said, looking at Lhunoriel through the mirror.
Lhunoriel sat and contemplated this for a moment.
"I never said that-."
"Don't start!"
"Just because it sounds like I-."
"It's no use Lhun."
"But it's not what I meant!"
"Yeah, uh huh, right. Just like your hair's not so long that we have to go through this insane ritual before bedtime to braid it so we don't have to brush it out in the morning. Exactly. Now sit still!" There was some silence between the two.
"Tomorrow, I will live for the night."
"What are you talking about?"
"The festival."
Alcweth stopped, trying to figure it out. She gave up. "I'm still not getting it."
Lhunoriel turned to Alcweth. "Tomorrow night is the autumn festival! Dancing, parties, lights and it's all at night!"
"And what are you going to do?" Alcweth said, turning Lhunoriel's head towards the mirror again.
"Dance, of course! What else would I do?"
"Lhunoriel, you can't! Besides... isn't that exactly what you did tonight?"
"So?"
"How different is tonight from tomorrow night?" Alcweth tied the last ribbon in Lhunoriel's braid.
"A Masquerade!" Lhunoriel said, jumping up and flying to her bed.
"There's never been a masquerade for the festival." Alcweth said, following her mistress and sitting next to her.
"Nor will there ever be." Lhunoriel took off the light robe and placed it next to her bed. As she did this, Alcweth contemplated her lady's words.
"And again, you confuse me."
Lhunoriel placed her face directly in front of Alcweth's face.
"I am not going as myself."
*Back at the Palace...
"How cruel is this world!" Saurmereth said, dramatically as he was walking with Legolas and Gimli to Legolas's quarters where they would be sleeping. "To be tricked by your own father and a woman you have not even met until this night to make you state feelings in front of the other!"
"You're dramatizing." Said Legolas. "It's not that bad."
"Looked bad from where I was standing." Said Gimli. They opened the door and walked into the room.
"No matter what you say, I'm still sleeping in the servants quarters tonight." Said Saurmereth. "Fare well."
"Good night." Said Legolas, walking into his room. He looked at his bed. "Seems ages since I've been here. And that's saying a lot."
"Well, no matter what, I'm going to sleep." Said Gimli, lying down on the bed that was set up in the room.
All was quiet for a few minutes until Legolas spoke.
"So what did you think of Lhunoriel?"
"Do you want me to answer truthfully?"
Legolas sighed, sitting on his bed. "Yes."
"I think..."
"Yes?"
"I think that you need to sleep and I'll answer you in the morning."
Legolas sighed. "I guess you're right." He lay down on the bed but just as he did, Saurmereth knocked on the door. This disturbed Gimli greatly.
"What is it?" growled Gimli.
Saurmereth poked his head in. "Sorry to disturb, but Legolas, you might want to know that the autumn festival is tomorrow night."
"Yes." Said Legolas sitting up. "Please come in."
"I'm going to be up all night!" said Gimli putting his head under his pillow.
"Um... Anyway," Saurmereth said, pulling into the room. "I thought you might like to go... like before."
"What's he talking about?" Gimli's muffled voice came from under the pillows.
"Saurmereth and I used to go for the festival every year and act like normal elves. I used to like to escape the palace life." Legolas said.
"And I'd go to have fun." Saurmereth said.
"And your point is?" Gimli said, pulling the pillows off his head and looking at the two.
"I wondered if he would like to go." Saurmereth said.
"Okay then. I'll settle it." Gimli said, getting up. "We're going. We'll go to this festival, but leave me to some sleep!" He started pushing Saurmereth to the door.
"Then I'll see you tomorrow morning!" Saurmereth said, delightedly.
"Yes, yes, yes. Now let me sleep!" Gimli opened the door and pushed Saurmereth out.
"No need to be so harsh on him." Legolas said, lying down again.
"Oh, yes there was." Said Gimli.
"And what was that?"
"I want sleep." Gimli said, crawling back into the bed and covering himself.
Legolas laughed and it was followed by a long silence.
"I remember when-."
"ARGH!"
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A/N: Sleep.... Must... sleep.... must... dream... of... elf... god... *smashes head against the keyboard* I'm awake!
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I'm too tired to write anything too creative. Imagine a very funny disclaimer about me not owning LOTR. You're smiling now, right?
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Chapter 4
Unfortunately for them, the dance stopped abruptly and they stopped, facing each other with that one word. "Enchanting."
While everything around them was falling apart, people leaving the dance floor, exclaiming how much fun that dance was Legolas and Lhunoriel stood there, frozen in time.
It was Legolas who broke time.
"I... uh... you see..." Legolas said ever so smoothly.
"I have to go." Lhunoriel said, dashing away from Legolas, out of the dance hall and across the courtyard to the very boundary of her manor.
*
"A fluke!" Lhunoriel said, walking back and forth in her room, wearing her white bed dress. Alcweth was following her, trying to braid her hair for the night.
"Please hold still!" Alcweth said. "Your hair will be in tangles tomorrow if you don't keep still!"
"It was a fluke! We were switched! The world was spinning! It was an evil, dirty, cruel trick that mother played on me! It doesn't mean a thing!" Alcweth held Lhunoriel still and pushed her down on her vanity seat.
"No matter what it was or what you said to him or what happened, I still need to braid your hair! Now sit still."
Lhunoriel sighed harshly. "It's not like she could have told me. Or I could have had some warning. Or she could have even tricked me into sitting with him and coaxing it out of me."
"You realize that what you're saying is a premonition that you had any feelings before hand." Alcweth said, looking at Lhunoriel through the mirror.
Lhunoriel sat and contemplated this for a moment.
"I never said that-."
"Don't start!"
"Just because it sounds like I-."
"It's no use Lhun."
"But it's not what I meant!"
"Yeah, uh huh, right. Just like your hair's not so long that we have to go through this insane ritual before bedtime to braid it so we don't have to brush it out in the morning. Exactly. Now sit still!" There was some silence between the two.
"Tomorrow, I will live for the night."
"What are you talking about?"
"The festival."
Alcweth stopped, trying to figure it out. She gave up. "I'm still not getting it."
Lhunoriel turned to Alcweth. "Tomorrow night is the autumn festival! Dancing, parties, lights and it's all at night!"
"And what are you going to do?" Alcweth said, turning Lhunoriel's head towards the mirror again.
"Dance, of course! What else would I do?"
"Lhunoriel, you can't! Besides... isn't that exactly what you did tonight?"
"So?"
"How different is tonight from tomorrow night?" Alcweth tied the last ribbon in Lhunoriel's braid.
"A Masquerade!" Lhunoriel said, jumping up and flying to her bed.
"There's never been a masquerade for the festival." Alcweth said, following her mistress and sitting next to her.
"Nor will there ever be." Lhunoriel took off the light robe and placed it next to her bed. As she did this, Alcweth contemplated her lady's words.
"And again, you confuse me."
Lhunoriel placed her face directly in front of Alcweth's face.
"I am not going as myself."
*Back at the Palace...
"How cruel is this world!" Saurmereth said, dramatically as he was walking with Legolas and Gimli to Legolas's quarters where they would be sleeping. "To be tricked by your own father and a woman you have not even met until this night to make you state feelings in front of the other!"
"You're dramatizing." Said Legolas. "It's not that bad."
"Looked bad from where I was standing." Said Gimli. They opened the door and walked into the room.
"No matter what you say, I'm still sleeping in the servants quarters tonight." Said Saurmereth. "Fare well."
"Good night." Said Legolas, walking into his room. He looked at his bed. "Seems ages since I've been here. And that's saying a lot."
"Well, no matter what, I'm going to sleep." Said Gimli, lying down on the bed that was set up in the room.
All was quiet for a few minutes until Legolas spoke.
"So what did you think of Lhunoriel?"
"Do you want me to answer truthfully?"
Legolas sighed, sitting on his bed. "Yes."
"I think..."
"Yes?"
"I think that you need to sleep and I'll answer you in the morning."
Legolas sighed. "I guess you're right." He lay down on the bed but just as he did, Saurmereth knocked on the door. This disturbed Gimli greatly.
"What is it?" growled Gimli.
Saurmereth poked his head in. "Sorry to disturb, but Legolas, you might want to know that the autumn festival is tomorrow night."
"Yes." Said Legolas sitting up. "Please come in."
"I'm going to be up all night!" said Gimli putting his head under his pillow.
"Um... Anyway," Saurmereth said, pulling into the room. "I thought you might like to go... like before."
"What's he talking about?" Gimli's muffled voice came from under the pillows.
"Saurmereth and I used to go for the festival every year and act like normal elves. I used to like to escape the palace life." Legolas said.
"And I'd go to have fun." Saurmereth said.
"And your point is?" Gimli said, pulling the pillows off his head and looking at the two.
"I wondered if he would like to go." Saurmereth said.
"Okay then. I'll settle it." Gimli said, getting up. "We're going. We'll go to this festival, but leave me to some sleep!" He started pushing Saurmereth to the door.
"Then I'll see you tomorrow morning!" Saurmereth said, delightedly.
"Yes, yes, yes. Now let me sleep!" Gimli opened the door and pushed Saurmereth out.
"No need to be so harsh on him." Legolas said, lying down again.
"Oh, yes there was." Said Gimli.
"And what was that?"
"I want sleep." Gimli said, crawling back into the bed and covering himself.
Legolas laughed and it was followed by a long silence.
"I remember when-."
"ARGH!"
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A/N: Sleep.... Must... sleep.... must... dream... of... elf... god... *smashes head against the keyboard* I'm awake!