A/N: Ah... Sleep is good. So are French Vanilla Cappuccinos from work.
Mmmmm. Nonetheless, due to some pushing from Maruit, I'm posting more
chapters. I only have about 14 thus so far, and will probably continue the
work for a while, so don't get angry with me is I don't post a lot.
Without ado, Mirkwood to the Grey Havens, Part VI (six for those that can't
read Roman Numerals)
Disclaimer: I'm too tired to come up with another one. How about... the Smurfs own LOTR, and they're owned by the Peeps company and... let's say... the Elf God owns them. It's all interrelated.
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Chapter 6
Lhunoriel, in the mean time, was running with Alcweth to a spot that they had found only a month earlier. It was a small alcove that was very secluded from the rest of the city.
Alcweth didn't reach the alcove.
She, actually, was running behind Lhunoriel and to the side. She kept looking over her back to see if anyone was coming. Once she saw Legolas shoot out of the group of people still huddled around the dance floor, she trailed off, waited for him to go by and then started walking back to meet her brother.
They knew their royalty very well.
*
Meanwhile, Lhunoriel kept running and ended up where she wanted to be, in the alcove. She heard the movements of someone in the forest.
"That was great, Alcweth!" Lhunoriel said. She fell down on the grass, catching her breath and closed her eyes.
Then Legolas stumbled into the clearing. Lhunoriel jumped up at the sound of the intruder. Legolas stood up, brushed himself off and looked around. He jumped at finding Lhunoriel.
Both of them peered at each other.
"I'm Legolas." Legolas said, taking Lhunoriel's hand and kissing it. "Nice to meet you."
Lhunoriel stood there, dumbfounded for a moment and then immediately snatched her hand away from Legolas.
"Sorry if I was too bold." Legolas said, placing his hands behind his back and looking to the ground, nervously and oddly embarrassed.
"Oh, not at all..." Lhunoriel said, twisting her hands together. "I... um..." she had remembered who he was.
"I-."
"You don't know who I am?" Lhunoriel said, cutting Legolas off from his statement.
"No, but I-."
"You don't know?!" Lhunoriel said, partly annoyed, partly hurt, and partly surprised. Without letting him answer, she told him. "I'm Lhunoriel!"
Legolas stood back for a moment, taking this thought in.
"Lhunoriel? As in-."
"As in Countessa Lhunoriel, daughter of the Countess Alkore. Yes, that's me."
They stood there in silence for a moment. Then Lhunoriel sat down on the soft grass, twirling her hair around her finger.
"And so we-."
"Yes."
They sighed.
"What do we do now?" asked Lhunoriel, looking up at the prince.
"To tell you the truth," Legolas said, sitting next to Lhunoriel, "I can see orcs from leagues away, kill them by the hundreds and manage to escape Mordor with my life, but I am afraid that I do not know what to do." They sat in silence, listening to the sounds of the festival, in complete seclusion.
*
Meanwhile, Alcweth was waiting anxiously with Saurmereth and Gimli.
"I wonder if he found her," Saurmereth said.
"I shouldn't have done that, leaving them alone...." Alcweth said.
"Considering how long they've been there," said Gimli, "I think they're fine."
*
The two were still sitting there, in silence.
"This is getting-." Said Lhunoriel, stretching.
"Awkward." Legolas said, finishing Lhunoriel's sentence.
They both sighed. Lhunoriel stood up and started walking to the exit.
"Where are you going?" asked Legolas before Lhunoriel had gotten very far.
"I was going to leave." Lhunoriel said, turning to Legolas. "I guessed that since we weren't doing anything important, I would leave for to find Alcweth."
"Oh...." Legolas said, thinking about something to keep her there.
"Well, I'll be leaving then." Lhunoriel said, taking a step backward.
Legolas desperately searched for something to keep her there. And Lhunoriel, thinking it would be silly to change her mind and stay hoped that he would.
Luckily, Lhunoriel tripped and fell backward. Legolas caught her, but only too late and then they both fell to the ground, Lhunoriel in his lap.
They sat there for a minute, hearts beating ever faster. Then, the most unexpected thing happened. Legolas, searching for the best words in this situation, came up with this:
"May I kiss you?"
And then another unexpected thing happened. Lhunoriel, in her best effort to come up with the best answer said:
"Yes."
And then they, well, did. It was very light and non-threatening, but it was, none the less, a kiss.
A crashing sound was coming through the trees.
"Lhunoriel?" said the soft voice of Alcweth.
"Legolas?" said the harsh voice of Gimli and the light voice of Saurmereth.
Legolas and Lhunoriel quickly dashed apart and stood up, Lhunoriel fanning cool air onto her flushed cheeks.
"I'm over here, Alcweth." Lhunoriel said, shakily.
The party of three came through the line of trees, crowding the small place.
"Sorry to have left you, My lady." Alcweth said, curtsying to Lhunoriel.
"Very well." Lhunoriel said, folding one arm over her chest and using the other to check how hot her face was.
"Legolas!" said Saurmereth, in the lightest of moods, placing his hand on Legolas's shoulder. "Ready to go out and party some more."
Lhunoriel decided it was time to make her exit.
"Your highness." Lhunoriel said, calling attention to her prince. She straightened, put on her air of nobility, far different than her previous demeanor and turned to Legolas.
"Yes?" Legolas said, turning to Lhunoriel. Legolas noticed the change in Lhunoriel's carrying. He straightened too, placed his royal air on and addressed Lhunoriel again. "Yes, your Excellency?"
"Thank you for the dance." Lhunoriel curtsied.
"The pleasure was mine." Legolas said, bowing.
"I ask for permission to leave and explore the fair."
"Permission granted." Legolas said. They gave their graces to each other again.
"Come Alcweth." Lhunoriel said, walking to the boundary of the circle. Alcweth looked strangely at Lhunoriel, to her brother and Gimli, who shrugged, to her prince, tilted her head and shook it.
"Yes, my lady." Alcweth said, curtsying to Legolas, who nodded his head back. Alcweth then left the clearing with Lhunoriel.
After the two ladies left, Gimli and Saurmereth turned to Legolas. They were very angry.
"YOU LET HER GO?!" they both said simultaneously.
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A/N: Satisfied, Maruit? BTW: K&Q Archery is a go.
And to all my readers, Enjoy! Erm... make sure to check out the story "What Are These Girls To Do?" written by yours truly. It features myself and Maruit in her incorrectly spelled form of name, but nonetheless, currently, her character has died and the will of the fic (me) has brought her back to life. Sounds like fun? HELL YES!!!!
Disclaimer: I'm too tired to come up with another one. How about... the Smurfs own LOTR, and they're owned by the Peeps company and... let's say... the Elf God owns them. It's all interrelated.
^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ^~^~^~^~^
Chapter 6
Lhunoriel, in the mean time, was running with Alcweth to a spot that they had found only a month earlier. It was a small alcove that was very secluded from the rest of the city.
Alcweth didn't reach the alcove.
She, actually, was running behind Lhunoriel and to the side. She kept looking over her back to see if anyone was coming. Once she saw Legolas shoot out of the group of people still huddled around the dance floor, she trailed off, waited for him to go by and then started walking back to meet her brother.
They knew their royalty very well.
*
Meanwhile, Lhunoriel kept running and ended up where she wanted to be, in the alcove. She heard the movements of someone in the forest.
"That was great, Alcweth!" Lhunoriel said. She fell down on the grass, catching her breath and closed her eyes.
Then Legolas stumbled into the clearing. Lhunoriel jumped up at the sound of the intruder. Legolas stood up, brushed himself off and looked around. He jumped at finding Lhunoriel.
Both of them peered at each other.
"I'm Legolas." Legolas said, taking Lhunoriel's hand and kissing it. "Nice to meet you."
Lhunoriel stood there, dumbfounded for a moment and then immediately snatched her hand away from Legolas.
"Sorry if I was too bold." Legolas said, placing his hands behind his back and looking to the ground, nervously and oddly embarrassed.
"Oh, not at all..." Lhunoriel said, twisting her hands together. "I... um..." she had remembered who he was.
"I-."
"You don't know who I am?" Lhunoriel said, cutting Legolas off from his statement.
"No, but I-."
"You don't know?!" Lhunoriel said, partly annoyed, partly hurt, and partly surprised. Without letting him answer, she told him. "I'm Lhunoriel!"
Legolas stood back for a moment, taking this thought in.
"Lhunoriel? As in-."
"As in Countessa Lhunoriel, daughter of the Countess Alkore. Yes, that's me."
They stood there in silence for a moment. Then Lhunoriel sat down on the soft grass, twirling her hair around her finger.
"And so we-."
"Yes."
They sighed.
"What do we do now?" asked Lhunoriel, looking up at the prince.
"To tell you the truth," Legolas said, sitting next to Lhunoriel, "I can see orcs from leagues away, kill them by the hundreds and manage to escape Mordor with my life, but I am afraid that I do not know what to do." They sat in silence, listening to the sounds of the festival, in complete seclusion.
*
Meanwhile, Alcweth was waiting anxiously with Saurmereth and Gimli.
"I wonder if he found her," Saurmereth said.
"I shouldn't have done that, leaving them alone...." Alcweth said.
"Considering how long they've been there," said Gimli, "I think they're fine."
*
The two were still sitting there, in silence.
"This is getting-." Said Lhunoriel, stretching.
"Awkward." Legolas said, finishing Lhunoriel's sentence.
They both sighed. Lhunoriel stood up and started walking to the exit.
"Where are you going?" asked Legolas before Lhunoriel had gotten very far.
"I was going to leave." Lhunoriel said, turning to Legolas. "I guessed that since we weren't doing anything important, I would leave for to find Alcweth."
"Oh...." Legolas said, thinking about something to keep her there.
"Well, I'll be leaving then." Lhunoriel said, taking a step backward.
Legolas desperately searched for something to keep her there. And Lhunoriel, thinking it would be silly to change her mind and stay hoped that he would.
Luckily, Lhunoriel tripped and fell backward. Legolas caught her, but only too late and then they both fell to the ground, Lhunoriel in his lap.
They sat there for a minute, hearts beating ever faster. Then, the most unexpected thing happened. Legolas, searching for the best words in this situation, came up with this:
"May I kiss you?"
And then another unexpected thing happened. Lhunoriel, in her best effort to come up with the best answer said:
"Yes."
And then they, well, did. It was very light and non-threatening, but it was, none the less, a kiss.
A crashing sound was coming through the trees.
"Lhunoriel?" said the soft voice of Alcweth.
"Legolas?" said the harsh voice of Gimli and the light voice of Saurmereth.
Legolas and Lhunoriel quickly dashed apart and stood up, Lhunoriel fanning cool air onto her flushed cheeks.
"I'm over here, Alcweth." Lhunoriel said, shakily.
The party of three came through the line of trees, crowding the small place.
"Sorry to have left you, My lady." Alcweth said, curtsying to Lhunoriel.
"Very well." Lhunoriel said, folding one arm over her chest and using the other to check how hot her face was.
"Legolas!" said Saurmereth, in the lightest of moods, placing his hand on Legolas's shoulder. "Ready to go out and party some more."
Lhunoriel decided it was time to make her exit.
"Your highness." Lhunoriel said, calling attention to her prince. She straightened, put on her air of nobility, far different than her previous demeanor and turned to Legolas.
"Yes?" Legolas said, turning to Lhunoriel. Legolas noticed the change in Lhunoriel's carrying. He straightened too, placed his royal air on and addressed Lhunoriel again. "Yes, your Excellency?"
"Thank you for the dance." Lhunoriel curtsied.
"The pleasure was mine." Legolas said, bowing.
"I ask for permission to leave and explore the fair."
"Permission granted." Legolas said. They gave their graces to each other again.
"Come Alcweth." Lhunoriel said, walking to the boundary of the circle. Alcweth looked strangely at Lhunoriel, to her brother and Gimli, who shrugged, to her prince, tilted her head and shook it.
"Yes, my lady." Alcweth said, curtsying to Legolas, who nodded his head back. Alcweth then left the clearing with Lhunoriel.
After the two ladies left, Gimli and Saurmereth turned to Legolas. They were very angry.
"YOU LET HER GO?!" they both said simultaneously.
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A/N: Satisfied, Maruit? BTW: K&Q Archery is a go.
And to all my readers, Enjoy! Erm... make sure to check out the story "What Are These Girls To Do?" written by yours truly. It features myself and Maruit in her incorrectly spelled form of name, but nonetheless, currently, her character has died and the will of the fic (me) has brought her back to life. Sounds like fun? HELL YES!!!!