A/N: This chapter isn't all that bad. It's mostly the after feelings of
the dramatist personae. Good read, too.
Disclaimer: Awww... not again?!?!?! Okay. Um.... lawyer lizards, stop climbing up my ass because the only money I have I need to pay for my permit and Driver's Ed classes.
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Chapter 9
They walked in the cool night air, the stars shining as they had since forever.
"How do you feel?" asked Thranduil to Legolas, who was looking to the ground while walking.
"In accordance to what?" Replied Legolas, sighing.
"Marriage!" Said Thranduil, gaily, making a wide gesture with his arms.
"Horribly." Legolas said in melancholy.
"Oh, come now, son... I thought you'd be glad to finally have me off your back! Now I won't be pestering to you about Lhunoriel or anyone for that matter." Thranduil seemed to be acting wonderfully. Legolas didn't notice and kept looking to the ground.
"I would rather have you pestering me than chaining me into a marriage." Legolas almost tripped over a root but made a small jump over it, not breaking his gaze to the ground.
"It can't be all that bad." Gimli said, patting Legolas on the shoulder.
"I'm sure everything will turn out fine." Saurmereth said.
*
"This can't be happening!" Lhunoriel said, pacing back and forth, Alcweth sitting on the bed. "Of all the wretched and cruel things my mother could do to me, this is the worst! Not to mention the least fairest of things possible!" She sighed and fell onto the bed, embroidering. "What am I going to do?"
"I say you let things come to pass and carry on your life as normal." Alcweth said. "Besides, it can't be all that bad..."
"You're not the one who is going to be married to a complete stranger." Lhunoriel looked out the window. "I need to escape."
"Nonsense." Alcweth cut a stand.
"You may think so, but not I." Lhunoriel stood up and walked to the window. She inhaled the deep scent of trees, promise of rain, and thousands of years. "I want to leave here. I want to go off on an adventure."
"You've had plenty of adventures." Alcweth walked to a table and picked up a new skein of embroidery floss. "You've been to Lorien, Rivendell, and everywhere in between."
"But that's just a small piece of the world, a mere triangle in a larger circle. I haven't been to Minas Tirith, Arnor, Fangorn... or anywhere like that."
"But you don't need to. Once you're married, we're leaving for the Gray Havens. That's all one really needs."
"That's exactly my point!" Lhunoriel turned back to Alcweth. "If I am to leave for the Gray Havens in only a year, I want to experience the world. I don't want to be here, locked up in misery." Lhunoriel turned back to the window and looked out on the dark night. "Leave me."
"Yes, my mistress." Alcweth turned and left the room.
Lhunoriel stayed at the window for a long while, but then started busying herself with changing clothes and placing more in her bag.
*
"I will see you in the morning." Thranduil said, leaving Legolas at his door.
"Yes, father." Legolas said. They had returned to the castle and dropped off all of the companions to their rooms, Saurmereth to the servant's quarters, Gimli to his new room and now Thranduil to his. The king went into his room, leaving Legolas to walk to his.
Legolas did, in fact, walk to his room, but he didn't stay there long.
"I need to go for a walk."
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A/N: Ooooooooh! Suspense!
Disclaimer: Awww... not again?!?!?! Okay. Um.... lawyer lizards, stop climbing up my ass because the only money I have I need to pay for my permit and Driver's Ed classes.
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Chapter 9
They walked in the cool night air, the stars shining as they had since forever.
"How do you feel?" asked Thranduil to Legolas, who was looking to the ground while walking.
"In accordance to what?" Replied Legolas, sighing.
"Marriage!" Said Thranduil, gaily, making a wide gesture with his arms.
"Horribly." Legolas said in melancholy.
"Oh, come now, son... I thought you'd be glad to finally have me off your back! Now I won't be pestering to you about Lhunoriel or anyone for that matter." Thranduil seemed to be acting wonderfully. Legolas didn't notice and kept looking to the ground.
"I would rather have you pestering me than chaining me into a marriage." Legolas almost tripped over a root but made a small jump over it, not breaking his gaze to the ground.
"It can't be all that bad." Gimli said, patting Legolas on the shoulder.
"I'm sure everything will turn out fine." Saurmereth said.
*
"This can't be happening!" Lhunoriel said, pacing back and forth, Alcweth sitting on the bed. "Of all the wretched and cruel things my mother could do to me, this is the worst! Not to mention the least fairest of things possible!" She sighed and fell onto the bed, embroidering. "What am I going to do?"
"I say you let things come to pass and carry on your life as normal." Alcweth said. "Besides, it can't be all that bad..."
"You're not the one who is going to be married to a complete stranger." Lhunoriel looked out the window. "I need to escape."
"Nonsense." Alcweth cut a stand.
"You may think so, but not I." Lhunoriel stood up and walked to the window. She inhaled the deep scent of trees, promise of rain, and thousands of years. "I want to leave here. I want to go off on an adventure."
"You've had plenty of adventures." Alcweth walked to a table and picked up a new skein of embroidery floss. "You've been to Lorien, Rivendell, and everywhere in between."
"But that's just a small piece of the world, a mere triangle in a larger circle. I haven't been to Minas Tirith, Arnor, Fangorn... or anywhere like that."
"But you don't need to. Once you're married, we're leaving for the Gray Havens. That's all one really needs."
"That's exactly my point!" Lhunoriel turned back to Alcweth. "If I am to leave for the Gray Havens in only a year, I want to experience the world. I don't want to be here, locked up in misery." Lhunoriel turned back to the window and looked out on the dark night. "Leave me."
"Yes, my mistress." Alcweth turned and left the room.
Lhunoriel stayed at the window for a long while, but then started busying herself with changing clothes and placing more in her bag.
*
"I will see you in the morning." Thranduil said, leaving Legolas at his door.
"Yes, father." Legolas said. They had returned to the castle and dropped off all of the companions to their rooms, Saurmereth to the servant's quarters, Gimli to his new room and now Thranduil to his. The king went into his room, leaving Legolas to walk to his.
Legolas did, in fact, walk to his room, but he didn't stay there long.
"I need to go for a walk."
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A/N: Ooooooooh! Suspense!