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Judgement Chapter Seven
Legolas held his breath as the body hit the water. Suddenly a beautiful swan flew from the water and disappeared into the horizon. Not realizing it was Gabby, he glanced hurriedly around the base of the waterfall where the water was dancing, pooling, and babbling by him. Then it hit him all at once, she was leaving once and for all. She wanted them to think her dead so she could keep running. Legolas bit back the tears as he turned his back on her retreat, trying to forget all about Gabby.
It was Erin's fault. The pain she felt from the fall was nothing compaired to what she felt when she thought of Erin. Then her thoughts turned to Legolas, oh if he ever caught her she would be in a lot of trouble. Hypothetically if he ever caught her, he would probably tie her to a tree and guard her for the rest of her life. She dipped low to the ground and returned to her elf form. Then she cried, and didn't stop until nightfall. She couldn't really complain, afterall, it was her fault. She was so easily scared by so many things. She might have one of those, I don't care attitudes but really she was very self-concious.
Chris was such a jerk. She kept telling herself this, it was all that kept her going. She kept reminding herself of Erin, Chris, and her family. When she passed out and woke up in England she was prepared for it.
"Okay, I think you may actually be listening." a bored sounding voice said, though Gabby could hear the amusement in it.
"I'm here now, Colin." she said opening her eyes. She nervously tried to pull her hair over her ears as he spoke without calling too much attention to it. "No kidding? You think Virginia, Molly, and I are all acting kinda weird?" she glanced at Molly who had the same grin on her face that she had the last time she had seen her. Her eyes were giant black holes, and when Gabby looked into them, she could see Midde-Earth through them. Gabby felt the tears begin to surface as her new "boyfriend" walked into the room. Apparently he had asked her out a few weeks ago. Steven or Charlie, or something.
"Hey Steve, wanna go out to the pub?" asked a British voice. She turned around to see a girl standing in the doorway she didn't remember. Colin blushed as Gabby looked at her and Colin one at a time with a smirk on her lips.
"Not now, Gabby's acting herself." he said distractedly. He knelt in front of her with a cup of tea. She took it graciously and drank it without question. She felt like an idiot for what she'd done to her family in Middle-Earth. ~Oh boy, another flashback.~ she grumbled to herself.
~Flashback~
Gabby watched the sun set indifferently. Virginia and Molly sighed as it finally sunk beneath the horizon of the trees. They were a days journey from Mirkwood, and Gabby wasn't too hot on the idea of arriving to be shown off to the court. Legolas grew more and more excited the closer he got to his homeland. Then, Virginia and Molly got up and left, leaving Gabby to her thoughts. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and the figure sat beside her. Her jeans were falling apart, but she refused to wear anything else. The hand picked at her clothes for a minute before it tilted her face up and kissed her lips. She snapped her head away from the elf before her. Legolas sighed loftily, he didn't expect her to cave that easily. He continued to get her to relax under his touch, though she was tense for most of time. He settled into a pattern of just rubbing her back soothingly. She tiltled her head to his shoulder and sighed. She kept changing her mind, first it was horrifying to have him kiss her, the next, she was kicking herself for turning away. He tilted her face and kissed her again, a little while longer. She then stood and left him alone, defeated. She walked to the campsite, without a thought in her head. Her cousins asked her what was wrong. They thought she was sick with something. Idiots, elves can't be sick with any illness. She wasn't in the mood to talk, let alone spill her guts to them. She pushed them away for awhile. In the morning she found Legolas sitting at the foot of the waterfall. She glared at her family that wasn't aware of her plight. She was calling for help in her own ways, but they weren't responding. She knew she was to blame, she should've spilled her guts but it hurt for her to realize, that she was probably in love. She glared for a second longer before scaling the precipice and settling on the best way to hurt all of them in that clearing below her. The waterfall gave life, and took it.
~End of Flashback~
Steve was playing with her hair while looking at her hands. They were wringing in her lap as her pupils dilated and she zoned out. When they focused on him he smiled and touched the side of her face. He lifted the hair off her ears and stared. She squinted and waited for the scream or the feeling that the being before her felt she was repulsive. Instead, the hand drifted over her pointed ears and across her jawline. She opened them to find him staring but smiling.
"What's this?" he questioned. He touched her ears again with a curious look in his eyes. She tried various scenarios in her head with no avail to explain her pointed ears. She finally settled on the one that was the most believable according to her "I don't care" attitude.
"I thought it would be cool to have a surgery to point my ears so I could join a club." she said calmly.
"And what club requires you to have pointed ears?" he asked with a small smile.
"The Club of Pointy Ears People." she said plainly. He laughed and replaced the hair around her ears. She pulled the hair around them tighter and grinned. Her eyes rolled up in her head. Steve sighed, Gabby was gone again, but he knew she would be back.
She glanced up at the forest before her and sighed. She continued to walk south, back towards the Shire and Rivendell. If she was going to live unnoticed, she could do it in Rivendell. Her only regret was that she couldn't take her guitar with her. A swan with a guitar strapped to it's back would be hindered and easy to spot.
When she arrived in Rivendell she was welcomed by old friends and some she considered family. Almost everynight she dreamt of Erin and woke up in England. A fortnight after her arrival she awoke with a start to see Elrond watching her sleep.
"A messenger from Mirkwood has arrived asking for you, shall I tell him you are here?" he questioned, already knowing the answer. She popped a questioning eyebrow at him. "Haldir has come to find you for I believe, the Prince?" he tried again. He watched her shoulders visibly relax and droop back into the pillows.
"I'm not here. Gabby's dead." she told him groggily. He bowed and glided out of the room with a smile. Arwen had left awhile ago with Aragorn, just as well as Aragorn couldn't grasp the concept of not being able to live with ones who love you. She found though, she couldn't explain why she was afraid of that to him though. Now she could, and that's why she was going to visit her dear old friends in Gondor. She had picked a name from the books of Elven names for children in the library. Tanaanooniel was going to be her name, newly adopted daughter of Elrond. Hopefully Arwen would understand that she had a new little sister that was two people.
She arrived in Gondor to find she had been set up. Legolas was wandering the paths on the border, clearly looking for someone. She changed into another elf she had seen at Rivendell, Taraalotien. So many pretty names to pick, and Taraalotien looked nothing like Gabriel, so she thought herself safe. She hid the stone around her neck in her pack and changed her clothes behind the cloak of the trees. She confidently stepped from behind the shadows and approached the gates of Gondor. Legolas watched her interestedly as she walked by. She bowed at his feet, as much as she disliked doing it. He was convinced, at this simple manuever, she was not Gabriel, since she was such a lady and Gabriel was such a rebel. To the people of Middle-Earth, she was probably the most rebellious elves in all of the land. He sighed and watched her go. Legolas then watched as she decended the stairs and returned to his perch on the gates.
"May I ask of whom you wait for, Prince of Mirkwood?" Taraalotien asked in her bell-like voice. She watched him become depressed at her question. Inside, Gabby was cringing, he was going to end up telling her things she best not know.
"An elf friend of mine, traveling by the name of Tanaanooniel. She captured my heart, but fears me and her family in Mirkwood. It saddens me to see her run so much. I will make sure that the one who made her fear will be killed." he then realized he said too much. He turned away and watched as the sun set. Gabriel couldn't stand it any longer. As soon as the sun dipped under the mountains, she returned to her Gabby form. He turned to apologize to her for rambling on when he saw who stood before him. He gasped and took her in his arms. She was not going to get away again, at least until he convinced her it was okay to love again. "Why did you elude me and your family, they are grieving of your death in Mirkwood!?" he asked.
"I do not know but I think I'll give it a shot in Mirkwood." she said with a grin.
Preview of Chapter Eight: Lisa is waiting for her child to be born when a band of orcs kidnaps her! Virginia and Molly rush out to save her but find that Gabby is coming home with Legolas. Gabby is struggling not to run as her instincts set in as Legolas and her travel to Mirkwood. Merry and Pippin rush out to find help for Lisa when they meet up with Molly and Virgnina. Madness ensues!
Judgement Chapter Seven
Legolas held his breath as the body hit the water. Suddenly a beautiful swan flew from the water and disappeared into the horizon. Not realizing it was Gabby, he glanced hurriedly around the base of the waterfall where the water was dancing, pooling, and babbling by him. Then it hit him all at once, she was leaving once and for all. She wanted them to think her dead so she could keep running. Legolas bit back the tears as he turned his back on her retreat, trying to forget all about Gabby.
It was Erin's fault. The pain she felt from the fall was nothing compaired to what she felt when she thought of Erin. Then her thoughts turned to Legolas, oh if he ever caught her she would be in a lot of trouble. Hypothetically if he ever caught her, he would probably tie her to a tree and guard her for the rest of her life. She dipped low to the ground and returned to her elf form. Then she cried, and didn't stop until nightfall. She couldn't really complain, afterall, it was her fault. She was so easily scared by so many things. She might have one of those, I don't care attitudes but really she was very self-concious.
Chris was such a jerk. She kept telling herself this, it was all that kept her going. She kept reminding herself of Erin, Chris, and her family. When she passed out and woke up in England she was prepared for it.
"Okay, I think you may actually be listening." a bored sounding voice said, though Gabby could hear the amusement in it.
"I'm here now, Colin." she said opening her eyes. She nervously tried to pull her hair over her ears as he spoke without calling too much attention to it. "No kidding? You think Virginia, Molly, and I are all acting kinda weird?" she glanced at Molly who had the same grin on her face that she had the last time she had seen her. Her eyes were giant black holes, and when Gabby looked into them, she could see Midde-Earth through them. Gabby felt the tears begin to surface as her new "boyfriend" walked into the room. Apparently he had asked her out a few weeks ago. Steven or Charlie, or something.
"Hey Steve, wanna go out to the pub?" asked a British voice. She turned around to see a girl standing in the doorway she didn't remember. Colin blushed as Gabby looked at her and Colin one at a time with a smirk on her lips.
"Not now, Gabby's acting herself." he said distractedly. He knelt in front of her with a cup of tea. She took it graciously and drank it without question. She felt like an idiot for what she'd done to her family in Middle-Earth. ~Oh boy, another flashback.~ she grumbled to herself.
~Flashback~
Gabby watched the sun set indifferently. Virginia and Molly sighed as it finally sunk beneath the horizon of the trees. They were a days journey from Mirkwood, and Gabby wasn't too hot on the idea of arriving to be shown off to the court. Legolas grew more and more excited the closer he got to his homeland. Then, Virginia and Molly got up and left, leaving Gabby to her thoughts. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and the figure sat beside her. Her jeans were falling apart, but she refused to wear anything else. The hand picked at her clothes for a minute before it tilted her face up and kissed her lips. She snapped her head away from the elf before her. Legolas sighed loftily, he didn't expect her to cave that easily. He continued to get her to relax under his touch, though she was tense for most of time. He settled into a pattern of just rubbing her back soothingly. She tiltled her head to his shoulder and sighed. She kept changing her mind, first it was horrifying to have him kiss her, the next, she was kicking herself for turning away. He tilted her face and kissed her again, a little while longer. She then stood and left him alone, defeated. She walked to the campsite, without a thought in her head. Her cousins asked her what was wrong. They thought she was sick with something. Idiots, elves can't be sick with any illness. She wasn't in the mood to talk, let alone spill her guts to them. She pushed them away for awhile. In the morning she found Legolas sitting at the foot of the waterfall. She glared at her family that wasn't aware of her plight. She was calling for help in her own ways, but they weren't responding. She knew she was to blame, she should've spilled her guts but it hurt for her to realize, that she was probably in love. She glared for a second longer before scaling the precipice and settling on the best way to hurt all of them in that clearing below her. The waterfall gave life, and took it.
~End of Flashback~
Steve was playing with her hair while looking at her hands. They were wringing in her lap as her pupils dilated and she zoned out. When they focused on him he smiled and touched the side of her face. He lifted the hair off her ears and stared. She squinted and waited for the scream or the feeling that the being before her felt she was repulsive. Instead, the hand drifted over her pointed ears and across her jawline. She opened them to find him staring but smiling.
"What's this?" he questioned. He touched her ears again with a curious look in his eyes. She tried various scenarios in her head with no avail to explain her pointed ears. She finally settled on the one that was the most believable according to her "I don't care" attitude.
"I thought it would be cool to have a surgery to point my ears so I could join a club." she said calmly.
"And what club requires you to have pointed ears?" he asked with a small smile.
"The Club of Pointy Ears People." she said plainly. He laughed and replaced the hair around her ears. She pulled the hair around them tighter and grinned. Her eyes rolled up in her head. Steve sighed, Gabby was gone again, but he knew she would be back.
She glanced up at the forest before her and sighed. She continued to walk south, back towards the Shire and Rivendell. If she was going to live unnoticed, she could do it in Rivendell. Her only regret was that she couldn't take her guitar with her. A swan with a guitar strapped to it's back would be hindered and easy to spot.
When she arrived in Rivendell she was welcomed by old friends and some she considered family. Almost everynight she dreamt of Erin and woke up in England. A fortnight after her arrival she awoke with a start to see Elrond watching her sleep.
"A messenger from Mirkwood has arrived asking for you, shall I tell him you are here?" he questioned, already knowing the answer. She popped a questioning eyebrow at him. "Haldir has come to find you for I believe, the Prince?" he tried again. He watched her shoulders visibly relax and droop back into the pillows.
"I'm not here. Gabby's dead." she told him groggily. He bowed and glided out of the room with a smile. Arwen had left awhile ago with Aragorn, just as well as Aragorn couldn't grasp the concept of not being able to live with ones who love you. She found though, she couldn't explain why she was afraid of that to him though. Now she could, and that's why she was going to visit her dear old friends in Gondor. She had picked a name from the books of Elven names for children in the library. Tanaanooniel was going to be her name, newly adopted daughter of Elrond. Hopefully Arwen would understand that she had a new little sister that was two people.
She arrived in Gondor to find she had been set up. Legolas was wandering the paths on the border, clearly looking for someone. She changed into another elf she had seen at Rivendell, Taraalotien. So many pretty names to pick, and Taraalotien looked nothing like Gabriel, so she thought herself safe. She hid the stone around her neck in her pack and changed her clothes behind the cloak of the trees. She confidently stepped from behind the shadows and approached the gates of Gondor. Legolas watched her interestedly as she walked by. She bowed at his feet, as much as she disliked doing it. He was convinced, at this simple manuever, she was not Gabriel, since she was such a lady and Gabriel was such a rebel. To the people of Middle-Earth, she was probably the most rebellious elves in all of the land. He sighed and watched her go. Legolas then watched as she decended the stairs and returned to his perch on the gates.
"May I ask of whom you wait for, Prince of Mirkwood?" Taraalotien asked in her bell-like voice. She watched him become depressed at her question. Inside, Gabby was cringing, he was going to end up telling her things she best not know.
"An elf friend of mine, traveling by the name of Tanaanooniel. She captured my heart, but fears me and her family in Mirkwood. It saddens me to see her run so much. I will make sure that the one who made her fear will be killed." he then realized he said too much. He turned away and watched as the sun set. Gabriel couldn't stand it any longer. As soon as the sun dipped under the mountains, she returned to her Gabby form. He turned to apologize to her for rambling on when he saw who stood before him. He gasped and took her in his arms. She was not going to get away again, at least until he convinced her it was okay to love again. "Why did you elude me and your family, they are grieving of your death in Mirkwood!?" he asked.
"I do not know but I think I'll give it a shot in Mirkwood." she said with a grin.
Preview of Chapter Eight: Lisa is waiting for her child to be born when a band of orcs kidnaps her! Virginia and Molly rush out to save her but find that Gabby is coming home with Legolas. Gabby is struggling not to run as her instincts set in as Legolas and her travel to Mirkwood. Merry and Pippin rush out to find help for Lisa when they meet up with Molly and Virgnina. Madness ensues!
