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Chapter 27 A Promise MadeAmi sighed and stirred when she felt a warm kiss being planted on her lips.
Her eyes fluttered and then opened, focusing on one of the most beautiful creatures ever created.
He held a soft smile on his handsome face, and it brought a smile to her lips as well.
Then suddenly her smile faded and she sat up quickly.
"Where am I? What happened?" She asked.
"Shhh." Legolas said as he grasped her arms gently to still her.
"All is well mela, we are back at our flet."
Ami looked at him and raised her hands to her head.
"The room is spinning." She whined.
Legolas laughed softly, and gently guided her body back down until her head rest on her pillow again.
She let out a sigh, but then her eyes narrowed and she looked at Legolas.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You remember nothing?"
Ami shook her head.
"My head hurts too much to think."
Legolas laughed again. The sound of his beautiful laughter all of a sudden seemed to bring life and healing into Ami and she smiled as well.
"You have defeated evil Neveth…Malfanion is dead."
Ami's eyes widened. Then all of a sudden all remembrance of what had happened coursed through her mind.
She looked at Legolas, eyes wide.
She reached up to touch his cheek.
"I could not…nay would not think. All that I knew was that he held something precious to me at knifepoint. Twas the only reason I let that arrow go. I knew you would know what to do if the arrow did indeed hit him…"
"And indeed it did." Legolas smiled as he placed his hand on her hand that caressed his cheek.
She smiled at him and laughed a little. "Praise be to the Valar."
Legolas laughed lightly and leaned down. Their lips met in a sweet chaste kiss.
A small motion at the other side of the room broke the kiss and they both looked.
And there Natalia stood…grinning.
Ami broke out in a smile when she saw her friend.
Natalia rushed over to the bed and sat.
"Praise be to the Valar indeed…for you are well my dearest friend." She said as she moved a strand of sweat soaked hair out of her friends face.
Ami smiled as her friend then embraced her.
When Natalia pulled away, Ami reached up and trailed a line down her friends face.
"How is Nurtaur mela? Has he healed at all?"
Sadness crossed both Natalia and Legolas' face.
"Nay…he has not awakened…my hope is fading for him. Tis true I wish I was in his place…so that I would not have to sit and watch as my husband fades away from me." The sadness in Natalia's voice made Ami want to weep.
"I fear he shall never wake." Natalia finished…at last speaking the words that she, herself feared to hear.
"Some…my dearest…would think otherwise."
Ami glanced over at the new, soft voice in the room. Her eyes grew big and her mouth hung open.
Legolas looked up as well. He stood in utter surprise and his expression very much matched the look of his lovers.
Natalia turned her head slowly.
She gasped and stood to her feet.
"Nurtaur…" she whispered.
And there stood a smiling Nurtaur.
He had snuck in unheard by any of these Elves.
He looked great…hell he looked better then before!
"Nurtaur?" Natalia said in more of a question…just to be sure, her face showing naught but surprise and shock.
"Aye melamin…tis me." He said softly.
He took a step towards her, but that was as far as he had gotten before Natalia rushed forward into his arms.
He closed his eyes and smiled as he wrapped his arm securely around her.
Natalia clung to him…she clung to him like she had never clung to anything in her life. And she wept…great tears of joy and many other emotions.
She held him with no intention of letting him go…for she had thought she would never hold him again, but alas…she now did.
Legolas stepped forward. Emotions weld up within him as well. For now his childhood friend was standing before him. Looking as healthy as could be. Ami reached up and took his hand into hers.
He looked down at her…and her eyes shone.
Nurtaur kissed his wife's neck tenderly and whispered comforting words softly into her ear.
At last she seemed to calm. He pulled back from her a little as to get a good look at her.
"Are you well mela?" He asked as he took her face in his hands and brought it near to his.
Natalia nodded…her words had far left her.
"Then he did not touch you?"
Natalia looked at him, confused.
He sighed a great sigh of relief and a soft smile came onto his lips.
He looked up at Legolas…and Legolas also held a look of confusion.
"His words were torturous…" Nurtaur began to explain. His face now grave and intent.
"As I laid there unable to move he spoke of horrid things he was going to do…to Nevduliniel. And I could do nothing…that feeling haunted me in my sleep. His words haunted me. And I could think of nothing but to get back to her."
He looked down at his wife and once again his face grew soft.
"My dearest Nevduliniel…I have come back for you. Through all the torturing and painful dreams…there was yet your smiling face. And that alone…is what brought me back."
Natalia once again burst into tears and buried her face into her husband's strong chest.
Legolas walked forward, no longer able to restrain himself from his friend.
Nurtaur saw this and smiled. He reached out his arm and Legolas grasped it.
"Welcome back, my friend." Legolas said. His face bore a grin of complete happiness.
"Tis good to be back." Nurtaur sighed.
The next thing they knew, the door behind them swung open…and in strode Elrond.
"Atar!" Ami said in shock as she sat up again.
Elrond looked around at everyone in the room until his eyes rested on his daughter.
Relief settled in his dark orbs and he smiled.
Everyone in the room bowed in respect as their ruler walked hastily over to his daughter's bedside.
Ami smiled, still in shock from all that was happening.
Elrond inspected his daughter, seeing if any harm had been laid upon her. Finally, after finding nothing but a few scratches and bruises, he relaxed.
"When Veborion did not return to Rivendell, I set out at once to come to you. Tell me, what has happened here?" He asked the Elves around him.
Legolas cleared his throat and stepped forward, still bowing.
"Your daughter, my lord, has managed in defeating Malfanion…" Elrond turned to Ami with a look of pride on his face. He turned to Legolas and Legolas straightened as he finished.
"She did very well…my lord." He grinned at Ami.
Ami smiled back at him.
"Praise be to the Valar." Elrond sighed out.
"Well tell me, what has become of Veborion? Why has he not returned to Rivendell?"
"He was attacked by Malfanion on his return…but he is well now, my lord." Legolas again answered.
Elrond nodded at him, then turned his attention back onto his daughter.
"Now that I know my daughter is well, I think I shall go see how he fairs."
Ami nodded her consent and Elrond bent and laid a soft kiss on her forehead.
"I praise the Valar that no harm has come to you." He whispered.
"As do I." Legolas smiled when Elrond turned to him.
"I would believe as much. You have done a fine job Legolas, in protecting my daughter…I thank thee." Elrond smiled and placed a firm hand on Legolas' shoulder.
"Nay my lord, for 'twas your daughter who saved MY life."
Elrond turned to Ami with a surprised look and Ami grinned at him.
"I see." Elrond chuckled and shook his head.
"Well…I must be off to see my loyal servant. Namarie."
"Namarie Atar." Ami said as she watched her Elven father exit the flet.
She sighed and pulled back the covers.
Legolas came to her side and helped her stand.
Her legs were still a little weak…but with the help of her strong lover's arms…she walked over to her best friend and her husband.
She embraced Nurtaur and he smiled.
"Tis good to have you back Nurtaur."
"Thank you my lady." He said when she pulled back.
They all smiled at each other…then rushed forward into Ami's and Natalia's first Middle-earth group hug…and it wasn't that bad either.
~*~*~*~
Ami looked around and blinked. Where was she?All she could see was light.
It surrounded her and covered her.
It felt warm and comforting…yet she knew she didn't want to be there.
What was going on?
Off in the distance, her green orbs began to make out a form.
It was walking towards her slowly.
She didn't feel fear…she actually felt a familiar presence. Like she knew the figure that approached her.
Soon she made it out.
Twas an old lady…she looked oddly familiar…but Ami just couldn't put her finger on it.
When the lady reached her, she held a kind smile on her wrinkled face.
As soon as Ami looked into the cool piercing blue of the old ladies eyes…it all came back to her.
"You." Ami said in shock.
The old lady laughed and nodded her head.
"Yes…it is me."
Ami looked around in confusion.
"Where am I? Am I dreaming?"
The old lady shrugged her shoulders. "In a way…but this is not a true dream. True, you are asleep, but your spirit is awake…and it is here to answer my call."
"Your call? What is that supposed to mean?"
The old lady sighed and gestured to two chairs that had not been there before.
Ami raised an eyebrow, but sat.
"I have called you here…to tell you…that it is time for you to return home."
Ami's eyes widened.
"But…I am home." She stated.
The old lady smiled sympathetically.
"I know how you feel Ami I really do…"
Ami started at the mention of her name…she had not been called that for years…or at least that is how it seemed. That name seemed so distant…like a stranger.
Ami began to shake her head.
"You cannot make me leave!" She yelled.
The old lady sighed again and placed her hand on Ami's knee.
"My dear child…I sent you to Middle-earth because you and the fair maiden Nevethiriel were in dire need of some changes. But you have defeated Neveth's problem…so now she may return and live in peace."
"Are you trying to tell me that while I was in her body in Middle-earth…she was in mine? In the 21 century?!" Ami shrieked.
The old lady chuckled and shook her head.
"No, no…I knew that such a thing could very well bring an Elf to ruin…no…Neveth simply stepped out of existence for a while…and your time in the 21 century has been frozen. Tis like you never left."
Ami sat back in amazement.
"Then why should it matter if I stay forever?"
"Because…your time cannot stay frozen forever! And it cannot very well go on without you. And besides…don't you think Neveth deserves to come back where she belongs now?"
Ami's eyes flashed with anger.
"Do you really want my honest answer on that?" She asked.
The old lady smiled.
"Ami…I am sorry…but there is nothing I can do."
"And what about Nat? She is married! Are you just going to take her away from her husband after she just got him back?" Ami yelled, hot tears brimmed her eyes.
The old lady held a gaze of sympathy.
"Nay…Natalia shall not leave. She has bound herself to the life of an Elf…she would not very well remember her old life anymore. You hardly remembered your own name." Ami blinked in shock at this and the old lady nodded.
"But I am bound to Legolas as well! In…ways…" She argued.
The old lady shook her head.
"Tis not the same, my dear child."
The tears flowed freely now from Ami's eyes and she shook her head as she leaned forward.
"If you took me away from him I would not be able to live! Do you not see that? I love him!" She yelled.
"Aye…and he loves you…but you did not bind yourself to him…you are not married…"
"Bull shit! We are bound! In heart! My heart beats for him! Don't you understand? I was destined to be with him! You can't just change that!" Ami stood as she yelled.
The old lady looked lost.
"Child…there is nothing I can do! I am sorry."
Ami slumped back down in the chair.
"I cannot leave him." She whimpered through her tears.
The old lady once again placed a comforting hand on Ami's knee, but Ami brushed it off.
"You cannot take him from me…not after all I've been through with him." Ami glared at her.
"Well, would you have rather not met him at all and not had the experience of being an Elf in Middle-earth?" The old lady tried.
"Had I known that it would just been ripped away from me like this…" She looked at the old lady and let the sentence trail…unfinished.
The old lady nodded.
"For that I am sorry…" She then closed her eyes and seemed to be thinking on something.
Finally she opened her eyes and her piercing blue orbs hit Ami's green ones in a stare.
"I can give you one more day…spend it with Legolas…and if you choose so…tell him everything. If you think he can take it…spend the day wisely…and let it be filled with the love you two have for each other."
Ami began to cry again. She placed her head in her hands and shook her head.
One day.
That was all she was given.
One day to say goodbye to the Elves she had learned to love more then life.
Ami knew she needed at least a few years to be able to do that.
"One day…" she whispered.
She lifted her head, but the old lady was gone. In fact, she wasn't even in the room of light anymore.
Ami was all of a sudden aware of two strong arms grasping hers.
She looked over and around.
She was in hers and Legolas' flet. It was dark, she was in bed, and Legolas was sitting up next to her, with a tight grip on her arms, and worry etched all across his handsome face.
Ami then realized her face was soaked with tears and she was trembling.
She looked over at Legolas and all that had happened a minute earlier rushed back.
Was it a dream?
Nay…it was too real.
"Neveth mela, are you alright?" Legolas' deep blue orbs were full of concern, and his mouth was pressed into a fine line of worry.
Ami gently reached up and touched his cheek as more of her tears trailed silently down her face.
She looked into his confused eyes and he saw the sadness in hers.
"Neveth?"
"Shhh." She said as she placed her finger over his mouth.
"Let us go for a walk…Legolas." She said.
Legolas slowly nodded, the look in her eyes and the tears that she was shedding told him to do as she asked.
They both dressed and slipped out of the flet.
Anor was barely coming up, and the world of Lothlorien was covered in a soft mist.
They walked in silence until they reached a garden…far from everyone else.
Here Legolas stopped and took hold of her arm.
"This is as far as I go until you have told me what is going on." His brows were narrowed and his mouth showed that his worry had deepened.
Ami walked up to him until their bodies were pressed together.
She reached up a hand and trailed it across his beautiful, high cheekbone.
Legolas gently reached up and took her hand.
He leaned down and Ami closed her eyes as their lips met.
Legolas let go of her hand and she placed it around his neck, as their kiss grew deeper.
Legolas lowered his hand and let it rest on her hip along with his other hand.
The small kiss grew into a fiery passion, until they both laid down in the soft, lush, green grass of Lorien.
And there they made love. Many times.
And Ami savored each moment…knowing it would be their last.
When they had finished, they lay in each other's arms, staring up at the now light filled sky.
At last, Legolas sighed in contentment and looked over at Ami.
"Neveth…" He spoke softly, and she turned her head, letting a soft smile form on her lips.
"What was it that you dreamed? Cannot you tell me?"
At these words, Ami's smile faded, and the pain that had dwelt in her eyes earlier that morning returned.
She looked backup at the sky and sighed.
"Legolas…promise me something..." She said at last.
"Anything." He said, gently taking her hand into his.
Ami once again turned her head to look at him, and he saw a slight hint of a smile on her face.
"Promise me, that you will remember right now…" She saw confusion come onto his face.
"Remember this time…remember me…just like this. And never forget it."
"Neveth…your words are both confusing and frightening…" He said steadily.
Ami smiled at him and once again trailed a lazy finger across his face.
Tears brimmed her eyes and she sighed out a shaky breath.
"Legolas…after this day…I shall be here no more." She said carefully.
Now the confusion that was in his face could be sensed from miles away.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
Ami closed her eyes and tried again.
"I mean…Neveth will still be here…but not as I am now…never…as I am now. You shall see me…but I will not be able to see you…" Now the tears flowed freely.
"For I must leave…and go back to where I belong."
Legolas didn't quite understand all that she was saying…but he didn't have to. Just hearing her talk like this frightened him enough.
He rolled onto his elbow and took her face into his hands.
"You belong here…with me." He said like she needed to hear it.
Ami nodded and closed her eyes.
"I know…" She said and then opened her eyes.
"But Iluvatar had a different plan I think."
Twas then that Legolas remembered.
"The book…" He said. Ami nodded.
"Where did you get the book?"
Ami sighed. How in the world was she to explain this?
"Legolas…" She said at last.
"…What I would tell you…I do not think it best for you to know…" She said as she looked into his eyes.
Legolas was about to protest, but Ami put her hand over his mouth.
"Just promise me Legolas…promise me that you will remember." She said.
The emotion in her eyes, and the grief in her voice made Legolas want to weep.
He began to nod his head slowly.
"Aye melamin…I promise…I shall remember you…just as you are now."
He saw a flame of relief settle in her piercing green eyes.
She nodded her head and then nuzzled it into his chest. He placed his arm around her, holding her, and sighed.
He had promised her.
He would remember her…always.
