May it Be
By Siren
Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to update. I was struck by writer's block. -_- Anyway, there are only going to be about...four chapters after this. And as for Lily's mom? She's still dead. She's just watching over Lily. Anyway, thank you for reviewing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Legolas smiled slightly as he watched Lily sleep. They had both explained Saruman's actions to the remaining Fellowship. Aragorn and Gimli were both relieved that the two had made up, but Boromir was still wary of the elf. Lily had flashed the future steward a reassuring smile, but he did not return it. Instead, Boromir turned away and sulked.
Lily had thanked him for being such a great guardian, and this seemed to make him perk up a bit. He gave her a small smile before glaring at Legolas. Sighing, he ran his fingers through her hair. Lily's back was to him, tensing every so often. He frowned a bit at her agitated look. She was dreaming of something. Probably her family, or his 'evil twin'.
The moonlight filtered through the clouds and made her tattoo shimmer a bit. Smiling slightly, he kissed it, delighting in hearing her sigh in content. Lily turned to him in her sleep and instinctively curled up closer to him. He draped an arm over her waist, and smirked when a smile tugged at her lips.
Smiling a bit, she mumbled something. He leaned down, trying to catch what it was. "Tom, clean up your room...mom's gonna be pissed if you don't...silly little twerp..." Legolas suppressed a chuckle. Even though her family was gone, she still dreamt and acted like an older sister. The hobbits absolutely adored her, looking up to her as an older sister or even a mother.
A mother...He wondered what Lily's mother was like. According to her, she was some sort of warrior. She had died trying to protect the innocent. He smiled. Lily got that from her mother. He didn't know about her father though. Apparently, Lily didn't want to speak of him after she was found by the Rohirrim. "Mom...Tom pinched me again," she mumbled.
Shaking his head, he smiled and let his eyes become distant and unfocused. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily was in her apartment again. She stood in front of the window, dressed in a white tank top and a pair of gray sweats. It was raining, the water making interesting patterns on the glass. Someone knocked at her door and she turned around. She walked to go answer it, but when she opened the door, no one was there.
She stepped into the hallway, and looked around. Seeing, no one, she turned to go back into her room. But her room was gone, replaced by what seemed like an elegant party. Everyone was dressed in either gowns or tuxedos. Glancing down at her own clothing, she suddenly felt very out of place. She wrapped her arms around herself, and turned to leave.
"Why are you leaving? Don't you want to see him?" Lily turned around to see Lady Galadriel in her usual white gown. "See who?" Galadriel smiled warmly. "You know who." Seeing the sun pendant, the elf smiled and touched it. "You are not alone, Lilith." Lily nodded. "I know." Galadriel tilted her head. "Do you?" Lily opened her mouth to speak, but the room suddenly went silent.
"He's here," Galadriel said softly. Frowning, Lily turned around. Someone was at the doorway, surrounded by a crowd of elves and men. "I'll never fit in," Lily whispered. She turned to leave, but someone grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the dance floor. She tried to get away, but the man wouldn't let her. Seeing that she couldn't escape, she settled on trying to see who was at the doorway.
The man twirled her, and Lily stumbled. Tripping over a woman's long dress, she fell to her knees. Hearing the others start to whisper about her, Lily's face burned with embarrassment and shame. Avoiding the faces of her spectators, Lily got to her feet and ran to leave. A hand grabbed her own, and she tried to pull away. "Please let me go! I don't belong here!" she shouted, hot tears springing to her eyes.
"Why do you cry?"
Lily's eyes widened and she turned around. "Legolas?" He looked down at her worriedly, a small frown on his face. He was dressed in white, much like the others.
"I don't fit in here," she said. Legolas smiled softly and traced her cheek. "Don't worry about what they think." Lily leaned into his touch. "How can I not? They're elves. Beautiful...immortal. I'm nothing but a human."
Legolas shook his head. "Do you think I care about what you are?" Lily looked up at him. "Do you?" she asked softly. Legolas shook his head. "No. I care about who you are. You are my match in every way, Lily. Don't you see that?" Lily closed her eyes. "I'm just worried that you'll grow tired of me. That you'll want something more."
He smiled. "Nothing is better than what I already have." Lily lifted an eyebrow. "A kingdom?" He laughed and shook his head. "No." He nuzzled her cheek. "I have the heart of an amazing mortal, who gave up her very existence to be with me."
She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. "It was worth it." Legolas smiled, and wrapped his arms around her waist. Leaning against him, they swayed gently.
Lightning flashed.
When Lily opened her eyes, she saw that Legolas was gone. Instead, she was in a heated battle of orcs, Uruk-Hai, elves and men. Bodies were falling all around her, screams of pain echoing in her ears.
Hearing swords clash behind her, she turned to see an elf. She knew him from somewhere...Lothlorien! It was Haldir! He smirked as he killed an Uruk-Hai, not noticing the one behind him. Lily's eyes widened. "Haldir, behind you!" she screamed. The Uruk-Hai growled, lifted an axe, and slammed it into the elf's back. "No!" she screamed as Haldir fell.
Gasping, her eyes flew open and she sat up. "Haldir...Oh God..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Legolas awoke to find that Lily was no longer with him. Sitting up, he scanned the area. He spotted her by a river, splashing cold water on her face. She had changed into a pair of light blue pants, and a white shirt. He was about to call out to her, but noticed the panic in her eyes.
Getting up, he walked over to her. "Lily?" She stopped rubbing her face, and stared at her reflection. "Haldir's in danger," she said in a hollow tone. Legolas frowned and knelt next to her. Her face was frighteningly pale, and there were dark circles under her eyes. Looking at the pile of clothing next to her, his eyes widened.
On the back of her old shirt were fresh bloodstains. "What happened?" he asked urgently. Lily sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I had a vision," she answered. "I understand that, but how were you injured?" She closed her eyes and let out another sigh. "The visions are becoming more violent and more real. Instead of just seeing the vision, I'm starting to become a part of it. In my vision, Haldir was hit with an axe."
Legolas shook his head. "I don't understand." Lifting up the back of her shirt, she turned so he could see. He gasped at what he saw. A long gash stretched along her back, still bleeding slightly. "By the Valar..." Lily let the shirt drop down again, and shook her head.
"Humans were never meant to see the future. Because I chose to remain human, I also chose to carry the visions. As long as I stay in this world the visions will get worse. The woman that I talked to the night I chose this, said that the visions would kill me."
Legolas swallowed, feeling a lump rising in his throat. "So, you're saying..." Lily nodded. "I'm dying." Letting out a choked cry, he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "It can't be! There must be something! A potion, a cure, something! Perhaps Lady Galadriel could help, or---" Lily shook her head. "There's nothing you can do. I chose this. There's not turning back."
Legolas shook his head. "No. No, I will not lose you to this! Why must you die? Haven't you suffered enough torment for one lifetime?!" Lily turned around in his arms and stroked his cheek. "I accepted the day my family died. I knew I would die someday and so did you." Legolas's eyes glistened with tears, and she pressed her cheek to his.
"Please don't cry," she pleaded. "I need you to be strong, Legolas. Be strong for me." He closed his eyes and rubbed her back. "Please don't leave me, Lily. If you die, I'll die." Lily pulled back, eyes wide. "Don't say that!"
"But it's true!" he yelled.
"I love you Lily. Elves do not take love lightly. When an elf loses the one he or she loves, they often die of grief. If you die than my heart will not be able to handle it."
Lily was at a loss. "You can't die. If I die, than I want you to promise that you won't. I want you to live, Legolas. I need you to live."
"And what about what I want and need? I need you to live. Without you I will die!"
"No you won't. Promise me."
She looked up at him pleadingly, but he looked away. "I cannot make such a promise." Lily frowned. "Please, Legolas. Please promise me."
"I can't!"
"You can!"
Legolas sighed. "Lily, I won't make a promise that I can't keep." Narrowing her eyes, Lily pulled away from him and stood up. "So if I die, you die? That's it? That's how it's going to end?" Legolas looked away.
"You're just going to give up? You think that you wouldn't be able to go on living? Well let me tell you something. Not only will you live, but you will be a great king! You will make me and your people proud. If you love me, than you will live. You will live for me and for your friends and family. If being here has taught me one thing, it's to never give up."
Legolas looked up at her, eyes pained.
"I chose the mortal life to be with you and to save the people I care about. I may die one day, but I will leave this world fighting. No matter how hard it is or how much it hurts, I will never stop fighting."
Legolas smiled a bit and stood up. "Aratoamin." Sighing, he nodded. "Alright. I promise you, Lily, that I will continue to live when you pass on. Though it will pain me greatly to do so."
Lily smiled, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "There's the Legolas I'm so proud of," she said, and kissed him lightly. He smiled against her lips, suppressing a laugh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"We will reach Helm's Deep at nightfall," Theoden announced.
The people sighed with relief, while Eowyn and Lily rolled their eyes. "He stopped us for that? Men," she muttered. She threw Eowyn a lopsided smile and stuck her tongue out at the king. Eowyn bit her lip to keep from laughing as they moved on.
She listened as Gimli began to tell the young shield maiden about dwarf women. Something about how they have beards and are often mistaken for males. Lily smirked and walked over to him. "Bearded ladies? We have those where I come from. Only, they tend to shave. Hey Gimli, I bet you'd look really handsome if you shaved your beard."
The dwarf looked petrified. "Shave my beard? Never!" he cried out indignantly. Lily smiled. "Sleep lightly, Master Dwarf. One of these days, you're going to wake up without a beard and thank me." Gimli growled and muttered something that sounded like 'silly wench'.
Lily just laughed and walked back to Legolas. "Are you done scaring Gimli?" She nodded. "For now." He laughed and shook his head. Suddenly something stopped him. Straining his senses, he quickly took out his bow and arrow, and shot something. Lily's eyes widened when she saw it was an orc.
Hearing a howl, she swallowed. "I don't recall orcs howling," she muttered. Legolas quickly drew another arrow. "Wargs!" he shouted. Wargs? "Okay, I'm guessing that they're bad." Lily wasn't wrong about that.
Orcs ambushed them, all of them riding on what looked to be massive, mutated wolves. She let out a yelp as an arrow grazed her arm. "Lily, go with Eowyn to Helm's Deep!"
Lily shook her head. "No way! I'm staying here!" Another arrow whizzed by. "Lily, for once just do as I say!" he yelled sharply. Lily blinked and nodded. "Fine, you don't have to be a jerk about it." She ran over to Eowyn, who helped her onto a horse. "You better be careful Legolas! If you die I'll kill you!"
He smiled as he let another arrow fly. Smiling a bit, Lily rode with the other women and children. She could feel the horse galloping beneath her and the wind whipping at her face. And than...it all disappeared.
She was watching Aragorn fight off a Warg, when his foot got caught in something. She watched in silent horror as the Warg slid off a cliff, dragging Aragorn with it. She saw him fall into the river, and felt water fill her lungs.
When she came back to reality, she found she couldn't breathe. She could still feel the cold water in her lungs and airway. She gasped for breath, but still couldn't breathe. "Lily?" Eowyn called to her worriedly. Lily pressed a hand to her chest, eyes wide. She was drowning! How could she drown when she wasn't in the water?
Unable to get any air, her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out.
2 Be Continued...
Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to update. I was struck by writer's block. -_- Anyway, there are only going to be about...four chapters after this. And as for Lily's mom? She's still dead. She's just watching over Lily. Anyway, thank you for reviewing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Legolas smiled slightly as he watched Lily sleep. They had both explained Saruman's actions to the remaining Fellowship. Aragorn and Gimli were both relieved that the two had made up, but Boromir was still wary of the elf. Lily had flashed the future steward a reassuring smile, but he did not return it. Instead, Boromir turned away and sulked.
Lily had thanked him for being such a great guardian, and this seemed to make him perk up a bit. He gave her a small smile before glaring at Legolas. Sighing, he ran his fingers through her hair. Lily's back was to him, tensing every so often. He frowned a bit at her agitated look. She was dreaming of something. Probably her family, or his 'evil twin'.
The moonlight filtered through the clouds and made her tattoo shimmer a bit. Smiling slightly, he kissed it, delighting in hearing her sigh in content. Lily turned to him in her sleep and instinctively curled up closer to him. He draped an arm over her waist, and smirked when a smile tugged at her lips.
Smiling a bit, she mumbled something. He leaned down, trying to catch what it was. "Tom, clean up your room...mom's gonna be pissed if you don't...silly little twerp..." Legolas suppressed a chuckle. Even though her family was gone, she still dreamt and acted like an older sister. The hobbits absolutely adored her, looking up to her as an older sister or even a mother.
A mother...He wondered what Lily's mother was like. According to her, she was some sort of warrior. She had died trying to protect the innocent. He smiled. Lily got that from her mother. He didn't know about her father though. Apparently, Lily didn't want to speak of him after she was found by the Rohirrim. "Mom...Tom pinched me again," she mumbled.
Shaking his head, he smiled and let his eyes become distant and unfocused. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily was in her apartment again. She stood in front of the window, dressed in a white tank top and a pair of gray sweats. It was raining, the water making interesting patterns on the glass. Someone knocked at her door and she turned around. She walked to go answer it, but when she opened the door, no one was there.
She stepped into the hallway, and looked around. Seeing, no one, she turned to go back into her room. But her room was gone, replaced by what seemed like an elegant party. Everyone was dressed in either gowns or tuxedos. Glancing down at her own clothing, she suddenly felt very out of place. She wrapped her arms around herself, and turned to leave.
"Why are you leaving? Don't you want to see him?" Lily turned around to see Lady Galadriel in her usual white gown. "See who?" Galadriel smiled warmly. "You know who." Seeing the sun pendant, the elf smiled and touched it. "You are not alone, Lilith." Lily nodded. "I know." Galadriel tilted her head. "Do you?" Lily opened her mouth to speak, but the room suddenly went silent.
"He's here," Galadriel said softly. Frowning, Lily turned around. Someone was at the doorway, surrounded by a crowd of elves and men. "I'll never fit in," Lily whispered. She turned to leave, but someone grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the dance floor. She tried to get away, but the man wouldn't let her. Seeing that she couldn't escape, she settled on trying to see who was at the doorway.
The man twirled her, and Lily stumbled. Tripping over a woman's long dress, she fell to her knees. Hearing the others start to whisper about her, Lily's face burned with embarrassment and shame. Avoiding the faces of her spectators, Lily got to her feet and ran to leave. A hand grabbed her own, and she tried to pull away. "Please let me go! I don't belong here!" she shouted, hot tears springing to her eyes.
"Why do you cry?"
Lily's eyes widened and she turned around. "Legolas?" He looked down at her worriedly, a small frown on his face. He was dressed in white, much like the others.
"I don't fit in here," she said. Legolas smiled softly and traced her cheek. "Don't worry about what they think." Lily leaned into his touch. "How can I not? They're elves. Beautiful...immortal. I'm nothing but a human."
Legolas shook his head. "Do you think I care about what you are?" Lily looked up at him. "Do you?" she asked softly. Legolas shook his head. "No. I care about who you are. You are my match in every way, Lily. Don't you see that?" Lily closed her eyes. "I'm just worried that you'll grow tired of me. That you'll want something more."
He smiled. "Nothing is better than what I already have." Lily lifted an eyebrow. "A kingdom?" He laughed and shook his head. "No." He nuzzled her cheek. "I have the heart of an amazing mortal, who gave up her very existence to be with me."
She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. "It was worth it." Legolas smiled, and wrapped his arms around her waist. Leaning against him, they swayed gently.
Lightning flashed.
When Lily opened her eyes, she saw that Legolas was gone. Instead, she was in a heated battle of orcs, Uruk-Hai, elves and men. Bodies were falling all around her, screams of pain echoing in her ears.
Hearing swords clash behind her, she turned to see an elf. She knew him from somewhere...Lothlorien! It was Haldir! He smirked as he killed an Uruk-Hai, not noticing the one behind him. Lily's eyes widened. "Haldir, behind you!" she screamed. The Uruk-Hai growled, lifted an axe, and slammed it into the elf's back. "No!" she screamed as Haldir fell.
Gasping, her eyes flew open and she sat up. "Haldir...Oh God..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Legolas awoke to find that Lily was no longer with him. Sitting up, he scanned the area. He spotted her by a river, splashing cold water on her face. She had changed into a pair of light blue pants, and a white shirt. He was about to call out to her, but noticed the panic in her eyes.
Getting up, he walked over to her. "Lily?" She stopped rubbing her face, and stared at her reflection. "Haldir's in danger," she said in a hollow tone. Legolas frowned and knelt next to her. Her face was frighteningly pale, and there were dark circles under her eyes. Looking at the pile of clothing next to her, his eyes widened.
On the back of her old shirt were fresh bloodstains. "What happened?" he asked urgently. Lily sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I had a vision," she answered. "I understand that, but how were you injured?" She closed her eyes and let out another sigh. "The visions are becoming more violent and more real. Instead of just seeing the vision, I'm starting to become a part of it. In my vision, Haldir was hit with an axe."
Legolas shook his head. "I don't understand." Lifting up the back of her shirt, she turned so he could see. He gasped at what he saw. A long gash stretched along her back, still bleeding slightly. "By the Valar..." Lily let the shirt drop down again, and shook her head.
"Humans were never meant to see the future. Because I chose to remain human, I also chose to carry the visions. As long as I stay in this world the visions will get worse. The woman that I talked to the night I chose this, said that the visions would kill me."
Legolas swallowed, feeling a lump rising in his throat. "So, you're saying..." Lily nodded. "I'm dying." Letting out a choked cry, he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "It can't be! There must be something! A potion, a cure, something! Perhaps Lady Galadriel could help, or---" Lily shook her head. "There's nothing you can do. I chose this. There's not turning back."
Legolas shook his head. "No. No, I will not lose you to this! Why must you die? Haven't you suffered enough torment for one lifetime?!" Lily turned around in his arms and stroked his cheek. "I accepted the day my family died. I knew I would die someday and so did you." Legolas's eyes glistened with tears, and she pressed her cheek to his.
"Please don't cry," she pleaded. "I need you to be strong, Legolas. Be strong for me." He closed his eyes and rubbed her back. "Please don't leave me, Lily. If you die, I'll die." Lily pulled back, eyes wide. "Don't say that!"
"But it's true!" he yelled.
"I love you Lily. Elves do not take love lightly. When an elf loses the one he or she loves, they often die of grief. If you die than my heart will not be able to handle it."
Lily was at a loss. "You can't die. If I die, than I want you to promise that you won't. I want you to live, Legolas. I need you to live."
"And what about what I want and need? I need you to live. Without you I will die!"
"No you won't. Promise me."
She looked up at him pleadingly, but he looked away. "I cannot make such a promise." Lily frowned. "Please, Legolas. Please promise me."
"I can't!"
"You can!"
Legolas sighed. "Lily, I won't make a promise that I can't keep." Narrowing her eyes, Lily pulled away from him and stood up. "So if I die, you die? That's it? That's how it's going to end?" Legolas looked away.
"You're just going to give up? You think that you wouldn't be able to go on living? Well let me tell you something. Not only will you live, but you will be a great king! You will make me and your people proud. If you love me, than you will live. You will live for me and for your friends and family. If being here has taught me one thing, it's to never give up."
Legolas looked up at her, eyes pained.
"I chose the mortal life to be with you and to save the people I care about. I may die one day, but I will leave this world fighting. No matter how hard it is or how much it hurts, I will never stop fighting."
Legolas smiled a bit and stood up. "Aratoamin." Sighing, he nodded. "Alright. I promise you, Lily, that I will continue to live when you pass on. Though it will pain me greatly to do so."
Lily smiled, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "There's the Legolas I'm so proud of," she said, and kissed him lightly. He smiled against her lips, suppressing a laugh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"We will reach Helm's Deep at nightfall," Theoden announced.
The people sighed with relief, while Eowyn and Lily rolled their eyes. "He stopped us for that? Men," she muttered. She threw Eowyn a lopsided smile and stuck her tongue out at the king. Eowyn bit her lip to keep from laughing as they moved on.
She listened as Gimli began to tell the young shield maiden about dwarf women. Something about how they have beards and are often mistaken for males. Lily smirked and walked over to him. "Bearded ladies? We have those where I come from. Only, they tend to shave. Hey Gimli, I bet you'd look really handsome if you shaved your beard."
The dwarf looked petrified. "Shave my beard? Never!" he cried out indignantly. Lily smiled. "Sleep lightly, Master Dwarf. One of these days, you're going to wake up without a beard and thank me." Gimli growled and muttered something that sounded like 'silly wench'.
Lily just laughed and walked back to Legolas. "Are you done scaring Gimli?" She nodded. "For now." He laughed and shook his head. Suddenly something stopped him. Straining his senses, he quickly took out his bow and arrow, and shot something. Lily's eyes widened when she saw it was an orc.
Hearing a howl, she swallowed. "I don't recall orcs howling," she muttered. Legolas quickly drew another arrow. "Wargs!" he shouted. Wargs? "Okay, I'm guessing that they're bad." Lily wasn't wrong about that.
Orcs ambushed them, all of them riding on what looked to be massive, mutated wolves. She let out a yelp as an arrow grazed her arm. "Lily, go with Eowyn to Helm's Deep!"
Lily shook her head. "No way! I'm staying here!" Another arrow whizzed by. "Lily, for once just do as I say!" he yelled sharply. Lily blinked and nodded. "Fine, you don't have to be a jerk about it." She ran over to Eowyn, who helped her onto a horse. "You better be careful Legolas! If you die I'll kill you!"
He smiled as he let another arrow fly. Smiling a bit, Lily rode with the other women and children. She could feel the horse galloping beneath her and the wind whipping at her face. And than...it all disappeared.
She was watching Aragorn fight off a Warg, when his foot got caught in something. She watched in silent horror as the Warg slid off a cliff, dragging Aragorn with it. She saw him fall into the river, and felt water fill her lungs.
When she came back to reality, she found she couldn't breathe. She could still feel the cold water in her lungs and airway. She gasped for breath, but still couldn't breathe. "Lily?" Eowyn called to her worriedly. Lily pressed a hand to her chest, eyes wide. She was drowning! How could she drown when she wasn't in the water?
Unable to get any air, her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out.
2 Be Continued...
