Song For None
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Nuquer woke up very early the next morning. She decided to go to Maik's room to see if she could get anything out of her about Elladan or Legolas.
Nuquer pushed open Maik's unlocked door and crept inside.
"Maik, wake up sleepy head." Nuquer opened the heavy draperies covering the window and whipped the covers off Maik. Maik groaned and woke up reluctantly.
"Why must you do that!?" Maik pushed her hair out of her face and looked at Nuquer.
Nuquer plopped down on the bed beside and began to talk. "Do you know anything about either Elladan or Legolas? If you do you have to tell me!"
"A little but not much."
'Tell me everything you know! It's killing me, I don't know if Elladan likes me or Legolas or either!"
"I think and so does everyone else that Elladan likes you." Maik studied Nuquer's expression for a moment. "You don't like him do you?"
"Yes I do!"
"But not as a companion in that way?" Maik always seemed to know exactly what everyone was really thinking. It was almost scary the way she could detect what you were really thinking.
"I don't know. What about Legolas." Nuquer inquired.
"I don't know about him. I see him looking at you and I see him looking at me. It's hard to tell with him. He is not so easy to read." Maik hoped she hadn't upset Nuquer by saying this. She knew her friend well but couldn't know what to expect from her at the moment.
"Oh, I see. Thanks Maik." Nuquer quietly got up and left. Maik did nothing to stop her. She knew Nuquer needed time to think on this. Maik decided to get dressed for the day.
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Later that morning after everyone had risen Elrond summoned the elfes to his teaching area for their daily lesson. Today he only had a short one since he had other matters to deal with.
After the lesson Estel caught the six before they could disappear without him. "I want to play with you guys!" Estel demanded of them.
"We are not going to play. We are going to study some more." Elladan lied to little Estel.
"You're lying and I know it!" Estel had grown accustomed to his two brothers' many lies.
"Ok you caught us little one but if you come you have to be able to keep up with us." Legolas now was talking to little Estel.
"What do you mean?" Estel was not so intent on going now.
"We are going hunting for evil creatures. Big hairy, mean, dirty creatures that bite little boys like you!" Elladan once again lied to Estel but this time Estel believed the lie and decided not to go.
"I just remembered Elrond wanted me to help him. See you later!" Estel took off down the hill and towards Elrond.
"That was horrible!" Maik scolded Elladan lightly.
"I know. Do you want him tagging along with us?"
"No, not really."
"Didn't think so."
The six elfes walked through the forest in silence for a few moments before they all grew bored. They all sat in a small circle in a small clearing.
"Let's talk" Legolas suggested of them.
"About what?" Nuquer had taken a seat right next to Legolas and across from Elladan. She was watching Legolas's every move for some hint he might like her.
"I don't know. How about we all ask question about each other?" Legolas hadn't even noticed Nuquer watching him all afternoon but was happy she was sitting next to him.
" I want to ask everyone a question first." Maik volunteered to start. "Have any of you ever been in love, or though you were in love?"
"Well, start off personal don't you!?" Legolas joked with her. "I've only been in love once."
"You have to tell who!" Maik was now sounding a little like Nuquer.
"Alright, it was, a tree." Legolas laughed along with the rest of them.
The elfes were laughing too hard they hadn't heard the men come up behind them and attack them. Nuquer was the first to scream out and soon the rest of the elfes were being grabbed at by strange men. Legolas instinctively reached for his bow but it was not there. A man had taken Nuquer from behind and was hauling her off through the woods.
Legolas saw this and ran after the man. He grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him back. The man fell backward but still had Nuquer tight in his grip. Nuquer was fighting with all her might but the man had somehow broken her right arm and she was in pain from him holding on to her arm trying to stop Legolas from taking her back.
Elladan and Elrohir were also fighting against the strange men but these ones seemed much weaker and were easily fought off. Soon the only man left was the one holding Nuquer and fending off Legolas.
Elladan and Elrohir ran over to aid Legolas in freeing Nuquer. The two surprised him from behind and Legolas succeeded in ripping Nuquer from his grasp. Just as the man was pulled away by Elrohir he grabbed for Nuquer one last time and ripped her robe at the shoulder.
Elladan slammed his head into a tree and the man fell down breathless.
"Are you ok?" Legolas was holding Nuquer in his arms. She was badly bruised and her arm hung limp at her side. She had a few tears rolling down her cheek.
"My leg..." Nuquer winced and fell unconscious.
"Oh no!" Maik ran over to her friend and pulled her robe away from her bleeding leg. Some time during the fight she had been stabbed and it was bleeding freely down her leg. Legolas was holding her ripped robe on her so it would fall down. He picked up her legs and carried her like a child back to Elrond's house.
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Nuquer woke up very early the next morning. She decided to go to Maik's room to see if she could get anything out of her about Elladan or Legolas.
Nuquer pushed open Maik's unlocked door and crept inside.
"Maik, wake up sleepy head." Nuquer opened the heavy draperies covering the window and whipped the covers off Maik. Maik groaned and woke up reluctantly.
"Why must you do that!?" Maik pushed her hair out of her face and looked at Nuquer.
Nuquer plopped down on the bed beside and began to talk. "Do you know anything about either Elladan or Legolas? If you do you have to tell me!"
"A little but not much."
'Tell me everything you know! It's killing me, I don't know if Elladan likes me or Legolas or either!"
"I think and so does everyone else that Elladan likes you." Maik studied Nuquer's expression for a moment. "You don't like him do you?"
"Yes I do!"
"But not as a companion in that way?" Maik always seemed to know exactly what everyone was really thinking. It was almost scary the way she could detect what you were really thinking.
"I don't know. What about Legolas." Nuquer inquired.
"I don't know about him. I see him looking at you and I see him looking at me. It's hard to tell with him. He is not so easy to read." Maik hoped she hadn't upset Nuquer by saying this. She knew her friend well but couldn't know what to expect from her at the moment.
"Oh, I see. Thanks Maik." Nuquer quietly got up and left. Maik did nothing to stop her. She knew Nuquer needed time to think on this. Maik decided to get dressed for the day.
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Later that morning after everyone had risen Elrond summoned the elfes to his teaching area for their daily lesson. Today he only had a short one since he had other matters to deal with.
After the lesson Estel caught the six before they could disappear without him. "I want to play with you guys!" Estel demanded of them.
"We are not going to play. We are going to study some more." Elladan lied to little Estel.
"You're lying and I know it!" Estel had grown accustomed to his two brothers' many lies.
"Ok you caught us little one but if you come you have to be able to keep up with us." Legolas now was talking to little Estel.
"What do you mean?" Estel was not so intent on going now.
"We are going hunting for evil creatures. Big hairy, mean, dirty creatures that bite little boys like you!" Elladan once again lied to Estel but this time Estel believed the lie and decided not to go.
"I just remembered Elrond wanted me to help him. See you later!" Estel took off down the hill and towards Elrond.
"That was horrible!" Maik scolded Elladan lightly.
"I know. Do you want him tagging along with us?"
"No, not really."
"Didn't think so."
The six elfes walked through the forest in silence for a few moments before they all grew bored. They all sat in a small circle in a small clearing.
"Let's talk" Legolas suggested of them.
"About what?" Nuquer had taken a seat right next to Legolas and across from Elladan. She was watching Legolas's every move for some hint he might like her.
"I don't know. How about we all ask question about each other?" Legolas hadn't even noticed Nuquer watching him all afternoon but was happy she was sitting next to him.
" I want to ask everyone a question first." Maik volunteered to start. "Have any of you ever been in love, or though you were in love?"
"Well, start off personal don't you!?" Legolas joked with her. "I've only been in love once."
"You have to tell who!" Maik was now sounding a little like Nuquer.
"Alright, it was, a tree." Legolas laughed along with the rest of them.
The elfes were laughing too hard they hadn't heard the men come up behind them and attack them. Nuquer was the first to scream out and soon the rest of the elfes were being grabbed at by strange men. Legolas instinctively reached for his bow but it was not there. A man had taken Nuquer from behind and was hauling her off through the woods.
Legolas saw this and ran after the man. He grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him back. The man fell backward but still had Nuquer tight in his grip. Nuquer was fighting with all her might but the man had somehow broken her right arm and she was in pain from him holding on to her arm trying to stop Legolas from taking her back.
Elladan and Elrohir were also fighting against the strange men but these ones seemed much weaker and were easily fought off. Soon the only man left was the one holding Nuquer and fending off Legolas.
Elladan and Elrohir ran over to aid Legolas in freeing Nuquer. The two surprised him from behind and Legolas succeeded in ripping Nuquer from his grasp. Just as the man was pulled away by Elrohir he grabbed for Nuquer one last time and ripped her robe at the shoulder.
Elladan slammed his head into a tree and the man fell down breathless.
"Are you ok?" Legolas was holding Nuquer in his arms. She was badly bruised and her arm hung limp at her side. She had a few tears rolling down her cheek.
"My leg..." Nuquer winced and fell unconscious.
"Oh no!" Maik ran over to her friend and pulled her robe away from her bleeding leg. Some time during the fight she had been stabbed and it was bleeding freely down her leg. Legolas was holding her ripped robe on her so it would fall down. He picked up her legs and carried her like a child back to Elrond's house.
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