Song For None
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As the night went on Nan and Ven were still wrapped around each other and in deep conversation. Maik had finally gotten the courage to ask Tondil to dance and the two were now in the corner close to where Nan and Ven were dancing.
"Ok, Nuquer is starting to make second rounds with some guys." Legolas noted to Elladan who had figured this out himself a while ago.
"How come neither of us have danced with anyone tonight?" Elladan had suddenly realized the whole night he and Legolas had spent watching Nuquer switch dance partners.
"That is kind of sad isn't it? We need to get up and dance, the night is almost over." Legolas stood up and motioned for Elladan to follow him.
The two elfes made their way around the party looking for the elf maidens who hadn't yet found a partner for the night.
"Man, all the girls are taken already! We waited to long." Legolas looked around desperately trying to find someone to dance with. He noticed a small group of girls sitting at a table talking to Arwen. They weren't to bad looking so he grabbed Elladan's robe and pulled him towards the table.
"Good evening Arwen. Care to introduce us to your friends?" Legolas looked around a the four girls sitting by her.
"Hey Legolas and Elladan, can't find any other victims to dance with?" Arwen smiled jokingly at the two boys. Arwen and Elladan were always close and loved to joke with each other.
"How did you guess?" Elladan smiled back at her.
"Well guys, this is Pil-Gania, Celyinde, Unorfiniel, and Paradia." Arwen pointed to each of the girl's as she said their names.
"I'll dance with you, Elrohir, right?" Unorfiniel offered to Elladan.
"Actually, I'm Elladan. Elrohir will be here in a minute. Do you want to wait until he gets here?" Elladan felt a little abashed at the mistake the girl made but brushed it off.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I'll wait for him though." Unorfiniel stood up to find Elrohir.
"I'll dance with you, Elladan." Celyinde, whom had known Elladan since they were children offered politely.
"I'd love to dance with you." Elladan took Celyinde's hand and led her onto the dance floor.
"What about you, Legolas, care to dance?" Pil-Gania asked Legolas.
The two walked to the dance floor and somehow by "coincidence" ending up dancing near where Nuquer and yet another guy were laughing quietly and dancing very close together.
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Nuquer looked over to her right where she was dancing with Telyave and saw Legolas dancing near-by with one of Arwen's friends.
"Hello, Legolas, nice to see you finally off your butt." Nuquer smiled at Legolas.
"Well, you know, I like to observe parties before I actually get involved in them. Who's your friend?" Legolas eyed the guy Nuquer was dancing with. He had jet black hair and dark eyes to match.
"Oh, this is Telyave. Who's your friend?" Nuquer looked at Pil-Gania in her flowery pink robe and her long blonde hair and felt a tiny little pang of jealousy that it wasn't her in Legolas's arms.
"This is Pil-Gania. Pil-Gania, this is Nuquer, she's spending the summer in Rivendell also." Legolas told his partner.
"Oh, that's interesting. I haven't seen you around. Are you having a nice time?" Pil-Gania started to make polite conversation.
"I'm having a nice time. You probably haven't seen us because we just arrived a few days ago and we've been mostly around Elrond's house." Nuquer didn't really feel like talking to Pil-Gania and wanted badly to switch dancing partners, Telyave was much to quiet.
"That's good. What happen to your arm?" Pil-Gania had noticed the bandages wrapped around Nuquer's arm from the attack. Just as Nuquer was about to answer when Telyave handed Nuquer off to Araarato. Nuquer could have almost swore that she saw jealousy across Legolas's face when this happened.
Legolas didn't give Nuquer time to answer but instead danced off in the other direction.
"He seems kind of angry." Araarato commented to Nuquer.
"He's just jealous." Nuquer sighed and kept dancing with Araarato but every now and then stole glances at Legolas and Pil-Gania to make sure nothing was going on.
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Finally around 1:00 in the morning Elrond announced the feast was over and that everyone should go home.
Nuquer said good night to most of her dancing partners promising a few she'd come to visit them some time and caught up with Maik and Ven.
"Well, how many guys did you dance with?" Maik asked Nuquer seeing who would win the bet.
Nuquer counted in her head a few minutes.
"Well, I'm not sure, I think I broke my record though. I danced with at least 25 guys to night and my record was only 17!" Nuquer laughed.
"Do you remember any of their names!?" Ven asked.
"Well there was Radreildor, Elvithrandil, Madrielith, Nilmandil, Vardaundome, Dimlond, Taraechoir, Telyave, Araarato, Sirithlaith, Rinereth, Ascaore, Nevcollo, Encirith, Thinur-"
"OK! We've heard enough!! My goodness you're a skank!" Maik shook her head and kept walking towards her room.
"What?" Nuquer looked at Ven who also shook her head.
"We should have asked how many guys you didn't dance with!" Ven joked.
"Well, I didn't dance with either of the guys you two danced with, or Elrohir, Elladan, or Legolas, and they were a few other who came with spouses or dates that I didn't dance with." Nuquer said.
"My goodness, when you're pregnant, we'll all know why, you're a complete skank." Ven and Maik joked around with Nuquer.
"What does dancing have to do with being a skank!?" Nuquer slapped Maik lightly on the arm.
"It's not just the dancing it's how you were dancing! You danced practically on top half of the guys! You couldn't have possibly gotten any closer to them! Especially the last few guys you danced with, my goodness!" Maik looked at Nuquer and noted her wrinkled robe from all the dancing.
"Well, that was because Legolas was making me angry." Nuquer defended herself.
"Well, I think it worked! I saw him just before we left and he was giving a genuine death stare the that last guy you danced with!" Maik said.
"Who? Sirithlaith? Good, I'm glad." Nuquer smiled and felt that he deserved to feel jealous, after all, who was he to dance with that Pil-Gania girl anyway.
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As the night went on Nan and Ven were still wrapped around each other and in deep conversation. Maik had finally gotten the courage to ask Tondil to dance and the two were now in the corner close to where Nan and Ven were dancing.
"Ok, Nuquer is starting to make second rounds with some guys." Legolas noted to Elladan who had figured this out himself a while ago.
"How come neither of us have danced with anyone tonight?" Elladan had suddenly realized the whole night he and Legolas had spent watching Nuquer switch dance partners.
"That is kind of sad isn't it? We need to get up and dance, the night is almost over." Legolas stood up and motioned for Elladan to follow him.
The two elfes made their way around the party looking for the elf maidens who hadn't yet found a partner for the night.
"Man, all the girls are taken already! We waited to long." Legolas looked around desperately trying to find someone to dance with. He noticed a small group of girls sitting at a table talking to Arwen. They weren't to bad looking so he grabbed Elladan's robe and pulled him towards the table.
"Good evening Arwen. Care to introduce us to your friends?" Legolas looked around a the four girls sitting by her.
"Hey Legolas and Elladan, can't find any other victims to dance with?" Arwen smiled jokingly at the two boys. Arwen and Elladan were always close and loved to joke with each other.
"How did you guess?" Elladan smiled back at her.
"Well guys, this is Pil-Gania, Celyinde, Unorfiniel, and Paradia." Arwen pointed to each of the girl's as she said their names.
"I'll dance with you, Elrohir, right?" Unorfiniel offered to Elladan.
"Actually, I'm Elladan. Elrohir will be here in a minute. Do you want to wait until he gets here?" Elladan felt a little abashed at the mistake the girl made but brushed it off.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I'll wait for him though." Unorfiniel stood up to find Elrohir.
"I'll dance with you, Elladan." Celyinde, whom had known Elladan since they were children offered politely.
"I'd love to dance with you." Elladan took Celyinde's hand and led her onto the dance floor.
"What about you, Legolas, care to dance?" Pil-Gania asked Legolas.
The two walked to the dance floor and somehow by "coincidence" ending up dancing near where Nuquer and yet another guy were laughing quietly and dancing very close together.
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Nuquer looked over to her right where she was dancing with Telyave and saw Legolas dancing near-by with one of Arwen's friends.
"Hello, Legolas, nice to see you finally off your butt." Nuquer smiled at Legolas.
"Well, you know, I like to observe parties before I actually get involved in them. Who's your friend?" Legolas eyed the guy Nuquer was dancing with. He had jet black hair and dark eyes to match.
"Oh, this is Telyave. Who's your friend?" Nuquer looked at Pil-Gania in her flowery pink robe and her long blonde hair and felt a tiny little pang of jealousy that it wasn't her in Legolas's arms.
"This is Pil-Gania. Pil-Gania, this is Nuquer, she's spending the summer in Rivendell also." Legolas told his partner.
"Oh, that's interesting. I haven't seen you around. Are you having a nice time?" Pil-Gania started to make polite conversation.
"I'm having a nice time. You probably haven't seen us because we just arrived a few days ago and we've been mostly around Elrond's house." Nuquer didn't really feel like talking to Pil-Gania and wanted badly to switch dancing partners, Telyave was much to quiet.
"That's good. What happen to your arm?" Pil-Gania had noticed the bandages wrapped around Nuquer's arm from the attack. Just as Nuquer was about to answer when Telyave handed Nuquer off to Araarato. Nuquer could have almost swore that she saw jealousy across Legolas's face when this happened.
Legolas didn't give Nuquer time to answer but instead danced off in the other direction.
"He seems kind of angry." Araarato commented to Nuquer.
"He's just jealous." Nuquer sighed and kept dancing with Araarato but every now and then stole glances at Legolas and Pil-Gania to make sure nothing was going on.
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Finally around 1:00 in the morning Elrond announced the feast was over and that everyone should go home.
Nuquer said good night to most of her dancing partners promising a few she'd come to visit them some time and caught up with Maik and Ven.
"Well, how many guys did you dance with?" Maik asked Nuquer seeing who would win the bet.
Nuquer counted in her head a few minutes.
"Well, I'm not sure, I think I broke my record though. I danced with at least 25 guys to night and my record was only 17!" Nuquer laughed.
"Do you remember any of their names!?" Ven asked.
"Well there was Radreildor, Elvithrandil, Madrielith, Nilmandil, Vardaundome, Dimlond, Taraechoir, Telyave, Araarato, Sirithlaith, Rinereth, Ascaore, Nevcollo, Encirith, Thinur-"
"OK! We've heard enough!! My goodness you're a skank!" Maik shook her head and kept walking towards her room.
"What?" Nuquer looked at Ven who also shook her head.
"We should have asked how many guys you didn't dance with!" Ven joked.
"Well, I didn't dance with either of the guys you two danced with, or Elrohir, Elladan, or Legolas, and they were a few other who came with spouses or dates that I didn't dance with." Nuquer said.
"My goodness, when you're pregnant, we'll all know why, you're a complete skank." Ven and Maik joked around with Nuquer.
"What does dancing have to do with being a skank!?" Nuquer slapped Maik lightly on the arm.
"It's not just the dancing it's how you were dancing! You danced practically on top half of the guys! You couldn't have possibly gotten any closer to them! Especially the last few guys you danced with, my goodness!" Maik looked at Nuquer and noted her wrinkled robe from all the dancing.
"Well, that was because Legolas was making me angry." Nuquer defended herself.
"Well, I think it worked! I saw him just before we left and he was giving a genuine death stare the that last guy you danced with!" Maik said.
"Who? Sirithlaith? Good, I'm glad." Nuquer smiled and felt that he deserved to feel jealous, after all, who was he to dance with that Pil-Gania girl anyway.
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