Song For None
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Nuquer was lying on her bed staring at the high ceiling in her room. The door opened and she popped up on her bed. Brea walked in carrying a tray with food on it.
"I have decided to bring you your food myself this evening." Brea announced setting her food on the small table by her bed.
"And what do I owe this pleasure to?" Nuquer asked sarcastically.
"The fact that I want to be the first to tell you the news." Brea took a moment to take in the look of hidden inquisitiveness on her face.
"We have another guest with us." Brea smiled.
Nuquer immediately thought of Maik.
"Although she is not elfin. I believe her name is Antoinette. She is from Gondor I believe." Brea looked at Nuquer.
Nuquer sat on the bed waiting for more.
"Your friend, Dimlond is tending to her right now. She is very weak and he is doing such a nice job caring for her." Brea smiled and left.
Nuquer couldn't help but feel a small pang of jealousy in her at the thought of Legolas caring for another girl other than her, Maik, or Ven.
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Brea waited until late in the evening before granting his third man, Yeriwin the request he had asked earlier that day. Yeriwin smiled his thanks and went on his way to do his job.
He hadn't had fun in a long time and was looking forward to some excitement. He stopped outside the door and cracked his knuckles. He slowly pushed open the door and stepped inside.
"Good evening, fair maiden." Yeriwin said as Nuquer rose warily from her position on the large bed. Nuquer's heart started racing as she saw the look on Yeriwin's face.
"Don't try and run from me." Yeriwin stepped towards Nuquer.
Nuquer jumped off the other side of her bed and stood against the wall.
Yeriwin advanced towards her and Nuquer leaped aside. Just as she was about to run towards the door Yeriwin grabbed Nuquer's hair and pulled backwards pulling her off her feet and to the ground.
Yeriwin wrapped her hair around his fist causing Nuquer to wince in pain.
"Tell me who you are!" Yeriwin demanded.
"Nuquernaromen!" Nuquer gasped as he dug his knee into her shoulder.
"Where are you from?" Yeriwin asked as Nuquer wreathed under his weight.
"Dol Amroth." Nuquer hated to give this information but she knew that it would not truly benefit these men.
Yeriwin loosened his grip momentarily giving Nuquer the chance to twist away from his grip and sprint for the door. Nuquer reached the door and wrenched it open.
Yeriwin lunged forward and pummeled Nuquer to the cold, hard floor.
"Ow!" Nuquer screamed as her knees and body crashed into the ground and Yeriwin's weight fell onto her.
"Get back in here!" Yeriwin hissed and dragged her by her feet back into her room. Yeriwin slammed his fist into her back and shoved her back towards her bed.
"Tell me who the boy-elf is!" Yeriwin stepped towards Nuquer and she put her arm in front of her face in protection from another assault.
"I don't know!" Nuquer could feel the ache in her back and in her head from the cruel treatment.
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Antoinette had finally calmed and sat on the floor near Legolas.
"Why are you here?" She asked quietly.
"I'm not sure. Do you have any idea?" Legolas flicked a piece of wood on the floor across the cell.
"No. I was traveling with my brother and we were attacked. The men killed my brother and took me." Antoinette tried to hold back her tears but as she said this one tear slid from her eye and she hurried to catch it.
"Hard times have fallen everyone." Legolas agreed and sat in silence for a moment.
A few moments later he heard someone, somewhere in the castle scream. Legolas listened harder and a fear boiled under his skin. The scream sounded like Nuquer.
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Nuquer was lying on her bed staring at the high ceiling in her room. The door opened and she popped up on her bed. Brea walked in carrying a tray with food on it.
"I have decided to bring you your food myself this evening." Brea announced setting her food on the small table by her bed.
"And what do I owe this pleasure to?" Nuquer asked sarcastically.
"The fact that I want to be the first to tell you the news." Brea took a moment to take in the look of hidden inquisitiveness on her face.
"We have another guest with us." Brea smiled.
Nuquer immediately thought of Maik.
"Although she is not elfin. I believe her name is Antoinette. She is from Gondor I believe." Brea looked at Nuquer.
Nuquer sat on the bed waiting for more.
"Your friend, Dimlond is tending to her right now. She is very weak and he is doing such a nice job caring for her." Brea smiled and left.
Nuquer couldn't help but feel a small pang of jealousy in her at the thought of Legolas caring for another girl other than her, Maik, or Ven.
~
Brea waited until late in the evening before granting his third man, Yeriwin the request he had asked earlier that day. Yeriwin smiled his thanks and went on his way to do his job.
He hadn't had fun in a long time and was looking forward to some excitement. He stopped outside the door and cracked his knuckles. He slowly pushed open the door and stepped inside.
"Good evening, fair maiden." Yeriwin said as Nuquer rose warily from her position on the large bed. Nuquer's heart started racing as she saw the look on Yeriwin's face.
"Don't try and run from me." Yeriwin stepped towards Nuquer.
Nuquer jumped off the other side of her bed and stood against the wall.
Yeriwin advanced towards her and Nuquer leaped aside. Just as she was about to run towards the door Yeriwin grabbed Nuquer's hair and pulled backwards pulling her off her feet and to the ground.
Yeriwin wrapped her hair around his fist causing Nuquer to wince in pain.
"Tell me who you are!" Yeriwin demanded.
"Nuquernaromen!" Nuquer gasped as he dug his knee into her shoulder.
"Where are you from?" Yeriwin asked as Nuquer wreathed under his weight.
"Dol Amroth." Nuquer hated to give this information but she knew that it would not truly benefit these men.
Yeriwin loosened his grip momentarily giving Nuquer the chance to twist away from his grip and sprint for the door. Nuquer reached the door and wrenched it open.
Yeriwin lunged forward and pummeled Nuquer to the cold, hard floor.
"Ow!" Nuquer screamed as her knees and body crashed into the ground and Yeriwin's weight fell onto her.
"Get back in here!" Yeriwin hissed and dragged her by her feet back into her room. Yeriwin slammed his fist into her back and shoved her back towards her bed.
"Tell me who the boy-elf is!" Yeriwin stepped towards Nuquer and she put her arm in front of her face in protection from another assault.
"I don't know!" Nuquer could feel the ache in her back and in her head from the cruel treatment.
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Antoinette had finally calmed and sat on the floor near Legolas.
"Why are you here?" She asked quietly.
"I'm not sure. Do you have any idea?" Legolas flicked a piece of wood on the floor across the cell.
"No. I was traveling with my brother and we were attacked. The men killed my brother and took me." Antoinette tried to hold back her tears but as she said this one tear slid from her eye and she hurried to catch it.
"Hard times have fallen everyone." Legolas agreed and sat in silence for a moment.
A few moments later he heard someone, somewhere in the castle scream. Legolas listened harder and a fear boiled under his skin. The scream sounded like Nuquer.
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