Tandilien's secret
When Legolas and Artilien walked through the gate of Rivendell they immediately called for lord Elrond.
"Artilien, Legolas what are you doing here so early, you should be coming in four days' time?" said lord Elrond amazed.
"Well we don't know either how we have came here so fast," said Artilien.
"It's was like this lord Elrond. All three of us…" Legolas started but couldn't finish.
"All three of you? But there are only two of you here," said lord Elrond.
"Yes we know, I'm trying to explain," said Legolas and continued. "As I said, all three of us, Artilien, Tandilien, who is not here, and me were taking a night rest in the forest under Misty Mountains. And in the morning Artilien and I woke up a few hours from Rivendell, alone. There was no site of lady Tandilien. We called her, but there was no answer. So we came to you. I beg you, please –– help me find her."
"If that's so, I think the Rivendell elves had already found her. She was hurt very badly. But I managed to heal her and she will be all right in the morning. Now please rest yourself. You look very tired," said lord Elrond and walked away.
"I still don't understand how we could come to Rivendell so fast. And what happened to her?" Legolas was confused.
"Well –––– I wish to know the same, cous," said Artilien.
They both sat down under the tree and thought about what had happened. No one knew the answer. The hours passed and Artilien finally broke the silence.
"Lego, do you think she saved us from goblins?"
"Well maybe, but there is still the thing about how we got so quick to Rivendell," Legolas was still thinking. "Only if we flew we could get that far in such a short time. And don't call me Lego."
"You know what, I dreamed that I'm flying last night," Artilien remembered.
"Really? I had the same dream. But I dreamed that someone was carrying me and he was flying," said Legolas amazed. "Maybe we did fly!"
"But who would be strong enough to carry us and the horses?" Artilien was puzzled. "Only the dragon is that strong. Even the great eagle is not that strong."
"You're right, but if the dragon had moved us, as you say, why didn't he hurt us and he hurt only lady Tandilien," Legolas wondered.
"Lego, cut that lady thing out. She is our friend." Artilien was annoyed by Legolas talking about Tandilien like that.
"But she is a princess and until she doesn't let me know that I can call her only by the name I'll call her like that. And if you don't like it it's not my fault. And another thing, my name is not Lego," Legolas was angry at his cousin Artilien and so he stood up and walked away from her.
Artilien just looked at him and rolled her eyes. She really knew her cousin, how annoying he can be. But Legolas didn't mind that.
He was walking in the park alone, when he stopped under Tandilien's window. But he didn't know that. Just then Tandilien fell right in his arms.
"What the…" Legolas couldn't believe his eyes; he caught Tandilien and sat down with her, still holding her in his arms.
"Tandilien, what do you think you're doing?" said Legolas, but she didn't hear him. She was still unconscious. Someone wanted to kill her. That's for sure. He looked up and saw nothing but the flowers.
Legolas stood up, with Tandilien in his hands and took her back to her room. When he came to the door of Tandilien's room lord Elrond and Artilien were there.
"What do you think you're doing Legolas, taking lady Tandilien out of her bed, when she still isn't well?!" lord Elrond was furious.
"Yes Legolas. Why did you do that?" Artilien asked her cousin.
"But I didn't. I was under her window when she fell right into my arms. And I saw nothing but the flowers that are still there. And I think someone wants her dead," he replied.
"Really? But no one could come to this room until tomorrow. I made them like that. No one could get in here. Not even me. Only if she leaves the room, the room could be opened before tomorrow," lord Elrond couldn't understand what had happened. "Now, Legolas put her on her bed and I'll send someone to guard her. She really needs to rest."
Legolas put her on the bed and wanted to stay by her, but lord Elrond didn't let him. So he looked at her sleeping face. One of the guards came and sat beside her bed.
All three of them left her and were walking away from the room.
"Legolas, would you please meet me in the conference room? I'll be with you in a minute. I have to check something out," said lord Elrond and left Artilien and Legolas alone in the hall.
"Well, I'm gonna go to the room and wait for lord Elrond to return," said Legolas and started to walk towards the conference room.
"Hey, I'm going too," said Artilien and walked behind him.
"No you're not. He didn't say anything to you, did he?"
"So what! I'm going anyway," said Artilien and put her leg down.
"No you're not," said Legolas and turned away.
"Oh yes I am. And don't you turn your back on me," Artilien was angry.
"Artilien, you're not going and that's final. You stay here or go somewhere I won't see you," said Legolas.
"Legolas you should be nicer to your little cousin," said a lovely voice behind a corner. It was Arwen. "Let her go with you. I'm sure my father won't mind her."
"Oh, hello Arwen. Haven't seen you there," said Artilien.
"But lord Elrond asked me to meet him and not her," insisted Legolas.
"So what, I can come too, if he doesn't want me there he'll say that to me," said Artilien and walked towards the conference room.
"Fine," said Legolas. "That's all your fault, Arwen."
Legolas walked away from Arwen who was smiling and he finally caught Artilien. They both waited for lord Elrond in the conference room. Artilien was sitting in the chair and Legolas stood on the other end of the room and stared through the window.
"Now my dear elfs," said lord Elrond and walked through the door into the room and closed them behind him so no one could hear them.
"Khm," said Artilien.
"Oh sorry, and half-elf. I summoned you here to tell you about our sleeping lady and her history, which is not pleasant," lord Elrond started. "Please, sit down, Legolas; it's a pretty long story."
"No thank you lord Elrond. I'll stand," said Legolas.
"As you wish. So here it goes. As you both know, she is a princess of Downfield forest, a daughter of king Airecrabanion Andloth and queen Nilyuldawen Andloth. She doesn't have any of her parents alive. Her mother died at birth, they could only save Tandilien and not her mother. And her father fought in the war for the Ring and there he was slain. But his death was noble. He saved his brother there and a lot of other elves and men.
"Like I said before, she never knew her mother. Her father meant her everything. She loved him with all her heart, but when she found out that her father had to go to the war she wanted to go with him. But he said no. He told her aunt to keep her in her house and told the guards not to let her go until he and his brother return from the war. She was very unhappy and didn't talk to anyone when her father left. One day she wanted to escape but the dragons brought her back.
As you know, Downfield forest is protected not only by elfs but also by dragons," lord Elrond stopped for a moment.
"Really? That forest is protected by dragons?" Artilien couldn't believe her ears.
"Of course, don't you know that?" said Legolas a little rude to his cousin.
"Now, now Legolas, she is only 90 years old. And you are almost 3000 years old," said lord Elrond and continued: "Now let me go on. The war was over and only her uncle came back. She wanted to know where her father was. Her Uncle told her that he'd come back in a few days. She waited and waited until her 150th birthday. On her birthday she got her father's necklace with a dragon on it and she found out that her father was slain in the war. She was very angry at her uncle because he lied to her. And because of that she left the forest and she promised to herself that she'd never return home. When she was leaving the forest every dragon started to sing the song to her in their own language. And only she could understand dragons, no one else, so no one knows what they sang to her.
She lived in the wilderness for 66 years until now, she came to see king Thranduil, am I right Legolas?"
"Yes, you're right lord Elrond," Legolas agreed with him.
"Lord Elrond?" called Artilien.
"Yes, what is it Artilien?" lord Elrond looked at her.
"How do you know all that?" Artilien asked.
"Well, her uncle and aunt were here 66 years ago and they pleaded me to find her and bring her back. But the rest, about meeting her with king Thranduil told me the lord of the eagles," smiled lord Elrond. "Now go, the dinner will be ready in a minute."
Legolas and Artilien left the room and were on the way to dining room. They passed Tandilien's room. Legolas stopped in front of the door and opened them.
"Legolas come on, we will be late for dinner," said Artilien and pulled Legolas's arm.
"I just want to see if she's ok," said Legolas and stepped inside.
When he saw what was in that room on the bed he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Ai!! Sgiathatch!!!" said Legolas in Elvish. (Ai! A Dragon!!!)
"What?" said Artilien and walked in the room. When she saw a dragon on the bed and not an elf she just screamed and ran for lord Elrond.
Legolas slowly approached the dragon and the sleeping guard. He touched the dragon and felt that he's still alive. He looked in his closed eyes and saw something familiar to him. He saw those eyes before. But how could have he, he never saw a dragon so close before.
"Legolas get away from it, maybe he's alive and he could kill you," said lord Elrond running towards the room.
"No I won't. This is not dragon. It's Tandilien. It's her, I know. I can feel it," said Legolas and stopped lord Elrond.
"Legolas, come on, don't be stupid," said Artilien and pulled Legolas away from the dragon.
"No. Please listen to me. This is Tandilien. I know. Look at her eyes and tell me if that's not her. Who else in this world has that kind of the colours in his eyes?" Legolas didn't stop.
They looked in the dragon's eyes; they were green-blue, like Tandilien's eyes. They couldn't believe that she could turn into a dragon.
"But how?" said Artilien. "Why didn't she tell us that?"
"Well maybe she was too afraid to tell. She thought if she told us that she can turn into the dragon no one would like her," said lord Elrond, but just then the dragon was gone and there on the bed lay an elf, Tandilien. They all left her alone and were off to dinner.
At the dinner no one spoke. After the dinner everybody returned quietly to their rooms.
When Legolas and Artilien walked through the gate of Rivendell they immediately called for lord Elrond.
"Artilien, Legolas what are you doing here so early, you should be coming in four days' time?" said lord Elrond amazed.
"Well we don't know either how we have came here so fast," said Artilien.
"It's was like this lord Elrond. All three of us…" Legolas started but couldn't finish.
"All three of you? But there are only two of you here," said lord Elrond.
"Yes we know, I'm trying to explain," said Legolas and continued. "As I said, all three of us, Artilien, Tandilien, who is not here, and me were taking a night rest in the forest under Misty Mountains. And in the morning Artilien and I woke up a few hours from Rivendell, alone. There was no site of lady Tandilien. We called her, but there was no answer. So we came to you. I beg you, please –– help me find her."
"If that's so, I think the Rivendell elves had already found her. She was hurt very badly. But I managed to heal her and she will be all right in the morning. Now please rest yourself. You look very tired," said lord Elrond and walked away.
"I still don't understand how we could come to Rivendell so fast. And what happened to her?" Legolas was confused.
"Well –––– I wish to know the same, cous," said Artilien.
They both sat down under the tree and thought about what had happened. No one knew the answer. The hours passed and Artilien finally broke the silence.
"Lego, do you think she saved us from goblins?"
"Well maybe, but there is still the thing about how we got so quick to Rivendell," Legolas was still thinking. "Only if we flew we could get that far in such a short time. And don't call me Lego."
"You know what, I dreamed that I'm flying last night," Artilien remembered.
"Really? I had the same dream. But I dreamed that someone was carrying me and he was flying," said Legolas amazed. "Maybe we did fly!"
"But who would be strong enough to carry us and the horses?" Artilien was puzzled. "Only the dragon is that strong. Even the great eagle is not that strong."
"You're right, but if the dragon had moved us, as you say, why didn't he hurt us and he hurt only lady Tandilien," Legolas wondered.
"Lego, cut that lady thing out. She is our friend." Artilien was annoyed by Legolas talking about Tandilien like that.
"But she is a princess and until she doesn't let me know that I can call her only by the name I'll call her like that. And if you don't like it it's not my fault. And another thing, my name is not Lego," Legolas was angry at his cousin Artilien and so he stood up and walked away from her.
Artilien just looked at him and rolled her eyes. She really knew her cousin, how annoying he can be. But Legolas didn't mind that.
He was walking in the park alone, when he stopped under Tandilien's window. But he didn't know that. Just then Tandilien fell right in his arms.
"What the…" Legolas couldn't believe his eyes; he caught Tandilien and sat down with her, still holding her in his arms.
"Tandilien, what do you think you're doing?" said Legolas, but she didn't hear him. She was still unconscious. Someone wanted to kill her. That's for sure. He looked up and saw nothing but the flowers.
Legolas stood up, with Tandilien in his hands and took her back to her room. When he came to the door of Tandilien's room lord Elrond and Artilien were there.
"What do you think you're doing Legolas, taking lady Tandilien out of her bed, when she still isn't well?!" lord Elrond was furious.
"Yes Legolas. Why did you do that?" Artilien asked her cousin.
"But I didn't. I was under her window when she fell right into my arms. And I saw nothing but the flowers that are still there. And I think someone wants her dead," he replied.
"Really? But no one could come to this room until tomorrow. I made them like that. No one could get in here. Not even me. Only if she leaves the room, the room could be opened before tomorrow," lord Elrond couldn't understand what had happened. "Now, Legolas put her on her bed and I'll send someone to guard her. She really needs to rest."
Legolas put her on the bed and wanted to stay by her, but lord Elrond didn't let him. So he looked at her sleeping face. One of the guards came and sat beside her bed.
All three of them left her and were walking away from the room.
"Legolas, would you please meet me in the conference room? I'll be with you in a minute. I have to check something out," said lord Elrond and left Artilien and Legolas alone in the hall.
"Well, I'm gonna go to the room and wait for lord Elrond to return," said Legolas and started to walk towards the conference room.
"Hey, I'm going too," said Artilien and walked behind him.
"No you're not. He didn't say anything to you, did he?"
"So what! I'm going anyway," said Artilien and put her leg down.
"No you're not," said Legolas and turned away.
"Oh yes I am. And don't you turn your back on me," Artilien was angry.
"Artilien, you're not going and that's final. You stay here or go somewhere I won't see you," said Legolas.
"Legolas you should be nicer to your little cousin," said a lovely voice behind a corner. It was Arwen. "Let her go with you. I'm sure my father won't mind her."
"Oh, hello Arwen. Haven't seen you there," said Artilien.
"But lord Elrond asked me to meet him and not her," insisted Legolas.
"So what, I can come too, if he doesn't want me there he'll say that to me," said Artilien and walked towards the conference room.
"Fine," said Legolas. "That's all your fault, Arwen."
Legolas walked away from Arwen who was smiling and he finally caught Artilien. They both waited for lord Elrond in the conference room. Artilien was sitting in the chair and Legolas stood on the other end of the room and stared through the window.
"Now my dear elfs," said lord Elrond and walked through the door into the room and closed them behind him so no one could hear them.
"Khm," said Artilien.
"Oh sorry, and half-elf. I summoned you here to tell you about our sleeping lady and her history, which is not pleasant," lord Elrond started. "Please, sit down, Legolas; it's a pretty long story."
"No thank you lord Elrond. I'll stand," said Legolas.
"As you wish. So here it goes. As you both know, she is a princess of Downfield forest, a daughter of king Airecrabanion Andloth and queen Nilyuldawen Andloth. She doesn't have any of her parents alive. Her mother died at birth, they could only save Tandilien and not her mother. And her father fought in the war for the Ring and there he was slain. But his death was noble. He saved his brother there and a lot of other elves and men.
"Like I said before, she never knew her mother. Her father meant her everything. She loved him with all her heart, but when she found out that her father had to go to the war she wanted to go with him. But he said no. He told her aunt to keep her in her house and told the guards not to let her go until he and his brother return from the war. She was very unhappy and didn't talk to anyone when her father left. One day she wanted to escape but the dragons brought her back.
As you know, Downfield forest is protected not only by elfs but also by dragons," lord Elrond stopped for a moment.
"Really? That forest is protected by dragons?" Artilien couldn't believe her ears.
"Of course, don't you know that?" said Legolas a little rude to his cousin.
"Now, now Legolas, she is only 90 years old. And you are almost 3000 years old," said lord Elrond and continued: "Now let me go on. The war was over and only her uncle came back. She wanted to know where her father was. Her Uncle told her that he'd come back in a few days. She waited and waited until her 150th birthday. On her birthday she got her father's necklace with a dragon on it and she found out that her father was slain in the war. She was very angry at her uncle because he lied to her. And because of that she left the forest and she promised to herself that she'd never return home. When she was leaving the forest every dragon started to sing the song to her in their own language. And only she could understand dragons, no one else, so no one knows what they sang to her.
She lived in the wilderness for 66 years until now, she came to see king Thranduil, am I right Legolas?"
"Yes, you're right lord Elrond," Legolas agreed with him.
"Lord Elrond?" called Artilien.
"Yes, what is it Artilien?" lord Elrond looked at her.
"How do you know all that?" Artilien asked.
"Well, her uncle and aunt were here 66 years ago and they pleaded me to find her and bring her back. But the rest, about meeting her with king Thranduil told me the lord of the eagles," smiled lord Elrond. "Now go, the dinner will be ready in a minute."
Legolas and Artilien left the room and were on the way to dining room. They passed Tandilien's room. Legolas stopped in front of the door and opened them.
"Legolas come on, we will be late for dinner," said Artilien and pulled Legolas's arm.
"I just want to see if she's ok," said Legolas and stepped inside.
When he saw what was in that room on the bed he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Ai!! Sgiathatch!!!" said Legolas in Elvish. (Ai! A Dragon!!!)
"What?" said Artilien and walked in the room. When she saw a dragon on the bed and not an elf she just screamed and ran for lord Elrond.
Legolas slowly approached the dragon and the sleeping guard. He touched the dragon and felt that he's still alive. He looked in his closed eyes and saw something familiar to him. He saw those eyes before. But how could have he, he never saw a dragon so close before.
"Legolas get away from it, maybe he's alive and he could kill you," said lord Elrond running towards the room.
"No I won't. This is not dragon. It's Tandilien. It's her, I know. I can feel it," said Legolas and stopped lord Elrond.
"Legolas, come on, don't be stupid," said Artilien and pulled Legolas away from the dragon.
"No. Please listen to me. This is Tandilien. I know. Look at her eyes and tell me if that's not her. Who else in this world has that kind of the colours in his eyes?" Legolas didn't stop.
They looked in the dragon's eyes; they were green-blue, like Tandilien's eyes. They couldn't believe that she could turn into a dragon.
"But how?" said Artilien. "Why didn't she tell us that?"
"Well maybe she was too afraid to tell. She thought if she told us that she can turn into the dragon no one would like her," said lord Elrond, but just then the dragon was gone and there on the bed lay an elf, Tandilien. They all left her alone and were off to dinner.
At the dinner no one spoke. After the dinner everybody returned quietly to their rooms.