Ereht awoke with a start to a knock on the door. His hand instinctively
went to the dagger that he kept underneath his pillow. Before anyone could
answer the door, it was thrown open and Relaen and Liera came inside. Both
were dressed in beautiful dresses. Liera's was purple with green vines
surrounding the seams and Relaen's was a pale green with deep green vines
surrounding the seams.
Ereht sat up, his breath slightly taken away when he saw Relaen. He had never seen her in anything besides her hunting garb and the gown seemed to bring out her beauty even more. Relaen put her hand over her mouth to stifle a giggle. "What's so funny?" Ereht asked with a smile.
Relaen put her hand down and walked over to him. "Do you sleep with your hair down?" she asked with a smirk.
"Yes, why?" Ereht asked, a confused look on his face.
"Then you must have gotten no sleep last night because your hair is making you about a foot taller." She said, still trying to hold back her laughter. Ereht jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to fix his hair. Relaen's eyes followed him. After she was sure he was out of the room, she buried her head in his pillow and laughed.
Liera walked over to Legolas, who had not awoken with their knock. Knowing that he hated people watching him, she sat in a chair next to the bed and kept her eyes on him, hoping it would wake him up. It worked. Legolas began fidgeting in his bed. Finally, his eyes opened. He was looking at the floor. Slowly his eyes traveled up from the floor to the dress, from the dress to Liera's face. "Took you long enough." Liera said with a smirk on her face.
"What are you doing here and why are you dressed up?" he asked, a smile on his face. He sat up and leaned closer to her. "Not that I mind you being dressed up or anything." He said with a wink.
Liera rolled her eyes. "You know that the elvin women here normally dress like this day to day, so Relaen and I put on the dresses." She explained.
"But you are not a normal elvin woman. You hate dresses." Legolas protested.
Liera stood. "If you don't like it, then I can always change." she said.
Legolas grabbed her arm and pulled her back into his arms. "I like it." He said with a smile.
Ereht came out of the bathroom, his hair fixed, but not in a ponytail as he usually wore it. Relaen smiled when she saw him. He walked over to the bed and pulled out a suit of clothes that was left for him. "Are you two girls going to leave so we can change?"
Relaen and Liera stood and walked out of the room. Once outside, Relaen let out a sigh. "What was that for?" Liera asked her friend.
Relaen smiled. "What? Did you not see his six-pack? I mean, he is definitely a B.O.B. (bunch o' bishie)." Liera and Relaen both laughed at the acronym, knowing the meaning.
"You would think so." Liera said.
"What? C'mon, didn't you see him?" Relaen laughed. "I mean, serious!"
Liera laughed. "I was to busy looking at your brother to notice." She said, putting her finger over her lips and looking upward, the all time favorite bishie look.
Relaen laughed. "C'mon. Let's go. I want to walk around while they're getting ready." Liera nodded and followed Relaen out of the building.
"What do you think they are laughing about?" Ereht asked as he changed
"Who knows? They laugh at any and everything." Legolas said. "It seems that all they do all day is make jokes."
Ereht strapped a dagger to the inside folds of his outfit. "They must make life pretty interesting for you." He said, walking towards the door.
Legolas followed him. "You could say that." He said. The two men laughed and exited the room. They looked around the area of the door and inside the girls' room. "Where did they run off to now?" Legolas mumbled.
Ereht sighed. "Are they always like this? I mean, running off and not listening and laughing?"
"Only when they're together." Legolas said with a sigh. "C'mon. They probably went into the city. If we're lucky they just went for a walk and aren't getting into any trouble." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the two heard yells from the center of the city.
"Oh no." they said in unison. Both of them ran out of the building to where a large crowd of elves had gathered. Ereht reached it first and forced his way to the middle of the circle where he found Relaen and Liera with their swords out facing two other elves.
"What are you two doing?" Ereht demanded.
The girls ignored him and focused on the two male elves that stood before them. The unknown elves lunged towards the girls, who easily blocked the move. Relaen and Liera grinned at each other. They then linked arms and swung themselves around, each kicking an elf in the stomach. The unknown elves hunched over, holding their stomachs. The girls then went behind them and kicked them in the butt, making the elves tip over, falling on their faces.
Relaen and Liera grinned at each other and sheathed their swords. They then walked over to the two elves that were lying on the ground and helped them up. The elves stood and bowed to the girls. Relaen and Liera returned the bows.
"We take back the words that we said and apologize." The first elf said.
Relaen smiled. "It is alright. We enjoyed proving you wrong." She said with a grin. The elves laughed.
The circle around the girls slowly broke up and the only ones left standing there were Legolas, Ereht, Relaen, and Liera. "What was that all about?" Legolas asked the girls.
"They were trying to be all macho sayin that girls couldn't fight, especially in dresses." Liera said. She flipped her hair behind her shoulders. "We wanted to prove them wrong and we did."
Rotinom walked up to the group. "That was quite a display." He said with a smile. "I actually wanted to ask something rather silly."
Relaen smiled. "Trust me, with us, nothing is silly. What is it?"
Rotinom blushed slightly. "Well, word has come from the halls of Thranduil that you both have lovely singing voices. We were wondering if you would grace us with your music this evening at dinner."
Relaen and Liera looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, why not. Any particular song?" Liera answered.
Rotinom smiled widely. "No, nothing in particular. Thank you very much." He said. He bowed deeply and left.
"What will you sing?" Ereht asked, intrigued by this new information.
Relaen shrugged. "What about the Lay of Luthien?" she asked Liera.
Liera nodded. "That's always a good one."
"What do you guys want to do until it is time for dinner?" Legolas asked, taking Liera's arm.
"I want to walk around the city more. I've never been here." Liera said.
"Very well, milady. I shall take you on a tour of the city." Legolas said. "You guys want to come?" he asked Ereht and Relaen.
Relaen shook her head. "I want to walk around the forest. I'll talk to you guys later." She said with a wave before she headed for the main gate.
Ereht jogged to catch up to her. "I'll come with you." He said. Relaen smiled and slowed down and the two talked as they left the city.
Liera and Legolas watched the two leave the city. Liera looked at Legolas. "Do you trust him yet?" she asked.
Legolas slowly began leading her away. "I don't know. I mean, he seems just as protective of Relaen as I am, if not more, but I don't know if I can trust him in any other areas."
Liera nodded. "You know she likes him."
Legolas sighed. "And he likes her. Guess there isn't really anything I can do to stop it huh?" he said with a wink.
Liera laughed. "I doubt it, now, are you gonna show me around this city or what?"
Legolas laughed. "I am sorry, my lady, I have forgotten my task." He said with a smirk before leading her through the city.
Ereht and Relaen walked out of the city gate and into the forest that surrounded Rivendell. "Where did you learn to do all of these things?" Ereht asked her as they walked along the River Anduin.
"What all things?" Relaen asked with a laugh.
"You fight, you are friends with everyone, and now I hear that you sing? Is there anything you don't do?"
Relaen blushed. "There's lots of things I can't do." She said modestly. "What about you though? What kind of things do you do besides save girls lives?"
Ereht laughed. "That's not normally in my day to day schedule."
Relaen smiled. "So that just makes me special huh?" she said jokingly.
Ereht smiled and took her hand. "You are special. Very special."
Relaen's face turned bright red. "You didn't answer my question. What other things do you do?" she asked, trying to keep the attention off of herself.
"Well, I focus on my magic and my fighting and." Ereht said as he walked with Relaen through the forest.
They day went quickly by for all four of the elves. Legolas showed Liera every corner of the Elvin city and Ereht and Relaen walked for miles around before returning at sundown. The two couples met in the center of the city.
"Did you two have fun?" Liera asked Relaen.
Relaen smiled. "Yup! I'll tell you all about it while we get ready for tonight, and you have to tell me about your day as well." She said.
"You girls go get ready. We'll see you both at dinner." Legolas said. Relaen and Liera waved and walked to their room. Legolas then turned to Ereht. "So what did you two do all day?" he asked, a smirk on his face.
Ereht smiled. "We just talked. What about you and Liera?" he asked.
"Just gave her a tour of Rivendell. It's a beautiful city and she's never been here." Legolas answered, slowly walking towards the dining hall. "C'mon, let's see if they need any help setting everything up for the feast tonight."
The time went by swiftly and soon, it was time for the farewell feast. Relaen, Ereht, Legolas, and Liera sat together at the end of a grand table filled with all kinds of food and drink. After everyone was seated, Rotinom stood to address the crowd. "Good evening, friends of Rivendell. To begin our festivities this evening, we have something very special. The Ladies Liera and Relaen are going to sing for us." At this announcement, all in the hall began applauding.
Liera and Relaen stood and went to the front of the grand room. In unison, the girls began to sing: "The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinúviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering. There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered into the hemlock leaves
And saw her wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following. Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him alone still to roam
In the silent forest listening. He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music swelling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In wintery woodland wavering." (A/N: the song is about three pages and I didn't want to put it all in here.if you want the whole thing, I have it though ^_^) Once the girls were finished, clapping and cheering echoed in the halls. Quietly the girls took their seats across from Legolas and Ereht. "I have never heard that story sound so touching." Legolas said, kissing Liera's hand. Liera blushed. "Thanks." She said before drinking some of the wine that sat in front of her. Ereht looked at Relaen in awe. "That tale has meant nothing to me my whole life. I was taught that Luthien Tinuviel was a fool for giving up her immortal life for Beren. I think you just may have changed my mind." He said to Relaen. Relaen smiled. "Good, because Luthien Tinuviel was not a fool, but one of the brightest elves in our history, though I do not think that my voice did her justice." After the girls sang, many other songs and poems were read through the meal. It was past midnight before the dinner was finally broken up. Legolas, Ereht, Relaen, and Liera went to their rooms, barely able to keep their eyes open. As soon as they reached their rooms, they fell on their beds, unable to open their eyes until the sun was high the next day.
Ereht sat up, his breath slightly taken away when he saw Relaen. He had never seen her in anything besides her hunting garb and the gown seemed to bring out her beauty even more. Relaen put her hand over her mouth to stifle a giggle. "What's so funny?" Ereht asked with a smile.
Relaen put her hand down and walked over to him. "Do you sleep with your hair down?" she asked with a smirk.
"Yes, why?" Ereht asked, a confused look on his face.
"Then you must have gotten no sleep last night because your hair is making you about a foot taller." She said, still trying to hold back her laughter. Ereht jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to fix his hair. Relaen's eyes followed him. After she was sure he was out of the room, she buried her head in his pillow and laughed.
Liera walked over to Legolas, who had not awoken with their knock. Knowing that he hated people watching him, she sat in a chair next to the bed and kept her eyes on him, hoping it would wake him up. It worked. Legolas began fidgeting in his bed. Finally, his eyes opened. He was looking at the floor. Slowly his eyes traveled up from the floor to the dress, from the dress to Liera's face. "Took you long enough." Liera said with a smirk on her face.
"What are you doing here and why are you dressed up?" he asked, a smile on his face. He sat up and leaned closer to her. "Not that I mind you being dressed up or anything." He said with a wink.
Liera rolled her eyes. "You know that the elvin women here normally dress like this day to day, so Relaen and I put on the dresses." She explained.
"But you are not a normal elvin woman. You hate dresses." Legolas protested.
Liera stood. "If you don't like it, then I can always change." she said.
Legolas grabbed her arm and pulled her back into his arms. "I like it." He said with a smile.
Ereht came out of the bathroom, his hair fixed, but not in a ponytail as he usually wore it. Relaen smiled when she saw him. He walked over to the bed and pulled out a suit of clothes that was left for him. "Are you two girls going to leave so we can change?"
Relaen and Liera stood and walked out of the room. Once outside, Relaen let out a sigh. "What was that for?" Liera asked her friend.
Relaen smiled. "What? Did you not see his six-pack? I mean, he is definitely a B.O.B. (bunch o' bishie)." Liera and Relaen both laughed at the acronym, knowing the meaning.
"You would think so." Liera said.
"What? C'mon, didn't you see him?" Relaen laughed. "I mean, serious!"
Liera laughed. "I was to busy looking at your brother to notice." She said, putting her finger over her lips and looking upward, the all time favorite bishie look.
Relaen laughed. "C'mon. Let's go. I want to walk around while they're getting ready." Liera nodded and followed Relaen out of the building.
"What do you think they are laughing about?" Ereht asked as he changed
"Who knows? They laugh at any and everything." Legolas said. "It seems that all they do all day is make jokes."
Ereht strapped a dagger to the inside folds of his outfit. "They must make life pretty interesting for you." He said, walking towards the door.
Legolas followed him. "You could say that." He said. The two men laughed and exited the room. They looked around the area of the door and inside the girls' room. "Where did they run off to now?" Legolas mumbled.
Ereht sighed. "Are they always like this? I mean, running off and not listening and laughing?"
"Only when they're together." Legolas said with a sigh. "C'mon. They probably went into the city. If we're lucky they just went for a walk and aren't getting into any trouble." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the two heard yells from the center of the city.
"Oh no." they said in unison. Both of them ran out of the building to where a large crowd of elves had gathered. Ereht reached it first and forced his way to the middle of the circle where he found Relaen and Liera with their swords out facing two other elves.
"What are you two doing?" Ereht demanded.
The girls ignored him and focused on the two male elves that stood before them. The unknown elves lunged towards the girls, who easily blocked the move. Relaen and Liera grinned at each other. They then linked arms and swung themselves around, each kicking an elf in the stomach. The unknown elves hunched over, holding their stomachs. The girls then went behind them and kicked them in the butt, making the elves tip over, falling on their faces.
Relaen and Liera grinned at each other and sheathed their swords. They then walked over to the two elves that were lying on the ground and helped them up. The elves stood and bowed to the girls. Relaen and Liera returned the bows.
"We take back the words that we said and apologize." The first elf said.
Relaen smiled. "It is alright. We enjoyed proving you wrong." She said with a grin. The elves laughed.
The circle around the girls slowly broke up and the only ones left standing there were Legolas, Ereht, Relaen, and Liera. "What was that all about?" Legolas asked the girls.
"They were trying to be all macho sayin that girls couldn't fight, especially in dresses." Liera said. She flipped her hair behind her shoulders. "We wanted to prove them wrong and we did."
Rotinom walked up to the group. "That was quite a display." He said with a smile. "I actually wanted to ask something rather silly."
Relaen smiled. "Trust me, with us, nothing is silly. What is it?"
Rotinom blushed slightly. "Well, word has come from the halls of Thranduil that you both have lovely singing voices. We were wondering if you would grace us with your music this evening at dinner."
Relaen and Liera looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, why not. Any particular song?" Liera answered.
Rotinom smiled widely. "No, nothing in particular. Thank you very much." He said. He bowed deeply and left.
"What will you sing?" Ereht asked, intrigued by this new information.
Relaen shrugged. "What about the Lay of Luthien?" she asked Liera.
Liera nodded. "That's always a good one."
"What do you guys want to do until it is time for dinner?" Legolas asked, taking Liera's arm.
"I want to walk around the city more. I've never been here." Liera said.
"Very well, milady. I shall take you on a tour of the city." Legolas said. "You guys want to come?" he asked Ereht and Relaen.
Relaen shook her head. "I want to walk around the forest. I'll talk to you guys later." She said with a wave before she headed for the main gate.
Ereht jogged to catch up to her. "I'll come with you." He said. Relaen smiled and slowed down and the two talked as they left the city.
Liera and Legolas watched the two leave the city. Liera looked at Legolas. "Do you trust him yet?" she asked.
Legolas slowly began leading her away. "I don't know. I mean, he seems just as protective of Relaen as I am, if not more, but I don't know if I can trust him in any other areas."
Liera nodded. "You know she likes him."
Legolas sighed. "And he likes her. Guess there isn't really anything I can do to stop it huh?" he said with a wink.
Liera laughed. "I doubt it, now, are you gonna show me around this city or what?"
Legolas laughed. "I am sorry, my lady, I have forgotten my task." He said with a smirk before leading her through the city.
Ereht and Relaen walked out of the city gate and into the forest that surrounded Rivendell. "Where did you learn to do all of these things?" Ereht asked her as they walked along the River Anduin.
"What all things?" Relaen asked with a laugh.
"You fight, you are friends with everyone, and now I hear that you sing? Is there anything you don't do?"
Relaen blushed. "There's lots of things I can't do." She said modestly. "What about you though? What kind of things do you do besides save girls lives?"
Ereht laughed. "That's not normally in my day to day schedule."
Relaen smiled. "So that just makes me special huh?" she said jokingly.
Ereht smiled and took her hand. "You are special. Very special."
Relaen's face turned bright red. "You didn't answer my question. What other things do you do?" she asked, trying to keep the attention off of herself.
"Well, I focus on my magic and my fighting and." Ereht said as he walked with Relaen through the forest.
They day went quickly by for all four of the elves. Legolas showed Liera every corner of the Elvin city and Ereht and Relaen walked for miles around before returning at sundown. The two couples met in the center of the city.
"Did you two have fun?" Liera asked Relaen.
Relaen smiled. "Yup! I'll tell you all about it while we get ready for tonight, and you have to tell me about your day as well." She said.
"You girls go get ready. We'll see you both at dinner." Legolas said. Relaen and Liera waved and walked to their room. Legolas then turned to Ereht. "So what did you two do all day?" he asked, a smirk on his face.
Ereht smiled. "We just talked. What about you and Liera?" he asked.
"Just gave her a tour of Rivendell. It's a beautiful city and she's never been here." Legolas answered, slowly walking towards the dining hall. "C'mon, let's see if they need any help setting everything up for the feast tonight."
The time went by swiftly and soon, it was time for the farewell feast. Relaen, Ereht, Legolas, and Liera sat together at the end of a grand table filled with all kinds of food and drink. After everyone was seated, Rotinom stood to address the crowd. "Good evening, friends of Rivendell. To begin our festivities this evening, we have something very special. The Ladies Liera and Relaen are going to sing for us." At this announcement, all in the hall began applauding.
Liera and Relaen stood and went to the front of the grand room. In unison, the girls began to sing: "The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinúviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering. There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered into the hemlock leaves
And saw her wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following. Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him alone still to roam
In the silent forest listening. He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music swelling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beechen leaves
In wintery woodland wavering." (A/N: the song is about three pages and I didn't want to put it all in here.if you want the whole thing, I have it though ^_^) Once the girls were finished, clapping and cheering echoed in the halls. Quietly the girls took their seats across from Legolas and Ereht. "I have never heard that story sound so touching." Legolas said, kissing Liera's hand. Liera blushed. "Thanks." She said before drinking some of the wine that sat in front of her. Ereht looked at Relaen in awe. "That tale has meant nothing to me my whole life. I was taught that Luthien Tinuviel was a fool for giving up her immortal life for Beren. I think you just may have changed my mind." He said to Relaen. Relaen smiled. "Good, because Luthien Tinuviel was not a fool, but one of the brightest elves in our history, though I do not think that my voice did her justice." After the girls sang, many other songs and poems were read through the meal. It was past midnight before the dinner was finally broken up. Legolas, Ereht, Relaen, and Liera went to their rooms, barely able to keep their eyes open. As soon as they reached their rooms, they fell on their beds, unable to open their eyes until the sun was high the next day.