The journey to Mirkwood was serene and tranquil. Legolas and Alphelion
avoided each other as much as they could. Their intention was not to anger
each other in front of the companions but the building tension was ready to
burst anytime.
"We should rest here Legolas," Altus informed the king.
"Nay, we should continue, Mirkwood is only an hour away. We can rest then." Legolas disagreed.
"Legolas, the ladies are not as strong as we are, we should stop so that they could regain their strength." Altus said, stopping his horse.
"Altus, we will be fine. Let keep on riding. The king is right, we can rest when we get to Mirkwood." Alphelion assured the elf lord.
Legolas stopped his horse, "Let's stop here, it is safe now since we are at the border of Mirkwood." He glanced at Alphelion who glared at him; his mouth curved up a little and he laughed to himself.
Legolas turned his head to see the beauty of the forest, and when he turned his head back he gaze met bright green eyes that were filled with anger.
"What's the meaning of this? Are you doing this on purpose to anger me? You are so childish," if looks could kill, Legolas would have been dead in an instant, "you want to play this game, I can play this game with you my lord and let's see who will win." Alphelion challenged him.
Biendis rode up behind her, "Do not listen to her my lord, she is under the influence of her temper, she didn't meant to challenge your power." Biendis sent a sharp glare at Alphelion.
"Thank you for your concerned lady, but I doubt I will lose this challenge." Legolas smirked and raised his eyebrows at Alphelion.
"Legolas, stop it, you are going to make the situation even more horrendous." Altus warned him.
"I did what you have requested Altus, and see want I get for my kindness, nothing but harshness from her. I was being helpful that's all." Legolas mockingly pouted towards Altus, causing Biendis to chuckle.
"Legolas, you are more than a millennium old and furthermore you are a king, grow up, now let's get to Mirkwood before anyone of you starts this nonsense again," Altus sighed and shook his head. He gave a nod to the guards behind him and they all rode out into the forest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they got to the palace, Alphelion quickly walked away from Legolas but not before he could stop her.
"You have your own chamber, wait for the maid to direct. I would not prefer losing my future wife before the wedding." Legolas mocked her.
"Actually my lord, the dungeon will be just fine since I am here as a toy for you to take revenge on." She retorted.
"Stop it!" Altus and Biendis said at the same time, loud enough that everyone turned and looked at them.
"Lady Biendis, why don't you take the princess to her chamber, there will be someone to escort you two to the room." Altus directed her. Biendis grabbed Alphelion's arm and walked her into the castle.
"Both of you either need a lesson in manners or have your tongues taken out of your mouths, this is insane Legolas. By the time this is over, my hair will be white." Altus sighed and literally dragged Legolas into the palace.
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After they all had freshened up, they met at the dinning hall for the meal. This time the manner was different from the last time they had a meal together.
"Since we are about to be living together forever, as elves, we have eternity to play this game," Legolas was about to continue, "Please don't start again." Altus stopped him.
"I am trying to civilize the situation, I cannot live like this." Legolas claimed.
"Well I am not the one who started this whole thing, it was you my lord." Alphelion shot back.
"If you two are about to start another feud, I will let both of you have it your own way. Lady Biendis would care for a walk, I would love to learn more about Mirdonost." Altus offered his arm. Biendis took it and walked out into the garden.
They were gone before the other two elves could not stop them.
"I will take my leave now my lord, good night." Alphelion walked toward the door but a hand stopped her.
"We need to sort out our differences if we are to live together in harmony." Legolas said softly, pulling her towards the library.
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Legolas opened the library's door and as he walked into the dark room he lit the torches on the wall. That light up the room and then he walked to the fireplace and fired it up as well. The heart of the fireplace started to warm up. They both sat down on soft carpet in front of the fireplace.
"Fire, I hope that you will not throw me into the fireplace." He glanced over to see Alphelion expression.
"If you will be more rational to the occurrence, I will not attempt anything unless you harmed me first." Alphelion turned her head toward him.
The light glowed on both face and it is hard to determine the thought of the person in front of you when the shadow covered the other side of the face.
"We are to be married in two weeks," as he was about to continue, "You can always change the date if you see it suit you." Alphelion offered.
"Before we are to continue this let make certain to something, please do not interrupt when one is discourse and try not to anger one another." He requested.
"Alright as long as you do the same, my lord." Alphelion agreed.
"Now, first you don't have to give me courteous since you are to be queen and it will be suit for the circumstances as for us to show our closeness." Legolas started the conversation cautiously, "You can addressed me by the name," he continued.
"You shall do the same Legolas." They are looking straight into each other eyes.
The silent taking place, it is somewhat strange and comforting. The room is warm the place is so quite.
"Why are you doing this Legolas? Why are you torturing yourself by marrying me, the daughter of the man you hate? Why don't you just kill me?" She whispering softly but he can hear her.
"It is not in me to kill someone, I would rather doing what I am doing right now than killing you, and at least I know that I am fulfilling my revenge. Killing you will only anger more people." He shifted himself and turned his head to see her face.
"I do not want to live like this, I do not want to marry someone I am not in love with and I do not want to be treat like the way you are treating me. I do have a heart." Her eyes started to get watery by the tear, "I cannot change the past, for that I am sorry for what my father have cause you, and I am willing to do anything to make it better and I want you to stop at me, do not torture anyone else from Mirdonost." She wiped the tear from her face.
"I will promised that I will not hurt other people of Mirdonost and I did not want you to change the past I only want you and your people to know the pain of losing someone that is so vital to your living, it hurt so much, my father was the only person I have left. Your father have no right of taking him from me." His eyes are full with rage and anger.
"You are not the only one who have lost a father, my father is dead too and I am still suffered from his dead." She gently placed her hand in his hand.
Legolas grabbed her hand softly with his other hand and take her hand off his hand, "Don't show your mercy too early, it is a sign of your weakness." He grinned at her.
"If this can ease your anger, I will not regret showing it at all." She smiled on the corner of her mouth.
They both smiled and laughed, "This is interesting, and you two need to sort out your difference more often." Altus and Biendis appeared at the door of the library.
Legolas and Alphelion stood up quickly and moved away from each other. Altus and Biendis walked toward the couple. "What is the cause of the sudden change?" Biendis asked her friend.
"Nothing we were sorting out our different as the Lord Altus stated, I am tired," Alphelion turned toward Legolas and Altus, "Goodnight my lord." She took Biendis arm.
The two elves bowed the two ladies and they followed out into the hall.
"We should rest here Legolas," Altus informed the king.
"Nay, we should continue, Mirkwood is only an hour away. We can rest then." Legolas disagreed.
"Legolas, the ladies are not as strong as we are, we should stop so that they could regain their strength." Altus said, stopping his horse.
"Altus, we will be fine. Let keep on riding. The king is right, we can rest when we get to Mirkwood." Alphelion assured the elf lord.
Legolas stopped his horse, "Let's stop here, it is safe now since we are at the border of Mirkwood." He glanced at Alphelion who glared at him; his mouth curved up a little and he laughed to himself.
Legolas turned his head to see the beauty of the forest, and when he turned his head back he gaze met bright green eyes that were filled with anger.
"What's the meaning of this? Are you doing this on purpose to anger me? You are so childish," if looks could kill, Legolas would have been dead in an instant, "you want to play this game, I can play this game with you my lord and let's see who will win." Alphelion challenged him.
Biendis rode up behind her, "Do not listen to her my lord, she is under the influence of her temper, she didn't meant to challenge your power." Biendis sent a sharp glare at Alphelion.
"Thank you for your concerned lady, but I doubt I will lose this challenge." Legolas smirked and raised his eyebrows at Alphelion.
"Legolas, stop it, you are going to make the situation even more horrendous." Altus warned him.
"I did what you have requested Altus, and see want I get for my kindness, nothing but harshness from her. I was being helpful that's all." Legolas mockingly pouted towards Altus, causing Biendis to chuckle.
"Legolas, you are more than a millennium old and furthermore you are a king, grow up, now let's get to Mirkwood before anyone of you starts this nonsense again," Altus sighed and shook his head. He gave a nod to the guards behind him and they all rode out into the forest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they got to the palace, Alphelion quickly walked away from Legolas but not before he could stop her.
"You have your own chamber, wait for the maid to direct. I would not prefer losing my future wife before the wedding." Legolas mocked her.
"Actually my lord, the dungeon will be just fine since I am here as a toy for you to take revenge on." She retorted.
"Stop it!" Altus and Biendis said at the same time, loud enough that everyone turned and looked at them.
"Lady Biendis, why don't you take the princess to her chamber, there will be someone to escort you two to the room." Altus directed her. Biendis grabbed Alphelion's arm and walked her into the castle.
"Both of you either need a lesson in manners or have your tongues taken out of your mouths, this is insane Legolas. By the time this is over, my hair will be white." Altus sighed and literally dragged Legolas into the palace.
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After they all had freshened up, they met at the dinning hall for the meal. This time the manner was different from the last time they had a meal together.
"Since we are about to be living together forever, as elves, we have eternity to play this game," Legolas was about to continue, "Please don't start again." Altus stopped him.
"I am trying to civilize the situation, I cannot live like this." Legolas claimed.
"Well I am not the one who started this whole thing, it was you my lord." Alphelion shot back.
"If you two are about to start another feud, I will let both of you have it your own way. Lady Biendis would care for a walk, I would love to learn more about Mirdonost." Altus offered his arm. Biendis took it and walked out into the garden.
They were gone before the other two elves could not stop them.
"I will take my leave now my lord, good night." Alphelion walked toward the door but a hand stopped her.
"We need to sort out our differences if we are to live together in harmony." Legolas said softly, pulling her towards the library.
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Legolas opened the library's door and as he walked into the dark room he lit the torches on the wall. That light up the room and then he walked to the fireplace and fired it up as well. The heart of the fireplace started to warm up. They both sat down on soft carpet in front of the fireplace.
"Fire, I hope that you will not throw me into the fireplace." He glanced over to see Alphelion expression.
"If you will be more rational to the occurrence, I will not attempt anything unless you harmed me first." Alphelion turned her head toward him.
The light glowed on both face and it is hard to determine the thought of the person in front of you when the shadow covered the other side of the face.
"We are to be married in two weeks," as he was about to continue, "You can always change the date if you see it suit you." Alphelion offered.
"Before we are to continue this let make certain to something, please do not interrupt when one is discourse and try not to anger one another." He requested.
"Alright as long as you do the same, my lord." Alphelion agreed.
"Now, first you don't have to give me courteous since you are to be queen and it will be suit for the circumstances as for us to show our closeness." Legolas started the conversation cautiously, "You can addressed me by the name," he continued.
"You shall do the same Legolas." They are looking straight into each other eyes.
The silent taking place, it is somewhat strange and comforting. The room is warm the place is so quite.
"Why are you doing this Legolas? Why are you torturing yourself by marrying me, the daughter of the man you hate? Why don't you just kill me?" She whispering softly but he can hear her.
"It is not in me to kill someone, I would rather doing what I am doing right now than killing you, and at least I know that I am fulfilling my revenge. Killing you will only anger more people." He shifted himself and turned his head to see her face.
"I do not want to live like this, I do not want to marry someone I am not in love with and I do not want to be treat like the way you are treating me. I do have a heart." Her eyes started to get watery by the tear, "I cannot change the past, for that I am sorry for what my father have cause you, and I am willing to do anything to make it better and I want you to stop at me, do not torture anyone else from Mirdonost." She wiped the tear from her face.
"I will promised that I will not hurt other people of Mirdonost and I did not want you to change the past I only want you and your people to know the pain of losing someone that is so vital to your living, it hurt so much, my father was the only person I have left. Your father have no right of taking him from me." His eyes are full with rage and anger.
"You are not the only one who have lost a father, my father is dead too and I am still suffered from his dead." She gently placed her hand in his hand.
Legolas grabbed her hand softly with his other hand and take her hand off his hand, "Don't show your mercy too early, it is a sign of your weakness." He grinned at her.
"If this can ease your anger, I will not regret showing it at all." She smiled on the corner of her mouth.
They both smiled and laughed, "This is interesting, and you two need to sort out your difference more often." Altus and Biendis appeared at the door of the library.
Legolas and Alphelion stood up quickly and moved away from each other. Altus and Biendis walked toward the couple. "What is the cause of the sudden change?" Biendis asked her friend.
"Nothing we were sorting out our different as the Lord Altus stated, I am tired," Alphelion turned toward Legolas and Altus, "Goodnight my lord." She took Biendis arm.
The two elves bowed the two ladies and they followed out into the hall.