The Soldier and the Princess
Disclaimer: Lord of the Rings does not belong to me. JRR Tolkein has that happy pleasure. Had that happy pleasure. Anyway, the characters in this story do not belong to me. This is purely to please myself and those besides me who enjoy this sort of thing. I also do not own the song "Enchantment Passing Through." That honor goes to Elton John and Tim Rice.
Author's Notes: This is an Elrond/Celebrian get-together, mainly from Elrond's point of view. If there are any complaints as to how this is done, ::coughcough, Elrond's relationship to Gil-Galad coughcough:: register them politely. Please. I got some slightly less-than-polite comments on my Galadriel/Celeborn fic, which is discontinued. As far as I know, this is an A/U. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Enchantment Passing Through
Weeks passed, and Gil-Galad still had not found a way to get out of his marriage. As I had always done, I spent most of my time at the barracks, training with the other soldiers. I knew my cousin disapproved, but I frankly couldn't care less. Let Gil-Galad think whatever he was damn pleased to think.
I couldn't spend all of my time at the barracks. Even though I was a soldier, through and through, I had to have some variety in my life. That was why I was on a walk that day.
I had wandered into a clearing, and very nearly tripped over a young woman who was lying there with her eyes closed. I leapt back, highly embarrassed.
"I-I'm sorry, I---" I began, but she cut me off.
"Shhh!" She began humming to herself. Suddenly, she blinked and opened her eyes. "Hmm.? Oh, hello."
I was very confused. "I-I'm sorry that I."
She looked very confused. "Why should you be sorry?"
"I-I nearly tripped over you. I should have been paying attention, I-- -"
She cut me off with a wave of her hand. "Oh, that's ok. I mean, it's no problem."
"With all due respect, miss.what were you doing?"
She sat up and smiled at me. For some reason, my heart was doing all kinds of crazy dances in my chest. She had the most beautiful smile."What did it look like I was doing, soldier boy? I was listening to the trees and the wind."
I blinked. "The trees and the wind?"
She smiled and nodded. "By the way, soldier boy, what do they call you?"
"Elrond. And yourself?"
"Celebrian." She considered me for a minute. "Elrond.nice name, but I prefer 'soldier boy.'"
"And the trees, the wind, what do they tell you?"
Celebrian thought for a moment. "Well.many things."
"What are they telling you now?"
"They are telling me that my daughter will be the wife of a great king."
For some reason, I was insanely jealous of this 'great king.' Any daughter of hers would surely be just as lovely. I wondered why I felt that way.
She smiled up at me again. "And what do the trees tell you, soldier boy?"
I closed my eyes and listened, lying prone on the ground as she had been. "Hmmm.they are telling me to sail away to half-discovered places, to see the secrets so few eyes have seen, to see moments of enchantment on our faces-the moments where we smile and those between."
Celebrian smiled. "I've always wanted to go sailing."
"Really?" I asked, surprised. She didn't seem like the kind of woman who would enjoy travel over water.
She nodded, then began to speak: "If I could leave this place, then I'd go sailing to corners of my land where there would be sweet southern winds of liberty prevailing: a beauty so majestic and so free."
I began to feel excited.in more than one way. I quickly squelched the naughty thoughts that seemed to have minds of their own. "I will take you sailing. South. You can be my guide. There'll be no ties of time and space to bind me."
Celebrian stood up and walked to the edge of the clearing. I followed her. She seemed to answer my comment: "and no horizon I could not pursue."
"I'd leave the world's misfortunes far behind me."
She looked at me with blue eyes that could melt the heart of a stone. "I'd put my faith and trust in something new."
I half-walked away. "But why should I tell you this?"
"A stranger I just met?" she added.
"A woman who I hardly know at all and should forget."
"A journey we can only dream of."
"Enchantment passing through."
"And how is it I say these things so easily to you?"
I spun from her. "I'll never take you sailing! I'll never leave this place again."
Celebrian surveyed me coldly. "You talk as though you've been enslaved." She strode towards me, her next words conveying all the venom in the world. "If you don't like your fate, change it. You are your own master, there are no shackles on you. So don't expect any pity or understanding from this humble wanderer!" With that, she stalked off.
I turned to the trees and shouted, "And why did I tell her this-a stranger I've just met? A woman who I hardly know at all and WILL forget! Anonymous and gone tomorrow. Enchantment passing through." I blinked suddenly as a revelation hit me. My words softened. "And all I've done is tell her things that she already knew. She knew.she knew."
Disclaimer: Lord of the Rings does not belong to me. JRR Tolkein has that happy pleasure. Had that happy pleasure. Anyway, the characters in this story do not belong to me. This is purely to please myself and those besides me who enjoy this sort of thing. I also do not own the song "Enchantment Passing Through." That honor goes to Elton John and Tim Rice.
Author's Notes: This is an Elrond/Celebrian get-together, mainly from Elrond's point of view. If there are any complaints as to how this is done, ::coughcough, Elrond's relationship to Gil-Galad coughcough:: register them politely. Please. I got some slightly less-than-polite comments on my Galadriel/Celeborn fic, which is discontinued. As far as I know, this is an A/U. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Enchantment Passing Through
Weeks passed, and Gil-Galad still had not found a way to get out of his marriage. As I had always done, I spent most of my time at the barracks, training with the other soldiers. I knew my cousin disapproved, but I frankly couldn't care less. Let Gil-Galad think whatever he was damn pleased to think.
I couldn't spend all of my time at the barracks. Even though I was a soldier, through and through, I had to have some variety in my life. That was why I was on a walk that day.
I had wandered into a clearing, and very nearly tripped over a young woman who was lying there with her eyes closed. I leapt back, highly embarrassed.
"I-I'm sorry, I---" I began, but she cut me off.
"Shhh!" She began humming to herself. Suddenly, she blinked and opened her eyes. "Hmm.? Oh, hello."
I was very confused. "I-I'm sorry that I."
She looked very confused. "Why should you be sorry?"
"I-I nearly tripped over you. I should have been paying attention, I-- -"
She cut me off with a wave of her hand. "Oh, that's ok. I mean, it's no problem."
"With all due respect, miss.what were you doing?"
She sat up and smiled at me. For some reason, my heart was doing all kinds of crazy dances in my chest. She had the most beautiful smile."What did it look like I was doing, soldier boy? I was listening to the trees and the wind."
I blinked. "The trees and the wind?"
She smiled and nodded. "By the way, soldier boy, what do they call you?"
"Elrond. And yourself?"
"Celebrian." She considered me for a minute. "Elrond.nice name, but I prefer 'soldier boy.'"
"And the trees, the wind, what do they tell you?"
Celebrian thought for a moment. "Well.many things."
"What are they telling you now?"
"They are telling me that my daughter will be the wife of a great king."
For some reason, I was insanely jealous of this 'great king.' Any daughter of hers would surely be just as lovely. I wondered why I felt that way.
She smiled up at me again. "And what do the trees tell you, soldier boy?"
I closed my eyes and listened, lying prone on the ground as she had been. "Hmmm.they are telling me to sail away to half-discovered places, to see the secrets so few eyes have seen, to see moments of enchantment on our faces-the moments where we smile and those between."
Celebrian smiled. "I've always wanted to go sailing."
"Really?" I asked, surprised. She didn't seem like the kind of woman who would enjoy travel over water.
She nodded, then began to speak: "If I could leave this place, then I'd go sailing to corners of my land where there would be sweet southern winds of liberty prevailing: a beauty so majestic and so free."
I began to feel excited.in more than one way. I quickly squelched the naughty thoughts that seemed to have minds of their own. "I will take you sailing. South. You can be my guide. There'll be no ties of time and space to bind me."
Celebrian stood up and walked to the edge of the clearing. I followed her. She seemed to answer my comment: "and no horizon I could not pursue."
"I'd leave the world's misfortunes far behind me."
She looked at me with blue eyes that could melt the heart of a stone. "I'd put my faith and trust in something new."
I half-walked away. "But why should I tell you this?"
"A stranger I just met?" she added.
"A woman who I hardly know at all and should forget."
"A journey we can only dream of."
"Enchantment passing through."
"And how is it I say these things so easily to you?"
I spun from her. "I'll never take you sailing! I'll never leave this place again."
Celebrian surveyed me coldly. "You talk as though you've been enslaved." She strode towards me, her next words conveying all the venom in the world. "If you don't like your fate, change it. You are your own master, there are no shackles on you. So don't expect any pity or understanding from this humble wanderer!" With that, she stalked off.
I turned to the trees and shouted, "And why did I tell her this-a stranger I've just met? A woman who I hardly know at all and WILL forget! Anonymous and gone tomorrow. Enchantment passing through." I blinked suddenly as a revelation hit me. My words softened. "And all I've done is tell her things that she already knew. She knew.she knew."