A/N: Well, there's not gonna be any action for a while, it's gonna be just
talking and explaining things, but, probably after Lenna goes back to Helms
Deep, there'll be some action, probably lots of angst for Legolas.
Chapter Thirteen-Decisions, Explanations, The Past, and Parting
Lenna stared at the eyes of Marewyn, and knew that she wasn't lying. Lenna closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then, slowly, she nodded her head.
"All right, I will come to train with you, for I see it in your eyes and soul that you do not lie. I will leave with you when the sun is well under the horizon, and the moon is slowly rising. You will meet me at the gates of Helms Deep, and it will only be a day for Middle-Earth, am I not correct? And you have foreseen that the army will not leave until the next day after I come back, right? And there will be no orcs or evil things attacking Helms Deep while I'm gone, correct?" Lenna stared intently at Marewyn, and furrowed her brows.
"Yes, I have foreseen it, tomorrow, Lord Elrond, Gandalf, Eomer, and King Theoden will be discussing about the battle that will occur in Mordor. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas will resume polishing and sharpening the weapons, and making arrows and bows along with some uninjured men. Lady Eowyn will be aiding the wounded along with other women and uninjured men, Elladan and Elrohir will finish cleaning and feeding the horses, and then they will help feed the people of Helms Deep. And you and I will be training hard until the next day of dawn. All right? No one and nothing will attack Helms Deep or its people, tomorrow will be a peaceful day for them, and I do not speak folly." Marewyn sighed.
"I must take my leave and go back to my body now, Legolas is strong in spirit, and he is fighting hard for control again. I will meet you at the gates later, until then, Larawyn." Then, Marewyn's spirit left Legolas' body, and Legolas fell back down onto the bed. Lenna sighed and took off Legolas' hand on her wrist. Just then, Legolas' eyes snapped open, and he sat straight up, only to be welcome with a wave of nausea and black dots filling in his eyes. Lenna was startled by the sudden movement, and put a hand on Legolas' shoulder to push him back down on the bed. Legolas dosed a bit, and closed his eyes, afterwards, he opened them again slightly, and stared at Lenna.
"Len-Larawyn, what happened?" Lenna sighed deeply and looked at Legolas with sad and tired eyes, something that Legolas had never seen and never wanted to see in Lenna's eyes ever.
"It is something that I am not proud of, but I will tell you, as soon as we have gathered Lord Elrond, Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, Elladan, Elrohir, and King Theoden together. But, are you well, Legolas? You seem ill somehow, but can you walk for a short distance?"
"Yes, I feel better, and I can walk."
"Good, let us go." Then, the pair left, found everyone, and went into a private room to talk..
"Larawyn, what has happened?" Lord Elrond's voice pierced the silent room, leading all eyes to Lenna. So, Lenna told them everything from Legolas' blast to her hidden powers, and that she was going to leave for one day to train with Marewyn in some other place away from Middle-Earth. Afterwards, silence filled the room for a long period of time.
"How do we know that Marewyn is telling the truth?" Gimli asked.
"I know that she wasn't lying, I saw it in her eyes, she speaks only the truth, and Marewyn have no evil intentions. Yea, I just gathered you all here to tell you that, I will depart very soon, for the sun is starting to set." Lenna said, waiting for everything to sink into their minds, and she sighed.
"I am sorry, Legolas, for causing you pain physically and perhaps mentally." Legolas looked up, and stared at Lenna with glistening eyes. Lenna was shocked and thought about staying for a second, but then it past, and Lenna shook it off.
"I must leave now, I am sorry for not being able to help tomorrow, but I will be back. Until then, farewell." Lenna smiled a bit, stood up, bowed, and left the room. Silence befell the six sitting beings in the room. Suddenly, Gimli stood up.
"I know not what is holding all of you back, but I am going to say a respectful and proper farewell to Lady Lenna. I do not know Lady Lenna as much as any of you, save King Theoden, but she is your friend, your sister, your daughter, and your lover, so why do you not go to her?" Lord Elrond sighed.
"Master Gimli, I think that they understand what you mean, but maybe they need time to accept all of the new information, since they are closer to Lady Lenna than us." King Theoden said.
"Well, no matter what she did or what she is, Lady Lenna should be respected and loved and accepted just like before, just like nothing had happened. If it is hard for all of you to accept it, then what about Lady Lenna? Surely, she is more troubled and confused than all of you combined. But, the choice is always yours to make." With that, Gimli left the room.
"Uh, I will go as well, and see how I can help." King Theoden stated, and walked out swiftly. But the others made no motion to move, they knew that something like this had happened before, but Lenna did not come back in perfect health, it was exactly the opposite. She was near-death, caused by so many injuries, and the blood was still pouring out from her stab and arrow wounds, blood loss, she had a gash on her head, and worse of all, her soul was dead. It took a long while, about 200 years, to recover entirely. It was a terrible time for all of them, and even afterwards, Lenna would not speak of what had happened to her in detail to anyone, all she said was that she was kidnapped for her hidden powers, and she didn't even know the meaning herself.
"No, it's happening again! Now, what will she end up losing? Her soul?! Her life?!" Legolas yelled, he was enraged, at himself, at Destiny, and at Marewyn.
"We can do nothing to prevent it, did you not hear Marewyn? It is destiny, it is Lenna's destiny, and no matter what we do to try to prevent it, it won't work." Gandalf said wisely.
"So it is her destiny to suffer? To be in pain every moment of her life? Cause that is what is happening! Since her childhood, she has seen and felt death, pain, and more grief than ten beings together will ever face! It's just not fair for her! When will she ever find peace in her life?!" Now Aragorn was angry.
"We cannot protect her from this! She is no longer a child, if we do keep her away, she will be mad at us!" Lord Elrond said.
"It's all my fault.if I wasn't blasted, then Marewyn wouldn't have been able to talk to her." Legolas stated softly, everyone's eyes fell upon him, and looked at him in disbelief. Legolas sighed and closed his eyes sadly.
"Legolas, what in Middle-Earth are you talking about?! You couldn't possibly blame yourself! You had no idea that it would happen! Gandalf is right, it is Lenna's destiny, she cannot run away from it! It's not your fault, my friend, I am surprised that you would even think of such a thing!" Elrohir yelled. It is ridiculous that Legolas would even get that idea.
"Elrohir is right, Legolas, it is not your fault. Remember, Lenna took away your pain, not to cause more. Now, we should all calm down and think of what's best for Lenna. She is determined to go, so we should let her go. We should also say farewell to her, if she hasn't left yet." Elladan god up, and walked out the door, followed by Elrohir, Gandalf, and Lord Elrond. Legolas stood up, as did Aragorn, but they hesitated, until Aragorn finally moved to Legolas, put his hand on Legolas' shoulder, and nodded. Legolas nodded in reply, and the two friends walked off to find Lenna.
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When Lenna go everything packed and ready, she stood by the gates of Helms Deep with Lord Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir, Gimli, King Theoden, Eowyn, Eomer, Legolas, and Aragorn, waiting for Marewyn to appear. Everyone stood in silence, not knowing what to say, so they just waited. Later, when the sun had set, and the moon had slowly risen, the glow of the moon was suddenly covered by dark clouds. The wind blew ferociously, and the sand and dirt blew together in a whirlwind. Slowly, it died off, and in the midst, everyone could see a figure walking slowly towards Helms Deep. A bit afterwards, the figure turned out to be a woman with mild beauty, long, flowing dark brown hair, chestnut eyes, and with long flowing violet robes and a red dress.
"It is time to depart, Lady Larawyn, I suppose you have said all your good byes." Lenna nodded, and started to walk towards Marewyn.
"Wait!" Legolas yelled. He couldn't keep it in anymore, he ran to Lenna, and embraced her. Lenna gasped in shock and blushed a deep shade of red. A few moments later, Legolas let go, and held Lenna's shoulders, and everyone in the background was smiling and trying to suppress their laughter.
"Promise me that you will come back, unharmed, there is much left here for you to do, and I have much to say to you. Come back safely, Larawyn, we'll be waiting for you." Legolas smiled brightly, and Lenna was just too shocked to say anything, but she smiled and nodded.
"I will, Legolas, do not worry about me."
"Namaarie, tenna' telwan san'." (Farewell, until later then.) Legolas said, and turned to look at her again.
"Time is being wasted, let us go, Lady Larawyn." Lenna glared at Marewyn, sadly turned her head to the people at the back, and tried her hardest to smile a comforting smile, but failed.
"Farewell, Tenna' tul're san'." (Until tomorrow then) Then, Marewyn took Lenna's hand, and a few seconds later, they disappeared with a flash of light.
A/N: Yey! Done the next chapter! Hope you write more reviews for me! Lol, thx for reading, and KEEP reading! Lol! KEEP reviewing too!!! Lol! Okay, I'll shut up now.bye! =)
Chapter Thirteen-Decisions, Explanations, The Past, and Parting
Lenna stared at the eyes of Marewyn, and knew that she wasn't lying. Lenna closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then, slowly, she nodded her head.
"All right, I will come to train with you, for I see it in your eyes and soul that you do not lie. I will leave with you when the sun is well under the horizon, and the moon is slowly rising. You will meet me at the gates of Helms Deep, and it will only be a day for Middle-Earth, am I not correct? And you have foreseen that the army will not leave until the next day after I come back, right? And there will be no orcs or evil things attacking Helms Deep while I'm gone, correct?" Lenna stared intently at Marewyn, and furrowed her brows.
"Yes, I have foreseen it, tomorrow, Lord Elrond, Gandalf, Eomer, and King Theoden will be discussing about the battle that will occur in Mordor. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas will resume polishing and sharpening the weapons, and making arrows and bows along with some uninjured men. Lady Eowyn will be aiding the wounded along with other women and uninjured men, Elladan and Elrohir will finish cleaning and feeding the horses, and then they will help feed the people of Helms Deep. And you and I will be training hard until the next day of dawn. All right? No one and nothing will attack Helms Deep or its people, tomorrow will be a peaceful day for them, and I do not speak folly." Marewyn sighed.
"I must take my leave and go back to my body now, Legolas is strong in spirit, and he is fighting hard for control again. I will meet you at the gates later, until then, Larawyn." Then, Marewyn's spirit left Legolas' body, and Legolas fell back down onto the bed. Lenna sighed and took off Legolas' hand on her wrist. Just then, Legolas' eyes snapped open, and he sat straight up, only to be welcome with a wave of nausea and black dots filling in his eyes. Lenna was startled by the sudden movement, and put a hand on Legolas' shoulder to push him back down on the bed. Legolas dosed a bit, and closed his eyes, afterwards, he opened them again slightly, and stared at Lenna.
"Len-Larawyn, what happened?" Lenna sighed deeply and looked at Legolas with sad and tired eyes, something that Legolas had never seen and never wanted to see in Lenna's eyes ever.
"It is something that I am not proud of, but I will tell you, as soon as we have gathered Lord Elrond, Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, Elladan, Elrohir, and King Theoden together. But, are you well, Legolas? You seem ill somehow, but can you walk for a short distance?"
"Yes, I feel better, and I can walk."
"Good, let us go." Then, the pair left, found everyone, and went into a private room to talk..
"Larawyn, what has happened?" Lord Elrond's voice pierced the silent room, leading all eyes to Lenna. So, Lenna told them everything from Legolas' blast to her hidden powers, and that she was going to leave for one day to train with Marewyn in some other place away from Middle-Earth. Afterwards, silence filled the room for a long period of time.
"How do we know that Marewyn is telling the truth?" Gimli asked.
"I know that she wasn't lying, I saw it in her eyes, she speaks only the truth, and Marewyn have no evil intentions. Yea, I just gathered you all here to tell you that, I will depart very soon, for the sun is starting to set." Lenna said, waiting for everything to sink into their minds, and she sighed.
"I am sorry, Legolas, for causing you pain physically and perhaps mentally." Legolas looked up, and stared at Lenna with glistening eyes. Lenna was shocked and thought about staying for a second, but then it past, and Lenna shook it off.
"I must leave now, I am sorry for not being able to help tomorrow, but I will be back. Until then, farewell." Lenna smiled a bit, stood up, bowed, and left the room. Silence befell the six sitting beings in the room. Suddenly, Gimli stood up.
"I know not what is holding all of you back, but I am going to say a respectful and proper farewell to Lady Lenna. I do not know Lady Lenna as much as any of you, save King Theoden, but she is your friend, your sister, your daughter, and your lover, so why do you not go to her?" Lord Elrond sighed.
"Master Gimli, I think that they understand what you mean, but maybe they need time to accept all of the new information, since they are closer to Lady Lenna than us." King Theoden said.
"Well, no matter what she did or what she is, Lady Lenna should be respected and loved and accepted just like before, just like nothing had happened. If it is hard for all of you to accept it, then what about Lady Lenna? Surely, she is more troubled and confused than all of you combined. But, the choice is always yours to make." With that, Gimli left the room.
"Uh, I will go as well, and see how I can help." King Theoden stated, and walked out swiftly. But the others made no motion to move, they knew that something like this had happened before, but Lenna did not come back in perfect health, it was exactly the opposite. She was near-death, caused by so many injuries, and the blood was still pouring out from her stab and arrow wounds, blood loss, she had a gash on her head, and worse of all, her soul was dead. It took a long while, about 200 years, to recover entirely. It was a terrible time for all of them, and even afterwards, Lenna would not speak of what had happened to her in detail to anyone, all she said was that she was kidnapped for her hidden powers, and she didn't even know the meaning herself.
"No, it's happening again! Now, what will she end up losing? Her soul?! Her life?!" Legolas yelled, he was enraged, at himself, at Destiny, and at Marewyn.
"We can do nothing to prevent it, did you not hear Marewyn? It is destiny, it is Lenna's destiny, and no matter what we do to try to prevent it, it won't work." Gandalf said wisely.
"So it is her destiny to suffer? To be in pain every moment of her life? Cause that is what is happening! Since her childhood, she has seen and felt death, pain, and more grief than ten beings together will ever face! It's just not fair for her! When will she ever find peace in her life?!" Now Aragorn was angry.
"We cannot protect her from this! She is no longer a child, if we do keep her away, she will be mad at us!" Lord Elrond said.
"It's all my fault.if I wasn't blasted, then Marewyn wouldn't have been able to talk to her." Legolas stated softly, everyone's eyes fell upon him, and looked at him in disbelief. Legolas sighed and closed his eyes sadly.
"Legolas, what in Middle-Earth are you talking about?! You couldn't possibly blame yourself! You had no idea that it would happen! Gandalf is right, it is Lenna's destiny, she cannot run away from it! It's not your fault, my friend, I am surprised that you would even think of such a thing!" Elrohir yelled. It is ridiculous that Legolas would even get that idea.
"Elrohir is right, Legolas, it is not your fault. Remember, Lenna took away your pain, not to cause more. Now, we should all calm down and think of what's best for Lenna. She is determined to go, so we should let her go. We should also say farewell to her, if she hasn't left yet." Elladan god up, and walked out the door, followed by Elrohir, Gandalf, and Lord Elrond. Legolas stood up, as did Aragorn, but they hesitated, until Aragorn finally moved to Legolas, put his hand on Legolas' shoulder, and nodded. Legolas nodded in reply, and the two friends walked off to find Lenna.
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When Lenna go everything packed and ready, she stood by the gates of Helms Deep with Lord Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir, Gimli, King Theoden, Eowyn, Eomer, Legolas, and Aragorn, waiting for Marewyn to appear. Everyone stood in silence, not knowing what to say, so they just waited. Later, when the sun had set, and the moon had slowly risen, the glow of the moon was suddenly covered by dark clouds. The wind blew ferociously, and the sand and dirt blew together in a whirlwind. Slowly, it died off, and in the midst, everyone could see a figure walking slowly towards Helms Deep. A bit afterwards, the figure turned out to be a woman with mild beauty, long, flowing dark brown hair, chestnut eyes, and with long flowing violet robes and a red dress.
"It is time to depart, Lady Larawyn, I suppose you have said all your good byes." Lenna nodded, and started to walk towards Marewyn.
"Wait!" Legolas yelled. He couldn't keep it in anymore, he ran to Lenna, and embraced her. Lenna gasped in shock and blushed a deep shade of red. A few moments later, Legolas let go, and held Lenna's shoulders, and everyone in the background was smiling and trying to suppress their laughter.
"Promise me that you will come back, unharmed, there is much left here for you to do, and I have much to say to you. Come back safely, Larawyn, we'll be waiting for you." Legolas smiled brightly, and Lenna was just too shocked to say anything, but she smiled and nodded.
"I will, Legolas, do not worry about me."
"Namaarie, tenna' telwan san'." (Farewell, until later then.) Legolas said, and turned to look at her again.
"Time is being wasted, let us go, Lady Larawyn." Lenna glared at Marewyn, sadly turned her head to the people at the back, and tried her hardest to smile a comforting smile, but failed.
"Farewell, Tenna' tul're san'." (Until tomorrow then) Then, Marewyn took Lenna's hand, and a few seconds later, they disappeared with a flash of light.
A/N: Yey! Done the next chapter! Hope you write more reviews for me! Lol, thx for reading, and KEEP reading! Lol! KEEP reviewing too!!! Lol! Okay, I'll shut up now.bye! =)