Chapter Fifteen-Starting, Hunting, and After Eight Years
As soon as Marewyn and Lenna had disappeared from Helms Deep, they ended up in a dark place, it was just like a void.
"Marewyn?" Lenna yelled, she had to admit, this was the darkest place she's ever been in, so she was partly panicky. Suddenly, the room lit up brightly, and Lenna watched in awe as many beautiful things appeared before her. Now, she saw that she was standing in a garden with colourful birds and butterflies that she has never seen before. The trees and grass were lush green and very exotic, especially the flowers. The sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and wherever she looked, beauty consumed everything.
"Do you like it here?" Marewyn appeared, now with warrior clothes on, not a dress.
"Yes, it is very beautiful here, no place in Middle-Earth sustains this beauty. It's not like anything I've ever imagined! Are we going to train here?!" Marewyn smiled, not a grin, not a smirk, but a real smile, which made her beauty glow.
"No, not here, this is my garden, too peaceful to train in. Lady Larawyn, I welcome you to my home, we will not going to my kingdom until eight years have past here. We will camp out in caves, forests, and abandoned small houses while we are training, it will be an adventure! This place is as big as Middle-Earth, and as dangerous as Middle-Earth, but only outside my kingdom's borders. We will train in many places, first, we will go to the plains, and get your magic started and introduced to you. After two years, your magic skills would have surpassed the beginner level, then we will advance to the mountains outside of my borders. In the mountains, there will be monsters and demons that you will kill with your magic, and we will stay there for three years. Afterwards, we will go to a big forest called the Dreams of Trees, it will test and improve your mental, physical, and magic skills, as well as your fighting techniques. There, we will stay for another three years, and by that time, all of your skills would have improved, and if you survive those years, you would be almost as powerful as Sauron himself with his ring. Afterwards, we will rest for one month at my kingdom, and then for another month, I will be teaching you very powerful ancient spells. Then, during the tenth year of your stay here, you will be reviewing and trying to improve more on casting spells, your magic abilities, your mental and physical skills and abilities. And after you leave this place, I am sure that you, alone, would be able to destroy Sauron and Saruman combined. You have kept your powers hidden for too long, Larawyn, it is time to let them out. This is our schedule, do you have any questions?" Marewyn explained. (whew, that was LONG, lol)
"What about my past? You promised that you would tell me about my past."
"Oh, yes, I will tell you your past during the month of rest. It may affect you greatly, so I will tell you of your past in the beginning of the month, hence it interferes with your training. When using magic, always keep your hear pure and your mind clear. If you do not, there may be consequences to your physical body such as, sudden energy drain, all right?"
"Okay." Lenna stood still. 'This will be tough, very, but I have to do this for all of Middle-Earth! There's no turning back now, Larawyn, train! You are up for it!' she thought.
"Will you be with me the entire time?"
"Yes, I will be with you, but I will not help you in battles, only guide you to different places and teach you how to use your powers. Understand? It is getting late, we must start."
"Okay, I'm ready." Then Marewyn smiled again, and took Lenna's hand. Afterwards, they appeared on the plains. 'Well, here goes.' Lenna thought. And Marewyn started to talk and teach Lenna how to let the magic powers slowly surface. Lenna sighed. 'This is gonna be a looong decade.' Lenna thought again.
(Sorry guys, I'm not gonna talk about Lenna's training, it would take WAY too much time, so, there'll just be the outline, but I will explain in detail about Lenna's past.)
~~~Back at Helms Deep~~~
"Legolas! Where are you? Legolas?!" Aragorn called.
"Legolas! Wherever you are, this isn't funny at all, come out now! Legolas!" Gimli roared. Aragorn and Gimli have been searching for Legolas for at least three hours now, they, nor anyone else, has seen Legolas ever since last night. Aragorn searched the entire Helms Deep, and Gimli had asked every single living being, but they could not find Legolas anywhere. Everyone was concerned, yet busy, and they had no time for games.
"What if he went to the forest again? He IS a wood elf, maybe he misses the trees." Gimli said. Aragorn nodded slowly.
"Hmm, that is a possibility. Perhaps we should just wait for him to come back, if Legolas is not back by nightfall, we will set out to look for him." Gimli grunted in agreement, then the two walked back to the weapons area to help.
~~~At Sunset~~~
"Mister Legolas! You come back! Everyone was looking for you! We were so worried that you had gotten hurt! Or you were kidnapped!" the little boy, Hathim's eyes widened. Legolas laughed lightly.
"Yes, I came back, unharmed and safe as well, also, I am as joyful as ever! I am sorry to have to worry you, I just went out to the forest to.relax!"
"To relax?"
"Correct, I was very comfortable as well!" Legolas smiled broadly, the boy nodded slowly.
"Well, I'm glad you are back, I have to go help my mother now, good bye."
"Good bye." Legolas said and waved. Just then, four figures burst out from the stables, and ran up to Legolas.
"Where in Middle-Earth were you? We were all looking for you!" Aragorn said.
"Elf! Where did you go? You missed out on all the work!" Gimli bellowed.
"Yea, did you go to the forest again? The trees are very silent there." Elrohir said.
"Aye, I tried talking to one, but it never replied, and it shut itself away from me! I must say, it felt weird to be rejected by a tree!" Elladan chirped in. Everyone stared at Elladan oddly and burst out laughing.
"What?!" Elladan whined.
"Alright, I went to the forest again to seek revenge on the orcs who previously killed me! Gimli, I would not say that I did not do any work, for there was another small army of orcs entering the forest. They were going to attack us at Helms Deep, and it took me hours, but I managed to slaughter all of them except for ten orcs who noticed when they could not hear the rest of the army's thundering footsteps. I shot another two with my last arrows, and slashed and killed the last eight out of anger and excitement! Now, I am ver relieved and happy that I managed to kill so many orcs in one day! But I am very weary now, and will rest for a while, farewell." Legolas then walked away, with a huge smirk on his face, leaving four shocked and amazed faces behind.
"That's amazing!" Elrohir yelled.
"I agree with you, brother." Elladan said.
"Aye, Legolas certainly has lots of talent and skill!" Aragorn said.
"Oi! You actually believe what he said? I'm sure that he was speaking folly!" Gimli shouted. The three looked at Gimli.
"That could be the case, for Legolas never COULD kill so many orcs without getting hurt too! It's just too good. I actually agree with Gimli now, Legolas may be lying." Elrohir said.
"Hmm, only one way to find out." Elladan said slyly.
"Brother, you propose that we go to the forest and check?" Aragorn said, with a hint of disbelief in his voice.
"Of course, are you all coming? I will be going to see just how many orcs Legolas really slaughtered." Elladan said. The three nodded.
"Well, then let us go now!" Gimli yelled, and without another word, they all rushed to the stables, got on horses, Elladan on one horse, Elrohir on another, and of course, Aragorn and Gimli on another, and they sped off to the forest.
~~~At the Forest~~~
"By the Valar!" Elladan said.
"Sweet Elberath!" Elrohir exclaimed.
"I can't believe it! The elf was speaking the truth!" Gimli said disbelieving. Aragorn had his mouth open in silent shock. Everywhere the four looked, there were corpses of orcs lying on the ground, black blood seeping out, some were up on the trees, some missing body parts, and almost all of them had arrows protruding out from their neck, between the eyes, or in the heart.
"Let's count them!" Elrohir finally said giddily. Aragorn stared at Elrohir.
"You sound like Pippin!" Aragorn exclaimed, and they laughed heartily.
"All right, let's count the corpses! Aragorn, you take the ones on the east side, Gimli on the west, Elrohir on the south, and I will take these ones on the north. Let's go!" Elladan said.
~~~After a while~~~
"110 orc corpses on the west side!" Gimli yelled ferociously. He was enraged that Legolas killed so many.
"120 orc corpses on the east side!" Aragorn said calmly.
"100 orc corpses on the south side!" Elrohir said with a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"I counted 80 orc corpses on the north side." Elladan said.
"And it turns out to be.410 orcs! Legolas killed 410 orcs?!" Elrohir shouted.
"NOO!!! That is terrible! Legolas will forever boast his numbers when we compete! This is NOT fair!" Gimli shouted.
"410 orcs, Legolas does have great skill, I am happy for him, he is a great warrior." Aragorn said calmly.
"Aye, a great warrior indeed, he will be a great help to us in the battle in Mordor." Elladan said just as calm. Aragorn and Elladan weren't jealous or angry, just the opposite actually, they were happy for their friend, they couldn't have any negative feelings for Legolas, because they were just like brothers.
"Elladan and Aragorn! Don't think that I do not believe Legolas did all this, he is like a brother to me, but.how could he slaughter so many orcs? It is just so amazing!" Elrohir said.
"Aye, amazing indeed, but I have to admit, the elf's got skill, lots of 'em." Gimli replied. Everyone stared at Gimli in shock, a dwarf compliment on an elf? Gimli looked up.
"What do you want? The elf is my friend, I would be his enemy if I didn't feel happy for him!"
"Well, Legolas has been through a LOT these past weeks, hurt, dying, and seeing Lenna again. I actually wouldn't be all that surprised if he slaughtered 1000 orcs out of his anger, frustration, concern, worry, sadness, and..guilt." Aragorn said. The four stood in silence, very thoughtful of their best friend and brother. After a while, nightfall came upon them, and they went back to Helms Deep to dine.
~~~Back at Lenna and Marewyn~~~
"Ah, this is my kingdom! We will rest for a month, and then, it will be back to work! Rest easy, your past will come to you tomorrow. I'm sure that you are very tired, I am, and you were the one doing all the work! But anyway, a maid will come to you to guide you to your room, and she will escort you down for dinner later tonight, and she will help you with anything. Rest easy." Marewyn said happily.
"Okay, you too, thanks a lot, Marewyn." Lenna said.
"You are most welcome, my friend." Marewyn said thoughtfully. They went into the palace, and went their separate ways, while staring in awe of everything around her. For the past eight years, Lenna had been training so hard, and she has not laid eyes on anything beautiful for such a long time. Lenna never had a good or long night's rest, nor did she have any decent food to eat. When she arrived in her room, she, once again, gasped at the beauty of her own room. Outside of her room, there was a connecting balcony facing the small garden that she arrived in the first time she arrived. Yet, the many things that she has seen here never ceased to amaze her. Lenna looked at herself in the foot-long mirror. Her hair was dirty, matted with dirt, and it was tied up in warrior braids such as the fashion of those in Lakewood, similar to those of Mirkwood. Lenna's clothes were dirty, tattered, and one of her sleeves had been ripped off in a battle with a demon stronger than three Balrogs combined. Lenna's face was also very dirty, and her eyes had lost their bright glow, now, her eyes were a dull blue kind of colour. Lenna had lost plenty of weight, but her magic skills had risen to an amazing level. She would be able to defeat 10 000s of Uruk-hai and Saruman by herself, and using only a quarter of her power. But she is still a bit weaker than Sauron, and her mental and physical skills had improved a lot, including her archery and sword skills. Lenna had no scratches, bruises, or wounds, because she had learned a very effective and powerful healing spell. Lenna could do just about everything with her powers, but she still felt odd somehow, when using them. She sighed, and went back to get lots of water for a bath that she had been longing for, for a long time now. Afterwards, she put new clothes on, and she felt so refreshed, like ten pounds of dirt had been lifted off of her. Lenna laid down on her bed, and looked out the window.
'I wonder how everyone is, I wonder what time it is over there. Hmm.what will I say once I have gone back? Ah, I am worrying too much.I will make sure to make an interesting arrival. Well, tomorrow is the day when Marewyn will tell me about my past..oh, I should rest while I still have the chance!' Lenna thought, smiled to herself, and fell into a deep sleep.
A/N: Whew! THAT was LONG! But anyway, yea, I hope that wasn't boring! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!! Lol! Thanx a bunch for reading guys! I'll try to update more as soon as possible! =D LEGOLAS FOREVER!!!!!!!
As soon as Marewyn and Lenna had disappeared from Helms Deep, they ended up in a dark place, it was just like a void.
"Marewyn?" Lenna yelled, she had to admit, this was the darkest place she's ever been in, so she was partly panicky. Suddenly, the room lit up brightly, and Lenna watched in awe as many beautiful things appeared before her. Now, she saw that she was standing in a garden with colourful birds and butterflies that she has never seen before. The trees and grass were lush green and very exotic, especially the flowers. The sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and wherever she looked, beauty consumed everything.
"Do you like it here?" Marewyn appeared, now with warrior clothes on, not a dress.
"Yes, it is very beautiful here, no place in Middle-Earth sustains this beauty. It's not like anything I've ever imagined! Are we going to train here?!" Marewyn smiled, not a grin, not a smirk, but a real smile, which made her beauty glow.
"No, not here, this is my garden, too peaceful to train in. Lady Larawyn, I welcome you to my home, we will not going to my kingdom until eight years have past here. We will camp out in caves, forests, and abandoned small houses while we are training, it will be an adventure! This place is as big as Middle-Earth, and as dangerous as Middle-Earth, but only outside my kingdom's borders. We will train in many places, first, we will go to the plains, and get your magic started and introduced to you. After two years, your magic skills would have surpassed the beginner level, then we will advance to the mountains outside of my borders. In the mountains, there will be monsters and demons that you will kill with your magic, and we will stay there for three years. Afterwards, we will go to a big forest called the Dreams of Trees, it will test and improve your mental, physical, and magic skills, as well as your fighting techniques. There, we will stay for another three years, and by that time, all of your skills would have improved, and if you survive those years, you would be almost as powerful as Sauron himself with his ring. Afterwards, we will rest for one month at my kingdom, and then for another month, I will be teaching you very powerful ancient spells. Then, during the tenth year of your stay here, you will be reviewing and trying to improve more on casting spells, your magic abilities, your mental and physical skills and abilities. And after you leave this place, I am sure that you, alone, would be able to destroy Sauron and Saruman combined. You have kept your powers hidden for too long, Larawyn, it is time to let them out. This is our schedule, do you have any questions?" Marewyn explained. (whew, that was LONG, lol)
"What about my past? You promised that you would tell me about my past."
"Oh, yes, I will tell you your past during the month of rest. It may affect you greatly, so I will tell you of your past in the beginning of the month, hence it interferes with your training. When using magic, always keep your hear pure and your mind clear. If you do not, there may be consequences to your physical body such as, sudden energy drain, all right?"
"Okay." Lenna stood still. 'This will be tough, very, but I have to do this for all of Middle-Earth! There's no turning back now, Larawyn, train! You are up for it!' she thought.
"Will you be with me the entire time?"
"Yes, I will be with you, but I will not help you in battles, only guide you to different places and teach you how to use your powers. Understand? It is getting late, we must start."
"Okay, I'm ready." Then Marewyn smiled again, and took Lenna's hand. Afterwards, they appeared on the plains. 'Well, here goes.' Lenna thought. And Marewyn started to talk and teach Lenna how to let the magic powers slowly surface. Lenna sighed. 'This is gonna be a looong decade.' Lenna thought again.
(Sorry guys, I'm not gonna talk about Lenna's training, it would take WAY too much time, so, there'll just be the outline, but I will explain in detail about Lenna's past.)
~~~Back at Helms Deep~~~
"Legolas! Where are you? Legolas?!" Aragorn called.
"Legolas! Wherever you are, this isn't funny at all, come out now! Legolas!" Gimli roared. Aragorn and Gimli have been searching for Legolas for at least three hours now, they, nor anyone else, has seen Legolas ever since last night. Aragorn searched the entire Helms Deep, and Gimli had asked every single living being, but they could not find Legolas anywhere. Everyone was concerned, yet busy, and they had no time for games.
"What if he went to the forest again? He IS a wood elf, maybe he misses the trees." Gimli said. Aragorn nodded slowly.
"Hmm, that is a possibility. Perhaps we should just wait for him to come back, if Legolas is not back by nightfall, we will set out to look for him." Gimli grunted in agreement, then the two walked back to the weapons area to help.
~~~At Sunset~~~
"Mister Legolas! You come back! Everyone was looking for you! We were so worried that you had gotten hurt! Or you were kidnapped!" the little boy, Hathim's eyes widened. Legolas laughed lightly.
"Yes, I came back, unharmed and safe as well, also, I am as joyful as ever! I am sorry to have to worry you, I just went out to the forest to.relax!"
"To relax?"
"Correct, I was very comfortable as well!" Legolas smiled broadly, the boy nodded slowly.
"Well, I'm glad you are back, I have to go help my mother now, good bye."
"Good bye." Legolas said and waved. Just then, four figures burst out from the stables, and ran up to Legolas.
"Where in Middle-Earth were you? We were all looking for you!" Aragorn said.
"Elf! Where did you go? You missed out on all the work!" Gimli bellowed.
"Yea, did you go to the forest again? The trees are very silent there." Elrohir said.
"Aye, I tried talking to one, but it never replied, and it shut itself away from me! I must say, it felt weird to be rejected by a tree!" Elladan chirped in. Everyone stared at Elladan oddly and burst out laughing.
"What?!" Elladan whined.
"Alright, I went to the forest again to seek revenge on the orcs who previously killed me! Gimli, I would not say that I did not do any work, for there was another small army of orcs entering the forest. They were going to attack us at Helms Deep, and it took me hours, but I managed to slaughter all of them except for ten orcs who noticed when they could not hear the rest of the army's thundering footsteps. I shot another two with my last arrows, and slashed and killed the last eight out of anger and excitement! Now, I am ver relieved and happy that I managed to kill so many orcs in one day! But I am very weary now, and will rest for a while, farewell." Legolas then walked away, with a huge smirk on his face, leaving four shocked and amazed faces behind.
"That's amazing!" Elrohir yelled.
"I agree with you, brother." Elladan said.
"Aye, Legolas certainly has lots of talent and skill!" Aragorn said.
"Oi! You actually believe what he said? I'm sure that he was speaking folly!" Gimli shouted. The three looked at Gimli.
"That could be the case, for Legolas never COULD kill so many orcs without getting hurt too! It's just too good. I actually agree with Gimli now, Legolas may be lying." Elrohir said.
"Hmm, only one way to find out." Elladan said slyly.
"Brother, you propose that we go to the forest and check?" Aragorn said, with a hint of disbelief in his voice.
"Of course, are you all coming? I will be going to see just how many orcs Legolas really slaughtered." Elladan said. The three nodded.
"Well, then let us go now!" Gimli yelled, and without another word, they all rushed to the stables, got on horses, Elladan on one horse, Elrohir on another, and of course, Aragorn and Gimli on another, and they sped off to the forest.
~~~At the Forest~~~
"By the Valar!" Elladan said.
"Sweet Elberath!" Elrohir exclaimed.
"I can't believe it! The elf was speaking the truth!" Gimli said disbelieving. Aragorn had his mouth open in silent shock. Everywhere the four looked, there were corpses of orcs lying on the ground, black blood seeping out, some were up on the trees, some missing body parts, and almost all of them had arrows protruding out from their neck, between the eyes, or in the heart.
"Let's count them!" Elrohir finally said giddily. Aragorn stared at Elrohir.
"You sound like Pippin!" Aragorn exclaimed, and they laughed heartily.
"All right, let's count the corpses! Aragorn, you take the ones on the east side, Gimli on the west, Elrohir on the south, and I will take these ones on the north. Let's go!" Elladan said.
~~~After a while~~~
"110 orc corpses on the west side!" Gimli yelled ferociously. He was enraged that Legolas killed so many.
"120 orc corpses on the east side!" Aragorn said calmly.
"100 orc corpses on the south side!" Elrohir said with a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"I counted 80 orc corpses on the north side." Elladan said.
"And it turns out to be.410 orcs! Legolas killed 410 orcs?!" Elrohir shouted.
"NOO!!! That is terrible! Legolas will forever boast his numbers when we compete! This is NOT fair!" Gimli shouted.
"410 orcs, Legolas does have great skill, I am happy for him, he is a great warrior." Aragorn said calmly.
"Aye, a great warrior indeed, he will be a great help to us in the battle in Mordor." Elladan said just as calm. Aragorn and Elladan weren't jealous or angry, just the opposite actually, they were happy for their friend, they couldn't have any negative feelings for Legolas, because they were just like brothers.
"Elladan and Aragorn! Don't think that I do not believe Legolas did all this, he is like a brother to me, but.how could he slaughter so many orcs? It is just so amazing!" Elrohir said.
"Aye, amazing indeed, but I have to admit, the elf's got skill, lots of 'em." Gimli replied. Everyone stared at Gimli in shock, a dwarf compliment on an elf? Gimli looked up.
"What do you want? The elf is my friend, I would be his enemy if I didn't feel happy for him!"
"Well, Legolas has been through a LOT these past weeks, hurt, dying, and seeing Lenna again. I actually wouldn't be all that surprised if he slaughtered 1000 orcs out of his anger, frustration, concern, worry, sadness, and..guilt." Aragorn said. The four stood in silence, very thoughtful of their best friend and brother. After a while, nightfall came upon them, and they went back to Helms Deep to dine.
~~~Back at Lenna and Marewyn~~~
"Ah, this is my kingdom! We will rest for a month, and then, it will be back to work! Rest easy, your past will come to you tomorrow. I'm sure that you are very tired, I am, and you were the one doing all the work! But anyway, a maid will come to you to guide you to your room, and she will escort you down for dinner later tonight, and she will help you with anything. Rest easy." Marewyn said happily.
"Okay, you too, thanks a lot, Marewyn." Lenna said.
"You are most welcome, my friend." Marewyn said thoughtfully. They went into the palace, and went their separate ways, while staring in awe of everything around her. For the past eight years, Lenna had been training so hard, and she has not laid eyes on anything beautiful for such a long time. Lenna never had a good or long night's rest, nor did she have any decent food to eat. When she arrived in her room, she, once again, gasped at the beauty of her own room. Outside of her room, there was a connecting balcony facing the small garden that she arrived in the first time she arrived. Yet, the many things that she has seen here never ceased to amaze her. Lenna looked at herself in the foot-long mirror. Her hair was dirty, matted with dirt, and it was tied up in warrior braids such as the fashion of those in Lakewood, similar to those of Mirkwood. Lenna's clothes were dirty, tattered, and one of her sleeves had been ripped off in a battle with a demon stronger than three Balrogs combined. Lenna's face was also very dirty, and her eyes had lost their bright glow, now, her eyes were a dull blue kind of colour. Lenna had lost plenty of weight, but her magic skills had risen to an amazing level. She would be able to defeat 10 000s of Uruk-hai and Saruman by herself, and using only a quarter of her power. But she is still a bit weaker than Sauron, and her mental and physical skills had improved a lot, including her archery and sword skills. Lenna had no scratches, bruises, or wounds, because she had learned a very effective and powerful healing spell. Lenna could do just about everything with her powers, but she still felt odd somehow, when using them. She sighed, and went back to get lots of water for a bath that she had been longing for, for a long time now. Afterwards, she put new clothes on, and she felt so refreshed, like ten pounds of dirt had been lifted off of her. Lenna laid down on her bed, and looked out the window.
'I wonder how everyone is, I wonder what time it is over there. Hmm.what will I say once I have gone back? Ah, I am worrying too much.I will make sure to make an interesting arrival. Well, tomorrow is the day when Marewyn will tell me about my past..oh, I should rest while I still have the chance!' Lenna thought, smiled to herself, and fell into a deep sleep.
A/N: Whew! THAT was LONG! But anyway, yea, I hope that wasn't boring! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!! Lol! Thanx a bunch for reading guys! I'll try to update more as soon as possible! =D LEGOLAS FOREVER!!!!!!!