Song For Nought
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Elrond asked for the young elves to be ready for dinner promptly at seven and to meet in the great hall for dinner.
Nuquer, Ven, and Maik helped each other prepare as they usually do and went down to dinner. The three young elf princes were already waiting for them there.
"Good evening." Elrond greeted as the three walked in. "Waenmetiel should be here soon." Elrond added.
Nuquer sighed to herself and sat down next the Legolas.
Waenmetiel arrived only moments later and sat to the right of Elrond.
"Glorfindel has just arrived back from the golden woods and will be joining us along with Haldir of the wood tonight." Elrond notified the group.
Moments later the two blond elves came walking in looking every bit as glorious as Lord Elrond himself.
"Good to see you again Elrond, it has been to long." Haldir greeted Elrond first and then Waenmetiel, "I'm afraid I do not know your name but hello, I am Haldir."
"Waenmetiel, nice to meet you." Waenmetiel smiled sweetly at the two elves as they took their places at the table.
"I see the young princes are once again together in Rivendell." Glorfindel commented as he nodded at the three.
"Yes so they are, causing trouble yet?" Haldir asked with a sparkle in his eyes.
"Just the usual Haldir." Elladan smiled back.
The eleven elves talked amongst themselves throughout dinner and the young elves found themselves behaving better than normal in the presence of such esteemed elves.
"Waenmetiel, how long are you going to be staying in Rivendell?" Haldir asked after all their plate shad been cleared.
"I'm not sure really. As long as Elrond doesn't mind I guess." Waenmetiel smiled at Elrond.
"Well, that might be some time then!" Elrond laughed lightly.
~ Nuquer's point of view ~
Leave now wench! I can't stand her! She creeps me out whenever she is around. The feeling she gives me really bothers me. The sooner she is gone the better!
And I swear she just checked out Legolas.
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"Well, I am going to return to my room now. You all have a good evening." Waenmetiel stood up and nodded a goodnight to everyone and left.
"She's nice." Glorfindel watched her as she left the hall.
"Yes, she is an old friend of mine who I have not seen since the summer I spent here in Rivendell learning about our history." Elrond nodded.
"But that was ages ago!" Haldir looked surprised.
"You know how to make an elf feel old!" Elrond joked.
"I meant that you haven't seen each other in a long time. It's nice that you two are still friends like this." Haldir shook his head.
"Yes, I know. It was so long ago and yet she doesn't seem to have changed at all." Elrond got a far off look in his eyes as though he was remembering something he didn't quite like.
"Legolas, would you like to walk me back to my room?" Nuquer quietly asked Legolas.
"Of course." Legolas stood and the two departed from the room.
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"Nuquer, why does Waenmetiel give you such feelings?" Legolas asked after the two were out of hearing range of the hall.
"I don't know! I can't explain, it's just whenever she is near me I feel like I have to watch my back, or kind of I don't know, it's weird." Nuquer threw her hands in the air in frustration of not being able to explain.
"It's ok, I understand, a little." Legolas tried to comfort her.
"It's ok. I'm sure I'm just overreacting or something. It's silly." Nuquer stopped outside of her door and looked into Legolas's eyes.
Legolas a looked back at Nuquer and felt a warmth in his heart that he only felt when she was around.
He could smell the sweet scent of clean water and flowers wafting off her. He took in the scent and closed his eyes. His arms slide around Nuquer's waist and brought her closer to him. Nuquer closed her eyes and the two leaned forward. Nuquer could feel Legolas's breath on her face. Their lips were just about to meet for the first time when and noise behind them startled them.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I was just on my way to the gardens." Waenmetiel was standing there.
Nuquer pulled away from Legolas and she opened her door.
"Night." Nuquer said shortly and closed the door.
"I guess I ruined the moment for you, sorry." Waenmetiel smiled at Legolas.
"It's ok. Well, night." Legolas felt a little uncomfortable at being caught in such an intimate moment and rushed off down the hall. It was weird how he felt that she had watched the entire moment though.
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Waenmetiel watched Legolas's retreating form down the hall.
She took in every inch of his body as her hurried off. Finally he disappeared around a corner.
She looked at Nuquer's closed door and gave it a look of jealousy.
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Nuquer was furious that Waenmetiel had ruined the moment. That was sure to be her first kiss. How romantic that moment had seemed until that wretched excuse for an elf came blundering by. Gardens my butt.
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Later that evening Nuquer sat in the gardens just outside her room thinking of Legolas. The tow had obviously grown close over these weeks. They had almost shared their first kiss this evening, which obviously meant something.
Nuquer smiled at the very thought of Legolas. She hah thought he was handsome from the first moment she saw him. She remembered she had spent the first few days praying to the Valar that she might grow close to him, and they had!
Nuquer leaned back onto the softly cushioned chair she was resting on. Her eyes closed and thoughts of Legolas came into her mind. Some of the thoughts would have surely made her parents blush.
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Waenmetiel was still roaming the halls of Elrond's house and had again passed Nuquer's door. No matter where Waenmetiel seemed to walk her feet carried her back by the door.
Waenmetiel had been thinking all evening, this young elf was standing between her and Legolas, and that would simply not do.
Waenmetiel walked down the hall to the nearest door and walked outside. She would go in the back of Nuquer's room.
Waenmetiel was busy trying to figure exactly which room was Nuquer's when she ran into a chair.
Waenmetiel cursed the chair and then noticed the sleeping figure in the chair.Nuquer.
'Well, this is just to convenient', thought Waenmetiel. She leaned over Nuquer's unmoving figure and thought for a moment. What would she do to get Nuquer away from Legolas? She didn't want to kill the girl, that would put to much suspicion on her, no it'd have to be better. Waenmetiel suddenly had an idea, a very good one.
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Elrond asked for the young elves to be ready for dinner promptly at seven and to meet in the great hall for dinner.
Nuquer, Ven, and Maik helped each other prepare as they usually do and went down to dinner. The three young elf princes were already waiting for them there.
"Good evening." Elrond greeted as the three walked in. "Waenmetiel should be here soon." Elrond added.
Nuquer sighed to herself and sat down next the Legolas.
Waenmetiel arrived only moments later and sat to the right of Elrond.
"Glorfindel has just arrived back from the golden woods and will be joining us along with Haldir of the wood tonight." Elrond notified the group.
Moments later the two blond elves came walking in looking every bit as glorious as Lord Elrond himself.
"Good to see you again Elrond, it has been to long." Haldir greeted Elrond first and then Waenmetiel, "I'm afraid I do not know your name but hello, I am Haldir."
"Waenmetiel, nice to meet you." Waenmetiel smiled sweetly at the two elves as they took their places at the table.
"I see the young princes are once again together in Rivendell." Glorfindel commented as he nodded at the three.
"Yes so they are, causing trouble yet?" Haldir asked with a sparkle in his eyes.
"Just the usual Haldir." Elladan smiled back.
The eleven elves talked amongst themselves throughout dinner and the young elves found themselves behaving better than normal in the presence of such esteemed elves.
"Waenmetiel, how long are you going to be staying in Rivendell?" Haldir asked after all their plate shad been cleared.
"I'm not sure really. As long as Elrond doesn't mind I guess." Waenmetiel smiled at Elrond.
"Well, that might be some time then!" Elrond laughed lightly.
~ Nuquer's point of view ~
Leave now wench! I can't stand her! She creeps me out whenever she is around. The feeling she gives me really bothers me. The sooner she is gone the better!
And I swear she just checked out Legolas.
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"Well, I am going to return to my room now. You all have a good evening." Waenmetiel stood up and nodded a goodnight to everyone and left.
"She's nice." Glorfindel watched her as she left the hall.
"Yes, she is an old friend of mine who I have not seen since the summer I spent here in Rivendell learning about our history." Elrond nodded.
"But that was ages ago!" Haldir looked surprised.
"You know how to make an elf feel old!" Elrond joked.
"I meant that you haven't seen each other in a long time. It's nice that you two are still friends like this." Haldir shook his head.
"Yes, I know. It was so long ago and yet she doesn't seem to have changed at all." Elrond got a far off look in his eyes as though he was remembering something he didn't quite like.
"Legolas, would you like to walk me back to my room?" Nuquer quietly asked Legolas.
"Of course." Legolas stood and the two departed from the room.
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"Nuquer, why does Waenmetiel give you such feelings?" Legolas asked after the two were out of hearing range of the hall.
"I don't know! I can't explain, it's just whenever she is near me I feel like I have to watch my back, or kind of I don't know, it's weird." Nuquer threw her hands in the air in frustration of not being able to explain.
"It's ok, I understand, a little." Legolas tried to comfort her.
"It's ok. I'm sure I'm just overreacting or something. It's silly." Nuquer stopped outside of her door and looked into Legolas's eyes.
Legolas a looked back at Nuquer and felt a warmth in his heart that he only felt when she was around.
He could smell the sweet scent of clean water and flowers wafting off her. He took in the scent and closed his eyes. His arms slide around Nuquer's waist and brought her closer to him. Nuquer closed her eyes and the two leaned forward. Nuquer could feel Legolas's breath on her face. Their lips were just about to meet for the first time when and noise behind them startled them.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I was just on my way to the gardens." Waenmetiel was standing there.
Nuquer pulled away from Legolas and she opened her door.
"Night." Nuquer said shortly and closed the door.
"I guess I ruined the moment for you, sorry." Waenmetiel smiled at Legolas.
"It's ok. Well, night." Legolas felt a little uncomfortable at being caught in such an intimate moment and rushed off down the hall. It was weird how he felt that she had watched the entire moment though.
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Waenmetiel watched Legolas's retreating form down the hall.
She took in every inch of his body as her hurried off. Finally he disappeared around a corner.
She looked at Nuquer's closed door and gave it a look of jealousy.
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Nuquer was furious that Waenmetiel had ruined the moment. That was sure to be her first kiss. How romantic that moment had seemed until that wretched excuse for an elf came blundering by. Gardens my butt.
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Later that evening Nuquer sat in the gardens just outside her room thinking of Legolas. The tow had obviously grown close over these weeks. They had almost shared their first kiss this evening, which obviously meant something.
Nuquer smiled at the very thought of Legolas. She hah thought he was handsome from the first moment she saw him. She remembered she had spent the first few days praying to the Valar that she might grow close to him, and they had!
Nuquer leaned back onto the softly cushioned chair she was resting on. Her eyes closed and thoughts of Legolas came into her mind. Some of the thoughts would have surely made her parents blush.
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Waenmetiel was still roaming the halls of Elrond's house and had again passed Nuquer's door. No matter where Waenmetiel seemed to walk her feet carried her back by the door.
Waenmetiel had been thinking all evening, this young elf was standing between her and Legolas, and that would simply not do.
Waenmetiel walked down the hall to the nearest door and walked outside. She would go in the back of Nuquer's room.
Waenmetiel was busy trying to figure exactly which room was Nuquer's when she ran into a chair.
Waenmetiel cursed the chair and then noticed the sleeping figure in the chair.Nuquer.
'Well, this is just to convenient', thought Waenmetiel. She leaned over Nuquer's unmoving figure and thought for a moment. What would she do to get Nuquer away from Legolas? She didn't want to kill the girl, that would put to much suspicion on her, no it'd have to be better. Waenmetiel suddenly had an idea, a very good one.
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