Thankyou to all our wonderful reviewers, Yay, we are up to eighty reviews,
I certainly didn't expect that. Also I would like to say, although Maewyn
is sick, we both know that elves cannot get sick, they can only die of a
broken heart or a battle wound, but we have no intention of killing Maewyn,
yet. Maybe. Hmmm.
Urebriviel
Before we get any flames about the beginning of the Maewyn/Legolas bit, I want to say I'm sorry! (Please don't hurt us!) It had to be done, both Urebriviel and myself always had every intention of making this a Legolas/Maewyn story. (I just want to say that neither Urebriviel nor myself really believe you'll hurt us ( well, maybe Urebriviel, but she is a scaredy cat!)
Belle Bing
Lessons of the heart
Chapter Ten
Haldir flopped ungracefully back onto his bed and rubbed his aching temples. Yes, he was glad to be back where he considered to be home, but not only was his mind back with Maewyn in Rivendell, he had a constant stream of visitors demanding (albeit playfully) what was so special in Rivendell that kept him there as long as it did. Haldir had just smiled mysteriously and went to talk to the Lady Galadriel.
When he explained Maewyn's predicament, Galadriel had admitted that she had not heard of the plant, but was confident that she could heal Maewyn.
Haldir had left immediately after that, making a beeline for his home.
He was not sure why he wanted so much time on his own, perhaps he had had to much journeying to and from Rivendell, or not enough since his arrival in Lorien, but what was certain was that he definitely need to sort out his thoughts, before Maewyn, and most certainly her entourage arrived.
Haldir spent the good part of the hour contemplating what had made him fall for Maewyn, feisty and passionate that she was, for he usually found his interest in the softly spoken she-elves.
Haldir fell asleep with images of Maewyn dancing in her head. He had good dreams indeed.
~*~*~*~*~*
Maewyn lay asleep in a bed in the healing chambers of Lothlorien. Silence filled the room as the Lady Galadriel entered.
She walked over to the bed containing Maewyn.
Sorrow filled the Lady of the Woods as she watched Maewyn's pale form.
Grinding up some herbs with a pestle, she began to make a healing potion.
Once the complex potion was ground up, she poured it in a goblet; she then filled the goblet with water. Stirring the contents, she then brought the mixture to Maewyn's mouth.
Maewyn's lips parted. Lady Galadriel slowly tilted the cup allowing the mixture to pour down her throat.
Once the potion was all gone, Lady Galadriel left, hoping that the potion would immediately take effect.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Arwen and Estel waited outside Maewyn's temporary room. Lady Galadriel had recently just entered the room, which contained Maewyn.
Estel slowly began to become impatient.
Turning to Arwen he looked at her questionably.
"What is taking Lady Galadriel so long?" he asked.
Arwen startled out of her reverie looked up at him.
"How am I to know?" she replied as she went back to her thoughts.
Estel ignoring her statement questioned again.
"Arwen, Lady Galadriel has been in there for hours, surely you must know what she is doing?"
"Estel I know as much as you, I can assure you my Grandmother will help Maewyn."
"But Arwen..." Estel began but was silenced as Arwen held up her hand.
"Wait." She whispered.
Estel stared confused, but soon ceased as Lady Galadriel exited Maewyn's healing room.
Just as Estel was going to ask Lady Galadriel about Maewyn's condition, she stopped him by raising her hand.
"We will have to wait and see." She said as she walked by the pair and down the hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Time passed and Maewyn spent more and time with the softly spoken march warden of Lothlorien. Yes, she had found his mysterious charge. It was indeed herself and with this, the memory of their first meeting in Lothlorien played out in her mind.
~~~~~~~~Memory~~~~~~~~~
Maewyn slowly turned in her bed to look at the occupant that had recently entered her room. A tall male elf stood in the doorway of her room. Blond haired graced his fair face and blue eyes stared into her green orbs.
"Good morning Haldir." Maewyn greeted with a friendly yet sarcastic tone.
"Good morning Maewyn, how do you fare this morning?"
"Exactly the same as every other morning, but I'm sure you wouldn't know, since you would have been spending your time with your other female charge." Maewyn replied as she turned away from Haldir in her bed.
"Is that a tinge of jealousy I detect in your voice Maewyn?" Haldir questioned.
"In that a tinge of delusion I detect in yours?" she retorted.
"I must say Maewyn what brought this on?"
"Nothing." She snapped.
"Are you angry with me Maewyn?" Haldir probed, he had not expected to be greeted like this.
"No, why would I be angry with you Haldir?" Maewyn replied stressing out the word 'you'.
Haldir grinned. Clearly he had hit a nerve. He decided to play with Maewyn a bit longer before revealing the truth.
"You know Maewyn, you didn't answer my original question."
"You have yet to prove why you care."
For a moment Haldir was taken aback, she was becoming too much like Legolas for his liking, but he could see why she was upset. Considering how close Maewyn and himself had been when he had left Rivendell, it would seem like a punch in the face that he had not visited her in the three days since she had arrived.
"Why wouldn't I care?"
"Because it seemed the past few days you didn't, so, why now?" Maewyn snapped suppressing her anger.
Haldir had had enough, he had to tell her who his mysterious female charge was or she would do something that was unforgivable.
"Maewyn you should know.." Haldir began but was silenced by Maewyn's raised hand.
"I do not want to continue this discussion Haldir."
"Maewyn my female charge was.."
"Haldir did you not understand, I do not want to continue this discussion, does your bad posture affect your hearing?"
"Bad posture, I have nothing of the sort." Haldir responded standing up straight. He would prove her wrong.
Maewyn smiled at Haldir knowingly and turned in her covers and placed her head on the soft pillow.
"Namarie Haldir, I wish to sleep." Maewyn whispered. This hurt, how could Haldir ignore her for three days when she was in his home of Lothlorien? How could he act like this did not hurt her? Was she jealous? No! She and Haldir were just good friends. Weren't they?
"Before I go Maewyn, you should know that my female charge." Maewyn continued to lie with her back facing him so he gently sat on the edge of her bed and softly cupped her chin and brought it around so she was looking directly at him. "I see none other than you." He said gently.
"Me?" Maewyn questioned. That was not what she had expected.
"Yes Maewyn, I had to come back to Lothlorien so that I could discuss the matter of your health with Lady Galadriel."
"You mean to say all this time I was under assumption that you were with another female elf, Haldir, why did you not tell me?"
"I was going to in Rivendell, but then I thought it would be humorous to leave you guessing, then before you silenced me so I couldn't explain, until now."
"Haldir that was cruel."
"Oh I know, did I succeed though?" Haldir asked smiling to Maewyn.
"Succeed in what?"
"In making you jealous."
"Me? Jealous! Never."
"My eyes tell me otherwise." Haldir retorted amusingly.
~~~~~~~~End memory~~~~~~~~
Maewyn was not aware that she had fallen asleep thinking about that incident, but she did, and when she woke up, she was startled to find someone staring down at her.
However, it was not Haldir, as she had assumed, but another elf. One that had only been brave enough to visit her while she was sleeping.
"Legolas?" Maewyn questioned, and startled, he quickly got up and left the room in a hurry. Maewyn looked confused at this, Legolas had not visited her once, why should he start now.
"I see you are finally awake." Arwen teased entering the room. Confused, Maewyn looked at her.
"Did Legolas just run out or was that all a dream?" She asked.
"He passed in a hurry." Arwen confirmed, "I guessed that meant you were awake." Maewyn could not have possibly looked more lost at that moment.
"But Legolas never visits."
"While you are awake." Arwen corrected. "Mae, Legolas has sat by your bedside everyday since you have arrived, but only while you are asleep. Estel and I have reason to believe he talks to you to. I think that Haldir is not the only one who blames himself for your condition."
"Legolas does not care." Maewyn laughed, this situation was sounding more and more ridiculous. "It's just absurd."
"Mae, it isn't. Legolas has grown up. He is not what you remember him to be. And if you think about it, you didn't exactly give him a chance back in Rivendell either." Maewyn thought for a second. Had she really been all that rude to him? When she thought about it, the answer was obvious. Yes. She had been obnoxious beyond all belief, giving Legolas the idea that she hated him. Well she did, but that was before Arwen broke the misconception. No wonder Legolas was rude back to her. Sighing she sat up.
"Arwen? Can you get him for me? I think we need to talk."
~*~*~*~*~*~*
I hope you all enjoyed that long-awaited chapter, Belle-Bing and myself have been bombarded with work and assignments and to finally have a chapter uploaded, I stress the word 'finally' is a huge achievement for us. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks and please review.
Urebriviel.
And I promise it won't be as long next time. For the first time this year since school has started back, I am almost assignment free! Yay.
Belle Bing
Urebriviel
Before we get any flames about the beginning of the Maewyn/Legolas bit, I want to say I'm sorry! (Please don't hurt us!) It had to be done, both Urebriviel and myself always had every intention of making this a Legolas/Maewyn story. (I just want to say that neither Urebriviel nor myself really believe you'll hurt us ( well, maybe Urebriviel, but she is a scaredy cat!)
Belle Bing
Lessons of the heart
Chapter Ten
Haldir flopped ungracefully back onto his bed and rubbed his aching temples. Yes, he was glad to be back where he considered to be home, but not only was his mind back with Maewyn in Rivendell, he had a constant stream of visitors demanding (albeit playfully) what was so special in Rivendell that kept him there as long as it did. Haldir had just smiled mysteriously and went to talk to the Lady Galadriel.
When he explained Maewyn's predicament, Galadriel had admitted that she had not heard of the plant, but was confident that she could heal Maewyn.
Haldir had left immediately after that, making a beeline for his home.
He was not sure why he wanted so much time on his own, perhaps he had had to much journeying to and from Rivendell, or not enough since his arrival in Lorien, but what was certain was that he definitely need to sort out his thoughts, before Maewyn, and most certainly her entourage arrived.
Haldir spent the good part of the hour contemplating what had made him fall for Maewyn, feisty and passionate that she was, for he usually found his interest in the softly spoken she-elves.
Haldir fell asleep with images of Maewyn dancing in her head. He had good dreams indeed.
~*~*~*~*~*
Maewyn lay asleep in a bed in the healing chambers of Lothlorien. Silence filled the room as the Lady Galadriel entered.
She walked over to the bed containing Maewyn.
Sorrow filled the Lady of the Woods as she watched Maewyn's pale form.
Grinding up some herbs with a pestle, she began to make a healing potion.
Once the complex potion was ground up, she poured it in a goblet; she then filled the goblet with water. Stirring the contents, she then brought the mixture to Maewyn's mouth.
Maewyn's lips parted. Lady Galadriel slowly tilted the cup allowing the mixture to pour down her throat.
Once the potion was all gone, Lady Galadriel left, hoping that the potion would immediately take effect.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Arwen and Estel waited outside Maewyn's temporary room. Lady Galadriel had recently just entered the room, which contained Maewyn.
Estel slowly began to become impatient.
Turning to Arwen he looked at her questionably.
"What is taking Lady Galadriel so long?" he asked.
Arwen startled out of her reverie looked up at him.
"How am I to know?" she replied as she went back to her thoughts.
Estel ignoring her statement questioned again.
"Arwen, Lady Galadriel has been in there for hours, surely you must know what she is doing?"
"Estel I know as much as you, I can assure you my Grandmother will help Maewyn."
"But Arwen..." Estel began but was silenced as Arwen held up her hand.
"Wait." She whispered.
Estel stared confused, but soon ceased as Lady Galadriel exited Maewyn's healing room.
Just as Estel was going to ask Lady Galadriel about Maewyn's condition, she stopped him by raising her hand.
"We will have to wait and see." She said as she walked by the pair and down the hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Time passed and Maewyn spent more and time with the softly spoken march warden of Lothlorien. Yes, she had found his mysterious charge. It was indeed herself and with this, the memory of their first meeting in Lothlorien played out in her mind.
~~~~~~~~Memory~~~~~~~~~
Maewyn slowly turned in her bed to look at the occupant that had recently entered her room. A tall male elf stood in the doorway of her room. Blond haired graced his fair face and blue eyes stared into her green orbs.
"Good morning Haldir." Maewyn greeted with a friendly yet sarcastic tone.
"Good morning Maewyn, how do you fare this morning?"
"Exactly the same as every other morning, but I'm sure you wouldn't know, since you would have been spending your time with your other female charge." Maewyn replied as she turned away from Haldir in her bed.
"Is that a tinge of jealousy I detect in your voice Maewyn?" Haldir questioned.
"In that a tinge of delusion I detect in yours?" she retorted.
"I must say Maewyn what brought this on?"
"Nothing." She snapped.
"Are you angry with me Maewyn?" Haldir probed, he had not expected to be greeted like this.
"No, why would I be angry with you Haldir?" Maewyn replied stressing out the word 'you'.
Haldir grinned. Clearly he had hit a nerve. He decided to play with Maewyn a bit longer before revealing the truth.
"You know Maewyn, you didn't answer my original question."
"You have yet to prove why you care."
For a moment Haldir was taken aback, she was becoming too much like Legolas for his liking, but he could see why she was upset. Considering how close Maewyn and himself had been when he had left Rivendell, it would seem like a punch in the face that he had not visited her in the three days since she had arrived.
"Why wouldn't I care?"
"Because it seemed the past few days you didn't, so, why now?" Maewyn snapped suppressing her anger.
Haldir had had enough, he had to tell her who his mysterious female charge was or she would do something that was unforgivable.
"Maewyn you should know.." Haldir began but was silenced by Maewyn's raised hand.
"I do not want to continue this discussion Haldir."
"Maewyn my female charge was.."
"Haldir did you not understand, I do not want to continue this discussion, does your bad posture affect your hearing?"
"Bad posture, I have nothing of the sort." Haldir responded standing up straight. He would prove her wrong.
Maewyn smiled at Haldir knowingly and turned in her covers and placed her head on the soft pillow.
"Namarie Haldir, I wish to sleep." Maewyn whispered. This hurt, how could Haldir ignore her for three days when she was in his home of Lothlorien? How could he act like this did not hurt her? Was she jealous? No! She and Haldir were just good friends. Weren't they?
"Before I go Maewyn, you should know that my female charge." Maewyn continued to lie with her back facing him so he gently sat on the edge of her bed and softly cupped her chin and brought it around so she was looking directly at him. "I see none other than you." He said gently.
"Me?" Maewyn questioned. That was not what she had expected.
"Yes Maewyn, I had to come back to Lothlorien so that I could discuss the matter of your health with Lady Galadriel."
"You mean to say all this time I was under assumption that you were with another female elf, Haldir, why did you not tell me?"
"I was going to in Rivendell, but then I thought it would be humorous to leave you guessing, then before you silenced me so I couldn't explain, until now."
"Haldir that was cruel."
"Oh I know, did I succeed though?" Haldir asked smiling to Maewyn.
"Succeed in what?"
"In making you jealous."
"Me? Jealous! Never."
"My eyes tell me otherwise." Haldir retorted amusingly.
~~~~~~~~End memory~~~~~~~~
Maewyn was not aware that she had fallen asleep thinking about that incident, but she did, and when she woke up, she was startled to find someone staring down at her.
However, it was not Haldir, as she had assumed, but another elf. One that had only been brave enough to visit her while she was sleeping.
"Legolas?" Maewyn questioned, and startled, he quickly got up and left the room in a hurry. Maewyn looked confused at this, Legolas had not visited her once, why should he start now.
"I see you are finally awake." Arwen teased entering the room. Confused, Maewyn looked at her.
"Did Legolas just run out or was that all a dream?" She asked.
"He passed in a hurry." Arwen confirmed, "I guessed that meant you were awake." Maewyn could not have possibly looked more lost at that moment.
"But Legolas never visits."
"While you are awake." Arwen corrected. "Mae, Legolas has sat by your bedside everyday since you have arrived, but only while you are asleep. Estel and I have reason to believe he talks to you to. I think that Haldir is not the only one who blames himself for your condition."
"Legolas does not care." Maewyn laughed, this situation was sounding more and more ridiculous. "It's just absurd."
"Mae, it isn't. Legolas has grown up. He is not what you remember him to be. And if you think about it, you didn't exactly give him a chance back in Rivendell either." Maewyn thought for a second. Had she really been all that rude to him? When she thought about it, the answer was obvious. Yes. She had been obnoxious beyond all belief, giving Legolas the idea that she hated him. Well she did, but that was before Arwen broke the misconception. No wonder Legolas was rude back to her. Sighing she sat up.
"Arwen? Can you get him for me? I think we need to talk."
~*~*~*~*~*~*
I hope you all enjoyed that long-awaited chapter, Belle-Bing and myself have been bombarded with work and assignments and to finally have a chapter uploaded, I stress the word 'finally' is a huge achievement for us. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks and please review.
Urebriviel.
And I promise it won't be as long next time. For the first time this year since school has started back, I am almost assignment free! Yay.
Belle Bing
