They both hear Gimli making foul sounds outside. They interchange disgusted looks with each other as Julian replies to her, "Yes, the home of Legolas."
Chimera beams as she exclaims, "Oh, Julian, I could kiss you!" She squeezes him to her chest, and kisses him hard before unhanding him. "To think I wasted all this time waiting around on that fraud Salogel to take me to him! Let me get rid of the dwarf!"
She bolts from the wooden chair and soars out the door into the night air. Her noise recoils as her senses encounter noises and smells that drift from the spot Gimli chose to relief himself at. Chimera digs within the enclosement of her pouch and grabs some magic dust. She blows it in his direction and instantly Gimli is frozen in deep sleep.
Overflowing with excitement, Chimera snaps her fingers and a long, tight, white dress appears on her. The corset is a soft velvety material and the color is a deep royal blue. Her hair is adorned with a sapphire jewel. Half of her mahogany locks are swept high upon the crown of her head, while the rest fall delicately, just millimeters away from the small of her back. She reenters through the open door and turns to Julian, "I am ready!"
Julian's eyes widen as he awes in amazement the second Chimera walks in. He squints his eyes, shakes his head, and takes in another eyeful of the enchanting she-elf before him, "Chimera, you look beautiful, but what is the purpose of donning such attire?"
Chimera smiles demurely, "I desire to look appropriate when I meet with Legolas. Since you know him... Do you think he will like it?"
Julian's words falter as he replies, "Princess, I hope I did not misguide you, but I doubt that Legolas is at home. I thought I would take you there so that you knew he does exist. Yet, one never truly knows, he may have returned.
Chimera, feeling downhearted, simply replies, "Oh.."
"His house is below the Mirkwood Mountains that lie only a couple leagues to the north of us. I hate to ask, but I feel this method of transportation is the most suitable for our journey." Julian extends his right wing to her, "Take a feather from my wing. Give me some time to reach his home before you transport."
Chimera plucks a single feather from Julian's extended wing. He bids her farewell as he gracefully soars into the air. Only moments pass before Chimera loses sight of him. Julian looks below the trees as he soars closer to the mountains. Spotting Legolas's quaint home he begins to land. Julian perches upon the porches railing and awaits for Chimera to appear.
Chimera's mind drifts as it trudges up memory of Alqualondë. She grows sad as she thinks of her people and the hardships they are forced to endure. Sighs escape her pale pink lips as she looks to Julian's feather between her slender fingertips. "Julian should be there by now." Chimera opens her pouch hugged tightly to the side of her white dress. She grabs a handful of the lavender magic dust and says, "Plagoris, Milakis, Filanto, Diginte, Pinato." Chimera throws the glistening dust up in the air. Its small crystal particles sprinkle Chimera tenderly as she closes her eyes to shield them from the dust.
Momentarily, Chimera's eyes reopen as they are met with a sight of sheer beauty. Her breaths stills itself as she beholds the breathtaking scenery. Chimera takes in the enchanting wood carved house with the purple-tipped gray mountains directly behind it. The house is quite small, and does not resemble royalty or an elf habitat. The small windows are bare and covered with a thick film of dust from apparent disuse. But the finely carved and designed sideboards of the house share a different story. Their story is of remarkable beauty and time spent in creating the small home. A cobblestone porch is the strength of foundation that it rests upon. She turns around and finds Julian perched on the railing. "Is Legolas at home?"
"Regrettably, he is not," Julian confirms Chimera's doubts.
The makings of a frown begin to mar Chimera's fair features. She looks to Julian with offset eyes. Defeat and weariness begins to drain her physically and emotionally, "Julian, I feel weak from transporting, and I have had a long day. Let me rest here tonight, tomorrow we will return to Sologel's home."
Julian's voice turns stern as he replies, "I cannot allow you to stay here. If Legolas returns he will be most upset with me."
Defiantly, Chimera opens the unlocked door and enters. She turns to face Julian with all the pride she can muster, "I am sorry Julian, but I am staying here tonight." She tenderly walks along the wooden floor. To her right she notices a door. Slowly she turns the knob and opens it. The small room contains a dresser, a bed, and a wooden chest that has Greenleaf inscribed upon it. Julian flies inside the house and lands upon the wood floor next to Chimera's feet. He shakes his head at the curious she-elf next to him. Chimera looks down at Julian before entering the room, "If he is angered with you tell him it was I who threatened your life to take me to his home." She steps inside the room and stares at the bed before sitting upon it.
Julian looks apprehensively at Chimera. He refrains from entering the room and stands outside it looking at her. He sighs as he shortly addresses her, "Very well, Chimera, I will leave you here the night."
Julian exits the house and flies off into the dark sky littered with the brightness of the silver stars. His wings carry him until he reaches the security of his hollow tree. Once situated in the tree he dismisses the situation from his thoughts.
Chimera ventures out of the room and closes the main door. Yawning, she heads back into the room and lies down upon the soft bed. She breathes in the fresh air, The smell is of the mountains, but mixed with the earthy scents of the forest. Sleep quickly encompasses the Princess.
The Next Morning...
The bright rays of sunshine flow through the window beckoning Chimera to wake up. She stretches and faintly opens her blurred eyes. They begin to adjust to the morning light. She looks down at her slept in dress. "So much for this outfit." She sighs as she picks herself up from the bed. She walks over to the dresser in hope of something comfortable to wear. "I never was fond of these ridiculous dresses." she states as she opens the drawer and removes a pair of slate gray leggings and an olive green tunic lined with the same gray in designs around the neckline. Her fingers strain behind her back to unleash the corset from her body. She disrobes from the tight dress and slip, and in its place, dons Legolas's clothes.
Chimera's hand grasps the dresser drawer as a gleam of light catches her eyes. Her hand parts the folded tunic and she beholds a tiny silver chain, Curiosity sets into her as she pulls it out. The silver chain is nothing more than a necklace. A clear pentagonal shaped stone hangs from the silver braided strand that she holds in her hands. Chimera looks at it closely, as it looks so familiar to her. Not taking her eyes off of the enchanting jewelry she walks over to the window and holds it up to the sunlight. A kaleidoscope of all the colors of a rainbow suddenly appear inside the stone. A gasp escapes her lips as she clutches the necklace. She falls to the ground consumed in a deep sleep. while memories begin to flood her sub conscience.
Chimera sees herself very young dressed in muddy boys attire running after a black rat. The young Chimera runs smack into a hard surface. She rubs her head, and begins to slowly back up. She sees that what she ran into is a torso- most likely belonging to one of her brother's. Her eyes journey upward until she sees a face. Her mouth gapes open at the most beautiful elf looking down at her. She hears her father's chiding voice echoing behind her, "Chimera, this is King Thranduil, and his son Prince Legolas. They will be our guests for awhile." The young Chimera curtsies quickly as she squeaks, "Pleased to make your acquaintance." Quickly she grabs the rat and rushes pass them upstairs to the safety of her room.
The scene shifts, but the time is still the same as the first flashback took place, perhaps only a few weeks have passed. Chimera sees Legolas ill in bed and the young version of herself sneak into the room. The young Chimera is dressed very prettily in a formfitting long, white dress. The entire dress is white and the tight sleeves, as well as the bottom of the dress, flare out at the end. A gold-chained belt is adorned loosely at her hips. The young Princess carries something tightly within her hand. She walks up to him and sits on the bed next to Legolas's slightly chilled body. Her eyes fall to his ashen face, and red rimmed pale eyes. "They say you grow deeper in the darkness every passing hour. That something is terribly wrong." Continuing she barely whispers, "It is not the custom for elves to be sick." Her clenched hands open revealing the silver necklace with the clear pentagon shaped stone. She places it around his neck, "This is a rare necklace. It is filled with magical and mystical healing powers."
Darkness encompasses Chimera's vision as the scene changes. The young Chimera peers around from a tree that hides her form. She spies on two elves garbed in matching green tunics that are designed with leaves and runes signifying royalty. Both elves look astoundingly alike. It is Legolas and another elf. Legolas wears the silver necklace with the clear stone around his neck. Suddenly the other elf turns into a sparrow and lands on Legolas's shoulder. The young Chimera moves away from the tree towards Legolas and the sparrow. They laugh and talk in the distance. The sparrow flies off Legolas's shoulder and lands to the ground. He changes back into an elf and performs magic tricks. Slowly the vision fades. Chimera holds onto the necklace, as well as the memories that have flooded back to her. Uncontrollable sobs escape from her as tears stream from her eyes, down her cheek, and onto the hardness of the wooden floor.
Chimera begins to calm herself, and placate her tears. She puts the necklace on underneath the tunic she is wearing, obstructing it from view. She fixes Legolas's bed to appear that she had not disturbed it. She reaches for her magic powder, and transports back.
Her eyes instantly open to view Salogel's home one league from where she stands. Chimera notices Gilmi and Julian searching around the house with worried looks upon their faces. She smiles to herself as she remembers enchanting Gimli with the sleeping spell before she departed to Legolas's home. She thinks to herself, Daybreak broke the spell causing him to awake. Approaching them she speaks, "Good morning."
Chimera beams as she exclaims, "Oh, Julian, I could kiss you!" She squeezes him to her chest, and kisses him hard before unhanding him. "To think I wasted all this time waiting around on that fraud Salogel to take me to him! Let me get rid of the dwarf!"
She bolts from the wooden chair and soars out the door into the night air. Her noise recoils as her senses encounter noises and smells that drift from the spot Gimli chose to relief himself at. Chimera digs within the enclosement of her pouch and grabs some magic dust. She blows it in his direction and instantly Gimli is frozen in deep sleep.
Overflowing with excitement, Chimera snaps her fingers and a long, tight, white dress appears on her. The corset is a soft velvety material and the color is a deep royal blue. Her hair is adorned with a sapphire jewel. Half of her mahogany locks are swept high upon the crown of her head, while the rest fall delicately, just millimeters away from the small of her back. She reenters through the open door and turns to Julian, "I am ready!"
Julian's eyes widen as he awes in amazement the second Chimera walks in. He squints his eyes, shakes his head, and takes in another eyeful of the enchanting she-elf before him, "Chimera, you look beautiful, but what is the purpose of donning such attire?"
Chimera smiles demurely, "I desire to look appropriate when I meet with Legolas. Since you know him... Do you think he will like it?"
Julian's words falter as he replies, "Princess, I hope I did not misguide you, but I doubt that Legolas is at home. I thought I would take you there so that you knew he does exist. Yet, one never truly knows, he may have returned.
Chimera, feeling downhearted, simply replies, "Oh.."
"His house is below the Mirkwood Mountains that lie only a couple leagues to the north of us. I hate to ask, but I feel this method of transportation is the most suitable for our journey." Julian extends his right wing to her, "Take a feather from my wing. Give me some time to reach his home before you transport."
Chimera plucks a single feather from Julian's extended wing. He bids her farewell as he gracefully soars into the air. Only moments pass before Chimera loses sight of him. Julian looks below the trees as he soars closer to the mountains. Spotting Legolas's quaint home he begins to land. Julian perches upon the porches railing and awaits for Chimera to appear.
Chimera's mind drifts as it trudges up memory of Alqualondë. She grows sad as she thinks of her people and the hardships they are forced to endure. Sighs escape her pale pink lips as she looks to Julian's feather between her slender fingertips. "Julian should be there by now." Chimera opens her pouch hugged tightly to the side of her white dress. She grabs a handful of the lavender magic dust and says, "Plagoris, Milakis, Filanto, Diginte, Pinato." Chimera throws the glistening dust up in the air. Its small crystal particles sprinkle Chimera tenderly as she closes her eyes to shield them from the dust.
Momentarily, Chimera's eyes reopen as they are met with a sight of sheer beauty. Her breaths stills itself as she beholds the breathtaking scenery. Chimera takes in the enchanting wood carved house with the purple-tipped gray mountains directly behind it. The house is quite small, and does not resemble royalty or an elf habitat. The small windows are bare and covered with a thick film of dust from apparent disuse. But the finely carved and designed sideboards of the house share a different story. Their story is of remarkable beauty and time spent in creating the small home. A cobblestone porch is the strength of foundation that it rests upon. She turns around and finds Julian perched on the railing. "Is Legolas at home?"
"Regrettably, he is not," Julian confirms Chimera's doubts.
The makings of a frown begin to mar Chimera's fair features. She looks to Julian with offset eyes. Defeat and weariness begins to drain her physically and emotionally, "Julian, I feel weak from transporting, and I have had a long day. Let me rest here tonight, tomorrow we will return to Sologel's home."
Julian's voice turns stern as he replies, "I cannot allow you to stay here. If Legolas returns he will be most upset with me."
Defiantly, Chimera opens the unlocked door and enters. She turns to face Julian with all the pride she can muster, "I am sorry Julian, but I am staying here tonight." She tenderly walks along the wooden floor. To her right she notices a door. Slowly she turns the knob and opens it. The small room contains a dresser, a bed, and a wooden chest that has Greenleaf inscribed upon it. Julian flies inside the house and lands upon the wood floor next to Chimera's feet. He shakes his head at the curious she-elf next to him. Chimera looks down at Julian before entering the room, "If he is angered with you tell him it was I who threatened your life to take me to his home." She steps inside the room and stares at the bed before sitting upon it.
Julian looks apprehensively at Chimera. He refrains from entering the room and stands outside it looking at her. He sighs as he shortly addresses her, "Very well, Chimera, I will leave you here the night."
Julian exits the house and flies off into the dark sky littered with the brightness of the silver stars. His wings carry him until he reaches the security of his hollow tree. Once situated in the tree he dismisses the situation from his thoughts.
Chimera ventures out of the room and closes the main door. Yawning, she heads back into the room and lies down upon the soft bed. She breathes in the fresh air, The smell is of the mountains, but mixed with the earthy scents of the forest. Sleep quickly encompasses the Princess.
The Next Morning...
The bright rays of sunshine flow through the window beckoning Chimera to wake up. She stretches and faintly opens her blurred eyes. They begin to adjust to the morning light. She looks down at her slept in dress. "So much for this outfit." She sighs as she picks herself up from the bed. She walks over to the dresser in hope of something comfortable to wear. "I never was fond of these ridiculous dresses." she states as she opens the drawer and removes a pair of slate gray leggings and an olive green tunic lined with the same gray in designs around the neckline. Her fingers strain behind her back to unleash the corset from her body. She disrobes from the tight dress and slip, and in its place, dons Legolas's clothes.
Chimera's hand grasps the dresser drawer as a gleam of light catches her eyes. Her hand parts the folded tunic and she beholds a tiny silver chain, Curiosity sets into her as she pulls it out. The silver chain is nothing more than a necklace. A clear pentagonal shaped stone hangs from the silver braided strand that she holds in her hands. Chimera looks at it closely, as it looks so familiar to her. Not taking her eyes off of the enchanting jewelry she walks over to the window and holds it up to the sunlight. A kaleidoscope of all the colors of a rainbow suddenly appear inside the stone. A gasp escapes her lips as she clutches the necklace. She falls to the ground consumed in a deep sleep. while memories begin to flood her sub conscience.
Chimera sees herself very young dressed in muddy boys attire running after a black rat. The young Chimera runs smack into a hard surface. She rubs her head, and begins to slowly back up. She sees that what she ran into is a torso- most likely belonging to one of her brother's. Her eyes journey upward until she sees a face. Her mouth gapes open at the most beautiful elf looking down at her. She hears her father's chiding voice echoing behind her, "Chimera, this is King Thranduil, and his son Prince Legolas. They will be our guests for awhile." The young Chimera curtsies quickly as she squeaks, "Pleased to make your acquaintance." Quickly she grabs the rat and rushes pass them upstairs to the safety of her room.
The scene shifts, but the time is still the same as the first flashback took place, perhaps only a few weeks have passed. Chimera sees Legolas ill in bed and the young version of herself sneak into the room. The young Chimera is dressed very prettily in a formfitting long, white dress. The entire dress is white and the tight sleeves, as well as the bottom of the dress, flare out at the end. A gold-chained belt is adorned loosely at her hips. The young Princess carries something tightly within her hand. She walks up to him and sits on the bed next to Legolas's slightly chilled body. Her eyes fall to his ashen face, and red rimmed pale eyes. "They say you grow deeper in the darkness every passing hour. That something is terribly wrong." Continuing she barely whispers, "It is not the custom for elves to be sick." Her clenched hands open revealing the silver necklace with the clear pentagon shaped stone. She places it around his neck, "This is a rare necklace. It is filled with magical and mystical healing powers."
Darkness encompasses Chimera's vision as the scene changes. The young Chimera peers around from a tree that hides her form. She spies on two elves garbed in matching green tunics that are designed with leaves and runes signifying royalty. Both elves look astoundingly alike. It is Legolas and another elf. Legolas wears the silver necklace with the clear stone around his neck. Suddenly the other elf turns into a sparrow and lands on Legolas's shoulder. The young Chimera moves away from the tree towards Legolas and the sparrow. They laugh and talk in the distance. The sparrow flies off Legolas's shoulder and lands to the ground. He changes back into an elf and performs magic tricks. Slowly the vision fades. Chimera holds onto the necklace, as well as the memories that have flooded back to her. Uncontrollable sobs escape from her as tears stream from her eyes, down her cheek, and onto the hardness of the wooden floor.
Chimera begins to calm herself, and placate her tears. She puts the necklace on underneath the tunic she is wearing, obstructing it from view. She fixes Legolas's bed to appear that she had not disturbed it. She reaches for her magic powder, and transports back.
Her eyes instantly open to view Salogel's home one league from where she stands. Chimera notices Gilmi and Julian searching around the house with worried looks upon their faces. She smiles to herself as she remembers enchanting Gimli with the sleeping spell before she departed to Legolas's home. She thinks to herself, Daybreak broke the spell causing him to awake. Approaching them she speaks, "Good morning."
