Chapter 2- Rivendell
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The journey to Rivendell was a short one, for the horses of the elves were very swift. Sila and Legolas weren't the only ones going, they were accompanied by some of the King's guards, who, with the insistence of the King, were sent to watch over Legolas and Sila.
The last night of the journey, Sila came up with an idea. "Hey Legolas, the guards will be checking up on us soon, why not have a little fun with them?"
Legolas' eyes gleamed with delight. "What do you have in mind?"
Sila leaned over and whispered something into his ear. Legolas smiled.
"Sounds like a plan."
A few minutes later, Alros, the head of the King's guard walked into the area where Legolas and Sila were supposed to be found. He stopped, for he could not find them, and a panic came over him. Suddenly, something hit his head lightly. It was a twig. A few more came raining down after that. He drew his bow and pointed it in the direction of the trees. He then heard a light laughter from above and grinned. Sila and Legolas dropped out from the tree.
Sila bowed. "Good Alros, forgive me, but I had to have a little fun." She smiled. "But when I saw that it was you who was to come and check on us, I figured that we could not fool you for long."
Alros laughed. "Ah, to be young again! You two get ready, for we want to make haste to Imladris."
Legolas looked at Sila, a puzzled look on his face. "I wonder why we are in such a hurry?"
"I an not quite sure, but the sooner we get there, the better!" Sila gathered her things, and walked towards Ely.
A few minutes later, everyone was ready to go. The sun was slowly rising, and it rays were barely visible against the horizon.
They reached Rivendell quickly, just as the sun had fully risen above the mountains.
Lord Elrond himself came to greet them.
"Greetings Prince Legolas! I have had news of your comings. How fares Northern Mirkwood?"
Legolas bowed low to Lord Elrond. "It fares well, and my father sends his best. I thank you for the kindness you have already shown to us upon our arrival in Imladris."
Elrond smiled and turned to Sila who was staring wide-eyed around her. "And who might you be? A maiden, but a warrior of Mirkwood it seems."
Sila smiled and bowed to Elrond, following Legolas' example. "My name is Sila, daughter of Eria, advisor to King Thranduil. What an honor it is to be here in beautiful Imladris, and to be greeted by Lord Elrond himself!"
Elrond laughed. "Come inside, both of you, we will tend to your horses. You must be hungry. Much went on last night, and I must inform you of it."
Sila and Legolas followed Elrond to halls of Elrond's house. At the end of the long table sat Lord Elrond, and on either side of him were Lord Glorfindel and Mithrandir*. Sitting at other parts of the table were three small people. Next to them was Aragorn, a ranger he appeared to be, but there was this air about him, and he looked as honourable as any king. Sila and Legolas had met him when he came to Mirkwood to deliver Gollum. Both her and Legolas were overjoyed to be seeing him again.
Sila leaned over and whispered in Legolas' ear, "Those are hobbits! I read about them in one of my lessons! And there is Mithrandir! Something must be amiss Legolas, for Mithrandir to be here!"
Sila and Legolas took seats at the end of the table. Many other elven maidens sitting at the table stared at her curiously, for they had never seen a female elven- warrior. They were also staring at Legolas, one of the fairest elves in Mirkwood.not to mention the Prince ( ^_~ )
After the very delicious meal, Legolas and Sila followed Elrond into a small room. There they found Mithrandir and the three hobbits sitting. The three hobbits each got up bowed, and introduced themselves.
"Hullo, pleased to meet your acquaintance, my name is Sam Gamgee of Hobbiton." Sam looked rather excited to be seeing more elves.
"Hullo, I am Merry, of the Brandybuck family, from the Brandywine."
"And I am Pippin, of the great Took family!"
Sila smiled and turned towards Mithrandir, to whom Legolas was already talking. "Mithrandir! What an absolute pleasure to be in your company!"
"Tis my pleasure as well, Sila, for I have heard much about you."
Sila looked rather shocked, but Mithrandir said nothing more of the sort.
Elrond began to talk. "We have a very important matter at hand." He proceeded to tell the story of Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry and Aragorn's flight to the ford and what happened there after. "Frodo is lying in bed now, I have healed him, and we will see what comes of it." At these words, Pippin, Sam and Merry looked rather dismayed. "I will hold a counsel when he awakes, for he carries a heavy burden for us all." Sila and Legolas looked rather confused. "I will not speak of it now, but I will wait until the counsel. Now Mithrandir and I must be off for now, and we will leave you all to do whatever you wish. My house is open to you."
Elrond and Mithrandir left the room in a hurry. Legolas and Sila were still in utter confusion.
"Hey Legolas, what do you think that was all about?"
'To tell you the truth Sila, I have absolutely no idea.Although, I hope that this hobbit Frodo, that was hurt at the Ford will fare better soon."
"I agree. I am extremely curious, but I guess I must wait until the council."
Legolas smiled. "And hopefully we wont have to wait a thousand years for that!" (A/N: Which is really not a long time for them, but in this case, for curiosity, it is.)
Sila and Legolas both laughed at this. All of a sudden, they felt three pairs of eyes staring at them. They slowly turned their heads, and saw Merry, Pippin and Sam staring at them wide-eyed. When the hobbits saw that they had been caught, they turned around quickly, their faces beet red.
Sam stood up. "Pardon me, but I dearly love you fair folk! I can not help but be amazed!"
Sila laughed and turned to Legolas. "How polite these hobbits are!"
Sam's face was turning all shades of red, for he did not know what they were saying, and why they were laughing.
Sila kneeled down so she was face to face with Sam. "Well, my dear Sam, I must say that you extremely polite, and I am honored to meet you! If all hobbits are like you, I would dearly love to visit the Hobbiton (Shire) one day!"
Sam nodded in delight. "You must, you would love it!" With that, he turned around and sat back in his seat.
Pippin and Merry had resumed staring at Sila and Legolas.
Next Sila kneeled between Merry and Pippin. "I am very pleased to meet you both as well! You must be great warriors, for you look young, strong and healthy!"
Pippin shook his head. "No, we are not warriors, but a lot of people in the Took family are! One time my great-great grandfather went to-"
Pippin was cut off by Merry's hand closing over his mouth. "Pippin can go on and on for days about his family!" Merry smiled.
Sila and Legolas laughed again. "What merry folk you hobbits are!" exclaimed Legolas.
Sam, Merry and Pippin beamed at this compliment.
"Well, looks like we have a full day ahead of us! I would love to go and explore the rest of Imladris!" Sila was really excited, she had been dreaming of this for years.
"Imladris?" Pippin questioned.
"Rivendell in your tongue, sir Pippin."
Sam stood up and stretched. "I must go and return to Frodo's side until dinner." He bowed once more and made his way out the door.
Legolas smiled apologetically at Sila. "Forgive me, but I must leave you to explore by yourself for awhile, I must find Aragorn and have a talk with him."
"And we must rest!" chimed in Merry and Pippin, "eating always makes a hobbit dreadfully tired."
Sila smiled. "It's alright, I guess that I will see you all at dinner then!" Sila turned and nearly ran out the door. Her keen eyes could see the beautiful gardens stretched out before her. "First thing first!" she cried as she made her way up one of the trees. "How cool and fresh I feel among these branches!" She found a comfortable position and was content just gazing at her surroundings and just relaxing for a few hours (not to mention eavesdropping!). When it began to grow dark, Sila jumped down from the tree, nearly knocking over an elven-maiden underneath it.
Sila immediately recognized her as Arwen Undomiel*, Elrond's daughter, and one of the fairest elves in all middle-earth. She automatically fell on one knee.
"Forgive me Lady Arwen I should have looked before I leaped. I hope that I have not hurt you in any way."
Arwen looked at Sila and smiled. "I am fine, I managed to get out of the way in time."
"Which is a surprise considering that you are wearing one of those dreadful dresses!" Sila clapped her hand over her mouth. She always was quick to speak her mind, and it could get her into trouble quite often.
Arwen stared at Sila, an interesting expression on her face. Sila was staring down at the ground, feeling very foolish and awkward. Then, Arwen laughed. Sila looked up surprised, but in a few minutes she was laughing as well.
Arwen placed her hand on Sila's shoulder. "You must be Sila, I have heard quite a bit about you."
Sila was confused again, for Mithrandir had uttered those same words earlier. "Yes I am Sila, and honored to meet you, although I wish I could have made a better entrance!" She smiled.
Arwen laughed again. "I could not have asked for a better one myself! Come Sila, my father asked me to look for you, I must prepare you for the feast tonight!"
"Feast?"
"Yes! I guess you have not heard? The hobbit Frodo awoke just moments ago!"
"How delightful!"
"There will be a feast held in honor for him and my father will hold council tomorrow."
Sila was happy to hear that she would soon be hearing about the "burden" that this hobbit Frodo was carrying. She mused about what it could be while Arwen led her to her room. Sila gasped as the doors were opened. Her room was beautiful!!!! Her bed looked huge and comfortable, and she had a wide view of Imladris' gardens. "Wow!" She exclaimed as she turned around to face Arwen. To Sila's surprise, Arwen was gone. But then, Sila heard a sound coming from behind another door.
"Arwen?" Sila asked questioningly.
"One moment!" Sila heard Arwen's sing song voice from behind the door.
The door opened and Arwen came out carrying something in her hand that made Sila's eyes widen in horror.
"NO WAY!" Sila exclaimed still in shock from what lay in Arwen's hands.
Arwen smiled and laid the dress in Sila's hands. "I'm afraid so Sila, but my father insists.
Sila sat on the bed as a defeated sigh escaped from her lips. "Well, if Lord Elrond insists." She stared at the dress in her hands.
"It won't be that bad my dear." Arwen could see the distress in Sila's eyes. She came up from behind her and pulled her hair down. "I'll just do something nice with your hair, and we'll be all done."
Sila stood up, her long chestnut hair flowing around her shoulders. "I have to wear my hair down too?" Another sigh escaped from her, but then she laughed. "Well, this should make for an interesting night." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Legolas was sitting at the table chatting with Merry and Pippin. He noticed Lady Arwen walking into the room. He bowed and asked her, "Lady Arwen, have you seen Sila?"
Arwen smiled and then frowned. "She is supposed to be right behind me, but I figured she would be a little hesitant of entering." Arwen quickly walked back out the door, leaving Legolas to ponder her words.
Legolas turned to Merry and Pippin. "The Sila I know would not hesitate going to a feast! She is usually the first one there! I wonder what could have happened?" In a few minutes Legolas' question was answered.
Arwen was pushing Sila into the room.
Legolas gasped. Sila looked so- so- beautiful! For the first time in his life, he saw Sila with a dress on, and her hair down, and he thought she looked absolutely gorgeous. Of course he would never admit this to himself. Sila was wearing a dark green gown, which showed off her emerald eyes beautifully. The gown flowed down to the floor and the sleeves met at the shoulder before flowing down in separate pieces to her hands. The neckline flowed gracefully just below her shoulder bones and the dress fitted her curves perfectly.
Sila made her way towards Legolas, Merry and Pippin. "Good evening to you all!" She smiled at Merry and Pippin, who were turning quite red. She then turned to Legolas.
"Don't say anything!" She laughed.
Legolas laughed as well. "How did she ever convince you to put a dress on?"
"It's a secret." Sila teased.
Just then, Lord Elrond walked into the room. Mithrandir, Sam and another hobbit, which Sila and Legolas presumed was Frodo, followed him. Behind Frodo was another hobbit, though much older. They later found out that this was Bilbo.
Elrond took his seat at the head of the table. Everyone commenced eating and Legolas and Sila chatted happily.
"You know Lord Elrond is holding his council tomorrow?" Sila looked absolutely delighted.
"Yes, I guess we will finally know what burden this hobbit Frodo carries is."
"I am so excited that tomorrow is a trying wait on my patience!"
"On mine too!"
At that, Legolas and Sila laughed, until Sila stopped suddenly. She turned to Legolas an all-knowing grin on her face.
"See how Aragorn looks at Lady Arwen? And she can not seem to take her eyes off of him either.hmm.I wonder if there might be something going on between those two."
"Sila, now don't go and get yourself involved in the affairs of Aragorn and Lady Arwen. Just leave them be, alright?"
Sila sighed, knowing that she could never win an argument against Legolas. "Fine fine, whatever you say Prince Legolas," she replied in that mocking tone she used, which always brought a smile to his face.
The feast was now over, and Legolas and Sila had adjourned to another room along with everybody else. In one corner sat Bilbo, talking with Sam and Frodo. In another corner sat Merry and Pippin chatting wildly about what had happened to them in the last few days. Sila and Legolas joined in the merry making along with all the other elves, and after a while, sat down to hear old Bilbo tell stories and sing. Afterwards, Sila told Legolas that she absolutely had to get out of her dress and put her hair up, for she was dreadfully uncomfortable. She promised to meet him in the garden when she was through. As Legolas made his way outside, he noticed Aragorn talking intently to Lord Elrond, Lady Arwen by his side. At one point during the conversation, Aragorn turned to Lady Arwen, and she smiled at him. A smile Legolas thought, that was more than just friendly.
"Now Sila is really rubbing off on me! I will not meddle in such affairs of people!" He sat down on a bench, which was surrounded by a circle of trees. There was a clear view of the night sky. Legolas was a little confused at the moment, for he had this feeling in his heart that made him extremely happy, yet also carried some sadness for him. This feeling had just occurred tonight. When Sila had first walked in the room. Legolas furrowed his brow. "Now what could this mean?" He thought to himself. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Sila's voice.
"The stars look absolutely wonderful tonight don't they Legolas?"
"Yes, definitely." Legolas stared up at the sky and sighed. He was still perplexed by what he was feeling, and why it was even more nagging now that Sila was there. It made him quite uncomfortable actually.
"What's wrong Prince Legolas? Has the evening not been too eventful for the likes of you? She bowed low to him, looking quite amused. "It must have been considering all the things that happened! It certainly was for me, wearing one of those dreadful dresses! Thank goodness I was allowed to change out of it quickly! Can you imagine me trying to climb a this tree wearing one of those?" With the last sentence, Sila had jumped up into one of the trees surrounding the bench and was staring contently at the stars. She started laughing.
The perplexing feeling, the uncomfortable feeling and all of Legolas' mixed up thoughts vanished as if they had never been there, and it would be awhile before he truly would understand what those feelings meant.
In no time at all, the sound of Sila's laughter was joined by the sound of his.
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The journey to Rivendell was a short one, for the horses of the elves were very swift. Sila and Legolas weren't the only ones going, they were accompanied by some of the King's guards, who, with the insistence of the King, were sent to watch over Legolas and Sila.
The last night of the journey, Sila came up with an idea. "Hey Legolas, the guards will be checking up on us soon, why not have a little fun with them?"
Legolas' eyes gleamed with delight. "What do you have in mind?"
Sila leaned over and whispered something into his ear. Legolas smiled.
"Sounds like a plan."
A few minutes later, Alros, the head of the King's guard walked into the area where Legolas and Sila were supposed to be found. He stopped, for he could not find them, and a panic came over him. Suddenly, something hit his head lightly. It was a twig. A few more came raining down after that. He drew his bow and pointed it in the direction of the trees. He then heard a light laughter from above and grinned. Sila and Legolas dropped out from the tree.
Sila bowed. "Good Alros, forgive me, but I had to have a little fun." She smiled. "But when I saw that it was you who was to come and check on us, I figured that we could not fool you for long."
Alros laughed. "Ah, to be young again! You two get ready, for we want to make haste to Imladris."
Legolas looked at Sila, a puzzled look on his face. "I wonder why we are in such a hurry?"
"I an not quite sure, but the sooner we get there, the better!" Sila gathered her things, and walked towards Ely.
A few minutes later, everyone was ready to go. The sun was slowly rising, and it rays were barely visible against the horizon.
They reached Rivendell quickly, just as the sun had fully risen above the mountains.
Lord Elrond himself came to greet them.
"Greetings Prince Legolas! I have had news of your comings. How fares Northern Mirkwood?"
Legolas bowed low to Lord Elrond. "It fares well, and my father sends his best. I thank you for the kindness you have already shown to us upon our arrival in Imladris."
Elrond smiled and turned to Sila who was staring wide-eyed around her. "And who might you be? A maiden, but a warrior of Mirkwood it seems."
Sila smiled and bowed to Elrond, following Legolas' example. "My name is Sila, daughter of Eria, advisor to King Thranduil. What an honor it is to be here in beautiful Imladris, and to be greeted by Lord Elrond himself!"
Elrond laughed. "Come inside, both of you, we will tend to your horses. You must be hungry. Much went on last night, and I must inform you of it."
Sila and Legolas followed Elrond to halls of Elrond's house. At the end of the long table sat Lord Elrond, and on either side of him were Lord Glorfindel and Mithrandir*. Sitting at other parts of the table were three small people. Next to them was Aragorn, a ranger he appeared to be, but there was this air about him, and he looked as honourable as any king. Sila and Legolas had met him when he came to Mirkwood to deliver Gollum. Both her and Legolas were overjoyed to be seeing him again.
Sila leaned over and whispered in Legolas' ear, "Those are hobbits! I read about them in one of my lessons! And there is Mithrandir! Something must be amiss Legolas, for Mithrandir to be here!"
Sila and Legolas took seats at the end of the table. Many other elven maidens sitting at the table stared at her curiously, for they had never seen a female elven- warrior. They were also staring at Legolas, one of the fairest elves in Mirkwood.not to mention the Prince ( ^_~ )
After the very delicious meal, Legolas and Sila followed Elrond into a small room. There they found Mithrandir and the three hobbits sitting. The three hobbits each got up bowed, and introduced themselves.
"Hullo, pleased to meet your acquaintance, my name is Sam Gamgee of Hobbiton." Sam looked rather excited to be seeing more elves.
"Hullo, I am Merry, of the Brandybuck family, from the Brandywine."
"And I am Pippin, of the great Took family!"
Sila smiled and turned towards Mithrandir, to whom Legolas was already talking. "Mithrandir! What an absolute pleasure to be in your company!"
"Tis my pleasure as well, Sila, for I have heard much about you."
Sila looked rather shocked, but Mithrandir said nothing more of the sort.
Elrond began to talk. "We have a very important matter at hand." He proceeded to tell the story of Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry and Aragorn's flight to the ford and what happened there after. "Frodo is lying in bed now, I have healed him, and we will see what comes of it." At these words, Pippin, Sam and Merry looked rather dismayed. "I will hold a counsel when he awakes, for he carries a heavy burden for us all." Sila and Legolas looked rather confused. "I will not speak of it now, but I will wait until the counsel. Now Mithrandir and I must be off for now, and we will leave you all to do whatever you wish. My house is open to you."
Elrond and Mithrandir left the room in a hurry. Legolas and Sila were still in utter confusion.
"Hey Legolas, what do you think that was all about?"
'To tell you the truth Sila, I have absolutely no idea.Although, I hope that this hobbit Frodo, that was hurt at the Ford will fare better soon."
"I agree. I am extremely curious, but I guess I must wait until the council."
Legolas smiled. "And hopefully we wont have to wait a thousand years for that!" (A/N: Which is really not a long time for them, but in this case, for curiosity, it is.)
Sila and Legolas both laughed at this. All of a sudden, they felt three pairs of eyes staring at them. They slowly turned their heads, and saw Merry, Pippin and Sam staring at them wide-eyed. When the hobbits saw that they had been caught, they turned around quickly, their faces beet red.
Sam stood up. "Pardon me, but I dearly love you fair folk! I can not help but be amazed!"
Sila laughed and turned to Legolas. "How polite these hobbits are!"
Sam's face was turning all shades of red, for he did not know what they were saying, and why they were laughing.
Sila kneeled down so she was face to face with Sam. "Well, my dear Sam, I must say that you extremely polite, and I am honored to meet you! If all hobbits are like you, I would dearly love to visit the Hobbiton (Shire) one day!"
Sam nodded in delight. "You must, you would love it!" With that, he turned around and sat back in his seat.
Pippin and Merry had resumed staring at Sila and Legolas.
Next Sila kneeled between Merry and Pippin. "I am very pleased to meet you both as well! You must be great warriors, for you look young, strong and healthy!"
Pippin shook his head. "No, we are not warriors, but a lot of people in the Took family are! One time my great-great grandfather went to-"
Pippin was cut off by Merry's hand closing over his mouth. "Pippin can go on and on for days about his family!" Merry smiled.
Sila and Legolas laughed again. "What merry folk you hobbits are!" exclaimed Legolas.
Sam, Merry and Pippin beamed at this compliment.
"Well, looks like we have a full day ahead of us! I would love to go and explore the rest of Imladris!" Sila was really excited, she had been dreaming of this for years.
"Imladris?" Pippin questioned.
"Rivendell in your tongue, sir Pippin."
Sam stood up and stretched. "I must go and return to Frodo's side until dinner." He bowed once more and made his way out the door.
Legolas smiled apologetically at Sila. "Forgive me, but I must leave you to explore by yourself for awhile, I must find Aragorn and have a talk with him."
"And we must rest!" chimed in Merry and Pippin, "eating always makes a hobbit dreadfully tired."
Sila smiled. "It's alright, I guess that I will see you all at dinner then!" Sila turned and nearly ran out the door. Her keen eyes could see the beautiful gardens stretched out before her. "First thing first!" she cried as she made her way up one of the trees. "How cool and fresh I feel among these branches!" She found a comfortable position and was content just gazing at her surroundings and just relaxing for a few hours (not to mention eavesdropping!). When it began to grow dark, Sila jumped down from the tree, nearly knocking over an elven-maiden underneath it.
Sila immediately recognized her as Arwen Undomiel*, Elrond's daughter, and one of the fairest elves in all middle-earth. She automatically fell on one knee.
"Forgive me Lady Arwen I should have looked before I leaped. I hope that I have not hurt you in any way."
Arwen looked at Sila and smiled. "I am fine, I managed to get out of the way in time."
"Which is a surprise considering that you are wearing one of those dreadful dresses!" Sila clapped her hand over her mouth. She always was quick to speak her mind, and it could get her into trouble quite often.
Arwen stared at Sila, an interesting expression on her face. Sila was staring down at the ground, feeling very foolish and awkward. Then, Arwen laughed. Sila looked up surprised, but in a few minutes she was laughing as well.
Arwen placed her hand on Sila's shoulder. "You must be Sila, I have heard quite a bit about you."
Sila was confused again, for Mithrandir had uttered those same words earlier. "Yes I am Sila, and honored to meet you, although I wish I could have made a better entrance!" She smiled.
Arwen laughed again. "I could not have asked for a better one myself! Come Sila, my father asked me to look for you, I must prepare you for the feast tonight!"
"Feast?"
"Yes! I guess you have not heard? The hobbit Frodo awoke just moments ago!"
"How delightful!"
"There will be a feast held in honor for him and my father will hold council tomorrow."
Sila was happy to hear that she would soon be hearing about the "burden" that this hobbit Frodo was carrying. She mused about what it could be while Arwen led her to her room. Sila gasped as the doors were opened. Her room was beautiful!!!! Her bed looked huge and comfortable, and she had a wide view of Imladris' gardens. "Wow!" She exclaimed as she turned around to face Arwen. To Sila's surprise, Arwen was gone. But then, Sila heard a sound coming from behind another door.
"Arwen?" Sila asked questioningly.
"One moment!" Sila heard Arwen's sing song voice from behind the door.
The door opened and Arwen came out carrying something in her hand that made Sila's eyes widen in horror.
"NO WAY!" Sila exclaimed still in shock from what lay in Arwen's hands.
Arwen smiled and laid the dress in Sila's hands. "I'm afraid so Sila, but my father insists.
Sila sat on the bed as a defeated sigh escaped from her lips. "Well, if Lord Elrond insists." She stared at the dress in her hands.
"It won't be that bad my dear." Arwen could see the distress in Sila's eyes. She came up from behind her and pulled her hair down. "I'll just do something nice with your hair, and we'll be all done."
Sila stood up, her long chestnut hair flowing around her shoulders. "I have to wear my hair down too?" Another sigh escaped from her, but then she laughed. "Well, this should make for an interesting night." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Legolas was sitting at the table chatting with Merry and Pippin. He noticed Lady Arwen walking into the room. He bowed and asked her, "Lady Arwen, have you seen Sila?"
Arwen smiled and then frowned. "She is supposed to be right behind me, but I figured she would be a little hesitant of entering." Arwen quickly walked back out the door, leaving Legolas to ponder her words.
Legolas turned to Merry and Pippin. "The Sila I know would not hesitate going to a feast! She is usually the first one there! I wonder what could have happened?" In a few minutes Legolas' question was answered.
Arwen was pushing Sila into the room.
Legolas gasped. Sila looked so- so- beautiful! For the first time in his life, he saw Sila with a dress on, and her hair down, and he thought she looked absolutely gorgeous. Of course he would never admit this to himself. Sila was wearing a dark green gown, which showed off her emerald eyes beautifully. The gown flowed down to the floor and the sleeves met at the shoulder before flowing down in separate pieces to her hands. The neckline flowed gracefully just below her shoulder bones and the dress fitted her curves perfectly.
Sila made her way towards Legolas, Merry and Pippin. "Good evening to you all!" She smiled at Merry and Pippin, who were turning quite red. She then turned to Legolas.
"Don't say anything!" She laughed.
Legolas laughed as well. "How did she ever convince you to put a dress on?"
"It's a secret." Sila teased.
Just then, Lord Elrond walked into the room. Mithrandir, Sam and another hobbit, which Sila and Legolas presumed was Frodo, followed him. Behind Frodo was another hobbit, though much older. They later found out that this was Bilbo.
Elrond took his seat at the head of the table. Everyone commenced eating and Legolas and Sila chatted happily.
"You know Lord Elrond is holding his council tomorrow?" Sila looked absolutely delighted.
"Yes, I guess we will finally know what burden this hobbit Frodo carries is."
"I am so excited that tomorrow is a trying wait on my patience!"
"On mine too!"
At that, Legolas and Sila laughed, until Sila stopped suddenly. She turned to Legolas an all-knowing grin on her face.
"See how Aragorn looks at Lady Arwen? And she can not seem to take her eyes off of him either.hmm.I wonder if there might be something going on between those two."
"Sila, now don't go and get yourself involved in the affairs of Aragorn and Lady Arwen. Just leave them be, alright?"
Sila sighed, knowing that she could never win an argument against Legolas. "Fine fine, whatever you say Prince Legolas," she replied in that mocking tone she used, which always brought a smile to his face.
The feast was now over, and Legolas and Sila had adjourned to another room along with everybody else. In one corner sat Bilbo, talking with Sam and Frodo. In another corner sat Merry and Pippin chatting wildly about what had happened to them in the last few days. Sila and Legolas joined in the merry making along with all the other elves, and after a while, sat down to hear old Bilbo tell stories and sing. Afterwards, Sila told Legolas that she absolutely had to get out of her dress and put her hair up, for she was dreadfully uncomfortable. She promised to meet him in the garden when she was through. As Legolas made his way outside, he noticed Aragorn talking intently to Lord Elrond, Lady Arwen by his side. At one point during the conversation, Aragorn turned to Lady Arwen, and she smiled at him. A smile Legolas thought, that was more than just friendly.
"Now Sila is really rubbing off on me! I will not meddle in such affairs of people!" He sat down on a bench, which was surrounded by a circle of trees. There was a clear view of the night sky. Legolas was a little confused at the moment, for he had this feeling in his heart that made him extremely happy, yet also carried some sadness for him. This feeling had just occurred tonight. When Sila had first walked in the room. Legolas furrowed his brow. "Now what could this mean?" He thought to himself. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Sila's voice.
"The stars look absolutely wonderful tonight don't they Legolas?"
"Yes, definitely." Legolas stared up at the sky and sighed. He was still perplexed by what he was feeling, and why it was even more nagging now that Sila was there. It made him quite uncomfortable actually.
"What's wrong Prince Legolas? Has the evening not been too eventful for the likes of you? She bowed low to him, looking quite amused. "It must have been considering all the things that happened! It certainly was for me, wearing one of those dreadful dresses! Thank goodness I was allowed to change out of it quickly! Can you imagine me trying to climb a this tree wearing one of those?" With the last sentence, Sila had jumped up into one of the trees surrounding the bench and was staring contently at the stars. She started laughing.
The perplexing feeling, the uncomfortable feeling and all of Legolas' mixed up thoughts vanished as if they had never been there, and it would be awhile before he truly would understand what those feelings meant.
In no time at all, the sound of Sila's laughter was joined by the sound of his.
Well, here's the second chapter! I hope that you enjoyed it*^_^*
Please don't forget to e-mail me with any questions that you have!!!! R&R too please! Hehe.tata! Oh um, I've heard a lot of talk about Mary Sues and I can assure you that Sila is not a mary sue.if you are still not convinced just wait until the later chapters ;) * CharlieStarz * * Evenstar.of her people
