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Chapter 30: Legolas

It did not take Celebfaer all that long to work out where Legolas' rooms were. She had exited the castle, then walked around the dwelling, admiring it while trying to find where his rooms were, when suddenly she had seen a servant fleeing from a small house that was facing south west, and a little separate from the rest of the houses.

The servant had looked like she was fleeing for her life, tears apparent on her face, so Celebfaer found it easy to guess where Legolas lived, for she knew him to have a great temper. Arwen had warned her about it once back in Rivendell when Celebfaer and Legolas had first become friends. Celebfaer felt sorry for the poor servant that had been in the line of fire. But she headed in the direction of the house that the servant fled so quickly from, for she needed to speak with Legolas.

Timidly, Celebfaer knocked on the door, the butterflies in her stomach causing her to fidget nervously because she was a little nervous about talking to him. She had thought him dead for so long and now that she had seen him again, everything that she should have said to him had come flushing back into her mind. Celebfaer knew that this time some of those things needed to be said, even though it was not proper as she was promised to another. The circumstances had changed, but her feelings had not.

Legolas opened the door, looking as though he was ready to kill whoever dared to disturb his peace again, but when he saw it was Celebfaer his face smoothed over, back to its normal serene state and he sighed then opened the door a little wider. "Come in Faer hen." He said softly and she looked up at him then walked into his rooms, looking around at their contents.

They were plain and very much like her own rooms had been back in Lothlorien which made her smile as she remembered her rooms that she missed dearly. Except that these rooms were much larger, the main room was the size of two bedrooms and she wondered if the bedroom was bigger.

"We have been rebuilding much of the dwelling, for my father wanted to come out of the ground and have a dwelling up above in the trees, where we belong." Legolas explained as he watched her look around his rooms in wonder. He could not believe that it was in fact her standing in front of him. He had wished for this moment for so long and now that it was here, he could not find any words to say to her, for he merely wanted to look at her.

Celebfaer nodded then she sat down and waited until he was seated opposite her before she spoke. "I waited a full month after Galadriel announced that the ring had been destroyed and you nor any word of you came to Lothlorien. The calling to leave the wood was too strong by then, so I left." She said softly, pausing slightly, waiting to see if he would explode in anger at her at her before she would continue.

"Arwen told me that you were dead." Legolas said interrupting her before she could continue. "She came with an escort from Lothlorien that included Elladan and Elrohir so that she and Aragorn could be wedded. The Lady had told her that on the day of your departure from Lothlorien, your horse had returned but an hour after you had gone, without a rider. Haldir, Orophin and Rumil searched the woods and surrounding areas for days afterwards, but found not a trace of you or any thing that indicated a struggle that you may have had. They found not even the slightest trace of where you had gone or what may have befell you."

"My people found me Legolas. They have accepted me and I have learnt many things from them. My mother is the Queen of our people and it is my duty to follow in her footsteps." She said looking at him, watching carefully for his reaction again.

"Then why are you here?" He asked her a tinge of anger and irritation in his voice. It appeared to her that he was very easy to anger now, so she stepped lightly.

"We were sent on a quest to cleanse my wings and the only way to do that is to bathe them in a pool on the very top of Withered Heath."

"We? Celebfaer, if that is indeed your name, this male Fairy is he your lover?" Legolas asked her. She had not expected Legolas to ask this so soon, but she could not lie to him, so sighing, she nodded in response.

"If the quest succeeds, we are to be wedded when we arrive back in the Realm." She said, looking at the floor beside him, not wanting to tell him the news.

"Do you love him?" Legolas asked her and she looked up at him before looking away once again.

"My mother chose him for me and I must honor her wishes. He is a good and noble Fairy, a great warrior perfect in every way and worthy to be king........"

"But do you love him?" Legolas asked, standing up this time and she closed her eyes, calming herself before she answered him.

"Nay, I do not." She replied standing up also and Legolas looked at her, his eyes questioning. "Legolas, I only ever loved one person in my life and I never had the courage to tell them how I really felt."

"Then tell them now that you can admit it to yourself. Leave my forest and me in peace." He said an emotionless expression on his face, but Celebfaer could tell from what he said that her appearance in his home had disturbed him, and it pained her heart to know that.

"It is you that I love Legolas. I always have since the day we rode through the woods of Rivendell on your horse." She admitted and he looked at her, the same emotionless expression still on his face. "Do you remember that day?" She asked with a smile.

It was a few minutes before Legolas answered her question and she had begun to think that he had forgotten.

"When I found you sitting on that horse, lifeless and dreamy I thought your spirit had left you and I was almost about to run back to Rivendell to fetch Elrond and make him cure you. Then you opened your eyes and I knew the Valar was giving me a sign. That I had to protect you to save you from all harm in the world or else the peaceful spirit that you are would leave the earth forever and never come back." He said, closing his eyes as he remembered a smile forming on his lips as he spoke.

"Legolas, Mildred and I must continue on our journey. I wish for my wings to be cleansed." She said calmly, hoping he would understand.

His eyes opened and he looked at her, those blue eyes that she loved so much boreing into her own eyes as though trying to see through to her very core and into her soul.

"Then let me come with you." He said and she shook her head slowly, but he continued before she could speak in protest. "I shall help protect you on the journey like I promised you I would."

"I cannot allow that."

"Then I will follow you on my horse. My father will not deny me the use of a horse, as long as I return to the dwelling. You cannot stop me Celebfaer."

"I must talk to Mildred. For it is his challenge to help me cleanse my wings and he must be the one with the final decision. Legolas there are a few things you must know before you can accompany us......."

"I do not care." Legolas said firmly, the power and pride that he held evident in his eyes.

"But you do not understand........"

"Go and ask Mildred!" Legolas commanded and she looked at him, defiance in her eyes.

"It will not be that simple Legolas." She answered back staring him down and he sighed, weakening.

"Well at least stay until you can ask him."

"Seeing as you left so early, you did not hear that we have accepted your father's offer and will be staying for a time in Eryn Lasgalen." She told him.

"Then, I shall have to give you the royal tour, as was promised." He said with a small smile and she laughed.

"I am surprised that you remember, though Mildred will have to come also." She said and Legolas looked at her anger flaring in his eyes once more.

"It was not in the agreement that I would show him around........"

"Surely Legolas as an heir you would know the responsibility that your father puts upon you. I too have a responsibility to my people as my mothers first-daughter." She said, then she sighed. "And now I must go before Mildred comes to look for me and seeing that I am not in my room, decides to burn the whole of Eryn Lasgalen down. His anger is already flared at being told off for his display in front of your father today. Surely if I am not in my room when he wishes to speak with me, then he will burn down this beautiful wood, believing that I have run off with an Elf." She said, but before Legolas could respond to her comment, she walked out of the room.

As she headed back to her room, Celebfaer looked for Mildred's mind to see where he was. He was still in his room, but he was not as angry as he had been.

'Rydia stop doing that.' He sent to her when he felt her searching for his mind and she smiled.

'I am coming.' She told him.