A/N: Thanks once again to all my reviewers - Akumu Angel, thanks for the
tip. I don't have a very good thesaurus in my head and I tend to repeat
words a lot. So, I re-read each chapter like 5 or 6 times to filter out bad
bits and try to fine tune everything, but sometimes I get slack and just
post it when I haven't read it so many times. So sometimes there are bits
that I'm not all that happy with, but I keep pushing myself to update every
few days at least, or else I drive myself crazy.
The next few chapters will take a while to update because I have exams in a week and I don't even have a rough idea of what's going to happen in some of them, so bare with me! The story will hopefully be finished by the end of November though or else I probably won't be able to update for a while.
I have two endings in my head, one of them is on paper, but the other I'm still debating where it will fit in, so that it goes perfectly, but I don't know if I'll do that one yet. I might post both yet, but we are quite a way away from the ending, so until I decide I'll keep posting chapters.
That's enough raving for one chapter and once again THANK YOU to ALL of my reviewers and here is the next installment.
Disclaimer: All things that are associated with Middle Earth are copyrighted to Tolkien, not me!
Chapter 33: Unexpected Departure
The next morning Celebfaer walked into Thranduil's study, as she had been told, to find that Legolas and the King were the only ones present. She had thought that the king might have asked his youngest son and possibly Mildred to be present also, but it seemed that they were to be the only three. Legolas appeared to be in a serious conversation with his father, but when she entered both the elves stopped their conversation then stood and Legolas bowed his head slightly to her, but the king remained standing, so Celebfaer bowed to him in greeting.
"My lady, I have requested to my father that I accompany you and your companion to the peak of Withered Heath, to help protect you on your quest." Legolas said before anything could be said by Celebfaer or the king of the quest that she and Mildred had to undertake.
"And I have given consent, because it is advisable that you take an Elf with you as a guide and though I wish it were not my son, he is willing to go. I do not doubt that we will find an Elf as willing or as skilled as Legolas." Thranduil replied.
Celebfaer looked from Legolas to Thranduil in disbelief. Thranduil was willing to send his eldest son into a peril that none knew the full extent of and Legolas was also as willing to go. She could not see any logic behind it but she knew she would be grateful for the company.
She was just about to answer to tell them that it would be advisable for Legolas to stay in Eryn Lasgalen, when the door behind her flew open and Mildred strode into the room. Seeing Celebfaer, he threw a quick glare in her direction, then he turned to address the King, ignoring Legolas completely.
"My lord." He said, bowing deeply. "We thank you for your kind offer of a place to rest for the past two days but we must be getting on our way for the journey is long and we are expected back in our realm as soon as can be arranged." He added and Celebfaer turned around to look at him, a little shocked at his announcement.
'Mildred, what game do you play?' She sent to him but he did not respond and Thranduil looked at Celebfaer, as did Legolas, questions in their eyes.
"Is this true Celebfaer?" Thranduil asked.
Before Celebfaer could respond to the king, she felt as though little needles were pricking her brain and even though they were little pinpricks, they hurt quite a bit. Before she could guess what was going on, she heard Mildred's voice in her head.
'You will agree with me Celebfaer. We have stayed here long enough and it is time we were on with the quest, which I may add is mine and mine alone. Queen Asura told you I was to be making all the decisions, while you are to just cleanse your wings and let me do all the fighting.' He sent firmly and angrily and she was a little confused as to why he had this sudden outburst of anger.
She had thought that he had been set straight last night, however Mildred had decided to fight back and he was determined to get Celebfaer away from the corruption of the elves, particularly the elven prince. She realised that Mildred was serious when she hesitated and the pain became more intense. So, trying not to show what was going on inside her head Celebfaer turned to address the King.
"It appears so my lord. Our need is great and we will accept your offer of a guide as long as they can be ready by noon." She said calmly and not willing to let Mildred feel that he could order her about by force. Besides she did not want to travel with Mildred alone after the words he had said to her the night before and what he was doing to her now.
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she felt the needles stop pushing into her brain, most probably because Mildred was too shocked to concentrate on it. The second the pins stopped, Celebfaer put up a mental barrier, blocking Mildred out of her head so that he could not do anything to her again, it was a skill that she had picked up from learning the mind control from Galadriel. Once she had blocked him, Celebfaer could feel that he was trying to talk in her head again but she refused to let him argue with her, as she would not budge in this matter.
"Well then." The king said a little startled. "I wished we had been given more time for Legolas to decide the best path, but it appears that you are indeed in a hurry and so we shall not hinder you further. I shall have the kitchens prepare enough food for you to carry with you and then we shall meet you in the stables at noon." The king said and she nodded, smiling.
"Your hospitality is immense and we thank you my lord. No ill word of the elves in Eryn Lasgalen shall be heard from our mouths." She said bowing to the king, and then she turned to Legolas. "Master Greenleaf, I believe we shall not get our tour of the forest after all and I am saddened by this but haste is needed and we shall have to ride quite hard." She said and she bowed to both of them. "I thank you both for your counsel and look forward to our return to Eryn Lasgalen."
Then she turned and walked from the room, Mildred close behind her. Once they were away from the king's study, Mildred glared at her.
'I told you the decisions about the quest are mine and mine alone to make. We will not take this Elf with us.' He sent angrily and she thought he was acting like a child, not a 2487-year-old fairy.
'Believe me Mildred we will. You may just find that you will learn a thing or two about Elves and this is your chance to compete for my love.' She admitted, then she turned from the hallway, leaving Mildred standing there, glaring after her.
It was the first that she had spoken to any other fairy of what she had Legolas had shared and even that much was still vague, but still enough to anger Mildred because he had been lied to. She knew now that she would have to watch Mildred very carefully from now on.
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By noon they were all heading towards the stables. Celebfaer had been there for some time, talking to her horse and then Mildred's, making sure that they would be alright for the journey. She had just finished talking to Mildred's horse when she saw Legolas enter the stable.
Celebfaer looked up at Legolas then smiled. He smiled back as he headed for his own horse and started rubbing its nose affectionately; the horse tossed its head happily in response. Celebfaer went back to her horse and put her luggage on the back of it, glad that she had refused the saddle that had been offered to her when she had left the fairy realm.
Then, Mildred walked into the stables. As he walked past Legolas the two eyed each other as though they were enemies and the Mildred walked swiftly to where his horse was. Seeing that Celebfaer had her hand on his horse's nose as well as her own horse, Mildred looked at her questioningly.
"Rydia?" He said when he had reached where she was with the horses.
"Mildred, your horse does not like the saddle you use." Celebfaer said, looking at his horse, then looking back to Mildred, to see that he had an unreadable expression on his face.
"She is a horse, she may not like it but it is her job to bear me and she will." He said, gruffly his eyes looking straight through Celebfaer's. 'Besides it is clear you were trained too much by the Elves. Riding without a saddle? And talking to horses? This is why your sister is probably a better choice for the throne.' He sent harshly and she laughed.
"You have a lot to learn young one." She said, then she opened the door to let her horse out of the stall it was held in. Her horse walked out obediently and then she took the reins and led her horse out of the stables, to the courtyard.
The King was waiting in the courtyard to see them off and when he saw Celebfaer come out of the stables with her horse, he nodded in approval that it bore no saddle. "You ride without a saddle?" He said and she nodded in affirmation to the king. Then, Mildred walked his horse out with a saddle on it and the King frowned at Celebfaer. "Yet your companion does not. Could it be that you were trained to ride in Lothlorien?" He asked and she nodded.
"Indeed I was my lord. However, my folk are also trained to ride without a saddle, but they do not ride without a saddle for long distances. For short distances they are able to ride but for long journeys such as ours, it is better for them to ride with a saddle." She replied.
"I see also that you carry a bow carved in Lothlorien, yet your companion appears unarmed." The king said and Celebfaer laughed.
"Our folk always appear unarmed and helpless, but we have other ways of defending ourselves." She said to the king.
Celebfaer knew also that Mildred carried a sword and she could see it, though none of the elves would be able to see it. Before he had left the realm, one of the female fairies had cast an invisibility spell on the scabbard that held the sword and while sheathed none would see Mildred's sword but himself and any other fairy.
Celebfaer bowed to the king once more. "Once again I thank you for your generosity and we shall return back to Eryn Lasgalen with as much haste as possible to return your son."
"But the question is, will he want to return." The king said softly and she heard it then looked at him questioningly, curious as to what he would say. "I may not be able to stop him from following you back to your realm." He added and she laughed.
"It is dangerous to assume the things you assume my lord. But I shall make sure your son is returned to Eryn Lasgalen so that one day he may be able to follow his father and become a wise King of Eryn Lasgalen himself." She said looking over to the entrance to the stables, to see that Legolas had just come out, leading his horse.
Once out of the stables, Legolas' horse walked over to where Celebfaer's horse was standing and Legolas appeared a little shocked. Legolas was almost glad to see that his father was there also.
"Father, my horse does not want to leave you." Legolas said and the king laughed, then embraced his eldest son.
As Thranduil started to talk to his son, Celebfaer tuned out then she jumped up onto her horse, looking around to see that Legolas had fought off his father and was already mounted, but still talking to his father. Mildred was just mounting his horse as she looked over towards him. 'Are you ready Mildred?' She asked him, amusement in her voice as he settled himself on the horse.
'Indeed I am.' He replied.
Celebfaer smiled, knowing that it was going to be a rather interesting quest indeed. But before she could suggest that they be on their way, a young female Elf ran through the small crowd that was gathered. She ran up to Legolas's horse and put her hand on his ankle looking up at him with fear in her eyes.
"You had better come back Legolas. If I'd had a say you would never have gone but you always put yourself in danger these days." She said and he looked at her then smiled.
"I did not know you had returned. I would not have volunteered had I known you were back." He said softly and she smiled at him.
"I returned but two hours ago. I have been searching for you since and it is only just now that I have found out that you are leaving with a slim chance that you shall return!" She said looking up at him with sad eyes.
"It is alright, I shall return as soon as I can. I could never leave you all by yourself for too long." He said, leaning down to run his fingers down the side of her face tenderly. "I promise to return." He added, then he straightened up and told her to stand back.
"Farewell." The King said then, as the female elf went to stand by his side. "May the Valar help your quest and bless it so that no danger may disturb this quest. Now go with haste and come back quick." He said and Celebfaer bowed once more, then she spoke a word to her horse and it took off, Mildred and Legolas following close behind her.
Not long after they left Eryn Lasgalen; Mildred made his horse come towards Celebfaer's, who was leading the way through the forest. But instead of stopping as Celebfaer had thought he would, Mildred led his horse further, making it pick up speed as it went a smile on his face as he passed Celebfaer.
'Let's see if you can keep up, because we have to go fast for a few days so that we make up for the time that we lost whilst staying with the Elves, my lady.' He sent and she just laughed.
'I could keep up with you on a horse while I was walking.' She replied and she felt the needles again. 'And Mildred if you do that one more time, you will experience the same fate as the cave troll.' She sent to him angrily, commanding her horse into a gallop and she chased Mildred as his horse galloped through the forest, just ahead of her all the time.
After a few minutes, Celebfaer looked behind her wondering what had become of Legolas and if he was still behind them, but she saw that the Elf was no where to be seen. She turned back to face the front and was about to tell Mildred, that they had lost their guide, when suddenly Legolas's horse flew out of the woods directly in front of Mildred causing Mildred's horse to rear, throwing him to the ground. Thinking quickly, Celebfaer pulled her horse up as fast as she could so that her horse would not trample Mildred and cause him further damage.
"Legolas." Celebfaer said irritably but he was still looking down at Mildred, curiosity and irritation evident on his face, so Celebfaer jumped off her horse then walked over to where the fairy was starting to sit up, still a little dazed from the fall. "Are you okay Mildred?" She asked and he looked up at her, then he sat up and she saw some blood on the back of his cloak.
"I think I am fine....." He started, but he was cut off because she was down on her knees, her hands moving lightly over his back as she whispered words that neither Mildred nor Legolas could hear.
"What is she doing?" Legolas asked Mildred curiously and Mildred shrugged.
"Healing probably. What were you thinking?" Mildred asked, his voice poison.
"I am the guide, so you will follow me. There are places in this forest that are foul and if you stumble on them unaware, you will never be seen again. Though Sauron has been destroyed Orcs and other foul beings still roam the world and we are yet to rid this wood of all the evil that it was once named for." Legolas said and Mildred laughed.
"You think I am harmless because I do not appear armed?" He asked Legolas then, he muttered something before producing a sword from out of the air.
Legolas looked around then frowned. "How did you do that?" He asked and Mildred laughed.
Celebfaer was finished and as she came back to herself, she took in the scene before her, Mildred was still sitting down, but he had his sword in his hands, and it was pointed at Legolas. Legolas was still on the horse and he looked confused.
"Mildred, stop showing off and put that foul weapon away." She said and he did as he was instructed; though to Legolas's eyes the sword disappeared once more. "As for you Legolas, you seem to have forgotten that Mildred is also a Fairy and his wings can be crushed by a fall such as that. We are on a journey to cleanse my wings, not Mildred's as well." She added and then she walked back to her horse and mounted it. "Mildred, your wings are fine there was little damage and what damage there was it was fixable."
Mildred stood up took off his cloak then tested his wings before thanking her. Then he donned the cloak once more and mounted his horse again.
"I am the guide, and the two of you shall follow my lead." Legolas said firmly looking at Celebfaer, then to Mildred, his look daring the male Fairy to challenge his authority. Seeing that Mildred was ignoring the look Legolas gave him, Legolas took off on his horse at a fast pace, but not as fast as they had been going before Mildred's horse had thrown him.
The next few chapters will take a while to update because I have exams in a week and I don't even have a rough idea of what's going to happen in some of them, so bare with me! The story will hopefully be finished by the end of November though or else I probably won't be able to update for a while.
I have two endings in my head, one of them is on paper, but the other I'm still debating where it will fit in, so that it goes perfectly, but I don't know if I'll do that one yet. I might post both yet, but we are quite a way away from the ending, so until I decide I'll keep posting chapters.
That's enough raving for one chapter and once again THANK YOU to ALL of my reviewers and here is the next installment.
Disclaimer: All things that are associated with Middle Earth are copyrighted to Tolkien, not me!
Chapter 33: Unexpected Departure
The next morning Celebfaer walked into Thranduil's study, as she had been told, to find that Legolas and the King were the only ones present. She had thought that the king might have asked his youngest son and possibly Mildred to be present also, but it seemed that they were to be the only three. Legolas appeared to be in a serious conversation with his father, but when she entered both the elves stopped their conversation then stood and Legolas bowed his head slightly to her, but the king remained standing, so Celebfaer bowed to him in greeting.
"My lady, I have requested to my father that I accompany you and your companion to the peak of Withered Heath, to help protect you on your quest." Legolas said before anything could be said by Celebfaer or the king of the quest that she and Mildred had to undertake.
"And I have given consent, because it is advisable that you take an Elf with you as a guide and though I wish it were not my son, he is willing to go. I do not doubt that we will find an Elf as willing or as skilled as Legolas." Thranduil replied.
Celebfaer looked from Legolas to Thranduil in disbelief. Thranduil was willing to send his eldest son into a peril that none knew the full extent of and Legolas was also as willing to go. She could not see any logic behind it but she knew she would be grateful for the company.
She was just about to answer to tell them that it would be advisable for Legolas to stay in Eryn Lasgalen, when the door behind her flew open and Mildred strode into the room. Seeing Celebfaer, he threw a quick glare in her direction, then he turned to address the King, ignoring Legolas completely.
"My lord." He said, bowing deeply. "We thank you for your kind offer of a place to rest for the past two days but we must be getting on our way for the journey is long and we are expected back in our realm as soon as can be arranged." He added and Celebfaer turned around to look at him, a little shocked at his announcement.
'Mildred, what game do you play?' She sent to him but he did not respond and Thranduil looked at Celebfaer, as did Legolas, questions in their eyes.
"Is this true Celebfaer?" Thranduil asked.
Before Celebfaer could respond to the king, she felt as though little needles were pricking her brain and even though they were little pinpricks, they hurt quite a bit. Before she could guess what was going on, she heard Mildred's voice in her head.
'You will agree with me Celebfaer. We have stayed here long enough and it is time we were on with the quest, which I may add is mine and mine alone. Queen Asura told you I was to be making all the decisions, while you are to just cleanse your wings and let me do all the fighting.' He sent firmly and angrily and she was a little confused as to why he had this sudden outburst of anger.
She had thought that he had been set straight last night, however Mildred had decided to fight back and he was determined to get Celebfaer away from the corruption of the elves, particularly the elven prince. She realised that Mildred was serious when she hesitated and the pain became more intense. So, trying not to show what was going on inside her head Celebfaer turned to address the King.
"It appears so my lord. Our need is great and we will accept your offer of a guide as long as they can be ready by noon." She said calmly and not willing to let Mildred feel that he could order her about by force. Besides she did not want to travel with Mildred alone after the words he had said to her the night before and what he was doing to her now.
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she felt the needles stop pushing into her brain, most probably because Mildred was too shocked to concentrate on it. The second the pins stopped, Celebfaer put up a mental barrier, blocking Mildred out of her head so that he could not do anything to her again, it was a skill that she had picked up from learning the mind control from Galadriel. Once she had blocked him, Celebfaer could feel that he was trying to talk in her head again but she refused to let him argue with her, as she would not budge in this matter.
"Well then." The king said a little startled. "I wished we had been given more time for Legolas to decide the best path, but it appears that you are indeed in a hurry and so we shall not hinder you further. I shall have the kitchens prepare enough food for you to carry with you and then we shall meet you in the stables at noon." The king said and she nodded, smiling.
"Your hospitality is immense and we thank you my lord. No ill word of the elves in Eryn Lasgalen shall be heard from our mouths." She said bowing to the king, and then she turned to Legolas. "Master Greenleaf, I believe we shall not get our tour of the forest after all and I am saddened by this but haste is needed and we shall have to ride quite hard." She said and she bowed to both of them. "I thank you both for your counsel and look forward to our return to Eryn Lasgalen."
Then she turned and walked from the room, Mildred close behind her. Once they were away from the king's study, Mildred glared at her.
'I told you the decisions about the quest are mine and mine alone to make. We will not take this Elf with us.' He sent angrily and she thought he was acting like a child, not a 2487-year-old fairy.
'Believe me Mildred we will. You may just find that you will learn a thing or two about Elves and this is your chance to compete for my love.' She admitted, then she turned from the hallway, leaving Mildred standing there, glaring after her.
It was the first that she had spoken to any other fairy of what she had Legolas had shared and even that much was still vague, but still enough to anger Mildred because he had been lied to. She knew now that she would have to watch Mildred very carefully from now on.
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By noon they were all heading towards the stables. Celebfaer had been there for some time, talking to her horse and then Mildred's, making sure that they would be alright for the journey. She had just finished talking to Mildred's horse when she saw Legolas enter the stable.
Celebfaer looked up at Legolas then smiled. He smiled back as he headed for his own horse and started rubbing its nose affectionately; the horse tossed its head happily in response. Celebfaer went back to her horse and put her luggage on the back of it, glad that she had refused the saddle that had been offered to her when she had left the fairy realm.
Then, Mildred walked into the stables. As he walked past Legolas the two eyed each other as though they were enemies and the Mildred walked swiftly to where his horse was. Seeing that Celebfaer had her hand on his horse's nose as well as her own horse, Mildred looked at her questioningly.
"Rydia?" He said when he had reached where she was with the horses.
"Mildred, your horse does not like the saddle you use." Celebfaer said, looking at his horse, then looking back to Mildred, to see that he had an unreadable expression on his face.
"She is a horse, she may not like it but it is her job to bear me and she will." He said, gruffly his eyes looking straight through Celebfaer's. 'Besides it is clear you were trained too much by the Elves. Riding without a saddle? And talking to horses? This is why your sister is probably a better choice for the throne.' He sent harshly and she laughed.
"You have a lot to learn young one." She said, then she opened the door to let her horse out of the stall it was held in. Her horse walked out obediently and then she took the reins and led her horse out of the stables, to the courtyard.
The King was waiting in the courtyard to see them off and when he saw Celebfaer come out of the stables with her horse, he nodded in approval that it bore no saddle. "You ride without a saddle?" He said and she nodded in affirmation to the king. Then, Mildred walked his horse out with a saddle on it and the King frowned at Celebfaer. "Yet your companion does not. Could it be that you were trained to ride in Lothlorien?" He asked and she nodded.
"Indeed I was my lord. However, my folk are also trained to ride without a saddle, but they do not ride without a saddle for long distances. For short distances they are able to ride but for long journeys such as ours, it is better for them to ride with a saddle." She replied.
"I see also that you carry a bow carved in Lothlorien, yet your companion appears unarmed." The king said and Celebfaer laughed.
"Our folk always appear unarmed and helpless, but we have other ways of defending ourselves." She said to the king.
Celebfaer knew also that Mildred carried a sword and she could see it, though none of the elves would be able to see it. Before he had left the realm, one of the female fairies had cast an invisibility spell on the scabbard that held the sword and while sheathed none would see Mildred's sword but himself and any other fairy.
Celebfaer bowed to the king once more. "Once again I thank you for your generosity and we shall return back to Eryn Lasgalen with as much haste as possible to return your son."
"But the question is, will he want to return." The king said softly and she heard it then looked at him questioningly, curious as to what he would say. "I may not be able to stop him from following you back to your realm." He added and she laughed.
"It is dangerous to assume the things you assume my lord. But I shall make sure your son is returned to Eryn Lasgalen so that one day he may be able to follow his father and become a wise King of Eryn Lasgalen himself." She said looking over to the entrance to the stables, to see that Legolas had just come out, leading his horse.
Once out of the stables, Legolas' horse walked over to where Celebfaer's horse was standing and Legolas appeared a little shocked. Legolas was almost glad to see that his father was there also.
"Father, my horse does not want to leave you." Legolas said and the king laughed, then embraced his eldest son.
As Thranduil started to talk to his son, Celebfaer tuned out then she jumped up onto her horse, looking around to see that Legolas had fought off his father and was already mounted, but still talking to his father. Mildred was just mounting his horse as she looked over towards him. 'Are you ready Mildred?' She asked him, amusement in her voice as he settled himself on the horse.
'Indeed I am.' He replied.
Celebfaer smiled, knowing that it was going to be a rather interesting quest indeed. But before she could suggest that they be on their way, a young female Elf ran through the small crowd that was gathered. She ran up to Legolas's horse and put her hand on his ankle looking up at him with fear in her eyes.
"You had better come back Legolas. If I'd had a say you would never have gone but you always put yourself in danger these days." She said and he looked at her then smiled.
"I did not know you had returned. I would not have volunteered had I known you were back." He said softly and she smiled at him.
"I returned but two hours ago. I have been searching for you since and it is only just now that I have found out that you are leaving with a slim chance that you shall return!" She said looking up at him with sad eyes.
"It is alright, I shall return as soon as I can. I could never leave you all by yourself for too long." He said, leaning down to run his fingers down the side of her face tenderly. "I promise to return." He added, then he straightened up and told her to stand back.
"Farewell." The King said then, as the female elf went to stand by his side. "May the Valar help your quest and bless it so that no danger may disturb this quest. Now go with haste and come back quick." He said and Celebfaer bowed once more, then she spoke a word to her horse and it took off, Mildred and Legolas following close behind her.
Not long after they left Eryn Lasgalen; Mildred made his horse come towards Celebfaer's, who was leading the way through the forest. But instead of stopping as Celebfaer had thought he would, Mildred led his horse further, making it pick up speed as it went a smile on his face as he passed Celebfaer.
'Let's see if you can keep up, because we have to go fast for a few days so that we make up for the time that we lost whilst staying with the Elves, my lady.' He sent and she just laughed.
'I could keep up with you on a horse while I was walking.' She replied and she felt the needles again. 'And Mildred if you do that one more time, you will experience the same fate as the cave troll.' She sent to him angrily, commanding her horse into a gallop and she chased Mildred as his horse galloped through the forest, just ahead of her all the time.
After a few minutes, Celebfaer looked behind her wondering what had become of Legolas and if he was still behind them, but she saw that the Elf was no where to be seen. She turned back to face the front and was about to tell Mildred, that they had lost their guide, when suddenly Legolas's horse flew out of the woods directly in front of Mildred causing Mildred's horse to rear, throwing him to the ground. Thinking quickly, Celebfaer pulled her horse up as fast as she could so that her horse would not trample Mildred and cause him further damage.
"Legolas." Celebfaer said irritably but he was still looking down at Mildred, curiosity and irritation evident on his face, so Celebfaer jumped off her horse then walked over to where the fairy was starting to sit up, still a little dazed from the fall. "Are you okay Mildred?" She asked and he looked up at her, then he sat up and she saw some blood on the back of his cloak.
"I think I am fine....." He started, but he was cut off because she was down on her knees, her hands moving lightly over his back as she whispered words that neither Mildred nor Legolas could hear.
"What is she doing?" Legolas asked Mildred curiously and Mildred shrugged.
"Healing probably. What were you thinking?" Mildred asked, his voice poison.
"I am the guide, so you will follow me. There are places in this forest that are foul and if you stumble on them unaware, you will never be seen again. Though Sauron has been destroyed Orcs and other foul beings still roam the world and we are yet to rid this wood of all the evil that it was once named for." Legolas said and Mildred laughed.
"You think I am harmless because I do not appear armed?" He asked Legolas then, he muttered something before producing a sword from out of the air.
Legolas looked around then frowned. "How did you do that?" He asked and Mildred laughed.
Celebfaer was finished and as she came back to herself, she took in the scene before her, Mildred was still sitting down, but he had his sword in his hands, and it was pointed at Legolas. Legolas was still on the horse and he looked confused.
"Mildred, stop showing off and put that foul weapon away." She said and he did as he was instructed; though to Legolas's eyes the sword disappeared once more. "As for you Legolas, you seem to have forgotten that Mildred is also a Fairy and his wings can be crushed by a fall such as that. We are on a journey to cleanse my wings, not Mildred's as well." She added and then she walked back to her horse and mounted it. "Mildred, your wings are fine there was little damage and what damage there was it was fixable."
Mildred stood up took off his cloak then tested his wings before thanking her. Then he donned the cloak once more and mounted his horse again.
"I am the guide, and the two of you shall follow my lead." Legolas said firmly looking at Celebfaer, then to Mildred, his look daring the male Fairy to challenge his authority. Seeing that Mildred was ignoring the look Legolas gave him, Legolas took off on his horse at a fast pace, but not as fast as they had been going before Mildred's horse had thrown him.
