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Chapter 12

Drowsy Eyed

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"I hope Lady Em will not mind being woken this early."  King Thranduil said to Amothien.  "But I must talk with her this morn."  He explained.

"I am sure that it will not be a problem your Highness.  I shall go and wake her now."  Amothien said as she backed out of the room.

 "I hope." She muttered as she closed the door behind her.

Amothien walked gracefully down the corridors towards Em's bedroom.  Closer and closer she came to the room and at last when she arrived she knocked twice on the oak door before entering.

"Em, you must wake up."  Amothien said as she waked over to the bundle of blankets crumpled up on the bed, in the shape of a body. 

She reached down and placed her hand on the blankets to find much to her surprise no body.  "Em?" she asked uncertainly.

She threw the blankets off the bed and found no body under them.  She looked around the room worriedly in search of Em.  She rushed over to the bathroom door and opened it praying Em would have, for some reason or other, gotten up early and was washing her face.  She soon finished the check of the two rooms and had found no trace of Em.

"Ooh no."  She mumbled nervously.  "Where has she gone?" She continued checking the room in hope that she had overlooked something like a note that would tell her where Em was.

She collapsed down onto the chair in the corner beside the desk.

"What am I going to tell the King and Gandalf?"  She asked herself.

 "What am I going to tell the Prince?" she asked herself more worriedly

Amothien stood up again and made her way to the door and left the room. "She can't have gone too far.  I'II will search for her, and then if that proves unhelpful, I will tell the King." 

The first thought that occur to Legolas that morning was that he was laying somewhere other then his bed, or a bed for that matter.  He blinked a few times and then he remembered he was still in the Gallery, himself and Em had stayed up very late and apparently fell asleep in the Gallery.

Legolas looked down and a smile placed itself on his face as he saw Em lying, fast asleep against him.  He had one arm warped around her; both were leaning against the fountain.  The smile diminished somewhat but did not fully fade when he realized they had to return to their chambers before anyone else noticed their absences.

He reached a hand on her shoulder, about to wake Em up but hesitated and instead stood up and swept Em's light form into his strong arms.  Em lay, still asleep against his chest as he walked silently to her room.  Legolas' smiled reappeared when he looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms. 

Nearer and nearer they came to Em's room, until they were outside the door.  Legolas somehow managed to turn the door handle and walked into the room. Em began to stir in his arms, her eyes half opened and looked up at him.

"What's going on?" she asked drowsy

"We both feel asleep in the Gallery.  I am returning you to your room before Lady Amothien notices your absences." Legolas explained. "I carried you because I did not want to wake you."

Legolas bowed down and gently placed Em back into her bed.  He reached over her and wrapped the blanks around her form, then gave her a quick kiss on her forehead before turning to leave. 

At the door her voice called out to him.

"Legolas…" she whispered.

"Yes?" Legolas turned around and looked down at Em, as she lay still, almost asleep.

"Emer." Em said.

Legolas smiled happily.  "Emer is your name?" he asked to confirm but got no answer as Em had already fallen back into her dream world….

I know short chapter.  Next chapter will be longer.

NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON A MONKEY,

OR A MONKEY WILL TURN ON YOU!!!

ImpC