~*A/N: Alright, I can't take credit for all of this chapter. Becky helped
me out with some of it. Which is fair enough, considering that the story is
now about her. (I was originally planning on having The Visit be about
Frodo and I, but oh well.) I Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I
enjoyed writing the chapter. And just to let you know, all of the girls are
seventeen. I guess I forgot to mention that right from the start. * runs
from the angry mob chasing her * Alright, so I should have said something
when I started The Visit. . . *~
~*Favors*~
The palace was so beautiful that it actually literally took Becky's breath away for a minute. With high ceilings and marble columns, not to mention the sheer size of it, it was the most amazing thing that she had even seen in her life. Then again, she had grown up in Nanaimo, what did you expect?
"What are you thinking about?" Legolas asked her. He was so beautiful, he definitely belonged in a place like this. She just hoped that she did as well.
"It's so beautiful."
"But this is just the hallway." Legolas stated with a raised brow.
"I know, but it still is beautiful. I have never seen anything like it in my life."
Legolas smiled at this. "And I have never seen the likes of you either, my Princess."
"I'm not a Princess yet." Becky looked confused.
"Ah, but you will be soon. So I suggest that you get used to the title, Princess Rebecca." With this he leaned over and kissed her softly. The kiss lasted for about thirty seconds before they heard someone clear their throat.
"Ah, Father," said Legolas.
Becky turned so that she was facing the great Thranduil. He was just as fair as any elf she had ever heard of. But he somehow silently demanded respect.
"And who, may I ask, is this young hobbit that you have brought home?"
"She is not a hobbit, Father. She is Rebecca, and I have asked her to marry me, and she has consented."
"How long have you known this young maiden?"
"Long enough to fall in love with her."
Becky could see the sincerity in his eyes, and, apparently, so could Thranduil. For his entire manner softened, and his voice was less annoyed when he spoke.
"Well then, it is a pleasure to meet the girl that has finally won my son's heart." He extended a hand, which Becky took rather sheepishly. He quickly brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it. "I guess I'll leave Legolas to show you the palace."
After he had gone, Legolas let out a breath that he hadn't realized he had been holding. He was glad to see that Rebecca was doing the same thing. He took her and showed her every room of the entire palace, marveling at the look upon her face as he showed her one of the many courtyards. She was so breathtaking, and there were no words to describe her beauty. She reminded him of an old saying that his father had used to describe how he felt about his mother: Amin khiluva vys a' gurtha ar' thar. He hadn't realized that he had said it aloud.
"Hantale," replied Rebecca.
"Vyslem, my Princess."
He wondered how far her knowledge of the language went. It wouldn't hurt to test it out. Besides, if she was truly offended by what he was about to say, then he could explain that he was testing her knowledge of Elven.
"Vys n'vanima ar' vys atara lanneina."
"Whoa, you lost me there. I got the 'you' part, and the 'and' part. Not to mention 'your,' but other than that." She waved her hand quickly over her heard. "That was all way over my head."
"What do you mean by over your head?" She laughed at this.
"It means that it was beyond my ability to comprehend."
"Oh, alright then."
~*Quick A/N: here's a translation for everyone that doesn't speak Elven: (In order of what was said) I will follow you to death and beyond; thank you; you're welcome; You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny. Haha, I knew you'd like that, Bec.*~
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Two weeks later, after the hobbits and Gandalf had returned. . .
"GANDALF!!!" cried Becky, who was quite comfortable in Middle Earth now.
Gandalf appeared out of nowhere. "Yes, Rebecca, is there a problem?"
"Okay, remember how I said that I'd never ask for another favor if you brought me my kitten?" (She had, believe me.)
"Yes," said a cautious Gandalf. He knew what was coming.
"Well, I have only one more favor. Please? Please? Please?"
"I'm not transporting anything here."
"Oh please Gandalf. It would mean so much to me."
"I'm already bringing your friends and family for the wedding next month."
"I know, but I really need my laptop. Please Gandalf? How else am I supposed to let them know when the wedding is going to be?"
"They'll figure it out when I show up to get them."
"No. I just need my laptop. Please Gandalf?" She gave him the sad- puppy-dog-face. She had never known anybody that could resist it. Now she did.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
~*A/N: Don't you just love cut and paste?*~
"Fine." A laptop appeared on the table that Becky was sitting at. Excited, Becky booted it up and tried to e-mail her friends and family as Gandalf quietly left her alone.
"Gandalf!"
"What now, Rebecca?"
"One word, you sneaky evil wizard: Internet."
He laughed at this. "I should have known better." And all of a sudden Becky's inbox came up.
"Thank you."
Gandalf left, muttering something about silly girls and their kittens and laptops. Becky chose to ignore this. She drafted up an e-mail and sent it to all of her friends and family before sending out individual ones. She started off with Jess.
Hey Jess,
How are you? Oh my gosh, Mirkwood is so beautiful. I wish that you could be here, I really do. Then again, I guess I'll see you next month at the wedding. I still have to decide about who's going to be the Maid of Honour. Anyways, I'd better go now. And in case you were wondering how I managed to send all of my e-mails, I just yelled at Gandalf until he gave me a laptop with internet. I miss you so much!
-Becky, the would-be Princess of Mirkwood.
After that, she sent off e-mails to the rest of her group of friends before checking out what was new on FF.net.
Oh nice! Holly had written and posted what had happened just before Becky left. She wondered what her parents reaction had been to the news. And she also wondered who had been brave enough to tell them. A thought popped into her head. This was her laptop, right? So why shouldn't she download MSN Messenger? There was no reason not to, so she did.
She signed in and saw that hardly anybody was online. Just Holly. She quickly typed a message and sent it.
Flaming Cookies says: Hey, Holly!!! =)
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Hey Becky! How the heck did you manage to get a laptop over there? Or are you at home? I'm confused. =S
Flaming Cookies says: I just yelled at Gandalf for a bit until he got me a laptop. Didn't I e-mail you and tell you that?
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Let me check. . . Yeah you did. I just hadn't read it yet. Meh. Anyways, how is it over there? I can't wait to come for the wedding!
Flaming Cookies says: It's so beautiful, Holly. I can't believe that I get to live here. With Legolas too! I've never been so happy in my life!
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: I'm really glad to hear that! We all miss you so much. Faye was the only one brave enough to tell your parents what had happened. We buried her this morning.
Flaming Cookies says: Ha Ha. Very funny. =P Was it really that bad?
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: She has nightmares about it.
At this point, Legolas stepped into the room.
"Rebecca, what on Middle Earth are you doing? And what is that thing?"
"It's a laptop, and I'm talking to Holly with it."
"I can't hear her."
"No, but you can see what she's typing. See?" She turned the laptop so that Legolas could see. He jumped when Holly sent another message.
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Becky? Are you there, Hun?
Flaming Cookies says: Yeah, I'm here. Legolas just walked in, and I was showing him the laptop.
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Oh, okay.
"Can I try this 'laptop?'"
"Sure, I'll just let her know that you're going to talk now."
She did so and stood up so that Legolas could sit at the laptop.
Flaming Cookies says: Hello Holly. This so called 'laptop' is quite amazing, isn't it?
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: lmao! Yeah, I guess you could say that. Tell Bec that this is really amusing.
Flaming Cookies says: Um, alright.
"She says that this is really amusing."
"I can see that," she said and started giggling. She stopped when she saw the look on his face. She knew that look now, and knew that it meant that she'd better say good-bye to Holly before Legolas swept her off to bed. "Here, let me say bye, and then we can do something else."
Flaming Cookies says: Hey, Holly? I g2g. ttyl. Buh bye.
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Okay. Gonna go 'have some fun' with your sexy elf now are you?
Flaming Cookies says: Hush you!
She shut down the laptop and turned to Legolas. "So what do you want to do now?" she asked with the sexiest voice she could manage.
~*Favors*~
The palace was so beautiful that it actually literally took Becky's breath away for a minute. With high ceilings and marble columns, not to mention the sheer size of it, it was the most amazing thing that she had even seen in her life. Then again, she had grown up in Nanaimo, what did you expect?
"What are you thinking about?" Legolas asked her. He was so beautiful, he definitely belonged in a place like this. She just hoped that she did as well.
"It's so beautiful."
"But this is just the hallway." Legolas stated with a raised brow.
"I know, but it still is beautiful. I have never seen anything like it in my life."
Legolas smiled at this. "And I have never seen the likes of you either, my Princess."
"I'm not a Princess yet." Becky looked confused.
"Ah, but you will be soon. So I suggest that you get used to the title, Princess Rebecca." With this he leaned over and kissed her softly. The kiss lasted for about thirty seconds before they heard someone clear their throat.
"Ah, Father," said Legolas.
Becky turned so that she was facing the great Thranduil. He was just as fair as any elf she had ever heard of. But he somehow silently demanded respect.
"And who, may I ask, is this young hobbit that you have brought home?"
"She is not a hobbit, Father. She is Rebecca, and I have asked her to marry me, and she has consented."
"How long have you known this young maiden?"
"Long enough to fall in love with her."
Becky could see the sincerity in his eyes, and, apparently, so could Thranduil. For his entire manner softened, and his voice was less annoyed when he spoke.
"Well then, it is a pleasure to meet the girl that has finally won my son's heart." He extended a hand, which Becky took rather sheepishly. He quickly brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it. "I guess I'll leave Legolas to show you the palace."
After he had gone, Legolas let out a breath that he hadn't realized he had been holding. He was glad to see that Rebecca was doing the same thing. He took her and showed her every room of the entire palace, marveling at the look upon her face as he showed her one of the many courtyards. She was so breathtaking, and there were no words to describe her beauty. She reminded him of an old saying that his father had used to describe how he felt about his mother: Amin khiluva vys a' gurtha ar' thar. He hadn't realized that he had said it aloud.
"Hantale," replied Rebecca.
"Vyslem, my Princess."
He wondered how far her knowledge of the language went. It wouldn't hurt to test it out. Besides, if she was truly offended by what he was about to say, then he could explain that he was testing her knowledge of Elven.
"Vys n'vanima ar' vys atara lanneina."
"Whoa, you lost me there. I got the 'you' part, and the 'and' part. Not to mention 'your,' but other than that." She waved her hand quickly over her heard. "That was all way over my head."
"What do you mean by over your head?" She laughed at this.
"It means that it was beyond my ability to comprehend."
"Oh, alright then."
~*Quick A/N: here's a translation for everyone that doesn't speak Elven: (In order of what was said) I will follow you to death and beyond; thank you; you're welcome; You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny. Haha, I knew you'd like that, Bec.*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Two weeks later, after the hobbits and Gandalf had returned. . .
"GANDALF!!!" cried Becky, who was quite comfortable in Middle Earth now.
Gandalf appeared out of nowhere. "Yes, Rebecca, is there a problem?"
"Okay, remember how I said that I'd never ask for another favor if you brought me my kitten?" (She had, believe me.)
"Yes," said a cautious Gandalf. He knew what was coming.
"Well, I have only one more favor. Please? Please? Please?"
"I'm not transporting anything here."
"Oh please Gandalf. It would mean so much to me."
"I'm already bringing your friends and family for the wedding next month."
"I know, but I really need my laptop. Please Gandalf? How else am I supposed to let them know when the wedding is going to be?"
"They'll figure it out when I show up to get them."
"No. I just need my laptop. Please Gandalf?" She gave him the sad- puppy-dog-face. She had never known anybody that could resist it. Now she did.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
~*A/N: Don't you just love cut and paste?*~
"Fine." A laptop appeared on the table that Becky was sitting at. Excited, Becky booted it up and tried to e-mail her friends and family as Gandalf quietly left her alone.
"Gandalf!"
"What now, Rebecca?"
"One word, you sneaky evil wizard: Internet."
He laughed at this. "I should have known better." And all of a sudden Becky's inbox came up.
"Thank you."
Gandalf left, muttering something about silly girls and their kittens and laptops. Becky chose to ignore this. She drafted up an e-mail and sent it to all of her friends and family before sending out individual ones. She started off with Jess.
Hey Jess,
How are you? Oh my gosh, Mirkwood is so beautiful. I wish that you could be here, I really do. Then again, I guess I'll see you next month at the wedding. I still have to decide about who's going to be the Maid of Honour. Anyways, I'd better go now. And in case you were wondering how I managed to send all of my e-mails, I just yelled at Gandalf until he gave me a laptop with internet. I miss you so much!
-Becky, the would-be Princess of Mirkwood.
After that, she sent off e-mails to the rest of her group of friends before checking out what was new on FF.net.
Oh nice! Holly had written and posted what had happened just before Becky left. She wondered what her parents reaction had been to the news. And she also wondered who had been brave enough to tell them. A thought popped into her head. This was her laptop, right? So why shouldn't she download MSN Messenger? There was no reason not to, so she did.
She signed in and saw that hardly anybody was online. Just Holly. She quickly typed a message and sent it.
Flaming Cookies says: Hey, Holly!!! =)
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Hey Becky! How the heck did you manage to get a laptop over there? Or are you at home? I'm confused. =S
Flaming Cookies says: I just yelled at Gandalf for a bit until he got me a laptop. Didn't I e-mail you and tell you that?
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Let me check. . . Yeah you did. I just hadn't read it yet. Meh. Anyways, how is it over there? I can't wait to come for the wedding!
Flaming Cookies says: It's so beautiful, Holly. I can't believe that I get to live here. With Legolas too! I've never been so happy in my life!
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: I'm really glad to hear that! We all miss you so much. Faye was the only one brave enough to tell your parents what had happened. We buried her this morning.
Flaming Cookies says: Ha Ha. Very funny. =P Was it really that bad?
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: She has nightmares about it.
At this point, Legolas stepped into the room.
"Rebecca, what on Middle Earth are you doing? And what is that thing?"
"It's a laptop, and I'm talking to Holly with it."
"I can't hear her."
"No, but you can see what she's typing. See?" She turned the laptop so that Legolas could see. He jumped when Holly sent another message.
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Becky? Are you there, Hun?
Flaming Cookies says: Yeah, I'm here. Legolas just walked in, and I was showing him the laptop.
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Oh, okay.
"Can I try this 'laptop?'"
"Sure, I'll just let her know that you're going to talk now."
She did so and stood up so that Legolas could sit at the laptop.
Flaming Cookies says: Hello Holly. This so called 'laptop' is quite amazing, isn't it?
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: lmao! Yeah, I guess you could say that. Tell Bec that this is really amusing.
Flaming Cookies says: Um, alright.
"She says that this is really amusing."
"I can see that," she said and started giggling. She stopped when she saw the look on his face. She knew that look now, and knew that it meant that she'd better say good-bye to Holly before Legolas swept her off to bed. "Here, let me say bye, and then we can do something else."
Flaming Cookies says: Hey, Holly? I g2g. ttyl. Buh bye.
Lord Of The Rings Obsessive says: Okay. Gonna go 'have some fun' with your sexy elf now are you?
Flaming Cookies says: Hush you!
She shut down the laptop and turned to Legolas. "So what do you want to do now?" she asked with the sexiest voice she could manage.