AN : Writer's block had claimed this story for its own for a long while. I
had some ideas but by the time I was ungrounded and able to use them I had
forgotten them. Well here is the next chapter. It's another Legolas one.
And Alice is not going to M-E yet. That would ruin all the fun and make
this story a lot shorter!
~~YAY Another Legolas chapter! YAY~~
Chapter 9: Discovery
Legolas had arrived safely in Rivendell. After a short debriefing Legolas made his way to Elrond's library. Without hesitation he began leafing through books. He was searching for a spell that would take him to his beloved Tindomriel. It never crossed his mind that he might never find it. If he searched enough he was sure he would come across what he was looking for. But what was he looking for? The truth was he had no idea. But Legolas was not about to give up.
After hours of fruitless search Legolas began to doubt himself. Did he really know what he was doing? Finally a maiden came up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. 'Excuse me sir? I did not know that Mirkwood Elves were such avid readers. But it appears as though you are looking for something. Might I be able to help you?' the she-elf asked.
'Yes actually. I am looking for information on the possibility of other worlds and any ways of reaching them.' Legolas replied snapping out of his reverie. The maiden nodded and scurried off. Legolas sighed, he had not missed the strange look that the servant had given him. He sighed, he had had no idea when he had started that is was going to be this difficult. Tindomriel. He would do anything to find her, including wasting a perfectly wonderful day by being indoors, in a library, looking through books.
A moment later the librarian came back carrying a large pile of books. Legolas eagerly flipped through them to find nothing. He noted the librarian eyeing him curiously as with each book he became more frantic. There was nothing! 'Excuse me,' the librarian asked finally, tapping him on the shoulder causing him to jump, 'I think that I might have just the thing your looking for. Just a moment.' The she-elf ran off to appear a moment later carrying a heavy tome. She blew the dust off in Legolas' direction, causing him to sneeze. 'Sorry, this book hasn't been used in over five years, hasn't even been touched really. A pretty she-elf was looking at it several times. It was the only book she read in the entire library and I haven't seen her since. I wonder if you know her, she was from Mirkwood too. She said her name was Tindomriel.'
Legolas' eyes grew wide and he smiled. He was happy for the first time since Tindomriel's disappearance. It felt good not to be overcome by all- consuming grief, like a great weight had been taken off of his shoulder's. He thanked the librarian many times. He knew without even opening the book that this was it. The one he had been looking for. He opened the book and began to read carefully, not wanting to miss anything. It was a book of complex spells. He flipped through the massive time looking for the correct one.
He began to lose hope that this was what he needed when he found it. It was a spell to bring him to another world. He didn't know what world, the other books that he had searched through had told him that there were many. But he was sure this was the right one. He could feel it in his heart. 'Yallume! (At last!)' He committed the entire spell to memory. On the last page of that spell was written something that made his heart skip a beat. "Follow me Melamin."
~~YAY Another Legolas chapter! YAY~~
Chapter 9: Discovery
Legolas had arrived safely in Rivendell. After a short debriefing Legolas made his way to Elrond's library. Without hesitation he began leafing through books. He was searching for a spell that would take him to his beloved Tindomriel. It never crossed his mind that he might never find it. If he searched enough he was sure he would come across what he was looking for. But what was he looking for? The truth was he had no idea. But Legolas was not about to give up.
After hours of fruitless search Legolas began to doubt himself. Did he really know what he was doing? Finally a maiden came up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. 'Excuse me sir? I did not know that Mirkwood Elves were such avid readers. But it appears as though you are looking for something. Might I be able to help you?' the she-elf asked.
'Yes actually. I am looking for information on the possibility of other worlds and any ways of reaching them.' Legolas replied snapping out of his reverie. The maiden nodded and scurried off. Legolas sighed, he had not missed the strange look that the servant had given him. He sighed, he had had no idea when he had started that is was going to be this difficult. Tindomriel. He would do anything to find her, including wasting a perfectly wonderful day by being indoors, in a library, looking through books.
A moment later the librarian came back carrying a large pile of books. Legolas eagerly flipped through them to find nothing. He noted the librarian eyeing him curiously as with each book he became more frantic. There was nothing! 'Excuse me,' the librarian asked finally, tapping him on the shoulder causing him to jump, 'I think that I might have just the thing your looking for. Just a moment.' The she-elf ran off to appear a moment later carrying a heavy tome. She blew the dust off in Legolas' direction, causing him to sneeze. 'Sorry, this book hasn't been used in over five years, hasn't even been touched really. A pretty she-elf was looking at it several times. It was the only book she read in the entire library and I haven't seen her since. I wonder if you know her, she was from Mirkwood too. She said her name was Tindomriel.'
Legolas' eyes grew wide and he smiled. He was happy for the first time since Tindomriel's disappearance. It felt good not to be overcome by all- consuming grief, like a great weight had been taken off of his shoulder's. He thanked the librarian many times. He knew without even opening the book that this was it. The one he had been looking for. He opened the book and began to read carefully, not wanting to miss anything. It was a book of complex spells. He flipped through the massive time looking for the correct one.
He began to lose hope that this was what he needed when he found it. It was a spell to bring him to another world. He didn't know what world, the other books that he had searched through had told him that there were many. But he was sure this was the right one. He could feel it in his heart. 'Yallume! (At last!)' He committed the entire spell to memory. On the last page of that spell was written something that made his heart skip a beat. "Follow me Melamin."