Chapter Five
Callórë decided to spend the rest of his journey home with the party heading for Imladris. After all, one could never see enough of the fair Arwen Undomiel. And Haldir's cousin intrigued him.
Haldir noticed his old friend's interest in his cousin with mixed emotions. On one hand, Callórë was a good friend and Nileth could do no better for a husband, but on the other hand, Nileth was his cousin, his 'sibling' so to speak. He would kill anyone who came near her and Callórë was definitely trying to come nearer. It didn't help that since the orc attacks the maidens no longer ate amongst themselves, but with the warriors.
Haldir smiled. That was where Nileth always wanted to be anyway. He leaned against a tree trunk listening to the laughter and carrying on of the others. He allowed himself to slip back in his memory to his training and Nileth as a young maid of a mere two hundred...
~^*^~
Haldir was trying to catch a fish with his bare hands. It was one of the many tasks of a warrior to be able to provide a meal.
He was just leaning forward to grab a large silver fish when the unthinkable happened.
Nileth.
She bounded from the tree line, throwing all her weight onto the unsuspecting Haldir.
He fell forward into the river with her clinging onto his back. But he caught his fish. Oh, yes, Haldir caught his fish all right. He caught it in the front of his tunic, thanks to Nileth.
He had tried to loosen her grip; only to loosen his tunic front. The fish, startled, flipped straight in. Nileth, upon feeling her cousin's duress, had hauled him to the shore where he could stand.
~^*^~
He was never allowed to forget how he looked on that shore, with his tunic ripped and flopping about with a fish in it and Nileth trying to dry him off before he was caught.
Then there was the time...
~^*^~
Nileth was going out on her first herb gathering trip without Galadriel to supervise her.
Haldir had stormed into the Lord and Lady's quarters, demanding to be assigned to his cousin's entourage. To get rid of the annoying boy, Galadriel agreed.
The trip hadn't turned out so bad, except for the sleeping arrangements. Haldir tried to hang a hammock over Nileth's tent. And she finally agreed.
But first, he had to swim to shore after she dumped him in the lake they camped beside. And then, the next morning, he had to hunt his cousin, who had determined the ground was uncomfortable. She had decided after he was bedded down again to find a tree.
She had given him a heart attack by choosing a branch overhanging the water, and not just any tree branch, but one about fifty feet above the water.
~^*^~
Haldir smiled and looked at Nileth, sitting between a young elf boy and one of the elder warriors.
She caught his smile and smiled back. Then, she noticed the glint in his eye. "HALDIR, NO!"
"Callórë, did you know my cousin is part eagle?..."
A/N: I'll be skipping ahead the next time you see these characters. I realize the journey from Lothlorien to Imladris would take a few days. So they will be seen next in Imladris, or just outside. Suffice it to say, Callórë infatuated with Nileth.
What will become of our heroines? Will they ever meet up again? Will Callórë ever make a move on Nileth? And will Lorintal and Legolas ever get along? And Umbothel, exactly close is she to her cousins?
Callórë decided to spend the rest of his journey home with the party heading for Imladris. After all, one could never see enough of the fair Arwen Undomiel. And Haldir's cousin intrigued him.
Haldir noticed his old friend's interest in his cousin with mixed emotions. On one hand, Callórë was a good friend and Nileth could do no better for a husband, but on the other hand, Nileth was his cousin, his 'sibling' so to speak. He would kill anyone who came near her and Callórë was definitely trying to come nearer. It didn't help that since the orc attacks the maidens no longer ate amongst themselves, but with the warriors.
Haldir smiled. That was where Nileth always wanted to be anyway. He leaned against a tree trunk listening to the laughter and carrying on of the others. He allowed himself to slip back in his memory to his training and Nileth as a young maid of a mere two hundred...
~^*^~
Haldir was trying to catch a fish with his bare hands. It was one of the many tasks of a warrior to be able to provide a meal.
He was just leaning forward to grab a large silver fish when the unthinkable happened.
Nileth.
She bounded from the tree line, throwing all her weight onto the unsuspecting Haldir.
He fell forward into the river with her clinging onto his back. But he caught his fish. Oh, yes, Haldir caught his fish all right. He caught it in the front of his tunic, thanks to Nileth.
He had tried to loosen her grip; only to loosen his tunic front. The fish, startled, flipped straight in. Nileth, upon feeling her cousin's duress, had hauled him to the shore where he could stand.
~^*^~
He was never allowed to forget how he looked on that shore, with his tunic ripped and flopping about with a fish in it and Nileth trying to dry him off before he was caught.
Then there was the time...
~^*^~
Nileth was going out on her first herb gathering trip without Galadriel to supervise her.
Haldir had stormed into the Lord and Lady's quarters, demanding to be assigned to his cousin's entourage. To get rid of the annoying boy, Galadriel agreed.
The trip hadn't turned out so bad, except for the sleeping arrangements. Haldir tried to hang a hammock over Nileth's tent. And she finally agreed.
But first, he had to swim to shore after she dumped him in the lake they camped beside. And then, the next morning, he had to hunt his cousin, who had determined the ground was uncomfortable. She had decided after he was bedded down again to find a tree.
She had given him a heart attack by choosing a branch overhanging the water, and not just any tree branch, but one about fifty feet above the water.
~^*^~
Haldir smiled and looked at Nileth, sitting between a young elf boy and one of the elder warriors.
She caught his smile and smiled back. Then, she noticed the glint in his eye. "HALDIR, NO!"
"Callórë, did you know my cousin is part eagle?..."
A/N: I'll be skipping ahead the next time you see these characters. I realize the journey from Lothlorien to Imladris would take a few days. So they will be seen next in Imladris, or just outside. Suffice it to say, Callórë infatuated with Nileth.
What will become of our heroines? Will they ever meet up again? Will Callórë ever make a move on Nileth? And will Lorintal and Legolas ever get along? And Umbothel, exactly close is she to her cousins?