Chapter 7
Questions and Answers
For the next week or so the daily activities didn't change much. Legolas and Narawen would go to the practice fields early in the morning and Narawen would leave when the crowds started to gather. She would head for the library to read for a few hours until lunch. After lunch she would meet with some of her old friends and talk to them, telling them of her adventures in the mountains and what life was like on her own, and they would tell her of what had gone on over the past one hundred years. She would eat dinner with Thranduil and Legolas while they talked about strategies that they could take for the war as she listened intently and every once in a while give them her opinion, but that was only when they asked, which was very rare. Several times she noticed Legolas glance over at her. A week later just after she had finished her dinner and had been excused from the table did she finally understand why.
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Legolas followed Narawen out of the room after being excused by his father. "Narawen!" he called after her. She stopped and turned around to wait for him to catch up with her. She had already made it half way to her room and was wondering why he had stopped her. Over the last week they had become close friends.
"What is it?" she asked once he had reached her.
"I just wanted to accompany you to your room," he said offering her his arm. Narawen raised an eyebrow, but took his arm anyway.
"No really, what did you want to talk to me about," she asked again.
"Why can't I just accompany you to your room?" he asked.
"Well, I just find it strange that you would want to accompany me to my room for no good reason and that you would stop me when I was already half way there." Narawen replied.
"All right, all right! I wanted to know why you only asked once to be part of the war. Most elves I know would fight for what they really want even if it is a king that they are fighting, and I can tell you really want this," Legolas said. Normally he wouldn't have given up that easily, but he needed to know. Narawen smiled and looked at Legolas.
"Yes, I do want to be a part of the war, but after living so many years in the Misty Mountains with all the goblins and wild creatures around I realized something. Everything happens for a reason. Me having to live in the mountains happened for a reason, this war is happening for a reason. We may not know what that reason is yet, but someday, whether the day is two weeks from now or years from now, we will understand that reason. If I am meant to be a part of this war, then I will be a part of it, but if not, then I will just have to live with it like that. I completely understand your father's line of reasoning, I may not agree, but I still understand," Narawen said just as they arrived at her room.
"I think I understand now. I was just confused, thank you for clearing that up for me. Good night, Narawen," he said kissing her hand before he left to go to his room. Narawen rolled her eyes as he did this. Over the past week she had made it as clear as she possible could to him that she wasn't fond of that kind of gesture and yet he continued to do so.
A/N: Short, I know, but I am working on longer chapters! Please bear with me. The next chapter will be longer then this, I promise. I have been working on longer chapters so I might be able to have some up soon, maybe not the next chapter or two, but they will come in a little bit. Thank you and review!
For the next week or so the daily activities didn't change much. Legolas and Narawen would go to the practice fields early in the morning and Narawen would leave when the crowds started to gather. She would head for the library to read for a few hours until lunch. After lunch she would meet with some of her old friends and talk to them, telling them of her adventures in the mountains and what life was like on her own, and they would tell her of what had gone on over the past one hundred years. She would eat dinner with Thranduil and Legolas while they talked about strategies that they could take for the war as she listened intently and every once in a while give them her opinion, but that was only when they asked, which was very rare. Several times she noticed Legolas glance over at her. A week later just after she had finished her dinner and had been excused from the table did she finally understand why.
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Legolas followed Narawen out of the room after being excused by his father. "Narawen!" he called after her. She stopped and turned around to wait for him to catch up with her. She had already made it half way to her room and was wondering why he had stopped her. Over the last week they had become close friends.
"What is it?" she asked once he had reached her.
"I just wanted to accompany you to your room," he said offering her his arm. Narawen raised an eyebrow, but took his arm anyway.
"No really, what did you want to talk to me about," she asked again.
"Why can't I just accompany you to your room?" he asked.
"Well, I just find it strange that you would want to accompany me to my room for no good reason and that you would stop me when I was already half way there." Narawen replied.
"All right, all right! I wanted to know why you only asked once to be part of the war. Most elves I know would fight for what they really want even if it is a king that they are fighting, and I can tell you really want this," Legolas said. Normally he wouldn't have given up that easily, but he needed to know. Narawen smiled and looked at Legolas.
"Yes, I do want to be a part of the war, but after living so many years in the Misty Mountains with all the goblins and wild creatures around I realized something. Everything happens for a reason. Me having to live in the mountains happened for a reason, this war is happening for a reason. We may not know what that reason is yet, but someday, whether the day is two weeks from now or years from now, we will understand that reason. If I am meant to be a part of this war, then I will be a part of it, but if not, then I will just have to live with it like that. I completely understand your father's line of reasoning, I may not agree, but I still understand," Narawen said just as they arrived at her room.
"I think I understand now. I was just confused, thank you for clearing that up for me. Good night, Narawen," he said kissing her hand before he left to go to his room. Narawen rolled her eyes as he did this. Over the past week she had made it as clear as she possible could to him that she wasn't fond of that kind of gesture and yet he continued to do so.
A/N: Short, I know, but I am working on longer chapters! Please bear with me. The next chapter will be longer then this, I promise. I have been working on longer chapters so I might be able to have some up soon, maybe not the next chapter or two, but they will come in a little bit. Thank you and review!