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" How do you know my name?" Sarie asked, slowly, carefully.
" Do you have any jewelry on? A charm?" Legolas asked, standing up and stepping toward her.
" I have nothing!" Sarie said, backing up. " Do not try and take anything from me! I have nothing."
" Do you remember a beautiful spring day in the forest? The day you cried because you thought everyone knew you as useless?" Legolas came a little closer now. He could barely control himself. He wanted her to remember him so badly. The pain of a second loss of Sarie would be too much for even the strongest warrior to bear.
" How do you know this?" Sarie asked softly, scared but she did not move away. "The only person I would trust with anything and everything would be - Legolas?"
He nodded slowly, and took a few steps towards her.
"No! It's a trick, a cruel trick. He's gone, dead. He's gone - " Sarie trailed off as she began crying.
" I gave you a charm. A simple one, just so you could remember me. Do you have it?"
Slowly she drew a chain from the pocket of her dress. On it was a small charm of a green leaf. She looked up, an emotion in her eyes that Legolas could not describe.
She drifted into his open arms.
"Sarie!" A loud call came just as Legolas and Sarie embraced.
"I must go,' she said, and picked up all her things.
"Wait!" Legolas exclaimed. " When can I see you again? We need to talk, we need to get out of here."
"I'll come as soon as I can. I promise. Don't look like that, Legolas! I'll be back. " She left in a hurry.
Legolas sank to the floor beside the door and heard yells from outside it.
"What took you so long?" It was the same voice that had called her.
"I'm sorry, sir - the bandages took longer than I thought."
"Get back to work!" there was the sound of a beating, and Legolas could hear his best friend's soft cries. He felt hot anger well up inside of him. But he could not cause a scene. He had to wait.
And he remembered.
"Look at these flowers, Legolas, they are so beautiful." Sarie said. She and Legolas sat in a beautiful meadow deep in Mirkwood forest.
"And yet their beauty is pale in comparison to yours."
"Oh, Legolas." He leaned over and kissed her gently.
"I love you, Sarie."
Sarie broke away from him. "Legolas, please don't say anything you can't live up to. Love is a very strong commitment. I don't know if -"
"If what? Don't you love me?" Legolas asked, confused.
"We were best friends, I don't want to lose that. And, and, I - I don't know. Legolas, I wish I could say that. I wish I could tell you how much I feel for you. But I'm afraid to lose you." She looked away.
"You will never lose me. I will always be with you."
"You have to leave soon. Your training has to go to the next level. Always is a long time. Men say always without knowing what it means. We say always- and we know. I don't want you to feel like your love to me is a burden. You must leave unattached."
"No." Legolas said forcefully. Then he softened. " This is no burden. If I leave knowing that you will forget me, then that will torture me, for I would have lost the thing in this world that means more than anything does. Take this charm. I've been waiting to give it to you."
"If you are sure-," Sarie said, taking the charm. "I am." "I love you, too, Legolas." And they shared a kiss that told what a thousand words could not.
Legolas waited.
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" How do you know my name?" Sarie asked, slowly, carefully.
" Do you have any jewelry on? A charm?" Legolas asked, standing up and stepping toward her.
" I have nothing!" Sarie said, backing up. " Do not try and take anything from me! I have nothing."
" Do you remember a beautiful spring day in the forest? The day you cried because you thought everyone knew you as useless?" Legolas came a little closer now. He could barely control himself. He wanted her to remember him so badly. The pain of a second loss of Sarie would be too much for even the strongest warrior to bear.
" How do you know this?" Sarie asked softly, scared but she did not move away. "The only person I would trust with anything and everything would be - Legolas?"
He nodded slowly, and took a few steps towards her.
"No! It's a trick, a cruel trick. He's gone, dead. He's gone - " Sarie trailed off as she began crying.
" I gave you a charm. A simple one, just so you could remember me. Do you have it?"
Slowly she drew a chain from the pocket of her dress. On it was a small charm of a green leaf. She looked up, an emotion in her eyes that Legolas could not describe.
She drifted into his open arms.
"Sarie!" A loud call came just as Legolas and Sarie embraced.
"I must go,' she said, and picked up all her things.
"Wait!" Legolas exclaimed. " When can I see you again? We need to talk, we need to get out of here."
"I'll come as soon as I can. I promise. Don't look like that, Legolas! I'll be back. " She left in a hurry.
Legolas sank to the floor beside the door and heard yells from outside it.
"What took you so long?" It was the same voice that had called her.
"I'm sorry, sir - the bandages took longer than I thought."
"Get back to work!" there was the sound of a beating, and Legolas could hear his best friend's soft cries. He felt hot anger well up inside of him. But he could not cause a scene. He had to wait.
And he remembered.
"Look at these flowers, Legolas, they are so beautiful." Sarie said. She and Legolas sat in a beautiful meadow deep in Mirkwood forest.
"And yet their beauty is pale in comparison to yours."
"Oh, Legolas." He leaned over and kissed her gently.
"I love you, Sarie."
Sarie broke away from him. "Legolas, please don't say anything you can't live up to. Love is a very strong commitment. I don't know if -"
"If what? Don't you love me?" Legolas asked, confused.
"We were best friends, I don't want to lose that. And, and, I - I don't know. Legolas, I wish I could say that. I wish I could tell you how much I feel for you. But I'm afraid to lose you." She looked away.
"You will never lose me. I will always be with you."
"You have to leave soon. Your training has to go to the next level. Always is a long time. Men say always without knowing what it means. We say always- and we know. I don't want you to feel like your love to me is a burden. You must leave unattached."
"No." Legolas said forcefully. Then he softened. " This is no burden. If I leave knowing that you will forget me, then that will torture me, for I would have lost the thing in this world that means more than anything does. Take this charm. I've been waiting to give it to you."
"If you are sure-," Sarie said, taking the charm. "I am." "I love you, too, Legolas." And they shared a kiss that told what a thousand words could not.
Legolas waited.
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