Chapter 13: The Gift
As I finished opening the letter, I started to feel faint while almost in a nervous sweat. I unfolded the paper and started to read the letter. After reading the letter, I began to open the gift. Inside I found a beautiful elven dress, shoes, some lovely jewelry and some soap, a towel and some hair accessories. All were welcoming gifts designed to set me at ease.
I decided to take a bath and wash my hair. The elven soap smelt divine. After a nice long soak I felt so much better. I tried on the elven dress. It was gorgeous. Absolutely perfect. The most beautiful dress I had ever worn.
There was a knock at the door. I went over to it and opened it. It was none other then Legolas. "You look stunning" He said with a surprised look on his face. "No one would ever know that you weren't an elf" he continued with a smile. Surprised at his statement I walked over to the mirror that hung on the wall. Much to my surprise when I looked at my reflection I appeared to be an elf.
As I looked into the mirror Legolas picked up a brush and started brushing my hair. "Are you nervous about what lays ahead of you" he asked as he now started to braid sections of my hair. "A little" I said, Although I think we both could tell I was lying. "You have nothing to worry about. I first came across them before I was assigned to the fellowship of the ring. To be honest I was more than a little worried about it, but I had to deliver news that we had failed in keeping the creature Gollum imprisoned. It worked out well in the end though, but there is nothing to worry about."
"We are going to leave soon. Elladen and Elrohir have convinced us to move on as soon as you are ready too." He said. "Well I am ready to go now" I said as I put on the jewelry that was given to me.
As I walked into the area where the other elves were waiting, there was a sudden silence. All but two of the elves had astonished looks on their faces. Haldir's expression was priceless. The twins just had big smiles on their faces.
Legolas brought Asfaloth to me and I mounted. The other elves were still pretty much in shock. They had not expected such a transformation so soon. In a few minutes all the elves were mounted on their horses and we were ready to continue the last stretch of our journey.
As I finished opening the letter, I started to feel faint while almost in a nervous sweat. I unfolded the paper and started to read the letter. After reading the letter, I began to open the gift. Inside I found a beautiful elven dress, shoes, some lovely jewelry and some soap, a towel and some hair accessories. All were welcoming gifts designed to set me at ease.
I decided to take a bath and wash my hair. The elven soap smelt divine. After a nice long soak I felt so much better. I tried on the elven dress. It was gorgeous. Absolutely perfect. The most beautiful dress I had ever worn.
There was a knock at the door. I went over to it and opened it. It was none other then Legolas. "You look stunning" He said with a surprised look on his face. "No one would ever know that you weren't an elf" he continued with a smile. Surprised at his statement I walked over to the mirror that hung on the wall. Much to my surprise when I looked at my reflection I appeared to be an elf.
As I looked into the mirror Legolas picked up a brush and started brushing my hair. "Are you nervous about what lays ahead of you" he asked as he now started to braid sections of my hair. "A little" I said, Although I think we both could tell I was lying. "You have nothing to worry about. I first came across them before I was assigned to the fellowship of the ring. To be honest I was more than a little worried about it, but I had to deliver news that we had failed in keeping the creature Gollum imprisoned. It worked out well in the end though, but there is nothing to worry about."
"We are going to leave soon. Elladen and Elrohir have convinced us to move on as soon as you are ready too." He said. "Well I am ready to go now" I said as I put on the jewelry that was given to me.
As I walked into the area where the other elves were waiting, there was a sudden silence. All but two of the elves had astonished looks on their faces. Haldir's expression was priceless. The twins just had big smiles on their faces.
Legolas brought Asfaloth to me and I mounted. The other elves were still pretty much in shock. They had not expected such a transformation so soon. In a few minutes all the elves were mounted on their horses and we were ready to continue the last stretch of our journey.