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~*Chapter 7*~
Leuthil had finished with the guest flets and was walking to the small tent to pick up the supplies for polishing the boards.
She quickly went in and out of the white tent, trying to avoid Voronwer. She then walked to the archery range. No one was there.
She walked up to the first tree and took the circular board down. They were large with a very tiny bulls-eye. She got to work right away. As she was scrubbing the boards she saw Orophin approaching her.
"Hello Orophin!" she said as he approached.
"Good day Leuthil. Pity you must be working on this beautiful day, I was going to invite you for a walk." He told her. Leuthil would have liked walking rather than polishing boards.
"You may keep me company if you wish", Orophin and Leuthil had always talked very much, ever since they were young, but as of late his attraction to her had made their presence with each other somewhat uncomfortable.
"I heard of you and the prince Legolas."
"Really? We are merely friends Orophin." She told him without looking at him. He was now sitting beside her on the ground.
"Yes, he told me. Why do you not like him? He is a prince."
"I do not know. He has no interest in me. I would rather not even start something that I know will only lead to heartbreak."
"So then is there no one whom you do admire?" he asked her hoping she would say yes.
"No, there is not. I do not think I shall find love will here in Lothlorien or even Middle-Earth." She saw the upset look that Orophin had. He was never good at hiding emotions.
"That is to bad. Life without love is a horrible thing I know first hand. You must get over what happened all those years ago Leuthil. You are too happy an elf to let such a thing as love always be an obstacle in your life. You would be so much happier if you would just allow yourself to love." He raised her chin gently to where they were staring each other directly in the eyes.
She moved her head to the side as he moved in to kiss her. "I am sorry Orophin, you are not the one for me. You are or at least were like my brother. I could not think of you in such a way. I am flattered by your love, but you deserve so much better than me, a common elf, you will marry someone of great importance and some one who shares your love. I would be with you but then I would only be lying to my heart. I love no one, and he whom I did betrayed me. I am sorry."
Orophin looked away. "It is fine Leuthil, I can see clearly enough you do not love me. I hope we can still be friends as we once were."
"Yes, that would be nice. I'm sorry Orophin please do not be sad. You will find love soon enough."
"Yes, I hope so. I must leave now. Good day." He then disappeared into the forest. Leuthil was truly worried and she hoped nothing bad happened to him.
She continued polishing all the boards on the many trees. When she finally finished it was late, and the stars were out. She walked home slowly as she looked up at the stars. She went into her flet and directly to the bed. She was not tired but felt like laying down for some reason. She felt like she had hurt Orophin 'hopefully not' she thought, 'tomorrow I will look for Haldir and ask him how Orophin is doing.' She then fell into the dreamlike state of the elves.
Legolas was still reading when the stars came out. He decided to go up to bed. He quickly went up to bed and thought over how he might get Leuthil to take interest in Orophin. It would be hard and time consuming. He did not know how long they were going to stay in Lothlorien.
The next day Legolas went down to breakfast with the fellowship. He was glad to see Gimli again. They seemed to be becoming friends more and more as each day passed. "Hello master elf" the dwarf said.
"Good morning Gimli, where is Aragorn?" Legolas said as he looked for the ranger.
"He went to help Leuthil bring the trays apparently he wants to talk to her about something." Legolas wondered what it might be about. He came to the conclusion it was most likely something about Arwen.
Leuthil awoke extra early and went to bathe. She dressed quickly and began walking towards the small white tent where Voronwer would be waiting. As she walked she came upon Aragorn. The tall human came toward her when he saw her.
"Good day." She told him, "You are up early."
"Yes, I wished to talk to you." he told her.
"What is the problem?"
"You are a friend of Arwen's, are you not?"
"Yes, I am."
"What does she say of me?" Leuthil wanted to laugh at the human, it seemed funny that such a proud and wise human would ask such a question, it seemed to her he was insecure about something he should be completely confident about.
"She is truly in love with you Aragorn. She only speaks of you, I had to shut her up once or twice. It becomes annoying, you know. I feel I know you better than you know yourself." He chuckled at her words.
"I am happy to hear these words from you. We have been in love for a very long time now. It seems each day our love grows stronger."
"I am happy to hear that. I will be sure to inform her in my next letter." She said as they arrived at the small tent.
"Would you like me to help you with one of the trays?"
"If you insist." She walked in waving for him to follow. She handed him a tray and they walked to where the hobbits, elf, human, and dwarf were waiting.
"Good day Leuthil." She heard the dwarf and Legolas say.
"Good morning." She told them.
"Will you join us this morning?" she heard one of the hobbits say sounding shy.
"I don't believe I know your name."
"My name is Pippin and this is Merry. The one over there, that's Sam and next to him is Frodo and Boromir." They all waved to her as he introduced them.
"Hello, my name is Leuthil. It is a pleasure to meet you all."
"Now you must join us Leuthil, as you have met everyone", Aragorn said.
"Very well, if you persist." The only empty chair was next to Legolas. She sat by him as they ate. She did not eat much. She was not hungry in the first place. She and Legolas were the first to finish.
"Will you join me for a walk Leuthil?" he asked her.
"Yes, if the rest of you will excuse us."
"Of course, of course." Came the answer from all of them.
They stood up and began to walk away from the group.
"Does he like her?" Pippin asked Aragorn as Legolas and Leuthil walked away from the group. Aragorn smiled at the hobbit.
"I am not sure. Maybe he does, I think they are merely friends, for now."
Leuthil and Legolas were walking through the forest. "I am still reading your poems. They are very beautiful."
"Thank you."
"Tell me though, why are they so sorrowful?"
"I do not know. Perhaps it is that my one true love betrayed me or perhaps it is that I am alone or perhaps it is because I know I shall never find love." She looked at him and smiled.
"And you find this humorous?"
"Yes, I would rather laugh at something than be mad about it all day long."
"That is a good way to look at it. But I know someone who does love you."
"Yes, I know, Orophin. But I do not love him the same way. Yes, I mean I love him but only as a friend."
"Well, maybe you should give it a try." He told her trying to sound sympathetic.
"No, I would know if we were meant to be."
"Sometimes love is not always clear Leuthil. I think you should give it a chance."
"No, I will not." She said assertively, giving Legolas the hint to stop asking.
"So what will you be doing today?" he asked her.
"I do not know. Whatever comes to mind first."
"Would you like to practice sword fighting?"
"Why do you waste your time with me Legolas, there are many, much more beautiful elf maidens who would love for you to walk with them through the forest or maybe even do more than walking." She said as she giggled.
"Yes, I know but they are all so dull and boring."
"That is the first time I hear an elf say something like that about spending time with beautiful elf-maidens." They laughed together.
"Well then lets go get out weapons." He said.
They walked up to their flets and met at the bottom of the large tree. "Are you ready to go?" Legolas asked her.
"Yes, of course." They walked to a small clearing. Before Leuthil turned Legolas had his two swords short swords out and ready to practice. Faster than Legolas realized she had unsheathed her sword pointed it at him as she took her fighting stance.
Legolas was the first to approach her. He was surprised at how quickly she moved against both of his white swords. Their elvin made swords clashed together making a sound like bells rather than just metal clinking together.
Legolas hated to admit but he was having a little trouble keeping up with her. 'She is much better at swords than shooting arrows' he thought.
She was pushing him back as he tried to block all her attacks. She then turned quickly catching Legolas off guard and kicked him in the stomach as she turned. He fell back and hit a tree, which was right behind him.
"Very good Leuthil." He told her trying to get oxygen to his lungs as it had all just been knocked out.
"See I told you not to laugh at me", she outstretched her hand to help him up, but to her surprise he jumped up grabbed her by the arm, and turned her around. Her back was pressed against his chest. She stood as still as possible as she felt the cold steel of his sword pressed to her throat.
"Never let your guard down." He told her as he laughed. She pushed away his arm and turned to face him. She noticed the large root of a tree was about as high as his knees. She very quickly and forcefully pushed him causing him to fall on his back, but unlike she had hope he grabbed her arm and she fell down with him, landing on top of him. She quickly stood up with her cheeks were a dark red rather than the light pink they usually were.
All she heard was Legolas laughing. "What is so funny?" she asked him.
"You are very amusing Leuthil. I have not had that much fun since I was but a young child."
"Well I am glad you have had fun. I suppose you take pleasure out of being beaten by an elf-maiden." His face automatically changed from a smile to a frown.
"I let you win", he said defiantly.
Leuthil burst out laughing. She was laughing so hard it was hard for her to breath. "Oh Legolas, you have no idea how childish that sounded." It was too much for him to see her laugh so hard, he could not restrain it any longer and he also began laughing.
They were finally able to compose themselves again. "You are very talented with a sword but I could beat you with a bow and arrow any day."
"Yes, I am sure you can." She said. "I was never very talented with a bow."
"Yes, I know I saw you the last time you 'tried' to practice." She punched him softly on the arm. "Come let us go practice archery. I will show you how to improve you skills."
They walked to the archery range, which was not that far away. They walked into the clearing and Leuthil looked at the shiny targets with dislike.
"Why do you look at the targets in such a manner?" he said as he looked at her.
"Because I had to polish each and everyone of those boards yesterday."
Legolas chuckled. "Well lets get started. I am going to sit here and watch you try to shoot the bulls-eye." He sat down and motioned for Leuthil to move forward with his hand.
She got out her bow and fit an arrow to the string. She shot the arrow and it landed right next to the small red center of the board. She squealed in delight.
"Very good, but now I can see what the problem is."
"And what is the problem?" she asked him.
"Your legs are too far apart. You need balance but not that much. Put your feet shoulder length apart, you will see the difference." She did as he told her and shot a perfect bulls-eye. "Told you."
"Thank you for the advice." She told him. They continued practicing and Legolas promised they would work on moving targets another day. By the time they were finished practicing it was dark out. They headed back to their flets, discussing moving targets, which they would practice on another day.
He left her at her room. "Good night Leuthil" he told her.
"Good night Legolas" he then turned and walked to his flet. He walked in and laid on the bed. He took out Leuthil's book of poems and began reading. He was barely half way through the book. There were many poems.
He decided he still wasn't tired and went down to where the fellowship was. Gimli was still up and about. "Hello Gimli, what have you been up to?" Legolas asked him.
"Not much Elf. There is not a great deal for a dwarf to do here. Everywhere I go I only get looks of disgust." The dwarf truly looked unhappy and bored.
"It is only because they do not know you and they have only heard bad things about dwarves."
"I suppose so, but I will not let it bother me. Tell me about this she-elf Leuthil."
Legolas smiled unknowingly at the mention of her name. "Well, we are becoming good friends. I believe I have earned her trust. She is very skilled with the sword and with my help also with the bow and arrow."
"Well, that is good. I told you she would come around." The dwarf said with intent.
"No, you did not. You said to get over it because not all elves were going to fall for my charm."
The dwarf looked at him questioningly. "Well either way I was right, she still has not fallen for your charm. You yourself said you are merely friends."
"Yes, and it shall remain that way, I am trying to get to know her so I can help Orophin win her heart."
"Well that does not seem right. I do not think you can force her to love someone." Legolas frowned.
"Yes, I suppose, but I am not forcing her I am simply going to be giving her a gentle push in that direction."
"Well I do not think that it will work, be careful Legolas. Things may not turn out as you plan." Legolas simply looked at the dwarf.
A/N ok there's chapter 7. I know a lot didn't happen in this chapter but don't worry I have so much exciting stuff planned for this story!!!!!
~*~* Please review!!*~*~
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Disclaimer- this is also for chapter 6 (I forgot! Oops.) I don't own anything but my character.
~*Chapter 7*~
Leuthil had finished with the guest flets and was walking to the small tent to pick up the supplies for polishing the boards.
She quickly went in and out of the white tent, trying to avoid Voronwer. She then walked to the archery range. No one was there.
She walked up to the first tree and took the circular board down. They were large with a very tiny bulls-eye. She got to work right away. As she was scrubbing the boards she saw Orophin approaching her.
"Hello Orophin!" she said as he approached.
"Good day Leuthil. Pity you must be working on this beautiful day, I was going to invite you for a walk." He told her. Leuthil would have liked walking rather than polishing boards.
"You may keep me company if you wish", Orophin and Leuthil had always talked very much, ever since they were young, but as of late his attraction to her had made their presence with each other somewhat uncomfortable.
"I heard of you and the prince Legolas."
"Really? We are merely friends Orophin." She told him without looking at him. He was now sitting beside her on the ground.
"Yes, he told me. Why do you not like him? He is a prince."
"I do not know. He has no interest in me. I would rather not even start something that I know will only lead to heartbreak."
"So then is there no one whom you do admire?" he asked her hoping she would say yes.
"No, there is not. I do not think I shall find love will here in Lothlorien or even Middle-Earth." She saw the upset look that Orophin had. He was never good at hiding emotions.
"That is to bad. Life without love is a horrible thing I know first hand. You must get over what happened all those years ago Leuthil. You are too happy an elf to let such a thing as love always be an obstacle in your life. You would be so much happier if you would just allow yourself to love." He raised her chin gently to where they were staring each other directly in the eyes.
She moved her head to the side as he moved in to kiss her. "I am sorry Orophin, you are not the one for me. You are or at least were like my brother. I could not think of you in such a way. I am flattered by your love, but you deserve so much better than me, a common elf, you will marry someone of great importance and some one who shares your love. I would be with you but then I would only be lying to my heart. I love no one, and he whom I did betrayed me. I am sorry."
Orophin looked away. "It is fine Leuthil, I can see clearly enough you do not love me. I hope we can still be friends as we once were."
"Yes, that would be nice. I'm sorry Orophin please do not be sad. You will find love soon enough."
"Yes, I hope so. I must leave now. Good day." He then disappeared into the forest. Leuthil was truly worried and she hoped nothing bad happened to him.
She continued polishing all the boards on the many trees. When she finally finished it was late, and the stars were out. She walked home slowly as she looked up at the stars. She went into her flet and directly to the bed. She was not tired but felt like laying down for some reason. She felt like she had hurt Orophin 'hopefully not' she thought, 'tomorrow I will look for Haldir and ask him how Orophin is doing.' She then fell into the dreamlike state of the elves.
Legolas was still reading when the stars came out. He decided to go up to bed. He quickly went up to bed and thought over how he might get Leuthil to take interest in Orophin. It would be hard and time consuming. He did not know how long they were going to stay in Lothlorien.
The next day Legolas went down to breakfast with the fellowship. He was glad to see Gimli again. They seemed to be becoming friends more and more as each day passed. "Hello master elf" the dwarf said.
"Good morning Gimli, where is Aragorn?" Legolas said as he looked for the ranger.
"He went to help Leuthil bring the trays apparently he wants to talk to her about something." Legolas wondered what it might be about. He came to the conclusion it was most likely something about Arwen.
Leuthil awoke extra early and went to bathe. She dressed quickly and began walking towards the small white tent where Voronwer would be waiting. As she walked she came upon Aragorn. The tall human came toward her when he saw her.
"Good day." She told him, "You are up early."
"Yes, I wished to talk to you." he told her.
"What is the problem?"
"You are a friend of Arwen's, are you not?"
"Yes, I am."
"What does she say of me?" Leuthil wanted to laugh at the human, it seemed funny that such a proud and wise human would ask such a question, it seemed to her he was insecure about something he should be completely confident about.
"She is truly in love with you Aragorn. She only speaks of you, I had to shut her up once or twice. It becomes annoying, you know. I feel I know you better than you know yourself." He chuckled at her words.
"I am happy to hear these words from you. We have been in love for a very long time now. It seems each day our love grows stronger."
"I am happy to hear that. I will be sure to inform her in my next letter." She said as they arrived at the small tent.
"Would you like me to help you with one of the trays?"
"If you insist." She walked in waving for him to follow. She handed him a tray and they walked to where the hobbits, elf, human, and dwarf were waiting.
"Good day Leuthil." She heard the dwarf and Legolas say.
"Good morning." She told them.
"Will you join us this morning?" she heard one of the hobbits say sounding shy.
"I don't believe I know your name."
"My name is Pippin and this is Merry. The one over there, that's Sam and next to him is Frodo and Boromir." They all waved to her as he introduced them.
"Hello, my name is Leuthil. It is a pleasure to meet you all."
"Now you must join us Leuthil, as you have met everyone", Aragorn said.
"Very well, if you persist." The only empty chair was next to Legolas. She sat by him as they ate. She did not eat much. She was not hungry in the first place. She and Legolas were the first to finish.
"Will you join me for a walk Leuthil?" he asked her.
"Yes, if the rest of you will excuse us."
"Of course, of course." Came the answer from all of them.
They stood up and began to walk away from the group.
"Does he like her?" Pippin asked Aragorn as Legolas and Leuthil walked away from the group. Aragorn smiled at the hobbit.
"I am not sure. Maybe he does, I think they are merely friends, for now."
Leuthil and Legolas were walking through the forest. "I am still reading your poems. They are very beautiful."
"Thank you."
"Tell me though, why are they so sorrowful?"
"I do not know. Perhaps it is that my one true love betrayed me or perhaps it is that I am alone or perhaps it is because I know I shall never find love." She looked at him and smiled.
"And you find this humorous?"
"Yes, I would rather laugh at something than be mad about it all day long."
"That is a good way to look at it. But I know someone who does love you."
"Yes, I know, Orophin. But I do not love him the same way. Yes, I mean I love him but only as a friend."
"Well, maybe you should give it a try." He told her trying to sound sympathetic.
"No, I would know if we were meant to be."
"Sometimes love is not always clear Leuthil. I think you should give it a chance."
"No, I will not." She said assertively, giving Legolas the hint to stop asking.
"So what will you be doing today?" he asked her.
"I do not know. Whatever comes to mind first."
"Would you like to practice sword fighting?"
"Why do you waste your time with me Legolas, there are many, much more beautiful elf maidens who would love for you to walk with them through the forest or maybe even do more than walking." She said as she giggled.
"Yes, I know but they are all so dull and boring."
"That is the first time I hear an elf say something like that about spending time with beautiful elf-maidens." They laughed together.
"Well then lets go get out weapons." He said.
They walked up to their flets and met at the bottom of the large tree. "Are you ready to go?" Legolas asked her.
"Yes, of course." They walked to a small clearing. Before Leuthil turned Legolas had his two swords short swords out and ready to practice. Faster than Legolas realized she had unsheathed her sword pointed it at him as she took her fighting stance.
Legolas was the first to approach her. He was surprised at how quickly she moved against both of his white swords. Their elvin made swords clashed together making a sound like bells rather than just metal clinking together.
Legolas hated to admit but he was having a little trouble keeping up with her. 'She is much better at swords than shooting arrows' he thought.
She was pushing him back as he tried to block all her attacks. She then turned quickly catching Legolas off guard and kicked him in the stomach as she turned. He fell back and hit a tree, which was right behind him.
"Very good Leuthil." He told her trying to get oxygen to his lungs as it had all just been knocked out.
"See I told you not to laugh at me", she outstretched her hand to help him up, but to her surprise he jumped up grabbed her by the arm, and turned her around. Her back was pressed against his chest. She stood as still as possible as she felt the cold steel of his sword pressed to her throat.
"Never let your guard down." He told her as he laughed. She pushed away his arm and turned to face him. She noticed the large root of a tree was about as high as his knees. She very quickly and forcefully pushed him causing him to fall on his back, but unlike she had hope he grabbed her arm and she fell down with him, landing on top of him. She quickly stood up with her cheeks were a dark red rather than the light pink they usually were.
All she heard was Legolas laughing. "What is so funny?" she asked him.
"You are very amusing Leuthil. I have not had that much fun since I was but a young child."
"Well I am glad you have had fun. I suppose you take pleasure out of being beaten by an elf-maiden." His face automatically changed from a smile to a frown.
"I let you win", he said defiantly.
Leuthil burst out laughing. She was laughing so hard it was hard for her to breath. "Oh Legolas, you have no idea how childish that sounded." It was too much for him to see her laugh so hard, he could not restrain it any longer and he also began laughing.
They were finally able to compose themselves again. "You are very talented with a sword but I could beat you with a bow and arrow any day."
"Yes, I am sure you can." She said. "I was never very talented with a bow."
"Yes, I know I saw you the last time you 'tried' to practice." She punched him softly on the arm. "Come let us go practice archery. I will show you how to improve you skills."
They walked to the archery range, which was not that far away. They walked into the clearing and Leuthil looked at the shiny targets with dislike.
"Why do you look at the targets in such a manner?" he said as he looked at her.
"Because I had to polish each and everyone of those boards yesterday."
Legolas chuckled. "Well lets get started. I am going to sit here and watch you try to shoot the bulls-eye." He sat down and motioned for Leuthil to move forward with his hand.
She got out her bow and fit an arrow to the string. She shot the arrow and it landed right next to the small red center of the board. She squealed in delight.
"Very good, but now I can see what the problem is."
"And what is the problem?" she asked him.
"Your legs are too far apart. You need balance but not that much. Put your feet shoulder length apart, you will see the difference." She did as he told her and shot a perfect bulls-eye. "Told you."
"Thank you for the advice." She told him. They continued practicing and Legolas promised they would work on moving targets another day. By the time they were finished practicing it was dark out. They headed back to their flets, discussing moving targets, which they would practice on another day.
He left her at her room. "Good night Leuthil" he told her.
"Good night Legolas" he then turned and walked to his flet. He walked in and laid on the bed. He took out Leuthil's book of poems and began reading. He was barely half way through the book. There were many poems.
He decided he still wasn't tired and went down to where the fellowship was. Gimli was still up and about. "Hello Gimli, what have you been up to?" Legolas asked him.
"Not much Elf. There is not a great deal for a dwarf to do here. Everywhere I go I only get looks of disgust." The dwarf truly looked unhappy and bored.
"It is only because they do not know you and they have only heard bad things about dwarves."
"I suppose so, but I will not let it bother me. Tell me about this she-elf Leuthil."
Legolas smiled unknowingly at the mention of her name. "Well, we are becoming good friends. I believe I have earned her trust. She is very skilled with the sword and with my help also with the bow and arrow."
"Well, that is good. I told you she would come around." The dwarf said with intent.
"No, you did not. You said to get over it because not all elves were going to fall for my charm."
The dwarf looked at him questioningly. "Well either way I was right, she still has not fallen for your charm. You yourself said you are merely friends."
"Yes, and it shall remain that way, I am trying to get to know her so I can help Orophin win her heart."
"Well that does not seem right. I do not think you can force her to love someone." Legolas frowned.
"Yes, I suppose, but I am not forcing her I am simply going to be giving her a gentle push in that direction."
"Well I do not think that it will work, be careful Legolas. Things may not turn out as you plan." Legolas simply looked at the dwarf.
A/N ok there's chapter 7. I know a lot didn't happen in this chapter but don't worry I have so much exciting stuff planned for this story!!!!!
~*~* Please review!!*~*~
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