Sorry I took so long to update. I've been really busy lately. Well, here's
chapter 8.
~* Chapter 8 *~
Legolas and the dwarf stayed up late talking of many things. It was finally to late and the dwarf Gimli was snoring as he talked. Legolas decided to let him get some rest. "I will let you rest now Master Dwarf. I shall speak with you again later."
"Nonsense!" the dwarf said extremely loud, nearly screaming, as if to wake himself up, "Dwarves do not need much rest. I am sure I could stay up much longer than any elf."
Legolas smiled at the dwarf, "I am sure you can, but tomorrow is a new day. I shall come join you all for breakfast, good night." He left quickly before the dwarf could argue.
He walked to his flet and lay on the bed. He still was not sleepy. He was busy thinking about how to get Orophin and Leuthil together. Nothing came to mind. She had made it clear she had no interest in Orophin. ' I shall ponder more on this matter as the days go by and I get to know her better.'
He then fell into a dreamless slumber. The next day he awoke very early and went to bathe. He then met up with the fellowship in their usual breakfast spot. Everyone was already seated waiting for breakfast to be taken.
"Good morning Legolas!" he heard Pippin say merrily.
"Good morning." Legolas looked around and saw Aragorn looking very troubled. "What is the problem Aragorn?" he asked knowing his friend was contemplating something.
"It is only that I am not sure where Gandalf wanted us to go after this. Will I continue on with the hobbits to Mount Doom or go to Minas Tirith with my people?" he said, "Gandalf did not inform me what he wished for us to do after this."
Legolas did not know what to tell his friend. If Aragorn did not know Gandalf's mind Legolas knew it much less. Finally Leuthil came toward them with their breakfast.
"Good morning. What is wrong with Gimli? I hope he is not falling ill." She said as she looked at the snoring Gimli.
"We had a long night and I suppose it was too much for the dwarf." Legolas told her. She giggled at the dwarf.
"Well here is your breakfast, please enjoy." She said as she turned.
"You are not going to join us?" Merry said.
"No, I cannot this morning. I am sorry but I have much to do."
"Will you be busy all day?" Legolas asked her.
"Yes, I am sorry Legolas. We can practice another day though." She told him sadly.
"It is fine", he told her.
She then left them to do her duties. Voronwer had come up with a list of things for her to do from who knows where. Leuthil was really not looking forward to it. She did not like cleaning but oh well. She was sure she would be busy for at least two full days. She got busy right away.
Legolas and the rest of the fellowship finished breakfast. "What will you be doing today?" Legolas asked Gimli after he had awoken and eaten breakfast. The rest of the fellowship had already left to explore the forest of Lothlorien.
"What do you think?" the dwarf said annoyed at the elf's rhetorical question.
"I was simply trying to be polite Gimli. Perhaps we could take a walk?"
"Very well I have nothing better to do." They got up and began walking. Gimli and Legolas had become good friends over the past days. They found many things to talk about like Gimli's obsession with the Lady of Light and Legolas' homeland of Mirkwood. They walked for many hours under the leaves of the golden wood.
Leuthil was about doing the many tasks Voronwer had given her. As she walked towards a flight of winding stairs, she had to sweep, she saw Haldir coming towards her quickly.
"Hello Haldir. Why are you not on guard?" she asked him.
"I am, I simply came to speak with Lord Celeborn. The lady sends a message to you also, that is why I have come to look for you."
"The Lady has a message for me?" she said surprised.
"Yes, she wishes for you to meet her tomorrow in the first light. I am sure you know where to find her. Do not be late for Galadriel, she says she has much to speak of with you."
Leuthil was very surprised at this, "Very well, I shall not be late Haldir." He was about to leave but she stopped him, " By the way, how is Orophin doing?"
"He is fine. Why do you ask?" Leuthil was surprised at his words. Haldir was also surprised at how Leuthil had asked for his brother. He made a mental note to tell Orophin Leuthil had asked for him, 'it would surely brighten up his day' thought Haldir.
"It is nothing, I was simply wondering." She told him.
"Very well I must leave now. Do not forget your meeting with the Lady." He said as he walked away from her.
She then continued with her work.
~*~*~*~*~
Legolas and Gimli were still talking and walking. "You never tire of talking about yourself do you elf?" Gimli said apparently becoming bored of doing the same thing for many hours now. Legolas simply laughed.
"Well then what do you wish to do?" he asked. By now it was dark out.
"Go back to the pavilion I suppose. It is late already."
"Very well, I shall speak with you tomorrow. Good night."
"Good night." They then went their separate ways.
Legolas went into his flet and looked for something to do. He decided he would read Leuthil's poems. He did not want to stay in the flet though. He decided he would go sit by the small lake and read there. Even though it was night out he still had enough light to read, and he would like to listen to the sound of the water.
He walked quietly to sit by the waters edge. Before he arrived to the small lake, which was surrounded by trees he heard splashing. 'Someone is there' he thought. He was going to turn around and find another place to read, but for some reason he had to look. He peeked from behind one of the trees. It was an elvin maiden and she was bathing. He automatically felt aroused as she washed herself. It had been too long since last he had been with a maiden.
He felt horrible for spying on the beautiful elf, so he quickly turned to walk away. "Where are you going?" he heard a melodic voice say in the beautiful elvin tongue of the elves, he was startled by it.
"Excuse me?" he said, without turning.
"You heard me. You may turn, you have already seen me." Legolas was surprised by this young elf's bluntness.
"No, I cannot I must leave. It was rude of me to pry." For some reason he did not move no matter how much his mind told his body to do so. He then picked up with his ears that the water was moving as she walked out from the pond.
She came up behind him and turned him around to face her forcefully. He dropped the book he was carrying at the sight of her. She truly was beautiful. She was almost Legolas' height and had long perfectly straight blonde hair that reached to her lower back. Her face was heavenly and her eyes were a deep blue. Legolas could see they were full of lust as they turned to a dark blue that looked like the sky after a storm. Her lips were a deep red. She stood directly in front of Legolas waiting for him to stop staring at her and do something.
~*~*~
Leuthil had just finished her last task for the day. She decided to go for a walk, as it was truly a beautiful night. It always was in Lothlorien. She wandered around not caring which way she went.
She hummed along with the nightingales that surrounded her. She wondered what Legolas was doing. She had not had a chance to speak with him yet that day. Nor would she be able to the next day either.
It seemed Voronwer had given everyone else the two days off and given everyone's tasks to Leuthil. 'She sure can hold a grudge' thought Leuthil.
~*~*~
Legolas finally spoke to the elf standing in the nude right in front of him. "I do not believe I know your name."
"My name is Tirifea, and you must be Prince Legolas. You are visiting the land of Lothlorien, are you not?"
"Yes, I believe you ought to get some garments on." He told her looking away.
"Why," she said as she took a step closer to him and put her hands on either side of his head, forcing him to look at her, "Do you not like what you see prince?" Before Legolas could respond she was pressing her lips against his. Legolas heard someone gasp and he pushed her away.
"What is wrong?" she asked him.
"I cannot kiss you. I do not even know you. Did you see whoever saw us?" he asked her wondering whom it might have been that gasped.
~*~*~
Leuthil continued walking then she heard someone talking by the lake. She decided it was nothing, but curiosity got the better of her. She looked in the direction from where the voices had come.
It was Legolas but he was not alone. It was Tirielen, and she had no clothes on. Leuthil knew her since she had bedded practically all of the Galadhrim. She was one if not the prettiest elf in Lothlorien, besides Galadriel.
They were kissing. She gasped unknowingly. Leuthil could not help but feel sad. 'What is wrong with me!' she thought, ' I have no feelings for him.' Yet even though she was telling herself these things her heart still ached. 'He is just like all the others, oh well. I knew something like this would happen.' She walked back up to her flet with a glum expression on her face that she did not know she even had.
She could not take the image of Legolas and that elf kissing out of her head as she lay on her bed. ' Get over it!' she kept telling herself, but she couldn't. She knew what Legolas would be doing tonight, an elf named Tirifea.
~*~
"Why can you not kiss me?" Tirifea told Legolas somewhat rudely.
"I am sorry but it is not in me to make love to someone whom I do not even know. I am sorry I must go now." He quickly turned and left as quickly as possible.
He could not believe that elf. She apparently had no self-respect. Never in his entire elf had he met such an elf. Elves weren't like that. They did not make love just for fun. Well, maybe once or twice, but not like that. He was truly amazed that an elf had just tried to seduce him. It had happened before, many times, but not like that. He lay on the bed and fell into a dreamless sleep.
Leuthil got up the next day extremely early and went to see Galadriel as Haldir had told her to. She went up to Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel's large flet. The light there was extremely bright and beautiful.
"I have been expecting you Leuthil." Leuthil bowed to the voice that sounded like a gentle stream.
"Good day my Lady." Galadriel walked toward her.
" Your heart is hurting, even though you cannot perceive it or why."
Leuthil couldn't think of what it might be. Most likely it was about the one whom had broken her heart so long ago.
"This pain in your heart is not old but very new. You know of whom and what I speak. Why do you block out all these feelings. You have had signs since he arrived and yet you still ignore it."
'There are more pressing matters in this world and you trouble yourself with a common elf.' Leuthil thought.
"Yes, I know there are more pressing matters." Galadriel told her. Leuthil felt ashamed, as her cheeks became a dark red. "I care because I do not like to see others suffer."
"I do not suffer." Leuthil told her "I am one of the happiest elves in Lothlorien."
"Yes, I know but still your heart yearns for more. Do not block out these feelings."
"What feelings?! Love is a weakness, what good would it do if I did let these feelings show? It leads to heartbreak either way." Leuthil told Galadriel, all the while not realizing what Galadriel was trying to tell her. Love was right in front of her.
"Do not feel this way Leuthil." Galadriel said more sympathetically. "Come we will look in the mirror."
Leuthil did not want to look in the mirror. She had heard many things about it. She followed Galadriel though not wanting to go against her word.
She led her to a place near the pavilion actually were the fellowship was. They went down some stone steps completely hidden from view. Leuthil had not seen them before. Galadriel filled a pitcher with the crystal clear water that fell from a small fountain. Then poured it into a large basin.
"Look in the mirror" she instructed.
"What will it show me?" Leuthil asked.
"Even the wisest cannot tell. For the mirror shows many things." Galadriel waved her hand in a gesture for Leuthil to look into the water.
She did as she was told and stepped closer to the large basin. She looked into the clear water that was there. All she saw was a reflection of her own crystal clear eyes and red lips. "I see nothing", she said.
" Keep looking." Galadriel told her.
Leuthil stared into the mirror for more time. Finally the water began to ripple what she saw dismayed her greatly.
It was a battle, a very large battle. Orcs and humans were everywhere fighting. Swords clashing, arrows flying, blood stained grass, bodies scattered about, Leuthil couldn't help but look away. "This is horrible!" she said.
"Keep looking" Galadriel told her.
The image changed once more, it was her and she was hugging someone else. A tall blonde elf, they were looking out towards meadows of tall grass and hills as far as the eye could see as a soft breeze blew her hair and dress into a mess. She could only see the two from behind as their hair and clothes were blown around by the gentle breeze.
The image changed once more. It was her, Leuthil, fighting ORCS! What was she doing fighting orcs? She could tell this battle was much more fierce than the one she had just seen. She continued looking and saw an arrow flying towards her quickly. Before she could see what happened next the image changed once more.
It was Legolas looking more sorrowful than she could put into words. He was kneeling down next to a mound of dirt on the ground. Flowers were growing from it, flowers of mourning. 'This is somebody's grave' she thought. Then Gimli appeared behind him. He put his hand on Legolas' shoulder, trying to comfort his friend. Legolas stood up only to fall to his knees once more.
"What is this? I do not wish to see only sorrowful things." Leuthil told Galadriel.
"It is what may come to pass, or may not come to pass. I cannot say." Galadriel told her.
"So then I will die?"
"No, not necessarily. It could have been many peoples grave. Legolas has many dear friends."
"But the arrow?"
"The arrow may not have killed you, either way we do not know if even that will come to pass."
"But the mirror, why does it show me fighting? I will not go to war anytime soon."
"I do not know Leuthil. Follow your heart and it will lead you in a truthful path."
"I cannot follow my heart, I have done so in the past and look where it has led me. This is all too strange. I am nothing more than an ordinary elf. My heart is and forever shall remain in Lothlorien."
"Yes, for now. Yet your heart may change its course for the best or for the worst. That is for you to decide, and it is also for you to decide if you will follow it or not. You have much to ponder. You may go now."
"But I do not understand. Why does it show Legolas looking so sorrowful? Why am I fighting? Where are those large meadows and is it Legolas whom I was with?"
"It is uncertain. These events are not far off though. Many drastic changes are about to occur."
"I do not want it to change. I will do whatever I can to keep it as it is." She then bowed to the Lady of Light and left up the stairs. She hurriedly began occupying herself. She noticed the fellowship had already eaten breakfast.
Legolas awoke early and went down to breakfast with his friends. They were still asleep. He waited for them to awaken. They spoke for a while of many things. The hobbits wanted Legolas to tell them all the tales of the elves he knew. He only had time though to tell them one, before their breakfast came.
He noticed it was not Leuthil. "Excuse me." He told the tall blond male- elf, "Where is Leuthil?"
"She could not deliver your breakfast today for she is speaking with the Lady Galadriel."
"Thank you." Legolas told him politely.
"What do you wish to do today Master elf?" the dwarf told Legolas.
"We could walk through the forest, or I could tell you more tales of my people, or."
"Alright, alright." The dwarf said.
"You could tell us more stories Legolas!" Sam said, "I love hearing an elf's voice."
" Then it is decided, we will be staying here Gimli, telling the hobbits tales of my people. I am sure they would also love to hear about the Dwarves of your land." They spent that whole day telling the hobbits and Boromir of their lands.
It was soon late and Legolas had sung many songs and many tales had been told by Gimli. "I am sure you are all tired. I will let you sleep now." Legolas told then, then left and went up to his flet.
He walked in and lied on the bed only in his leggings, as that was the most comfortable way to sleep for him. He then went to the dream world of the elves.
Leuthil had finally finished all the tasks Voronwere had given her. It was nighttime by now and the thoughts of what she had seen in Galadriel's mirror were still in her mind. She went to her flet hoping maybe she would be able to rest from the thoughts of Legolas and the Lady of Light as she slept.
To her dismay she did not. She simple lay in her bed waiting for morning to come.
*~* please review *~* A/N I know things happened kind of quickly in this chapter, two days in one chapter. I would make it a lot longer but the story has to get moving along. The most exciting parts of the story are yet to come.
~* Chapter 8 *~
Legolas and the dwarf stayed up late talking of many things. It was finally to late and the dwarf Gimli was snoring as he talked. Legolas decided to let him get some rest. "I will let you rest now Master Dwarf. I shall speak with you again later."
"Nonsense!" the dwarf said extremely loud, nearly screaming, as if to wake himself up, "Dwarves do not need much rest. I am sure I could stay up much longer than any elf."
Legolas smiled at the dwarf, "I am sure you can, but tomorrow is a new day. I shall come join you all for breakfast, good night." He left quickly before the dwarf could argue.
He walked to his flet and lay on the bed. He still was not sleepy. He was busy thinking about how to get Orophin and Leuthil together. Nothing came to mind. She had made it clear she had no interest in Orophin. ' I shall ponder more on this matter as the days go by and I get to know her better.'
He then fell into a dreamless slumber. The next day he awoke very early and went to bathe. He then met up with the fellowship in their usual breakfast spot. Everyone was already seated waiting for breakfast to be taken.
"Good morning Legolas!" he heard Pippin say merrily.
"Good morning." Legolas looked around and saw Aragorn looking very troubled. "What is the problem Aragorn?" he asked knowing his friend was contemplating something.
"It is only that I am not sure where Gandalf wanted us to go after this. Will I continue on with the hobbits to Mount Doom or go to Minas Tirith with my people?" he said, "Gandalf did not inform me what he wished for us to do after this."
Legolas did not know what to tell his friend. If Aragorn did not know Gandalf's mind Legolas knew it much less. Finally Leuthil came toward them with their breakfast.
"Good morning. What is wrong with Gimli? I hope he is not falling ill." She said as she looked at the snoring Gimli.
"We had a long night and I suppose it was too much for the dwarf." Legolas told her. She giggled at the dwarf.
"Well here is your breakfast, please enjoy." She said as she turned.
"You are not going to join us?" Merry said.
"No, I cannot this morning. I am sorry but I have much to do."
"Will you be busy all day?" Legolas asked her.
"Yes, I am sorry Legolas. We can practice another day though." She told him sadly.
"It is fine", he told her.
She then left them to do her duties. Voronwer had come up with a list of things for her to do from who knows where. Leuthil was really not looking forward to it. She did not like cleaning but oh well. She was sure she would be busy for at least two full days. She got busy right away.
Legolas and the rest of the fellowship finished breakfast. "What will you be doing today?" Legolas asked Gimli after he had awoken and eaten breakfast. The rest of the fellowship had already left to explore the forest of Lothlorien.
"What do you think?" the dwarf said annoyed at the elf's rhetorical question.
"I was simply trying to be polite Gimli. Perhaps we could take a walk?"
"Very well I have nothing better to do." They got up and began walking. Gimli and Legolas had become good friends over the past days. They found many things to talk about like Gimli's obsession with the Lady of Light and Legolas' homeland of Mirkwood. They walked for many hours under the leaves of the golden wood.
Leuthil was about doing the many tasks Voronwer had given her. As she walked towards a flight of winding stairs, she had to sweep, she saw Haldir coming towards her quickly.
"Hello Haldir. Why are you not on guard?" she asked him.
"I am, I simply came to speak with Lord Celeborn. The lady sends a message to you also, that is why I have come to look for you."
"The Lady has a message for me?" she said surprised.
"Yes, she wishes for you to meet her tomorrow in the first light. I am sure you know where to find her. Do not be late for Galadriel, she says she has much to speak of with you."
Leuthil was very surprised at this, "Very well, I shall not be late Haldir." He was about to leave but she stopped him, " By the way, how is Orophin doing?"
"He is fine. Why do you ask?" Leuthil was surprised at his words. Haldir was also surprised at how Leuthil had asked for his brother. He made a mental note to tell Orophin Leuthil had asked for him, 'it would surely brighten up his day' thought Haldir.
"It is nothing, I was simply wondering." She told him.
"Very well I must leave now. Do not forget your meeting with the Lady." He said as he walked away from her.
She then continued with her work.
~*~*~*~*~
Legolas and Gimli were still talking and walking. "You never tire of talking about yourself do you elf?" Gimli said apparently becoming bored of doing the same thing for many hours now. Legolas simply laughed.
"Well then what do you wish to do?" he asked. By now it was dark out.
"Go back to the pavilion I suppose. It is late already."
"Very well, I shall speak with you tomorrow. Good night."
"Good night." They then went their separate ways.
Legolas went into his flet and looked for something to do. He decided he would read Leuthil's poems. He did not want to stay in the flet though. He decided he would go sit by the small lake and read there. Even though it was night out he still had enough light to read, and he would like to listen to the sound of the water.
He walked quietly to sit by the waters edge. Before he arrived to the small lake, which was surrounded by trees he heard splashing. 'Someone is there' he thought. He was going to turn around and find another place to read, but for some reason he had to look. He peeked from behind one of the trees. It was an elvin maiden and she was bathing. He automatically felt aroused as she washed herself. It had been too long since last he had been with a maiden.
He felt horrible for spying on the beautiful elf, so he quickly turned to walk away. "Where are you going?" he heard a melodic voice say in the beautiful elvin tongue of the elves, he was startled by it.
"Excuse me?" he said, without turning.
"You heard me. You may turn, you have already seen me." Legolas was surprised by this young elf's bluntness.
"No, I cannot I must leave. It was rude of me to pry." For some reason he did not move no matter how much his mind told his body to do so. He then picked up with his ears that the water was moving as she walked out from the pond.
She came up behind him and turned him around to face her forcefully. He dropped the book he was carrying at the sight of her. She truly was beautiful. She was almost Legolas' height and had long perfectly straight blonde hair that reached to her lower back. Her face was heavenly and her eyes were a deep blue. Legolas could see they were full of lust as they turned to a dark blue that looked like the sky after a storm. Her lips were a deep red. She stood directly in front of Legolas waiting for him to stop staring at her and do something.
~*~*~
Leuthil had just finished her last task for the day. She decided to go for a walk, as it was truly a beautiful night. It always was in Lothlorien. She wandered around not caring which way she went.
She hummed along with the nightingales that surrounded her. She wondered what Legolas was doing. She had not had a chance to speak with him yet that day. Nor would she be able to the next day either.
It seemed Voronwer had given everyone else the two days off and given everyone's tasks to Leuthil. 'She sure can hold a grudge' thought Leuthil.
~*~*~
Legolas finally spoke to the elf standing in the nude right in front of him. "I do not believe I know your name."
"My name is Tirifea, and you must be Prince Legolas. You are visiting the land of Lothlorien, are you not?"
"Yes, I believe you ought to get some garments on." He told her looking away.
"Why," she said as she took a step closer to him and put her hands on either side of his head, forcing him to look at her, "Do you not like what you see prince?" Before Legolas could respond she was pressing her lips against his. Legolas heard someone gasp and he pushed her away.
"What is wrong?" she asked him.
"I cannot kiss you. I do not even know you. Did you see whoever saw us?" he asked her wondering whom it might have been that gasped.
~*~*~
Leuthil continued walking then she heard someone talking by the lake. She decided it was nothing, but curiosity got the better of her. She looked in the direction from where the voices had come.
It was Legolas but he was not alone. It was Tirielen, and she had no clothes on. Leuthil knew her since she had bedded practically all of the Galadhrim. She was one if not the prettiest elf in Lothlorien, besides Galadriel.
They were kissing. She gasped unknowingly. Leuthil could not help but feel sad. 'What is wrong with me!' she thought, ' I have no feelings for him.' Yet even though she was telling herself these things her heart still ached. 'He is just like all the others, oh well. I knew something like this would happen.' She walked back up to her flet with a glum expression on her face that she did not know she even had.
She could not take the image of Legolas and that elf kissing out of her head as she lay on her bed. ' Get over it!' she kept telling herself, but she couldn't. She knew what Legolas would be doing tonight, an elf named Tirifea.
~*~
"Why can you not kiss me?" Tirifea told Legolas somewhat rudely.
"I am sorry but it is not in me to make love to someone whom I do not even know. I am sorry I must go now." He quickly turned and left as quickly as possible.
He could not believe that elf. She apparently had no self-respect. Never in his entire elf had he met such an elf. Elves weren't like that. They did not make love just for fun. Well, maybe once or twice, but not like that. He was truly amazed that an elf had just tried to seduce him. It had happened before, many times, but not like that. He lay on the bed and fell into a dreamless sleep.
Leuthil got up the next day extremely early and went to see Galadriel as Haldir had told her to. She went up to Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel's large flet. The light there was extremely bright and beautiful.
"I have been expecting you Leuthil." Leuthil bowed to the voice that sounded like a gentle stream.
"Good day my Lady." Galadriel walked toward her.
" Your heart is hurting, even though you cannot perceive it or why."
Leuthil couldn't think of what it might be. Most likely it was about the one whom had broken her heart so long ago.
"This pain in your heart is not old but very new. You know of whom and what I speak. Why do you block out all these feelings. You have had signs since he arrived and yet you still ignore it."
'There are more pressing matters in this world and you trouble yourself with a common elf.' Leuthil thought.
"Yes, I know there are more pressing matters." Galadriel told her. Leuthil felt ashamed, as her cheeks became a dark red. "I care because I do not like to see others suffer."
"I do not suffer." Leuthil told her "I am one of the happiest elves in Lothlorien."
"Yes, I know but still your heart yearns for more. Do not block out these feelings."
"What feelings?! Love is a weakness, what good would it do if I did let these feelings show? It leads to heartbreak either way." Leuthil told Galadriel, all the while not realizing what Galadriel was trying to tell her. Love was right in front of her.
"Do not feel this way Leuthil." Galadriel said more sympathetically. "Come we will look in the mirror."
Leuthil did not want to look in the mirror. She had heard many things about it. She followed Galadriel though not wanting to go against her word.
She led her to a place near the pavilion actually were the fellowship was. They went down some stone steps completely hidden from view. Leuthil had not seen them before. Galadriel filled a pitcher with the crystal clear water that fell from a small fountain. Then poured it into a large basin.
"Look in the mirror" she instructed.
"What will it show me?" Leuthil asked.
"Even the wisest cannot tell. For the mirror shows many things." Galadriel waved her hand in a gesture for Leuthil to look into the water.
She did as she was told and stepped closer to the large basin. She looked into the clear water that was there. All she saw was a reflection of her own crystal clear eyes and red lips. "I see nothing", she said.
" Keep looking." Galadriel told her.
Leuthil stared into the mirror for more time. Finally the water began to ripple what she saw dismayed her greatly.
It was a battle, a very large battle. Orcs and humans were everywhere fighting. Swords clashing, arrows flying, blood stained grass, bodies scattered about, Leuthil couldn't help but look away. "This is horrible!" she said.
"Keep looking" Galadriel told her.
The image changed once more, it was her and she was hugging someone else. A tall blonde elf, they were looking out towards meadows of tall grass and hills as far as the eye could see as a soft breeze blew her hair and dress into a mess. She could only see the two from behind as their hair and clothes were blown around by the gentle breeze.
The image changed once more. It was her, Leuthil, fighting ORCS! What was she doing fighting orcs? She could tell this battle was much more fierce than the one she had just seen. She continued looking and saw an arrow flying towards her quickly. Before she could see what happened next the image changed once more.
It was Legolas looking more sorrowful than she could put into words. He was kneeling down next to a mound of dirt on the ground. Flowers were growing from it, flowers of mourning. 'This is somebody's grave' she thought. Then Gimli appeared behind him. He put his hand on Legolas' shoulder, trying to comfort his friend. Legolas stood up only to fall to his knees once more.
"What is this? I do not wish to see only sorrowful things." Leuthil told Galadriel.
"It is what may come to pass, or may not come to pass. I cannot say." Galadriel told her.
"So then I will die?"
"No, not necessarily. It could have been many peoples grave. Legolas has many dear friends."
"But the arrow?"
"The arrow may not have killed you, either way we do not know if even that will come to pass."
"But the mirror, why does it show me fighting? I will not go to war anytime soon."
"I do not know Leuthil. Follow your heart and it will lead you in a truthful path."
"I cannot follow my heart, I have done so in the past and look where it has led me. This is all too strange. I am nothing more than an ordinary elf. My heart is and forever shall remain in Lothlorien."
"Yes, for now. Yet your heart may change its course for the best or for the worst. That is for you to decide, and it is also for you to decide if you will follow it or not. You have much to ponder. You may go now."
"But I do not understand. Why does it show Legolas looking so sorrowful? Why am I fighting? Where are those large meadows and is it Legolas whom I was with?"
"It is uncertain. These events are not far off though. Many drastic changes are about to occur."
"I do not want it to change. I will do whatever I can to keep it as it is." She then bowed to the Lady of Light and left up the stairs. She hurriedly began occupying herself. She noticed the fellowship had already eaten breakfast.
Legolas awoke early and went down to breakfast with his friends. They were still asleep. He waited for them to awaken. They spoke for a while of many things. The hobbits wanted Legolas to tell them all the tales of the elves he knew. He only had time though to tell them one, before their breakfast came.
He noticed it was not Leuthil. "Excuse me." He told the tall blond male- elf, "Where is Leuthil?"
"She could not deliver your breakfast today for she is speaking with the Lady Galadriel."
"Thank you." Legolas told him politely.
"What do you wish to do today Master elf?" the dwarf told Legolas.
"We could walk through the forest, or I could tell you more tales of my people, or."
"Alright, alright." The dwarf said.
"You could tell us more stories Legolas!" Sam said, "I love hearing an elf's voice."
" Then it is decided, we will be staying here Gimli, telling the hobbits tales of my people. I am sure they would also love to hear about the Dwarves of your land." They spent that whole day telling the hobbits and Boromir of their lands.
It was soon late and Legolas had sung many songs and many tales had been told by Gimli. "I am sure you are all tired. I will let you sleep now." Legolas told then, then left and went up to his flet.
He walked in and lied on the bed only in his leggings, as that was the most comfortable way to sleep for him. He then went to the dream world of the elves.
Leuthil had finally finished all the tasks Voronwere had given her. It was nighttime by now and the thoughts of what she had seen in Galadriel's mirror were still in her mind. She went to her flet hoping maybe she would be able to rest from the thoughts of Legolas and the Lady of Light as she slept.
To her dismay she did not. She simple lay in her bed waiting for morning to come.
*~* please review *~* A/N I know things happened kind of quickly in this chapter, two days in one chapter. I would make it a lot longer but the story has to get moving along. The most exciting parts of the story are yet to come.