A/N thanks so much for the awesome reviews. Sorry I about that last chapter
being so sad. You all are going to hate me before the end of the story.
Sorry!!! Well, here's chapter 10 hope you like it!!!
~*Chapter 10*~
Leuthil watched Legolas exit her flet and walk onto the winding stairway. Why had he done this? Why did he have to go and make her feel horrible again? She had forgotten all her pain and sorrow but then this elf comes into Lothlorien and makes the pain feel new again. She felt horrible, even more so then she thought possible.
Then as if forced into her mind came the words Galadriel had told her "Why do you block out all these feelings. You have had signs since he arrived and yet you still ignore it." It is true then. 'I have real feelings for him then. My heart yearns for him but my mind tells me otherwise. Why had I not seen it that moment when the Lady spoke these words to me?' she paced around the flet.
~*~*~*~*
Legolas walked down the large stairway and finally reached Gimli who was waiting for him on the ground. Gimli immediately noticed Legolas' expression. He looked truly wretched.
"How did it go Master Elf?" Gimli asked him as heartfelt as possible.
"Not as we had expected Gimli. She does not love me then. She has shunned me away. She says I cause her nothing but pain and sorrow. I feel truly horrible and embarrassed, as if I lose strength as each minute passes."
Gimli suddenly became concerned for his friend. He knew what happened to elves when they were grieving. Legolas could not possibly love her that much though, or could he?
"Maybe she is angered about the poems? Perhaps she knows you lost the small book."
"No, she does not but she did say to take the book back to her. Gimli I must go, I remembered where I had left it when I was speaking with her. I only hope the she whom has it is willing to give it back." He then turned quickly and ran off.
Gimli was left behind. He decided to go talk to Leuthil. He wasn't about to let his friend leave into a perilous journey heartbroken. He knew Legolas was already feeling weaker as he had said.
He walked up the stairs and went to Leuthil's flet. He had much trouble, as he had not been there before. He asked about 5 elves before one of them finally listened and directed him in that direction.
He came to the entrance and knocked. He heard a gentle and melancholy sounding voice say, "Who is it?"
"May I come in please." Said the dwarf, hoping she would say yes.
"Come in then." He walked in and saw Leuthil walking back and forth around the room.
"Hello Leuthil"
"Hello Gimli." Leuthil said as she stopped walking and looked over at him. "Did you need something?"
"Yes, as a matter fact. I need to speak with you," he told her sternly leaving no room for her to refuse.
"Really? About what?" Leuthil said hoping it was not about Legolas. She didn't need to talk about him again.
"About my dear elf-friend Legolas. You have hurt him very much."
"Do you think he has not hurt me also? If anything he has hurt me more than I have hurt him."
"Why is that? Why do you care so much what he says and thinks of you?" he knew he was making her think now.
"Because he. he is my friend." She said somewhat unsure.
"I thought you did not want to be friends with him? You have been avoiding him the past few weeks we have been here." The dwarf said casually.
"I do not care what he thinks or says. You are correct we are not friends, and he has not returned my poems."
"So then why are you so upset if you do not care Leuthil?" Gimli said more sternly now.
"Why do you care Gimli? This matter does not concern you." she said meanly.
"Because I will not travel with a heartbroken elf to an almost certain death!! Also because Legolas is my friend and it ails me to see him in such a state as this."
"Well why does he care so much? He has never spoken to me of love or feelings."
"He did not?" Gimli said bewildered.
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Well, the only reason he came up to talk to you earlier was to tell you of his love for you. I suppose he decided not to when he realized the feeling was not mutual." Gimli said this pensively.
Leuthil didn't know what to say. She was taken aback. 'How could I have been so blind, once again, he did love her.' She simply stood there thinking, as was Gimli.
"So then what are you going to do?" Gimli finally asked her.
"What do you mean what I am I going to do?" she asked him.
"Are you not going to tell him you love him? Don't you want your poems back?"
"What are you talking about? I will not lie, and of course I want my poems back."
"You will not be lying Leuthil. Think about it, you love him very much or else you would not be in this state." Gimli then left her to her thoughts.
~*~*~*~*
Legolas left Gimli and went to find the blonde elf. He did not even remember her name. Where would he find her?
He walked along the bottoms of the trees looking up into the staircases for any sign of her. He did this quickly, since he did not have much time.
He decided he would have to climb each and every of the winding staircases asking for her. He went up the first set of steps and stopped the first elf whom crossed his path, "Excuse me", he said.
"Yes, my Lord?" the young elf asked him.
"Do you know of an elf-maiden.." Legolas thought of the words to describe her with.
"Yes, my lord I know of many" the young he-elf told him.
"Yes, I am sure you do, but this one has blonde hair, blue eyes, and she is tall." Legolas said not remembering anything special about her.
"Well my Lord you have just described all the elf-maidens of Lothlorien, except perhaps one." The young male elf said with a smile on his thin lips.
"Yes, I know, but you are not being helpful either." Legolas told him becoming annoyed.
"Well, tell me more about her and perhaps I will be able to help you."
"Her eyes were extremely dark blue and her lips also a very deep red. Her hair is perfectly straight and reaches her lower back. She is extremely beautiful."
"Tell me of her attitude towards you. Perhaps that will help." The young elf said truly trying to help Legolas now, as he saw the distressed look on the prince's face.
"She was very, very suggestive. Actually unusually suggestive for an elf, she was trying to seduce me."
"There is only one in all of Lothlorien who does such things," the young elf said as he giggled silently, "you must be speaking of Tirifea. She has been successful in seducing every male guard and visitor of Lothlorien."
"Thank you very much young one." Legolas told the elf who seemed to be amused at Legolas' state of being. "Now tell me where I can find her."
"That I am not sure of. Go into the next tree to your left and ask there. They should know." He then bowed to Legolas and retreated up the winding flight of steps.
Legolas went down the steps and into the next tree. He felt ridiculous, as if he were on a wild goose chase. He went up the flight up stairs until he came upon a young she elf with long blonde hair. "Excuse me young lady." Legolas told her.
"Yes, my Lord?"
"Do you know where I could find the elf named Tirifea?" he asked her hoping she would know.
"Yes, I am her sister, but I do not think she would like to speak with you right now. Are you Prince Legolas?"
"Yes, I am Prince Legolas. This matter cannot wait I need to speak with her. It is a matter of great importance." Legolas told her leaving no room for her to tell him otherwise.
"Well, I shall go in and tell her, but I do not think she will be happy to see you." the young girl then put down the things she was carrying and went inside the flet, whose entrance was beside her.
Legolas could hear from outside what she was saying. "Tirifea that Prince is here to see you. He says it is important."
"Really?" he heard Tirifea say in her melodic voice surprised. "Well, let him in. I think I know what he wants."
The young elf then came out once more, "She wants you to enter." The girl then picked up the things she was carrying and went down the stairs. Legolas entered. He immediately noticed the lack of decoration. He remembered Leuthil's flet perfectly. The beautiful silk sheets hanging from the branches, the striking furniture, the sense of originality, and the best part of the flet, Leuthil. This flet was so plain and dull.
"Hello Prince." He heard her say.
"Hello Tirifea" he said as she advanced on him.
~*~*~*~*
Gimli had left Leuthil's flet and she was left alone once more. 'What shall I do? What shall I do?" she thought to herself over and over again. 'Do not be stupid, go find him and tell him how you feel.' One part of her would say. Then from somewhere else came another thought 'no, do not. You cannot trust the dwarf. Legolas does not feel anything for you.'
She contemplated for a very short while when she finally decided to go find him, but where? She left her flet and walked among the many enormous trees. She came upon a friend of hers, he was a very young elf, but nice none the less.
"Hello Leuthil!" she heard him say.
"Hello Nimorn" she said in response.
"What are you looking for? You seem distressed." He asked her.
"Have you seen the visitor from Mirkwood?" she asked him. She knew he was one of the only elves who walked among the staircases during the day. He was very young so he still did not have many duties to attend to.
"Yes, as a matter of fact. He was asking for directions. He should be over there in that tree. Look there is Kalinaluin. She has been up and down that stairway all day, she has nothing better to" he added that last part with annoyance, "she might have seen him."
"Thank you so much Nimorn!" she said kissing him on the cheek hurriedly causing him to blush. She then walked to Kalinaluin.
"Hello Kalinaluin." Leuthil said nicely.
"Hello" Kalinaluin said arrogantly without stopping. ' She is just like her sister!' thought Leuthil.
"Have you seen the Prince Legolas?" she asked her as agreeably as possible.
This caused Kalinaluin to stop and look at her, "why yes I have. He is in Tirifea's flet as we speak." Kalinaluin had not done it purposely but she had sounded so mean as she said those words. It almost made Leuthil cry, and feel like badgering the spoiled little brat. She thought twice knowing Kalinaluin had not done it purposely. She was very young and simply wanted to be like her sister.
"Thank you Kalinaluin."
"Your welcome!" Kalinaluin said with a beautiful smile, like her older sisters, as she left.
If Leuthil had not been truly hurt before, now she was completely devastated. She somberly walked back to her flet, thinking all the way how stupid she had been for going after him.
~*~*~*~*
"So what have you come for my Prince" Tirifea said now only a foot away from him.
"Do you have a small book of mine? I accidentally forgot it.that night by the lake."
"What book?" she said, making it extremely obvious she was lying.
"You know of what I speak, I have no time for games. Please give me what is mine." Legolas said sternly.
"Why do you not wish to be with me?" Tirifea said now sounding hurt.
"Tirifea, you are very beautiful, but I do not know you." Legolas said giving a quick explanation, "now may I have the book."
"You are such a bore!!" she said as she walked to a small drawer, "here take it. I read some but it is complete rubbish. I do not know how you could read that." She then simply stared at him. "Is she the reason why you do not wish for me? That annoying little elf?"
"Tirifea that is none of your concern. You should not have opened that book, it is not yours."
"It is not yours either." She told him matter-of-factly.
"Yes, I know and that is why I must return it. Now give it to me!" he surprised Tirifea with the sternness of his words.
"Very well, no need to get angry." She said seductively as she walked to him. She then handed him the book but not before saying in the most sexual voice she could find, "are you sure this book is all you came for?"
"Yes!" Legolas said snatching the book from the elf, "now thank you and good-bye" he then quickly turned and left the flet.
~*~*CLIFFHANGER!!!!*~*~ Sorry about that. I know it's a somewhat boring cliffhanger but it's a cliffhanger either way. Hope you enjoyed it and review (the little button down there) for the next chapter.
~*Chapter 10*~
Leuthil watched Legolas exit her flet and walk onto the winding stairway. Why had he done this? Why did he have to go and make her feel horrible again? She had forgotten all her pain and sorrow but then this elf comes into Lothlorien and makes the pain feel new again. She felt horrible, even more so then she thought possible.
Then as if forced into her mind came the words Galadriel had told her "Why do you block out all these feelings. You have had signs since he arrived and yet you still ignore it." It is true then. 'I have real feelings for him then. My heart yearns for him but my mind tells me otherwise. Why had I not seen it that moment when the Lady spoke these words to me?' she paced around the flet.
~*~*~*~*
Legolas walked down the large stairway and finally reached Gimli who was waiting for him on the ground. Gimli immediately noticed Legolas' expression. He looked truly wretched.
"How did it go Master Elf?" Gimli asked him as heartfelt as possible.
"Not as we had expected Gimli. She does not love me then. She has shunned me away. She says I cause her nothing but pain and sorrow. I feel truly horrible and embarrassed, as if I lose strength as each minute passes."
Gimli suddenly became concerned for his friend. He knew what happened to elves when they were grieving. Legolas could not possibly love her that much though, or could he?
"Maybe she is angered about the poems? Perhaps she knows you lost the small book."
"No, she does not but she did say to take the book back to her. Gimli I must go, I remembered where I had left it when I was speaking with her. I only hope the she whom has it is willing to give it back." He then turned quickly and ran off.
Gimli was left behind. He decided to go talk to Leuthil. He wasn't about to let his friend leave into a perilous journey heartbroken. He knew Legolas was already feeling weaker as he had said.
He walked up the stairs and went to Leuthil's flet. He had much trouble, as he had not been there before. He asked about 5 elves before one of them finally listened and directed him in that direction.
He came to the entrance and knocked. He heard a gentle and melancholy sounding voice say, "Who is it?"
"May I come in please." Said the dwarf, hoping she would say yes.
"Come in then." He walked in and saw Leuthil walking back and forth around the room.
"Hello Leuthil"
"Hello Gimli." Leuthil said as she stopped walking and looked over at him. "Did you need something?"
"Yes, as a matter fact. I need to speak with you," he told her sternly leaving no room for her to refuse.
"Really? About what?" Leuthil said hoping it was not about Legolas. She didn't need to talk about him again.
"About my dear elf-friend Legolas. You have hurt him very much."
"Do you think he has not hurt me also? If anything he has hurt me more than I have hurt him."
"Why is that? Why do you care so much what he says and thinks of you?" he knew he was making her think now.
"Because he. he is my friend." She said somewhat unsure.
"I thought you did not want to be friends with him? You have been avoiding him the past few weeks we have been here." The dwarf said casually.
"I do not care what he thinks or says. You are correct we are not friends, and he has not returned my poems."
"So then why are you so upset if you do not care Leuthil?" Gimli said more sternly now.
"Why do you care Gimli? This matter does not concern you." she said meanly.
"Because I will not travel with a heartbroken elf to an almost certain death!! Also because Legolas is my friend and it ails me to see him in such a state as this."
"Well why does he care so much? He has never spoken to me of love or feelings."
"He did not?" Gimli said bewildered.
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Well, the only reason he came up to talk to you earlier was to tell you of his love for you. I suppose he decided not to when he realized the feeling was not mutual." Gimli said this pensively.
Leuthil didn't know what to say. She was taken aback. 'How could I have been so blind, once again, he did love her.' She simply stood there thinking, as was Gimli.
"So then what are you going to do?" Gimli finally asked her.
"What do you mean what I am I going to do?" she asked him.
"Are you not going to tell him you love him? Don't you want your poems back?"
"What are you talking about? I will not lie, and of course I want my poems back."
"You will not be lying Leuthil. Think about it, you love him very much or else you would not be in this state." Gimli then left her to her thoughts.
~*~*~*~*
Legolas left Gimli and went to find the blonde elf. He did not even remember her name. Where would he find her?
He walked along the bottoms of the trees looking up into the staircases for any sign of her. He did this quickly, since he did not have much time.
He decided he would have to climb each and every of the winding staircases asking for her. He went up the first set of steps and stopped the first elf whom crossed his path, "Excuse me", he said.
"Yes, my Lord?" the young elf asked him.
"Do you know of an elf-maiden.." Legolas thought of the words to describe her with.
"Yes, my lord I know of many" the young he-elf told him.
"Yes, I am sure you do, but this one has blonde hair, blue eyes, and she is tall." Legolas said not remembering anything special about her.
"Well my Lord you have just described all the elf-maidens of Lothlorien, except perhaps one." The young male elf said with a smile on his thin lips.
"Yes, I know, but you are not being helpful either." Legolas told him becoming annoyed.
"Well, tell me more about her and perhaps I will be able to help you."
"Her eyes were extremely dark blue and her lips also a very deep red. Her hair is perfectly straight and reaches her lower back. She is extremely beautiful."
"Tell me of her attitude towards you. Perhaps that will help." The young elf said truly trying to help Legolas now, as he saw the distressed look on the prince's face.
"She was very, very suggestive. Actually unusually suggestive for an elf, she was trying to seduce me."
"There is only one in all of Lothlorien who does such things," the young elf said as he giggled silently, "you must be speaking of Tirifea. She has been successful in seducing every male guard and visitor of Lothlorien."
"Thank you very much young one." Legolas told the elf who seemed to be amused at Legolas' state of being. "Now tell me where I can find her."
"That I am not sure of. Go into the next tree to your left and ask there. They should know." He then bowed to Legolas and retreated up the winding flight of steps.
Legolas went down the steps and into the next tree. He felt ridiculous, as if he were on a wild goose chase. He went up the flight up stairs until he came upon a young she elf with long blonde hair. "Excuse me young lady." Legolas told her.
"Yes, my Lord?"
"Do you know where I could find the elf named Tirifea?" he asked her hoping she would know.
"Yes, I am her sister, but I do not think she would like to speak with you right now. Are you Prince Legolas?"
"Yes, I am Prince Legolas. This matter cannot wait I need to speak with her. It is a matter of great importance." Legolas told her leaving no room for her to tell him otherwise.
"Well, I shall go in and tell her, but I do not think she will be happy to see you." the young girl then put down the things she was carrying and went inside the flet, whose entrance was beside her.
Legolas could hear from outside what she was saying. "Tirifea that Prince is here to see you. He says it is important."
"Really?" he heard Tirifea say in her melodic voice surprised. "Well, let him in. I think I know what he wants."
The young elf then came out once more, "She wants you to enter." The girl then picked up the things she was carrying and went down the stairs. Legolas entered. He immediately noticed the lack of decoration. He remembered Leuthil's flet perfectly. The beautiful silk sheets hanging from the branches, the striking furniture, the sense of originality, and the best part of the flet, Leuthil. This flet was so plain and dull.
"Hello Prince." He heard her say.
"Hello Tirifea" he said as she advanced on him.
~*~*~*~*
Gimli had left Leuthil's flet and she was left alone once more. 'What shall I do? What shall I do?" she thought to herself over and over again. 'Do not be stupid, go find him and tell him how you feel.' One part of her would say. Then from somewhere else came another thought 'no, do not. You cannot trust the dwarf. Legolas does not feel anything for you.'
She contemplated for a very short while when she finally decided to go find him, but where? She left her flet and walked among the many enormous trees. She came upon a friend of hers, he was a very young elf, but nice none the less.
"Hello Leuthil!" she heard him say.
"Hello Nimorn" she said in response.
"What are you looking for? You seem distressed." He asked her.
"Have you seen the visitor from Mirkwood?" she asked him. She knew he was one of the only elves who walked among the staircases during the day. He was very young so he still did not have many duties to attend to.
"Yes, as a matter of fact. He was asking for directions. He should be over there in that tree. Look there is Kalinaluin. She has been up and down that stairway all day, she has nothing better to" he added that last part with annoyance, "she might have seen him."
"Thank you so much Nimorn!" she said kissing him on the cheek hurriedly causing him to blush. She then walked to Kalinaluin.
"Hello Kalinaluin." Leuthil said nicely.
"Hello" Kalinaluin said arrogantly without stopping. ' She is just like her sister!' thought Leuthil.
"Have you seen the Prince Legolas?" she asked her as agreeably as possible.
This caused Kalinaluin to stop and look at her, "why yes I have. He is in Tirifea's flet as we speak." Kalinaluin had not done it purposely but she had sounded so mean as she said those words. It almost made Leuthil cry, and feel like badgering the spoiled little brat. She thought twice knowing Kalinaluin had not done it purposely. She was very young and simply wanted to be like her sister.
"Thank you Kalinaluin."
"Your welcome!" Kalinaluin said with a beautiful smile, like her older sisters, as she left.
If Leuthil had not been truly hurt before, now she was completely devastated. She somberly walked back to her flet, thinking all the way how stupid she had been for going after him.
~*~*~*~*
"So what have you come for my Prince" Tirifea said now only a foot away from him.
"Do you have a small book of mine? I accidentally forgot it.that night by the lake."
"What book?" she said, making it extremely obvious she was lying.
"You know of what I speak, I have no time for games. Please give me what is mine." Legolas said sternly.
"Why do you not wish to be with me?" Tirifea said now sounding hurt.
"Tirifea, you are very beautiful, but I do not know you." Legolas said giving a quick explanation, "now may I have the book."
"You are such a bore!!" she said as she walked to a small drawer, "here take it. I read some but it is complete rubbish. I do not know how you could read that." She then simply stared at him. "Is she the reason why you do not wish for me? That annoying little elf?"
"Tirifea that is none of your concern. You should not have opened that book, it is not yours."
"It is not yours either." She told him matter-of-factly.
"Yes, I know and that is why I must return it. Now give it to me!" he surprised Tirifea with the sternness of his words.
"Very well, no need to get angry." She said seductively as she walked to him. She then handed him the book but not before saying in the most sexual voice she could find, "are you sure this book is all you came for?"
"Yes!" Legolas said snatching the book from the elf, "now thank you and good-bye" he then quickly turned and left the flet.
~*~*CLIFFHANGER!!!!*~*~ Sorry about that. I know it's a somewhat boring cliffhanger but it's a cliffhanger either way. Hope you enjoyed it and review (the little button down there) for the next chapter.