The group walked into a large room with a hearth roaring as the sun started
to go down. There was tea and little cookie like things set upon the
table. The four hobbits ran there before the introductions had even begun.
"Welcome all, you are all my honored friends and guests, and I welcome you to my home, Mirkwood." Thrudial said to all. The four hobbits just peered up and watched.
"You all know Lord Elrond, he as asked me to gather our close friends and confidantes on his behalf." He said letting Elrond continue.
"Thank you, I have-we have asked you all here today to introduce my newly reunited daughter. The celebration tonight is in her honor, but I wanted the ones closest to meet her first, to be properly introduced." Elizal was pushed forward slightly. "This is now and for ever more my daughter, Princess Elizal Seanstar." With a smile. All eyes gazed in confusion at him, including Elizal.
"The way we see it, is that she was raised by the Seanstwigs. By blood she is my daughter, and I her father. But not the one who has raised her, and guided her. Let alone the one being called father. So with that we have chosen to combine the name, in fairness to both families." Elizal teared up, she looked at the family who had raised her, standing next to her father and sister, along with two other male elves that had a likeness she deducted they were family as well. She gave them a big hug, and her parents wiped her tears away.
"We know, that you will live with your new family, but all we ask is you keep in touch, Aier." Moratinon, her father said. Elizal nodded. "I will do more than that. You will not get rid of me that easily!" Elizal said. Her parents laughed and impraced her.
"There are some people here I would like for you to meet, Lizal?" Elrond said with uncertainty. She nodded to reassure him.
"This is Frodo Baggins, and his three compaionions, Merry, Pippin, and Sam." She shook each of there hands and introduced herself. Merry said something out loud, not realizing it was coming out of his mouth.
"You're pretty." He said as he shook her hand. She and the rest of the assembled group laughed. Merry became very red. Elizal felt bad about laughing, and gave him a kiss on the fore head. "Thank You, Merry." She said with a genuiwine smile. He smiled back. Legolas felt a pang of pain in him. He watched Elizal as she was introduced to his friend, Gimli, and finally to Aragorn who stood next to him. As she approached he captured her gaze which looked at him, and he looked back longingly, but soon realized he to had a fixed gaze. His gaze turned to cold and Elizal turned her head away, he hair almost wipping him in the face.
"Lady Elizal, Please pardon my frankness, but you look vaugly familiar, as does your family.Have we met before?" Aragorn asked. Elizal too thought he looked familiar. She looked him up and down for a trigger, in her memory perhaps. Midway down she found it. A smile grew upon her face.
"Dear Aragorn, it has been a long time. You remember me from about 5 or so years ago, on your travels, your sword was damaged, you rode into town, and you had no money. I was happy to fix your sword but you felt bad for not being able to pay, so you kept my little brother, who is hiding now, busy while I worked. With many stories, most of which were of Rivendell." Aragorn smiled at the memory.
"I remember! You almost feel asleep while working on it many times.I hope your work ethic has changed?" He asked. Elizal did not see he father come behind her. "I am sorry to say she has not!" He said as he squeezed her shoulder. She let out a little whimper.
"Are you ok Aier? Did I touch a wound?" He asked as all turned to her. "I am fine, it is a burn mark. from my work ethics." She said as she moved the fabric on her shoulder that showed a large red swell. They all laughed. Arwen's arms had now intertwined with Aragorn's and her head rested upon his shoulder.
'They make a remarkable couple, I must say.' Elizal thought to herself.
"I am sorry everyone, but Elizal and I must now get ready for tonights festivities." Arwen said grabbing Elizal by the arm and leading her out. Legolas's eyes followed. Thranduil approached his son from behind. And put an arm on his shoulder.
"My son? You would you mind running a quick errend for me? It seems that the girls had forgotten there dresses. They are at the tailors. Could you fetch them and bring them?" Before Legolas has a chance to reply Thranduil answers for him.
"Thank you my son" he said with a smile and returned to his company. Legolas just stared gravly at his father as he walked away. He had not seen Gimli walk behind him.
"Well, I am glad to see I have been missed Elf!" He said. Legolas turned and smiled. "It is good to see you old friend. I hate to cut this short, but I have an errend to run on my father's behalf." He said with mixed feelings. Looking at Elizal's brothers.
"If you do not mind, I would like to join you! We have much to catch up on." He said elbowing him, with a hardy laugh. "Of course." The two walked out of the large room, and into the cooridor.
"So, I hear, no, I saw you have the eyes for a certain elf." He said all smiles. "Yes, but I am afraid it will be short lived, quite actually." Legolas said sadly. "There are two unforeseen interruptions, of which I have no idea on how to deal with."
"What do you mean?" Gimli stopped in his tracks. "If there is something in the way of your happiness, you must conquer it! Shoot it for all I care! I know you are good at that!" He said with a chuckle. Legolas smiled.
"If it were only so simple." He went on and explained all that had happened. The two went to the tailor's, and there convocation came to a temporary halt. As they came nearer to both the end of his story, and the girls room Gimli spoke up after Legolas's last words.
"I have had to avoid contact with her the rest of the day, I had to turn beautiful and happy smiles with a stern, emotionless face. Her eyes twinkled, and I had to ice mine for possible reaction! She knows not of her brother's heading. Under most curcomstances I would throw the warning to the wind, but I do not wish to make her choose between her family, and a, a possible, ." Legolas said getting enraged.
"That is a hard confrontion. I know not what I would do. It is up to your heart and your heart alone. But either way, she desveres to know something." Gimli said as they approached the door.
"And for that I bid you good luck, may Valar shine with your decision." He said and walked to his chambers.
He took a deep breathe and knocked upon the door that lay in front of him.
Meanwhile.in a different room..
Elizal felt Arwen grab her arm and drag her out. Before she left she saw Legolas, a cool gleam came from his eyes. And she turned her head back infront of her. She heard Arwen speaking to her, but she not of what. She was too preoccupied with the reactions she had received.
'First he calls me Melamin, and kisses me. He was so charming, and he tried to protect me, when he thought my brothers were enemies.' She forced a smile on her face at the memory.
'Now, he refuses to keep eye contact with me? He will not even address me, only as My lady, or Eli-'
"Lizal?!" Arwen said loudly, and which shook Elizal back to reality. "Humm what?" "You ok? You seem distant sweetie." "Yes, I mean, no, I..I do not know." Elizal said. Arwen wrapped her arm around her and the two walked into her room. "Tell me, what is it? Are you feeling well? Need I check on your wounds? Do you have a fever? Do yo---"
"ARWEN!" Elizal yelled and got her attention. "You could have just simply said no." She said rubbing her ears.
Elizal giggled, and appoligized for the decipal level.
"Its just that.Legolas, he." "It is matters of the heart, eh?" Arwen smiled.
'I knew they would be a great match!' She said to herself.
"He seems cold. Before, he opened up to me, he was sweet, and charming, kind, and funny. But now, he seems, distant, and unreachable. He will not talk to me, much less hold my gaze." Elizal said when the door knocked.
"I will get it." Arwen rose from her seat and opened the door and saw him. She grabbed the dressed and took his hand and hanked him in the door.
"You will settle this.what ever you need to do or say do it now mister!" She wishpered harsly in his ear.
"Lizal? It is for you. I must go to my room, for accents for our dresses I will return." She said and closed the door. Legolas saw Elizal sitting on her bed. She turned to see who it was and rose, she walked fast over to him, not seeing where she was walking, and tripped over her chest. He caught her. She looked up and searched for his eyes, but they would not meet hers. She felt something amis, and her vision was bluring.
"I am sorry, for I miss lead you today. I wish to be friends, and I came to apologize for overstating my intensions. " He said his eyes firmly on the ground.
"But you - "
"I am sorry, I wish for us to still be friends." He bowed, and turned to leave. Elizal was in shock. Her tears now flowing down her face. The sound of her tears was the most pure and painful thing he had ever experienced. She covered her face with her hands, and did not see him as he turned to her before he left. His heart broke, at the site, and rushed out the door, and past a bewildered Arwen. As she entered the room she saw her sister and rushed to her side. She calmed her, and was able to sooth her with her singing. When Elizal had gained composure she told Arwen what had happened. Arwen lifted her head to hers.
"You know what?" She asked her sister. Elizal shook her head, her brown wavy hair falling over her face. "We will show him, exactly what he is missing!" She said with a smile. Which managed to break up the tears Elizal had flowing down her face. Arwen hugged her sister, and the two began to prepare themselves for tonight's festivities.
Elrohir, elladan
"Welcome all, you are all my honored friends and guests, and I welcome you to my home, Mirkwood." Thrudial said to all. The four hobbits just peered up and watched.
"You all know Lord Elrond, he as asked me to gather our close friends and confidantes on his behalf." He said letting Elrond continue.
"Thank you, I have-we have asked you all here today to introduce my newly reunited daughter. The celebration tonight is in her honor, but I wanted the ones closest to meet her first, to be properly introduced." Elizal was pushed forward slightly. "This is now and for ever more my daughter, Princess Elizal Seanstar." With a smile. All eyes gazed in confusion at him, including Elizal.
"The way we see it, is that she was raised by the Seanstwigs. By blood she is my daughter, and I her father. But not the one who has raised her, and guided her. Let alone the one being called father. So with that we have chosen to combine the name, in fairness to both families." Elizal teared up, she looked at the family who had raised her, standing next to her father and sister, along with two other male elves that had a likeness she deducted they were family as well. She gave them a big hug, and her parents wiped her tears away.
"We know, that you will live with your new family, but all we ask is you keep in touch, Aier." Moratinon, her father said. Elizal nodded. "I will do more than that. You will not get rid of me that easily!" Elizal said. Her parents laughed and impraced her.
"There are some people here I would like for you to meet, Lizal?" Elrond said with uncertainty. She nodded to reassure him.
"This is Frodo Baggins, and his three compaionions, Merry, Pippin, and Sam." She shook each of there hands and introduced herself. Merry said something out loud, not realizing it was coming out of his mouth.
"You're pretty." He said as he shook her hand. She and the rest of the assembled group laughed. Merry became very red. Elizal felt bad about laughing, and gave him a kiss on the fore head. "Thank You, Merry." She said with a genuiwine smile. He smiled back. Legolas felt a pang of pain in him. He watched Elizal as she was introduced to his friend, Gimli, and finally to Aragorn who stood next to him. As she approached he captured her gaze which looked at him, and he looked back longingly, but soon realized he to had a fixed gaze. His gaze turned to cold and Elizal turned her head away, he hair almost wipping him in the face.
"Lady Elizal, Please pardon my frankness, but you look vaugly familiar, as does your family.Have we met before?" Aragorn asked. Elizal too thought he looked familiar. She looked him up and down for a trigger, in her memory perhaps. Midway down she found it. A smile grew upon her face.
"Dear Aragorn, it has been a long time. You remember me from about 5 or so years ago, on your travels, your sword was damaged, you rode into town, and you had no money. I was happy to fix your sword but you felt bad for not being able to pay, so you kept my little brother, who is hiding now, busy while I worked. With many stories, most of which were of Rivendell." Aragorn smiled at the memory.
"I remember! You almost feel asleep while working on it many times.I hope your work ethic has changed?" He asked. Elizal did not see he father come behind her. "I am sorry to say she has not!" He said as he squeezed her shoulder. She let out a little whimper.
"Are you ok Aier? Did I touch a wound?" He asked as all turned to her. "I am fine, it is a burn mark. from my work ethics." She said as she moved the fabric on her shoulder that showed a large red swell. They all laughed. Arwen's arms had now intertwined with Aragorn's and her head rested upon his shoulder.
'They make a remarkable couple, I must say.' Elizal thought to herself.
"I am sorry everyone, but Elizal and I must now get ready for tonights festivities." Arwen said grabbing Elizal by the arm and leading her out. Legolas's eyes followed. Thranduil approached his son from behind. And put an arm on his shoulder.
"My son? You would you mind running a quick errend for me? It seems that the girls had forgotten there dresses. They are at the tailors. Could you fetch them and bring them?" Before Legolas has a chance to reply Thranduil answers for him.
"Thank you my son" he said with a smile and returned to his company. Legolas just stared gravly at his father as he walked away. He had not seen Gimli walk behind him.
"Well, I am glad to see I have been missed Elf!" He said. Legolas turned and smiled. "It is good to see you old friend. I hate to cut this short, but I have an errend to run on my father's behalf." He said with mixed feelings. Looking at Elizal's brothers.
"If you do not mind, I would like to join you! We have much to catch up on." He said elbowing him, with a hardy laugh. "Of course." The two walked out of the large room, and into the cooridor.
"So, I hear, no, I saw you have the eyes for a certain elf." He said all smiles. "Yes, but I am afraid it will be short lived, quite actually." Legolas said sadly. "There are two unforeseen interruptions, of which I have no idea on how to deal with."
"What do you mean?" Gimli stopped in his tracks. "If there is something in the way of your happiness, you must conquer it! Shoot it for all I care! I know you are good at that!" He said with a chuckle. Legolas smiled.
"If it were only so simple." He went on and explained all that had happened. The two went to the tailor's, and there convocation came to a temporary halt. As they came nearer to both the end of his story, and the girls room Gimli spoke up after Legolas's last words.
"I have had to avoid contact with her the rest of the day, I had to turn beautiful and happy smiles with a stern, emotionless face. Her eyes twinkled, and I had to ice mine for possible reaction! She knows not of her brother's heading. Under most curcomstances I would throw the warning to the wind, but I do not wish to make her choose between her family, and a, a possible, ." Legolas said getting enraged.
"That is a hard confrontion. I know not what I would do. It is up to your heart and your heart alone. But either way, she desveres to know something." Gimli said as they approached the door.
"And for that I bid you good luck, may Valar shine with your decision." He said and walked to his chambers.
He took a deep breathe and knocked upon the door that lay in front of him.
Meanwhile.in a different room..
Elizal felt Arwen grab her arm and drag her out. Before she left she saw Legolas, a cool gleam came from his eyes. And she turned her head back infront of her. She heard Arwen speaking to her, but she not of what. She was too preoccupied with the reactions she had received.
'First he calls me Melamin, and kisses me. He was so charming, and he tried to protect me, when he thought my brothers were enemies.' She forced a smile on her face at the memory.
'Now, he refuses to keep eye contact with me? He will not even address me, only as My lady, or Eli-'
"Lizal?!" Arwen said loudly, and which shook Elizal back to reality. "Humm what?" "You ok? You seem distant sweetie." "Yes, I mean, no, I..I do not know." Elizal said. Arwen wrapped her arm around her and the two walked into her room. "Tell me, what is it? Are you feeling well? Need I check on your wounds? Do you have a fever? Do yo---"
"ARWEN!" Elizal yelled and got her attention. "You could have just simply said no." She said rubbing her ears.
Elizal giggled, and appoligized for the decipal level.
"Its just that.Legolas, he." "It is matters of the heart, eh?" Arwen smiled.
'I knew they would be a great match!' She said to herself.
"He seems cold. Before, he opened up to me, he was sweet, and charming, kind, and funny. But now, he seems, distant, and unreachable. He will not talk to me, much less hold my gaze." Elizal said when the door knocked.
"I will get it." Arwen rose from her seat and opened the door and saw him. She grabbed the dressed and took his hand and hanked him in the door.
"You will settle this.what ever you need to do or say do it now mister!" She wishpered harsly in his ear.
"Lizal? It is for you. I must go to my room, for accents for our dresses I will return." She said and closed the door. Legolas saw Elizal sitting on her bed. She turned to see who it was and rose, she walked fast over to him, not seeing where she was walking, and tripped over her chest. He caught her. She looked up and searched for his eyes, but they would not meet hers. She felt something amis, and her vision was bluring.
"I am sorry, for I miss lead you today. I wish to be friends, and I came to apologize for overstating my intensions. " He said his eyes firmly on the ground.
"But you - "
"I am sorry, I wish for us to still be friends." He bowed, and turned to leave. Elizal was in shock. Her tears now flowing down her face. The sound of her tears was the most pure and painful thing he had ever experienced. She covered her face with her hands, and did not see him as he turned to her before he left. His heart broke, at the site, and rushed out the door, and past a bewildered Arwen. As she entered the room she saw her sister and rushed to her side. She calmed her, and was able to sooth her with her singing. When Elizal had gained composure she told Arwen what had happened. Arwen lifted her head to hers.
"You know what?" She asked her sister. Elizal shook her head, her brown wavy hair falling over her face. "We will show him, exactly what he is missing!" She said with a smile. Which managed to break up the tears Elizal had flowing down her face. Arwen hugged her sister, and the two began to prepare themselves for tonight's festivities.
Elrohir, elladan