I am the proud owner of nothing of Professor Tolkein.
Chapter Five:
"I see you've met your horse."
Came the musical voice, she turned to see Legolas, cleaner yet with hair still wet.
"He is absolutely beautiful."
Charlie replied, Legolas looked at her again and burst out laughing.
"I know."
She groaned, dresses were going to be the death of her. He walked closer and gave her the once over in a way she'd never imagined Legolas doing.
"You actually look a bit elvish."
Charlie laughed and nodded.
"That's what the others in your party said, but my hair should be unbound." Legolas nodded.
"Also the elvish ladies I have entertained before never were. never had." Charlie looked down, it was her cleavage.
"Believe me, if I could get them smaller I would."
She said with a straight face, Legolas blushed. Obviously it would take her a time before she could get use to that, the men she was used to could talk about breasts in front of her without blushing in fact she could do vica- verca if occasion called for it.
"Riding lesson,"
She announced moving the conversation right along. He went over and saddled the horse for her Charlie walked up and suddenly found another reason why she didn't like dresses.
"Why can't I wear tunics and leggings like the rest of you?"
Legolas smiled.
"We are male, you are obviously not."
Charlie stared at him.
"Well now that I wear this it is blatantly apparent isn't it?" She retorted quickly. After a few minutes she was able to mount up and after a few more minutes of shifting around to get comfortable she was ready to learn how to get the horse moving.
The stallion moved from a horse to a trot with a small sound, that Charlie found easy to do, however sitting properly in a saddle she could not.
"Stop, stop!"
Legolas groaned as her face contorted in pain as she trotted. He walked up to her, she could defend herself but she could not simply ride a horse.
"Sit up straight,"
"I am."
She declared feeling weary and mentally drained.
"You have to move with the horse."
He walked and began touching her in places trying to get her stance right. He gave the verbal signal and the horse trotted, she was doing it right but her bottom was still impacting with the saddle. Legolas groaned finding her increasingly difficult to teach.
Throwing away his manners he ordered her to sit up in her saddle and promptly rested his hand on her behind.
"Are you quite right there?"
Charlie asked shocked for words.
"There is no other way to teach how to ride move with the horse."
So the horse moved into a walk and with his hand still firmly on her behind she began to learn how to move with the horse. However she felt very embarrassed.
"Right,"
Legolas smiled removing his hand, he gestured for her to dismount and he pulled out his own horse, unsaddled. He jumped up with the elven grace she felt awed to see.
"Here,"
He smiled extending his hand Charlie smiled and hiking up her skirts he pulled her up to sit in front of her and they began to trot.
"Why are we-"
"Shhh, just close your eyes and feel my movement, move with me, move with the horse, find that harmony between the three of us."
Charlie smiled and leant against him and closing her eyes she could feel the rhythm and movement and began to move with it. His horse did not need much instruction with reins, after a few minutes of using them Legolas discarded them and rested his arms around the female in front on him, she leant against him and he rested his head on her shoulder.
She looked so different garbed as she was, it, however, accentuated something Legolas hadn't noticed about her 'till he'd seen her.
"How am I going?"
She questioned her voice breathless; it was such a spiritual and sensual experience.
"Quite well, I think under your fear and apprehension of horses you have a natural talent."
Charlie smiled and opened her eyes she hadn't noticed how close he was until she'd opened her eyes, his arms were wrapped around her waist and his head was rested on her shoulder.
"Thank you for the lesson."
She smiled sitting up, feeling the link between Legolas and herself break.
"I was glad to be of service."
He replied realizing that that was her gesture for their time together was over, he dismounted and turned to help her, she took his offered hands and landed on the ground without making a sound.
Charlie leant over and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you, I shall see you later?"
Legolas nodded smiling at her chaste kiss.
"Of course, I am still you escort."
Charlie smiled and blinked.
"I believe you know now that I will having a home in Rivendell for a while then?"
Legolas shook his head then smiled.
"Then I shall be closer than you expect."
Charlie ate in the room she had been given, the time she had spent in a corset made her feel slightly breathless and she had decided that she would be anti-social and relax in just a jumper and her Gi pants for the rest of the night. The elven lords and Lady of the Istari gave no objections when she asked, after the riding lesson she felt.giddy. Charlie was mildly pleased when she was told they were leaving in two days, she'd loved what she'd read and cinematically saw of Rivendell but it was the touch and smell she'd missed out on, it would be a magnificent thing
There was a knock on her door but Charlie hadn't noticed she was sitting on the floor cross legged her hands before her, one palm up and the other turned straight its palm facing a wall. Her eyes were closed and she was locked in her meditation. Legolas opened the door a crack and looked in, she couldn't hear him, she was concentrating too hard.
Smiling he walked in not making a sound and sat a few meters away observing her. Her eyes opened minutes after her face serene and peaceful that was before she spied Legolas.
"To what do I own the honour of your company dear Prince?" She questioned her speech flowery.
"I missed your most auspicious presence dearest Lady Charlotte."
She laughed.
"Alright I deserved that. Why are you really here?"
He smiled and leant back resting on the wall behind him.
"I was telling the truth, I didn't know where you'd gone so I went to check. The Lady of the Istari said that you were relaxing in your room."
Charlie nodded and stood up her legs were numb and she laughed as her walk was a little. disjointed and clumsy. Legolas stepped forward to help her out, she waved him off.
"I'll be alright just a little numb."
She stepped back and relaxed on the bed that looked more like a divan to her; Legolas stepped forward and took a seat that was close by.
"Discarded the fine elvish clothes so quickly?"
Legolas questioned lightly, Charlie laughed and blushed.
"It may come as a surprise to you but it was the first time I have ever worn such a thing, the corset especially, it restricted me."
Legolas nodded and let out a sigh.
"I believe it is all too evident."
She looked confused and turning propping her head upon her hand looked at him.
"By that you mean?"
"You are a free spirit, Charlotte."
She smiled and reclined back stretching her arms up which made the jumper rise, Charlie didn't care.
"You are relaxing, I should go."
Legolas said as his eyes feasted on a few inches of her stomach.
"Don't go, I enjoy our time together, even when were not talking. You have a calming presence."
Legolas smiled and sat back his eyes however still looked at the portion of her bare skin, he knew she wore nothing under that jumper.
"You rode well today."
Charlie let out a laugh and sighed.
"That is only under your instruction. I'm sure that I am quite inept when you're not around."
Legolas stood up and walked over taking a seat on the edge of the divan.
"Why must you say such things about yourself? Can you not simply take a compliment?"
Charlie looked down and blushed; she was used to denying the kind things boys said to her it was habit. This one got annoyed when she did.
"Sorry, it's a habit of mine. Thank you Legolas for the compliments."
He stared at her, there was something underlying.
"But?"
"But I can't ride well, alright! I can't take a compliment."
She grumbled, he sighed and leant closer.
"You would declare yourself as attractive as an orc if I was to say you were beautiful."
He sighed one if his hands touching her cheek and lightly caressing it.
"As coarse as a rock if I commented on the perfection of your skin."
Charlie looked down, she wasn't positive but she was getting the impression that she was being seduced.
"You flatter me too much I fear, the beauty in your eyes alone outshines me."
She managed to voice to Legolas he laughed deep in his throat and leant in to kiss her. Their lips touched lightly and his tongue inquisitively searched her mouth.
"You even taste beautiful."
He whispered as he broke from the kiss. Charlie looked at him he was almost completely bent over her. "Lie next to me."
She said softly, he smiled and swung his legs around so that his body was aligned with hers.
Charlie's hands went out curiously they caressed his face and hair as did his. Legolas' hands lightly pushed her onto her back and he ran them down the side of her jumper and then they slowly moved under it. Charlie jumped.
"What? What's wrong?"
Legolas said quickly about to move his hands. She touched his hands and moved them further under.
"They were cold."
He chuckled and ran his hands higher till they found what they were looking for, the bare mounds of warm flesh he had so eagerly devoured when he observed them imprisoned under a corset.
Legolas cupped and stroked them with soft, inquiring hands, he then moved them down and his thumbs hooked under her pants and ran sensually along that line. He looked up but Charlie shook her head.
"Please, not tonight, I just can't."
Legolas smiled and withdrew his hands planting a kiss on her forehead.
They lay together for a while, Charlie's head resting gently on his chest her hair unbound and like a wave over him he played with it absently as they rested.
"Charlotte?"
She made a soft 'mmm' noise in response.
"Do you care for me? You know I care for you but."
She sat up slightly and looked at him.
"I care very deeply for you Legolas, more than you know. More than I can say."
She said her voice soft and deep he found it suddenly very sensual and drew her in for a kiss.
"Its just all happening so fast. Would you hate me if I told you I needed a little time?"
Legolas smiled and ran his hands through her hair.
"On the contrary you would seem much more virtuous and appealing if you did so."
Charlie smiled and rested back on his chest.
"So you enjoy the chase?"
Legolas smiled,
"I guess I do."
Charlie looked at him her chin resting on his chest her hair blocking out any view he had of his body beyond his hips.
"I must have been an easy conquest then."
He shook his head vigorously and rested a hand on her cheek.
"You were never a conquest, you were a friend before I developed feelings for you. I would be glad if we could still keep that friendship in our relationship."
She nodded and left her head resting where it was. After a few minutes she drifted off to sleep.
Legolas stared at her, she'd changed since he'd first met her, he knew there was some sort of magic at play with her, slowly she was changing into an elf, her ears were starting to form a point that was so similar to his own ears but she still held that independent roguishness which attracted him. He wished to spend the rest of time with her only if to unlock the deepest secrets of her heart.
Chapter Five:
"I see you've met your horse."
Came the musical voice, she turned to see Legolas, cleaner yet with hair still wet.
"He is absolutely beautiful."
Charlie replied, Legolas looked at her again and burst out laughing.
"I know."
She groaned, dresses were going to be the death of her. He walked closer and gave her the once over in a way she'd never imagined Legolas doing.
"You actually look a bit elvish."
Charlie laughed and nodded.
"That's what the others in your party said, but my hair should be unbound." Legolas nodded.
"Also the elvish ladies I have entertained before never were. never had." Charlie looked down, it was her cleavage.
"Believe me, if I could get them smaller I would."
She said with a straight face, Legolas blushed. Obviously it would take her a time before she could get use to that, the men she was used to could talk about breasts in front of her without blushing in fact she could do vica- verca if occasion called for it.
"Riding lesson,"
She announced moving the conversation right along. He went over and saddled the horse for her Charlie walked up and suddenly found another reason why she didn't like dresses.
"Why can't I wear tunics and leggings like the rest of you?"
Legolas smiled.
"We are male, you are obviously not."
Charlie stared at him.
"Well now that I wear this it is blatantly apparent isn't it?" She retorted quickly. After a few minutes she was able to mount up and after a few more minutes of shifting around to get comfortable she was ready to learn how to get the horse moving.
The stallion moved from a horse to a trot with a small sound, that Charlie found easy to do, however sitting properly in a saddle she could not.
"Stop, stop!"
Legolas groaned as her face contorted in pain as she trotted. He walked up to her, she could defend herself but she could not simply ride a horse.
"Sit up straight,"
"I am."
She declared feeling weary and mentally drained.
"You have to move with the horse."
He walked and began touching her in places trying to get her stance right. He gave the verbal signal and the horse trotted, she was doing it right but her bottom was still impacting with the saddle. Legolas groaned finding her increasingly difficult to teach.
Throwing away his manners he ordered her to sit up in her saddle and promptly rested his hand on her behind.
"Are you quite right there?"
Charlie asked shocked for words.
"There is no other way to teach how to ride move with the horse."
So the horse moved into a walk and with his hand still firmly on her behind she began to learn how to move with the horse. However she felt very embarrassed.
"Right,"
Legolas smiled removing his hand, he gestured for her to dismount and he pulled out his own horse, unsaddled. He jumped up with the elven grace she felt awed to see.
"Here,"
He smiled extending his hand Charlie smiled and hiking up her skirts he pulled her up to sit in front of her and they began to trot.
"Why are we-"
"Shhh, just close your eyes and feel my movement, move with me, move with the horse, find that harmony between the three of us."
Charlie smiled and leant against him and closing her eyes she could feel the rhythm and movement and began to move with it. His horse did not need much instruction with reins, after a few minutes of using them Legolas discarded them and rested his arms around the female in front on him, she leant against him and he rested his head on her shoulder.
She looked so different garbed as she was, it, however, accentuated something Legolas hadn't noticed about her 'till he'd seen her.
"How am I going?"
She questioned her voice breathless; it was such a spiritual and sensual experience.
"Quite well, I think under your fear and apprehension of horses you have a natural talent."
Charlie smiled and opened her eyes she hadn't noticed how close he was until she'd opened her eyes, his arms were wrapped around her waist and his head was rested on her shoulder.
"Thank you for the lesson."
She smiled sitting up, feeling the link between Legolas and herself break.
"I was glad to be of service."
He replied realizing that that was her gesture for their time together was over, he dismounted and turned to help her, she took his offered hands and landed on the ground without making a sound.
Charlie leant over and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you, I shall see you later?"
Legolas nodded smiling at her chaste kiss.
"Of course, I am still you escort."
Charlie smiled and blinked.
"I believe you know now that I will having a home in Rivendell for a while then?"
Legolas shook his head then smiled.
"Then I shall be closer than you expect."
Charlie ate in the room she had been given, the time she had spent in a corset made her feel slightly breathless and she had decided that she would be anti-social and relax in just a jumper and her Gi pants for the rest of the night. The elven lords and Lady of the Istari gave no objections when she asked, after the riding lesson she felt.giddy. Charlie was mildly pleased when she was told they were leaving in two days, she'd loved what she'd read and cinematically saw of Rivendell but it was the touch and smell she'd missed out on, it would be a magnificent thing
There was a knock on her door but Charlie hadn't noticed she was sitting on the floor cross legged her hands before her, one palm up and the other turned straight its palm facing a wall. Her eyes were closed and she was locked in her meditation. Legolas opened the door a crack and looked in, she couldn't hear him, she was concentrating too hard.
Smiling he walked in not making a sound and sat a few meters away observing her. Her eyes opened minutes after her face serene and peaceful that was before she spied Legolas.
"To what do I own the honour of your company dear Prince?" She questioned her speech flowery.
"I missed your most auspicious presence dearest Lady Charlotte."
She laughed.
"Alright I deserved that. Why are you really here?"
He smiled and leant back resting on the wall behind him.
"I was telling the truth, I didn't know where you'd gone so I went to check. The Lady of the Istari said that you were relaxing in your room."
Charlie nodded and stood up her legs were numb and she laughed as her walk was a little. disjointed and clumsy. Legolas stepped forward to help her out, she waved him off.
"I'll be alright just a little numb."
She stepped back and relaxed on the bed that looked more like a divan to her; Legolas stepped forward and took a seat that was close by.
"Discarded the fine elvish clothes so quickly?"
Legolas questioned lightly, Charlie laughed and blushed.
"It may come as a surprise to you but it was the first time I have ever worn such a thing, the corset especially, it restricted me."
Legolas nodded and let out a sigh.
"I believe it is all too evident."
She looked confused and turning propping her head upon her hand looked at him.
"By that you mean?"
"You are a free spirit, Charlotte."
She smiled and reclined back stretching her arms up which made the jumper rise, Charlie didn't care.
"You are relaxing, I should go."
Legolas said as his eyes feasted on a few inches of her stomach.
"Don't go, I enjoy our time together, even when were not talking. You have a calming presence."
Legolas smiled and sat back his eyes however still looked at the portion of her bare skin, he knew she wore nothing under that jumper.
"You rode well today."
Charlie let out a laugh and sighed.
"That is only under your instruction. I'm sure that I am quite inept when you're not around."
Legolas stood up and walked over taking a seat on the edge of the divan.
"Why must you say such things about yourself? Can you not simply take a compliment?"
Charlie looked down and blushed; she was used to denying the kind things boys said to her it was habit. This one got annoyed when she did.
"Sorry, it's a habit of mine. Thank you Legolas for the compliments."
He stared at her, there was something underlying.
"But?"
"But I can't ride well, alright! I can't take a compliment."
She grumbled, he sighed and leant closer.
"You would declare yourself as attractive as an orc if I was to say you were beautiful."
He sighed one if his hands touching her cheek and lightly caressing it.
"As coarse as a rock if I commented on the perfection of your skin."
Charlie looked down, she wasn't positive but she was getting the impression that she was being seduced.
"You flatter me too much I fear, the beauty in your eyes alone outshines me."
She managed to voice to Legolas he laughed deep in his throat and leant in to kiss her. Their lips touched lightly and his tongue inquisitively searched her mouth.
"You even taste beautiful."
He whispered as he broke from the kiss. Charlie looked at him he was almost completely bent over her. "Lie next to me."
She said softly, he smiled and swung his legs around so that his body was aligned with hers.
Charlie's hands went out curiously they caressed his face and hair as did his. Legolas' hands lightly pushed her onto her back and he ran them down the side of her jumper and then they slowly moved under it. Charlie jumped.
"What? What's wrong?"
Legolas said quickly about to move his hands. She touched his hands and moved them further under.
"They were cold."
He chuckled and ran his hands higher till they found what they were looking for, the bare mounds of warm flesh he had so eagerly devoured when he observed them imprisoned under a corset.
Legolas cupped and stroked them with soft, inquiring hands, he then moved them down and his thumbs hooked under her pants and ran sensually along that line. He looked up but Charlie shook her head.
"Please, not tonight, I just can't."
Legolas smiled and withdrew his hands planting a kiss on her forehead.
They lay together for a while, Charlie's head resting gently on his chest her hair unbound and like a wave over him he played with it absently as they rested.
"Charlotte?"
She made a soft 'mmm' noise in response.
"Do you care for me? You know I care for you but."
She sat up slightly and looked at him.
"I care very deeply for you Legolas, more than you know. More than I can say."
She said her voice soft and deep he found it suddenly very sensual and drew her in for a kiss.
"Its just all happening so fast. Would you hate me if I told you I needed a little time?"
Legolas smiled and ran his hands through her hair.
"On the contrary you would seem much more virtuous and appealing if you did so."
Charlie smiled and rested back on his chest.
"So you enjoy the chase?"
Legolas smiled,
"I guess I do."
Charlie looked at him her chin resting on his chest her hair blocking out any view he had of his body beyond his hips.
"I must have been an easy conquest then."
He shook his head vigorously and rested a hand on her cheek.
"You were never a conquest, you were a friend before I developed feelings for you. I would be glad if we could still keep that friendship in our relationship."
She nodded and left her head resting where it was. After a few minutes she drifted off to sleep.
Legolas stared at her, she'd changed since he'd first met her, he knew there was some sort of magic at play with her, slowly she was changing into an elf, her ears were starting to form a point that was so similar to his own ears but she still held that independent roguishness which attracted him. He wished to spend the rest of time with her only if to unlock the deepest secrets of her heart.