Second Verse
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Really sorry about that lack of updates but I got caught up in school and my other story I'm writing, it's a Pirates of the Caribbean story, go read it! Yes, that was a shameless plug, no doubt about it.
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The next morning Legolas was greeted by his father knocking, or rather banging on his door.
"Legolas?! Legolas, are you up yet?!" Thranduil called.
"I am now." Legolas mumbled and threw his covers off unhappily, he was till tired from last night, and Nuquer stayed in the woods talking and wandering underneath the stars until early in the morning.
"I know where you went last night!" Thranduil called.
Legolas moaned and rolled his eyes, he knew this one would be coming.
Thranduil opened and the door before Legolas could open it for him.
"Sit down, I want to talk to you." Thranduil commanded.
Legolas sat right back down on his bed and prepared himself mentally for the long lecture he knew he was about to receive.
"Are you old enough to stop stealing the wine from the cellar yet?" Thranduil started off.
"Yes, I know better." Legolas had heard this so many times before and already knew what to say.
"Sometimes I wonder if you will ever grow up! How are you supposed to be a respectable King if you are running off drinking whenever you get the first chance?" Thranduil glared at Legolas.
Legolas restrained from saying that his father did the exact same thing but knew it would just bring more trouble," I won't do that when I am King." Legolas answered mechanically.
"On another note I want to talk to you about Nuquer." Thranduil switched subjects.
Legolas was a bit taken back and looked at his father.
"Sometime you will have to marry and you have to do it before you become King, it's the right thing to do. Of course you want to marry a maiden you're in love with but you also have to think of the kinds of heirs you will produce." Thranduil began.
Legolas always hated hearing about heirs and such, it always sounded more like his father was trying to get him to grow plants or something other than raise children.
"Looks aren't the only thing I'm talking about, I mean things like how they will be raised and what kind of training and education they will get and such." Thranduil looked Legolas in the eyes.
"How does this relate to Nuquer?" Legolas wished his father would hurry and get to the point so he could go and see Nuquer.
"You have to make sure she is really the one you want to be with before you marry her."
"Father, we haven't made any such plans. We are still just courting. It will be quite some time before we think of marriage."
"I would just like to see you court some other maidens before you decide." Thranduil finally got to his point, "You know I am fond of Nuquer and even if you don't marry her she can live here, even in the palace if she wishes." Thranduil gave Legolas a sympathetic look.
"And what be a serving maid?" Legolas frowned.
"Whatever, I don't know the point is explore your options don't just choice one girl and think that she must be the right one." Thranduil smiled hopefully.
"Alright father, I will keep my options open." Legolas agreed, mostly to make his father feel like he accomplished something and go away.
Thranduil left the room with a feeling of accomplishment, his son had understood his point. He did like Nuquer very much he just didn't feel she would make the best queen Mirkwood had ever seen. Come to think of it, Mirkwood didn't really have any extremely memorable queens, strange.
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Legolas dressed and went to the dining hall to see if anyone else had wakened yet. Very much to his dismay the only other person in there was Bragolfin.
"Legolas, good morning." Bragolfin smiled sweetly.
"Good morning." That is when an idea came to Legolas. His father wanted him to see other maidens so, he would! He would use Bragolfin and 'fall' in love with her. She was from a respectable family, and she would be a perfect candidate for a queen. She was also demanding, bossy, overwhelming, and in general a horrible person to be around. A few weeks with her and his father would beg him to take Nuquer back!
Legolas smiled to himself, "You look stunning this morning Bragolfin." Legolas sat across from her.
Bragolfin smiled, "Thank you. You look very nice yourself." So her work was beginning to pay off. Nuquer wasn't following Legolas like the shadow she was and he didn't seem intent on going and looking for her.
"Would you care to come practice archery with me today?" Legolas asked.
"I would love to!" Bragolfin responded. Though she had never in her life even picked up a bow, let alone shot one.
Legolas mentally patted himself on the back, "I will see you after lunch then. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to excuse myself. I have to see my father in the study now." Legolas smiled and stood to leave.
"I won't be late." Bragolfin called as he left. She couldn't wait to see the expression on Nuquer's face when she heard Legolas and her had been practicing archery together and she hadn't been invited.
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Legolas ran straight to Nuquer's room to let her know of his plan before she heard it from Bragolfin.
"Come in." Nuquer called as Legolas knocked lightly on her door.
"Good morning Nuquer, how are you feeling?" Legolas closed the door behind him.
Nuquer was sitting at her mirror braiding her hair for the day, "What are you doing in here so early?" Nuquer smiled at Legolas.
"My father came to talk to me this morning, about us." Legolas leaned against the wall next to her mirror.
"About us?" Nuquer looked up at Legolas.
"Yes, he wants me to explore my options. As in court other maidens before I decide on marriage."
Nuquer didn't say anything but paused on her hair for a moment. Legolas moved to finish her hair for her. Nuquer stared into the mirror watched Legolas as he did his best to braid her hair in the feminine style. Nuquer didn't say anything but secretly thought of what it would be like to be married to Legolas. She had to admit she didn't find it that hard to imagine. She rather liked the idea.
"What are you going to do?" Nuquer asked.
"I'm going to pretend to explore my other options." Legolas smiled as he finished her hair.
"How?" Nuquer turned to face Legolas.
"You know Bragolfin?" Nuquer felt a sudden pang in her heart at hearing that name from her beloved's mouth.
"What about her?" Nuquer stood from her seat and walked to the window.
"I will 'court' her for awhile." Legolas came up behind her and wrapped his hands around her waist. Nuquer stood with her arms crossed looking out into the dark sky, it was raining slowly and deliberately to match her sudden change in mood.
"What do you mean?" Nuquer asked.
"I will pretend to both my father and to Bragolfin that I am interested then after she drives my father insane he will beg me to court you again. He said himself that he liked you very much." Legolas explained.
"What if it doesn't work?" Nuquer stepped out of Legolas's grasp and turned to face him, her face filled with doubt.
"Then at least I can say I explored other options, leave Bragolfin and come back to you." Legolas smiled hopefully, "It's the only way I can think of to get my father off my back. Please, Nuquer, I can't think of anything better." Legolas pleaded, moving towards Nuquer again. He tried to wrap her in his arms but she shied away.
"You can't hold me if you are courting another maiden." Nuquer pointed out.
"Nuquer, please, don't be angry I am doing this for us." Legolas vied again.
"Do you have to court her? You know how she dislikes me and you know she is just going to cause problems." Nuquer frowned at the thought of the next few weeks.
"Maybe you could go away or something, say you have to return home to see you sister." Legolas suggested.
"I am not leaving while you are courting that girl!" Nuquer exclaimed.
"It was just a suggestion, I don't want you to leave. I promise I won't do anything with her, not even a kiss or a hug, I won't touch her!" Legolas compromised.
"Then it will be obvious to what you are doing. Just don't kiss her." Nuquer looked away out at the sky, which had begun to let more rain down.
"I promise. Nuquer, you know how I feel about you, I'm doing this for us." Legolas succeeded in wrapping his arms around Nuquer and he placed a kiss upon her brow.
"I know, I just hate to see another girl in your arms, especially that one." Nuquer wrapped her arms around Legolas, feeling bad for her moments of anger.
"I promise this won't take longer than two weeks time." Legolas placed a kiss upon her soft lips and pulled away, "I have to go bathe now. I'm practicing archery with her after lunch." Legolas let Nuquer know.
"Fine." Nuquer nodded and let her prince go.
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Really sorry about that lack of updates but I got caught up in school and my other story I'm writing, it's a Pirates of the Caribbean story, go read it! Yes, that was a shameless plug, no doubt about it.
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The next morning Legolas was greeted by his father knocking, or rather banging on his door.
"Legolas?! Legolas, are you up yet?!" Thranduil called.
"I am now." Legolas mumbled and threw his covers off unhappily, he was till tired from last night, and Nuquer stayed in the woods talking and wandering underneath the stars until early in the morning.
"I know where you went last night!" Thranduil called.
Legolas moaned and rolled his eyes, he knew this one would be coming.
Thranduil opened and the door before Legolas could open it for him.
"Sit down, I want to talk to you." Thranduil commanded.
Legolas sat right back down on his bed and prepared himself mentally for the long lecture he knew he was about to receive.
"Are you old enough to stop stealing the wine from the cellar yet?" Thranduil started off.
"Yes, I know better." Legolas had heard this so many times before and already knew what to say.
"Sometimes I wonder if you will ever grow up! How are you supposed to be a respectable King if you are running off drinking whenever you get the first chance?" Thranduil glared at Legolas.
Legolas restrained from saying that his father did the exact same thing but knew it would just bring more trouble," I won't do that when I am King." Legolas answered mechanically.
"On another note I want to talk to you about Nuquer." Thranduil switched subjects.
Legolas was a bit taken back and looked at his father.
"Sometime you will have to marry and you have to do it before you become King, it's the right thing to do. Of course you want to marry a maiden you're in love with but you also have to think of the kinds of heirs you will produce." Thranduil began.
Legolas always hated hearing about heirs and such, it always sounded more like his father was trying to get him to grow plants or something other than raise children.
"Looks aren't the only thing I'm talking about, I mean things like how they will be raised and what kind of training and education they will get and such." Thranduil looked Legolas in the eyes.
"How does this relate to Nuquer?" Legolas wished his father would hurry and get to the point so he could go and see Nuquer.
"You have to make sure she is really the one you want to be with before you marry her."
"Father, we haven't made any such plans. We are still just courting. It will be quite some time before we think of marriage."
"I would just like to see you court some other maidens before you decide." Thranduil finally got to his point, "You know I am fond of Nuquer and even if you don't marry her she can live here, even in the palace if she wishes." Thranduil gave Legolas a sympathetic look.
"And what be a serving maid?" Legolas frowned.
"Whatever, I don't know the point is explore your options don't just choice one girl and think that she must be the right one." Thranduil smiled hopefully.
"Alright father, I will keep my options open." Legolas agreed, mostly to make his father feel like he accomplished something and go away.
Thranduil left the room with a feeling of accomplishment, his son had understood his point. He did like Nuquer very much he just didn't feel she would make the best queen Mirkwood had ever seen. Come to think of it, Mirkwood didn't really have any extremely memorable queens, strange.
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Legolas dressed and went to the dining hall to see if anyone else had wakened yet. Very much to his dismay the only other person in there was Bragolfin.
"Legolas, good morning." Bragolfin smiled sweetly.
"Good morning." That is when an idea came to Legolas. His father wanted him to see other maidens so, he would! He would use Bragolfin and 'fall' in love with her. She was from a respectable family, and she would be a perfect candidate for a queen. She was also demanding, bossy, overwhelming, and in general a horrible person to be around. A few weeks with her and his father would beg him to take Nuquer back!
Legolas smiled to himself, "You look stunning this morning Bragolfin." Legolas sat across from her.
Bragolfin smiled, "Thank you. You look very nice yourself." So her work was beginning to pay off. Nuquer wasn't following Legolas like the shadow she was and he didn't seem intent on going and looking for her.
"Would you care to come practice archery with me today?" Legolas asked.
"I would love to!" Bragolfin responded. Though she had never in her life even picked up a bow, let alone shot one.
Legolas mentally patted himself on the back, "I will see you after lunch then. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to excuse myself. I have to see my father in the study now." Legolas smiled and stood to leave.
"I won't be late." Bragolfin called as he left. She couldn't wait to see the expression on Nuquer's face when she heard Legolas and her had been practicing archery together and she hadn't been invited.
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Legolas ran straight to Nuquer's room to let her know of his plan before she heard it from Bragolfin.
"Come in." Nuquer called as Legolas knocked lightly on her door.
"Good morning Nuquer, how are you feeling?" Legolas closed the door behind him.
Nuquer was sitting at her mirror braiding her hair for the day, "What are you doing in here so early?" Nuquer smiled at Legolas.
"My father came to talk to me this morning, about us." Legolas leaned against the wall next to her mirror.
"About us?" Nuquer looked up at Legolas.
"Yes, he wants me to explore my options. As in court other maidens before I decide on marriage."
Nuquer didn't say anything but paused on her hair for a moment. Legolas moved to finish her hair for her. Nuquer stared into the mirror watched Legolas as he did his best to braid her hair in the feminine style. Nuquer didn't say anything but secretly thought of what it would be like to be married to Legolas. She had to admit she didn't find it that hard to imagine. She rather liked the idea.
"What are you going to do?" Nuquer asked.
"I'm going to pretend to explore my other options." Legolas smiled as he finished her hair.
"How?" Nuquer turned to face Legolas.
"You know Bragolfin?" Nuquer felt a sudden pang in her heart at hearing that name from her beloved's mouth.
"What about her?" Nuquer stood from her seat and walked to the window.
"I will 'court' her for awhile." Legolas came up behind her and wrapped his hands around her waist. Nuquer stood with her arms crossed looking out into the dark sky, it was raining slowly and deliberately to match her sudden change in mood.
"What do you mean?" Nuquer asked.
"I will pretend to both my father and to Bragolfin that I am interested then after she drives my father insane he will beg me to court you again. He said himself that he liked you very much." Legolas explained.
"What if it doesn't work?" Nuquer stepped out of Legolas's grasp and turned to face him, her face filled with doubt.
"Then at least I can say I explored other options, leave Bragolfin and come back to you." Legolas smiled hopefully, "It's the only way I can think of to get my father off my back. Please, Nuquer, I can't think of anything better." Legolas pleaded, moving towards Nuquer again. He tried to wrap her in his arms but she shied away.
"You can't hold me if you are courting another maiden." Nuquer pointed out.
"Nuquer, please, don't be angry I am doing this for us." Legolas vied again.
"Do you have to court her? You know how she dislikes me and you know she is just going to cause problems." Nuquer frowned at the thought of the next few weeks.
"Maybe you could go away or something, say you have to return home to see you sister." Legolas suggested.
"I am not leaving while you are courting that girl!" Nuquer exclaimed.
"It was just a suggestion, I don't want you to leave. I promise I won't do anything with her, not even a kiss or a hug, I won't touch her!" Legolas compromised.
"Then it will be obvious to what you are doing. Just don't kiss her." Nuquer looked away out at the sky, which had begun to let more rain down.
"I promise. Nuquer, you know how I feel about you, I'm doing this for us." Legolas succeeded in wrapping his arms around Nuquer and he placed a kiss upon her brow.
"I know, I just hate to see another girl in your arms, especially that one." Nuquer wrapped her arms around Legolas, feeling bad for her moments of anger.
"I promise this won't take longer than two weeks time." Legolas placed a kiss upon her soft lips and pulled away, "I have to go bathe now. I'm practicing archery with her after lunch." Legolas let Nuquer know.
"Fine." Nuquer nodded and let her prince go.
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