Second Verse
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"She's what?" Legolas looked at Nuquer as she told him the news of her sister. "She can't be, it's, it's, is she?"
"Yes, we took her to the healer and she is." Nuquer nodded.
"What are her and Nilhisie going to do?" Legolas couldn't believe what he was hearing, things were going so well the past three months and now something like this had to come up.
"I haven't heard yet, it all just happened this morning and I think they are still talking about it now." Nuquer sighed.
"That's not good." Legolas shook his head.
"No, but we'll survive." Nuquer smiled hopefully at Legolas.
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That night at dinner Flora was unusually quiet.
"Flora, it's okay, people will understand." Nuquer said encouragingly.
"Because things like this happen all the time." Flora didn't mean to sound so harsh but she couldn't help it, she was still so young with so much left in the world to do and something like this has to happen.
"Flora, the elves here aren't like people were back at our home. Yes maybe things won't be so easy but in time they will come to understand and it'll be fine." Nuquer ignored her sister's caustic remarks.
"Will the kind let me stay here?" Flora looked at Legolas and Nuquer.
"I'm sure my father will let you stay, you are my friend and he likes you." Legolas assured little Flora, "I'll talk to him tonight, okay?" Legolas offered.
"Fine, all right." Flora agreed halfheartedly.
"It'll be fine in the end." Nilhisie smiled at his beautiful Flora.
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Flora retired to her rooms that night and stayed there most of the following day. She felt everyone knew about her. Nuquer tried to pry her out but it was to no avail.
"Legolas, we have to tell her what your father said, come on." Nuquer urged Legolas to follow her into Flora's room.
"I talked to my father, Flora, he said you are more than welcome to stay here n the palace and you can raise the child here as well. He will be able to chose if he wants to be immortal or mortal when the time comes. He will be happy here." Legolas explained to Flora.
"How did you know it was a he?" Flora looked at Legolas.
"The healer already talked to my father before I got there, she told him everything." Legolas answered truthfully.
"Okay." Flora didn't say anything for a while, "I feel so ashamed."
"Don't Flora, you did it out of love and the child will be loved here in Mirkwood, could you think of a happier home?" Nuquer put her arm around her sister for comfort.
"I guess not." Flora admitted. Though she didn't want to imagine the next six months and the nasty rumours she was going to start hearing.
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Legolas and Nuquer sat in the garden outside her room in silence.
"It's going to be rough for Flora." Legolas speculated.
"Yes, but at least we be here for her. And Nilhisie asked if she wanted to marry but she decided to wait."
"Why is she going to wait?"
"I don't know." Nuquer shook her head.
"This isn't the best time to be with child, there has been more activity with orcs and fear of an attack." Legolas sighed, he was sick of hearing things about rumours in Mordor and such.
"But is there anywhere safer but here?" Nuquer asked Legolas.
"I don't know, possibly Lothlorein or Rivendell but we don't have escorts to spare to travel with her there and the roads are much to dangerous for her to go with just a small party, especially since she is not feeling well." Legolas shook his head, she would have to stay here.
"It's best though, she needs to be around people she knows." Nuquer added.
"Yes, she needs you most of all right now." Legolas smiled at Nuquer. Suddenly a though came into his head, he wanted to propose, he had known she was the one for him but, now it really hit him that he wanted her for his bride and no one else. He came close to doing it when a guard walked into the garden.
"Prince Legolas, lady Nuquer, just doing a routine check of the gardens." The guard smiled, feeling he had intruded in on something he wasn't meant to.
"Good you are doing your duty." Nuquer smiled at the guard.
Legolas sighed and looked up at the stars, not right now but, soon.
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Flora lay in bed, she was feeling sick, again. She had been sick three weeks now, ever since the beginning of February. She didn't want to move.
"Flora, I think you should get up and walk around a bit, go outside and get some fresh air." Nuquer urged her sister.
"I can't get up, if I get up I'll throw-up." Flora moaned.
"I'm worried about you." Nuquer sat on the bed and looked down at her sister.
"I want this thing out of me." Flora pouted.
"Flora, darling, soon enough, don't rush it." Nuquer shook her head.
"Where's Nilhisie? I'm going to kill him for this." Flora rolled her eyes.
"I don't think you need to see him right now." Nuquer shook her head again, the baby was making Flora very disagreeable.
"Just give me some water and leave me alone." Flora sighed.
"No problem." Nuquer handed her a glass of water and dashed for the door.
"How is she?" Nilhisie asked as he came towards the room.
"Don't go in there, you don't want to hear to things she is saying." Nuquer warned.
"I'll take your word for it." Nilhisie, having been subjected to Flora's bad temper the night before was only too happy to turn and go the other way, Flora was not nice to be around anymore.
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Legolas waited one evening in Nuquer's room, she would soon be back from dinner. He purposefully hadn't gone to dinner so that she would come back to her room alone. A month had passed since the night he had decided he would propose and he was going to do it now. He had flowers scattered everywhere and candles were lit around the room, it was delectably romantic and he knew Nuquer would like it.
Nuquer opened her door to find Legolas standing by her bed, now covered in a layer of soft rose petals.
"Nuquer, I love you." Legolas smiled and as she looked around the room in awe, "I want to ask you something," Legolas bent down on one knee and took Nuquer's hand in his, "Please, be my bride?"
"Oh, Legolas, it's all so beautiful!" Nuquer exclaimed in a sort of dazed excitement, "Yes! Yes, I'll be yours forever!" Nuquer felt tears of joy slipping down her smiling face.
Legolas stood up and gathered his new fiancée into a hug.
The two fell down into a blanket of roses and kissed late into the night. Uses the petals for their enjoyment.
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"Flora! Flora!" Nuquer burst into Flora's room the next morning.
"What?" Flora moaned from her spot on the bed.
"He proposed! Legolas and I are going to marry!" Nuquer fell next to Flora on the bed, still bubbling with excitement.
"That's wonderful." Flora replied though she sounded horrible sick.
"I'm sorry, I know you aren't feeling well but I had to tell you." Nuquer looked sympathetically at her sister.
"No, no, don't let my temperament get in the way of your joy." Flora smiled as best she could through the sickness.
Outside the March wind blew a little less strong that is had for the past half the month, it could feel the happiness in Mirkwood.
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"She's what?" Legolas looked at Nuquer as she told him the news of her sister. "She can't be, it's, it's, is she?"
"Yes, we took her to the healer and she is." Nuquer nodded.
"What are her and Nilhisie going to do?" Legolas couldn't believe what he was hearing, things were going so well the past three months and now something like this had to come up.
"I haven't heard yet, it all just happened this morning and I think they are still talking about it now." Nuquer sighed.
"That's not good." Legolas shook his head.
"No, but we'll survive." Nuquer smiled hopefully at Legolas.
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That night at dinner Flora was unusually quiet.
"Flora, it's okay, people will understand." Nuquer said encouragingly.
"Because things like this happen all the time." Flora didn't mean to sound so harsh but she couldn't help it, she was still so young with so much left in the world to do and something like this has to happen.
"Flora, the elves here aren't like people were back at our home. Yes maybe things won't be so easy but in time they will come to understand and it'll be fine." Nuquer ignored her sister's caustic remarks.
"Will the kind let me stay here?" Flora looked at Legolas and Nuquer.
"I'm sure my father will let you stay, you are my friend and he likes you." Legolas assured little Flora, "I'll talk to him tonight, okay?" Legolas offered.
"Fine, all right." Flora agreed halfheartedly.
"It'll be fine in the end." Nilhisie smiled at his beautiful Flora.
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Flora retired to her rooms that night and stayed there most of the following day. She felt everyone knew about her. Nuquer tried to pry her out but it was to no avail.
"Legolas, we have to tell her what your father said, come on." Nuquer urged Legolas to follow her into Flora's room.
"I talked to my father, Flora, he said you are more than welcome to stay here n the palace and you can raise the child here as well. He will be able to chose if he wants to be immortal or mortal when the time comes. He will be happy here." Legolas explained to Flora.
"How did you know it was a he?" Flora looked at Legolas.
"The healer already talked to my father before I got there, she told him everything." Legolas answered truthfully.
"Okay." Flora didn't say anything for a while, "I feel so ashamed."
"Don't Flora, you did it out of love and the child will be loved here in Mirkwood, could you think of a happier home?" Nuquer put her arm around her sister for comfort.
"I guess not." Flora admitted. Though she didn't want to imagine the next six months and the nasty rumours she was going to start hearing.
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Legolas and Nuquer sat in the garden outside her room in silence.
"It's going to be rough for Flora." Legolas speculated.
"Yes, but at least we be here for her. And Nilhisie asked if she wanted to marry but she decided to wait."
"Why is she going to wait?"
"I don't know." Nuquer shook her head.
"This isn't the best time to be with child, there has been more activity with orcs and fear of an attack." Legolas sighed, he was sick of hearing things about rumours in Mordor and such.
"But is there anywhere safer but here?" Nuquer asked Legolas.
"I don't know, possibly Lothlorein or Rivendell but we don't have escorts to spare to travel with her there and the roads are much to dangerous for her to go with just a small party, especially since she is not feeling well." Legolas shook his head, she would have to stay here.
"It's best though, she needs to be around people she knows." Nuquer added.
"Yes, she needs you most of all right now." Legolas smiled at Nuquer. Suddenly a though came into his head, he wanted to propose, he had known she was the one for him but, now it really hit him that he wanted her for his bride and no one else. He came close to doing it when a guard walked into the garden.
"Prince Legolas, lady Nuquer, just doing a routine check of the gardens." The guard smiled, feeling he had intruded in on something he wasn't meant to.
"Good you are doing your duty." Nuquer smiled at the guard.
Legolas sighed and looked up at the stars, not right now but, soon.
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Flora lay in bed, she was feeling sick, again. She had been sick three weeks now, ever since the beginning of February. She didn't want to move.
"Flora, I think you should get up and walk around a bit, go outside and get some fresh air." Nuquer urged her sister.
"I can't get up, if I get up I'll throw-up." Flora moaned.
"I'm worried about you." Nuquer sat on the bed and looked down at her sister.
"I want this thing out of me." Flora pouted.
"Flora, darling, soon enough, don't rush it." Nuquer shook her head.
"Where's Nilhisie? I'm going to kill him for this." Flora rolled her eyes.
"I don't think you need to see him right now." Nuquer shook her head again, the baby was making Flora very disagreeable.
"Just give me some water and leave me alone." Flora sighed.
"No problem." Nuquer handed her a glass of water and dashed for the door.
"How is she?" Nilhisie asked as he came towards the room.
"Don't go in there, you don't want to hear to things she is saying." Nuquer warned.
"I'll take your word for it." Nilhisie, having been subjected to Flora's bad temper the night before was only too happy to turn and go the other way, Flora was not nice to be around anymore.
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Legolas waited one evening in Nuquer's room, she would soon be back from dinner. He purposefully hadn't gone to dinner so that she would come back to her room alone. A month had passed since the night he had decided he would propose and he was going to do it now. He had flowers scattered everywhere and candles were lit around the room, it was delectably romantic and he knew Nuquer would like it.
Nuquer opened her door to find Legolas standing by her bed, now covered in a layer of soft rose petals.
"Nuquer, I love you." Legolas smiled and as she looked around the room in awe, "I want to ask you something," Legolas bent down on one knee and took Nuquer's hand in his, "Please, be my bride?"
"Oh, Legolas, it's all so beautiful!" Nuquer exclaimed in a sort of dazed excitement, "Yes! Yes, I'll be yours forever!" Nuquer felt tears of joy slipping down her smiling face.
Legolas stood up and gathered his new fiancée into a hug.
The two fell down into a blanket of roses and kissed late into the night. Uses the petals for their enjoyment.
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"Flora! Flora!" Nuquer burst into Flora's room the next morning.
"What?" Flora moaned from her spot on the bed.
"He proposed! Legolas and I are going to marry!" Nuquer fell next to Flora on the bed, still bubbling with excitement.
"That's wonderful." Flora replied though she sounded horrible sick.
"I'm sorry, I know you aren't feeling well but I had to tell you." Nuquer looked sympathetically at her sister.
"No, no, don't let my temperament get in the way of your joy." Flora smiled as best she could through the sickness.
Outside the March wind blew a little less strong that is had for the past half the month, it could feel the happiness in Mirkwood.
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