Second Verse
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Just want to put in a little shameless plugg, I am beginning works on a new story, to be posted after the end of this one. I will give you more information on it but I will say it is not part of the Song For None series and there are none of the same characters, that is ones I made up!, more information on that later.
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The next morning Nuquer awoke to Legolas sitting on the edge of her bed, "Legolas! Oh, you scared me!" Nuquer jumped when she saw him sitting there, smiling.
"I talked to my father last night." Legolas smiled again.
"And?!"
"It's official, to be announced tonight at dinner." Legolas caught Nuquer in his arms as she nearly jumped to hug him.
"This is wonderful!"
"I know, we're going to be married."
"I'm going to be a princess!" Nuquer corrected him, "Just joking Legolas, I am happy we are to marry, but I am excited about being a princess too!!" Nuquer laughed and hugged Legolas again.
Flora walked into Nuquer's room to see what the commotion was about, "What is going on in here?"
"We're getting married!" Nuquer exclaimed.
"Nuquer, dear, we all knew that, Legolas proposed quite a while ago." Flora looked confused.
"Well, yes, but Thranduil has agreed and so now it is official." Nuquer explained.
"Oh, I get it. Well, how exciting!" Flora smiled and returned to her room where she stayed for nearly to next week due to her sickness.
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That evening at dinner Thranduil stood in front of the unusually large crowd, due to the fact that rumours spread about him making an announcement, to announce his sons engagement.
"I would like to take a moment and make an announcement, my son, the crown prince of Mirkwood has recently become betrothed to the lady Nuquer of Dol Amroth. The two are to be married and become the prince and princess of Mirkwood. My blessings upon their future marriage." Thranduil held a glass of wine towards his son and drank in his honour.
Legolas and Nuquer smiled back and drank their shared glass to their own engagement. There were quite a few in the crowd though who were completely shocked. Obviously the rumours of Legolas's courtship had not spread through Mirkwood, amazingly enough and not many new of the lady Nuquer.
A few maidens even started to cry over this matter and politely left the room to not bring a rain to the happy festivities.
"I can't believe he is going to be married." One of the maidens cried into her friends' shoulder.
"I didn't even know he was courting someone!" The friend sniffed and rubbed her friends' back.
"I wanted so bad to have a chance at courting him." The first friend looked around at the other girls sitting in the garden's crying over the matter.
"I thought I might have actually had a chance too!" One of the other girls cried.
"Why does she get him and not one of us?! She's not even from Mirkwood! How could Thranduil condone such a thing?!" One of the more bitter maidens complained and raised a few, "Yea! Why not?!" out of the crowd.
"I hope he's happy with her, she better treat him well or she's in for it from us!" One of the girls came to peace with the idea better than some of the others.
"That's true, we all wish our beautiful prince happiness in his marriage." Another girl chimed in. This comment had a general calming effect over the mourning maidens and they were able to return to the dining hall and offer their blessings to the marriage.
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April came to a fast close and May came rolling in with more arrangements for the wedding. The date was officially set for June 20th of that year.
Nuquer had succeeded in setting a place for the wedding, arranging the food to be served, who was invited, all of Mirkwood of course, and a time. She still had yet to pick her dress but, she was diligently working on it.
"What colour are you going to go with?" Flora asked as she looked through drawing the seamstress had given the girls to look over and pick and chose.
"I like red."
"For your wedding? Don't you think that red is too passionate a colour? It means to many things." Flora scrunched up her nose to the idea.
"I guess you're right, anything but blue or purple though." Nuquer said warningly.
"Yes, yes, I know, you don't like those two colours. How about pink, a pale pink, or pale green?"
"Green? I don't think so." Nuquer shook her head, "I'll think about pink though."
"What about white? That's a nice colour." Flora suggested. "That's what mother wore at her wedding." Flora remembered taking her mothers' wedding dress out of the special wardrobe it was kept in to admire.
"I think I like white, in honour of mother, and dear Faunia, she wore white too." Nuquer decided.
"I like that." Flora smiled.
"What about the style of the dress though?"
The two went on for hours nearly everyday decided over what everyone in the wedding party would wear before finally deciding on everything only with three weeks until the wedding date.
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"Just three and a half weeks Flora and I will be married." Nuquer smiled as she entered Flora's room.
"I know, doing your daily countdown. I'm excited, except I hope my dress still fits in the next three weeks, I am showing more than ever, I think I'm growing everyday!" Flora sighed.
"Aren't you visiting the healer today?" Nuquer inquired.
"Yes, for a regular checkup, nothing major." Flora shrugged.
"Ask her about your due date again." Nuquer said.
"I know, I know, don't worry I want to know when he is due too." Flora smiled. Finally it was the day that the healer could give an almost exact due-date for her son.
In just a few moments time the healer entered the room, "I'm a bit early but I wasn't doing anything this morning so I came early." The healer sat Flora on the bed and started doing the regular checkup. Nuquer politely left the room to wait to be called upon by Flora.
In an hours time the healer was gone and Flora called Nuquer back in.
"I have some interesting news." Flora smiled at Nuquer.
"It's really a girl!?" Nuquer guessed.
"No, it's still a boy but, it's not one boy it's two! I'm having twins!!" Flora exclaimed.
"Twins! I can't believe it!" Nuquer was very happy for her sister.
"What are you going to name the other one?" Nuquer asked.
"I think Legolas, after your future husband." Flora smiled.
"You are? That's so sweet." Nuquer was touched by the name choice and hugged her sister again.
"I think he should be named after his King." Flora wiped a tear from Nuquer's eye.
"That means the babies and you will stay here?" Nuquer asked.
"Forever." Flora nodded, "I couldn't leave my queen now!" Flora laughed.
"This has been the best year of my life." Nuquer started to get teary eyed once again as well as Flora.
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Just want to put in a little shameless plugg, I am beginning works on a new story, to be posted after the end of this one. I will give you more information on it but I will say it is not part of the Song For None series and there are none of the same characters, that is ones I made up!, more information on that later.
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The next morning Nuquer awoke to Legolas sitting on the edge of her bed, "Legolas! Oh, you scared me!" Nuquer jumped when she saw him sitting there, smiling.
"I talked to my father last night." Legolas smiled again.
"And?!"
"It's official, to be announced tonight at dinner." Legolas caught Nuquer in his arms as she nearly jumped to hug him.
"This is wonderful!"
"I know, we're going to be married."
"I'm going to be a princess!" Nuquer corrected him, "Just joking Legolas, I am happy we are to marry, but I am excited about being a princess too!!" Nuquer laughed and hugged Legolas again.
Flora walked into Nuquer's room to see what the commotion was about, "What is going on in here?"
"We're getting married!" Nuquer exclaimed.
"Nuquer, dear, we all knew that, Legolas proposed quite a while ago." Flora looked confused.
"Well, yes, but Thranduil has agreed and so now it is official." Nuquer explained.
"Oh, I get it. Well, how exciting!" Flora smiled and returned to her room where she stayed for nearly to next week due to her sickness.
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That evening at dinner Thranduil stood in front of the unusually large crowd, due to the fact that rumours spread about him making an announcement, to announce his sons engagement.
"I would like to take a moment and make an announcement, my son, the crown prince of Mirkwood has recently become betrothed to the lady Nuquer of Dol Amroth. The two are to be married and become the prince and princess of Mirkwood. My blessings upon their future marriage." Thranduil held a glass of wine towards his son and drank in his honour.
Legolas and Nuquer smiled back and drank their shared glass to their own engagement. There were quite a few in the crowd though who were completely shocked. Obviously the rumours of Legolas's courtship had not spread through Mirkwood, amazingly enough and not many new of the lady Nuquer.
A few maidens even started to cry over this matter and politely left the room to not bring a rain to the happy festivities.
"I can't believe he is going to be married." One of the maidens cried into her friends' shoulder.
"I didn't even know he was courting someone!" The friend sniffed and rubbed her friends' back.
"I wanted so bad to have a chance at courting him." The first friend looked around at the other girls sitting in the garden's crying over the matter.
"I thought I might have actually had a chance too!" One of the other girls cried.
"Why does she get him and not one of us?! She's not even from Mirkwood! How could Thranduil condone such a thing?!" One of the more bitter maidens complained and raised a few, "Yea! Why not?!" out of the crowd.
"I hope he's happy with her, she better treat him well or she's in for it from us!" One of the girls came to peace with the idea better than some of the others.
"That's true, we all wish our beautiful prince happiness in his marriage." Another girl chimed in. This comment had a general calming effect over the mourning maidens and they were able to return to the dining hall and offer their blessings to the marriage.
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April came to a fast close and May came rolling in with more arrangements for the wedding. The date was officially set for June 20th of that year.
Nuquer had succeeded in setting a place for the wedding, arranging the food to be served, who was invited, all of Mirkwood of course, and a time. She still had yet to pick her dress but, she was diligently working on it.
"What colour are you going to go with?" Flora asked as she looked through drawing the seamstress had given the girls to look over and pick and chose.
"I like red."
"For your wedding? Don't you think that red is too passionate a colour? It means to many things." Flora scrunched up her nose to the idea.
"I guess you're right, anything but blue or purple though." Nuquer said warningly.
"Yes, yes, I know, you don't like those two colours. How about pink, a pale pink, or pale green?"
"Green? I don't think so." Nuquer shook her head, "I'll think about pink though."
"What about white? That's a nice colour." Flora suggested. "That's what mother wore at her wedding." Flora remembered taking her mothers' wedding dress out of the special wardrobe it was kept in to admire.
"I think I like white, in honour of mother, and dear Faunia, she wore white too." Nuquer decided.
"I like that." Flora smiled.
"What about the style of the dress though?"
The two went on for hours nearly everyday decided over what everyone in the wedding party would wear before finally deciding on everything only with three weeks until the wedding date.
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"Just three and a half weeks Flora and I will be married." Nuquer smiled as she entered Flora's room.
"I know, doing your daily countdown. I'm excited, except I hope my dress still fits in the next three weeks, I am showing more than ever, I think I'm growing everyday!" Flora sighed.
"Aren't you visiting the healer today?" Nuquer inquired.
"Yes, for a regular checkup, nothing major." Flora shrugged.
"Ask her about your due date again." Nuquer said.
"I know, I know, don't worry I want to know when he is due too." Flora smiled. Finally it was the day that the healer could give an almost exact due-date for her son.
In just a few moments time the healer entered the room, "I'm a bit early but I wasn't doing anything this morning so I came early." The healer sat Flora on the bed and started doing the regular checkup. Nuquer politely left the room to wait to be called upon by Flora.
In an hours time the healer was gone and Flora called Nuquer back in.
"I have some interesting news." Flora smiled at Nuquer.
"It's really a girl!?" Nuquer guessed.
"No, it's still a boy but, it's not one boy it's two! I'm having twins!!" Flora exclaimed.
"Twins! I can't believe it!" Nuquer was very happy for her sister.
"What are you going to name the other one?" Nuquer asked.
"I think Legolas, after your future husband." Flora smiled.
"You are? That's so sweet." Nuquer was touched by the name choice and hugged her sister again.
"I think he should be named after his King." Flora wiped a tear from Nuquer's eye.
"That means the babies and you will stay here?" Nuquer asked.
"Forever." Flora nodded, "I couldn't leave my queen now!" Flora laughed.
"This has been the best year of my life." Nuquer started to get teary eyed once again as well as Flora.
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