Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings, or any of its characters. That
is the property of Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien. I own only Adrial.
Legolas stood there staring at her thinking of what to say next, when his attention was turned to behind him. Wormtongue's henchmen were trying to attack Gandalf. Legolas spun on heel and went to help his friends beat off the evil men and pin Wormtongue to the ground. "Go outside Adrial, you may not want to see this."
Adrial ran outside and sat on the stairs. Hearing all the racket inside, she couldn't help but wonder if the mysterious elf she knew as Legolas was being hurt or not. She feared for what was going on so bad that she ran to get the Lady Eowyn to check on the happenings inside the hall.
Lady Eowyn walked in to see Gandalf with his staff pointed at King Theoden and muttering something she couldn't understand. She ran as fast as she could for fear that he was killing her uncle. Actually he was forcing Sauroman to leave the mind of King Theoden, and restore him to his normal self.
When there was no more racket coming from inside Adrial stood and wheeled around to see the doors thrown open and Wormtongue come flying out, followed closely by the King, Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and last Legolas. She looked up at him and smiled cheerfully at the sight of seeing him unhurt. He walked over to her and asked, "Why are you smiling?"
She hesitated for a moment and then said, "I am happy to see our old King back to normal."
He obviously didn't believe her, or he would have left it at that, but he looked at her and said, "a lie is not always an untrue statement, it is just what you say to cove up something you don't want others to know." After he finished he turned and walked away leaving her there to think about what was happening here. She was falling in love with the elf that she had only known for an all of 25 minutes.
She walked back to her quarters to get ready for dinner, or should she say to stand in the shadows and watch Legolas converse with all of his friends. She pulled out the prettiest dress she owned, which was a flowing green gown, with bell sleeves and an oval neckline. She put it on and slipped a pair of green slippers on. As she was walking to the door she grabbed her cloak, for it was getting cold and she also didn't want people to notice that she had dressed up for no occasion. Now she must go and help the Lady Eowyn get ready.
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Legolas walked into the hall and counted the chairs around the table. He counted 27. He needed one more chair near him. "Excuse me sir, but could I get an extra chair beside me tonight?"
"Certainly sir."
"Who would an elf have as company?" Gimli asked with an air of superiority over anyone that dare bring a lower class to the dinner table.
"A fair young lady, by the name of Adrial Clearwaters." He smiled lightly at Gimli then went to his seat to see that the extra chair was brought and put in the right place.
Lady Eowyn pushed open the door and walked in with a cloaked Adrial close behind her. Adrial pulled out the chair and Lady Eowyn sat down. Adrial sunk back to the shadows and leaned against a pillar. Legolas watched her do this and beckoned her over to him. "Please my Lady, remove your cloak and sit with me here at this glorious table and enjoy a wonderful meal fit for any King."
"Oh, but I couldn't. I am not allowed to sit at the high table. As I told you before I am but a servant girl."
"In that dress that you aren't doing a very good job at hiding," at these words she pulled her cloak tight around her," You are fit to dine at any table high or low. Now sit down here and eat with me." He stood up and offered to remove her cloak and she let him. He then pulled out the chair and offered her his arm and she sat down. She looked over at Lady Eowyn who mouthed "It's OK." This made her cheer up a bit and she gave a weak smile. From talk around the table she picked up that was to be a meeting tonight between King Theoden and the Grey Company. "So Lady Adrial, how do you like sitting at this big table with all of these important people?" She jumped at this question because it came from someone she didn't know, Gimli.
"I like it just fine. I have never sat up here before and I am enjoying myself to the fullest."
"I am glad to hear it. I think the elf over there likes you," At this he made a gesture at Legolas. "He hasn't quit talking about you since we arrived and threw out Wormtongue."
"Oh, really. Well, thank you for informing me kind man. But, I haven't gotten your name yet. What is it may I ask?"
"Gimli, son of gloin. I come from the Mines of Moria."
"Wow! It must be nice there. Living underground. Never having to worry about annoying people who never go away"
"My Lady, I assure you that there are annoying dwarfs in those mines too."
At this she laughed and about fell out of her chair, but Legolas caught her. "Are you ok?"
"I think so. Thank you for catching me. It would have been bad on my part if I had fallen down."
"That would proabably have been bad." Lady Eowyn just suddenly appeared out of nowhere and put her hand on Adrial's shoulders. "It is time we go Adrial, the meeting is about to begin." They walked out and Eowyn pulled her off the path and over beside the building. "I am proud of you tonight. You were very lady like when you accepted Legolas's dinner invite."
"I had no choice. He just pulled out the chair, and everyone was starring at me. I had to make myself look good, for fear that I would get banished from the kingdom."
"I know. And I think that most of you wanted to sit down there and just talk away with him all night. I think you like him."
"Oh, I do! I love being around him. Just seeing him makes my heart jump. I never thought that I could fall in love so fast. I don't know what there is about him that is so appealing to me. I can't describe it at all." She skipped around as she said this, but Eowyn stopped her.
"Ok. I have a plan. I want you to come with me and you are going to get a new dress for tonight. Come on." They ran down the road Eowyn slightly pulling Adrial to Eowyn's house. They went in and Eowyn went over to her amoir and pulled out a long flowing white gown with huge bell sleeves and silver trim. She handed it to Adrial.
"Oh, I can't wear this. It is far too pretty."
She started to hand the dress back to Eowyn but she stopped her. "You will wear this dress. It is your time to find a man. You have found him, now you have to catch him. And I am here to help you with this. I myself do not need a man to take care of me. I can do it myself." Adrial looked at the dress and then put it on. "Look in the mirror."
She looked and about fell over for she didn't recognize herself. "Oh, my goodness. I don't even recognize myself. It is so beautiful. I feel blessed."
"It looks beautiful on you. Here is what I want you to do. I want you to go down and sit on the stairs and when Legolas comes out offer to give him a tour of the Kingdom of Rohan. Show him everything and talk about it all and try to make him laugh. Only people elves really like will they laugh at. Now go and hurry because for they will be done soon. Adrial turned and ran to the door and went out. She went up the road trying to hide in the shadows so that no one would see her new dress and get suspicious. She came upon the stairs and sat down, panting a little since she had been running. She could hear someone inside yelling. It sounded like Aragorn to her. Now the voice had changed, it was her King. He was telling Aragorn that he was not the ruler of Rohan, it was not King Aragorn it was King Theoden. The doors suddenly flew open and out stomped Aragorn strait past her with Gimli and Legolas close behind him.
"Legolas, would you like a tour of the Kingdom? I will give you one and then we can go for some drinks over at the tavern."
"That sounds wonderful. I could use a drink of some good wine after that argument." She smiled. Wine was her favorite drink. This would work out just as Lady Eowyn had planned.
"It sounded bad. Well let's go. We have a lot to look at."
Legolas stood there staring at her thinking of what to say next, when his attention was turned to behind him. Wormtongue's henchmen were trying to attack Gandalf. Legolas spun on heel and went to help his friends beat off the evil men and pin Wormtongue to the ground. "Go outside Adrial, you may not want to see this."
Adrial ran outside and sat on the stairs. Hearing all the racket inside, she couldn't help but wonder if the mysterious elf she knew as Legolas was being hurt or not. She feared for what was going on so bad that she ran to get the Lady Eowyn to check on the happenings inside the hall.
Lady Eowyn walked in to see Gandalf with his staff pointed at King Theoden and muttering something she couldn't understand. She ran as fast as she could for fear that he was killing her uncle. Actually he was forcing Sauroman to leave the mind of King Theoden, and restore him to his normal self.
When there was no more racket coming from inside Adrial stood and wheeled around to see the doors thrown open and Wormtongue come flying out, followed closely by the King, Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and last Legolas. She looked up at him and smiled cheerfully at the sight of seeing him unhurt. He walked over to her and asked, "Why are you smiling?"
She hesitated for a moment and then said, "I am happy to see our old King back to normal."
He obviously didn't believe her, or he would have left it at that, but he looked at her and said, "a lie is not always an untrue statement, it is just what you say to cove up something you don't want others to know." After he finished he turned and walked away leaving her there to think about what was happening here. She was falling in love with the elf that she had only known for an all of 25 minutes.
She walked back to her quarters to get ready for dinner, or should she say to stand in the shadows and watch Legolas converse with all of his friends. She pulled out the prettiest dress she owned, which was a flowing green gown, with bell sleeves and an oval neckline. She put it on and slipped a pair of green slippers on. As she was walking to the door she grabbed her cloak, for it was getting cold and she also didn't want people to notice that she had dressed up for no occasion. Now she must go and help the Lady Eowyn get ready.
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Legolas walked into the hall and counted the chairs around the table. He counted 27. He needed one more chair near him. "Excuse me sir, but could I get an extra chair beside me tonight?"
"Certainly sir."
"Who would an elf have as company?" Gimli asked with an air of superiority over anyone that dare bring a lower class to the dinner table.
"A fair young lady, by the name of Adrial Clearwaters." He smiled lightly at Gimli then went to his seat to see that the extra chair was brought and put in the right place.
Lady Eowyn pushed open the door and walked in with a cloaked Adrial close behind her. Adrial pulled out the chair and Lady Eowyn sat down. Adrial sunk back to the shadows and leaned against a pillar. Legolas watched her do this and beckoned her over to him. "Please my Lady, remove your cloak and sit with me here at this glorious table and enjoy a wonderful meal fit for any King."
"Oh, but I couldn't. I am not allowed to sit at the high table. As I told you before I am but a servant girl."
"In that dress that you aren't doing a very good job at hiding," at these words she pulled her cloak tight around her," You are fit to dine at any table high or low. Now sit down here and eat with me." He stood up and offered to remove her cloak and she let him. He then pulled out the chair and offered her his arm and she sat down. She looked over at Lady Eowyn who mouthed "It's OK." This made her cheer up a bit and she gave a weak smile. From talk around the table she picked up that was to be a meeting tonight between King Theoden and the Grey Company. "So Lady Adrial, how do you like sitting at this big table with all of these important people?" She jumped at this question because it came from someone she didn't know, Gimli.
"I like it just fine. I have never sat up here before and I am enjoying myself to the fullest."
"I am glad to hear it. I think the elf over there likes you," At this he made a gesture at Legolas. "He hasn't quit talking about you since we arrived and threw out Wormtongue."
"Oh, really. Well, thank you for informing me kind man. But, I haven't gotten your name yet. What is it may I ask?"
"Gimli, son of gloin. I come from the Mines of Moria."
"Wow! It must be nice there. Living underground. Never having to worry about annoying people who never go away"
"My Lady, I assure you that there are annoying dwarfs in those mines too."
At this she laughed and about fell out of her chair, but Legolas caught her. "Are you ok?"
"I think so. Thank you for catching me. It would have been bad on my part if I had fallen down."
"That would proabably have been bad." Lady Eowyn just suddenly appeared out of nowhere and put her hand on Adrial's shoulders. "It is time we go Adrial, the meeting is about to begin." They walked out and Eowyn pulled her off the path and over beside the building. "I am proud of you tonight. You were very lady like when you accepted Legolas's dinner invite."
"I had no choice. He just pulled out the chair, and everyone was starring at me. I had to make myself look good, for fear that I would get banished from the kingdom."
"I know. And I think that most of you wanted to sit down there and just talk away with him all night. I think you like him."
"Oh, I do! I love being around him. Just seeing him makes my heart jump. I never thought that I could fall in love so fast. I don't know what there is about him that is so appealing to me. I can't describe it at all." She skipped around as she said this, but Eowyn stopped her.
"Ok. I have a plan. I want you to come with me and you are going to get a new dress for tonight. Come on." They ran down the road Eowyn slightly pulling Adrial to Eowyn's house. They went in and Eowyn went over to her amoir and pulled out a long flowing white gown with huge bell sleeves and silver trim. She handed it to Adrial.
"Oh, I can't wear this. It is far too pretty."
She started to hand the dress back to Eowyn but she stopped her. "You will wear this dress. It is your time to find a man. You have found him, now you have to catch him. And I am here to help you with this. I myself do not need a man to take care of me. I can do it myself." Adrial looked at the dress and then put it on. "Look in the mirror."
She looked and about fell over for she didn't recognize herself. "Oh, my goodness. I don't even recognize myself. It is so beautiful. I feel blessed."
"It looks beautiful on you. Here is what I want you to do. I want you to go down and sit on the stairs and when Legolas comes out offer to give him a tour of the Kingdom of Rohan. Show him everything and talk about it all and try to make him laugh. Only people elves really like will they laugh at. Now go and hurry because for they will be done soon. Adrial turned and ran to the door and went out. She went up the road trying to hide in the shadows so that no one would see her new dress and get suspicious. She came upon the stairs and sat down, panting a little since she had been running. She could hear someone inside yelling. It sounded like Aragorn to her. Now the voice had changed, it was her King. He was telling Aragorn that he was not the ruler of Rohan, it was not King Aragorn it was King Theoden. The doors suddenly flew open and out stomped Aragorn strait past her with Gimli and Legolas close behind him.
"Legolas, would you like a tour of the Kingdom? I will give you one and then we can go for some drinks over at the tavern."
"That sounds wonderful. I could use a drink of some good wine after that argument." She smiled. Wine was her favorite drink. This would work out just as Lady Eowyn had planned.
"It sounded bad. Well let's go. We have a lot to look at."