A/N: Thanx to all of you who have reviewed. I've been swamped between
packing for the holidays and finals and all that crap so here it is Chapter
15, (I think)
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Haldir left the chamber somewhat shaken. Arwen spoke to him in elvish. She herself still feeling the pressure of the Lady's words to her.
[Do not despair.] She said to him.
[How can I not?] He asked.
{I do not know but maybe it is all for the best.} Arwen replied walking away.
Haldir decided to walk in the woods. It had always helped him think in the past.
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Legolas sat thinking as well. HE wondered what was right for him to do. He wondered if it was his duty to tell Kayla her fate. He knew she would not separate from her husband and daughter, even if it did mean giving her own life. He wanted to speak with the Lady again. He needed help figuring everything out.
He entered the chamber and before he opened his mouth she spoke. "it is not your place to tell someone their fate. I did not expect you to break her from her marriage vows so I have told Haldir what I have told you, it is now his duty to let her alone, Kayla's life is in his hands now."
"You told him once that it was his duty to protect her, are you not, now, contradicting yourself?' Legolas asked.
"Kayla's life has always been in Haldir's hands, as it still is. Leaving her will free her heart and mind. It will rid her of the carelessness that will claim her life."
"Shill will not react well to this news, she loves him."
"She loves you as well. Watch over her."
"Haldir will not look upon that favorably."
"Haldir will be the death of that girl. He must put aside his personal feelings and at the same time, take them into account. I know that in his heart he does not want to be responsible for her death."
Indeed he would not, but what would you have me do? Proclaim my love for her?" Legolas replied admitting finally his love.
"Yes." Galadriel replied. "What the heart wants can not be denied, to deny your heart would kill you, and her for she carries the same burden she has for the past 20 years. Your only chance for survival is to stay together."
"This is strange and furthermore going to be hard and emotional." Legolas sighed
"All you must do it wait for Haldir to make his decision."
A guard burst into the chamber. "My Lady, I have news from Gondor. The enemy has advanced, the kings army can not stand against this warrior that calls herself Amara!"
Legolas looked at him. "What?"
"She is skilled and the King himself is ready to confront her in combat."
"I must stop him!"
"NO!" The Lady ordered. "Your duty is to your heart, not your friendship with Aragorn."
~*~
Kayla sat up, for the first time she was able to do so with out feeling dizzy. Haldir stood in the doorway. "Feeling better I see."
"Yes," She replied.
He looked at her and regretted what he was about to do. Duty always seemed to come before his heart. "I must talk to you."
"About what?"
Legolas was approaching the door when he stopped to listen.
"I have been doing a lot of thinking and warriors must remain unattached in order to completely fulfil their potential. I can't help but think that next time there will not be anyone to save you."
"WHAT!" She exclaimed.
"All of these years you have traveled with a companion, someone to guide you and maybe even protect you. Can you not fight alone? I sometimes wondered. Then the accident with Legolas in the possession of the enemy proved to me that maybe it would be best if you concentrated more on you skills and less on your life. For this reason I suggest that we separate."
"You arrogant bastard." She yelled there was a dagger on the tabale nest to her she picked it up and threw it missing his head by inches landing deep into the wall.
He turned and left the room silently.
Legolas waited for a while before deciding that it was safe to enter. "Are you alright?' he asked.
She straightened out. "Yes, I am fine."
He decided it would be best to not press her. "You are feeling better?"
"Yes." She smiled and motioned for him to enter the room. He sat at the foot of her bed. His intense blue eyes looking into her fiery brown ones.
"That is good to hear." He smiled.
" I should be fine soon." She replied. He nodded as the guard came in again. "Your highness. King Aragorn has sent word. He wishes you and Haldir to return immediately. He needs your aid.
Kayla looked at Legolas who looked pale. He nodded and the guard left the room. "I must go." He said to her.
"I woud go with you if I could." She replied.
"I wish you could." He replied leaving the room. Arwen came into the room as Legolas was leaving. "Are you alright?' She asked.
Kayla smiled at her friend and replied in elvish. [I am in good health.]
Arwen smiled as Arien and Tariel came in. Both girls were close in age and very beautiful. Arien was to be the heir to the throne. Tariel being older took after Haldir in her discipline and after Kayla in her passion. Upon her 18 birthday she was recognized as a Lady of Gondor and although she tried to hide it they knew she had been practicing her skill with a bow and sword. Kayla looked at her daughter knowing that half elven blood ran through her veins and one day she would have to make a choice to be human or elven. It would be a sad day for her and Haldir. One of them would face loosing their child one way or the other.
Arien was beautiful like Arwen. Her hair was raven colored like her mothers and her eyes intense like Aragorn's. She too would have to one day choose between immortality or humanity. She was not an aspiring warrior like Tariel or her younger brother Tauros. She was a lady in every sense of the word. Kayla wondered if that would one day work to be her weakness as a leader. "Mother where are the soldiers going?" Arien asked.
"What do you mean?" Arwen asked.
"Legolas and Haldir are leading an army of elven soldiers out of the city." Arien explained.
"Aragorn is in trouble." Kayla replied.
"What?' Arwen asked.
"A guard came in and told Legolas that he and Haldir were to go back to Gondor immediately." Kayla explained. "Aragorn must need help."
"I thought she was not a skilled warrior."
"Not vastly skilled but good enough." Kayla replied. "She is smart, and clever and can convince people to fight for her cause." Kayla replied.
"Kayla." Arwen said, looking at Arien and Tariel before she spoke again. "In the main chamber, they Lady, she told me that."
"I know, why do think I could not stand against against her and she is using that against Aragorn now." Kayla replied.
~*~
Legolas and Haldir walked back to Gondor with an elven army behind them. Haldir looked straight ahead. Legolas glanced at him occasionally. "What is it?' Haldir asked finally.
"Nothing." Legolas replied.
"You obviously have something to say to me."
"You made the right decision today with Kayla." Legolas replied. Haldir looked at him. "What do you know of that?" Haldir asked defensively.
"The Lady told me that I was to watch her in yoru absence." Legolas replied.
"I value my wife's life and one day after this is all over I hope that we might be together again." Haldir replied. "I wish that you should take good care of her." He said feeling angry and jealous.
They continued walking in silence.
~*~
Galadriel sat with her eyes closed. She saw a great fire, many lives lost she opened her eyes with a strong gasp and for the first time, in longer that she could remember, she was afraid.
A/N: OK I HAVE AN ENDING! Yay. I provide you with a warning now It is going to be completely irrational, not according to cannon and you're probably going to hate me for it. LoL HINT: Character death. PLEEEEEZE keep reading and reviewing. Thanx
~ Keep it Deep
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Haldir left the chamber somewhat shaken. Arwen spoke to him in elvish. She herself still feeling the pressure of the Lady's words to her.
[Do not despair.] She said to him.
[How can I not?] He asked.
{I do not know but maybe it is all for the best.} Arwen replied walking away.
Haldir decided to walk in the woods. It had always helped him think in the past.
~*~
Legolas sat thinking as well. HE wondered what was right for him to do. He wondered if it was his duty to tell Kayla her fate. He knew she would not separate from her husband and daughter, even if it did mean giving her own life. He wanted to speak with the Lady again. He needed help figuring everything out.
He entered the chamber and before he opened his mouth she spoke. "it is not your place to tell someone their fate. I did not expect you to break her from her marriage vows so I have told Haldir what I have told you, it is now his duty to let her alone, Kayla's life is in his hands now."
"You told him once that it was his duty to protect her, are you not, now, contradicting yourself?' Legolas asked.
"Kayla's life has always been in Haldir's hands, as it still is. Leaving her will free her heart and mind. It will rid her of the carelessness that will claim her life."
"Shill will not react well to this news, she loves him."
"She loves you as well. Watch over her."
"Haldir will not look upon that favorably."
"Haldir will be the death of that girl. He must put aside his personal feelings and at the same time, take them into account. I know that in his heart he does not want to be responsible for her death."
Indeed he would not, but what would you have me do? Proclaim my love for her?" Legolas replied admitting finally his love.
"Yes." Galadriel replied. "What the heart wants can not be denied, to deny your heart would kill you, and her for she carries the same burden she has for the past 20 years. Your only chance for survival is to stay together."
"This is strange and furthermore going to be hard and emotional." Legolas sighed
"All you must do it wait for Haldir to make his decision."
A guard burst into the chamber. "My Lady, I have news from Gondor. The enemy has advanced, the kings army can not stand against this warrior that calls herself Amara!"
Legolas looked at him. "What?"
"She is skilled and the King himself is ready to confront her in combat."
"I must stop him!"
"NO!" The Lady ordered. "Your duty is to your heart, not your friendship with Aragorn."
~*~
Kayla sat up, for the first time she was able to do so with out feeling dizzy. Haldir stood in the doorway. "Feeling better I see."
"Yes," She replied.
He looked at her and regretted what he was about to do. Duty always seemed to come before his heart. "I must talk to you."
"About what?"
Legolas was approaching the door when he stopped to listen.
"I have been doing a lot of thinking and warriors must remain unattached in order to completely fulfil their potential. I can't help but think that next time there will not be anyone to save you."
"WHAT!" She exclaimed.
"All of these years you have traveled with a companion, someone to guide you and maybe even protect you. Can you not fight alone? I sometimes wondered. Then the accident with Legolas in the possession of the enemy proved to me that maybe it would be best if you concentrated more on you skills and less on your life. For this reason I suggest that we separate."
"You arrogant bastard." She yelled there was a dagger on the tabale nest to her she picked it up and threw it missing his head by inches landing deep into the wall.
He turned and left the room silently.
Legolas waited for a while before deciding that it was safe to enter. "Are you alright?' he asked.
She straightened out. "Yes, I am fine."
He decided it would be best to not press her. "You are feeling better?"
"Yes." She smiled and motioned for him to enter the room. He sat at the foot of her bed. His intense blue eyes looking into her fiery brown ones.
"That is good to hear." He smiled.
" I should be fine soon." She replied. He nodded as the guard came in again. "Your highness. King Aragorn has sent word. He wishes you and Haldir to return immediately. He needs your aid.
Kayla looked at Legolas who looked pale. He nodded and the guard left the room. "I must go." He said to her.
"I woud go with you if I could." She replied.
"I wish you could." He replied leaving the room. Arwen came into the room as Legolas was leaving. "Are you alright?' She asked.
Kayla smiled at her friend and replied in elvish. [I am in good health.]
Arwen smiled as Arien and Tariel came in. Both girls were close in age and very beautiful. Arien was to be the heir to the throne. Tariel being older took after Haldir in her discipline and after Kayla in her passion. Upon her 18 birthday she was recognized as a Lady of Gondor and although she tried to hide it they knew she had been practicing her skill with a bow and sword. Kayla looked at her daughter knowing that half elven blood ran through her veins and one day she would have to make a choice to be human or elven. It would be a sad day for her and Haldir. One of them would face loosing their child one way or the other.
Arien was beautiful like Arwen. Her hair was raven colored like her mothers and her eyes intense like Aragorn's. She too would have to one day choose between immortality or humanity. She was not an aspiring warrior like Tariel or her younger brother Tauros. She was a lady in every sense of the word. Kayla wondered if that would one day work to be her weakness as a leader. "Mother where are the soldiers going?" Arien asked.
"What do you mean?" Arwen asked.
"Legolas and Haldir are leading an army of elven soldiers out of the city." Arien explained.
"Aragorn is in trouble." Kayla replied.
"What?' Arwen asked.
"A guard came in and told Legolas that he and Haldir were to go back to Gondor immediately." Kayla explained. "Aragorn must need help."
"I thought she was not a skilled warrior."
"Not vastly skilled but good enough." Kayla replied. "She is smart, and clever and can convince people to fight for her cause." Kayla replied.
"Kayla." Arwen said, looking at Arien and Tariel before she spoke again. "In the main chamber, they Lady, she told me that."
"I know, why do think I could not stand against against her and she is using that against Aragorn now." Kayla replied.
~*~
Legolas and Haldir walked back to Gondor with an elven army behind them. Haldir looked straight ahead. Legolas glanced at him occasionally. "What is it?' Haldir asked finally.
"Nothing." Legolas replied.
"You obviously have something to say to me."
"You made the right decision today with Kayla." Legolas replied. Haldir looked at him. "What do you know of that?" Haldir asked defensively.
"The Lady told me that I was to watch her in yoru absence." Legolas replied.
"I value my wife's life and one day after this is all over I hope that we might be together again." Haldir replied. "I wish that you should take good care of her." He said feeling angry and jealous.
They continued walking in silence.
~*~
Galadriel sat with her eyes closed. She saw a great fire, many lives lost she opened her eyes with a strong gasp and for the first time, in longer that she could remember, she was afraid.
A/N: OK I HAVE AN ENDING! Yay. I provide you with a warning now It is going to be completely irrational, not according to cannon and you're probably going to hate me for it. LoL HINT: Character death. PLEEEEEZE keep reading and reviewing. Thanx
~ Keep it Deep