Chapter 8
Disclaimer: Not mine and most likely not yours unless your name happens to be J.R.R. Tolkien, and even then you would have a hard time convincing me.
No author babble today.Kara J is gonna kill me for not having it though.
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Aronon watched his younger brother leaning against the door to the balcony; the younger elf didn't even know that he was being watched he was so intent on watching Fainu. Who was still being healed slowly, her hip would be fully healed in another day, and she stirred in her sleep as a beam of sun slowly moved into her face. She murmured something softly in a strange tongue, he assumed dark elvish, before she slowly began to sit up. At first she seemed to be in a daze, blinking and rubbing her eyes before looking to Legolas.
"Who else is here?" She asked softly.
Legolas looked up sharply, at the door, to see Aronon push open the door.
"My older brother, Aronon, the one that brought you partway here." Legolas answered moving towards the bed to help the dark elf to her feet. Aronon moved swiftly around the bed to take Fainu's other hand; she looked up at him, at his touch, her eyes slightly wide.
"It's nice to see I don't have to carry you today." He said softly smiling at her, the dark elf's brow creased slightly before she smiled ever so slightly. He could see that she was heavily favoring her wounded hip, leaning against Legolas for support. A servant rushed in and stopped immediately, bowing low to the two princes before moving towards to the group. The servant eyed her over before going to the closet and pulling out a long pale blue dress. Fainu froze, her eyes going wide, her mouth parted slightly at the sight.
"You aren't seriously going to make me wear that are you?" She asked looking between the two taller blond elves.
"Why do you not like it?" Aronon asked shocked that she wouldn't want to get out of the dark traveling clothes.
"I-I haven't worn a dress in almost five hundred years." Fainu said softly. "I don't think I'd be able to stand it very long."
"That is a long time for a woman to go in pants and a shirt." Aronon said frowning slightly.
"Not really considering I'm." She looked towards Legolas.
"He already knows that you are a dark elf. So do most of the people here, don't worry we aren't like the Lorien elves you have our respect until you do something to make us wary." Legolas said softly. Fainu looked at him closely, so far everything he had said was true for the most part.
"I am a hunter in the dark elf society. If I wore a dress while making sure orcs and goblins didn't come near the entrance to my people's city I would have died on the first trip out." She said calmly.
"I see. We have a female warrior." Aronon said raising his eyebrows slightly, looking rather impressed that Legolas had not gotten himself killed by her. The servant nodded but did not put the dress away.
"We don't have pants or shirts that will fit the Lady properly. Perhaps we can take some measurements and she can wear a dress for a short while, at least until we have a set of clothing for her." The servant said softly.
Fainu bit her lip, and glanced to Legolas who nodded slightly. The servant took Aronon's place and the three disappeared into the washroom. Legolas reappearing quickly, looking at his older brother.
"How long have you been in love with her?" He asked softly.
"Be quiet Aronon, her hearing is far better than ours." He pulled his older brother out of the room, knowing that it would be at least ten minutes before Fainu was in the dress with it trimmed so that she didn't trip over it.
The servant helped Fainu into the dress carefully, the soft blue material slid against her skin smoothly. Fainu didn't move she was almost scared to breathe, if she had heard right Legolas was in love with her. She shut her eyes trying to think of ways to tell him that she couldn't return his love as the servant quickly took the seam up on the bottom of the dress, she didn't even realize that another servant had come and was putting her hair up.
"M' Lady." The servant said softly. "Shall I get Prince Legolas back in here to help you?"
Fainu froze for a moment, she wanted to say no but she didn't know his brother well enough to trust him, though he had already helped her. She nodded slowly once and turned to look at herself in the full-length mirror. She was stunned by the person in the mirror, when she had lived in the Dark elf Caverns they had always worn dark clothing, she never had seen light material until she met Legolas, she ran her hand over the material, it was as soft as her old clothing and wasn't as aggravating against the skin as the dresses that she had worn long ago.
Legolas and Aronon walked in calmly, to see the servant help Fainu turn to face them, the dark elf kept her eyes lowered. Legolas gasped, she was far more beautiful than he could have every imagined, she slowly looked up from her feet and looked at the two elves. Her eyes matched the shade of the dress, and her hair was pulled away from her face, showing off her delicate pointed ears. Aronon smiled at her softly before walking up to her and offering her his arm, she hesitated slightly before taking it, the older prince smiled and walked forwards slowly. She leaned against him as she walked, he could tell that her hip hurt her enough, she was limping. Legolas turned as she stepped up to him and took her other arm. Legolas could tell that she wasn't sure about him any more, she hardly touched him and stayed leaning against Aronon. Legolas looked over at his brother, seeing if Aronon noticed the same thing, Aronon nodded as he caught the glance.
"Shall we get something to eat? The last meal was served a while ago so we'll have to go to the kitchen." Legolas said softly.
"All right." She said softly. The three elves slowly made their way through the halls; Fainu glanced at the beautiful paintings and sculptures as they traveled through the maze of halls.
"After we eat perhaps you would like to go on a tour of our home?" Aronon offered seeing her trying to look at all of the pictures. Fainu turned and looked at him, and nodded. "We're going down the back way to the kitchen so that we don't have to go through the pleasantries of stopping and talking to any of the elves in our father's kingdom that would wish to talk to us about you." Aronon said softly.
"Thank you, I don't think I could take standing around for a long time I think I might want a rest before the tour of your home." Fainu said softly, recalling what her father had taught her about edict when she was younger.
"For a warrior you are extremely well mannered." Aronon said frowning, he knew that most elven warriors were polite but Fainu acted as if she had been taught proper court edict.
"Hmm." Fainu smiled as she thought about it. "Did Legolas not tell you who I am?"
"No he told me that you were a dark elf and that was about it." Aronon looked over at his younger brother who bowed his head slightly. "Perhaps he should tell me the rest?"
"Her father," Legolas paused slightly, "The equivalent of our father in their realm."
Aronon's eyes went wide; this girl that he led was a princess in her own right. "You took the princess of the dark elves from her people?"
"No he didn't." Fainu smiled sadly, knowing that she was not even the daughter of the ruler of the dark elves. "I am no princess, my father was no king. Even if he was, I would not be the princess any more."
"Why not?" Aronon had a bad feeling that she was going to say that it was because she had taken Legolas into her realm.
"Because I helped Legolas escape. My father was going to kill him and I stopped it and led him out of our realm. I have lost my place in society and I can not return." Fainu said softly.
"You saved my brothers life?" Aronon said softly. "Our father will welcome you openly disowned or not."
Fainu nodded she could smell the food from the kitchen faintly, but she was more worried about what would happen if any of the elves that for the moment treated her with such respect were to find out that se was truly the daughter of the new Dark Lord, and part Vala. She did not want them to find out, for the information was still not settled with her.
Fainu looked at the plate of food that the chiefs had set before her it looked and smelt delicious. She glanced at the chief and two princes that were watching her. She slowly took a bite of the dish and shut her eyes, she had never tasted anything so wonderful, she opened her eyes and smiled before swallowing the morsel. "It is very good." She said softly. Before eating the rest of the meal, the chief smiled and got her a goblet of wine she looked at it for a moment before she lifted it carefully and smelt it. The smell hit her nose hard and she blinked, "I can't drink this." She said softly.
"Is it not to the Lady's tastes?" The chef said worriedly, glancing from her to the two princes.
"I'll get sick if I drink this." She said softly handing it back to the chief.
"What would you like to drink then M' Lady?" The chef said looking relieved that she was not upset by the smell of the wine.
Fainu looked at the empty plate for a moment, before looking up at the chef that stood waiting for her answer. "Water."
"Right away M' Lady." The chief smiled knowing that he could comply with her request. Aronon looked down at her and smirked.
"Sensitive stomach?" He asked softly.
Fainu nodded, "I have a hard time with alcohol, and a couple other things. Really sour food has the same effect, both make my muscle spasm and I can't move at all." Fainu said softly.
"We'll tell the chiefs so you don't have to worry about it during meals." Legolas said and got up to tell the head of the chiefs about Fainu's preferred tastes.
The chief returned and gave Fainu a goblet of water, and smiled at her. "Here you go M' Lady." The chief said smiling and backing way. Aronon watched as the dark elf smiled and sipped the water.
"Thank you." She said nodding to the chief letting her know that she was pleased. The chief bowed to her and then to the Sindarin Prince before returning to his work.
Aronon looked at Legolas who had just begun talking to the head chief before he bent slightly so that his face was right in front of hers. "What did you hear? I know that you heard what I said to Legolas when you where getting dressed."
"You asked him how long he had been in love with me." Fainu whispered.
"Did you hear anything else?" Aronon asked harshly.
"No. It shocked me enough that it was all I could think about." Fainu replied as Aronon stared hard into her eyes. Fainu didn't back down, she clenched her jaw as he leaned close to her and whispered softly in her ear. Fainu almost wanted to scream at the elf before hitting him across the face as he backed away slightly. The older prince nodded and stood up, before offering her a hand up. Fainu looked at the hand before pushing herself to her feet and glaring at him. Aronon raised an eyebrow but nodded respecting her enough to allow her to stand on her own.
Legolas returned and gently touched her arm on her wounded side. She looked at him and took his arm; she took her other hand and placed it on it before turning her head to Aronon who pretended not to notice that she was glaring at him. Legolas looked down at her closely and smiled before they slowly made their way back to her room for her to rest. Aronon looked at his younger brother and the elf that leaned against him.
"I'll be going to the courts now. Take care." The older prince said softly.
Fainu frowned, Aronon told her that his father wanted to use her against the dark lord and that she was nothing more than a tool to them. Legolas nodded and led her to her room; he set Fainu on the bed and sat beside her.
"Is it true Legolas? That I am nothing more than a tool you plan on using in the war?" Fainu asked harshly refusing to let what Aronon had told her be the only thing that she believed.
Legolas was silent for a long time, "Yes, it was for the longest time but then you became a friend." He answered finally. "I'm sorry Fainu, but you will be used in the war against the Dark Lord whether or not you want to be." He added.
"But I am no longer a simple tool to be used then discarded?" Fainu raised an eyebrow.
"No you are no longer that." With that the blond elf stood and walked to the door. "Like I said, you are a friend." With that he slipped through the door and left her to her own devices. She laid down on the bed, careful about her hip; she was almost asleep when she heard a light tap on the door then it opened quietly.
Fainu opened an eye and watched as the servant went and hung her new clothing in the wardrobe. She was too tired and hurt to get up and change into the leggings and shirt that were fashioned much after her own clothing. She shifted slightly to get more comfortable but remained in her half asleep state.
The servant looked over at the dark elf when she moved, she smiled at the resting elf then noticed her eyes where shut, she gasped and ran over to the bed side.
"Lady Fainu!" She shook the dark elf hard. Fainu jerked up, causing pain to sear through her hip. She ground her teeth and looked at the servant who looked relieved.
"Why in Middle-Earth did you do that?" Fainu hissed as she gently touched her wounded hip, blood was staining the pale blue material letting her know that the wound had been reopened by her sudden movement.
"You eyes were shut, normally when an elf's eyes shut that means that they have died." The servant said frightened by how the dark elf had reacted.
Fainu shut her eyes as she nodded. "Do not watch my eyes when I sleep. Dark elves shut their eyes in their sleep, if you are worried that I am dying in my sleep watch to see if I'm still breathing before you do that again."
"Oh I am sorry Lady Fainu. Do you wish to get out of that dress now? I'll care for you wound then you can change into the clothing that I brought you." The servant whispered.
Fainu nodded and let the servant help her up; she forced herself to let the servant undo the fastenings on the dress. She stepped out of it carefully using the servant as a brace. She looked down at the wound; the blood slowly trickled down her hip. The servant elf bit her lip, she had never seen a wound this bad, she had thought that it was going to be a small cut, she gently put her hand on it and kept the blood from running any further.
"Would you hurry up and bandage it if you are going to do so." Fainu said looking down at the delicate pale elf. The servant nodded quickly and began to clean and dress the wound. Fainu slipped on the new shirt that had been brought for her, and waited patiently for the servant to finish with the bandage before slowly putting on the pants that when with them, She looked in the full length mirror she looked almost normal with the exception of her hair. She reached up to pull her hair out of the fancy bun on the back of her head but the servant beat her there. He long dark tresses were released from the ornamental pins quickly hiding her ears again. The servant frowned and pulled back the same hair and put it into a simple braid. Fainu nodded knowing that she wasn't going to get to keep her hair down for long. The servant smiled at her, and stepped back.
"Is there anything else that you require?"
"Yes," Fain said softly. "Your name."
The servant girl gasped, and backed away slightly. "I'm sorry I hurt you Lady Fainu please do not tell King Thranduil."
Fainu frowned, "I will not tell King Thranduil, I just wish to know that way I can call you by your name when we talk."
"M'Lady?" The servant whispered. "Normally we don't get asked for our names but mine is Elanor."
"Thank you Elanor." Fainu said softly. "That is all for now."
Elanor smiled and curtsied before ducking out of the room, she bumped into Aronon as she backed out. "I'm sorry Prince Aronon."
Aronon nodded and moved past her into Fainu's room. "My father wishes a audience with you."
Fainu looked at him in the mirror and tightened her jaw muscle before turning and forcing herself to walk up to him. "Let us go then." Aronon turned and lead the way to the court where his father and younger brothers waited. Legolas had spoken against him going to get Fainu but the younger princes opinion did not count as much as his yet, not in this war.
Disclaimer: Not mine and most likely not yours unless your name happens to be J.R.R. Tolkien, and even then you would have a hard time convincing me.
No author babble today.Kara J is gonna kill me for not having it though.
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Aronon watched his younger brother leaning against the door to the balcony; the younger elf didn't even know that he was being watched he was so intent on watching Fainu. Who was still being healed slowly, her hip would be fully healed in another day, and she stirred in her sleep as a beam of sun slowly moved into her face. She murmured something softly in a strange tongue, he assumed dark elvish, before she slowly began to sit up. At first she seemed to be in a daze, blinking and rubbing her eyes before looking to Legolas.
"Who else is here?" She asked softly.
Legolas looked up sharply, at the door, to see Aronon push open the door.
"My older brother, Aronon, the one that brought you partway here." Legolas answered moving towards the bed to help the dark elf to her feet. Aronon moved swiftly around the bed to take Fainu's other hand; she looked up at him, at his touch, her eyes slightly wide.
"It's nice to see I don't have to carry you today." He said softly smiling at her, the dark elf's brow creased slightly before she smiled ever so slightly. He could see that she was heavily favoring her wounded hip, leaning against Legolas for support. A servant rushed in and stopped immediately, bowing low to the two princes before moving towards to the group. The servant eyed her over before going to the closet and pulling out a long pale blue dress. Fainu froze, her eyes going wide, her mouth parted slightly at the sight.
"You aren't seriously going to make me wear that are you?" She asked looking between the two taller blond elves.
"Why do you not like it?" Aronon asked shocked that she wouldn't want to get out of the dark traveling clothes.
"I-I haven't worn a dress in almost five hundred years." Fainu said softly. "I don't think I'd be able to stand it very long."
"That is a long time for a woman to go in pants and a shirt." Aronon said frowning slightly.
"Not really considering I'm." She looked towards Legolas.
"He already knows that you are a dark elf. So do most of the people here, don't worry we aren't like the Lorien elves you have our respect until you do something to make us wary." Legolas said softly. Fainu looked at him closely, so far everything he had said was true for the most part.
"I am a hunter in the dark elf society. If I wore a dress while making sure orcs and goblins didn't come near the entrance to my people's city I would have died on the first trip out." She said calmly.
"I see. We have a female warrior." Aronon said raising his eyebrows slightly, looking rather impressed that Legolas had not gotten himself killed by her. The servant nodded but did not put the dress away.
"We don't have pants or shirts that will fit the Lady properly. Perhaps we can take some measurements and she can wear a dress for a short while, at least until we have a set of clothing for her." The servant said softly.
Fainu bit her lip, and glanced to Legolas who nodded slightly. The servant took Aronon's place and the three disappeared into the washroom. Legolas reappearing quickly, looking at his older brother.
"How long have you been in love with her?" He asked softly.
"Be quiet Aronon, her hearing is far better than ours." He pulled his older brother out of the room, knowing that it would be at least ten minutes before Fainu was in the dress with it trimmed so that she didn't trip over it.
The servant helped Fainu into the dress carefully, the soft blue material slid against her skin smoothly. Fainu didn't move she was almost scared to breathe, if she had heard right Legolas was in love with her. She shut her eyes trying to think of ways to tell him that she couldn't return his love as the servant quickly took the seam up on the bottom of the dress, she didn't even realize that another servant had come and was putting her hair up.
"M' Lady." The servant said softly. "Shall I get Prince Legolas back in here to help you?"
Fainu froze for a moment, she wanted to say no but she didn't know his brother well enough to trust him, though he had already helped her. She nodded slowly once and turned to look at herself in the full-length mirror. She was stunned by the person in the mirror, when she had lived in the Dark elf Caverns they had always worn dark clothing, she never had seen light material until she met Legolas, she ran her hand over the material, it was as soft as her old clothing and wasn't as aggravating against the skin as the dresses that she had worn long ago.
Legolas and Aronon walked in calmly, to see the servant help Fainu turn to face them, the dark elf kept her eyes lowered. Legolas gasped, she was far more beautiful than he could have every imagined, she slowly looked up from her feet and looked at the two elves. Her eyes matched the shade of the dress, and her hair was pulled away from her face, showing off her delicate pointed ears. Aronon smiled at her softly before walking up to her and offering her his arm, she hesitated slightly before taking it, the older prince smiled and walked forwards slowly. She leaned against him as she walked, he could tell that her hip hurt her enough, she was limping. Legolas turned as she stepped up to him and took her other arm. Legolas could tell that she wasn't sure about him any more, she hardly touched him and stayed leaning against Aronon. Legolas looked over at his brother, seeing if Aronon noticed the same thing, Aronon nodded as he caught the glance.
"Shall we get something to eat? The last meal was served a while ago so we'll have to go to the kitchen." Legolas said softly.
"All right." She said softly. The three elves slowly made their way through the halls; Fainu glanced at the beautiful paintings and sculptures as they traveled through the maze of halls.
"After we eat perhaps you would like to go on a tour of our home?" Aronon offered seeing her trying to look at all of the pictures. Fainu turned and looked at him, and nodded. "We're going down the back way to the kitchen so that we don't have to go through the pleasantries of stopping and talking to any of the elves in our father's kingdom that would wish to talk to us about you." Aronon said softly.
"Thank you, I don't think I could take standing around for a long time I think I might want a rest before the tour of your home." Fainu said softly, recalling what her father had taught her about edict when she was younger.
"For a warrior you are extremely well mannered." Aronon said frowning, he knew that most elven warriors were polite but Fainu acted as if she had been taught proper court edict.
"Hmm." Fainu smiled as she thought about it. "Did Legolas not tell you who I am?"
"No he told me that you were a dark elf and that was about it." Aronon looked over at his younger brother who bowed his head slightly. "Perhaps he should tell me the rest?"
"Her father," Legolas paused slightly, "The equivalent of our father in their realm."
Aronon's eyes went wide; this girl that he led was a princess in her own right. "You took the princess of the dark elves from her people?"
"No he didn't." Fainu smiled sadly, knowing that she was not even the daughter of the ruler of the dark elves. "I am no princess, my father was no king. Even if he was, I would not be the princess any more."
"Why not?" Aronon had a bad feeling that she was going to say that it was because she had taken Legolas into her realm.
"Because I helped Legolas escape. My father was going to kill him and I stopped it and led him out of our realm. I have lost my place in society and I can not return." Fainu said softly.
"You saved my brothers life?" Aronon said softly. "Our father will welcome you openly disowned or not."
Fainu nodded she could smell the food from the kitchen faintly, but she was more worried about what would happen if any of the elves that for the moment treated her with such respect were to find out that se was truly the daughter of the new Dark Lord, and part Vala. She did not want them to find out, for the information was still not settled with her.
Fainu looked at the plate of food that the chiefs had set before her it looked and smelt delicious. She glanced at the chief and two princes that were watching her. She slowly took a bite of the dish and shut her eyes, she had never tasted anything so wonderful, she opened her eyes and smiled before swallowing the morsel. "It is very good." She said softly. Before eating the rest of the meal, the chief smiled and got her a goblet of wine she looked at it for a moment before she lifted it carefully and smelt it. The smell hit her nose hard and she blinked, "I can't drink this." She said softly.
"Is it not to the Lady's tastes?" The chef said worriedly, glancing from her to the two princes.
"I'll get sick if I drink this." She said softly handing it back to the chief.
"What would you like to drink then M' Lady?" The chef said looking relieved that she was not upset by the smell of the wine.
Fainu looked at the empty plate for a moment, before looking up at the chef that stood waiting for her answer. "Water."
"Right away M' Lady." The chief smiled knowing that he could comply with her request. Aronon looked down at her and smirked.
"Sensitive stomach?" He asked softly.
Fainu nodded, "I have a hard time with alcohol, and a couple other things. Really sour food has the same effect, both make my muscle spasm and I can't move at all." Fainu said softly.
"We'll tell the chiefs so you don't have to worry about it during meals." Legolas said and got up to tell the head of the chiefs about Fainu's preferred tastes.
The chief returned and gave Fainu a goblet of water, and smiled at her. "Here you go M' Lady." The chief said smiling and backing way. Aronon watched as the dark elf smiled and sipped the water.
"Thank you." She said nodding to the chief letting her know that she was pleased. The chief bowed to her and then to the Sindarin Prince before returning to his work.
Aronon looked at Legolas who had just begun talking to the head chief before he bent slightly so that his face was right in front of hers. "What did you hear? I know that you heard what I said to Legolas when you where getting dressed."
"You asked him how long he had been in love with me." Fainu whispered.
"Did you hear anything else?" Aronon asked harshly.
"No. It shocked me enough that it was all I could think about." Fainu replied as Aronon stared hard into her eyes. Fainu didn't back down, she clenched her jaw as he leaned close to her and whispered softly in her ear. Fainu almost wanted to scream at the elf before hitting him across the face as he backed away slightly. The older prince nodded and stood up, before offering her a hand up. Fainu looked at the hand before pushing herself to her feet and glaring at him. Aronon raised an eyebrow but nodded respecting her enough to allow her to stand on her own.
Legolas returned and gently touched her arm on her wounded side. She looked at him and took his arm; she took her other hand and placed it on it before turning her head to Aronon who pretended not to notice that she was glaring at him. Legolas looked down at her closely and smiled before they slowly made their way back to her room for her to rest. Aronon looked at his younger brother and the elf that leaned against him.
"I'll be going to the courts now. Take care." The older prince said softly.
Fainu frowned, Aronon told her that his father wanted to use her against the dark lord and that she was nothing more than a tool to them. Legolas nodded and led her to her room; he set Fainu on the bed and sat beside her.
"Is it true Legolas? That I am nothing more than a tool you plan on using in the war?" Fainu asked harshly refusing to let what Aronon had told her be the only thing that she believed.
Legolas was silent for a long time, "Yes, it was for the longest time but then you became a friend." He answered finally. "I'm sorry Fainu, but you will be used in the war against the Dark Lord whether or not you want to be." He added.
"But I am no longer a simple tool to be used then discarded?" Fainu raised an eyebrow.
"No you are no longer that." With that the blond elf stood and walked to the door. "Like I said, you are a friend." With that he slipped through the door and left her to her own devices. She laid down on the bed, careful about her hip; she was almost asleep when she heard a light tap on the door then it opened quietly.
Fainu opened an eye and watched as the servant went and hung her new clothing in the wardrobe. She was too tired and hurt to get up and change into the leggings and shirt that were fashioned much after her own clothing. She shifted slightly to get more comfortable but remained in her half asleep state.
The servant looked over at the dark elf when she moved, she smiled at the resting elf then noticed her eyes where shut, she gasped and ran over to the bed side.
"Lady Fainu!" She shook the dark elf hard. Fainu jerked up, causing pain to sear through her hip. She ground her teeth and looked at the servant who looked relieved.
"Why in Middle-Earth did you do that?" Fainu hissed as she gently touched her wounded hip, blood was staining the pale blue material letting her know that the wound had been reopened by her sudden movement.
"You eyes were shut, normally when an elf's eyes shut that means that they have died." The servant said frightened by how the dark elf had reacted.
Fainu shut her eyes as she nodded. "Do not watch my eyes when I sleep. Dark elves shut their eyes in their sleep, if you are worried that I am dying in my sleep watch to see if I'm still breathing before you do that again."
"Oh I am sorry Lady Fainu. Do you wish to get out of that dress now? I'll care for you wound then you can change into the clothing that I brought you." The servant whispered.
Fainu nodded and let the servant help her up; she forced herself to let the servant undo the fastenings on the dress. She stepped out of it carefully using the servant as a brace. She looked down at the wound; the blood slowly trickled down her hip. The servant elf bit her lip, she had never seen a wound this bad, she had thought that it was going to be a small cut, she gently put her hand on it and kept the blood from running any further.
"Would you hurry up and bandage it if you are going to do so." Fainu said looking down at the delicate pale elf. The servant nodded quickly and began to clean and dress the wound. Fainu slipped on the new shirt that had been brought for her, and waited patiently for the servant to finish with the bandage before slowly putting on the pants that when with them, She looked in the full length mirror she looked almost normal with the exception of her hair. She reached up to pull her hair out of the fancy bun on the back of her head but the servant beat her there. He long dark tresses were released from the ornamental pins quickly hiding her ears again. The servant frowned and pulled back the same hair and put it into a simple braid. Fainu nodded knowing that she wasn't going to get to keep her hair down for long. The servant smiled at her, and stepped back.
"Is there anything else that you require?"
"Yes," Fain said softly. "Your name."
The servant girl gasped, and backed away slightly. "I'm sorry I hurt you Lady Fainu please do not tell King Thranduil."
Fainu frowned, "I will not tell King Thranduil, I just wish to know that way I can call you by your name when we talk."
"M'Lady?" The servant whispered. "Normally we don't get asked for our names but mine is Elanor."
"Thank you Elanor." Fainu said softly. "That is all for now."
Elanor smiled and curtsied before ducking out of the room, she bumped into Aronon as she backed out. "I'm sorry Prince Aronon."
Aronon nodded and moved past her into Fainu's room. "My father wishes a audience with you."
Fainu looked at him in the mirror and tightened her jaw muscle before turning and forcing herself to walk up to him. "Let us go then." Aronon turned and lead the way to the court where his father and younger brothers waited. Legolas had spoken against him going to get Fainu but the younger princes opinion did not count as much as his yet, not in this war.