Chapter 10
Disclaimer: DON'T SUE!
~*~*~*~== dream/flashback
'I'm thinking'==thought in head
Lady Tremere: Sorry for keeping u waiting for Legolas/Fainu 'alone' time, but to bad. Though there is slight Kallieere/Fainu 'alone' time. I had to stay my hand from writing more.this story will not be rated R. This will not be rated R. Hangs head in defeat. It's gonna go R.
Author Babble:
Red Demon: Kara J! Help me with this (Digging through a huge pit of ideas for Kallieere flashbacks)
Kara J: No.It's funner to watch you suffer.
Kallieere: Why are you going through there?
Fainu: (Peers over Kallieere shoulder) No kidding.
Red Demon: What do you mean why am I going through here? YOU KNOW WHY I'm GOING THROUGH HERE!
Kallieere: (Raises eye brow) No. I. Don't.
Red Demon: Do I need to draw you a picture?
Fainu: You do realize that all the flashbacks you need are in our heads? Those are just the backups. (Smiles sweetly at author.)
Red Demon: (twitch suddenly appears in eye before lunges at the two dark elves.) Why I oughtta!
Kallieere: (Grabs Fainu and dodges) You might have bumped me off in the story but I know you love me too much to actually delete me from reality. Besides people have read the story and want more about me.
Red Demon: (Glares at elves before lunging and grabbing Kallieere's ear and pulling him to the computer and trying to figure out how to attach him to a USB port)
Legolas: (Sneaks up on Fainu and grabs here) He hee!
Red Demon: Drop her! (Shouted from other room)
Legolas: Awww! (Lets go of Fainu)
Kallieere: Damn right!
Fainu: Time to continue the story I think she figured out she could just ask him.
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'I know this place.' Fainu realized as she sat watching herself as a child. She was back in the small room where she had been kept when she was just brought back from Mordor.
"I want out of here!" Her younger self shouted at the door banging against it with her small fists.
"Be quiet!" A voice called out from outside of the door.
"Don't be so harsh on her." Fainu knew that voice now; she knew what was going to happen next as well. Slowly the door opened a crack letting light flood into the small room. "Tell me if our Lord comes." With that the door opened and Kallieere walked over to the small girl. He bent over and smiled gently at her as she glared up at him in defiance. Fainu watched as Kallieere brushed the tangles in her dark hair.
"Why do I hafta stay in here? I don't like it in here."
"I know little one." Kallieere looked sadly at the small elven child, "But I don't make the rules here."
"I think you should." Fainu said, crossing her arms.
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Fainu jerked awake something had changed abut the room she was in. Her eyes quickly focused to the light, she knew that what ever it was or who ever it was she was not use to them and their presence was making her uneasy. She didn't see anyone though, she laid back and shut her eyes again finally, but she did not fall asleep, she didn't like what ever was happening. She listened for any noise that was not coming from her, but after a couple hours without anything she signed and resigned herself to sleep again. 'I probably won't have that nice of a dream again.' She thought as she slipped back into the darkness of dreams.
Fainu followed Kallieere as he raced through the lower levels of the first chamber. She knew that it was years later and it she had most likely disappeared from the watchful eye of her protector and only friend.
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"Fainu! Where have you gotten to now?" Kallieere called running through the first chamber.
"Who are you looking for Kallieere?" Asked one of the young elves that had come from the training range.
"A young girl elf, she's about your size with bright blue eyes." The Dark Elf Hunter said softly bending over, "Have you seen her?"
"Of course she's in the training range. She's really good." The elf said. "I was going to get my older brother to show her up."
"Really? Well don't, she shouldn't be in there so I'm going and getting her." With that Kallieere stood and walked to the training range. He could hear blades whistling through the air and hitting the target from the soft thuds they made he could tell that they were hitting the center of the target. He walked past the between the tall trees on the way to the range, he could see that the person throwing the blades was Fainu. He smirked she looked a bit strange in her long dark dress throwing the elven blade with such precision. "Fainu!"
The teenage elf paused mid throw, her eyes widened ever so slightly before she quickly handed the knife to an elf standing near by then ran for it. Kallieere frowned, but gave chase, he needed to catch her so she could go to the formal banquet that his Lord was putting on. He was amazed at how well she ran in the dress, without causing it or herself any harm, he did not like do this with her but he knew that his Lord did not treat her well enough to make her want to have anything to do with him.
"Fainu get back here you have to go to the banquet!" He called as he slowly closed the distance between himself and the part dark elf that his Lord had taken to be as his heir and daughter.
"I'm not going!" Fainu shouted over her shoulder as she began up the stairs to the upper level.
"You have to or your father will have my head!" Kallieere called back as he bound up the stairs three at a time.
Fainu paused; she knew that her father would at least give Kallieere a harsh punishment. Suddenly she felt strong arms wrap around her and hold her arms to her sides. "Let me go Kallieere." She whispered. "I will go, as it is you will probably be punished for not keeping me in check."
Kallieere loosened his grip on the girl, though he was roughly two-hundred years her senior he was attached to her and would take any beating required to let her have some freedom. "'Tis all right Fainu, I do not mind. Your father is over-strict you often." With that he released her and took her arm gently leading her back through the chamber towards her father's grand home and to the banquet.
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Legolas slipped down the hall silently on his way to Fainu's room, he felt that something was terribly wrong and he did not know what it was. He ducked down another hallway as a servant slowly made his rounds at night. He waited until he couldn't hear the servant anymore before continuing on his way. When he reached Fainu's door he slowly opened it and crept in silently, to see Fainu sleeping peacefully on her bed for once. He smiled and glanced around the room, he still was worried but it wasn't nearly as bad anymore, but he decided that he would stay in the room for a bit longer to make sure that she was truly alright.
Fainu looked up at Kallieere, she bright blue eyes had faded over from the pain she was in. The older dark elf sat on the bed beside her; his strong smooth fingers ran over her cool face as he whispered to her softly.
"Amin mela lle, aa' feamin chebi lle sinome. (I love you, may my spirit keep you here.)" Kallieere gently lifted her up. He could not believe that his Lord would do such a thing, he gently undid the back of the dress to reveal the welts that covered her back, the skin was ripped from a hook that had been dipped in a poison to cause this sickness and pain that was sending Fainu towards death. He could feel the gasping breaths of the young elf against his throat as he reached for a small mortar of ointment to help heal the wound and dull the pain. He gently ran the ointment over the lash marks only to hear a whimper escape from Fainu. He sighed but knew that he had to finish applying the ointment. He laid her back down on the bed and pulled his cloak off and wrapped it over her, they were both in the room that she had been in when she was younger, she hadn't been in this room for almost thirty years, he prayed that she did not remember it when she got well.
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Legolas' head jerked up, pain and fear radiated from Fainu. He didn't know what caused this sudden change, perhaps when she was healed it released some of her memories and she was dreaming about them. He had heard that it happened sometimes with Sindarin elves and he knew that dark elves were once elves. He hoped that this would be a one night thing from when she was healed because he had been drawn to her room because of the fear and pain that came from her. He turned and forced himself to go back to his room so that he didn't wake her, with that he silently left the room.
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Kallieere sighed as he gently held Fainu, the lashes on her back were almost completely healed but she was not getting better other than that, at least she was sleeping with her eyes shut again. He did not know why they were both being punished for something that had been entirely his fault, he had let it slip that he was in love with Fainu in front of his Lord and she had looked at him, judging how much he had meant the words. Her father though did not like the thought of one of his Hunters and the daughter that he had claimed from the cave of Mordor being in love. But there was nothing that he could do anymore, Fainu had met his gaze and silently told him with her eyes that she believed him.
"Kallieere-" Fainu whispered her eyes opening slightly, struggling to focus.
"It's all right Fainu I am fine." He whispered.
"How long have we been in here? Where are we?" She asked struggling to sit up but Kallieere held her where she was.
"We have been in here for a few days, and this is an old cell that I don't think has been use in almost thirty years." At least he was telling most of the truth, he would not tell her this was the room where she had lived for the first part of her life in the Dark Realm.
Fainu sat silently as she thought over what she had just learned; her head still was spinning from the poison that lingered in her body. "You said you loved me when we just got in here didn't you?"
Kallieere was surprised that she knew what he had said when she was so sick. He shut his eyes and nodded his head before he looked back down at her.
"Amin mela lle vee' eithel. (I love you as well.)" She whispered, "Lle cael-nin corm ar' fea Kallieere. (You have my heart and soul Kallieere.)
"Ar' lle cael- haba. (And you have mine.)" Kallieere lowered his head and gently brushed his lips against Fainu's, at first he was hesitant, he did not want to rush the young elf. But she kissed back and did not hesitate, he deepened the kiss slightly, his hand cupped the base of her skull, pulling her against him. When they pulled apart they looked at each other, Kallieere could see that her eyes still weren't fully focused and he smiled softly. "Perhaps we will wait until you are completely well before we continue?"
"Perhaps." Fainu whispered, she was glad that they were not continuing, she did not have the strength to do anything more. Kallieere moved her so that her head rested on his shoulder; he leaned back and stroked her hair gently until she fell asleep.
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"Lady Fainu, it is time to wake up." Elanor said softly as she walked over to the bed, she didn't understand how any elf could sleep as long as she was. Perhaps she knew she was going to be trapped in bed and she planned on sleeping to pass some of the time.
Fainu opened an eye in the direction of her friend and then glanced at the window, sun streamed in but did not hit her yet, it wouldn't until the afternoon with the direction of the window. "What time is it?"
"It is near lunch, I came in earlier but you were still sound asleep so I let you be." Elanor said softly. "Is that all right?"
"Of course it is." Fainu answered, "Though I have only slept that long once before, and I was severely wounded."
"Perhaps it is from mixing our magic with yours?" Elanor suggested as she went to the window and opened it.
"Perhaps." Fainu nodded, she would not tell her that she had dreamt of Kallieere all night and had not wanted to wake.
"Would you like me to fetch you some food? I have already eaten but I am sure that you are hungry." Elanor said noticing that Fainu was not telling her the whole truth.
"Yes that would be nice." Fainu answered absentmindedly, she was thinking about why all of her dreams had been of Kallieere when he was still alive when normally she dreamed about his death. She shut her eyes as the scene flashed through her mind
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Kallieere snarled at her father, "What do you think you are doing? She hasn't been trained to fight, if you send her out of the realm alone she will not survive."
"Fainu is not important to me, I have a new life mate and she will give me my own child." The Dark Elf Lord answered waving a dismissing hand in his direction.
Kallieere stood and turned to Fainu who was being held by two guards, they had put her in hunters clothing and had given her two blades. Her blue eyes burned with hatred, she had been accused of a petty crime and had been given the harshest punishment for it. She had not even done the crime. "I am going with her if you are going to send her out."
"Fine, if you survive the day then I will allow you back in." With that the elven ruler stood and slipped into the back room.
Kallieere felt strong arms pull his wrists behind his back before they were bound and he was lead out the door behind Fainu. Crowds watched as the two elves were led out of their Lords chamber. Everybody knew that Fainu was betrothed to Kallieere and they were to be wed in less than a week, some of the elves stood watching the couple being forced to the entrance of their realm with distaste. Others had sorrow in their eyes, they knew that Fainu had been unjustly accused of the crime and her and her beloved were both being sentenced unfairly, that would perhaps even kill them. They elf that had accused Fainu gloated at her in triumph.
Fainu wished nothing more than to be able to slit his throat or at least the tongue from his mouth. Suddenly she felt Kallieere walking beside her. "What were you thinking Kallieere? You have sentenced us both to death."
"I told you that you have my heart and soul. I will not be parted from you this easily amin mela. (my love)" Kallieere whispered back, he looked deep into her eyes trying to tell her silently that what he said was true and that nothing in the world could change that.
"I fear that will be the end of us though." Fainu whispered wishing nothing more than to be in his arms.
"Don't worry Fainu I am going to be with you forever." Kallieere said smiling slightly as they were pushed into the long dark tunnel, their eyes quickly changed to the lighting and they walked in silence until they were outside. Their bonds were removed and the entrance to the realm was sealed.
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"What troubles you Fainu?" Elanor asked as she set down the tray of food that she had brought snapping Fainu out of her memory.
"I will not trouble you with that burden Elanor you are to good of a friend." Fainu answered.
"Surely you will tell me." Elanor said looking at the dark elf, fearing that if her friend held in her grief that it would eventually overtake her spirit. "Do you not know the weaknesses of the elves?"
"Aye, I know the weaknesses well Elanor, but if grief were to take me than it should have almost 500 years ago. I doubt that grief is what will kill me and send me to the Halls." Fainu said softly.
"Please, perhaps I can lighten the grief that you carry." Elanor said sitting beside Fainu.
"No. I will not tell you, it is not a story that I have shared openly." Fainu answered as she picked up the delicate spoon and began eating the meal.
Elanor sighed, she wished to know what happened to her friends betrothed, perhaps it would help her understand why she was the way she was. She had not been as down cast when she was up and moving, perhaps that was her way of forgetting what had happened in the past for the moment. "Some day perhaps you will tell me?"
"I doubt that you will ever learn the whole story. Even the dark elves do not know fully what happened. And they had 500 years to gain my trust." Fainu said sipping the juice that she had gotten finishing her meal.
"So none share your knowledge?" Elanor shut her eyes she wanted nothing more than to know why her newest friend, secluded others from her in such a way.
"None share enough to know what happened fully." Fainu answered. "I wish to be left with my thoughts."
"All right M'Lady." Elanor took the tray knowing that she would pry nothing from the dark elf by force.
Fainu watched the receding back as the Sindarin elf left. Her mind was slowly wandering back to her memories though and she knew that she would not survive another day stuck in bed. She could feel her grief slowly inching towards her, she did not think that telling anybody would help, she had never stopped moving or training after she had been allowed back into her realm except when she dropped into a sleepless dream from shear exhaustion.
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Black blood was sprayed across the base of the cliff, Fainu and Kallieere had their backs to the wall, there was no escaping the huge mass, Fainu had already been wounded as had Kallieere. Their blood flowed freely causing a black and red pool to slowly form at their feet.
"Why are they attacking like this?" Fainu asked as she brought her knife up slicing the throat of a nearby orc. She was growing tired she had never trained to fight, and she had never seen death this close, she had never smelt the blood of her enemies on the ground and on her. She glanced at Kallieere who had simply grunted his reply, the orcs were not stopping they wanted the two dark elves. They had no hope of getting back into the entrance, Kallieere had tried to open it with the password three times already, their backs were against the door and they could not escape into the darkness of the tunnels that had long protected them.
"Huine assa ar' vara lye!" (Darkness open and protect us!)" Kallieere said again, praying that the spell holding the entrance to their realm shut had finally diminished enough to let the password open the door again. He could see that his beloved was faltering, her strokes with the blades were not as precise any more, he was glad that she had snuck off when she was younger to learn how to fight as much as she did or she would have already been dead. He turned his attention fully back to the orcs that he was defending against. It seemed that for ever orc they killed two more managed to get through the traps that lined the forest before the cliff, he knew that soon the orcs would run out of men or they would die. He was busy killing the orcs that were attacking him when he heard a slight whimper from behind him.
Fainu stared at the orc who held the blade that was pierced through her right shoulder. At first it had hurt but now it was numb, everything was going numb. The orc let out a cry of triumph before reaching to grab her face. She didn't know what happened suddenly, the hand of the orc was cut off and the twisted creature screamed in anger and pain. The blade in her shoulder was pulled clear quickly only to fall on the ground as its owner died. She sank to the blood soaked ground, her eyes were hazy and she could only make out the faint image of Kallieere killing orc after orc. She suddenly felt strong arms lift her up from behind, they were not gentle but she could tell that they were elves.
"Kallieere! Pull back!" Knives flew past the guardian and struck the closest orcs.
The guardian glanced over his shoulder at Itheal before he backed towards the entrance. He could see Itheal handing Fainu back further into the darkness.
"Why is our punishment being removed now?" He asked knowing that Itheal wanted Fainu, and he thought that he should be the one to marry the elf because he was only a hundred years older than her.
"Your punishment has not been removed just changed." Itheal said curtly as he pressed his hands against the wound causing Fainu to gasp in pain.
"Changed to what?" Kallieere asked freeing himself of the grip and went over to Fainu.
"One of you is to die, the other to live." Itheal said looking at Kallieere knowing that he would not let Fainu die which would leave him to gain her heart with time.
"No." Fainu whimpered trying to sit up, Kallieere held her down and looked at Itheal before turning back to Fainu.
"It's okay Fainu I won't let anything happen to you." He whispered softly as he bent down over her and gently kissed the wounded elf, before he stood up. Two guards stepped forwards to grab his arms.
"No Kallieere." Fainu struggled against Itheal. Kallieere moved back to Fainu, and gently cupped her face.
"I'm sorry Fainu but I can't stay with you here." Kallieere said softly.
"Please no, I'm wounded, please."
"I'm not going to let you die. Not now." With that he stood and the two guards guided him down the dark tunnel. Itheal smirked and wrapped the wound as best he could before lifting Fainu up and following.
Kallieere allowed himself to be tied to the table on the platform that was going to be moved out to the center of the lake, Itheal continued into the Lords chamber and let the Dark elf heal his adopted daughter.
"Kallieere was forced to die?" He asked glaring at the now frantic elf that Itheal was trying to hold.
"No he chose to." Itheal answered calmly. The Dark Elf Lord nodded solemnly and went into the chamber and onto the platform. It was slowly pulled to the center of the lake, Itheal held Fainu by the arms as she struggled to get to the lake. "Stay still." The hunter hissed.
Fainu was forced to watch, silvery tears ran down her cheeks as her father prayed before slitting open the blood soaked shirt. She screamed as the blade came down again and cut open her beloved's stomach. She could see his body tense and twitch from the pain before he went limp, her bottom limp trembled and her body tightened up, her entire being wretched as her father cut open Kallieere's chest before his heart was pulled out. She herself went limp and would have fallen if it had not been for Itheal holding her up. She felt as if her heart had been torn out as well and she felt grief closing in on her.
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"Fainu?" Legolas asked as he walked in to visit the bed-ridden elf, he just had a few minutes before he had to return to his fathers courts. "Fainu!" The elven prince raced to the bed and gently pulled the limp body into his arms, her eyes were open and silvery tears ran down them but there was no life in them, they were vacant and distant.
He spoke softly to the elf in his arms; he could not tell if she was dying, he just knew that he needed to bring her back from where she was before she did die. The silvery tears didn't stop, they kept slowly sliding down her pale face in tiny streams. "Fainu, please wake up you can't die now." He whispered softly in her ear, praying to the Vala that she would wake up.
'Kallieere? Is that you?' Fainu asked as she felt strong arms holding her close and a soft voice whispering in her ear.
"Fainu wake up!" The voice said urgently.
'Don't know if I can wake up.' The thought flew into her mind and terrified her, she had to wake up she had to.
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Author Notes:
YUCK! Okay who else is sick of lovey-dovey crud? I know I am, time to dig out my dark muse. Will most likely have Legolas and Fainu's relationship continue for a while before I do anything to spectacularly gruesome. Like what was going to happen to Leggy? I forced myself to tame it a bit though so it isn't as dark and frightening as it was in my mind originally. Having trouble thinking of more story at the moment though, may be a while, should probably get chapter 1 of silver and gold up first before chapter 11. And I know I hate when people do this but I want more reviews. For basically all of my stories, I don't give a rip if you don't do 12 days but I would like this one and Silver and Gold reviewed it speeds up typage.
Disclaimer: DON'T SUE!
~*~*~*~== dream/flashback
'I'm thinking'==thought in head
Lady Tremere: Sorry for keeping u waiting for Legolas/Fainu 'alone' time, but to bad. Though there is slight Kallieere/Fainu 'alone' time. I had to stay my hand from writing more.this story will not be rated R. This will not be rated R. Hangs head in defeat. It's gonna go R.
Author Babble:
Red Demon: Kara J! Help me with this (Digging through a huge pit of ideas for Kallieere flashbacks)
Kara J: No.It's funner to watch you suffer.
Kallieere: Why are you going through there?
Fainu: (Peers over Kallieere shoulder) No kidding.
Red Demon: What do you mean why am I going through here? YOU KNOW WHY I'm GOING THROUGH HERE!
Kallieere: (Raises eye brow) No. I. Don't.
Red Demon: Do I need to draw you a picture?
Fainu: You do realize that all the flashbacks you need are in our heads? Those are just the backups. (Smiles sweetly at author.)
Red Demon: (twitch suddenly appears in eye before lunges at the two dark elves.) Why I oughtta!
Kallieere: (Grabs Fainu and dodges) You might have bumped me off in the story but I know you love me too much to actually delete me from reality. Besides people have read the story and want more about me.
Red Demon: (Glares at elves before lunging and grabbing Kallieere's ear and pulling him to the computer and trying to figure out how to attach him to a USB port)
Legolas: (Sneaks up on Fainu and grabs here) He hee!
Red Demon: Drop her! (Shouted from other room)
Legolas: Awww! (Lets go of Fainu)
Kallieere: Damn right!
Fainu: Time to continue the story I think she figured out she could just ask him.
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'I know this place.' Fainu realized as she sat watching herself as a child. She was back in the small room where she had been kept when she was just brought back from Mordor.
"I want out of here!" Her younger self shouted at the door banging against it with her small fists.
"Be quiet!" A voice called out from outside of the door.
"Don't be so harsh on her." Fainu knew that voice now; she knew what was going to happen next as well. Slowly the door opened a crack letting light flood into the small room. "Tell me if our Lord comes." With that the door opened and Kallieere walked over to the small girl. He bent over and smiled gently at her as she glared up at him in defiance. Fainu watched as Kallieere brushed the tangles in her dark hair.
"Why do I hafta stay in here? I don't like it in here."
"I know little one." Kallieere looked sadly at the small elven child, "But I don't make the rules here."
"I think you should." Fainu said, crossing her arms.
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Fainu jerked awake something had changed abut the room she was in. Her eyes quickly focused to the light, she knew that what ever it was or who ever it was she was not use to them and their presence was making her uneasy. She didn't see anyone though, she laid back and shut her eyes again finally, but she did not fall asleep, she didn't like what ever was happening. She listened for any noise that was not coming from her, but after a couple hours without anything she signed and resigned herself to sleep again. 'I probably won't have that nice of a dream again.' She thought as she slipped back into the darkness of dreams.
Fainu followed Kallieere as he raced through the lower levels of the first chamber. She knew that it was years later and it she had most likely disappeared from the watchful eye of her protector and only friend.
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"Fainu! Where have you gotten to now?" Kallieere called running through the first chamber.
"Who are you looking for Kallieere?" Asked one of the young elves that had come from the training range.
"A young girl elf, she's about your size with bright blue eyes." The Dark Elf Hunter said softly bending over, "Have you seen her?"
"Of course she's in the training range. She's really good." The elf said. "I was going to get my older brother to show her up."
"Really? Well don't, she shouldn't be in there so I'm going and getting her." With that Kallieere stood and walked to the training range. He could hear blades whistling through the air and hitting the target from the soft thuds they made he could tell that they were hitting the center of the target. He walked past the between the tall trees on the way to the range, he could see that the person throwing the blades was Fainu. He smirked she looked a bit strange in her long dark dress throwing the elven blade with such precision. "Fainu!"
The teenage elf paused mid throw, her eyes widened ever so slightly before she quickly handed the knife to an elf standing near by then ran for it. Kallieere frowned, but gave chase, he needed to catch her so she could go to the formal banquet that his Lord was putting on. He was amazed at how well she ran in the dress, without causing it or herself any harm, he did not like do this with her but he knew that his Lord did not treat her well enough to make her want to have anything to do with him.
"Fainu get back here you have to go to the banquet!" He called as he slowly closed the distance between himself and the part dark elf that his Lord had taken to be as his heir and daughter.
"I'm not going!" Fainu shouted over her shoulder as she began up the stairs to the upper level.
"You have to or your father will have my head!" Kallieere called back as he bound up the stairs three at a time.
Fainu paused; she knew that her father would at least give Kallieere a harsh punishment. Suddenly she felt strong arms wrap around her and hold her arms to her sides. "Let me go Kallieere." She whispered. "I will go, as it is you will probably be punished for not keeping me in check."
Kallieere loosened his grip on the girl, though he was roughly two-hundred years her senior he was attached to her and would take any beating required to let her have some freedom. "'Tis all right Fainu, I do not mind. Your father is over-strict you often." With that he released her and took her arm gently leading her back through the chamber towards her father's grand home and to the banquet.
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Legolas slipped down the hall silently on his way to Fainu's room, he felt that something was terribly wrong and he did not know what it was. He ducked down another hallway as a servant slowly made his rounds at night. He waited until he couldn't hear the servant anymore before continuing on his way. When he reached Fainu's door he slowly opened it and crept in silently, to see Fainu sleeping peacefully on her bed for once. He smiled and glanced around the room, he still was worried but it wasn't nearly as bad anymore, but he decided that he would stay in the room for a bit longer to make sure that she was truly alright.
Fainu looked up at Kallieere, she bright blue eyes had faded over from the pain she was in. The older dark elf sat on the bed beside her; his strong smooth fingers ran over her cool face as he whispered to her softly.
"Amin mela lle, aa' feamin chebi lle sinome. (I love you, may my spirit keep you here.)" Kallieere gently lifted her up. He could not believe that his Lord would do such a thing, he gently undid the back of the dress to reveal the welts that covered her back, the skin was ripped from a hook that had been dipped in a poison to cause this sickness and pain that was sending Fainu towards death. He could feel the gasping breaths of the young elf against his throat as he reached for a small mortar of ointment to help heal the wound and dull the pain. He gently ran the ointment over the lash marks only to hear a whimper escape from Fainu. He sighed but knew that he had to finish applying the ointment. He laid her back down on the bed and pulled his cloak off and wrapped it over her, they were both in the room that she had been in when she was younger, she hadn't been in this room for almost thirty years, he prayed that she did not remember it when she got well.
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Legolas' head jerked up, pain and fear radiated from Fainu. He didn't know what caused this sudden change, perhaps when she was healed it released some of her memories and she was dreaming about them. He had heard that it happened sometimes with Sindarin elves and he knew that dark elves were once elves. He hoped that this would be a one night thing from when she was healed because he had been drawn to her room because of the fear and pain that came from her. He turned and forced himself to go back to his room so that he didn't wake her, with that he silently left the room.
~*~*~*~
Kallieere sighed as he gently held Fainu, the lashes on her back were almost completely healed but she was not getting better other than that, at least she was sleeping with her eyes shut again. He did not know why they were both being punished for something that had been entirely his fault, he had let it slip that he was in love with Fainu in front of his Lord and she had looked at him, judging how much he had meant the words. Her father though did not like the thought of one of his Hunters and the daughter that he had claimed from the cave of Mordor being in love. But there was nothing that he could do anymore, Fainu had met his gaze and silently told him with her eyes that she believed him.
"Kallieere-" Fainu whispered her eyes opening slightly, struggling to focus.
"It's all right Fainu I am fine." He whispered.
"How long have we been in here? Where are we?" She asked struggling to sit up but Kallieere held her where she was.
"We have been in here for a few days, and this is an old cell that I don't think has been use in almost thirty years." At least he was telling most of the truth, he would not tell her this was the room where she had lived for the first part of her life in the Dark Realm.
Fainu sat silently as she thought over what she had just learned; her head still was spinning from the poison that lingered in her body. "You said you loved me when we just got in here didn't you?"
Kallieere was surprised that she knew what he had said when she was so sick. He shut his eyes and nodded his head before he looked back down at her.
"Amin mela lle vee' eithel. (I love you as well.)" She whispered, "Lle cael-nin corm ar' fea Kallieere. (You have my heart and soul Kallieere.)
"Ar' lle cael- haba. (And you have mine.)" Kallieere lowered his head and gently brushed his lips against Fainu's, at first he was hesitant, he did not want to rush the young elf. But she kissed back and did not hesitate, he deepened the kiss slightly, his hand cupped the base of her skull, pulling her against him. When they pulled apart they looked at each other, Kallieere could see that her eyes still weren't fully focused and he smiled softly. "Perhaps we will wait until you are completely well before we continue?"
"Perhaps." Fainu whispered, she was glad that they were not continuing, she did not have the strength to do anything more. Kallieere moved her so that her head rested on his shoulder; he leaned back and stroked her hair gently until she fell asleep.
~*~*~*~
"Lady Fainu, it is time to wake up." Elanor said softly as she walked over to the bed, she didn't understand how any elf could sleep as long as she was. Perhaps she knew she was going to be trapped in bed and she planned on sleeping to pass some of the time.
Fainu opened an eye in the direction of her friend and then glanced at the window, sun streamed in but did not hit her yet, it wouldn't until the afternoon with the direction of the window. "What time is it?"
"It is near lunch, I came in earlier but you were still sound asleep so I let you be." Elanor said softly. "Is that all right?"
"Of course it is." Fainu answered, "Though I have only slept that long once before, and I was severely wounded."
"Perhaps it is from mixing our magic with yours?" Elanor suggested as she went to the window and opened it.
"Perhaps." Fainu nodded, she would not tell her that she had dreamt of Kallieere all night and had not wanted to wake.
"Would you like me to fetch you some food? I have already eaten but I am sure that you are hungry." Elanor said noticing that Fainu was not telling her the whole truth.
"Yes that would be nice." Fainu answered absentmindedly, she was thinking about why all of her dreams had been of Kallieere when he was still alive when normally she dreamed about his death. She shut her eyes as the scene flashed through her mind
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Kallieere snarled at her father, "What do you think you are doing? She hasn't been trained to fight, if you send her out of the realm alone she will not survive."
"Fainu is not important to me, I have a new life mate and she will give me my own child." The Dark Elf Lord answered waving a dismissing hand in his direction.
Kallieere stood and turned to Fainu who was being held by two guards, they had put her in hunters clothing and had given her two blades. Her blue eyes burned with hatred, she had been accused of a petty crime and had been given the harshest punishment for it. She had not even done the crime. "I am going with her if you are going to send her out."
"Fine, if you survive the day then I will allow you back in." With that the elven ruler stood and slipped into the back room.
Kallieere felt strong arms pull his wrists behind his back before they were bound and he was lead out the door behind Fainu. Crowds watched as the two elves were led out of their Lords chamber. Everybody knew that Fainu was betrothed to Kallieere and they were to be wed in less than a week, some of the elves stood watching the couple being forced to the entrance of their realm with distaste. Others had sorrow in their eyes, they knew that Fainu had been unjustly accused of the crime and her and her beloved were both being sentenced unfairly, that would perhaps even kill them. They elf that had accused Fainu gloated at her in triumph.
Fainu wished nothing more than to be able to slit his throat or at least the tongue from his mouth. Suddenly she felt Kallieere walking beside her. "What were you thinking Kallieere? You have sentenced us both to death."
"I told you that you have my heart and soul. I will not be parted from you this easily amin mela. (my love)" Kallieere whispered back, he looked deep into her eyes trying to tell her silently that what he said was true and that nothing in the world could change that.
"I fear that will be the end of us though." Fainu whispered wishing nothing more than to be in his arms.
"Don't worry Fainu I am going to be with you forever." Kallieere said smiling slightly as they were pushed into the long dark tunnel, their eyes quickly changed to the lighting and they walked in silence until they were outside. Their bonds were removed and the entrance to the realm was sealed.
~*~*~*~
"What troubles you Fainu?" Elanor asked as she set down the tray of food that she had brought snapping Fainu out of her memory.
"I will not trouble you with that burden Elanor you are to good of a friend." Fainu answered.
"Surely you will tell me." Elanor said looking at the dark elf, fearing that if her friend held in her grief that it would eventually overtake her spirit. "Do you not know the weaknesses of the elves?"
"Aye, I know the weaknesses well Elanor, but if grief were to take me than it should have almost 500 years ago. I doubt that grief is what will kill me and send me to the Halls." Fainu said softly.
"Please, perhaps I can lighten the grief that you carry." Elanor said sitting beside Fainu.
"No. I will not tell you, it is not a story that I have shared openly." Fainu answered as she picked up the delicate spoon and began eating the meal.
Elanor sighed, she wished to know what happened to her friends betrothed, perhaps it would help her understand why she was the way she was. She had not been as down cast when she was up and moving, perhaps that was her way of forgetting what had happened in the past for the moment. "Some day perhaps you will tell me?"
"I doubt that you will ever learn the whole story. Even the dark elves do not know fully what happened. And they had 500 years to gain my trust." Fainu said sipping the juice that she had gotten finishing her meal.
"So none share your knowledge?" Elanor shut her eyes she wanted nothing more than to know why her newest friend, secluded others from her in such a way.
"None share enough to know what happened fully." Fainu answered. "I wish to be left with my thoughts."
"All right M'Lady." Elanor took the tray knowing that she would pry nothing from the dark elf by force.
Fainu watched the receding back as the Sindarin elf left. Her mind was slowly wandering back to her memories though and she knew that she would not survive another day stuck in bed. She could feel her grief slowly inching towards her, she did not think that telling anybody would help, she had never stopped moving or training after she had been allowed back into her realm except when she dropped into a sleepless dream from shear exhaustion.
~*~*~*~
Black blood was sprayed across the base of the cliff, Fainu and Kallieere had their backs to the wall, there was no escaping the huge mass, Fainu had already been wounded as had Kallieere. Their blood flowed freely causing a black and red pool to slowly form at their feet.
"Why are they attacking like this?" Fainu asked as she brought her knife up slicing the throat of a nearby orc. She was growing tired she had never trained to fight, and she had never seen death this close, she had never smelt the blood of her enemies on the ground and on her. She glanced at Kallieere who had simply grunted his reply, the orcs were not stopping they wanted the two dark elves. They had no hope of getting back into the entrance, Kallieere had tried to open it with the password three times already, their backs were against the door and they could not escape into the darkness of the tunnels that had long protected them.
"Huine assa ar' vara lye!" (Darkness open and protect us!)" Kallieere said again, praying that the spell holding the entrance to their realm shut had finally diminished enough to let the password open the door again. He could see that his beloved was faltering, her strokes with the blades were not as precise any more, he was glad that she had snuck off when she was younger to learn how to fight as much as she did or she would have already been dead. He turned his attention fully back to the orcs that he was defending against. It seemed that for ever orc they killed two more managed to get through the traps that lined the forest before the cliff, he knew that soon the orcs would run out of men or they would die. He was busy killing the orcs that were attacking him when he heard a slight whimper from behind him.
Fainu stared at the orc who held the blade that was pierced through her right shoulder. At first it had hurt but now it was numb, everything was going numb. The orc let out a cry of triumph before reaching to grab her face. She didn't know what happened suddenly, the hand of the orc was cut off and the twisted creature screamed in anger and pain. The blade in her shoulder was pulled clear quickly only to fall on the ground as its owner died. She sank to the blood soaked ground, her eyes were hazy and she could only make out the faint image of Kallieere killing orc after orc. She suddenly felt strong arms lift her up from behind, they were not gentle but she could tell that they were elves.
"Kallieere! Pull back!" Knives flew past the guardian and struck the closest orcs.
The guardian glanced over his shoulder at Itheal before he backed towards the entrance. He could see Itheal handing Fainu back further into the darkness.
"Why is our punishment being removed now?" He asked knowing that Itheal wanted Fainu, and he thought that he should be the one to marry the elf because he was only a hundred years older than her.
"Your punishment has not been removed just changed." Itheal said curtly as he pressed his hands against the wound causing Fainu to gasp in pain.
"Changed to what?" Kallieere asked freeing himself of the grip and went over to Fainu.
"One of you is to die, the other to live." Itheal said looking at Kallieere knowing that he would not let Fainu die which would leave him to gain her heart with time.
"No." Fainu whimpered trying to sit up, Kallieere held her down and looked at Itheal before turning back to Fainu.
"It's okay Fainu I won't let anything happen to you." He whispered softly as he bent down over her and gently kissed the wounded elf, before he stood up. Two guards stepped forwards to grab his arms.
"No Kallieere." Fainu struggled against Itheal. Kallieere moved back to Fainu, and gently cupped her face.
"I'm sorry Fainu but I can't stay with you here." Kallieere said softly.
"Please no, I'm wounded, please."
"I'm not going to let you die. Not now." With that he stood and the two guards guided him down the dark tunnel. Itheal smirked and wrapped the wound as best he could before lifting Fainu up and following.
Kallieere allowed himself to be tied to the table on the platform that was going to be moved out to the center of the lake, Itheal continued into the Lords chamber and let the Dark elf heal his adopted daughter.
"Kallieere was forced to die?" He asked glaring at the now frantic elf that Itheal was trying to hold.
"No he chose to." Itheal answered calmly. The Dark Elf Lord nodded solemnly and went into the chamber and onto the platform. It was slowly pulled to the center of the lake, Itheal held Fainu by the arms as she struggled to get to the lake. "Stay still." The hunter hissed.
Fainu was forced to watch, silvery tears ran down her cheeks as her father prayed before slitting open the blood soaked shirt. She screamed as the blade came down again and cut open her beloved's stomach. She could see his body tense and twitch from the pain before he went limp, her bottom limp trembled and her body tightened up, her entire being wretched as her father cut open Kallieere's chest before his heart was pulled out. She herself went limp and would have fallen if it had not been for Itheal holding her up. She felt as if her heart had been torn out as well and she felt grief closing in on her.
~*~*~*~
"Fainu?" Legolas asked as he walked in to visit the bed-ridden elf, he just had a few minutes before he had to return to his fathers courts. "Fainu!" The elven prince raced to the bed and gently pulled the limp body into his arms, her eyes were open and silvery tears ran down them but there was no life in them, they were vacant and distant.
He spoke softly to the elf in his arms; he could not tell if she was dying, he just knew that he needed to bring her back from where she was before she did die. The silvery tears didn't stop, they kept slowly sliding down her pale face in tiny streams. "Fainu, please wake up you can't die now." He whispered softly in her ear, praying to the Vala that she would wake up.
'Kallieere? Is that you?' Fainu asked as she felt strong arms holding her close and a soft voice whispering in her ear.
"Fainu wake up!" The voice said urgently.
'Don't know if I can wake up.' The thought flew into her mind and terrified her, she had to wake up she had to.
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Author Notes:
YUCK! Okay who else is sick of lovey-dovey crud? I know I am, time to dig out my dark muse. Will most likely have Legolas and Fainu's relationship continue for a while before I do anything to spectacularly gruesome. Like what was going to happen to Leggy? I forced myself to tame it a bit though so it isn't as dark and frightening as it was in my mind originally. Having trouble thinking of more story at the moment though, may be a while, should probably get chapter 1 of silver and gold up first before chapter 11. And I know I hate when people do this but I want more reviews. For basically all of my stories, I don't give a rip if you don't do 12 days but I would like this one and Silver and Gold reviewed it speeds up typage.