Chapter 14
'' == Telepathy type stuff. ^_^;
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Thranduil stood "My courts are dismissed for the day." Fainu trembled in Legolas' arms, he had not put her down and she already knew that if she bolted then she would fall before she reached to edge of Mirkwood. The elves in the room whispered in shock but left slowly. Once all of the elves had left he sat down again and looked at Fainu, "You know how serious this is, don't you?"
Fainu nodded. Legolas finally set her down recovering from the shock of what had just happened. "What are you going to do father?" Legolas asked keeping a hand on Fainu's arm.
"I don't know." Thranduil rubbed his temples; he enjoyed the company of Fainu. He did not want to kill her but he couldn't think of anything else to do, she was after all the daughter of the Dark Lord. "Guards, take her to a cell."
Legolas tightened his grip on her. "What are you doing father, she can not help who her father is." Legolas hissed.
"I know but the prophecy must be stopped if it can be." Thranduil said softly. "I will not have her killed yet, that is undecided yet."
Two guards came over to the youngest prince and gently took her from him; she did not struggle at all she glanced to Legolas quickly before the door shut behind her.
"Father please, she will-."
"She will what Legolas?" Thranduil asked looking at his son. "Try to escape? Destroy all of Middle Earth?"
Legolas lowered his eyes, he knew the prophecy as well, and it was why the elves had returned. If the prophecy was not stopped then even Valinor would not be safe. "Forgive me father." With that he walked away. Elanor followed the prince; she too did not believe that Fainu was capable of destroying Middle Earth.
"Legolas I don't think that Fainu will follow through with her fathers plans. I think that when she met you the prophecy was stopped. She loves you, and trusts you and your family." Elanor said softly.
"I know, but there is nothing that I can do, the prophecy is still going, she has been proclaimed as the child of the Dark Lord." Legolas sank down onto a nearby bench. "And I don't think that imprisoning her is going to give her a reason to stay."
"She'll stay, she loves you Legolas, I can see it in her eyes every time that you get near her lately." Elanor stood in front of the prince for a moment before she rushed of towards the dungeons at the far end of the palace.
Fainu sat in the dark room, her eyes easily making out the walls, she was glad that it was nothing like the room that Galadriel had put her in years ago. She walked around slowly, her hand running over the smooth stone. She sighed knowing that sooner or later Legolas would talk his father into letting her out of this tiny cage.
'I can get you out now.' The voice hand returned, but it was not harsh or demanding, it was soft and gentle.
"Shut up!" Fainu shouted into the cell.
'You need not shout little one.' The voice almost whispered. Fainu pressed her hands to her ears trying to keep the voice silent. "Leave me alone." She silently pleaded to the empty cell.
Elanor pulled her hand back from the lock, she had heard Fainu shouting and had run to the cell, but Fainu had said to leave her alone. She waited outside the door listening to see if she had heard right.
"Go away. Leave me alone." Fainu whimpered, the voice was not listening though, it was persisting.
Elanor bowed her head, perhaps Legolas was right, the prophecy had not been stopped yet, perhaps is could not be stopped. She turned and went to find Legolas and tell him that he was right.
'I can't leave you alone little one. You were meant for great things, not a cell and a slow death.' The voice reasoned.
"No I'm not listening to you. I am not your daughter." She whispered quietly, praying that what she said was true.
'You are my daughter and have always been. You will come home. Do you think that Legolas will want you now that he knows who and what you are?' The voice said slightly harsher as if it was angry that she would not comply with his wishes.
"No." Fainu curled up. "No, no, no." Silent tears ran down her face. The voice was right, how could anybody want her?
Legolas paled at what Elanor told him. "She asked you to go away and leave her alone?"
Elanor nodded, "Perhaps she was talking to someone in the cell?"
"Were there guards outside the cell? Was there another voice besides hers?" Legolas asked suddenly hopeful that it was true. Elanor shook her head.
"There were no guards, no other voice just her." The servant said softly.
"Then she couldn't be talking to somebody else. Guards would not let someone in the cell and then leave." Legolas put his head in his hands.
"I'm sorry Legolas. I thought that she was truly wouldn't fulfill the prophecy because she loves you." Elanor hung her head and sat down beside him.
"It is not your fault." Legolas sighed. "Tell my father that I will not be joining him for the evening meal. I need some time."
"Understood Prince Legolas." Elanor bowed slightly and went to find King Thranduil and deliver the message.
Legolas watched her go silently from the corner of his eye before he stood and went to his room. When he arrived he found Malminya standing on the far side of his room near the balcony. "What do you want Malminya?"
"Do you really think that she will do as the prophecy says?" The crown prince asked softly glancing towards his younger brother.
"I do not know anymore, she has cut herself off as best she can from Elanor already."
"She has?" Malminya frowned. "I don't think that she will. Perhaps you should go see her."
"Do you really think that she will treat me any differently?" Legolas asked looking at his brother.
"She may. She does love you after all." Malminya said walking over to his brother and grabbing his shoulders. "You of all people should not give up on that. You refused to marry any who father proposed wanting something more."
"I sure chose something more didn't I? A dark elf that is to destroy the entire world." Legolas said forcing his brother to let him go.
"You are giving up on her so easily?" Malminya asked calmly.
"If it spares me from grief than yes." Legolas said. Malminya could see that he was about to break and wrapped his arms around his little brother.
"It may spare you for now, but be careful or your choice may haunt you for all your life." Malminya said softly deciding that telling his brother that he did not deserve Fainu if he was willing to give her up that easily was not wise at that time.
"I will be careful." Legolas said returning the embrace before stepping back, his mask of complete composure back in place.
"I pray that you will. Or your grief will over take you later." Malminya said calmly before walking out.
Legolas watched his brother until the door shut, "You truly think that she isn't going to destroy the world. Why can't I trust in her like that?"
Fainu knew that the voice would leave her alone for a short while now; she hoped that it would anyway. She rubbed the tears from her face, she didn't know what she was going to do, she did not want to fall back on her memories, and she feared that she would die from them without anyone to pull her back from the memories. She sat up and looked towards the door hoping that someone would come and at least talk to her. She waited for a long time, at least she thought that it was a long time, she was losing her sense of time. She stood and began to pace, she knew that the walls were not moving but she felt like they were closing in on her. She put her hand on the wall and continued to pace around the tiny cell, she wanted to escape more than anything else.
'I can get you out of the cell.' The voice said again.
"Leave me alone." Fainu snarled. "I am not going to join you even if it means I rot in this cell."
Malminya paused outside the door after hearing Fainu snarling in the cell. He quickly opened the door and stood in the doorway trying to see her in the gloom of the cell, his eyes went wide, Fainu looked up at him and went towards him. The guards behind him though pushed her back and grabbed her arms, Fainu panicked and jerked against them trying to get free. The guards slammed her hard against the far wall, and twisted her arms so that she was on her knees in a forced bow. Malminya rushed forward and knelt in front of her, "Don't hold her." He ordered the guards and he gently lifted the tear streaked face.
"Malminya." Fainu whimpered as the guards ignored the order and twisted even harder.
"Release her now or I will have you both imprisoned." Malminya growled looking up at the guards. They frowned and released her arms; they grabbed her shoulders when she lunged forward, her arms halfway around his waist. "Release her." The guards looked at the prince closely before complying.
"Is Legolas alright?" Fainu asked as she pressed against him.
"Legolas is worried." Malminya said smoothing out Fainu's hair. "Though I don't know if he is worrying about the right thing."
Fainu wasn't listening to his word fully she was listening to his voice. Malminya could tell that she was shaken from her ordeal. He sat back on his on the floor, not caring about whether or not he was getting dirty he knew that she needed comfort more than anything. He pulled her as close to him as he could get her, and wrapped his arms around her holding her tight and he continued to talk to her. He talked to her about what had happened so far and about Legolas.
Finally he stood up lifting Fainu to her feet as well, "I have to go now. I'll try to get Legolas to come and visit you." He smiled gently at the dark elf.
"Please no. I can't stand the silence please." Fainu grabbed him and held onto him
"Why don't you want to be alone?" Malminya asked.
"He won't leave me alone; he makes promises in the dark. Please don't leave me." Fainu whimpered.
"He? The Dark Lord?" Malminya asked his eyes going wide.
Fainu nodded and refused to let go of him. Malminya licked his lips he would have left the guards with her but after the way they had treated her he could not trust them. "We have to leave for a little while. I'll send Elanor down as soon as I find her. But it might take a couple minutes." Fainu continued to hold onto him though. "Fainu I have to leave, if you don't I'll have to let the guards take you off of me."
The dark elf let go and shot over to a corner, Malminya could tell that she was terrified of being left alone in the darkness with the Dark Lord somehow being able to communicate with her but having the guards touch her frightened her even more. He scowled at the guards and motioned for them to follow him. The crown prince raced up the stairs and went directly to Fainu's room; he hoped that Elanor was still cleaning up in there. He ignored the questions that servants and other elves called to him; he knew that he looked strange; he was dirty and almost running. He was sure that he would hear about the proper decorum of a Crown Prince from his father later but he needed to get someone that Fainu trusted down to her or something terrible would happen.
"Elanor?" He called as he swung the door to what had been Fainu's room open.
"Elanor has asked for a day off, she was terribly attached to that awful dark elf." The servant that was cleaning up the room.
"Hold your tongue servant. You did not know her, probably not even to just see her." Malminya answered.
"No Prince Malminya I would not but I am sure that she can not be that wonderful if she is the daughter of the Dark Lord." The servant answered calmly stripping down the bed.
"Hold your tongue. She is far fairer in mind and beauty than you ever will be." Malminya growled. "Did Elanor say where she was going?"
"She said she was going to her home for the remainder of the day to mourn over the Dark elf." The servant said piling the silk sheets in a corner near the door.
"If she comes here tell her to go to see Fainu immediately. That is an order servant." Malminya said twirling to see go to Elanor's home and leaving no room for the servant to question him.
He was met by Legolas on the way out of Fainu's room. "Legolas go to Fainu's cell and keep her company until Elanor gets there." Malminya said coolly.
"Why should I go to the cell of an elf that lies about her past?" Legolas asked looking at his brother carefully; he could tell that Malminya was almost panicked.
"If you don't go she may give into the Dark Lord and then all will be lost. She has told me that he is making promises to her, all he needs is for her to say yes and he will gain a power almost as great as his own." Malminya replied sharply.
"The Dark Lord is speaking with her?" Legolas' eyes went wide.
"He is and I fear that soon the prophecy will fully be set into motion with no return." Malminya answered. "I shall send Elanor as soon as I find her." With that Malminya turned and raced towards where the servant lived.
Legolas turned and lifted his chin slightly, and headed towards the dungeon and the cell that held Fainu. The guards met him at the stairs and led him towards Fainu's cell without asking, already knowing that that was where the youngest prince was going.
Fainu looked at the figure in the doorway from the corner that she had fled to when Malminya had left. She trembled, waiting for the guards to rush in and hold her on her knees.
"Fainu?" Legolas whispered, he could not believe the change in the dark elf, she had been in the cell for slightly more than half a day and he could see that she was suffering from it greatly. He moved forward slowly, the guards did not advance on the dark elf this time since she herself had not moved.
Fainu sat frozen in place, her father's words ringing in her head again.
'Do you really think an elf will want someone like you? You are no better than an orc to him now. Nobody will ever want you.'
Fainu lowered her eyes as Legolas crouched on front of her and looked her in the face. Legolas had never seen Fainu submit to anything like this before. "Fainu, please look at me." Legolas said as he gently lifted he chin.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, refusing to meet his pleading eyes.
"Sorry for what? I am the one who as done wrong, I can see that now." Legolas whispered and gently pulled her into his arms. "I do not deserve you, you deserve someone better. Some one more trusting than I am."
Fainu glanced up at him, her pale blue eye fixed on him, "What am I to you?" She asked so quietly that at first Legolas did not think that he had heard her properly.
"What are you to me?" He repeated, gently stroking her hair. "You are everything and I almost gave that up to the darkness."
"Not an orc." Fainu whispered and wrapped her arms around her beloved, her fears slightly lifted for the moment.
"Orc? Why would I ever think of you as an orc?" Legolas pushed her away from him and looked her in the eyes. "You will never be an orc; I love you to much to think of you as an orc. Who told you that I thought of you as an orc?"
Fainu bit her lip and glanced down then slowly brought her eyes back up to his. "My father."
Legolas tilted his head back in shock and alarm, Fainu was slowly being tainted into believing her fathers lies in the darkness that now constantly surrounded her. "He lies Fainu. You know that; don't believe anything that he says."
"It is hard to ignore when he is the only one that had spoken to me." Fainu whispered. "I had started to believe that no one would ever come to see me." She trembled slightly at the thought of being locked in the darkness forever.
"No." Legolas whispered and tightened his grip o her. "Never, Malminya would not allow it, and I will not allow it." Fainu sighed and relaxed in his arms.
Malminya knocked on the door to Elanor's home, there was a slight noise from inside and the door cracked open to reveal the servants face.
"What is it Prince Malminya?" Elanor asked softly opening the door fully.
"I need you to go and visit Fainu." Malminya said softly.
"Why do you want me to visit her?" Elanor said narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Because right now she should not be alone, Legolas is with her now but I do not know if he will stay." Malminya said calmly. "Please, I ask this of you as an equal not as a prince."
Elanor looked at the prince closely, "Are you sure that she is not completely mad?"
"She never was mad; she has been fighting a mental battle with her father who wants her to agree to serve him before he will take her to him." Malminya said frowning looking at her.
"She was fighting with her father?" Elanor put her hand to her mouth. "Did she speak out loud when she was fighting with him?"
Malminya frowned slightly and nodded.
"Oh no." Elanor quickly shut the door to her home behind her and followed the prince back to the palace. "I thought that she was talking to me."
"You went down to see her?" Malminya looked at Elanor, who nodded slightly.
"I thought that she was talking to me. She said to leave her alone and to go away." Elanor whispered. "If I had of known that she was battling the dark lord mentally I would have still probably been in the cell with her."
"I am glad that you are that willing to stay with her. It may be needed." Malminya said softly. As the two quickly traveled through the hallways of the palace to where the dungeon was.
Legolas had lifted Fainu up in his arms and had turned so that he could lean against the wall; he had had to reassure her a couple times that she was no orc to him. He glanced up when his brother reappeared in the doorway.
Malminya smiled, relieved that Fainu was in his brothers arms, she was safe there. Elanor poked her head around the corner and saw the two before she raced in and wrapped her arms around the dark elf.
"I'm so sorry that I didn't come in earlier, I thought that you were telling me to go away and, I'm so sorry." Elanor sobbed. She could tell that Fainu was shaken and that she needed exactly what she was getting.
Fainu shifted so that she was pressed between the two as much as possible, she shut her eyes. 'So father nobody wants me and I am nothing more than an orc?' She had regained most of her trust in herself and she smirked.
For once the voice remained silent.
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Okay, all I have to do now is get Fainu to die by Kara J's standards.Shouldn't be too hard considering I am good at writing blood and gore scenes. Probably one more chapter then we get to the big bloody war that Kara J has been waiting for. Could be interesting, thought up a really neat ending for story. Will most like be followed by a sequel because of how I want to end it, can see Kara J killing me the sequel though.Neh.
Author Babble:
Red Demon: Ugh.need coffee. Need pep pill. Zzzzz *jerks back awake* can't sleep, have to continue story, hav-Zzzzz *jerks away* Stupid angel sanctuary Cd.putting me to Zzzzz *jerks awake* that does it. * pulls out Cd and saves story* They can wait until tomor Zzzzz
Legolas: Poor thing. Had to hunt down her muse, bring it back and then finish the story.
Aragorn: Poor thing? She's also made me keep my manly greasy hair washed and conditioned.
Legolas: (Shakes head and lifts out cold author up and carries her away from the computer.) Perhaps if you were nicer to her then she'd be nice to you. She treats me perfectly well.
Aragorn: Have you read the rough draft for the angst story she's plotting on sticking you and me in?
Legolas: (Pauses) No, but then it's not as if she ACTUALLY does the stuff to me.
Aragorn: (Smacks for head) You are such a blond.
Legolas: (Rolls eye) But at least she treats me nicely.
Aragorn: That's because you're an elf and she has an obsession with pointy- eared beings.
Red Demon: (Murmurs in sleep) Pointy ears.
Aragorn: See?
Legolas: Still treats me the nicest.
'' == Telepathy type stuff. ^_^;
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Thranduil stood "My courts are dismissed for the day." Fainu trembled in Legolas' arms, he had not put her down and she already knew that if she bolted then she would fall before she reached to edge of Mirkwood. The elves in the room whispered in shock but left slowly. Once all of the elves had left he sat down again and looked at Fainu, "You know how serious this is, don't you?"
Fainu nodded. Legolas finally set her down recovering from the shock of what had just happened. "What are you going to do father?" Legolas asked keeping a hand on Fainu's arm.
"I don't know." Thranduil rubbed his temples; he enjoyed the company of Fainu. He did not want to kill her but he couldn't think of anything else to do, she was after all the daughter of the Dark Lord. "Guards, take her to a cell."
Legolas tightened his grip on her. "What are you doing father, she can not help who her father is." Legolas hissed.
"I know but the prophecy must be stopped if it can be." Thranduil said softly. "I will not have her killed yet, that is undecided yet."
Two guards came over to the youngest prince and gently took her from him; she did not struggle at all she glanced to Legolas quickly before the door shut behind her.
"Father please, she will-."
"She will what Legolas?" Thranduil asked looking at his son. "Try to escape? Destroy all of Middle Earth?"
Legolas lowered his eyes, he knew the prophecy as well, and it was why the elves had returned. If the prophecy was not stopped then even Valinor would not be safe. "Forgive me father." With that he walked away. Elanor followed the prince; she too did not believe that Fainu was capable of destroying Middle Earth.
"Legolas I don't think that Fainu will follow through with her fathers plans. I think that when she met you the prophecy was stopped. She loves you, and trusts you and your family." Elanor said softly.
"I know, but there is nothing that I can do, the prophecy is still going, she has been proclaimed as the child of the Dark Lord." Legolas sank down onto a nearby bench. "And I don't think that imprisoning her is going to give her a reason to stay."
"She'll stay, she loves you Legolas, I can see it in her eyes every time that you get near her lately." Elanor stood in front of the prince for a moment before she rushed of towards the dungeons at the far end of the palace.
Fainu sat in the dark room, her eyes easily making out the walls, she was glad that it was nothing like the room that Galadriel had put her in years ago. She walked around slowly, her hand running over the smooth stone. She sighed knowing that sooner or later Legolas would talk his father into letting her out of this tiny cage.
'I can get you out now.' The voice hand returned, but it was not harsh or demanding, it was soft and gentle.
"Shut up!" Fainu shouted into the cell.
'You need not shout little one.' The voice almost whispered. Fainu pressed her hands to her ears trying to keep the voice silent. "Leave me alone." She silently pleaded to the empty cell.
Elanor pulled her hand back from the lock, she had heard Fainu shouting and had run to the cell, but Fainu had said to leave her alone. She waited outside the door listening to see if she had heard right.
"Go away. Leave me alone." Fainu whimpered, the voice was not listening though, it was persisting.
Elanor bowed her head, perhaps Legolas was right, the prophecy had not been stopped yet, perhaps is could not be stopped. She turned and went to find Legolas and tell him that he was right.
'I can't leave you alone little one. You were meant for great things, not a cell and a slow death.' The voice reasoned.
"No I'm not listening to you. I am not your daughter." She whispered quietly, praying that what she said was true.
'You are my daughter and have always been. You will come home. Do you think that Legolas will want you now that he knows who and what you are?' The voice said slightly harsher as if it was angry that she would not comply with his wishes.
"No." Fainu curled up. "No, no, no." Silent tears ran down her face. The voice was right, how could anybody want her?
Legolas paled at what Elanor told him. "She asked you to go away and leave her alone?"
Elanor nodded, "Perhaps she was talking to someone in the cell?"
"Were there guards outside the cell? Was there another voice besides hers?" Legolas asked suddenly hopeful that it was true. Elanor shook her head.
"There were no guards, no other voice just her." The servant said softly.
"Then she couldn't be talking to somebody else. Guards would not let someone in the cell and then leave." Legolas put his head in his hands.
"I'm sorry Legolas. I thought that she was truly wouldn't fulfill the prophecy because she loves you." Elanor hung her head and sat down beside him.
"It is not your fault." Legolas sighed. "Tell my father that I will not be joining him for the evening meal. I need some time."
"Understood Prince Legolas." Elanor bowed slightly and went to find King Thranduil and deliver the message.
Legolas watched her go silently from the corner of his eye before he stood and went to his room. When he arrived he found Malminya standing on the far side of his room near the balcony. "What do you want Malminya?"
"Do you really think that she will do as the prophecy says?" The crown prince asked softly glancing towards his younger brother.
"I do not know anymore, she has cut herself off as best she can from Elanor already."
"She has?" Malminya frowned. "I don't think that she will. Perhaps you should go see her."
"Do you really think that she will treat me any differently?" Legolas asked looking at his brother.
"She may. She does love you after all." Malminya said walking over to his brother and grabbing his shoulders. "You of all people should not give up on that. You refused to marry any who father proposed wanting something more."
"I sure chose something more didn't I? A dark elf that is to destroy the entire world." Legolas said forcing his brother to let him go.
"You are giving up on her so easily?" Malminya asked calmly.
"If it spares me from grief than yes." Legolas said. Malminya could see that he was about to break and wrapped his arms around his little brother.
"It may spare you for now, but be careful or your choice may haunt you for all your life." Malminya said softly deciding that telling his brother that he did not deserve Fainu if he was willing to give her up that easily was not wise at that time.
"I will be careful." Legolas said returning the embrace before stepping back, his mask of complete composure back in place.
"I pray that you will. Or your grief will over take you later." Malminya said calmly before walking out.
Legolas watched his brother until the door shut, "You truly think that she isn't going to destroy the world. Why can't I trust in her like that?"
Fainu knew that the voice would leave her alone for a short while now; she hoped that it would anyway. She rubbed the tears from her face, she didn't know what she was going to do, she did not want to fall back on her memories, and she feared that she would die from them without anyone to pull her back from the memories. She sat up and looked towards the door hoping that someone would come and at least talk to her. She waited for a long time, at least she thought that it was a long time, she was losing her sense of time. She stood and began to pace, she knew that the walls were not moving but she felt like they were closing in on her. She put her hand on the wall and continued to pace around the tiny cell, she wanted to escape more than anything else.
'I can get you out of the cell.' The voice said again.
"Leave me alone." Fainu snarled. "I am not going to join you even if it means I rot in this cell."
Malminya paused outside the door after hearing Fainu snarling in the cell. He quickly opened the door and stood in the doorway trying to see her in the gloom of the cell, his eyes went wide, Fainu looked up at him and went towards him. The guards behind him though pushed her back and grabbed her arms, Fainu panicked and jerked against them trying to get free. The guards slammed her hard against the far wall, and twisted her arms so that she was on her knees in a forced bow. Malminya rushed forward and knelt in front of her, "Don't hold her." He ordered the guards and he gently lifted the tear streaked face.
"Malminya." Fainu whimpered as the guards ignored the order and twisted even harder.
"Release her now or I will have you both imprisoned." Malminya growled looking up at the guards. They frowned and released her arms; they grabbed her shoulders when she lunged forward, her arms halfway around his waist. "Release her." The guards looked at the prince closely before complying.
"Is Legolas alright?" Fainu asked as she pressed against him.
"Legolas is worried." Malminya said smoothing out Fainu's hair. "Though I don't know if he is worrying about the right thing."
Fainu wasn't listening to his word fully she was listening to his voice. Malminya could tell that she was shaken from her ordeal. He sat back on his on the floor, not caring about whether or not he was getting dirty he knew that she needed comfort more than anything. He pulled her as close to him as he could get her, and wrapped his arms around her holding her tight and he continued to talk to her. He talked to her about what had happened so far and about Legolas.
Finally he stood up lifting Fainu to her feet as well, "I have to go now. I'll try to get Legolas to come and visit you." He smiled gently at the dark elf.
"Please no. I can't stand the silence please." Fainu grabbed him and held onto him
"Why don't you want to be alone?" Malminya asked.
"He won't leave me alone; he makes promises in the dark. Please don't leave me." Fainu whimpered.
"He? The Dark Lord?" Malminya asked his eyes going wide.
Fainu nodded and refused to let go of him. Malminya licked his lips he would have left the guards with her but after the way they had treated her he could not trust them. "We have to leave for a little while. I'll send Elanor down as soon as I find her. But it might take a couple minutes." Fainu continued to hold onto him though. "Fainu I have to leave, if you don't I'll have to let the guards take you off of me."
The dark elf let go and shot over to a corner, Malminya could tell that she was terrified of being left alone in the darkness with the Dark Lord somehow being able to communicate with her but having the guards touch her frightened her even more. He scowled at the guards and motioned for them to follow him. The crown prince raced up the stairs and went directly to Fainu's room; he hoped that Elanor was still cleaning up in there. He ignored the questions that servants and other elves called to him; he knew that he looked strange; he was dirty and almost running. He was sure that he would hear about the proper decorum of a Crown Prince from his father later but he needed to get someone that Fainu trusted down to her or something terrible would happen.
"Elanor?" He called as he swung the door to what had been Fainu's room open.
"Elanor has asked for a day off, she was terribly attached to that awful dark elf." The servant that was cleaning up the room.
"Hold your tongue servant. You did not know her, probably not even to just see her." Malminya answered.
"No Prince Malminya I would not but I am sure that she can not be that wonderful if she is the daughter of the Dark Lord." The servant answered calmly stripping down the bed.
"Hold your tongue. She is far fairer in mind and beauty than you ever will be." Malminya growled. "Did Elanor say where she was going?"
"She said she was going to her home for the remainder of the day to mourn over the Dark elf." The servant said piling the silk sheets in a corner near the door.
"If she comes here tell her to go to see Fainu immediately. That is an order servant." Malminya said twirling to see go to Elanor's home and leaving no room for the servant to question him.
He was met by Legolas on the way out of Fainu's room. "Legolas go to Fainu's cell and keep her company until Elanor gets there." Malminya said coolly.
"Why should I go to the cell of an elf that lies about her past?" Legolas asked looking at his brother carefully; he could tell that Malminya was almost panicked.
"If you don't go she may give into the Dark Lord and then all will be lost. She has told me that he is making promises to her, all he needs is for her to say yes and he will gain a power almost as great as his own." Malminya replied sharply.
"The Dark Lord is speaking with her?" Legolas' eyes went wide.
"He is and I fear that soon the prophecy will fully be set into motion with no return." Malminya answered. "I shall send Elanor as soon as I find her." With that Malminya turned and raced towards where the servant lived.
Legolas turned and lifted his chin slightly, and headed towards the dungeon and the cell that held Fainu. The guards met him at the stairs and led him towards Fainu's cell without asking, already knowing that that was where the youngest prince was going.
Fainu looked at the figure in the doorway from the corner that she had fled to when Malminya had left. She trembled, waiting for the guards to rush in and hold her on her knees.
"Fainu?" Legolas whispered, he could not believe the change in the dark elf, she had been in the cell for slightly more than half a day and he could see that she was suffering from it greatly. He moved forward slowly, the guards did not advance on the dark elf this time since she herself had not moved.
Fainu sat frozen in place, her father's words ringing in her head again.
'Do you really think an elf will want someone like you? You are no better than an orc to him now. Nobody will ever want you.'
Fainu lowered her eyes as Legolas crouched on front of her and looked her in the face. Legolas had never seen Fainu submit to anything like this before. "Fainu, please look at me." Legolas said as he gently lifted he chin.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, refusing to meet his pleading eyes.
"Sorry for what? I am the one who as done wrong, I can see that now." Legolas whispered and gently pulled her into his arms. "I do not deserve you, you deserve someone better. Some one more trusting than I am."
Fainu glanced up at him, her pale blue eye fixed on him, "What am I to you?" She asked so quietly that at first Legolas did not think that he had heard her properly.
"What are you to me?" He repeated, gently stroking her hair. "You are everything and I almost gave that up to the darkness."
"Not an orc." Fainu whispered and wrapped her arms around her beloved, her fears slightly lifted for the moment.
"Orc? Why would I ever think of you as an orc?" Legolas pushed her away from him and looked her in the eyes. "You will never be an orc; I love you to much to think of you as an orc. Who told you that I thought of you as an orc?"
Fainu bit her lip and glanced down then slowly brought her eyes back up to his. "My father."
Legolas tilted his head back in shock and alarm, Fainu was slowly being tainted into believing her fathers lies in the darkness that now constantly surrounded her. "He lies Fainu. You know that; don't believe anything that he says."
"It is hard to ignore when he is the only one that had spoken to me." Fainu whispered. "I had started to believe that no one would ever come to see me." She trembled slightly at the thought of being locked in the darkness forever.
"No." Legolas whispered and tightened his grip o her. "Never, Malminya would not allow it, and I will not allow it." Fainu sighed and relaxed in his arms.
Malminya knocked on the door to Elanor's home, there was a slight noise from inside and the door cracked open to reveal the servants face.
"What is it Prince Malminya?" Elanor asked softly opening the door fully.
"I need you to go and visit Fainu." Malminya said softly.
"Why do you want me to visit her?" Elanor said narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Because right now she should not be alone, Legolas is with her now but I do not know if he will stay." Malminya said calmly. "Please, I ask this of you as an equal not as a prince."
Elanor looked at the prince closely, "Are you sure that she is not completely mad?"
"She never was mad; she has been fighting a mental battle with her father who wants her to agree to serve him before he will take her to him." Malminya said frowning looking at her.
"She was fighting with her father?" Elanor put her hand to her mouth. "Did she speak out loud when she was fighting with him?"
Malminya frowned slightly and nodded.
"Oh no." Elanor quickly shut the door to her home behind her and followed the prince back to the palace. "I thought that she was talking to me."
"You went down to see her?" Malminya looked at Elanor, who nodded slightly.
"I thought that she was talking to me. She said to leave her alone and to go away." Elanor whispered. "If I had of known that she was battling the dark lord mentally I would have still probably been in the cell with her."
"I am glad that you are that willing to stay with her. It may be needed." Malminya said softly. As the two quickly traveled through the hallways of the palace to where the dungeon was.
Legolas had lifted Fainu up in his arms and had turned so that he could lean against the wall; he had had to reassure her a couple times that she was no orc to him. He glanced up when his brother reappeared in the doorway.
Malminya smiled, relieved that Fainu was in his brothers arms, she was safe there. Elanor poked her head around the corner and saw the two before she raced in and wrapped her arms around the dark elf.
"I'm so sorry that I didn't come in earlier, I thought that you were telling me to go away and, I'm so sorry." Elanor sobbed. She could tell that Fainu was shaken and that she needed exactly what she was getting.
Fainu shifted so that she was pressed between the two as much as possible, she shut her eyes. 'So father nobody wants me and I am nothing more than an orc?' She had regained most of her trust in herself and she smirked.
For once the voice remained silent.
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Okay, all I have to do now is get Fainu to die by Kara J's standards.Shouldn't be too hard considering I am good at writing blood and gore scenes. Probably one more chapter then we get to the big bloody war that Kara J has been waiting for. Could be interesting, thought up a really neat ending for story. Will most like be followed by a sequel because of how I want to end it, can see Kara J killing me the sequel though.Neh.
Author Babble:
Red Demon: Ugh.need coffee. Need pep pill. Zzzzz *jerks back awake* can't sleep, have to continue story, hav-Zzzzz *jerks away* Stupid angel sanctuary Cd.putting me to Zzzzz *jerks awake* that does it. * pulls out Cd and saves story* They can wait until tomor Zzzzz
Legolas: Poor thing. Had to hunt down her muse, bring it back and then finish the story.
Aragorn: Poor thing? She's also made me keep my manly greasy hair washed and conditioned.
Legolas: (Shakes head and lifts out cold author up and carries her away from the computer.) Perhaps if you were nicer to her then she'd be nice to you. She treats me perfectly well.
Aragorn: Have you read the rough draft for the angst story she's plotting on sticking you and me in?
Legolas: (Pauses) No, but then it's not as if she ACTUALLY does the stuff to me.
Aragorn: (Smacks for head) You are such a blond.
Legolas: (Rolls eye) But at least she treats me nicely.
Aragorn: That's because you're an elf and she has an obsession with pointy- eared beings.
Red Demon: (Murmurs in sleep) Pointy ears.
Aragorn: See?
Legolas: Still treats me the nicest.