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Worlds Apart
chapter 8
To Lorien
"Haldir, Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel wish your presence in Lorien as March Warden there."Lord Elrond said.
Haldir said nothing. He would love to return to Lorien, but what about Kylie and Branwen?
The journey to Lorien would be long and dangerous and with Kylie and the child, it would be even harder to watch out for them because they could not fight.
Branwen was only 6 years old.
"Think about it, Haldir...You can tell me tomorrow."
Haldir merely nodded and left for his flet.
When Haldir opened the door to his flet, he saw Kylie sitting on the chair beside the window, fast asleep with little Branwen in her arms.
The late afternoon sun shown into the flet and it gave the room a glowering comfort.
The elf suddenly felt like he was the luckiest person in the whole of middle-earth.
He had a home to go to and a family to protect.
And he was loved as a father and as a husband.
He walked towards them slowly.
Leaning over, he placed a kiss on Kylie's forehead.
When he kissed Branwen, she opened her eyes immediately.
She had the keen senses of any elf.
The half elven girl grabbed his hand and smiled.
"Ada...[Father]"she whispered so as not to wake her mother up.
She was in a light blue night gown and her dark black hair fell down to her waist.
Her cheeks were ever rosy and her lips were crimson.
Her crystal blue eyes always seemed to shimmering under the moon like saphires.
She was so beautiful.
And so was her character.
All the older elves love her and they would tell Haldir and Kylie," You have one very precious child." or ,"She's really lovely!"
Haldir had also fallen under her spell.
He found himself doing anything for her and he was always worried something might happen to her.
"Ada...,"she repeated.
"Where you go... I want to be..."
Haldir looked at her with his eyes widened in surprise.
How did she know?
She slowly crawled from her mother's lap and pulled Haldir into the balcony.
She kept jumping for him to pick her up.
He gently lifted her up and she wrapped one arm around him.
With the other hand, she pointed to the sun.
"You want to go to the sun?" he asked, trying to guess what she was trying to tell him.
The girl shook her head vigorously.
"Not here, you cannot see. Not here... away. Ada, don't...look...away...Not now..."
She held onto his cheeks with her small hands.
Branwen bit her lip and refused to look out into the sky anymore.
Tears started to fall down her cheeks and she clung both her arms around his neck so tightly he nearly couldn't breathe.
It was like she wouldn't let go.
"Don't look away..."
Haldir couldn't understand what she was trying to tell him but little did he know that this child had the power to see what was yet to come.
Everything was packed into bundles of cloth, all set for their journey to Lorien.
"Are you ready, Branwen?" Haldir asked his daughter as he pinched her nose.
It had been a month since Lord Elrond had asked him to go back to Lorien.
Kylie said she wouldn't mind going since she was starting to get bored of Rivendell.
"Where are we going, Ada?"the raven haired child asked.
"To Lorien."he replied. "You'll love it there. Its beautiful."
He carried her onto a horse and got on as well.
"Where is Mommy?" Branwen asked anxiously as she looked around for her mother.
"She will be travelling with the other elves who are coming with us to Lorien."he told her.
Branwen let out a breath of relief.
"Good." she said to herself.
Haldir smiled to himself.
It was strange how she called him 'Ada' and Kylie 'Mommy'.
He had never heard anyone call their mother 'Mommy' until he met Kylie.
Kylie was indeed special, he had never met anyone, human or not, that was anything like her.
And she was different in a very pleasant way and he liked being around her and sharing conversations with her about her past and things like that. It was so different from being with other elf females.
He could see why Legolas loved her so much.
Legolas wrote very frequently, almost every month.
He would tell Kylie about everything that was happening in Mirkwood and how much he loved her.
He would ask her how Branwen was and how Haldir was.
Somehow, Haldir really disliked the letters.
It made him feel like Legolas was watching his every move when he was around Kylie.
He wanted to take the letter and just throw them in the fire.
But then he would remember, how much he loved Legolas.
And Legolas trusted him with his life that he would let Kylie marry him.
And bring up his child as his own.
"Ada," Branwen called quietly.
Her blue gaze fixed on the road before her.
Haldir didn't answer but Branwen continued talking anyway.
"Why are you sad?" she asked.
Haldir just let out a soft grunt but remained silent.
Branwen was always talking, even when he never answers.
She slways asked him questions that he didn't know the answers to, so most of them became rhetorical.
But this time, she answered it for him.
"Tell you a secret... Mommy loves you." she told him.
Haldir raised his eyebrow.
She always manages to read his mind and it scared him sometimes.
"How do you know?" he asked her.
"Because I know alot of things..."
He stared down at the little girl who was riding with him on the horse.
"No. She doesn't."
Kylie reached out and placed her tiny hand on his.
"Yes, she does. She does, she does. She thinks you don't love her."
This shocked Haldir.
Does she really want him to love her?
"And you know something. I love you too."
Haldir's lips curved into a smile.
"I know."
"I know you know."
"Can you read minds, Branwen?"he asked her.
This time, it was Branwen's turn to be silent.
"Can you?" he asked again.
For a while, Branwen didn't answer and Haldir almost forgot he asked her the question.
"No. I read hearts' desires. I sense fear. I dream of the future. And I'm scared."
Haldir wasn't sure if he should believe her.
He wasn't sure what to say.
"Why are you scared?"
"Because I don't want to know."
"Know what?"
"Who's going to die next... "
"Who told you about death?" he asked.
"Noone. I've seen it. Every night. In my mind, jolting me awake each time I close my eyes. And I saw you before."
Aurora: I know what you're thinking... Branwen is super Matured for her age... sigh well, she's supposed to be special anyhow, she's a princess!!! Okays, finally put it up!! yay!!! hoho~
Thanks for all the reviews y'all~
Worlds Apart
chapter 8
To Lorien
"Haldir, Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel wish your presence in Lorien as March Warden there."Lord Elrond said.
Haldir said nothing. He would love to return to Lorien, but what about Kylie and Branwen?
The journey to Lorien would be long and dangerous and with Kylie and the child, it would be even harder to watch out for them because they could not fight.
Branwen was only 6 years old.
"Think about it, Haldir...You can tell me tomorrow."
Haldir merely nodded and left for his flet.
When Haldir opened the door to his flet, he saw Kylie sitting on the chair beside the window, fast asleep with little Branwen in her arms.
The late afternoon sun shown into the flet and it gave the room a glowering comfort.
The elf suddenly felt like he was the luckiest person in the whole of middle-earth.
He had a home to go to and a family to protect.
And he was loved as a father and as a husband.
He walked towards them slowly.
Leaning over, he placed a kiss on Kylie's forehead.
When he kissed Branwen, she opened her eyes immediately.
She had the keen senses of any elf.
The half elven girl grabbed his hand and smiled.
"Ada...[Father]"she whispered so as not to wake her mother up.
She was in a light blue night gown and her dark black hair fell down to her waist.
Her cheeks were ever rosy and her lips were crimson.
Her crystal blue eyes always seemed to shimmering under the moon like saphires.
She was so beautiful.
And so was her character.
All the older elves love her and they would tell Haldir and Kylie," You have one very precious child." or ,"She's really lovely!"
Haldir had also fallen under her spell.
He found himself doing anything for her and he was always worried something might happen to her.
"Ada...,"she repeated.
"Where you go... I want to be..."
Haldir looked at her with his eyes widened in surprise.
How did she know?
She slowly crawled from her mother's lap and pulled Haldir into the balcony.
She kept jumping for him to pick her up.
He gently lifted her up and she wrapped one arm around him.
With the other hand, she pointed to the sun.
"You want to go to the sun?" he asked, trying to guess what she was trying to tell him.
The girl shook her head vigorously.
"Not here, you cannot see. Not here... away. Ada, don't...look...away...Not now..."
She held onto his cheeks with her small hands.
Branwen bit her lip and refused to look out into the sky anymore.
Tears started to fall down her cheeks and she clung both her arms around his neck so tightly he nearly couldn't breathe.
It was like she wouldn't let go.
"Don't look away..."
Haldir couldn't understand what she was trying to tell him but little did he know that this child had the power to see what was yet to come.
Everything was packed into bundles of cloth, all set for their journey to Lorien.
"Are you ready, Branwen?" Haldir asked his daughter as he pinched her nose.
It had been a month since Lord Elrond had asked him to go back to Lorien.
Kylie said she wouldn't mind going since she was starting to get bored of Rivendell.
"Where are we going, Ada?"the raven haired child asked.
"To Lorien."he replied. "You'll love it there. Its beautiful."
He carried her onto a horse and got on as well.
"Where is Mommy?" Branwen asked anxiously as she looked around for her mother.
"She will be travelling with the other elves who are coming with us to Lorien."he told her.
Branwen let out a breath of relief.
"Good." she said to herself.
Haldir smiled to himself.
It was strange how she called him 'Ada' and Kylie 'Mommy'.
He had never heard anyone call their mother 'Mommy' until he met Kylie.
Kylie was indeed special, he had never met anyone, human or not, that was anything like her.
And she was different in a very pleasant way and he liked being around her and sharing conversations with her about her past and things like that. It was so different from being with other elf females.
He could see why Legolas loved her so much.
Legolas wrote very frequently, almost every month.
He would tell Kylie about everything that was happening in Mirkwood and how much he loved her.
He would ask her how Branwen was and how Haldir was.
Somehow, Haldir really disliked the letters.
It made him feel like Legolas was watching his every move when he was around Kylie.
He wanted to take the letter and just throw them in the fire.
But then he would remember, how much he loved Legolas.
And Legolas trusted him with his life that he would let Kylie marry him.
And bring up his child as his own.
"Ada," Branwen called quietly.
Her blue gaze fixed on the road before her.
Haldir didn't answer but Branwen continued talking anyway.
"Why are you sad?" she asked.
Haldir just let out a soft grunt but remained silent.
Branwen was always talking, even when he never answers.
She slways asked him questions that he didn't know the answers to, so most of them became rhetorical.
But this time, she answered it for him.
"Tell you a secret... Mommy loves you." she told him.
Haldir raised his eyebrow.
She always manages to read his mind and it scared him sometimes.
"How do you know?" he asked her.
"Because I know alot of things..."
He stared down at the little girl who was riding with him on the horse.
"No. She doesn't."
Kylie reached out and placed her tiny hand on his.
"Yes, she does. She does, she does. She thinks you don't love her."
This shocked Haldir.
Does she really want him to love her?
"And you know something. I love you too."
Haldir's lips curved into a smile.
"I know."
"I know you know."
"Can you read minds, Branwen?"he asked her.
This time, it was Branwen's turn to be silent.
"Can you?" he asked again.
For a while, Branwen didn't answer and Haldir almost forgot he asked her the question.
"No. I read hearts' desires. I sense fear. I dream of the future. And I'm scared."
Haldir wasn't sure if he should believe her.
He wasn't sure what to say.
"Why are you scared?"
"Because I don't want to know."
"Know what?"
"Who's going to die next... "
"Who told you about death?" he asked.
"Noone. I've seen it. Every night. In my mind, jolting me awake each time I close my eyes. And I saw you before."
Aurora: I know what you're thinking... Branwen is super Matured for her age... sigh well, she's supposed to be special anyhow, she's a princess!!! Okays, finally put it up!! yay!!! hoho~
Thanks for all the reviews y'all~