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Worlds Apart
Chapter 21
The Truth Hurts
When the whole world changes
And my memories of you become myths.
When tears become droplets of ice,
a lily will grow from the ground
It looks into my heart's troubles.
I don't care about the boundaries of this earth.
Even without wings, I'll fly to your side.
Because I believe if I look upon your smile a thousand times
It will become a thousand years of legend.
And one day, we will become the greatest legend of all.
Kylie's POV
As soon as we got home, I knew I had to explain everything to Branwen about Legolas, about her father. But Legolas volunteered to tell her instead, which was a great relief to me because I just would not know how to start.
I left them in the living room while I went into the bathroom to fill the bathtub. I needed to release all my excitement, it was just too much to contain. I walked over to the mirror cabinate and then I felt a huge pain in my heart. It has begun again. I cannot buy anymore time from you, God? Please just let me have one more night with him.
I reached for my pills and swallowed it down and felt my tears fall again, it seems they will not stop until I am dead.
Just one last night...
Legolas' POV
"So your name's really Legolas? How did you know my mother?" Branwen kept asking me all sorts of questions, I did not get to answer all of them though.
"Yes, my name is Legolas. But when I was still living in Florida, I was called Alexander. Monroe." The last word escaped my lips and struck Branwen like lightning. Her eyes widened and then the first thing she did was reached over to my ears and gave it a tug. It hurt, but I still smiled.
"Its real, Branwen." I said quietly.
"Then... you're my...you're my... father..." She whispered. She seemed to not be able to say what she just said. Fascinated by the very words that rolled off her tongue. But she was wrong, I was not her father. I could never be, I abandoned her.
"I'm not your father. Your father died in a war at Helm's Deep. Do you remember him? His name is Haldir. A march warden of the LothLorien army. He was a great leader of the elves..."
"There are no such thing as elves! What is it with you people?" She snapped. Kylie had warned me about her anti-fairytale ways. She did not believe in anything Elvish.
"Branwen, do you know why you can't find the meaning of your name anywhere? Because you're the only one who has it in this world. Because it is in Elvish." I told her.
"That is not true! Why are you telling me this? Its just a name, anybody can come up with a name like that!" She growled as she started to get up from the couch we were sitting on. I grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. She struggled to release herself from my grip but could not. I was much stronger than a human.
"Branwen, you love horses and you never put a saddle on them because you're afraid of hurting them, you have perfect senses. You have never been sick in your life and when you fall in love, you can feel your heart turn so fragile that it might just break anytime and..." I continued.
"Stop it! Just stop it! Stop telling me these things!" She yelled, trying to pull her arm away. I could see the fear in her eyes. She was afraid, but I did not know if it was me that was making her scared or the truth.
"And you can never fit in! You know why? Because you can never accept what the world is like, the stone and cement walls, the cars and buses. You hate it all. You can never understand anybody because they are all different. They are all human. But you are not. You are half elven... and you are a princess. Lle rangwa amin? Lirimaer. [Do you understand me? Lovely one.]" I ended the last part with elvish. I did not do it on purpose, I was so aggitated it came out so naturally.
I finally released her arm and she shook her head. But then she said, "Lle tela? [Are you finished?]"
I nodded and smiled. "Goodnight, Branwen."
Branwen's POV
Legolas kissed me on my cheek as he said goodnight.
Everything that he said was so true and it hit me really hard. And I remembered everything, I always have. Bu I blocked it out because I knew that Ada had died. I knew he had the moment we entered the portal because I had seen it all in my mind and it haunted me all the days of my youth and I wanted all the pain to just disappear. So I told myself to forget it. I begged my mind to stop having images of the past or the future. And I did not want to sense what others were feeling, I did not want to know.
I became angry everytime anyone told me about elves because I did not want to remember. I did not want to know what happened while he was away at war. And as I grew older, I did forget and I lost my sixth sense.
Legolas got up from the couch but I hugged him and I cried because I still could not believe that I would never see my father again.
"How could he die...How could he die.."
Legolas did not say anything but he wrapped his arms around me in turn and that was all I needed.
He gave me comfort and it lifted my heart, I felt so weak.
"He loved you very much." He whispered as he slowly let me go. I nodded silently.
"Will you be Okay?" He asked. I nodded again and smiled sadly. There was a part of me that was set free and I could breathe again. I had kept it in me for so long that I thought I might just explode. Maybe that was what made me such an angry person.
"I need to sleep it off. I will be alright though. Thank you."
Kylie's POV
Legolas came into the bathroom and as usual, I did not hear his footsteps. I was soaking myself in the bathtub. I had a feeling he needed it more than I did, judging from the tired smile on his face.
"So, how did it go? I could have sworn I heard screaming." I chuckled as he came to my side and kissed me on my lips.
"Better than I had imagined. She didn't try and dig my eyeballs out." He joked. I raised an eyebrow at him, that was just a weird way to put it.
"Do you have to bring those things into the bathroom? There aren't going to be any orcs here." I laughed as I pointed to his bow and quiver. He laughed as well and removed them. "There better not be any."
He not only removed his weapons but everything he had on himself. He is so beautiful. He still had his long blonde hair.
"Do you have a towel? I seriously need to clean myself." He said. "I can smell myself and it isn't very pleasant."
"Then what do I smell like to you?" I asked, splashing water at him. I wondered what he would wear after cleaning up. We don't have anything male enough in our home for him to wear.
"Lle holma ve' edan...[You smell like a human.]" He said with a smirk and he bent over and kissed me again. "But I like the smell of you, human."
"Then come in here you..you elf." I pulled him into the bathtub gently and when he came in, I showered foam all over him. That led up to a ultimate foam fight. The bathroom floor was incredibly wet and I think the rug might have to enter the dryer later.
"I love you." He said, kissing me and as he did that, tears fell from his eyes. And I kissed them away because his tears were so precious to me.
"Don't leave me ever again..."
I'm sorry, Legolas. I'm sorry you had to wait 7 years to see me again and I knew you would come back. That's why I waited for you. But I have to go...Goodbye.
End of chapter 21
Plasmolysed Cell Membrane: Arghhh.. get ready for the last chapter y'all! I'm so happy its gonna end... I can't take it anymore. I need to study for goodness sakes! Anyways, thank you all, really, for the reviews... and umm..yeah..thanks! As for sequels...hmmm...I'll have to think about that... I'm a real procastinator...
And the name Branwen is actually a Welsh name...and it means beautiful raven. Bu it sounds elvish anyway so...
erm.. the poem thing up there is supposed to be a chinese song which I tried very hard to translate..so if it sounds kinda weird...its just my horrible translation..its supposed to be real beautiful.
This is for dApHy and Crystal snowflakes.
Worlds Apart
Chapter 21
The Truth Hurts
When the whole world changes
And my memories of you become myths.
When tears become droplets of ice,
a lily will grow from the ground
It looks into my heart's troubles.
I don't care about the boundaries of this earth.
Even without wings, I'll fly to your side.
Because I believe if I look upon your smile a thousand times
It will become a thousand years of legend.
And one day, we will become the greatest legend of all.
Kylie's POV
As soon as we got home, I knew I had to explain everything to Branwen about Legolas, about her father. But Legolas volunteered to tell her instead, which was a great relief to me because I just would not know how to start.
I left them in the living room while I went into the bathroom to fill the bathtub. I needed to release all my excitement, it was just too much to contain. I walked over to the mirror cabinate and then I felt a huge pain in my heart. It has begun again. I cannot buy anymore time from you, God? Please just let me have one more night with him.
I reached for my pills and swallowed it down and felt my tears fall again, it seems they will not stop until I am dead.
Just one last night...
Legolas' POV
"So your name's really Legolas? How did you know my mother?" Branwen kept asking me all sorts of questions, I did not get to answer all of them though.
"Yes, my name is Legolas. But when I was still living in Florida, I was called Alexander. Monroe." The last word escaped my lips and struck Branwen like lightning. Her eyes widened and then the first thing she did was reached over to my ears and gave it a tug. It hurt, but I still smiled.
"Its real, Branwen." I said quietly.
"Then... you're my...you're my... father..." She whispered. She seemed to not be able to say what she just said. Fascinated by the very words that rolled off her tongue. But she was wrong, I was not her father. I could never be, I abandoned her.
"I'm not your father. Your father died in a war at Helm's Deep. Do you remember him? His name is Haldir. A march warden of the LothLorien army. He was a great leader of the elves..."
"There are no such thing as elves! What is it with you people?" She snapped. Kylie had warned me about her anti-fairytale ways. She did not believe in anything Elvish.
"Branwen, do you know why you can't find the meaning of your name anywhere? Because you're the only one who has it in this world. Because it is in Elvish." I told her.
"That is not true! Why are you telling me this? Its just a name, anybody can come up with a name like that!" She growled as she started to get up from the couch we were sitting on. I grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. She struggled to release herself from my grip but could not. I was much stronger than a human.
"Branwen, you love horses and you never put a saddle on them because you're afraid of hurting them, you have perfect senses. You have never been sick in your life and when you fall in love, you can feel your heart turn so fragile that it might just break anytime and..." I continued.
"Stop it! Just stop it! Stop telling me these things!" She yelled, trying to pull her arm away. I could see the fear in her eyes. She was afraid, but I did not know if it was me that was making her scared or the truth.
"And you can never fit in! You know why? Because you can never accept what the world is like, the stone and cement walls, the cars and buses. You hate it all. You can never understand anybody because they are all different. They are all human. But you are not. You are half elven... and you are a princess. Lle rangwa amin? Lirimaer. [Do you understand me? Lovely one.]" I ended the last part with elvish. I did not do it on purpose, I was so aggitated it came out so naturally.
I finally released her arm and she shook her head. But then she said, "Lle tela? [Are you finished?]"
I nodded and smiled. "Goodnight, Branwen."
Branwen's POV
Legolas kissed me on my cheek as he said goodnight.
Everything that he said was so true and it hit me really hard. And I remembered everything, I always have. Bu I blocked it out because I knew that Ada had died. I knew he had the moment we entered the portal because I had seen it all in my mind and it haunted me all the days of my youth and I wanted all the pain to just disappear. So I told myself to forget it. I begged my mind to stop having images of the past or the future. And I did not want to sense what others were feeling, I did not want to know.
I became angry everytime anyone told me about elves because I did not want to remember. I did not want to know what happened while he was away at war. And as I grew older, I did forget and I lost my sixth sense.
Legolas got up from the couch but I hugged him and I cried because I still could not believe that I would never see my father again.
"How could he die...How could he die.."
Legolas did not say anything but he wrapped his arms around me in turn and that was all I needed.
He gave me comfort and it lifted my heart, I felt so weak.
"He loved you very much." He whispered as he slowly let me go. I nodded silently.
"Will you be Okay?" He asked. I nodded again and smiled sadly. There was a part of me that was set free and I could breathe again. I had kept it in me for so long that I thought I might just explode. Maybe that was what made me such an angry person.
"I need to sleep it off. I will be alright though. Thank you."
Kylie's POV
Legolas came into the bathroom and as usual, I did not hear his footsteps. I was soaking myself in the bathtub. I had a feeling he needed it more than I did, judging from the tired smile on his face.
"So, how did it go? I could have sworn I heard screaming." I chuckled as he came to my side and kissed me on my lips.
"Better than I had imagined. She didn't try and dig my eyeballs out." He joked. I raised an eyebrow at him, that was just a weird way to put it.
"Do you have to bring those things into the bathroom? There aren't going to be any orcs here." I laughed as I pointed to his bow and quiver. He laughed as well and removed them. "There better not be any."
He not only removed his weapons but everything he had on himself. He is so beautiful. He still had his long blonde hair.
"Do you have a towel? I seriously need to clean myself." He said. "I can smell myself and it isn't very pleasant."
"Then what do I smell like to you?" I asked, splashing water at him. I wondered what he would wear after cleaning up. We don't have anything male enough in our home for him to wear.
"Lle holma ve' edan...[You smell like a human.]" He said with a smirk and he bent over and kissed me again. "But I like the smell of you, human."
"Then come in here you..you elf." I pulled him into the bathtub gently and when he came in, I showered foam all over him. That led up to a ultimate foam fight. The bathroom floor was incredibly wet and I think the rug might have to enter the dryer later.
"I love you." He said, kissing me and as he did that, tears fell from his eyes. And I kissed them away because his tears were so precious to me.
"Don't leave me ever again..."
I'm sorry, Legolas. I'm sorry you had to wait 7 years to see me again and I knew you would come back. That's why I waited for you. But I have to go...Goodbye.
End of chapter 21
Plasmolysed Cell Membrane: Arghhh.. get ready for the last chapter y'all! I'm so happy its gonna end... I can't take it anymore. I need to study for goodness sakes! Anyways, thank you all, really, for the reviews... and umm..yeah..thanks! As for sequels...hmmm...I'll have to think about that... I'm a real procastinator...
And the name Branwen is actually a Welsh name...and it means beautiful raven. Bu it sounds elvish anyway so...
erm.. the poem thing up there is supposed to be a chinese song which I tried very hard to translate..so if it sounds kinda weird...its just my horrible translation..its supposed to be real beautiful.
This is for dApHy and Crystal snowflakes.