Okally dokally....in this chappie they progress towards Mirkwood. Excuse
me while I find my copy of the hobbit.
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The next day.
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"Aura! Aura, wake up! It's time to go!"
"Gaahhhhhaaaahhh...." I groaned, turning over. The sky was a sullen gray, only lightened slightly in the east by pearly pink streaks.
"Here- eat this on the way- you've got to get dressed, we're leaving in a very short time." Valiane said, pushing a piece of brown bread and a peach into my curled fingers. She laid a pair of brown velvet trousers, a pale lavender silk shirt, and a cream-colored satin cloak on my bed.
I rolled sleepily out of bed. Pulling on my clothes, I tucked my breakfast into my cloak's inside pocket and followed Valiane. I picked up my bow and quiver and walked out of the door.
A quarter of an hour later I had saddled Galon and was leading him out into the courtyard. Legolas was already there, and I could see Valiane talking soothingly to a - well, dumpy- brown mare.
My trunks were on a packhorse, along with the stores for the trip.
The storm-gray mounts of the guards were being led into order. Valiane mounted laboriously and rode to the start of the column. Legolas's best friend and his brunette (I can only hope) fiancée, who we had seen in the garden trotted to their place in front of him.
Great, I thought. Next to Legolas yet again.
I walked Galon slowly to the mounting block. When perched stably in the saddle, I guided my horse into my place next to Legolas.
"Let's go!" cried the lead rider. "Quick trot!"
Our trot only lasted a few moments. Rivendell was situated in a valley, and as anyone who rides horses knows, it is not exactly the smartest thing you can do to trot up a rocky-very rocky- slope. We slowed to a walk and fell to picking our way around boulders.
After riding for more than an hour, and watching Legolas stare into the distance, I noticed my considerable hunger.
I remembered the peach and piece of bread in my cloak pocket. I pulled them out.
"Legolas, do you want some?"
He looked startled, but graciously accepted my offer of bread.
I ate my peach, he ate his bread, and for a time, all was quiet.
"D'you know how long this journey lasts?" I said, a few minutes later.
"When we came, it took about ten days. But we were trotting nearly the entire way. I would guess about two weeks at the speed we're at." He replied, scanning the horizon.
"Are you excited to get home?"
"No- and yes. It'll be nice to know my way around. But," he said continued, dropping his voice to a whisper, " I won't be able to avoid my father."
"Do you have something against your father?"
"No. Thank you for the bread."
I could get no more out of him. As the sun rose, and fell, we rode in silence.
A/N THREE CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY....NOT A RECORD, BUT QUITE CLOSE!!!!! Er...and also, this chapter is DEFINITELY not my best, I have a form of writer's block, and PLEASE NO FLAMES!!!! I LOOOOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!
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The next day.
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"Aura! Aura, wake up! It's time to go!"
"Gaahhhhhaaaahhh...." I groaned, turning over. The sky was a sullen gray, only lightened slightly in the east by pearly pink streaks.
"Here- eat this on the way- you've got to get dressed, we're leaving in a very short time." Valiane said, pushing a piece of brown bread and a peach into my curled fingers. She laid a pair of brown velvet trousers, a pale lavender silk shirt, and a cream-colored satin cloak on my bed.
I rolled sleepily out of bed. Pulling on my clothes, I tucked my breakfast into my cloak's inside pocket and followed Valiane. I picked up my bow and quiver and walked out of the door.
A quarter of an hour later I had saddled Galon and was leading him out into the courtyard. Legolas was already there, and I could see Valiane talking soothingly to a - well, dumpy- brown mare.
My trunks were on a packhorse, along with the stores for the trip.
The storm-gray mounts of the guards were being led into order. Valiane mounted laboriously and rode to the start of the column. Legolas's best friend and his brunette (I can only hope) fiancée, who we had seen in the garden trotted to their place in front of him.
Great, I thought. Next to Legolas yet again.
I walked Galon slowly to the mounting block. When perched stably in the saddle, I guided my horse into my place next to Legolas.
"Let's go!" cried the lead rider. "Quick trot!"
Our trot only lasted a few moments. Rivendell was situated in a valley, and as anyone who rides horses knows, it is not exactly the smartest thing you can do to trot up a rocky-very rocky- slope. We slowed to a walk and fell to picking our way around boulders.
After riding for more than an hour, and watching Legolas stare into the distance, I noticed my considerable hunger.
I remembered the peach and piece of bread in my cloak pocket. I pulled them out.
"Legolas, do you want some?"
He looked startled, but graciously accepted my offer of bread.
I ate my peach, he ate his bread, and for a time, all was quiet.
"D'you know how long this journey lasts?" I said, a few minutes later.
"When we came, it took about ten days. But we were trotting nearly the entire way. I would guess about two weeks at the speed we're at." He replied, scanning the horizon.
"Are you excited to get home?"
"No- and yes. It'll be nice to know my way around. But," he said continued, dropping his voice to a whisper, " I won't be able to avoid my father."
"Do you have something against your father?"
"No. Thank you for the bread."
I could get no more out of him. As the sun rose, and fell, we rode in silence.
A/N THREE CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY....NOT A RECORD, BUT QUITE CLOSE!!!!! Er...and also, this chapter is DEFINITELY not my best, I have a form of writer's block, and PLEASE NO FLAMES!!!! I LOOOOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!