Chapter five
I took the girl with me and we travel hastily to Moria.Gimli would give is a royal welcome,I knew.But my thoughts strayed to Harmonia.How could she had known the details of the last war when she had not lived through it?Might she have hear from folktales and part of her memories remembers that?I was worried for Harmonia.And for the rest of Middle-Earth.
Traveling to the mines of Moria was never an easy task,nor a pleasant one.The sun set unmercifully and the group was forced to make camp. Legolas started a fire and hand out the rations.Harmonia ate quietly by herself as usual.
"So...you have not answer my last question."Harmonia suddenly said.
Legolas looked at her.Again,he wondered how such a beautiful young woman might have been lost alone in the forest where he found her.
"What question?"He asked.
"About your loved ones."She finished simply.
"I have family and friends."
"And a girl?"
He paused.Sylvia's golden blond hair and slivery light blue eyes came into his thoughts. "Yes."
Harmonia looked excited."Really?And you keep it quiet all these times!"
"What...?" She giggled.But to Legolas,it seems kind of forced.
"You never told me about her.What's her name?"
"Sylvia."
She looked thoughtful."What does she look like?"
Legolas figeted.He didn't like the way this conversation is going.
"It does not matter."
"Tell me!"She insisted.
He sighed."She has long golden hair.And very light eyes."
"Very pretty?"
He paused."Well...,sure."
Harmonia smiled."That's nothing to be shy about.You can tell me."
"Me and Sylvia are just friends."
She looked amused."Oh right..."
"I am serious!"
Then Legolas realized she was laughing at him.He calmed down considerably.
"You ask too much,Harmonia."
She shrugged."Its only a common thing to ask."She paused."Unlike you,I do not have a loved one to cling on to."
"Well..."Legolas stammered."Once you get your memory back...,I'm sure..."
"I don't really care anyway!"Harmonia interuppted."I am not into men."
Legolas nodded doubtfully."Sure..."
She frowned."What kind of expression is that,elf?"
He shrugged."The usual kind of expression,I should think."
"Humph~Talking to you is a waste of breath.I am going to sleep."She declared.
Legolas watched her laid down to sleep.Her hair spread around her face and she looked just like an angel. Taken aback by his thoughts,he hastily kill the fire and sleep.
The next morning,Harmonia woke up without having Legolas to wake her.She said it was because she kept having nightmares at night.When Legolas asked about her nightmares,she did not want to say anything.So he didn't probed her further.
"We have quite a bit to travel this morning.Ready?"
"Always."She said.
They moved quickly but effortlessly.The morning breeze was on their side and it made every step seems much lighter.Harmonia occasionally stumble on rocks and Legolas laughed heartily at that.
"I am always tripping."She sighed.
"You are clumsy.Just like my other little friend."He said,smiling.
"I think I'm going to like to meet Gimli."
He was amused."Wait till you see him,Harmonia."
The mines of Moria came into view at mid-day.Legolas told Harmonia about the stories of the last great war and how they,too had come to Moria,only to find it infested with orgs.
"Must have been a trial."She muttered.
"Very dangerous."Legolas agreed."But we did get through it."
"I hope Moria is a much more pleasant place now."She commented.
Legolas shrugged."Well,dwarfs usually do not take kindly to elves.But Gimli is an exception.He would welcome us."
"I am going to see dwarfs! For the first time!"She exclaimed. Again,Legolas was certain she must have seen dwarfs before,only she still cannot remember.How could she have not?If she had lived in Middle-Earth all these times?
"They are short and ugly and dirty."Legolas chuckled."But they are great companions and very loyal friends."
"Are they any fun?"Harmonia asked.
"What do you mean by 'fun'?"
She giggled."You know,do they do dances?Drink ale?"
Legolas paused."Gimli never told me much of his habbits,but I'm sure they do all these stuff." She grinned mischievously."And do elves?"
"Elves do not drink,nor dances."
She frowned."Then what do you do?"
Legolas paused.It was a rather tricky question."We usually just enjoyed others company,together with nature.Or we travel."
"Like what you're doing now?"
He nodded."Yes.Elves are very much in love with nature and we love traveling."
"I do not see other elves about."She said.
He paused.He wasn't sure he want to tell her.That most elves had retreated into the Undying Land.Far from any men,or dwarfs or hobbits. Into a world of immortality.A world of their own...
"Well,sometimes only the younger elves travels."He said.
"You told me you're 3000 years old."
"Yes.And that is considered young,mind you."
She raised her eyebrows.Legolas saw something sarcastic coming from her when the loming mines of Moria came into view.
"We're here."He said,relieved.
"So we are..."Harmonia muttered."Not a very lively place."
Legolas looked around.It was true.He saw no dwarfs scurrying about outside the mines.Could they be all inside?
"Let us just enter.I am sure Gimli is about somewhere."He said.