Long time no se huh? I've had this chapter for a while but I don't think
it came out right so I kept it hidden away, but I thought eh, what the
heck so here it is. Its not exactly a chapter but *shrugs* For those of
you concerned about my doggy she is feeling much better and is only on
half a steroid tablet every day. Anyway, I'm gonna get my but into gear
from now on and stuff. well here ya go. (sorry if there is any mistakes
and stuff. *sheepish look*.
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Usagi took a deep breath and followed the disappearing Legolas. He stopped to wait for her to catch up giving her a reassuring nod. She attempted a light jog but stumbled because of the fluttering skirts. They descended several flights of stairs. The tall elf was hard to follow, he moved so swiftly that Usagi was slightly out of breath by the time they reached ground level. Legolas paused to let Usagi catch up and told her in a hushed voice. "You are about to meet the Lord and Lady of this house. The Lady Galadriel is the holder of the ring Nenya and is one of the wisest and most beautiful of all elves." Usagi's face showed a bewildered look and with a slight tone of weariness at her Legolas concluded their small history lesson by stating simply "I wish you well."
He stepped aside to allow Usagi entrance to the chamber they had arrived at. She hesitated and stuttered a protest. "A-aren't you coming?" "I will follow." Was the only reply she got before he gently pushed her forward. Taking a deep breath and walking extra carefully so she didn't trip and make a fool of her self Usagi entered the room. There were many elves all around her. All dressed in woodland colours with the same colouring as Legolas. They all looked so beautiful and majestic. Like Queen Serenity had, a regal, powerful air was about them all. The two most prominent figures stood away from the rest, slightly higher at the bottom of a flight of steps. They were unusually tall. The woman elf it seemed radiated light, she almost glowed. As the focus seemed to be split between these characters and herself Usagi made her way to them. The lady; Galadriel it must have been, was smiling at her softly and as Usagi paused in her progress towards them Galadriel's eyes seemed to bore into her own eating a path deep into Usagi's mind.
Usagi started as she heard Galadriel's voice inside her head. It was a strange feeling, she could dimly hear Galadriel speaking to the rest of the gathered people, aloud she heard Legolas' name called and was aware of his presence by her side, slightly behind her. But at the same time she could hear a strong yet kindly and misty voice inside her head. Trying to listen to both at once was too confusing and Usagi soon found her self being forced to listen to the voice in her head alone.
"Child, you are most welcome here. There is much you could learn here. Do not be so quick to dismiss this world, you seem to hate it, yet I sense inside you that is an emotion you are perhaps not capable of, do not treat this as a nightmare to be fought out of. You hold great secrets with in you, such that I have never seen from one of your kind. But alas, it has been so long. Perhaps you will find what you seek, after all, all is not lost while you keep hope. Go with the remaining fellowship, for soon a new day dawns and a great battle looms. In which your friends will need your help."
Usagi was suddenly alone with her thoughts once more. She could hear a hushed buzz of chatter and could feel the stares coming her way. The comforting feel of Legolas at her side made her feel protected and some how reassured. Galadriel was speaking to the gathered elves now, saying something about a 'precious gift' and 'respect'. Usagi was still slightly dazed and was glad when she heard Legolas whisper something in her ear. It was then that she remembered with a jolt the rest of the fellowship. Becoming suddenly anxious for their safety; she asked where they were and was led away to see them by an appointed smitten elf. Legolas was left to trail behind.
Usagi found that as soon as she came into view of the rest of the fellowship she was accosted by an excited Merry and Pippin. They rushed up to her enthusiastically, nearly bowling over the elf that had shown Usagi to where they were. She laughed and bent down to hug both of them, Pippin turned red, he was still a young hobbit so being hugged by someone who had turned out to be some sort of celestial being who had the elves all a- fluster was quite embarrassing for him. Usagi stood up grinning and awkwardly shook Gimli's hand. The dwarf looked grim for a moment then took her hand firmly into both of his and gave her his best attempt at a smile. She stood fully and turned to Aragorn grasping him in an clumsy hug. It was nice to have someone of normal height around. Despite Usagi's shortness of stature.
The atmosphere was rather strained for a while, with a few coughs all around. Usagi felt she should say something about what had happened and so too did the men around her. It took the ever tactful Pippin to break the silence and return the atmosphere to a somewhat normal one by asking "So, you're not... mad anymore." Legolas tried to interject, reprimanding Pippin on the way to treat a Lady of such stature. But Usagi stopped him with a smile and a small laugh. "I guess not, Pippin. Although the way a certain elf is treating me you'd think I was made of glass." This in sinuous remark made the elf in question look at the ground in shame and the hobbits to laugh at their friends reaction.
"Sorry, about the whole madness thing. It was just like that time I got drunk and called someone a cream cake."
Usagi added thoughtfully, going off into her own ditzy world. The hobbits and Gimli laughed whilst Legolas looked grim. Aragorn gave Usagi a questioning look.
"Is that a way for a Princess of a legendary kingdom to behave I wonder." Usagi was startled and stammered out her response.
"How- I mean, who- wha- No. I'm not a... Princess." Usagi again found herself wishing she could sweat-drop.
"At ease Usagi. I was merely jesting."
"Oh, I knew that, I mean me too." Usagi tried to recover unsuccessfully as Pippin's next remark was to prove.
"So you are a Princess." Usagi looked at Legolas with a pained expression, knowing that if she did her best puppy-dog expression he'd come to her rescue.
"I'm sure Usagi is tired young hobbits, perhaps we should leave her to rest." Legolas shooed the hobbits away, himself and Gimli following. Aragorn gave a small smile and got up to leave.
"Aragorn." Usagi called after him. "Could you.. I mean I wouldn't mind if you stayed. You know if you want, its just it, it would be nice to have some company that I'm- used to." She finished lamely. Not all that sure why she would want him to stay except for the fact that Usagi was always surrounded by people who loved her, and who she loved, people she didn't have to try and figure out, or worry about offending, and with the exception of her daughter who she hadn't seen for a while she didn't have to look down on them. Part of her would always seek out human comfort and conversation. Aragorn nodded brusquely at her and sat by her side.
They sat in companionable silence for a few minutes before Usagi felt it would soon become an awkward silence and spoke what was on her mind.
"So, nice place the elves have got here, huh?" Aragorn was startled by her unusual question, but answered with his usual good grace.
"It is indeed remarkable. Though they have lived for so long we could expect nothing less."
Usagi sighed.
"You know that I don't belong here don't you." She said becoming suddenly cryptic. Aragorn studied her carefully but did not answer.
Usagi could feel tears building in her eyes and a lump in her throat. She sighed again, biting down on her sadness by biting her lip.
"Where are we Aragorn, what's happened to this World. Is this why." She paused choosing her words carefully. "We aren't allowed on Earth. I never knew things like that, what did you call it, Orcs, Uruk-Hai, all of it. I never knew they existed. That they could do- what they did to me." Aragorn remained quiet not knowing how to behave around her.
Usagi continued in a quiet voice, barely speaking to Aragorn anymore but looking up every now and again to see if he was still there, still listening and offering his silent support.
"It was as though I was trapped in my own memories. But they didn't have the happy endings I know they will have. I should be at home, in bed. Not abandoned here, away from Mamo-chan and the others. Now you probably think I've gone mad again. But I wasn't mad, I was still here. I've seen mad people, and I was able to heal them all. Every single one of them, but who will help me."
Aragorn ventured to interupt. "The elves helped you, Legolas especially, were it not for him you would still be there."
Usagi gave a near hysterical laugh. "Legolas. Yeah, he helped, he'll do it again, in a heartbeat. Story of my life. Do you know how many people have died for me brave Aragorn. Way too many. That's what most of my memories are, but I saved them all, again and again. I'm not boasting I hope you understand. Do you think if an evil thing touches me it can implant things in my head?" Usagi stopped to think, drawing some painful memory from a nearly suppressed source. "Burning... Ice, they're calling for me to return, to save them again, to save them all. The world needs me, my world. That's what the madness told me, but I don't know how to get back. I can't stay here, Aragorn, I can't."
Usagi broke down into strangled sobs, trying her hardest not to cry, something she badly needed to do.
"If you wish to return to the moon you could." But in truth Aragorn didn't have an answer to her dilemma, he had other things on his mind at the time and helping a lost girl return home was not high on his list of priorities
"You know love Aragorn. I can see it, don't look so shocked, you have a soul mate. Some one who you belong to, so do I, so we can relate. This Galadriel lady told me some things. She seems to be pretty prophetic so I'm gonna do what she says. You take me with you where ever it is that you're going and maybe then I can get home. I know there will be a battle, but I can help, I can." Aragorn did not know why but it seemed to him a new light shone in Usagi's eyes and it was all he could do to nod and hold her close while she finally gave into the tears that had been threatening through out her passionate speech.
Well there you go, may I just be the first to say blerg, I may take this chapter down and re write it or something I just wanted to get some more of it up before you all forget about 'my father' - next chapter, Usagi is reunited with her estranged father, lol.
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Usagi took a deep breath and followed the disappearing Legolas. He stopped to wait for her to catch up giving her a reassuring nod. She attempted a light jog but stumbled because of the fluttering skirts. They descended several flights of stairs. The tall elf was hard to follow, he moved so swiftly that Usagi was slightly out of breath by the time they reached ground level. Legolas paused to let Usagi catch up and told her in a hushed voice. "You are about to meet the Lord and Lady of this house. The Lady Galadriel is the holder of the ring Nenya and is one of the wisest and most beautiful of all elves." Usagi's face showed a bewildered look and with a slight tone of weariness at her Legolas concluded their small history lesson by stating simply "I wish you well."
He stepped aside to allow Usagi entrance to the chamber they had arrived at. She hesitated and stuttered a protest. "A-aren't you coming?" "I will follow." Was the only reply she got before he gently pushed her forward. Taking a deep breath and walking extra carefully so she didn't trip and make a fool of her self Usagi entered the room. There were many elves all around her. All dressed in woodland colours with the same colouring as Legolas. They all looked so beautiful and majestic. Like Queen Serenity had, a regal, powerful air was about them all. The two most prominent figures stood away from the rest, slightly higher at the bottom of a flight of steps. They were unusually tall. The woman elf it seemed radiated light, she almost glowed. As the focus seemed to be split between these characters and herself Usagi made her way to them. The lady; Galadriel it must have been, was smiling at her softly and as Usagi paused in her progress towards them Galadriel's eyes seemed to bore into her own eating a path deep into Usagi's mind.
Usagi started as she heard Galadriel's voice inside her head. It was a strange feeling, she could dimly hear Galadriel speaking to the rest of the gathered people, aloud she heard Legolas' name called and was aware of his presence by her side, slightly behind her. But at the same time she could hear a strong yet kindly and misty voice inside her head. Trying to listen to both at once was too confusing and Usagi soon found her self being forced to listen to the voice in her head alone.
"Child, you are most welcome here. There is much you could learn here. Do not be so quick to dismiss this world, you seem to hate it, yet I sense inside you that is an emotion you are perhaps not capable of, do not treat this as a nightmare to be fought out of. You hold great secrets with in you, such that I have never seen from one of your kind. But alas, it has been so long. Perhaps you will find what you seek, after all, all is not lost while you keep hope. Go with the remaining fellowship, for soon a new day dawns and a great battle looms. In which your friends will need your help."
Usagi was suddenly alone with her thoughts once more. She could hear a hushed buzz of chatter and could feel the stares coming her way. The comforting feel of Legolas at her side made her feel protected and some how reassured. Galadriel was speaking to the gathered elves now, saying something about a 'precious gift' and 'respect'. Usagi was still slightly dazed and was glad when she heard Legolas whisper something in her ear. It was then that she remembered with a jolt the rest of the fellowship. Becoming suddenly anxious for their safety; she asked where they were and was led away to see them by an appointed smitten elf. Legolas was left to trail behind.
Usagi found that as soon as she came into view of the rest of the fellowship she was accosted by an excited Merry and Pippin. They rushed up to her enthusiastically, nearly bowling over the elf that had shown Usagi to where they were. She laughed and bent down to hug both of them, Pippin turned red, he was still a young hobbit so being hugged by someone who had turned out to be some sort of celestial being who had the elves all a- fluster was quite embarrassing for him. Usagi stood up grinning and awkwardly shook Gimli's hand. The dwarf looked grim for a moment then took her hand firmly into both of his and gave her his best attempt at a smile. She stood fully and turned to Aragorn grasping him in an clumsy hug. It was nice to have someone of normal height around. Despite Usagi's shortness of stature.
The atmosphere was rather strained for a while, with a few coughs all around. Usagi felt she should say something about what had happened and so too did the men around her. It took the ever tactful Pippin to break the silence and return the atmosphere to a somewhat normal one by asking "So, you're not... mad anymore." Legolas tried to interject, reprimanding Pippin on the way to treat a Lady of such stature. But Usagi stopped him with a smile and a small laugh. "I guess not, Pippin. Although the way a certain elf is treating me you'd think I was made of glass." This in sinuous remark made the elf in question look at the ground in shame and the hobbits to laugh at their friends reaction.
"Sorry, about the whole madness thing. It was just like that time I got drunk and called someone a cream cake."
Usagi added thoughtfully, going off into her own ditzy world. The hobbits and Gimli laughed whilst Legolas looked grim. Aragorn gave Usagi a questioning look.
"Is that a way for a Princess of a legendary kingdom to behave I wonder." Usagi was startled and stammered out her response.
"How- I mean, who- wha- No. I'm not a... Princess." Usagi again found herself wishing she could sweat-drop.
"At ease Usagi. I was merely jesting."
"Oh, I knew that, I mean me too." Usagi tried to recover unsuccessfully as Pippin's next remark was to prove.
"So you are a Princess." Usagi looked at Legolas with a pained expression, knowing that if she did her best puppy-dog expression he'd come to her rescue.
"I'm sure Usagi is tired young hobbits, perhaps we should leave her to rest." Legolas shooed the hobbits away, himself and Gimli following. Aragorn gave a small smile and got up to leave.
"Aragorn." Usagi called after him. "Could you.. I mean I wouldn't mind if you stayed. You know if you want, its just it, it would be nice to have some company that I'm- used to." She finished lamely. Not all that sure why she would want him to stay except for the fact that Usagi was always surrounded by people who loved her, and who she loved, people she didn't have to try and figure out, or worry about offending, and with the exception of her daughter who she hadn't seen for a while she didn't have to look down on them. Part of her would always seek out human comfort and conversation. Aragorn nodded brusquely at her and sat by her side.
They sat in companionable silence for a few minutes before Usagi felt it would soon become an awkward silence and spoke what was on her mind.
"So, nice place the elves have got here, huh?" Aragorn was startled by her unusual question, but answered with his usual good grace.
"It is indeed remarkable. Though they have lived for so long we could expect nothing less."
Usagi sighed.
"You know that I don't belong here don't you." She said becoming suddenly cryptic. Aragorn studied her carefully but did not answer.
Usagi could feel tears building in her eyes and a lump in her throat. She sighed again, biting down on her sadness by biting her lip.
"Where are we Aragorn, what's happened to this World. Is this why." She paused choosing her words carefully. "We aren't allowed on Earth. I never knew things like that, what did you call it, Orcs, Uruk-Hai, all of it. I never knew they existed. That they could do- what they did to me." Aragorn remained quiet not knowing how to behave around her.
Usagi continued in a quiet voice, barely speaking to Aragorn anymore but looking up every now and again to see if he was still there, still listening and offering his silent support.
"It was as though I was trapped in my own memories. But they didn't have the happy endings I know they will have. I should be at home, in bed. Not abandoned here, away from Mamo-chan and the others. Now you probably think I've gone mad again. But I wasn't mad, I was still here. I've seen mad people, and I was able to heal them all. Every single one of them, but who will help me."
Aragorn ventured to interupt. "The elves helped you, Legolas especially, were it not for him you would still be there."
Usagi gave a near hysterical laugh. "Legolas. Yeah, he helped, he'll do it again, in a heartbeat. Story of my life. Do you know how many people have died for me brave Aragorn. Way too many. That's what most of my memories are, but I saved them all, again and again. I'm not boasting I hope you understand. Do you think if an evil thing touches me it can implant things in my head?" Usagi stopped to think, drawing some painful memory from a nearly suppressed source. "Burning... Ice, they're calling for me to return, to save them again, to save them all. The world needs me, my world. That's what the madness told me, but I don't know how to get back. I can't stay here, Aragorn, I can't."
Usagi broke down into strangled sobs, trying her hardest not to cry, something she badly needed to do.
"If you wish to return to the moon you could." But in truth Aragorn didn't have an answer to her dilemma, he had other things on his mind at the time and helping a lost girl return home was not high on his list of priorities
"You know love Aragorn. I can see it, don't look so shocked, you have a soul mate. Some one who you belong to, so do I, so we can relate. This Galadriel lady told me some things. She seems to be pretty prophetic so I'm gonna do what she says. You take me with you where ever it is that you're going and maybe then I can get home. I know there will be a battle, but I can help, I can." Aragorn did not know why but it seemed to him a new light shone in Usagi's eyes and it was all he could do to nod and hold her close while she finally gave into the tears that had been threatening through out her passionate speech.
Well there you go, may I just be the first to say blerg, I may take this chapter down and re write it or something I just wanted to get some more of it up before you all forget about 'my father' - next chapter, Usagi is reunited with her estranged father, lol.
