As they were coming upon the citadel, Legolas and Lillyana came upon
Lilly's sister Arwen, who was singing merrily to herself.
"Cormamin lindua ele lle", Lillyana called as she went over to meet her.
"Vedui", she answered jogging up to meet them.
"Where are you off to?" Lillyana inquired seeing Arwen humming and smiling
as she came over to meet them.
"I am off to see Aragorn," she said with a hint of a smile.
"Well we won't keep you," Legolas answered with a twinkle in his eyes.
As she walked off Legolas and Lillyana continued on foot to the palace,
talking merrily as they went along. They had the palace in sight, but were
still a ways off so they whistled for their horses. Legolas' horse, Arod
was the highest breed in Mirkwood. His coat was the color of a pale moonlit
night and his mane shimmered like stardust. His eyes were the brightest of
blue and twinkled as they came to rest upon Legolas.
Lilly's horse Shadowfox was a silvery kind of gray that gleamed in the
bright sunshine and his mane ands tail were pure white with wisps of silver
entwined in them. His eyes were a sparkling forest green. His tail whipped
through the air and caught the little flowers that were falling from the
trees.
Legolas and Lillyana sprang lightly upon Shadowfox and Arod. "Legolas since we have time to spare let us go ride and I will show you the layout of our kingdom", Lillyana said. "That would be a great honor Lady Lillyana" Legolas answered. So they rode through Rivendell's most scenic paths, while going along she told Legolas about the land that she had known all her life.
When they finally disembarked it was an hour before Lilly's birthday celebration. She was quickly escorted to her room where she would change into her robe for the celebration.
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The gown that she wore that night was a royal emerald green with a trimming of that of the softest green. Also with that she her mother's necklace, the necklace that she received when she turned 2,000. That was Lilly's most cherished possession that she owned. The last accessory she would wear that night was the headpiece, the sign of a royal among the people of Rivendell.
As Lilly walked out of her room she meat Legolas in the corridor. His attire was a pale white with a light baby blue trimming and he also wore a headpiece much like Lillyana's but his was that of Mirkwood. "Lady Lillyana", he said bowing slightly at the waist. "Prince Legolas" she answered returning the bowed. When they turned to go towards the celebration they took each other's arm and slowly sauntered down the corridor toward the celebration.
As the procession entered the hall Lilly's father and others including Arwen and Aragorn, Frodo, Pippin, Merry, Gandalf, Sam, and Gimli took up a shout. Once they had quieted down the feast began. That night they had the most spectacular time. Gandalf brought his fireworks and set them off, Lilly even got to set some off herself. The funniest event of the night was when Merry and Pippin took on of the fireworks that Gandalf was saving for the grand finally. And set it off in one of the tents. When Gandalf found out about it he made them promise to help with the cleanup that night. All in all Lilly's birthday was the best she had, had in a long time.
Legolas and Lillyana sprang lightly upon Shadowfox and Arod. "Legolas since we have time to spare let us go ride and I will show you the layout of our kingdom", Lillyana said. "That would be a great honor Lady Lillyana" Legolas answered. So they rode through Rivendell's most scenic paths, while going along she told Legolas about the land that she had known all her life.
When they finally disembarked it was an hour before Lilly's birthday celebration. She was quickly escorted to her room where she would change into her robe for the celebration.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The gown that she wore that night was a royal emerald green with a trimming of that of the softest green. Also with that she her mother's necklace, the necklace that she received when she turned 2,000. That was Lilly's most cherished possession that she owned. The last accessory she would wear that night was the headpiece, the sign of a royal among the people of Rivendell.
As Lilly walked out of her room she meat Legolas in the corridor. His attire was a pale white with a light baby blue trimming and he also wore a headpiece much like Lillyana's but his was that of Mirkwood. "Lady Lillyana", he said bowing slightly at the waist. "Prince Legolas" she answered returning the bowed. When they turned to go towards the celebration they took each other's arm and slowly sauntered down the corridor toward the celebration.
As the procession entered the hall Lilly's father and others including Arwen and Aragorn, Frodo, Pippin, Merry, Gandalf, Sam, and Gimli took up a shout. Once they had quieted down the feast began. That night they had the most spectacular time. Gandalf brought his fireworks and set them off, Lilly even got to set some off herself. The funniest event of the night was when Merry and Pippin took on of the fireworks that Gandalf was saving for the grand finally. And set it off in one of the tents. When Gandalf found out about it he made them promise to help with the cleanup that night. All in all Lilly's birthday was the best she had, had in a long time.
