Love Never Expected (7/?)
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and I do not intend to use them
as my own.
Chapter 7: Traveling to the Highlands
Fleur awoke early the next morning. She felt stiff from the night before, but decided to go check up on how Legolas was doing.
She quickly got changed and quietly slipped out of her room. Legolas' bedroom chamber wasn't too far from her own. She got there quickly. She opened the door and peeked inside.
Legolas lie on his bed, his bed sheets neatly surrounding his body.
Fleur crept into his room and made her way towards Legolas. 'He looks so innocent.' Fleur thought, looking at his face. Before she knew what she was doing Fleur knelt down beside him and gently kissed him once again.
When she withdrew from her kiss she looked back at blue eyes, almost identical to her own.
Legolas smiled. "Good morning. Are you feeling alright?" Fleur laughed. "Why wouldn't I be?" Legolas smiled further. "I thought that maybe you got hurt last night from fighting the succubus." Fleur shook her head. "Yeah, I'm all right. Speaking of the succubus, what are we going to do about saving Gabrielle? She said they took her to the Highlands. That's Voldemort's territory." Fleur said, worry evident in her voice.
Legolas sighed. "Then we'll have to go on a little 'trip' together and with the fake Gabrielle to keep her away from here." Fleur looked toward the door. "Wasn't the succubus the fake Gabrielle?"
Legolas sat up in his bed. "I doubt it. I've read that succubus' can't be in sunlight. It kills them. It must be working with the fake Gabrielle. That's how it got into your father's office. The fake Gabrielle must have let her in."
Fleur considered this. She had forgotten that succubus' couldn't be in sunlight. "Then if the succubus wasn't the fake Gabrielle, who is the fake Gabrielle?"
Legolas got up. "I don't know. That's what we have to find out. That and who he's working for or with."
Fleur blushed. Legolas was wearing a silver shirt and pants. This was the first time she had seen him in bedclothes. She let a small grin pass her lips. 'No, why am I thinking that?' Fleur looked away.
Fleur walked to the door. "I think I'll go back to my room to change. I'll meet you at breakfast."
Legolas nodded. "Then I shall see you shortly." Fleur nodded back in response. Fleur exited the room and proceeded to her own where she bathed and changed for breakfast.
She met Legolas at the main staircase. He had changed into his usual attire, leather pants, silver and green shirts, silver belt, boots and cape. He bowed down before her and took her arm in his own. They walked to the dinning room and were greeted by Fleur's father.
"Well, it looks like the new couple is doing quite well. Care to join us for breakfast? Or do you two have some private matters to attend to?" Fleur's father said aloud. Fleur felt embarrassed by her father's comment. She knew exactly what he meant by 'private matters' and it disgusted her. Did he really think that she was like that?
Fleur and Legolas seated themselves at the table. Both noticed a Gabrielle sitting next to Fleur's mother. Fleur and Legolas locked gazes. They both knew that they would have to tell Fleur's parents about going on a 'trip' with Gabrielle. Fleur's father who had been watching interrupted them.
"Is there something the two of you would like to tell us?" Philippe asked raising an eyebrow.
Legolas looked at Philippe. "As a matter of fact, Fleur and I have thought about going on a trip across Europe together and we thought it might be an enriching experience for Gabrielle if she came along." Legolas stated.
Philippe gave a hardy laugh. "Well, I think that is a wonderful idea! I'm sure Gabrielle would love to come, wouldn't you, Gabrielle?" At first Gabrielle looked hesitant.
"Sure. I would love to come with you." The fake Gabrielle said cheerfully. "Then it's settled. When will you be leaving on your trip?" Philippe asked. Fleur and Legolas looked at each other.
"We wanted to leave as soon as possible, before school starts for Gabrielle." Fleur answered. She looked at Legolas and saw that he approved of her answer. She then looked at her parents who were beaming at her and Legolas.
Celine screeched. "It's so nice to see you and Legolas together!" Fleur knew how badly her mother wanted her to get married, she was just trying to do what she felt was right for her daughter, but Fleur sometimes felt that her mother was trying to hard and forgetting what she wanted.
Fleur sighed. Knowing how her mother was, right after the wedding, she'd be talking about grandchildren.
After breakfast Fleur and Legolas met once again in the library, which they had made their unofficial meeting place in the Delacour mansion.
"If we are to leave soon we should start packing. I was wondering, how are we going to travel there? I'm unfamiliar with this world's way of traveling." Legolas asked Fleur.
Fleur was at the bookshelves, looking for information and history on the Highlands. "We should pack tonight. We can go by Floo Powder. We can leave as early as tomorrow morning which would probably be better."
Legolas nodded. "Fleur, what's Floo Powder?" Fleur couldn't help letting out a small giggle. She had forgotten that Legolas came from another world and didn't know much about this world. She turned to Legolas who had a confused expression on his face. "It's kind of difficult to explain. It's a powder that you throw into the fireplace, say the name of the place you want to go and when you step into the fireplace it sends you there."
Legolas nodded and seemed to understand. 'I've got a lot to teach him.' Fleur thought, smiling.
She looked back at the bookshelf she was going through. Fleur wanted to leave tonight but she needed to review information on the Highlands before leaving to be ready in case anything happened.
Fleur had researched that the Highlands the succubus had mentioned were located in Scotland. She didn't want her or Legolas noticed all that much. She knew that they would be noticed enough, you almost never saw a veela in Scotland and she was sure that elves like Legolas were rarely seen anywhere for that matter. She had never even seen an elf like Legolas until they had met.
Fleur looked back at the table where Legolas was sitting. Only, he wasn't there.
"What have you found about the Highlands? Do you think we'll be noticed?" came a voice from behind her. Fleur would have jumped if she hadn't recognized the voice right away. She sighed and turned to find Legolas peering over her shoulder.
"The Highlands are located in Scotland. And yes, I think some people will notice us since it's not everyday that you see a veela hanging around with an unknown species of elf that they've never seen before. We have to at try to fit in."
Legolas chuckled, "Where I come from if the people saw a veela they wouldn't know what it was." Fleur turned to Legolas. "Then how did your father know about my family?" Legolas looked up from the book Fleur held. "My father used to travel to this world often. He had met your father and they became friends. Both came from powerful families and decided that when you finished school they would have us married."
Legolas walked back to the table and started reading from one of the books Fleur had selected.
The next morning Fleur woke early the next morning. She quickly bathed and dressed to meet Legolas downstairs with her luggage at hand.
"Are you ready, Fleur?" Legolas had awaited her at the base of the stairs as she came down to meet him. She smiled at him. "Didn't you sleep at all last night?" Fleur asked. She wondered how Legolas got up so early. "Actually, no. I stayed up all night packing for our trip." Fleur was a bit taken back. "What did you pack that took you all night?" Legolas led her to his trunk and opened it.
Fleur's eyes went wide open as she looked at the trunk's contents. Inside the trunk were varieties of swords, bows, arrows, long knives, short knives, shields and body armor. Fleur looked at Legolas. "That's a lot." Legolas slowly closed the trunk. "If we're going to fight against Dark Wizards and possibly creatures that they have hired to fight for them, we are going to need to be ready." Fleur nodded. 'Who knows what we'll be up against.' Fleur thought.
"You two ready to leave?" A voice from behind them called. Both turned to find 'Gabrielle' a few feet away from them with her luggage. Fleur shivered at the resemblance the fake Gabrielle had to the real one. Only her eyes were different from Gabrielle.
Legolas was the one to answer her question. "Yes, we were just waiting for you to arrive." Gabrielle gave him a smile.
They all walked into the living room where they found Fleur's parents waiting for them at the fireplace with the Floo Powder ready for them to use.
"Ah, I'm proud to see all of you ready and prepared for the trip!" Philippe walked up to greet them. He led them to the large, marble fireplace located on the north side of the room.
Next to the fireplace was a small, round table and on top of that was a small white bowl filled with gray soot. Fleur stepped forward and grabbed a fist full of soot and turned toward Legolas. "Traveling by Floo Powder isn't very hard. The only thing you need to really do is say the place you're going right. Just watch me."
Fleur turned to the fireplace and threw the soot into the fireplace. Immediately green flame sprang where the soot had fallen. "Scotland!" Fleur yelled into the flames, then she stepped through them, grabbing her luggage, and vanished.
Legolas just stood there starring where Fleur had stood. He had seen a lot of things happen before in his life, but nothing like this before. Legolas stepped forward and grabbed some soot and threw it into the fireplace. Once again green flames sprang from where the soot landed. "Scotland!" Legolas shouted. He stepped into the fire and immediately felt a sickening rush pass his body. Legolas' eyes involuntarily closed. When the rushed stopped he opened his eyes.
He was in a dark small room with an opening on one wall. Suddenly a head poked out from the opening. "Are you alright? The first time is always hard." Legolas realized it was Fleur and followed her voice to the outside.
They were in a hotel lobby. Legolas looked around and noticed that it was a wizarding hotel. Fleur grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the way. " 'Gabrielle' might come through any moment and you might get hit." Legolas quickly followed her to the other side of the fireplace.
Just at that moment Legolas heard a sound like a swirling wind. When it stopped 'Gabrielle' popped her head out of the opening and stepped out. She looked around. "So. Is this where we're staying?"
Fleur gave her a small 'as a matter a fact' smile and narrowed her eyes. "Yes, we will be staying here. It's called The Isles of Glencoe; it's very popular around here. One of the best hotels around."
They quickly dropped their things off at the rooms that had been reserved for them and headed for the outside world.
Author Note: Sorry I took so long, well, chapter 7 is up and I hope you like it. I will write again soon.
Chapter 7: Traveling to the Highlands
Fleur awoke early the next morning. She felt stiff from the night before, but decided to go check up on how Legolas was doing.
She quickly got changed and quietly slipped out of her room. Legolas' bedroom chamber wasn't too far from her own. She got there quickly. She opened the door and peeked inside.
Legolas lie on his bed, his bed sheets neatly surrounding his body.
Fleur crept into his room and made her way towards Legolas. 'He looks so innocent.' Fleur thought, looking at his face. Before she knew what she was doing Fleur knelt down beside him and gently kissed him once again.
When she withdrew from her kiss she looked back at blue eyes, almost identical to her own.
Legolas smiled. "Good morning. Are you feeling alright?" Fleur laughed. "Why wouldn't I be?" Legolas smiled further. "I thought that maybe you got hurt last night from fighting the succubus." Fleur shook her head. "Yeah, I'm all right. Speaking of the succubus, what are we going to do about saving Gabrielle? She said they took her to the Highlands. That's Voldemort's territory." Fleur said, worry evident in her voice.
Legolas sighed. "Then we'll have to go on a little 'trip' together and with the fake Gabrielle to keep her away from here." Fleur looked toward the door. "Wasn't the succubus the fake Gabrielle?"
Legolas sat up in his bed. "I doubt it. I've read that succubus' can't be in sunlight. It kills them. It must be working with the fake Gabrielle. That's how it got into your father's office. The fake Gabrielle must have let her in."
Fleur considered this. She had forgotten that succubus' couldn't be in sunlight. "Then if the succubus wasn't the fake Gabrielle, who is the fake Gabrielle?"
Legolas got up. "I don't know. That's what we have to find out. That and who he's working for or with."
Fleur blushed. Legolas was wearing a silver shirt and pants. This was the first time she had seen him in bedclothes. She let a small grin pass her lips. 'No, why am I thinking that?' Fleur looked away.
Fleur walked to the door. "I think I'll go back to my room to change. I'll meet you at breakfast."
Legolas nodded. "Then I shall see you shortly." Fleur nodded back in response. Fleur exited the room and proceeded to her own where she bathed and changed for breakfast.
She met Legolas at the main staircase. He had changed into his usual attire, leather pants, silver and green shirts, silver belt, boots and cape. He bowed down before her and took her arm in his own. They walked to the dinning room and were greeted by Fleur's father.
"Well, it looks like the new couple is doing quite well. Care to join us for breakfast? Or do you two have some private matters to attend to?" Fleur's father said aloud. Fleur felt embarrassed by her father's comment. She knew exactly what he meant by 'private matters' and it disgusted her. Did he really think that she was like that?
Fleur and Legolas seated themselves at the table. Both noticed a Gabrielle sitting next to Fleur's mother. Fleur and Legolas locked gazes. They both knew that they would have to tell Fleur's parents about going on a 'trip' with Gabrielle. Fleur's father who had been watching interrupted them.
"Is there something the two of you would like to tell us?" Philippe asked raising an eyebrow.
Legolas looked at Philippe. "As a matter of fact, Fleur and I have thought about going on a trip across Europe together and we thought it might be an enriching experience for Gabrielle if she came along." Legolas stated.
Philippe gave a hardy laugh. "Well, I think that is a wonderful idea! I'm sure Gabrielle would love to come, wouldn't you, Gabrielle?" At first Gabrielle looked hesitant.
"Sure. I would love to come with you." The fake Gabrielle said cheerfully. "Then it's settled. When will you be leaving on your trip?" Philippe asked. Fleur and Legolas looked at each other.
"We wanted to leave as soon as possible, before school starts for Gabrielle." Fleur answered. She looked at Legolas and saw that he approved of her answer. She then looked at her parents who were beaming at her and Legolas.
Celine screeched. "It's so nice to see you and Legolas together!" Fleur knew how badly her mother wanted her to get married, she was just trying to do what she felt was right for her daughter, but Fleur sometimes felt that her mother was trying to hard and forgetting what she wanted.
Fleur sighed. Knowing how her mother was, right after the wedding, she'd be talking about grandchildren.
After breakfast Fleur and Legolas met once again in the library, which they had made their unofficial meeting place in the Delacour mansion.
"If we are to leave soon we should start packing. I was wondering, how are we going to travel there? I'm unfamiliar with this world's way of traveling." Legolas asked Fleur.
Fleur was at the bookshelves, looking for information and history on the Highlands. "We should pack tonight. We can go by Floo Powder. We can leave as early as tomorrow morning which would probably be better."
Legolas nodded. "Fleur, what's Floo Powder?" Fleur couldn't help letting out a small giggle. She had forgotten that Legolas came from another world and didn't know much about this world. She turned to Legolas who had a confused expression on his face. "It's kind of difficult to explain. It's a powder that you throw into the fireplace, say the name of the place you want to go and when you step into the fireplace it sends you there."
Legolas nodded and seemed to understand. 'I've got a lot to teach him.' Fleur thought, smiling.
She looked back at the bookshelf she was going through. Fleur wanted to leave tonight but she needed to review information on the Highlands before leaving to be ready in case anything happened.
Fleur had researched that the Highlands the succubus had mentioned were located in Scotland. She didn't want her or Legolas noticed all that much. She knew that they would be noticed enough, you almost never saw a veela in Scotland and she was sure that elves like Legolas were rarely seen anywhere for that matter. She had never even seen an elf like Legolas until they had met.
Fleur looked back at the table where Legolas was sitting. Only, he wasn't there.
"What have you found about the Highlands? Do you think we'll be noticed?" came a voice from behind her. Fleur would have jumped if she hadn't recognized the voice right away. She sighed and turned to find Legolas peering over her shoulder.
"The Highlands are located in Scotland. And yes, I think some people will notice us since it's not everyday that you see a veela hanging around with an unknown species of elf that they've never seen before. We have to at try to fit in."
Legolas chuckled, "Where I come from if the people saw a veela they wouldn't know what it was." Fleur turned to Legolas. "Then how did your father know about my family?" Legolas looked up from the book Fleur held. "My father used to travel to this world often. He had met your father and they became friends. Both came from powerful families and decided that when you finished school they would have us married."
Legolas walked back to the table and started reading from one of the books Fleur had selected.
The next morning Fleur woke early the next morning. She quickly bathed and dressed to meet Legolas downstairs with her luggage at hand.
"Are you ready, Fleur?" Legolas had awaited her at the base of the stairs as she came down to meet him. She smiled at him. "Didn't you sleep at all last night?" Fleur asked. She wondered how Legolas got up so early. "Actually, no. I stayed up all night packing for our trip." Fleur was a bit taken back. "What did you pack that took you all night?" Legolas led her to his trunk and opened it.
Fleur's eyes went wide open as she looked at the trunk's contents. Inside the trunk were varieties of swords, bows, arrows, long knives, short knives, shields and body armor. Fleur looked at Legolas. "That's a lot." Legolas slowly closed the trunk. "If we're going to fight against Dark Wizards and possibly creatures that they have hired to fight for them, we are going to need to be ready." Fleur nodded. 'Who knows what we'll be up against.' Fleur thought.
"You two ready to leave?" A voice from behind them called. Both turned to find 'Gabrielle' a few feet away from them with her luggage. Fleur shivered at the resemblance the fake Gabrielle had to the real one. Only her eyes were different from Gabrielle.
Legolas was the one to answer her question. "Yes, we were just waiting for you to arrive." Gabrielle gave him a smile.
They all walked into the living room where they found Fleur's parents waiting for them at the fireplace with the Floo Powder ready for them to use.
"Ah, I'm proud to see all of you ready and prepared for the trip!" Philippe walked up to greet them. He led them to the large, marble fireplace located on the north side of the room.
Next to the fireplace was a small, round table and on top of that was a small white bowl filled with gray soot. Fleur stepped forward and grabbed a fist full of soot and turned toward Legolas. "Traveling by Floo Powder isn't very hard. The only thing you need to really do is say the place you're going right. Just watch me."
Fleur turned to the fireplace and threw the soot into the fireplace. Immediately green flame sprang where the soot had fallen. "Scotland!" Fleur yelled into the flames, then she stepped through them, grabbing her luggage, and vanished.
Legolas just stood there starring where Fleur had stood. He had seen a lot of things happen before in his life, but nothing like this before. Legolas stepped forward and grabbed some soot and threw it into the fireplace. Once again green flames sprang from where the soot landed. "Scotland!" Legolas shouted. He stepped into the fire and immediately felt a sickening rush pass his body. Legolas' eyes involuntarily closed. When the rushed stopped he opened his eyes.
He was in a dark small room with an opening on one wall. Suddenly a head poked out from the opening. "Are you alright? The first time is always hard." Legolas realized it was Fleur and followed her voice to the outside.
They were in a hotel lobby. Legolas looked around and noticed that it was a wizarding hotel. Fleur grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the way. " 'Gabrielle' might come through any moment and you might get hit." Legolas quickly followed her to the other side of the fireplace.
Just at that moment Legolas heard a sound like a swirling wind. When it stopped 'Gabrielle' popped her head out of the opening and stepped out. She looked around. "So. Is this where we're staying?"
Fleur gave her a small 'as a matter a fact' smile and narrowed her eyes. "Yes, we will be staying here. It's called The Isles of Glencoe; it's very popular around here. One of the best hotels around."
They quickly dropped their things off at the rooms that had been reserved for them and headed for the outside world.
Author Note: Sorry I took so long, well, chapter 7 is up and I hope you like it. I will write again soon.
