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Haldir set her down again.
"Let me tell you exactly what we are planning to do with you, and then you can tell us if you agree. Alright?" Aria nodded at Haldir's request. "We are going to feed you-(
"No off of you" Legolas interrupted with a grin.
".And then we are going to help you get back to your tribe and hand you over to your family." He stopped, having come to the end of his plan, and studied her face. It was a little screwed up, as if she was in pain or in deep thought. Probably both. "Does this seem satisfactory?"
"Sounds fine to me, apart from one minor detail: You will have to leave me when I get close to my village - as soon as they see any elves they will shoot them down."
"I did not realise they loathed us so" Legolas looked quite shocked.
"They do not. Many have not even met elves. It is simply the fact that they have been brainwashed to think that you are evil creatures. But you aren't evil. As far as I can tell anyway."
"No?" Legolas raised an eyebrow. They seemed to be getting somewhere with this girl - almost woman.
"No.you.you are kind and generous, and seem willing to help others. You have not been corrupted by lies that many of my race have. You know, I'm almost glad to have met you."
"Almost glad to have met us?" Haldir looked amused.
"Yes, well, if I hadn't met you then I wouldn't have fallen out of this silly tree. Anyway, who wants some chicken and rice?"
"Rice?" They both said in unison, trying to pronounce the new word.
"Don't tell me you have never eaten rice before? We eat it all the time!"
"Never eaten it? I have never even heard of it" Legolas' eyes were shining with curiosity at the prospects of trying something new.
"Pass me my bag."
They handed over her brown leather pack, and she began to delve through it. Fingers closing on the desired object, she pulled out a large, oval basket made from woven twigs and flax. It had a lid made from the same material. Taking off the aforesaid lid, she showed the excited elves the content. Inside the pot, protected by a lining of large, waxy leaves, were thousands of grains of rice, strips of chicken intermingled with it.
"That's edible food?" Legolas was the first one to break the silence.
"Uh-huh." She put her hand in her bag for a second time, and drew out four wooden spoons. "You can eat it with these."
"How?" It was Haldir's turn to be amazed. Aria showed them. They stared at her in awe.
"Go on, try it. It isn't that bad, you know." Gripping the spoons like a child would when it was first introduced to cutlery, the two elves both took tentative mouthfuls, and swallowed. When their almost identical faces broke out in almost identical grins, she realised that they must like it. But they had stopped eating.
"Finish it," she said, "I care little for rice." Before they started eating again, Legolas reached over and gave something to Aria.
"Try it," he said, imitating Aria just moments before. "It's called Lembas."
Aria looked down at the wafer in her hand, and took a tentative nibble. When she realised it actually tasted rather good, she ate it all. A wave of strength passed through her, and she felt hungry no more.
"What's in that stuff?" She asked. "I suddenly feel re-energised, ready for anything."
"Such is the power of the Lembas. It is an Elvish travelling food."
Aria began to feel ignorant to the ways of the elves, and a little uncomfortable. They knew how to treat her, but she was totally unsure of their way of life and traditions. She passed it off, thinking 'it is only because no one would teach me about the other races, that is why I am ignorant. It is not because I chose not to learn.'
Haldir shocked her out of her reverie by quickly scatting up the tree to a higher position.
"*What do you see?*" Legolas asked, confused. He had sensed no danger at all.
"*A smoke cloud, yet it is contained. Therefore it is not a forest fire. I know not its purpose.*"
"*Ask the girl*"
"Aria" Haldir had climbed down the tree by now, "Why would there be a cloud of smoke rising into the air, quite close by, that is not a forest fire?"
Excitement lit up Aria's face. "My tribe! They're calling for me! I must go! If I do not arrive back home soon, then a search party will be sent out, and it will be difficult to get me home without you two being noticed. " She tried to get to her feet, but then remembered her ankle. "Please, may I go home now?" Haldir looked towards Legolas, who scanned the trees, then nodded. He sheathed his two knives in a cross formation in straps behind his back, and shouldered his bow. Haldir followed suit, whilst Aria packed her up bowl that had previously contained rice and her spoons, carefully putting them into her bag. Her quiver went on her back with her bow, and her knives, as ever, remained on her belt. She stood, wavering a little, but full of determination.
"Will you allow me to carry you? You are in no state to walk." Legolas questioned, hoping that she would take up on his offer. Haldir just grinned.
Aria looked at him, then consented with a nod of her head. "I trust you."
A/N: After all that writing, I feel I need a break and re-vitalisation by reading a few nice new reviews. So, if you didn't get the ever-so-obvious hint, REVIEW!! You may even get a special mention next chapter.Just tell me a character name and physical description (e.g. eye/hair colour) and you may find yourself/your character in the next few chapters. All that for one review! Phew, is that a good deal or what??
Haldir set her down again.
"Let me tell you exactly what we are planning to do with you, and then you can tell us if you agree. Alright?" Aria nodded at Haldir's request. "We are going to feed you-(
"No off of you" Legolas interrupted with a grin.
".And then we are going to help you get back to your tribe and hand you over to your family." He stopped, having come to the end of his plan, and studied her face. It was a little screwed up, as if she was in pain or in deep thought. Probably both. "Does this seem satisfactory?"
"Sounds fine to me, apart from one minor detail: You will have to leave me when I get close to my village - as soon as they see any elves they will shoot them down."
"I did not realise they loathed us so" Legolas looked quite shocked.
"They do not. Many have not even met elves. It is simply the fact that they have been brainwashed to think that you are evil creatures. But you aren't evil. As far as I can tell anyway."
"No?" Legolas raised an eyebrow. They seemed to be getting somewhere with this girl - almost woman.
"No.you.you are kind and generous, and seem willing to help others. You have not been corrupted by lies that many of my race have. You know, I'm almost glad to have met you."
"Almost glad to have met us?" Haldir looked amused.
"Yes, well, if I hadn't met you then I wouldn't have fallen out of this silly tree. Anyway, who wants some chicken and rice?"
"Rice?" They both said in unison, trying to pronounce the new word.
"Don't tell me you have never eaten rice before? We eat it all the time!"
"Never eaten it? I have never even heard of it" Legolas' eyes were shining with curiosity at the prospects of trying something new.
"Pass me my bag."
They handed over her brown leather pack, and she began to delve through it. Fingers closing on the desired object, she pulled out a large, oval basket made from woven twigs and flax. It had a lid made from the same material. Taking off the aforesaid lid, she showed the excited elves the content. Inside the pot, protected by a lining of large, waxy leaves, were thousands of grains of rice, strips of chicken intermingled with it.
"That's edible food?" Legolas was the first one to break the silence.
"Uh-huh." She put her hand in her bag for a second time, and drew out four wooden spoons. "You can eat it with these."
"How?" It was Haldir's turn to be amazed. Aria showed them. They stared at her in awe.
"Go on, try it. It isn't that bad, you know." Gripping the spoons like a child would when it was first introduced to cutlery, the two elves both took tentative mouthfuls, and swallowed. When their almost identical faces broke out in almost identical grins, she realised that they must like it. But they had stopped eating.
"Finish it," she said, "I care little for rice." Before they started eating again, Legolas reached over and gave something to Aria.
"Try it," he said, imitating Aria just moments before. "It's called Lembas."
Aria looked down at the wafer in her hand, and took a tentative nibble. When she realised it actually tasted rather good, she ate it all. A wave of strength passed through her, and she felt hungry no more.
"What's in that stuff?" She asked. "I suddenly feel re-energised, ready for anything."
"Such is the power of the Lembas. It is an Elvish travelling food."
Aria began to feel ignorant to the ways of the elves, and a little uncomfortable. They knew how to treat her, but she was totally unsure of their way of life and traditions. She passed it off, thinking 'it is only because no one would teach me about the other races, that is why I am ignorant. It is not because I chose not to learn.'
Haldir shocked her out of her reverie by quickly scatting up the tree to a higher position.
"*What do you see?*" Legolas asked, confused. He had sensed no danger at all.
"*A smoke cloud, yet it is contained. Therefore it is not a forest fire. I know not its purpose.*"
"*Ask the girl*"
"Aria" Haldir had climbed down the tree by now, "Why would there be a cloud of smoke rising into the air, quite close by, that is not a forest fire?"
Excitement lit up Aria's face. "My tribe! They're calling for me! I must go! If I do not arrive back home soon, then a search party will be sent out, and it will be difficult to get me home without you two being noticed. " She tried to get to her feet, but then remembered her ankle. "Please, may I go home now?" Haldir looked towards Legolas, who scanned the trees, then nodded. He sheathed his two knives in a cross formation in straps behind his back, and shouldered his bow. Haldir followed suit, whilst Aria packed her up bowl that had previously contained rice and her spoons, carefully putting them into her bag. Her quiver went on her back with her bow, and her knives, as ever, remained on her belt. She stood, wavering a little, but full of determination.
"Will you allow me to carry you? You are in no state to walk." Legolas questioned, hoping that she would take up on his offer. Haldir just grinned.
Aria looked at him, then consented with a nod of her head. "I trust you."
A/N: After all that writing, I feel I need a break and re-vitalisation by reading a few nice new reviews. So, if you didn't get the ever-so-obvious hint, REVIEW!! You may even get a special mention next chapter.Just tell me a character name and physical description (e.g. eye/hair colour) and you may find yourself/your character in the next few chapters. All that for one review! Phew, is that a good deal or what??
