"Na...Nanay? But how can that be? She died all those years ago!" demanded
Legolas, sounding upset.
"I am not entirely certain how it happened but she came to be in Manlin's control despite that Legolas," Elrond replied. "He must have somehow managed to get her into the 'Dark Forest' and take it from there."
Thranduil thought about it for a moment before sighing, knowing how it happened. He placed a hand over his eyes. Legolas saw him do this, the tears shimmering in his eyes.
"When the wolves attacked us is how it happened," he said. "Her body was never found. He had taken her body before we could find it and we assumed it was wolves that had taken it. She did survive that incident, we simply did not find her in time."
Elrohir was surprised at this. He had never expected the gargoyle to be an old friend of his at all. He was just about ready to eat his words from earlier as he stood, facing the floor.
"I think I owe her an apology once she gets better," he quietly said as his brother and sister looked over at him.
"Of course you do. Do you now think that Nanaylia would deliberately harm her brother? No, she never did and she never will. I'm just glad she's back to us. It's been too long," Elladan murmured. "She probably didn't even realize that she was doing it."
"Now the four of you can have your another one of your 'war of the pranks' again but I don't think anything you do will come to be like the last one you had before Nanaylia disappeared," Chimone told them, stepping in between the two of them.
"Why'd you have to bring that up Chimone?" wondered Elrohir with an impatient sigh. "They cheated on that one anyway."
"Are you still angry about that incident? They defeated you fair and square Elrohir," Arwen said with a smile. "I should know. I remember it well. I was there and almost in the middle of it."
Legolas looked over at them, the tears in his eyes. Thranduil placed a hand on his son's shoulder.
"She's back," Legolas quietly said to his father. "She's finally back to us. I cannot believe this is truly happening."
"That she is, Legolas. Go see her when you are able to do so," he replied.
"Am I allowed to go see her now, Elrond? I need to see her so badly," Legolas wondered, the need to see his sister evident in his voice.
Elrond nodded before helping the younger elf out of the bed. They headed out of the room. Elladan, wanting to see Nanaylia as well, began to walk after them but Chimone stopped him by grasping his arm.
"They need to be alone at this time. They are siblings who were close, separated and now they are reunited," she told him, watching Elrond and Legolas walk away. "Imagine how you would feel if you were in their position."
Elladan nodded, knowing the older elf was correct. He couldn't wait to see her again and Chimone could tell. She could see it in his eyes.
***
Elrond and Legolas walked up to the room and stopped. Legolas stared at the door, still wondering how to react to his sister's return.
"Go inside Legolas. She will need you more now than she ever had before. Be the older brother you always have been and the one I've always known you to be," Elrond told him, a smile on his face.
Legolas also gave a smile before walking into the room. Elrond closed the door as Legolas looked at the figure laying in the bed.
"Nanay?" he quietly asked.
The elf opened her eyes and turned her head to stare at him. Tears formed in her eyes as he walked over to her.
"Nanay, it is you. I cannot believe it is really you," Legolas sighed as he sat down in the bed next to her.
"Lego," she said. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you so much as well," Legolas told her before leaning down and putting his arms around her though being mindful of his still painful injury and hers.
She put her good arm around him, the both of them crying into each other shoulders.
"I hope we aren't separated again," Legolas whispered in her ear. "It has been too long since we last seen each other. Far too long."
"I hope so as well," Nanaylia quietly agreed, her eyes half-closed.
Legolas looked at her as she closed her eyes halfway and fell asleep in his arms. He smiled as he decided to stay right where he was, not wanting to disturb her slumber.
"Sleep soundly Nanay. You deserve it in more ways than one," he whispered into her ear.
"And so do you," he heard her say which made him smile even more before he fell asleep himself.
***
Legolas ran across the grass with the Nanaylia following right behind him. She was screeching as she did so.
"I'm going to get you eventually," she yelled at him, her arms reaching out for him.
Thranduil and Elrond looked on as Legolas stopped and was joined by his sister. Elladan and Elrohir were nearby, planning their revenge for the last 'war of the pranks' between them.
Nanaylia whispered something to Legolas and he giggled as he watched her quietly walk up to the twins. They were so engrossed in their work that they didn't notice her until it was too late. She jumped in between them and her wings appeared from her back, obscuring their view from what they were doing. The two began to protest and she hurried away from them, laughing. The two ran after her but she could not be caught.
"You are so going to pay for that!" cried Elrohir. "I just might ask Elladan to put another arrow through one of those wings of yours!"
"You wouldn't dare! Just try and catch me first if you do! I'm not easy to catch, you know," she replied, laughing.
"I hated to see it happen like that," murmured Elrond as he stared at the wings on Nanaylia's back. "Such a pity it has to be this way. I hope those who know do not ridicule her because of it. It is also good that she had not been raped or sexually assaulted in any way during her capture. That part of her remains untouched. The same as it was before she disappeared."
His suspicions were correct all along: with the slight magic still in her body, she was capable of performing it, the proof being that she was able to make the wings appear on her back, and further than that if she really wanted to, whenever she pleased and that was the only side effect from the ordeal she endured. Thranduil was a bit upset when he found out about it. He had also been a bit upset when he found out that his daughter desiring to study up more about the subject. He also even requested that no one outside the group know about it. He knew that Nanaylia would not want all of Middle-Earth to know about it. Thranduil even suggested Nanaylia not to reveal her condition to anyone unless it was absolutely necessary. The two older elves glanced over at Aragorn, who was laughing at the scene before him. The man had decided to stay until the Rivendell elves left for home. He wanted to get to know Nanaylia better while he had the chance to.
"I don't like it either Elrond but she is still my daughter and I love her despite anything that she's done and endured. I'm just glad to have her back after all this time. I am also pleased that Manlin had not done anything to her in that way," Thranduil told him as they continued to watch the group. "And I am happy for Legolas' sake. I could tell that he was silently mourning still for her but nothing really triggered his emotions until what happened recently. In a sense, I'm glad the twins, Legolas and Aragorn went into that area. We would have never found her if they had not done so."
Elrond nodded in agreement as they watched as Nanaylia ran after Legolas and she managed to tackle him to the ground. She towered over him and raised her hands on victory. Legolas looked up at her, chuckling.
"You always do that!" Legolas laughed. "You will never change."
"Of course I won't and I will always be with you, no matter what happens. You should know that Legolas," Nanaylia replied as she gave her brother a hug.
All of a sudden, the twins came running up behind them and tackled her to the ground.
"Get off of me!" she cried as she squirmed underneath Elladan.
"We will. Just as soon as you say uncle," replied Elladan, a smile on his face.
"Never! We cannot help the fact you fail to do better than us," Legolas told them as Elrohir tackled him to the ground.
The twins were a bit surprised with this remark and Elrohir kept him pinned to the ground as his brother kept Nanaylia pinned to the ground. She looked at the elf hovering over her before kneeing him, hard, right where it really hurts and she climbed out from underneath him. Elladan was very surprised by this action as he looked at her He winced a little in pain and she saw this. The look on his face seemed to say 'what was that for?'
"Just remember this dear Elladan. I still remember some of your weaknesses and I plan to exploit them as much as I possibly can. I also intend to use that move if you tend to get a little, ah-hum! I think you know where I am going my dear friend," she told him, laughter in her voice. "I do not remember everything but I think I remember most of it."
He nodded as Elrohir back away from the two Mirkwood siblings and helped his brother walk to where they were sitting just a few minutes earlier. Legolas laughed alongside his sister as they watched them do so for both could see that Elladan was slightly limping from what he recently received from Nanaylia.
"There are times I pity them. They never seem to do well at anything they try with us," Legolas said with a small sigh. "They'll never win when it comes to the war of the pranks!"
"It definitely seems like that," she agreed before she began to run after him again.
The End
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Author's Note-Here is the end of the story. Hope you liked it. The two of them have been reunited. I had fun writing this and I hope you liked reading it. And forgive me for all the lines that I've taken right from 'Lion King'. (I.e. 'Did we order this dinner to go?' and 'You said you'd always be there for me.') Again, please forgive me for all the references I have made to 'The Lion King'. (From all the more obvious ones to the more subtle ones. *smiles*) And I also have to thank everyone who reviewed but especially Haldir's Heart and Soul and LalaithoftheBruinen. They have managed keep me sane the entire time I was putting this up. I've got a story in the works that occurs a number of years after this one and it's called 'Pirates of the Elven Seas'. Can anyone guess what it's a crossover with?
"I am not entirely certain how it happened but she came to be in Manlin's control despite that Legolas," Elrond replied. "He must have somehow managed to get her into the 'Dark Forest' and take it from there."
Thranduil thought about it for a moment before sighing, knowing how it happened. He placed a hand over his eyes. Legolas saw him do this, the tears shimmering in his eyes.
"When the wolves attacked us is how it happened," he said. "Her body was never found. He had taken her body before we could find it and we assumed it was wolves that had taken it. She did survive that incident, we simply did not find her in time."
Elrohir was surprised at this. He had never expected the gargoyle to be an old friend of his at all. He was just about ready to eat his words from earlier as he stood, facing the floor.
"I think I owe her an apology once she gets better," he quietly said as his brother and sister looked over at him.
"Of course you do. Do you now think that Nanaylia would deliberately harm her brother? No, she never did and she never will. I'm just glad she's back to us. It's been too long," Elladan murmured. "She probably didn't even realize that she was doing it."
"Now the four of you can have your another one of your 'war of the pranks' again but I don't think anything you do will come to be like the last one you had before Nanaylia disappeared," Chimone told them, stepping in between the two of them.
"Why'd you have to bring that up Chimone?" wondered Elrohir with an impatient sigh. "They cheated on that one anyway."
"Are you still angry about that incident? They defeated you fair and square Elrohir," Arwen said with a smile. "I should know. I remember it well. I was there and almost in the middle of it."
Legolas looked over at them, the tears in his eyes. Thranduil placed a hand on his son's shoulder.
"She's back," Legolas quietly said to his father. "She's finally back to us. I cannot believe this is truly happening."
"That she is, Legolas. Go see her when you are able to do so," he replied.
"Am I allowed to go see her now, Elrond? I need to see her so badly," Legolas wondered, the need to see his sister evident in his voice.
Elrond nodded before helping the younger elf out of the bed. They headed out of the room. Elladan, wanting to see Nanaylia as well, began to walk after them but Chimone stopped him by grasping his arm.
"They need to be alone at this time. They are siblings who were close, separated and now they are reunited," she told him, watching Elrond and Legolas walk away. "Imagine how you would feel if you were in their position."
Elladan nodded, knowing the older elf was correct. He couldn't wait to see her again and Chimone could tell. She could see it in his eyes.
***
Elrond and Legolas walked up to the room and stopped. Legolas stared at the door, still wondering how to react to his sister's return.
"Go inside Legolas. She will need you more now than she ever had before. Be the older brother you always have been and the one I've always known you to be," Elrond told him, a smile on his face.
Legolas also gave a smile before walking into the room. Elrond closed the door as Legolas looked at the figure laying in the bed.
"Nanay?" he quietly asked.
The elf opened her eyes and turned her head to stare at him. Tears formed in her eyes as he walked over to her.
"Nanay, it is you. I cannot believe it is really you," Legolas sighed as he sat down in the bed next to her.
"Lego," she said. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you so much as well," Legolas told her before leaning down and putting his arms around her though being mindful of his still painful injury and hers.
She put her good arm around him, the both of them crying into each other shoulders.
"I hope we aren't separated again," Legolas whispered in her ear. "It has been too long since we last seen each other. Far too long."
"I hope so as well," Nanaylia quietly agreed, her eyes half-closed.
Legolas looked at her as she closed her eyes halfway and fell asleep in his arms. He smiled as he decided to stay right where he was, not wanting to disturb her slumber.
"Sleep soundly Nanay. You deserve it in more ways than one," he whispered into her ear.
"And so do you," he heard her say which made him smile even more before he fell asleep himself.
***
Legolas ran across the grass with the Nanaylia following right behind him. She was screeching as she did so.
"I'm going to get you eventually," she yelled at him, her arms reaching out for him.
Thranduil and Elrond looked on as Legolas stopped and was joined by his sister. Elladan and Elrohir were nearby, planning their revenge for the last 'war of the pranks' between them.
Nanaylia whispered something to Legolas and he giggled as he watched her quietly walk up to the twins. They were so engrossed in their work that they didn't notice her until it was too late. She jumped in between them and her wings appeared from her back, obscuring their view from what they were doing. The two began to protest and she hurried away from them, laughing. The two ran after her but she could not be caught.
"You are so going to pay for that!" cried Elrohir. "I just might ask Elladan to put another arrow through one of those wings of yours!"
"You wouldn't dare! Just try and catch me first if you do! I'm not easy to catch, you know," she replied, laughing.
"I hated to see it happen like that," murmured Elrond as he stared at the wings on Nanaylia's back. "Such a pity it has to be this way. I hope those who know do not ridicule her because of it. It is also good that she had not been raped or sexually assaulted in any way during her capture. That part of her remains untouched. The same as it was before she disappeared."
His suspicions were correct all along: with the slight magic still in her body, she was capable of performing it, the proof being that she was able to make the wings appear on her back, and further than that if she really wanted to, whenever she pleased and that was the only side effect from the ordeal she endured. Thranduil was a bit upset when he found out about it. He had also been a bit upset when he found out that his daughter desiring to study up more about the subject. He also even requested that no one outside the group know about it. He knew that Nanaylia would not want all of Middle-Earth to know about it. Thranduil even suggested Nanaylia not to reveal her condition to anyone unless it was absolutely necessary. The two older elves glanced over at Aragorn, who was laughing at the scene before him. The man had decided to stay until the Rivendell elves left for home. He wanted to get to know Nanaylia better while he had the chance to.
"I don't like it either Elrond but she is still my daughter and I love her despite anything that she's done and endured. I'm just glad to have her back after all this time. I am also pleased that Manlin had not done anything to her in that way," Thranduil told him as they continued to watch the group. "And I am happy for Legolas' sake. I could tell that he was silently mourning still for her but nothing really triggered his emotions until what happened recently. In a sense, I'm glad the twins, Legolas and Aragorn went into that area. We would have never found her if they had not done so."
Elrond nodded in agreement as they watched as Nanaylia ran after Legolas and she managed to tackle him to the ground. She towered over him and raised her hands on victory. Legolas looked up at her, chuckling.
"You always do that!" Legolas laughed. "You will never change."
"Of course I won't and I will always be with you, no matter what happens. You should know that Legolas," Nanaylia replied as she gave her brother a hug.
All of a sudden, the twins came running up behind them and tackled her to the ground.
"Get off of me!" she cried as she squirmed underneath Elladan.
"We will. Just as soon as you say uncle," replied Elladan, a smile on his face.
"Never! We cannot help the fact you fail to do better than us," Legolas told them as Elrohir tackled him to the ground.
The twins were a bit surprised with this remark and Elrohir kept him pinned to the ground as his brother kept Nanaylia pinned to the ground. She looked at the elf hovering over her before kneeing him, hard, right where it really hurts and she climbed out from underneath him. Elladan was very surprised by this action as he looked at her He winced a little in pain and she saw this. The look on his face seemed to say 'what was that for?'
"Just remember this dear Elladan. I still remember some of your weaknesses and I plan to exploit them as much as I possibly can. I also intend to use that move if you tend to get a little, ah-hum! I think you know where I am going my dear friend," she told him, laughter in her voice. "I do not remember everything but I think I remember most of it."
He nodded as Elrohir back away from the two Mirkwood siblings and helped his brother walk to where they were sitting just a few minutes earlier. Legolas laughed alongside his sister as they watched them do so for both could see that Elladan was slightly limping from what he recently received from Nanaylia.
"There are times I pity them. They never seem to do well at anything they try with us," Legolas said with a small sigh. "They'll never win when it comes to the war of the pranks!"
"It definitely seems like that," she agreed before she began to run after him again.
The End
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Author's Note-Here is the end of the story. Hope you liked it. The two of them have been reunited. I had fun writing this and I hope you liked reading it. And forgive me for all the lines that I've taken right from 'Lion King'. (I.e. 'Did we order this dinner to go?' and 'You said you'd always be there for me.') Again, please forgive me for all the references I have made to 'The Lion King'. (From all the more obvious ones to the more subtle ones. *smiles*) And I also have to thank everyone who reviewed but especially Haldir's Heart and Soul and LalaithoftheBruinen. They have managed keep me sane the entire time I was putting this up. I've got a story in the works that occurs a number of years after this one and it's called 'Pirates of the Elven Seas'. Can anyone guess what it's a crossover with?