I realise I have been slow again, and I am sorry, but university exams are
coming up . . . I beg your forgiveness and your sympathy.
Huinesoron - Poor Fireblade? Poor Alicia! But glad you liked!
Fireblabe K'Chona - You'd have to ask ISPCE but I'm sure you did get rescued.
Liliac of the Purple Cloak - Thank you
Phaidra - Glad you enjoyed the chapter, I think a lot of people did
Pointy Ears Are My Thing - such is the secret trauma of a fanfic fan . . . I share your suffering.
Lady of Mowzerness - Glad you liked, and thank you for feeling for Alicia! She appreciates it muchly.
Elanhin - Depends on who it's (the fireball) aimed at.
The Noble Platypus - craziness is fun! And she's not scarred, but she did suffer some damage . . .
Merrylyn - YAY! You came back to me! Glad you liked (even if it left you fuming slightly) and don't worry about Alicia, I couldn't kill her.
Malfoyelf - lol that would have been sweet! Shame I didn't think of that!
Isilhen - don't hate her! And look, I continued!
Now I don't have much to work with but I can't leave you all wondering what happened to Alicia, so it's a short chapter.
Chapter 11 - The consequences
Slowly the fog in Alicia's head cleared. She was lying in a bed, and she seemed to be wrapped in cloth . . . confused, she tried to remember what she had been doing last. Events, out of context like a jumble of pictures, flashed through her mind. A rose . . . a crowded field . . . rope in her hand . . . Legolas! And then fire.
Suddenly she remembered. For a moment she was surrounded by flame again. Gasping, she sat up. She felt a hand on her shoulder, a feather light pat of comfort. "It's ok" said Merrylyn. "You're back at the base"
Alicia sank back into the pillow. "Merrylyn, what happened? We were at the battle, I saw Legolas, then there was fire."
"Smaug" said Merrylyn dully. "Liliac was there. We had to get you back straight away. We didn't get Legolas"
Alicia felt like screaming in frustration. After all the work, all the effort they had put into planning, and they had failed! She had suffered . . . A horrible thought hit her. "Merrylyn, did I get burnt?"
"No-oo-oo" Merrylyn sounded like she wasn't quite comfortable answering the question.
"I want to see" Alicia sat up again, pulling at the bandages on her face. Merrylyn sighed and, calling for some one to bring a mirror, carefully unwrapped Alicia's face and arms.
Yarram came into the room with a mirror. She glanced nervously at Merrylyn as she passed it over. Alicia felt dread growing in her stomach. Her arms seemed unmarked, but what if her face . . . ?
"I used some ointment" said Merrylyn as she held up the mirror. "It's from ISPCE. Works like a charm"
Alicia studied her face in detail. She couldn't see anything wrong. Then she realised the top of her head was still bandaged. Before either of the two girls could stop her she yanked the bandages off.
There was a stunned silence as Alicia looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair . . . her glorious golden hair, her silky, smooth, shiny hair that she had grown since she was five, and had run like a caramel waterfall down her back, the hair her mother had used to braid, her crowing glory . . . was gone. All she had left was a few spiky inches of blonde.
"It was all burnt. We saved as much as we could, but the fire . . . Alicia I'm so sorry!" Merrylyn looked like she was going to cry.
"Get the girls" Alicia's voice was deadly calm, but there was a glint in her eye that frightened Yarram. "We set out to get Legolas, and that's what we are going to do."
Yarram was getting everyone together when Alicia walked in. Silence descended on the room. Not saying anything, Alicia picked up the portal generator. Legolas had portalled somewhere to Caras Galadron five minutes ago. She set the co-ordinates, her mind crystal clear. None of this would have been in vain. She had seen the love in Legolas's eyes before Smaug's fireball had hit, she just knew it. They would rescue him, and that was all there was to it. She opened the portal and stepped through, almost oblivious to the whispering fangirls that followed.
They arrived a few yards from Legolas. He was bent over a tree root, and the only thing that stopped Alicia grabbing him then and there was the view. Then he stood up and started walking through the wood. Cursing the wave of lust that had incapacitated her, she followed. Somewhere in the back of her mind she registered pride that her girls were being so silent. She threw a smile at them back over her shoulder, but she never lost her focus. Legolas came to a tree, and started to climb. Signalling for the others to stay below, she cautiously followed him up and around to the back of the room. Peeking in the window, she stared for a few moments before coming to an important decision. Two Legolas's . . . She could now die happy!
(A/N) There you go . . . Do the fangirls have another chance to seize their love? What will Alicia do with her hair? Will I ever stop being so darn fangirly? Will I pass my exams? . . . Sorry got carried away! Find out next time!
So very sorry about the over the top hair description, and for the moment of lust. I'll behave from now on. And look! Very near 100 reviews! I might need to have some kind of celebration . . . I'll think of something for the next chapter!
Huinesoron - Poor Fireblade? Poor Alicia! But glad you liked!
Fireblabe K'Chona - You'd have to ask ISPCE but I'm sure you did get rescued.
Liliac of the Purple Cloak - Thank you
Phaidra - Glad you enjoyed the chapter, I think a lot of people did
Pointy Ears Are My Thing - such is the secret trauma of a fanfic fan . . . I share your suffering.
Lady of Mowzerness - Glad you liked, and thank you for feeling for Alicia! She appreciates it muchly.
Elanhin - Depends on who it's (the fireball) aimed at.
The Noble Platypus - craziness is fun! And she's not scarred, but she did suffer some damage . . .
Merrylyn - YAY! You came back to me! Glad you liked (even if it left you fuming slightly) and don't worry about Alicia, I couldn't kill her.
Malfoyelf - lol that would have been sweet! Shame I didn't think of that!
Isilhen - don't hate her! And look, I continued!
Now I don't have much to work with but I can't leave you all wondering what happened to Alicia, so it's a short chapter.
Chapter 11 - The consequences
Slowly the fog in Alicia's head cleared. She was lying in a bed, and she seemed to be wrapped in cloth . . . confused, she tried to remember what she had been doing last. Events, out of context like a jumble of pictures, flashed through her mind. A rose . . . a crowded field . . . rope in her hand . . . Legolas! And then fire.
Suddenly she remembered. For a moment she was surrounded by flame again. Gasping, she sat up. She felt a hand on her shoulder, a feather light pat of comfort. "It's ok" said Merrylyn. "You're back at the base"
Alicia sank back into the pillow. "Merrylyn, what happened? We were at the battle, I saw Legolas, then there was fire."
"Smaug" said Merrylyn dully. "Liliac was there. We had to get you back straight away. We didn't get Legolas"
Alicia felt like screaming in frustration. After all the work, all the effort they had put into planning, and they had failed! She had suffered . . . A horrible thought hit her. "Merrylyn, did I get burnt?"
"No-oo-oo" Merrylyn sounded like she wasn't quite comfortable answering the question.
"I want to see" Alicia sat up again, pulling at the bandages on her face. Merrylyn sighed and, calling for some one to bring a mirror, carefully unwrapped Alicia's face and arms.
Yarram came into the room with a mirror. She glanced nervously at Merrylyn as she passed it over. Alicia felt dread growing in her stomach. Her arms seemed unmarked, but what if her face . . . ?
"I used some ointment" said Merrylyn as she held up the mirror. "It's from ISPCE. Works like a charm"
Alicia studied her face in detail. She couldn't see anything wrong. Then she realised the top of her head was still bandaged. Before either of the two girls could stop her she yanked the bandages off.
There was a stunned silence as Alicia looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair . . . her glorious golden hair, her silky, smooth, shiny hair that she had grown since she was five, and had run like a caramel waterfall down her back, the hair her mother had used to braid, her crowing glory . . . was gone. All she had left was a few spiky inches of blonde.
"It was all burnt. We saved as much as we could, but the fire . . . Alicia I'm so sorry!" Merrylyn looked like she was going to cry.
"Get the girls" Alicia's voice was deadly calm, but there was a glint in her eye that frightened Yarram. "We set out to get Legolas, and that's what we are going to do."
Yarram was getting everyone together when Alicia walked in. Silence descended on the room. Not saying anything, Alicia picked up the portal generator. Legolas had portalled somewhere to Caras Galadron five minutes ago. She set the co-ordinates, her mind crystal clear. None of this would have been in vain. She had seen the love in Legolas's eyes before Smaug's fireball had hit, she just knew it. They would rescue him, and that was all there was to it. She opened the portal and stepped through, almost oblivious to the whispering fangirls that followed.
They arrived a few yards from Legolas. He was bent over a tree root, and the only thing that stopped Alicia grabbing him then and there was the view. Then he stood up and started walking through the wood. Cursing the wave of lust that had incapacitated her, she followed. Somewhere in the back of her mind she registered pride that her girls were being so silent. She threw a smile at them back over her shoulder, but she never lost her focus. Legolas came to a tree, and started to climb. Signalling for the others to stay below, she cautiously followed him up and around to the back of the room. Peeking in the window, she stared for a few moments before coming to an important decision. Two Legolas's . . . She could now die happy!
(A/N) There you go . . . Do the fangirls have another chance to seize their love? What will Alicia do with her hair? Will I ever stop being so darn fangirly? Will I pass my exams? . . . Sorry got carried away! Find out next time!
So very sorry about the over the top hair description, and for the moment of lust. I'll behave from now on. And look! Very near 100 reviews! I might need to have some kind of celebration . . . I'll think of something for the next chapter!