Little Elf
Chapter Twenty-five
1st Solmath 3017
"So your atar and atara know, but your brothers do not?"
"Yes."
"I can have so much fu with this."
"Remember this is my family not Mithglins, so don't be too sarcastic."
"I would never be sarcastic in Mithglins house! I have heard about his atar, strict as hell! Anyway I will not be too bad. I have been taught about social graces remember your meln is a Princess."
"How could I forget?"
"Quite easily. It is not as if I actually act like a Princess"
"To right."
Elle whacked him "What was that for?"
"You are meant to whole heartedly disagree, and remind me that I'm the embodiment of femininity, grace and intelligence"
"Why would I lie to you?"
"Because you are my meln and that is what you are supposed to do." Replied Elle, kissing him softly on the lips
" What was that for?" He asked his forehead resting on hers.
"Well if we're pretending to be meln we might as well be as authentic as possible."
"But no one is here."
"But we need to look like we are comfortable. Not like we were kissing for the first time."
"Really?" his breath tickled her nose
"Yes, now I have to go."
"And do what? It is your day off."
"That is for me to know."
"Do you like being enigmatic?"
"Of course." Elle turned to leave
"Wait"
"What?" Elle turned around
"You have not given me a goodbye kiss"
"Who said I had to?"
Haldir shook his head, before his head dipped and his lips caught her own shortly in a kiss. Elle winked "anyone told you that you're a good kisser?" She ran off.
* * *
Smiling softly to herself Elle made her way around the forest singing softly to herself.
"Look at this
stuff, isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
The girl who has everything?
Look at this
trove, treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here, you'd think
Sure, she's got everything
I've got
gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I've got who's-its and what's-its galore
You want thing-a-ma-bobs?
I've got twenty
But who cares? No big deal. I want more
I wanna be
where the people are
I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancin'
walkin' around on those
Whaddya call 'em? Oh, feet
Flippin' your
fins, you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumpin', dancin'
Strollin' along down the
What's that word again? Street
Up where they walk
Up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free, wish I could be
Part of that world
What would I
give if I could live
Outta these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day
Warm on the sand?
Betcha on land
they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women, sick of swimmin'
Ready to stand
And ready to
know what the people know
Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
Like what is a fire, and why does it
What's the word? Burn
When's it my
turn?
Wouldn't I love?
Love to explore that shore up above
Out of the sea, wish I could be
Part of that world"
Looking into the golden canopy above her Elle looked wistful, her eyes in a far away place…
"Go on blow out the candles!" aged blue eyes alight with joy were the best part of Mary. Laugh lines around them accentuated her lively character while the irises showed excitement and wisdom that only age could produce.
Spice girls was (unfortunately) playing in the background, while Michael ran around throwing balloons in the air.
"And make a wish?" Elle's 13-year-old self asked as she had done every year since she could remember,
"Don't you always?" Mary replied, answering in the ritual the two usually used
"Cake! Cake!" Shouted Michael, even more of a handful at 9
"Michael come here and be quiet or you will get no cake." Hushed his mother holding her arm out
"Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Elle
Happy Birthday to you!" Mary sang, the rest of the family joining in.
Taking a deep breath Elle blew, closing her eyes…Elle's eyes came back into focus, a look of longing in them, a tear caught in the lashes of her left eye were quickly wiped away. *And what would I wish for now?*
Elle paused mid-stride pondering the answer. She stayed in that position for a good 20 minutes before she realised the answer.
I don't know when, I don't know how
But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see, someday I'll be
Part of your world
A/n sorry if this chapter seems kinda stupid and rambling and of the point, but this is that chapter that gave me writers block, and did therefore hold up the story for 2 weeks! Yes blame chapter 25!
I have some bad news for you all. In 7 hours is the end, conclusion, apocalypse, judgement day etc. etc, for in 7 hours Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix hits the United Kingdoms shelves, so it's the end of my three (!) year long wait. Harry Potter was the start of this entire fanfiction lark for me and I may go back to it, which means that I may suddenly get inspiration for a Harry Potter fiction, and yes you've guessed it, leave this story behind. But I am refusing to do so, this story (epic in my mind) will not be stopped as it has all been planned and thought out. Tables have been made with dates, both Maddy and myself my ever-faithful editor have slogged through lotr and the Silmarillion and another host of lotr reference books to find things to make the rest of the plot fit in with canon. So you are going to therefore bug me when it has been longer then a week since I updated, email me (gwilwileth_@hotmail.com) or Maddy, don't worry if she gets annoyed she'll annoy me in return (earedien_@hotmail.com) so remember to do so!
Oh, and yes I know this chapter was short! Blame the writers block, but you'll be happy to know that the next chapter is over double the length of this one!
Now that that's over on to my reviews:
Ciarolas: You have been added to mailing list! I'm glad you've finished your exams and no longer have any more exams. No, I'm not glaring at you why would you ever think that?
Hana: You no I didn't even think about necrophilia I honestly hadn't thought about it before then. You've finished school? Damn everyone is! I have another 2 weeks of torture left, but at least my exams are over!
939597: Yay! I've finally learnt the numbers in the right order- usually I have to go check. Yes I will add you to the mailing list, but for me to do that you have to give me your email as my telepathic skills are at a loss at the moment. Yes Mithglin is sweet, people seem to like him, and then want to fight over him. Laughs just thinking of a 'fight' Maddy had with someone (name is above, starts with C. if I'm remembering correctly) over who gets Mithglin.
Candyfloss: No, I can't be asked to right the whole thing. My MFL exam was ok, I think I failed it though, I wasn't really paying attention to what I was doing, just ticking what ever box; looked the prettiest- you know they have pictures.
Sokochan: Hehe, I'm laughing about that chapter I just wrote, you have to wait another 3 before you get it, which is quite funny. It has Haldir in it obviously, fluff! Fluff alert! No ignore that you're not meant to know. Damn, I can't be bothered to press the delete key. Haldir's dad won't be in the next chapter either- some how I managed to elongate the dinner for a long time- well the whole day really. Aldalóme is in the next chapter, I think.
Well I want to post this now, and I've lost my glasses- yes I've been typing this chapter up and I can't see the letters on the keys properly, so I hope there aren't many typos!
Gwilwileth