Little Elf
Chapter thirty seven
7th Rethe 3017
"You will be fine." The voice did not sound reassuring
"No I won't, Mithglin! Write me a…a…sick note or something."
"A sick note?" Mithglin questioned
"I can't do it! What if I get hurt? What of someone else gets hurt and I can't help them?"
"Nibenbaug will be there."
"That's reassuring." Elle replied sarcastically
"I'm sure. I'm also sure that there is also a reason that Haldir is acting the way he is."
"Because he's a prat and wants to show off to his army pals."
"No, he is not like that. Maybe he is proving to those around him that you are not meln."
"Well he's acting as if I dumped him and broke his petty heart! Which is a great image to send out! If he wasn't my friend I don't think I'd mind as much, I would think that was how the person was. But he is my friend and he's meant to be protecting me from people that act the way he's acting"
"Try talking to him about it."
"Whenever I do I get berated and have a whole pile of protocol shoved down my neck. But I have to go."
Mithglin smiled and hugged her "Namarie I will see you in seven days, preferably alive and well."
"I hope so. Namarie Mithglin. While I'm away we can both ponder the thought of our future marriage."
"Pardon?" But Elle had already left.
* * *
"We will ride until we reach our northern outpost, from there we use stealth, now saddle up!"
Elle stood confused as what to do, what horse would she ride? *I'm not sharing with Nibenbaug!* she shuddered
"Ellette? I said saddle up."
"Yes, I heard you Captain Haldir. I am just confused as to what horse I will be riding."
Something flashed briefly across Haldir's face.
"Anarmir is your horse, she needs to be saddled." He turned to leave.
"Thank you."
"Your welcome." He said stiffly, going to his own horse.
"I see he still has a flame for you."
"You may be my superior, but-"
"But what?" Nibenbaug taunted
"Oh I can't be bothered with you! Haldir is not my meln, never has been and it would do you good to remember this."
"That sounds like a threat."
"Everything sounds like a threat to you/? Did you perceive you mother teaching you manners as a threat? Because she obviously didn't succeed."
"Do not bring my mother into this!"
"and what exactly is this? You are meant to be my model! You are meant to be a role model Instead you keep on antagonising me! Now I'm going to get on this horse, and hopefully not talk you again until we have to heal someone or when we get back." And with that Elle swung onto Anarmir.
* * *
*Damn my bum hurts* Elle shifted in discomfort
"Camp!"
Simultaneously everyone stopped, apart from Elle who had to rein Anarmir in to stop her from trotting into the horse in front. The elves got off their horses and set about making camp.
Nibenbaug sat while the other elves disappeared; Elle stood idly scratching Anarmir's
Nose.
"Ellette, come over here" said Haldir who hadn't disappeared
"Yes?"
"When we set up camp your job will be to look for firewood."
"If that is all?" asked Elle trying to be indifferent.
Haldir nodded and walked off to do whatever it was that he did
"Ellette?"
"Yes? Oh great master Nibenbaug."
"No need for lip. I want you to go through my herb bag and get rid of all the herbs that can no longer be used and replenish those that need to be."
"Captain Haldir wants me to get some firewood."
"Do not lie to me. We need not fend off any orcs, we will sleep in the talans above us."
Elle looked up and could indeed see three talans. "But-"
"I will talk to Haldir later, and the Lady Galadriel when we get back, about your nature."
*What is Haldir playing at?* "Fine!" Elle snatched the bag off him.
Fully engrossed Elle did not notice the time pass "Ellette?"
"Hmmm?"
"You have not collected any firewood."
"Nibenbaug told me not to as we are sleeping in the talans. He also wanted me to do this." She held up the herbs.
"and how, pray tell, are we going to cook this rabbit?" he was holding a freshly slaughtered rabbit.
"Erm…"
"Exactly. Now I will leave it to you to tell the rest of the troop that they will have to wait for food as you could not complete the simple task of collecting and building a fire."
"You said I only had to collect firewood!"
"That was before you disobeyed me therefore inconveniencing the other elves in the troop. They can go about their own business until food is served."
Elle wanted too retort but kept her mouth firmly clamped.
Setting into the forest she looked for dead wood. The branches were large and when she carried them back she felt very top heavy.
On her knees she set about making a circle of stones only to find that there weren't many stones in the vicinity so she had to look for some.
Half and hour later she sat, her fire built waiting to be lit. "Er…Captain Haldir?"
"Aye?"
"I've built it."
"I do not see a fire."
"Well I'm afraid that in my training at my army tutorial I was not taught that. No, wait I did not have a tutorial, so excuse me if I don't know how to make, or light a fire."
Haldir called an elf over to him "teach the lady how to light the fire."
"Yes Haldir."
*How comes he can call Haldir, Haldir. While I have to fo with the Captain part?*
The elf obliged quickly lighting the fire, not however, teaching Elle how to do so
"Diola lle." thank you
The elf ignored her
A few hours later Elle was sleeping on her bed roll staring up at the night sky barely visible through the thick foliage of the mellyrn. *I have how many more days left? I'm in for a long ride*
A/n First off, sorry for the HUGE delay, the computer got a virus and to an extent it still doesn't work perfectly but we can talk about that after I've replied to my lovely reviews.
Hanya the bloody angel: Yes there will be a confrontation between Elle and Haldir in a chapter or two (or one) To hell with school and computers!
Niclaine: No, I don't think I'm going to kill Nibenbaug off. I can use him later as a bridge when Elle needs to step over some mud.
KindCalypso: I don't really hate Nibenbaug, I did when I started writing him, but I sorta like him now, no I'm not mad. He's fun too write.
cookies-will-invade: a long review! I'm sure it's cold! My beta doesn't have heating laughs the local water company had to turn her boiler off because it was corroded and they won't come and fix it for a while! I laugh at her, quite frequently.
Mrs. Ekeena Greenleaf: Thank you. I'm glad to see that people find her joining the army interesting rather then freakishly m-s-ish.
BlackmageI2: I'll stick reviews to both chapters in this. Yes she'll show em! You are one of the rare few that are actually on mailing list at the moment (as shown below)
Sokochan: Yay! Someone sympathises with Haldir! Poor sod. You are partly right.
candy: I know very evil for deleting my reviews! And stop distracting mads she's beta'ing an typing up her own story! Haldir has a reason, Niben doesn't I just want someone to annoy Elle! Go Elle! You show em!
cassiebear01: Talking in French, yes she can, and she will, when I decide that I can be bothered to translate, or get the internet to translate! She wouldn't insult someone in such a way! Coughs thank you for the Plushie. It's on my bed where is had been enlarged through the gift of imagination. I have my own elf, just gotta make him breathe now!
Okay I'm actually writing this part before I can even answer the reviews because my computer, true to form is not letting me get onto any type of explorer. Internet explorer doesn't work and so I use msn explorer but you have to sign in for that, and sometimes it just doesn't like signing in so I have to be patient.
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