...:: Take A Bow ::...
(Okay, this part may be a little weird but I just wanted to have a way
for everyone to find out certain things and I wanted a lot of music
and singing! So have fun!)
Buffy and Haldir led the way back to Lorien with Aragorn, Legolas,
Gimli, Gandalf, Merry and Pippin, Theoden and his men following behind
them. "We should not be doing this." Haldir warned Buffy once more,
hoping it would finally break through to her. "Haldir, calm down!
It'll be fine. I sent word by the animals that I would be bringing
them back."
In The Brush
Sweet lingered just a moment after the last of the group continueing
on to Lorien. "This should be interesting!" He sung softly, smiling
evily.
Lorien
Buffy sat across from Legolas with Haldir at her side. Aragorn and
Theoden sat across from each other, so on. The Lord and Lady sat at
the ends of the table and through out the evening, the discussion was
upon the Battle of Helm's Deep and Legolas's and Buffy's marriage.
Buffy sang laments for the elves that died and Haldir found himself
even more raptured within her being. He loved her after all. But
tonight was not any regular night in Lorien. No. Tonight, Buffy and
Legolas would spend there first night together and this Haldir was
obsessing over. He walked past all of the talans, thinking about all
of the times he had spent with Buffy. Reflecting on the love they
shared and what this seperation would mean for her career as a
Galadhrim. He decided that it wouldn't affect her duty as a Galadhrim
unless she became pregnant. Oh, lord! Buffy pregnant with Legolas's
baby? Haldir cringed. He came up and stood under Legolas's talan that
he shared with Buffy. The light was still on... this was a good sign!
His vision caught Buffy standing by a window, looking out, smiling
while Legolas's hands caressed up her arms. Surprised, but held in the
moment, he heard his voice seep out of him. He was singing! "His eyes
upon your face. His hand upon your hand." Legolas's head bent as he
kissed Buffy's shoulder, causing her to turn around and caress his
face. Haldir could see that she was simply going through the motions.
But it drove him crazy none the less. "It's more than I can stand!"
Haldir stares up underneath the balcony, seeing Buffy come out onto
the balcony, not seeing him at first. "Why does my heart cry? Feelings
I can't fight. You're free to leave me, but just don't deceive me and
please believe me when I say I love you!" Haldir's face contorted in
pain as he realized that Buffy realized he was watching her. Legolas,
still oblivious, continued kissing Buffy's neck and down her shoulders
to her back. Buffy's face turned red as her face, too, contorted into
that of pure sorrow. Tears streaked her face.
Haldir heard Buffy's voice come out in a secluded whisper. "I've
always been in love with you. I guess, you've always known it's true.
Say goodbye.... Say goodbye." This absolutely racked Haldir's feelings
and he no longer could stand it. "Why does my heart cry?" He almost
yelled but surprisingly his voice was like honey and it held it's
fullness and sensuality. "Feelings I can't fight...." Legolas's eyes
fell on to Haldir's face when Buffy didn't respond to any of his
attempts. He grew impatient and angry and just took his hands off of
Buffy, leaving the talan. Buffy dropped onto her knees, holding on to
the wooden bars of the balcony, starring down into Haldir's eyes.
"Say.... Goodbye...." A single tear fell from her eye now.
Buffy stood and turned into the talan not surprised to find it
empty. She knew that Legolas knew what happened and there would be
questions later on, but right now she wanted to revel in the memory of
what was and can never be. But it was for the best. "Take a bow, the
night is over. This masquerade is getting older. Light are low, the
curtains are down; there's no one here. Say your lines, but do you
feel them? Do you mean what you say when there's no one around?
Watching you, watching me, you're one lonely star." Buffy looked back
and then up into the night sky. It was starry and she could see
clearly to the clearing in the wood and the waterfall with the bridge.
It was quite lovely. She saw Legolas walking to the middle of the
bridge by the waterfall and stopping, staring down into the water.
"I've always been in love with you. I guess, you've always known it's
true. You took my love for granted, why? Oh, why? The show is over,
say goodbye." Buffy bit her lip as she turned to see Haldir still
watching her.
"Make them laugh, it comes so easy. When you get the part, when you're
breaking my heart. Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a
clown. Wishing you well, I cannot stay. You deserved an award for the
role that you played. No more masquerades, you're one lonely star."
Haldir couldn't hear her, she knew this. But she meant it about him,
determined to let him go once and for all. Sweet stood behind her now,
his hands caressing her. Buffy did nothing but shift her eyes over to
Legolas, whose eyes were now on her. "I've always been in love with
you.... I guess you've always known it's true. You took my love for
granted, why? Oh, why? The show is over say goodbye!" Buffy turned and
there was nothing behind her. She searching in vain and confusion.
Legolas finally came back to the talan and faced off with Buffy. "I
need to know... is it Haldir or is it I? Once you make your choice,
you cannot go back." His voice held sterdy and Buffy knew he was
hurting inside and hoping to hear that it was his she chose. But she
said nothing and only left the room, walking to the fountain, but
Legolas followed. Everyone was there, even the Lord and Lady. Haldir
was now as well. It would be quite a show! Buffy stepped onto a
platform and stood beside Sweet, who was now visible to everyone.
"Something's missing and I don't know why, I always feel the need to
hide my feelings from you. Is it me or you that I'm afraid of? I tell
myself, I'll show you what I'm made of. Can't bring myself to let you
go...." Sweet watched with enthusiasm. Haldir's and Legolas's eyes
were on hers.
"I don't want to cause you any pain, but I love you just the same and
you'll always be my baby. In my heart, I know we've come apart and I
don't know where to start. What can I do? I don't want to feel blue!"
These words were meant for Haldir, all of her songs were. Her voice
now touched a chord in everyone and even Legolas knew now where her
heart lied. "Something's happened and I can't go back. I fall apart
every time you hand your heart out to me. What happens now? I know I
don't deserve you. I wonder how I'm ever going to hurt you. Can't
bring myself to let you go...." Sweet stood then and as Buffy moved
with the beat that was brought on by Sweet, he held a grip on her,
letting her sway and he swayed along with her. "I'm not happy this
way... kissing some kind stranger's lips." Legolas knew who she meant
by that and he blushed, a little upset.
Buffy's tone changed and everyone knew something else was going to
happen. "I touch the fire and it freezes me. I look into it and it's
black. Why can't I feel? My skin should crack and peel. I want the
fire back." A look of long lost anguish came back to her. "Now through
the smoke, they call to me... to make my way across the flame; to save
the day or maybe, melt away. I guess it's all the same." A look of
resolve came through her and she stepped off the stange. "So I will
walk through the fire. Where else can I turn? I will walk through the
fire and let it...." Buffy stopped... Legolas began to sing. "The
torch I bear is scorching me and Buffy's laughing, I've no doubt. I
hope she fries, I'm free if she dies! I better help her out." Buffy
turned as everyone around her began singing. "Cause she is drawn to
the fire. Some people never learn." Legolas spoke his. "She will never
learn." Everyone else took up again. "And she will walk through the
fire and let it...."
Lord Celeborn moved forward from his position, clearly visible to
everyone now. "Will this do a thing to change her? Am I leaving this
world in danger? Is my granddaughter too far off to care?" Everyone
began to dance with power. Sweet was controlling them, forcing them to
bear all. "We'll see it through, it's what we're always here to do. So
we will walk through the fire and let it...." Buffy looked down at the
ground, upset. All were quite and their eyes were on her. "So one by
one, they turn from me. I guess my friends can't face the cold. But
why I froze, not one among them knows and never can be told!" Pippin
sung his heart out. "What can't we face if we're together?" Merry
joined in with Pippin, not wanting to be left out. "Everything is
turning out so dark!" Celeborn continued. "What's it going to take to
strike a spark?" Buffy walked more and more into the singing crowd.
"Going through the motions... walking through the part. These endless
days are finally ending in a blaze!"
Sweet sung with them now. "So one by one, they come to me; the distant
redness as their guide. That single flame. It isn't what they had in
mind, it's what they have inside. She will come to me." Buffy stopped
and finally realized that she had just spent the whole night singing
to know cause of her own. Everyone starred at Sweet now and he raised
his hat in the form of a toast. "What a lot of fun! You guys have been
real swell and there's not a one who can say this ended well. All
those secrets you've been concealing. Say you're happy now, once more
with feeling. Now I've got to run. See you all in Hell!" Everyone
starred at Buffy in silence. Haldir and Legolas in particulare. There
were some issues all three of them were going to have to work out.
(Okay, this part may be a little weird but I just wanted to have a way
for everyone to find out certain things and I wanted a lot of music
and singing! So have fun!)
Buffy and Haldir led the way back to Lorien with Aragorn, Legolas,
Gimli, Gandalf, Merry and Pippin, Theoden and his men following behind
them. "We should not be doing this." Haldir warned Buffy once more,
hoping it would finally break through to her. "Haldir, calm down!
It'll be fine. I sent word by the animals that I would be bringing
them back."
In The Brush
Sweet lingered just a moment after the last of the group continueing
on to Lorien. "This should be interesting!" He sung softly, smiling
evily.
Lorien
Buffy sat across from Legolas with Haldir at her side. Aragorn and
Theoden sat across from each other, so on. The Lord and Lady sat at
the ends of the table and through out the evening, the discussion was
upon the Battle of Helm's Deep and Legolas's and Buffy's marriage.
Buffy sang laments for the elves that died and Haldir found himself
even more raptured within her being. He loved her after all. But
tonight was not any regular night in Lorien. No. Tonight, Buffy and
Legolas would spend there first night together and this Haldir was
obsessing over. He walked past all of the talans, thinking about all
of the times he had spent with Buffy. Reflecting on the love they
shared and what this seperation would mean for her career as a
Galadhrim. He decided that it wouldn't affect her duty as a Galadhrim
unless she became pregnant. Oh, lord! Buffy pregnant with Legolas's
baby? Haldir cringed. He came up and stood under Legolas's talan that
he shared with Buffy. The light was still on... this was a good sign!
His vision caught Buffy standing by a window, looking out, smiling
while Legolas's hands caressed up her arms. Surprised, but held in the
moment, he heard his voice seep out of him. He was singing! "His eyes
upon your face. His hand upon your hand." Legolas's head bent as he
kissed Buffy's shoulder, causing her to turn around and caress his
face. Haldir could see that she was simply going through the motions.
But it drove him crazy none the less. "It's more than I can stand!"
Haldir stares up underneath the balcony, seeing Buffy come out onto
the balcony, not seeing him at first. "Why does my heart cry? Feelings
I can't fight. You're free to leave me, but just don't deceive me and
please believe me when I say I love you!" Haldir's face contorted in
pain as he realized that Buffy realized he was watching her. Legolas,
still oblivious, continued kissing Buffy's neck and down her shoulders
to her back. Buffy's face turned red as her face, too, contorted into
that of pure sorrow. Tears streaked her face.
Haldir heard Buffy's voice come out in a secluded whisper. "I've
always been in love with you. I guess, you've always known it's true.
Say goodbye.... Say goodbye." This absolutely racked Haldir's feelings
and he no longer could stand it. "Why does my heart cry?" He almost
yelled but surprisingly his voice was like honey and it held it's
fullness and sensuality. "Feelings I can't fight...." Legolas's eyes
fell on to Haldir's face when Buffy didn't respond to any of his
attempts. He grew impatient and angry and just took his hands off of
Buffy, leaving the talan. Buffy dropped onto her knees, holding on to
the wooden bars of the balcony, starring down into Haldir's eyes.
"Say.... Goodbye...." A single tear fell from her eye now.
Buffy stood and turned into the talan not surprised to find it
empty. She knew that Legolas knew what happened and there would be
questions later on, but right now she wanted to revel in the memory of
what was and can never be. But it was for the best. "Take a bow, the
night is over. This masquerade is getting older. Light are low, the
curtains are down; there's no one here. Say your lines, but do you
feel them? Do you mean what you say when there's no one around?
Watching you, watching me, you're one lonely star." Buffy looked back
and then up into the night sky. It was starry and she could see
clearly to the clearing in the wood and the waterfall with the bridge.
It was quite lovely. She saw Legolas walking to the middle of the
bridge by the waterfall and stopping, staring down into the water.
"I've always been in love with you. I guess, you've always known it's
true. You took my love for granted, why? Oh, why? The show is over,
say goodbye." Buffy bit her lip as she turned to see Haldir still
watching her.
"Make them laugh, it comes so easy. When you get the part, when you're
breaking my heart. Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a
clown. Wishing you well, I cannot stay. You deserved an award for the
role that you played. No more masquerades, you're one lonely star."
Haldir couldn't hear her, she knew this. But she meant it about him,
determined to let him go once and for all. Sweet stood behind her now,
his hands caressing her. Buffy did nothing but shift her eyes over to
Legolas, whose eyes were now on her. "I've always been in love with
you.... I guess you've always known it's true. You took my love for
granted, why? Oh, why? The show is over say goodbye!" Buffy turned and
there was nothing behind her. She searching in vain and confusion.
Legolas finally came back to the talan and faced off with Buffy. "I
need to know... is it Haldir or is it I? Once you make your choice,
you cannot go back." His voice held sterdy and Buffy knew he was
hurting inside and hoping to hear that it was his she chose. But she
said nothing and only left the room, walking to the fountain, but
Legolas followed. Everyone was there, even the Lord and Lady. Haldir
was now as well. It would be quite a show! Buffy stepped onto a
platform and stood beside Sweet, who was now visible to everyone.
"Something's missing and I don't know why, I always feel the need to
hide my feelings from you. Is it me or you that I'm afraid of? I tell
myself, I'll show you what I'm made of. Can't bring myself to let you
go...." Sweet watched with enthusiasm. Haldir's and Legolas's eyes
were on hers.
"I don't want to cause you any pain, but I love you just the same and
you'll always be my baby. In my heart, I know we've come apart and I
don't know where to start. What can I do? I don't want to feel blue!"
These words were meant for Haldir, all of her songs were. Her voice
now touched a chord in everyone and even Legolas knew now where her
heart lied. "Something's happened and I can't go back. I fall apart
every time you hand your heart out to me. What happens now? I know I
don't deserve you. I wonder how I'm ever going to hurt you. Can't
bring myself to let you go...." Sweet stood then and as Buffy moved
with the beat that was brought on by Sweet, he held a grip on her,
letting her sway and he swayed along with her. "I'm not happy this
way... kissing some kind stranger's lips." Legolas knew who she meant
by that and he blushed, a little upset.
Buffy's tone changed and everyone knew something else was going to
happen. "I touch the fire and it freezes me. I look into it and it's
black. Why can't I feel? My skin should crack and peel. I want the
fire back." A look of long lost anguish came back to her. "Now through
the smoke, they call to me... to make my way across the flame; to save
the day or maybe, melt away. I guess it's all the same." A look of
resolve came through her and she stepped off the stange. "So I will
walk through the fire. Where else can I turn? I will walk through the
fire and let it...." Buffy stopped... Legolas began to sing. "The
torch I bear is scorching me and Buffy's laughing, I've no doubt. I
hope she fries, I'm free if she dies! I better help her out." Buffy
turned as everyone around her began singing. "Cause she is drawn to
the fire. Some people never learn." Legolas spoke his. "She will never
learn." Everyone else took up again. "And she will walk through the
fire and let it...."
Lord Celeborn moved forward from his position, clearly visible to
everyone now. "Will this do a thing to change her? Am I leaving this
world in danger? Is my granddaughter too far off to care?" Everyone
began to dance with power. Sweet was controlling them, forcing them to
bear all. "We'll see it through, it's what we're always here to do. So
we will walk through the fire and let it...." Buffy looked down at the
ground, upset. All were quite and their eyes were on her. "So one by
one, they turn from me. I guess my friends can't face the cold. But
why I froze, not one among them knows and never can be told!" Pippin
sung his heart out. "What can't we face if we're together?" Merry
joined in with Pippin, not wanting to be left out. "Everything is
turning out so dark!" Celeborn continued. "What's it going to take to
strike a spark?" Buffy walked more and more into the singing crowd.
"Going through the motions... walking through the part. These endless
days are finally ending in a blaze!"
Sweet sung with them now. "So one by one, they come to me; the distant
redness as their guide. That single flame. It isn't what they had in
mind, it's what they have inside. She will come to me." Buffy stopped
and finally realized that she had just spent the whole night singing
to know cause of her own. Everyone starred at Sweet now and he raised
his hat in the form of a toast. "What a lot of fun! You guys have been
real swell and there's not a one who can say this ended well. All
those secrets you've been concealing. Say you're happy now, once more
with feeling. Now I've got to run. See you all in Hell!" Everyone
starred at Buffy in silence. Haldir and Legolas in particulare. There
were some issues all three of them were going to have to work out.