Coronation 14

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As the nobles of Gondor mingled among themselves at the banquet(which had been moved back outside since the weather was now miraculously beautiful) hushed whispers were spoken among them on the arrival of the kings, bride-to-be.

"Was that her?"
"Was that Arwen?"
"Did you see the pointy ears?"
"Valar sake! She's an elf?"
"She was a complete mess!"
"Why was she so late?"
"Did you see how he kissed her? Of course that was Arwen?"

The talk of the entrance of Arwen and the shown affection between her and the king was now the biggest and only thing to talk about.

However, all talk of Arwen and her heritage stopped abruptly as they took sight of the White Wizard stepping up on the dais. He looked over the crowd and smiled, "may I introduce to you for the first time: King Elessar and the Lady Arwen Undomiel."

And the doors of the Great Hall opened to reveal Gondor's new ruler and his betrothed at his side. Arwen smiled and whispered in an amused tone to Aragorn, "Elessar....hmmm," she thought, "I am going to like calling you that." Aragorn gave her a brief but twisted smile.

Arwen took in a deep breath and gripped Aragorn's hand as all the people before her stared at her. Aragorn smile again and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, sensing her tension. Trumpets played from every direction announcing the return of the king and the arrival of his soon-to- be-queen.

Arwen looked out over the people and tried to look confident and friendly. For her elvish ears had picked up the murmurs and whispers of the people when she first arrived in the city. She wanted the people of her new home to like her, this was her chance to show them that elves were not selfish and conceited. She took another deep breath and gave the nobles of Gondor a smile.

A short time later Aragorn and Arwen sat at the head table with Faramir, Eowyn, Elladan, Eomer and a few other head nobles and their families. The meal had been served and Arwen was, despite the fact that she had not eaten, a good meal since she left Imladris was too nervous to eat more than a few bites. She kept trying to make room for conversation and trying to seem as pleasant as possible, while still remaining true to herself. Once in a while, during an involved part of the conversation she would glance around, trying to spot Maranwe, who had yet to return from 'returning a scroll to Aragorn's study' as Aragorn had put it. but trying to worry about that was pushed from her mind as one of the nobles directed a question towards her directly.

"And Lady Arwen, if I may ask, what was the reason of your lack of punctuality for the coronation today?" The lord asked.

Arwen felt Aragorn tense beside her and she discreetly reached her hand under the table and gave his hand a squeeze, assuring him that she was fine. "Well my Lord—"she stuttered, not recalling if he had ever introduced himself.

"Galmod." Aragorn spoke blankly, "Arwen, this is Lord Galmod, who had yet to properly introduce himself." He spoke directly to the man that sat across from him.

Arwen nodded in thanks and noticed the bruises on Galmod's face. With the tension between him and Aragorn, Arwen sensed that he might have been the one Aragorn had a 'simple' argument with. "As I was saying, Lord Galmod. I rode from Imladris with Elladan," she nodded in the direction of him next to Aragorn, "my father and my other brother, Elrohir. Unfortunately, my brother's horse spooked and he fell off, receiving a rather painful looking head injury. We had no choice but to slow our pace, or else my brother would never recover." She began to take a bite of food, thinking she had finished when Galmod spoke again.

"And where is your other brother and father now?"

Arwen breathed deeply and said, "Elladan and I rode ahead. Elrohir and my father should arrive in the city within a day or two."

Despite her wishes, Galdmod kept pressuring her. "If you and Lord Elladan rode ahead, why were you still nearly a week late then your designated time? Shouldn't two riders, travel faster than four?"

Arwen felt herself wishing she could leap over the table and stab the fork she was holding into Galmod's eye. However, she restrained herself and said firmly, "You are correct my lord. However, my brother and I were not able to convince my father to let us leave for quite some time. But at least I made it to the coronation in time to see Elessar crowned." She spoke, getting some amusement at using Aragorn's new title. She then managed to get a bite of meat in her mouth before the annoying man asked her another question.

"Lle ume quell." Aragorn spoke with a huge grin on his face. (Well done)

Arwen nodded and was about to say something else when Maranwe popped out of nowhere. "Estel you really need to clean your study. It took forever to put that scroll back where it belonged." She took her seat next to Arwen and smiled, "How's the veal?" she asked, unfolding her napkin and placing it on her lap.

Arwen stared at her closest friend questionably. For just running an annoying errand, Maranwe sure had a large smile plastered on her face. "What are you so perky about?" she asked, voicing her thought.

"What's wrong with being perky? The war is over, Gondor has its king and my closest friend is alive and close enough for me to tease on a daily basis."

Arwen gave Maranwe a sarcastic smile, "Really Maranwe I appreciate that, truly I do."

She laughed and hugged Arwen tightly, "Really Arwen, you have no idea how happy I am that you are here. You are going to love the life in Gondor." Arwen returned the embrace and turned to Elladan as Eowyn asked Maranwe a question. The young elf's eyes sparkled and Aragorn watched Maranwe lean over and whisper something in her ear. Aragorn could only guess what Maranwe had said when Eowyn squealed in delight and blushed giddily. The newly crowned king of Gondor shook his head and smiled, he simply prayed that Eowyn could keep a secret better than Maranwe could.

Around an hour alter the meal was done, and the guests were walking around and socialized among themselves as their food settled in their stomachs before the orchestra began. Aragorn smiled as he watched Arwen speaking to a female noble, the wife of some—other noble, that he 'also' did not know the name of. Curses, he really needed to learn names better.

Slowly he walked over and gently wrapped an arm around Arwen's waist. He smiled to the middle-aged woman before him and said, "Pardon me My lady. If I my ask to steal your company for the mean time." The woman smiled and nodded.

As Aragorn led Arwen away, he caught a glimpse of Maranwe and Eowyn over his shoulder who gave him a huge grin and mouthed 'good luck' to him. Aragorn smiled before turning to Arwen and said, "Would you follow me My Lady. I want to show you something."

Arwen gave him a flirty smile and spoke softly, "Of course Elessar."

TBC