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THANK YOU! Sorry for not updating lately. Okay, shall I continue with the
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things out over the letters cause those weird symbols are messing the story
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this!
DISCLAIMER: Nae, I do not own Inuyasha ( Nae means Alas) and if I did own Inuyasha do you really think I you would be reading this? Gurth a chyth- in- edhil that means Death to the foes of the elves. So please do not sue me, and please do not steal my idea or the Elves will appear and seek refenge for me (kidding) Don't steal my idea.
Okay, now I shall present you with some of the translations for the Elvish used in this chapter.
"Ai na Dunadan! Mae govannen!"
Translation: " Ah,at last, Westman! well met"
Let me think what else is in this chapter....
" Hir nin, mae govannen."
Translation: " My lord, well met."
Now for the words.
pada: literally...... to walk
Now Celeb means silver and lim literally means.... clear, sparkling light. So you put those together and you get Celeblim Like it? I would have used another name, but I was trying to be creative.
Now naur means fire and lach literally means: a leaping flame. Put those together and you get Naurlach. Like it?
Anyway, I believe that was the Elvish for this chappie. Please read and review.
Chapter 16- First Lesson
Etain ran down to the bathing chambers, she cursed under her breath for being disturbed. 'No matter,at least my eyes will not get sore looking at this new prince.' She thought with a grin. As she entered into the chamber, she breathed in all the scents of the essental oils floating in the water. What she traced with her nose was lavender and roses. She chose lavender not only for it's calming effects but if she ever got injuryed it had healing agents. Rose, well she loved the smell of roses and her best friend's name was rose. She suddenly smelled herself realizing that she really stunk. She wrinkled her nose and thought, 'How could that prince stand the smell of me after sweating all day, riding and swimming in the ocean?' She removed her garments and jumped into the warm water. "Thank the Gods for hot springs." She thought out loud. She ducked her head back under the water, and emerged with rose petals stuck to her face. After a few more dunks under the water and a little scrubbing, she jumped out of the water and grabbed a cloth to dry herself off with. A servant entered into the room, bowed, and asked, "My lady, may I be of service?"
Etain grinned at her, revealing sparkling white teeth. This was her dear friend Rose, whom she had known since she was a child. "Thank you Rose, but I think I can manage. How is our guest doing?"
Rose's red curls framed her face as she smiled at her dear friend. " He is doing just fine, I can tell you like him?"
Etain smiled at her. "Guren bed enni." Rose cut her off shaking her head. "My lady do you forget we must speak the common tongue? You have only just met this stranger and you speak of matters of the heart so soon?" Etain smiled and shook her head in agreement. "Oh, I don't know, but I do know I have to get going. Thank you, and tell our "guest" that I will be there in about ten minutes." With that Etain took of into the dressing chambers. "My lady if you ask me, I think tis some magic that is causing all this. Probably something the king had done so you would marry." Etain chuckled at Rose's words and shook her head as she took off in the direction of her dressing chambers.
Etain already knew what she was wearing, as she scanned through this huge chamber. There were dresses of all colors hanging everywhere along with all of her other clothing. "Do I really need all of this?" She mumbled out loud. "Ah, here it is." She said while pulling out a faded lavender tunic, that had their silver stones etched all over the stich. She also pulled out a pair of white breeches. "Lady like, yet comfortable enough to ride in, and father can't say anything." Etain said smiling. She combed her hair, and left it down straight. She looked at herself in the mirror, for her hair had a silver glow to it, and her eyes now reflected that of her tunic. She smiled to herself, as she grabbed her boots and quickly stepped into them and took off at a run. She slowed down as she reached the wing where Frealaf was. She felt butterflies in her stomach and shook her head in shock at this feeling. She ran her hand through her hair, and knocked on the door.
Frealaf had been pacing while we waited for Princess Etain to arrive. He felt like a young child waiting for All Hollow's Eve to arrive. A very strange looking woman had come to assit him. She was very small, had red curly hair, and an extremely curious personality.
'My lord, my I help you choose your attire? My lady Etain told me to tell you that she will be along shortly."
"Thank you......" "Me name's Rose." " Thank you Rose, but I am already dressed and will wait for Princess Etain."
Rose shook her head at his clothes. He was wearing formal clothes very fancy ones at that. " Sir, if I might suggest wearing something a little bit less........"
Frealaf looked down at himself. " What is the matter with my clothes?"
"There is nothing wrong with them sir, just that my Lady will probably be taking you riding and anytime you go with her, you will get dirty. We wouldn't want to get those clothes all nasty, would we?"
Frealaf took that as a hint. " Anything you suggest, dear Rose?"
Rose smiled at the question and disappeared into the closet presenting him with a casual white shirt and a pair of dark breeches along with a pair of boots. " These will do just fine," Rose said with a satisfied look on her face as she showed her selection off.
Frealaf grinned at her. " Thank you very much. Now if you will excuse me I must hurry she will be here any minute."
Rose smiled at him thinking mission accomplished. She bowed to Frealaf and hurried out the door. She almost ran into Etain down the hall.
Etain raised an eyebrow at Rose. "He is all ready, my Lady." Rose giggled and ran off.
Frealaf heard a light knock on his door. He took a deep a breath and almost ran to open the door. He stopped at the door and took another deep breath to calm his nerves, and not to throw open the door. He slowly lowered his hand and turned the knob and almost gasped at the beauty radiating from Etain. In the dark hallway he could see the flames from the torches lighting the entire hall-way reflecting out of her eyes. " Hi." He barely breathed.
Etain grinned at him and said. "Ai na vedui Dunadan! Mae govannen!"
Frealaf looked at her puzzled. "What did you just say?" Etain laughed and said, "Come we must be going I will tell you on the way. It was my orders to teach you some of our language, that is if you wish to learn?"
Frealaf shook his head in agreement. " I must learn your tongue, how else will I know if you speak unkind words to me?"
Etain put on an innocent face. " Me speak unkind words of anyone?" She shook her head and smiled. " I said Ah, at last, Westman! well met."
Frealaf looked at her questionly. " What do you mean by that? I said nothing but hello?"
"It was the expression in your eyes and I heard you hesitate to open the door and those deep breaths you took." Etain said with a grin as she lengthened her stride and was ahead of him.
Frealaf looked a little startled for a moment but quickly regained his pace and caught up with her. " Princess Etain, where are we going?"
"Please don't call me Princess, call me Etain. Well, My Lord, I am taking you to the stables and will give you a royal ride on one of our Elvish horses. I bet you have never riden one?"
Frealaf shook his head. " I am afraid I have not, though I do ride dragons at home."
Etain cocked an eyebrow at him. " Well, you are in for the ride of your life."
They were nearing an entrance where Etain took a left and they walked down a long, narrow hallway. Frealaf was about to say something but stopped as he saw light ahead. Etain opened a door and they were out in a beautiful forest littered with trees that had golden and silver leaves. There were some green leaves mixed in as well. There was an endless field of emerald green,lush grass. With hills mixed in. He picked up with his demon ears the ocean directly in front of them, he also heard a waterfall in the distance. He gasped as he saw a single silver colored stallion gallop across the field. Never in all his years had he seen a horse of this status. He felt something coming, but could hear nothing.
Etain sensed his unease. " It is only the rest coming."
"I thought you said we were going to a stable." Frealaf asked her never taking his eyes off the Elvish horse.
" I did. We do have a stable, but the horses tend to prefer to roam the fields and forests, as I am sure you can understand with this beautiful weather." Etain sensed the rest of the herd stopping at the waterfall. She called out with her senses for her steed and a steed for Frealaf.
Frealaf's eyes widened as the silver stallion came galloping with a fire red chestnut next to him. He looked at Etain who was smiling at the two. The horses made no noise whatsoever. ' How can that be?'
It was as if Etain could read his mind, she said, " You forget, Westman, that these are Elvish horses."
" You forget that I am not a man." Frealaf corrected her.
"Ah, yes, my mistake, I shall still call you that though."
The two horses stopped right in front of them. Etain walked up and placed both hands along their faces in thanks and she seemed to be communicated with them. The silver colored horse stepped forward.
"Frealaf, I would like you to meet Celeblim." Then the firey red chestnut stepped forward. "This is Naurlach. He has agreed to bear you while you stay here."
Frealaf raised an eyebrow and asked, " What do you mean he has agreed? Don't you just choose a horse for me?" Etain shook her head and smiled patiently at him. " We have the gift of be able to communicate with animals, and they are our friends. The Elvish horses chose to stay with us of their own free will. When we are old enough to ride, the horse chooses their rider and their life long friend. They are completely different compared to a regular horse. Naurlach decided to bear you as his rider while you stay here, you must tend to your horse at all times, or he will not allow you to ride him. Are you able to ride without a saddle or bridle?"
Frealaf looked at her in shock. " You mean ride without saddle or bridle, why that is absurd!"
" We do not use saddles or bridles, nor are they needed for the skill we have. Why don't you try it? I promise you it is nothing like riding a regular horse.You won't even feel any impact."
Frealaf looked at her in disbelief. Etain picked this up and shrugged her shoulders as she lightly gripped Celeblim's mane and gracefully threw herself onto his back.
Frealaf noted that she looked like she was born up there.
"Well, are you coming? Do you need some help getting up? I was showing you how to get on." Etain said as she stroked Celeblim's mane. " Lim, lets give him the race of his life." Etain whispered, using her nickname for Celeblim.
Frealaf heard what she had said. " Do you forget my hearing?"
Etain blushed a little then smiled and said, " Hir nin, mae govannen."
Frealaf raised another eyebrow at her and said, " I believe I have heard the ending to that, and if you don't mind could you speak in the common tongue first then in your tongue?"
Etain smiled and shook her head. " I said, My lord, well met. Now are we going to get going, are stand around and talk all day? Lim is getting restless. He really wants to stretch his legs." Frealaf didn't say a word. He gripped Naurlach's mane as Etain had done with Celeblim, and pulled himself up. It was not as graceful as Etain had been, but better than most first timers. He looked at Etain with a satisfied grin on his face. He gave Naurlach a pat on the neck.
" Okay, lets start off slow so you can get comfortable. We give verbal commands, well, usually in our minds but since you do not know how to do that. Now when you want him to walk or move forward just say, pada." No sooner had she said that Celeblim started to walk forward. Naurlach stood there waiting for his commands.
Frealaf took a breath and said, " Pada." Naurlach started walking along side with Celeblim. Frealaf had a huge grin on his face he looked at Etain. " That was my first Elvish word." Naurlach snorted as if to say, " So, what's your point?"
Etain laughed at what Naurlach was doing.
DISCLAIMER: Nae, I do not own Inuyasha ( Nae means Alas) and if I did own Inuyasha do you really think I you would be reading this? Gurth a chyth- in- edhil that means Death to the foes of the elves. So please do not sue me, and please do not steal my idea or the Elves will appear and seek refenge for me (kidding) Don't steal my idea.
Okay, now I shall present you with some of the translations for the Elvish used in this chapter.
"Ai na Dunadan! Mae govannen!"
Translation: " Ah,at last, Westman! well met"
Let me think what else is in this chapter....
" Hir nin, mae govannen."
Translation: " My lord, well met."
Now for the words.
pada: literally...... to walk
Now Celeb means silver and lim literally means.... clear, sparkling light. So you put those together and you get Celeblim Like it? I would have used another name, but I was trying to be creative.
Now naur means fire and lach literally means: a leaping flame. Put those together and you get Naurlach. Like it?
Anyway, I believe that was the Elvish for this chappie. Please read and review.
Chapter 16- First Lesson
Etain ran down to the bathing chambers, she cursed under her breath for being disturbed. 'No matter,at least my eyes will not get sore looking at this new prince.' She thought with a grin. As she entered into the chamber, she breathed in all the scents of the essental oils floating in the water. What she traced with her nose was lavender and roses. She chose lavender not only for it's calming effects but if she ever got injuryed it had healing agents. Rose, well she loved the smell of roses and her best friend's name was rose. She suddenly smelled herself realizing that she really stunk. She wrinkled her nose and thought, 'How could that prince stand the smell of me after sweating all day, riding and swimming in the ocean?' She removed her garments and jumped into the warm water. "Thank the Gods for hot springs." She thought out loud. She ducked her head back under the water, and emerged with rose petals stuck to her face. After a few more dunks under the water and a little scrubbing, she jumped out of the water and grabbed a cloth to dry herself off with. A servant entered into the room, bowed, and asked, "My lady, may I be of service?"
Etain grinned at her, revealing sparkling white teeth. This was her dear friend Rose, whom she had known since she was a child. "Thank you Rose, but I think I can manage. How is our guest doing?"
Rose's red curls framed her face as she smiled at her dear friend. " He is doing just fine, I can tell you like him?"
Etain smiled at her. "Guren bed enni." Rose cut her off shaking her head. "My lady do you forget we must speak the common tongue? You have only just met this stranger and you speak of matters of the heart so soon?" Etain smiled and shook her head in agreement. "Oh, I don't know, but I do know I have to get going. Thank you, and tell our "guest" that I will be there in about ten minutes." With that Etain took of into the dressing chambers. "My lady if you ask me, I think tis some magic that is causing all this. Probably something the king had done so you would marry." Etain chuckled at Rose's words and shook her head as she took off in the direction of her dressing chambers.
Etain already knew what she was wearing, as she scanned through this huge chamber. There were dresses of all colors hanging everywhere along with all of her other clothing. "Do I really need all of this?" She mumbled out loud. "Ah, here it is." She said while pulling out a faded lavender tunic, that had their silver stones etched all over the stich. She also pulled out a pair of white breeches. "Lady like, yet comfortable enough to ride in, and father can't say anything." Etain said smiling. She combed her hair, and left it down straight. She looked at herself in the mirror, for her hair had a silver glow to it, and her eyes now reflected that of her tunic. She smiled to herself, as she grabbed her boots and quickly stepped into them and took off at a run. She slowed down as she reached the wing where Frealaf was. She felt butterflies in her stomach and shook her head in shock at this feeling. She ran her hand through her hair, and knocked on the door.
Frealaf had been pacing while we waited for Princess Etain to arrive. He felt like a young child waiting for All Hollow's Eve to arrive. A very strange looking woman had come to assit him. She was very small, had red curly hair, and an extremely curious personality.
'My lord, my I help you choose your attire? My lady Etain told me to tell you that she will be along shortly."
"Thank you......" "Me name's Rose." " Thank you Rose, but I am already dressed and will wait for Princess Etain."
Rose shook her head at his clothes. He was wearing formal clothes very fancy ones at that. " Sir, if I might suggest wearing something a little bit less........"
Frealaf looked down at himself. " What is the matter with my clothes?"
"There is nothing wrong with them sir, just that my Lady will probably be taking you riding and anytime you go with her, you will get dirty. We wouldn't want to get those clothes all nasty, would we?"
Frealaf took that as a hint. " Anything you suggest, dear Rose?"
Rose smiled at the question and disappeared into the closet presenting him with a casual white shirt and a pair of dark breeches along with a pair of boots. " These will do just fine," Rose said with a satisfied look on her face as she showed her selection off.
Frealaf grinned at her. " Thank you very much. Now if you will excuse me I must hurry she will be here any minute."
Rose smiled at him thinking mission accomplished. She bowed to Frealaf and hurried out the door. She almost ran into Etain down the hall.
Etain raised an eyebrow at Rose. "He is all ready, my Lady." Rose giggled and ran off.
Frealaf heard a light knock on his door. He took a deep a breath and almost ran to open the door. He stopped at the door and took another deep breath to calm his nerves, and not to throw open the door. He slowly lowered his hand and turned the knob and almost gasped at the beauty radiating from Etain. In the dark hallway he could see the flames from the torches lighting the entire hall-way reflecting out of her eyes. " Hi." He barely breathed.
Etain grinned at him and said. "Ai na vedui Dunadan! Mae govannen!"
Frealaf looked at her puzzled. "What did you just say?" Etain laughed and said, "Come we must be going I will tell you on the way. It was my orders to teach you some of our language, that is if you wish to learn?"
Frealaf shook his head in agreement. " I must learn your tongue, how else will I know if you speak unkind words to me?"
Etain put on an innocent face. " Me speak unkind words of anyone?" She shook her head and smiled. " I said Ah, at last, Westman! well met."
Frealaf looked at her questionly. " What do you mean by that? I said nothing but hello?"
"It was the expression in your eyes and I heard you hesitate to open the door and those deep breaths you took." Etain said with a grin as she lengthened her stride and was ahead of him.
Frealaf looked a little startled for a moment but quickly regained his pace and caught up with her. " Princess Etain, where are we going?"
"Please don't call me Princess, call me Etain. Well, My Lord, I am taking you to the stables and will give you a royal ride on one of our Elvish horses. I bet you have never riden one?"
Frealaf shook his head. " I am afraid I have not, though I do ride dragons at home."
Etain cocked an eyebrow at him. " Well, you are in for the ride of your life."
They were nearing an entrance where Etain took a left and they walked down a long, narrow hallway. Frealaf was about to say something but stopped as he saw light ahead. Etain opened a door and they were out in a beautiful forest littered with trees that had golden and silver leaves. There were some green leaves mixed in as well. There was an endless field of emerald green,lush grass. With hills mixed in. He picked up with his demon ears the ocean directly in front of them, he also heard a waterfall in the distance. He gasped as he saw a single silver colored stallion gallop across the field. Never in all his years had he seen a horse of this status. He felt something coming, but could hear nothing.
Etain sensed his unease. " It is only the rest coming."
"I thought you said we were going to a stable." Frealaf asked her never taking his eyes off the Elvish horse.
" I did. We do have a stable, but the horses tend to prefer to roam the fields and forests, as I am sure you can understand with this beautiful weather." Etain sensed the rest of the herd stopping at the waterfall. She called out with her senses for her steed and a steed for Frealaf.
Frealaf's eyes widened as the silver stallion came galloping with a fire red chestnut next to him. He looked at Etain who was smiling at the two. The horses made no noise whatsoever. ' How can that be?'
It was as if Etain could read his mind, she said, " You forget, Westman, that these are Elvish horses."
" You forget that I am not a man." Frealaf corrected her.
"Ah, yes, my mistake, I shall still call you that though."
The two horses stopped right in front of them. Etain walked up and placed both hands along their faces in thanks and she seemed to be communicated with them. The silver colored horse stepped forward.
"Frealaf, I would like you to meet Celeblim." Then the firey red chestnut stepped forward. "This is Naurlach. He has agreed to bear you while you stay here."
Frealaf raised an eyebrow and asked, " What do you mean he has agreed? Don't you just choose a horse for me?" Etain shook her head and smiled patiently at him. " We have the gift of be able to communicate with animals, and they are our friends. The Elvish horses chose to stay with us of their own free will. When we are old enough to ride, the horse chooses their rider and their life long friend. They are completely different compared to a regular horse. Naurlach decided to bear you as his rider while you stay here, you must tend to your horse at all times, or he will not allow you to ride him. Are you able to ride without a saddle or bridle?"
Frealaf looked at her in shock. " You mean ride without saddle or bridle, why that is absurd!"
" We do not use saddles or bridles, nor are they needed for the skill we have. Why don't you try it? I promise you it is nothing like riding a regular horse.You won't even feel any impact."
Frealaf looked at her in disbelief. Etain picked this up and shrugged her shoulders as she lightly gripped Celeblim's mane and gracefully threw herself onto his back.
Frealaf noted that she looked like she was born up there.
"Well, are you coming? Do you need some help getting up? I was showing you how to get on." Etain said as she stroked Celeblim's mane. " Lim, lets give him the race of his life." Etain whispered, using her nickname for Celeblim.
Frealaf heard what she had said. " Do you forget my hearing?"
Etain blushed a little then smiled and said, " Hir nin, mae govannen."
Frealaf raised another eyebrow at her and said, " I believe I have heard the ending to that, and if you don't mind could you speak in the common tongue first then in your tongue?"
Etain smiled and shook her head. " I said, My lord, well met. Now are we going to get going, are stand around and talk all day? Lim is getting restless. He really wants to stretch his legs." Frealaf didn't say a word. He gripped Naurlach's mane as Etain had done with Celeblim, and pulled himself up. It was not as graceful as Etain had been, but better than most first timers. He looked at Etain with a satisfied grin on his face. He gave Naurlach a pat on the neck.
" Okay, lets start off slow so you can get comfortable. We give verbal commands, well, usually in our minds but since you do not know how to do that. Now when you want him to walk or move forward just say, pada." No sooner had she said that Celeblim started to walk forward. Naurlach stood there waiting for his commands.
Frealaf took a breath and said, " Pada." Naurlach started walking along side with Celeblim. Frealaf had a huge grin on his face he looked at Etain. " That was my first Elvish word." Naurlach snorted as if to say, " So, what's your point?"
Etain laughed at what Naurlach was doing.