IN THE LAST CHAPTER...
Elenna had just met the man (okay... elf) she loves, only he doesn't remember who she is. Which is kinda sad, if you think about it... Anyhoo, Gandalf and a healer are about to explain why he doesn't remember any of them.
And seeing as how I haven't done a disclaimer for a few chapters... Here it is. I own nothing... Except my flute. Oh, by the way, I SURVIVED BAND CAMP!!!!! YES!!!!!!! Muahahahahahahahahahahahaha bird poops on author's head WHY DO BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO MEEEEEEEE?????
"Astoldominien has had a very rough time, Elenna." Gandalf said, though if it was meant as consolation it didn't help any. "He has spent nearly a thousand years just trying to get to you. He would have married you in a heartbeat if he'd had the chance."
"I know all this." She snapped, looking at the sleeping form of the elf she loved. "Just tell me why he doesn't remember me."
"In short, he spent close to a thousand years as a prisoner. He tried to escape and when he finally succeeded, he fell out of a third story window and hit his head. When I found him he was almost dead. I've spent five years trying everything I can to restore his memory... I am sorry. I've done the best I can."
"I don't understand. How... how did they take him prisoner?"
(Don't ask me who "they" are... I don't know! I needed it for the plot, people!)
"He was hurt. A broken leg, or something like that. They found him... and instead of killing him, they took him as a prisoner and never would let him go. He was treated harshly but not abused... locked away like a prize. And maybe that's what he was... We'll probably never know." Gandalf sighed.
Elenna looked down at her hands, folded neatly in her lap. "Is there any hope? Will he ever be who he was?" She asked, fearing the answer would be no.
"He'll never be exactly the same... Talk to him. Tell him who you are. Tell him about your sister, about Legolas... Tell him about his home. Show him things that have a significance in his life. Maybe one of those things can spark his memory enough for him to start remembering who he is... Who you are. Who we are." Gandalf sighed. "It's been a long day. You should get some sleep."
"I will." Elenna promised. She laid her head on her shoulder and waited until Gandalf had left, then silently broke down and wept. All the emotions, all the fears, everything she had felt over the last week was poured into those tears. It felt good to cry. It felt good not to have to be strong anymore.
Sometime in the early morning, she heard Astoldominien stir. She wiped away her tears and turned, trying to hide her tears from him.
"Why you weep?" He asked, raising himself up on his elbows so he could see her better. As soon as he saw her face he knew. He knew she was the one everyone had been telling him to remember. It was there, in his head... But he couldn't reach it. He couldn't remember who she was or what part she had had in his life... He couldn't remember anything about her.
Elenna stood still for a moment, trying to think of an answer she could give that he could understand. Finally, she answered. "I have lost someone dear to me." She murmured. "He does not know who I am... And I miss him very much."
"I'll help you find him." He offered. Elenna smiled through her tears.
"It is very kind of you to offer... But I doubt you could do anything to make him remember me, Astoldominien."
"How do you know my name?" He asked, looking confused. "Have I told you?"
Elenna sighed. "I've known you for almost two thousand years."
"So you... You are the one everyone keeps telling me to remember."
Elenna nodded. "My name's Elenna." She said. She sat back down in her chair and sighed. "I need to go. My sister will worry about me."
"Tell her not to." Astoldominien grinned.
"I wish it was that easy. She's a little overprotective." Elenna smiled. "Goodnight, Astoldominien." She stood up and walked to the door.
"Goodnight Elenna." Astoldominien called as she left.
After she left, Astoldominien stood by the window for a while. Gandalf came silently into his room and cleared his throat to make his presence known. "You used to love her, you know."
"I don't remember her. How can I love someone I don't know?" Astoldominien sighed in frustration.
"Try to remember. Think from the back of your head." Gandalf started once again on the familiar routine he used to coach Astoldominien through every day in a futile attempt to get him to remember Elenna.
"Gods, Gandalf, what do you think I've been doing for five years?!" Astoldominien asked. "I want to remember her. It's there. I just can't... I can't reach it. Isn't there some kind of... spell or something you could use?"
"I've already told you. I can do nothing for you. It's up to Elenna to help you now." Gandalf said. "I've searched and tried everything that I found... Everything that was even semi-tied to remembrance. I've done all I can."
Astoldominien sighed. Deciding to move onto another subh=ject before the one they were on drove them both crazy, he asked, "Is Maqueden here?"
"Maqueden?" Gandalf asked, looking up quickly and bending to pick up his hat from where it had fallen off his head.
"Elenna had a twin sister, right?" He paused. Then, "I remembered something!" He smiled, an ear-to-ear grin that threatened to crack his face.
Gandalf laughed. "See? Less than five minutes with her and you already remember her crazy twin sister. It is pretty hard to forget Maqueden, though... Maybe that one shouldn't count..."
Astoldominien joined in with the laughter. He hadn't felt this good in a long time.
Elenna sat on the window seat in her room, looking out over Gondor. A knock on her door startled her and she jumped, then called "Come in!"
Maqueden and Kyriana came into the room. There was silence for a moment as Maqueden contemplated the effect her news might have on Elenna. Then, pushing all consequences aside, she spoke. "Without really meaning to... I was sort of eavesdropping... But not on purpose! Anyway, Gandalf and Astoldominien were talking and he started talking about me..."
"So he remembers something?" The hope in Elenna's eyes was almost contagious. "What did he say?"
"He just randomly asked 'Is Maqueden here?' and then said, 'she had a twin sister, right?' and Gandalf told him he had remembered me. And then they started laughing." Maqueden said, cinveniently leaving out the part about Elenna's "crazy twin sister".
Elenna screamed into her pillow. Maqueden smiled and Kyriana laughed. When Elenna removed her face from the pillow, she asked, "Are you sure you heard this correctly?"
"Yup." Maqueden said matter-of-factly.
Elenna smiled. "Maybe if I'm with him tomorrow he'll start remembering me. I mean, it's great that he remembers you and all..."
"But you love him." Maqueden finished for her. "Elenna... It may take a long time."
"I know. But I don't care. I just want him to love me again."
Maqueden smiled. "Well, now that we know you're alive, I'm going to get some sleep. And find Legolas... Where in Middle Earth could he have wandered off to?" Kyriana laughed and the two girls left Elenna's room.
Elenna fell back onto her bed and realized something. "There is no way I am going to be able to sleep tonight." She thought to herself.
A/N: Short chapter... Or, at least, it took less than 24 hours to write... : ) Anyhoo... This is the summer of random updates, so the chapters won't be coming at the end of every week, like usual. So I might update three times in one week. Actually, I'm trying to catch up... I should be on chapter 18 right now... sigh Right. READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!
I am now asking you if you want a sequel or if I should let my cousin author a series called "Water" which has Maqueden and Elenna and Legolas in it... And it might have Astoldominien... Hang on, lemme check... Yep. Astoldominien is in it. Anyway, it's when Maqueden discovers she's a "Hidden Istari" and then meets Legolas... And of course they fall in love... There's 5 in the series and there might be a sixth... So let me know in your reviews. Cuz I need to start planning the sequel, if you want one.
THANK YOU'S!!!!!
Aliana Archer- thanks! Okies, now that I know what they drink...
Tenacious D- thanks! I'm glad you like it. The next chapter should be here by the end of the week.
Nilimade- thanks! Now I know what to give them the next time they decide to get thirsty on me!
Elenna had just met the man (okay... elf) she loves, only he doesn't remember who she is. Which is kinda sad, if you think about it... Anyhoo, Gandalf and a healer are about to explain why he doesn't remember any of them.
And seeing as how I haven't done a disclaimer for a few chapters... Here it is. I own nothing... Except my flute. Oh, by the way, I SURVIVED BAND CAMP!!!!! YES!!!!!!! Muahahahahahahahahahahahaha bird poops on author's head WHY DO BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO MEEEEEEEE?????
"Astoldominien has had a very rough time, Elenna." Gandalf said, though if it was meant as consolation it didn't help any. "He has spent nearly a thousand years just trying to get to you. He would have married you in a heartbeat if he'd had the chance."
"I know all this." She snapped, looking at the sleeping form of the elf she loved. "Just tell me why he doesn't remember me."
"In short, he spent close to a thousand years as a prisoner. He tried to escape and when he finally succeeded, he fell out of a third story window and hit his head. When I found him he was almost dead. I've spent five years trying everything I can to restore his memory... I am sorry. I've done the best I can."
"I don't understand. How... how did they take him prisoner?"
(Don't ask me who "they" are... I don't know! I needed it for the plot, people!)
"He was hurt. A broken leg, or something like that. They found him... and instead of killing him, they took him as a prisoner and never would let him go. He was treated harshly but not abused... locked away like a prize. And maybe that's what he was... We'll probably never know." Gandalf sighed.
Elenna looked down at her hands, folded neatly in her lap. "Is there any hope? Will he ever be who he was?" She asked, fearing the answer would be no.
"He'll never be exactly the same... Talk to him. Tell him who you are. Tell him about your sister, about Legolas... Tell him about his home. Show him things that have a significance in his life. Maybe one of those things can spark his memory enough for him to start remembering who he is... Who you are. Who we are." Gandalf sighed. "It's been a long day. You should get some sleep."
"I will." Elenna promised. She laid her head on her shoulder and waited until Gandalf had left, then silently broke down and wept. All the emotions, all the fears, everything she had felt over the last week was poured into those tears. It felt good to cry. It felt good not to have to be strong anymore.
Sometime in the early morning, she heard Astoldominien stir. She wiped away her tears and turned, trying to hide her tears from him.
"Why you weep?" He asked, raising himself up on his elbows so he could see her better. As soon as he saw her face he knew. He knew she was the one everyone had been telling him to remember. It was there, in his head... But he couldn't reach it. He couldn't remember who she was or what part she had had in his life... He couldn't remember anything about her.
Elenna stood still for a moment, trying to think of an answer she could give that he could understand. Finally, she answered. "I have lost someone dear to me." She murmured. "He does not know who I am... And I miss him very much."
"I'll help you find him." He offered. Elenna smiled through her tears.
"It is very kind of you to offer... But I doubt you could do anything to make him remember me, Astoldominien."
"How do you know my name?" He asked, looking confused. "Have I told you?"
Elenna sighed. "I've known you for almost two thousand years."
"So you... You are the one everyone keeps telling me to remember."
Elenna nodded. "My name's Elenna." She said. She sat back down in her chair and sighed. "I need to go. My sister will worry about me."
"Tell her not to." Astoldominien grinned.
"I wish it was that easy. She's a little overprotective." Elenna smiled. "Goodnight, Astoldominien." She stood up and walked to the door.
"Goodnight Elenna." Astoldominien called as she left.
After she left, Astoldominien stood by the window for a while. Gandalf came silently into his room and cleared his throat to make his presence known. "You used to love her, you know."
"I don't remember her. How can I love someone I don't know?" Astoldominien sighed in frustration.
"Try to remember. Think from the back of your head." Gandalf started once again on the familiar routine he used to coach Astoldominien through every day in a futile attempt to get him to remember Elenna.
"Gods, Gandalf, what do you think I've been doing for five years?!" Astoldominien asked. "I want to remember her. It's there. I just can't... I can't reach it. Isn't there some kind of... spell or something you could use?"
"I've already told you. I can do nothing for you. It's up to Elenna to help you now." Gandalf said. "I've searched and tried everything that I found... Everything that was even semi-tied to remembrance. I've done all I can."
Astoldominien sighed. Deciding to move onto another subh=ject before the one they were on drove them both crazy, he asked, "Is Maqueden here?"
"Maqueden?" Gandalf asked, looking up quickly and bending to pick up his hat from where it had fallen off his head.
"Elenna had a twin sister, right?" He paused. Then, "I remembered something!" He smiled, an ear-to-ear grin that threatened to crack his face.
Gandalf laughed. "See? Less than five minutes with her and you already remember her crazy twin sister. It is pretty hard to forget Maqueden, though... Maybe that one shouldn't count..."
Astoldominien joined in with the laughter. He hadn't felt this good in a long time.
Elenna sat on the window seat in her room, looking out over Gondor. A knock on her door startled her and she jumped, then called "Come in!"
Maqueden and Kyriana came into the room. There was silence for a moment as Maqueden contemplated the effect her news might have on Elenna. Then, pushing all consequences aside, she spoke. "Without really meaning to... I was sort of eavesdropping... But not on purpose! Anyway, Gandalf and Astoldominien were talking and he started talking about me..."
"So he remembers something?" The hope in Elenna's eyes was almost contagious. "What did he say?"
"He just randomly asked 'Is Maqueden here?' and then said, 'she had a twin sister, right?' and Gandalf told him he had remembered me. And then they started laughing." Maqueden said, cinveniently leaving out the part about Elenna's "crazy twin sister".
Elenna screamed into her pillow. Maqueden smiled and Kyriana laughed. When Elenna removed her face from the pillow, she asked, "Are you sure you heard this correctly?"
"Yup." Maqueden said matter-of-factly.
Elenna smiled. "Maybe if I'm with him tomorrow he'll start remembering me. I mean, it's great that he remembers you and all..."
"But you love him." Maqueden finished for her. "Elenna... It may take a long time."
"I know. But I don't care. I just want him to love me again."
Maqueden smiled. "Well, now that we know you're alive, I'm going to get some sleep. And find Legolas... Where in Middle Earth could he have wandered off to?" Kyriana laughed and the two girls left Elenna's room.
Elenna fell back onto her bed and realized something. "There is no way I am going to be able to sleep tonight." She thought to herself.
A/N: Short chapter... Or, at least, it took less than 24 hours to write... : ) Anyhoo... This is the summer of random updates, so the chapters won't be coming at the end of every week, like usual. So I might update three times in one week. Actually, I'm trying to catch up... I should be on chapter 18 right now... sigh Right. READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!
I am now asking you if you want a sequel or if I should let my cousin author a series called "Water" which has Maqueden and Elenna and Legolas in it... And it might have Astoldominien... Hang on, lemme check... Yep. Astoldominien is in it. Anyway, it's when Maqueden discovers she's a "Hidden Istari" and then meets Legolas... And of course they fall in love... There's 5 in the series and there might be a sixth... So let me know in your reviews. Cuz I need to start planning the sequel, if you want one.
THANK YOU'S!!!!!
Aliana Archer- thanks! Okies, now that I know what they drink...
Tenacious D- thanks! I'm glad you like it. The next chapter should be here by the end of the week.
Nilimade- thanks! Now I know what to give them the next time they decide to get thirsty on me!