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SO SORRI for updating so late, I've been busy, but I'm trying my best to update every 1or 2 days.
Legolas and Sawen walked their horses out of the stables and Sawen climbed onto her horse swiftly and pushed her hair back. Legolas was impressed, but then again he found everything she did interesting. He mounted his horse and held the reins, "Are you ready milady? Legolas said giving one of his gorgeous smiles to her.
"Legolas" she replied returning a smile, "Catch me if you can" and she was off on her horse, riding fast ahead on the road.
He rode off after her and trying to catch up with her. She looked back at him and laughed and blew him a kiss before speeding up and riding out of the forest. He was intoxicated by her simple kiss and rode on faster. They had finally come out of the forest and Sawen began to slow down, seeing she didn't know which way to go. Legolas caught up next to her, " You ride good, have you done this before?" "No, my first time."
"Where do you want to start first? The Shire, Rivendell, Gondor, Rohan?"
"Mm, I wanna see Minas Tirith first, and then we'll plan from there. So, lead the way 'Prince' she giggled, looking at his annoyed face.
"As you wish 'milady', it will be a long road ahead." Legolas galloped slowly so she could follow.
"What's wrong with the name Prince? I think it sounds cute." Sawen asked playfully. " I like to be named equally, I don't want people to think I am better than them just because I am a Prince. In some ways it is torturing to me, who I am. My father always expects me to do better and pushes me further. He has my whole life planned for me, and he expects me to take over his throne and become king one day. I hope that day never comes."
"I see, well just be yourself. Be who you want to be, not what someone else wants you to be. You'll never be happy if you're living someone else's dream. Sawen was never someone else, her parents never encouraged her to do anything in fact they hardly cared about her. She was raised in a world where she had to make her own decisions. "But you're lucky your family cares about you so much, my family hardly paid attention to me."
"Did you have a very big family and you were left out?" Legolas said making a sort of joke from it.
Sawen didn't laugh though. For her it was a serious matter. She looked at him with a kind of sorrow and sadness in her eyes, "No, I was an only child. They just never really...they were never there for me, ever. Not when I needed them the most. I remember on my 14th birthday, they promised that they would come, I decorated the whole house in party streamers and I stayed up all night waiting for my parents to walk through the doors, and I would run to them and I would wrap my arms around them and tell them how much I loved them." Sawen's eyes grew watery but she kept on as if she would cry any second now, "and they never came. One week later they visited me and I asked them desperately why they never came, and they said" Now she was really crying, "They said that they never made such a promise to come! Every year on my birthday, I would wait hoping that maybe, just maybe my parents would surprise me and they would be here. But it was just false hope." She began to wipe her tears away when Legolas who was a little shocked by her sudden change of mood put his hand on her cheek "I will be here for you, whenever you need me." His words comforted her and she held his hand, "Do not make promises that you can't keep." She wiped away her tears and look up into the sky,
It was late afternoon and they had been riding for some steady hours though it only seemed like a while ago that they left the forest. Legolas looked around and spotted a small village, "We shall rest there overnight and regain our strength. Sawen, I am sorry."
"For what?" " For asking you and bringing back old memories."
"It's not your fault, in fact it was better I got that out of the way. I have something to live for here, its everything and more I could ever need. I'm sorry about before, I just couldn't help it." Her mood had turned back to normal now and she did smile, and this time her smile meant more than ever. Legolas, who was again stunned by the change of her mood, gave her a peculiar look, which made Sawen start giggling and laughing at his face.
"Come on, we can't stay here forever you know." She started off riding towards the village.
The Prince followed after her and they rod until they came up to the village entrance. There were quite a lot of people and the streets seemed busy with shops and workers, it seemed very simple and merry. The two got off their horses and walked around looking for an inn. There was a large one with a sign saying Dragon's Lair, and they tied their horses at the front where there was a small stable. It was a restaurant at the bottom and the rooms were upstairs. As they entered people starred at them, some who thought like "Oh look! Isn't that an elf, where are they from?" or "Who's that handsome elf?" Legolas could hear some of them talking and saw a group of women looking at him and blushing and giggling. He himself showed a small sign of blushing, Sawen who was walking up to the counter paid no attention and didn't really mind.
"Hello there, milady how can I help you?" said the man at the counter. He was tall and bloated around the stomach and had a small beard and brown hair.
"Me and my 'friend' would like to stay overnight in your inn, can we please have two single rooms?" She looked behind at Legolas who was talking to a couple of men who seemed very interested in what he had to say. "Legolas!" she called calmly and loud enough for him to hear. There was music playing and people talking aloud so it was hard to hear, but after all he was an elf and had good hearing and obviously heard her. He walked over to her excusing the gentlemen, "Yes Sawen?" He looked at her and then to the man at the counter.
"Errh umm sir and milady, I'm terribly sorry we only have one room left in the Inn, the place has been fully booked. The only room left is a double bedroom if you want it? I can offer you a complementary breakfast if you like?"
Sawen thought for a moment, she didn't really like the idea of sharing a bed with Legolas. Though she did like him, a lot, it didn't seem that comfortable. After all she had never shared a room with a guy/elf before, apart from that night they were together. Legolas was indeed willing to share a room with Sawen, but he would not if she didn't feel right with it.
"Sawen, if you would like, we could go to another inn, I'm sure we'll find two bedrooms somewhere." Legolas couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he was looking at her face.
"Well, I..." the man interrupted before she could finish her sentence.
"I'll even throw in a free supper, eh how's that. I mean you two look like a happy couple, it shouldn't be that hard to share a room overnight?"
"Thank you for the offer sir but my partner thinks its best if we..." "We'll take it!" Sawen replied cutting Legolas off. She was still a bit unsure of her decision but she was tired and didn't feel like searching any further.
Legolas didn't want to ask her anymore in case she changed her mind. He felt somewhat pleased in a decent way. The man was delighted by her choice and gave them a key to their room upstairs.
"It's just upstairs to your right down the corridor. Enjoy your stay." And the man walked off into the restaurant to tell the cook to prepare a special supper for them. They were not so sure why the people treated them so well but who would refuse such a good offer.
They reached their room and opened the door. It was a small and cozy room with a large double bed, a table, a window, a change board and a fireplace. The walls were a light shade of orange with a bit of decoration of pictures. Altogether Sawen thought it seemed okay. Legolas didn't really mind, though he expected a higher standard accommodation but he traveled a lot and was use to these stays besides, he thought any room would be good if he was sharing it with her. They put down their bags on the table and Sawen looked around at where she was going to sleep.
"I think I'll get some extra blankets to place on the ground and sleep tonight."
"No, no I would feel guilty letting a lady sleep on the ground. You can sleep on the bed I will sleep on the ground. Do not worry, I am use to it." Legolas said and he put some blankets on the floor.
Sawen had a strange feeling come over her. She didn't want for him to sleep on the floor after their long journey, it would be cold, rough and uncomfortable. The bed was after all a double bed. It wasn't that bad if she shared it with him.
"No, umm you can share the bed with me. I'll sleep on this side and you can sleep on the other. It wouldn't be the first time we've shared anyway. I do not want you to sleep on the floor."
"Are you sure that's ok?" Legolas' heart beated faster, he would sleep in the same bed as her, he had thought of that and wanted it but he knew it was wrong.
"Yes, I'm sure" And she put the blankets back on the bed. "Well, I don't know about you but I feel awfully hungry. Shall we go downstairs for some food?" It was getting darker and the sun had set, the village grew a little quieter than before. As they entered the restaurant thee were many people eating and drinking merrily. Sawen and Legolas sat in an empty table and waited to be served. A waiter came out carrying a tray of food and served it at their table.
"Your dinner is served. Roast chicken and potato and Steak with prawns. Enjoy." The waiter smiled and walked off into the kitchen.
The two stared at their plates, which smelled delicious and full of flavour. "I think I'll have the Roast chicken." Sawen said, "I'm not really a fan of steak. Bad experience."
"What happened?" Legolas asked as he carved through his steak.
"Well, I went to this one restaurant called Beach and I ordered steak and halfway through the steak I started coughing really bad." She started eat her potato and talked after swallowing, "Then when I took another bite it was rock hard and got stuck in my throat! I was choking so badly. I've never really touched steak from then on." She stated and continued eating.
"I enjoy steak once in a while, but my favourite food is seafood, and prawns at that too." Legolas said as he took off the whole shell of a prawn on is plate with his fork and knife without using his fingers in one go.
Sawen stared in amazement. "How do you do that?"
Legolas laughed and said "Well you just practice with it. You'll get it after a while."
After they had finished their delightful dinner they gave there thanks to the waiter and the man from the counter and headed back to their room.
When they entered Sawen took a gown from her bag and walked behind the change board and quickly changed. She wore a thin silky gown and Legolas changed into a long gold brown shirt or dress. (Similar to what he wore to the Council of Elrond)
They both felt awkward at first when getting into the same bed, but Legolas was quite comfortable after a while and so was Sawen. "Good night Legolas" Sawen said sweetly and she went to sleep, "Elei vaer herynnen" (sweet dreams my lady) Legolas replied softly, before turning to his side of the bed and sleeping.
The sun was up and the morning was beginning to brighten. The two were still asleep in bed. Legolas slowly opened his eyes and noticed that Sawen was sleeping soundly beside him, with her face just below Legolas' and with her hand around his neck. Legolas felt extremely glad to be here beside her. He didn't want to move and wake her up from this but he mainly didn't want to be away from her. But slowly Sawen opened her eyes to see Legolas' face and she was still for a few seconds, she felt so comfortable before looking down to see that she was had held Legolas so close to her. She suddenly rolled back to her side of the bed and sat up.
"I'm so sorry. Please forgive me, I didn't.. I mean I just.." Sawen felt extremely awkward and embarrassed at what she done. Legolas however didn't feel bad about what she did.
"There is nothing to forgive, I didn't mind. Really it's ok, unless you felt it was wrong, did you?"
She didn't know what to think. She thought it was weird at first but then, she didn't regret it. Somehow it made her feel closer to Legolas and showed her he was right for her. He would never have taken advantage of her even when he had the chance.
"Well, its kind of weird for me because I've never done that to anyone before, only have you?" She didn't want to be some girl that he spent a month with for fun and then pretended like he never knew her.
Legolas blushed but looked sort of ashamed for he had been with others before her, but they were never so serious. "It was all in the past, nothing more."
"Well, if I have to say, then I don't regret it. I mean it wasn't anything serious was it. I just slept uneasy and turned over to you. Nothing much." She said trying to calm down.
"I do not blame you. It was nice being close to you, you looked so gentle and sweet in your sleep. It felt nice." Legolas was lost in words, he enjoyed being next to her, and he wanted to be again. But he wasn't sure what she was thinking.
Sawen didn't look at him directly but deep inside her she felt the same way. "I feel the same way."
Legolas was surprised at what she said "Then how would you feel if we were like this everyday?"
She looked at him, " We hardly know each other, and it's been like two, three days."
"But it feels like more, every minute every day I am drawn close to you, the more I see you the more I want you. Do you not feel the same?" In his mind he felt love, but never said it in words for he has never said it before.
Of course she felt the same. She felt that way the other night they were together, but she didn't know about him. But know the truth came out and what they both felt for each other was real. "I do" She blushed looking away slightly but Legolas sat up turning her head back towards him. He kissed her passionately on her lips and ran his hand down her neck. Sawen was half confused but stayed with the kiss. Legolas felt the sensation of being with her and kissing in bed and Sawen felt the same, but the sun was up and the day had begun.
She tried to talk and push away to tell him that they had to get ready for their journey but he was too occupied to want to be anywhere else. She finally pulled back and so did Legolas,
"Is there something wrong?" He asked
"We have to get going now, we can't delay" replied Sawen, as much as she wanted to stay here in bed she knew that her time was getting scarce day by day. And if Legolas was never going to say I Love You to her, then she at least wanted to see the place before leaving.
Legolas then realized and thought back when she said to see the world before it was too late, he didn't know when 'too late' would be so he thought going along with her wishes would be best.
They got out of bed and got changed into traveling clothes then headed downstairs. The man from the counter offered them their free breakfast but Sawen declined his offer.
"Legolas, you can stay and eat if you want, but I think I'm going to go around the village shops for a while. I'm not that hungry anyway." And she headed out the door.
Legolas followed with her holding his bag and his bow and arrows. They walked together down the streets looking at the wonderful shops. There were many food stands and food shops, which filled the air with delicious smells. As they walked on they came close up to a dark building, there were less and less people around as they got closer to the black building. Legolas walked off to ask a man nearby what the building was and Sawen spotted a lost child and walked over to her and picked her up looking around for her mother. Then all of a sudden there were screams coming from the building and the door slammed open and a woman came running out with a knife. Sawen had just handed the child to her mother when she turned around and saw the insane women run towards Legolas who had his back to her and was still talking to the man, who was shocked by the woman approaching and ran off. Sawen saw that she was going to attack Legolas and ran to him trying to push him away before the woman stabbed him. She was almost there but the women saw Sawen and she quickly tried to strike before she could come. This all happened very fast and in a fraction of a second Sawen ran in front of Legolas and tried to cover him with herself. Legolas turned around just realizing, when he found a knife stabbed into Sawen's arm.
"Sawen! Sawen!" He said, holding her in his arms as she slowly started to fall. She would have given her life to protect him and he felt this. "You will be okay, I will heal you." He looked around and saw the woman. She was tall with blonde hair and seemed to have mental problems.
"Curse you! Curse you all." She screamed and laughed giving a wicked sort of look on her face.
Legolas who was raged at her took out his bow and shot an arrow through her leg. She yelled and fell on her knees. A few guards then came out of the building and grabbed her by her arms and dragged her back in. Legolas bent down at Sawen looking at the knife in her arm.
MORE TO COME HAhahaha suspense. Sorry if I keep repeating the same words. Anyways what did u think of it? Review and tell me. In the next chapter they arrive in Minas Tirith, and troubles have just started.