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She tried her best to stay calm, but she had never been in such pain before. Her arm was wounded with the knife stuck through it. "I'm okay." She said bravely before giving a loud cry as Legolas gently pulled out the knife. Her nails were dug into the dusty ground as she tried to hold back a scream. Legolas put his hands over her and slowly healed her wound and wrapped a piece of cloth around her arm that he had torn off his shirt.
She slowly calmed down and was relaxed. "Thank You" she said looking at Legolas who was kneeling beside her. She felt strength in her again and slowly stood up.
"No, I am the one to say Thank You. You saved me from being killed by that insane woman! You took a stab in the arm for me, I am ever grateful." Legolas bowed to her as he helped her up.
"She wouldn't have killed you, and besides I'm fine now so don't worry." Sawen spoke with a bit of humour trying to convince Legolas she was okay. But she felt her head was spinning, and her knees were weak and she fell, luckily Legolas caught her in his arms. She looked up at him, he was more handsome as ever, his eyes sparkled in the sunlight behind.
"I think you should rest, we can go to Gondor tomorrow." "No, please I am fine. I just slipped that's all. I don't need to rest; I want to get there soon. Please Legolas, please. Legolas accepted her sudden stare with the most pleading eyes and he agreed after moments of thinking.
"You must take care of yourself though" The Prince helped her up yet again.
"Does that mean you won't look after me?" she started to walk away slowly looking sadly at the ground.
"No Sawen that's not what I meant!" He called catching up to her, but she was looking away from him, "I just, I was saying that...I" He just pulled her face towards him to find that she was laughing as she saw his face.
"You tricked me," The prince said as he too started to smile.
"Oh Legolas you can be so gullible sometimes, come on, we better get going. Wouldn't want to get stabbed again now would we. Which really makes me wonder, who was that women anyways, I mean she came straight towards you when she came out. Strange."
They both walked back to their horses. Legolas stopped to ask someone about that woman was. "Tell me sir. Who is that woman, the one who came running out?"
The old man seemed afraid to talk about it, but he did reply. "We don't say. She came ere bout a month ago; she was taken to that building few days after she got ere. People say that she hated elves and something just drove her mad. She's a bit mental up there and she'd slash out at everyone. She even..." The man stopped, too horrified to go on.
"She even what?" Legolas glared into the man's eyes and sensed his deepest thoughts. "She even killed someone." Legolas stated not needing the man to say. The old man looked at him and walked away.
Legolas looked back at Sawen, "I have not heard of this woman before, curious that she hates elves."
"Do not trouble yourself with her. Her problems are her own and I don't want anything more to do with her." She walked off back to the Inn for their horses and Legolas followed. When they reached the town entrance gate Legolas gave one suspicious look far back of the town to where the building was and they both rode off.
They were riding swiftly for what seemed like two hours, and they were both silent. Legolas would always be looking ahead at Sawen as she was riding, with her hair blown back showing her clear face. But he didn't speak; her eyes were straight ahead as she was riding and she seemed to want to get there fast. At last she slowed down and stopped looking back at Legolas who just caught up with her. They got off near some woods and rested for lunch. Sawen took out her water bottle and Legolas unpacked some food. They were both famished and had only Lembas bread and some fruit and nuts. They sat down beside a small stream on some logs. It was quiet and peaceful.
"Here, have some lembas bread." Legolas said as he handed her a piece of lembas.
"Is it nice?" she asked taking a small bite out of the bread.
"Well it's not something you want all the time, but it fills your stomach."
They both ate quietly and Legolas of course was looking at Sawen as he ate. She was most polite and would wipe her mouth after every small bite and eventually it made Legolas laugh.
"What? What is it?" she asked looking around at what was so humorous.
"Nothing, it's just, has anyone ever told you that you look cute even when your eating, and that your hair blows so silky and smooth, and your whole self just looks, so sweet, so beautiful." He was dreaming into her.
"Yes, someone has. You just did." She smiled and put down the bread. "You know what would be great at a time like this?"
"Please tell me Sawen" He got up and moved to sit next to her on the same log.
"Chocolate."
"What is chocolate?" He was not fond of these outside foods and had never heard of the word before.
"You don't know what chocolate is? So you don't have it here??"
"We do not, or not that I know of, no. Why? Is it important?" He asked as he's face closed in on her lips."
"It is important. It's the most delicious thing you could ever eat; oh it's been so long since I had my last piece of chocolate. And it's not just the taste, but it's the feeling to. Chocolate with strawberries would inspire on love and romance and plain chocolate just makes you feel so relaxed and the feeling is indescribable.
"Does it even feel better than this?" he gave her a gentle kiss on her lips, which he has resisted for the whole day.
"Well, umm it comes pretty close." They both laughed and talked for a while before heading on the horses.
The weather turned harsh and there was a sprinkle of rain, they had no choice but to stop for the night and camp in some woods. There was a perfect spot in an opening of the woods, it was dry and no rain could get through the trees tops above. Legolas gathered sticks and started a fire while Sawen unpacked some blankets.
"Do you want to eat something Sawen?" Legolas asked as he helped her lay the blankets on the grass.
"No, I'm not that hungry. It's getting dark, are you sure it's safe around here? No wolves or bears or orcs?" She seemed rather nervous going to sleep in such a wild place, she was use sleeping under a roof at least.
"Don't worry, I'll be here." He smiled and helped her calm down.
Sawen looked at the blankets, there were 4 but they were thin. One for each of them to sleep on and the other to cover. They slept separately, Legolas slept on one side of the fire and Sawen on the other side.
"It's so peaceful." Legolas said looking up at the trees.
"I guess, I've never done this before. Well I've camped but we had tents, not like this, I guess his is the real thing." They were both looking up at the trees. The rain had stopped and they could see a bit of the stars in the sky above the trees.
"I'm glad to be here with you Legolas. I feel like the luckiest person in the world." Her dreams were slowly coming true, though it costed her great pain and sacrifice for something she wasn't sure yet was going to last.
"Post vaer. ( Sleep well)" The prince said as he lied down an pulled the blanket over him.
"Night Legolas," And they both fell asleep, tired out from their day journey.
The weather grew cold after midnight and the wind picked up. Sawen was okay with the cold, as she had been had felt it inside of her for such a long time that this had little effect on her, Legolas was strong and he had been through much worse but he was a little shakier than Sawen. A gush of wind came over Sawen making her open her eyes to check what it was, the slightest sound of discomfort and she would wake. The fire had died out and she looked at Legolas, who was still asleep but his blanket hardly covered him. His shoulder and chest was blank with nothing covering. His hands rubbed on his arm from the wind that came over. He was wearing his usual clothes but he felt somewhat colder than usual.
Sawen rubbed her eyes and stood up and walked over to him holding her blanket. She gently bent down and covered him up with his blanket then topping hers on him. He didn't quite feel her beside him but as she got up his hand shot out and grabbed hers, holding it tightly. He was saying something under his breath, but she couldn't hear. She tried to break free of his grip without waking him but she couldn't.
Morning had come and the sun was up. Birds began to sound and the trees began to move their branches. Legolas of course was the first to wake as usual, and he found Sawen sitting next to him, but she was asleep with her head on her hand leaning on her knee. He saw his hand was gripping on hers and let go. He noticed her blanket on him and that she had little but a dress on herself. He quickly pulled the blanket over her shoulders but she was asleep. Then he gently layed her down onto his lap so that she was comfortable. Slowly as some minutes went by Sawen moved her head and woke. She was so relaxed where she was that she didn't want to move.
"Your awake."
She yawned and stretched her arms looking for where he was. Legolas tapped her shoulder and she looked behind to see him next to her and that she had been sleeping on his lap.
"I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable through the night, sleeping on you." She said as she tried to wake up properly.
"I'm fine. Thank you for giving me your blanket, you must have been very cold throughout the night."
"Oh, it was nothing. I slept fine. You seemed cold though, I mean I saw you and when I put the blanket on you, you grabbed my hand." She was still yawning and really trying to wake up.
"Are you alright?" He asked looking at her, but she did feel a bit weary, so weary that she fell back asleep on him. "Sawen" He slowly whispered before growing concerned that she was sick. He felt her head but it was okay, she must have been tired from everything so he let her sleep. He placed her on the blanket and covered the blanket over her. It was a pity, they could have been on their way but she still couldn't wake up. Legolas walked off out of the woods and spotted a carriage coming this way, a young farmer was riding in front and no one was in the carriage. It was perfect. As the farmer rode closer towards Legolas, Legolas walked in front of him.
"Sir, is there any chance that I could have that carriage of yours? It's an emergency." He asked him politely and took out his bag.
"Well, I need to pick up my cousins from town, so I'm sor...."
"I will give you two gold bars for it" He said holding out the money in his hands to the man whose eyes suddenly gazed upon it.
"Course course, you can take it." He said quickly as he hopped off the horse and took the money politely.
"You can keep the horse sir, I will use my own to lead the carriage." He walked over to the large carriage and looked inside. It was plain with no seat but it was big enough for two people at least.
"Very well" The man said as he took his horse and left.
"Legolas hurried back to the woods where Sawen was still sleeping and he took the horses to the carriage. He then came back for Sawen and he carried her to the carriage. He placed the blankets inside the carriage and put her gently inside. Then he sat off in front and led the horses riding.
Hours and hours passed and surprisingly Sawen had just woke up. She found herself in a carriage and peeked outside the window to see Legolas holding the reigns.
"Legolas" She said, and now she was fully awake,
"Nice sleep?" He said making fun of her. "It's 2 o'clock in the afternoon, you've been asleep half the day.
"What did I miss? Where are we?"
"We have just entered into the realm of Gondor." He looked up and she followed, not expecting that they would arrive for some days. And she gazed upon a beautiful sight. A magnificent city upon the mountains.
"Minas Tirith." She said almost speechless from the joy of seeing it and they joy of being there. She didn't know how they got there so fast, but it was good seeing that she didn't have that much time to lose anyway.
"Welcome milady, to the Minas Tirith," Legolas also gazed on the sight, it wasn't long since he had been there after Aragorn was crowned king, only about a month or a bit more.
They came up to the gate, which was opened, and they rode in freely. Legolas seemed to know his way around and led the carriage right to the top to where the White Tree Of Gondor stood and the entrance to the royal hall. As came off the carriage two guards approached them, one of them spoke in a friendly voice;
"Prince Legolas, welcome back. King Aragorn shall be pleased to see you."
"Thank You. It hasn't been that long, everything seems well." Legolas walked up to the door with Sawen standing beside him. As the huge door swung open he saw Aragorn sitting on his throne talking to his queen Arwen. They suddenly looked over to the door and saw the prince and another.
"Legolas! Mellon Nin, Mae govannen." Aragorn said most cheerfully standing up and walking to his friend, Arwen followed.
"Suilaid." Arwen said with a bow and a smile.
"What brings you here this day? Nothing wrong is there?" the king exclaimed giving Legolas a friendly hug.
"King Aragorn," said the prince as he bowed his head slightly to the king. "No nothing bad, we just decided to visit."
"We?" Aragorn asked eagerly just noticing Sawen behind him. "And who is this fine lady here with you?"
"This is Sawen, she is my..." He blushed not knowing what to call her.
"Ah I see." The king replied looking at Legolas thinking ' so friend you've finally found yourself a girl' . Then he looked over to Sawen who was quite nervous and all, meeting the very man who united the armies of Middle Earth and summoned the army of ghost, and was now the king of Gondor. "It's nice to meet you Sawen."
"And you too King Aragorn, I've heard much about you." She bowed and looked to Arwen also giving a bow.
"I'm sure it has been a long journey. Come you shall rest yourselves and join us for dinner tonight. Sawen, come with me. I desire much to speak with you, if that is alright with you dear Legolas?" Arwen asked
"Yes, of course." He smiled and watched the two women leave.
"Well Legolas, who is she?" Aragorn asked eagerly.
"She came from another world, one we have no knowledge of. It was most strange for me at first too." He said looking at Aragorn's unbelieving face.
"Are you sure? I mean she isn't like the others you have been with is she?"
"I can feel she isn't, but she hides something inside I'm not sure what it is." The prince said with a bit of disappointment.
"Most interesting, I should like to learn more about this 'other world' if it is where she claims she's from." He said
"She is not lying, though she doesn't prefer talking about her world,.." Legolas tried to say in a convincing voice before being cut off.
"I did not say she was lying, only that you don't play around." They looked at each other confused at the whole issue.
In Arwen's room"Lady Sawen, I must say it is most pleasing to meet you."
"Why do you say that Queen Arwen?" She seemed confused,
"I have not seen Prince Legolas with a partner for some time now. You must be very special. You are not from around here are you? Why did you leave your home?" The queen asked politely as she was looking through her large wardrobe.
"I wanted to leave," she said sadly. "But, I do prefer not to talk about it."
Arwen looked at her somewhat surprised that she refused to answer but admired and respected her decision. She took out a long light green dress (similar to what she wore when Aragorn was crowned king) and gave it to Sawen.
"Here, I think you need some proper clothing for dinner." Arwen picked out a pair of matching shoes and gave it to her.
"Are you sure it's ok for me to war your clothes?"
"Of course, I have more than enough. Unless you do not wish to wear it?" Arwen said, but she was kidding.
"No, of course, I'd love to wear it. Thank you." Sawen replied quickly trying not to offend the queen.
Arwen led her into another room to change while she changed herself. When they both finished they headed for the dining room. It seemed like here, everyone dressed so formally even to dinner. Back in Sawen's world she would dress in her pj's or if she went out to eat just dress casually. As they walked in Legolas and Aragorn were already seated at the table.
They sat down. Sawen sat beside Legolas, and Arwen beside Aragorn who sat at the front. The table was very big and long, and there were many vacant seats.
"Excuse me, who else is coming?" Sawen asked politely to Aragorn.
"No one, we are all here. There is always only a few at this table." He replied looking around.
"Then, why is the table so big?" She asked confused
They all laughed at what she said and she tried to smile but felt embarrassed. "The table is big because they're royalty, it suits them" whispered Legolas.
At that time, she couldn't help but feel a foolish. Servants came out holing trays of food and placing it on the table. They were served and ate pleasantly.
"So, tell me Sawen, about this other world of yours. Was it any different from this?" Aragorn asked before taking a bite of his corn.
"Well, it was very different indeed. It's much bigger than Middle Earth. There were no kings. The buildings were much different and more advanced sorry to say. And there are much much more people. But it kinda got messed up."
"It sounds like a wonderful place. Big and advanced, so why did you leave you home then? Do you not miss your family?" He spoke very interested in the subject, although Sawen didn't want to talk about it. Aragorn suddenly felt a kick on his left leg coming from Arwen's side and then immediately another kick from Legolas' side. They seemed like they were saying in their heads 'shut up, she doesn't want to talk about it, cant you see.' Aragorn then looked back at Sawen who was staring down at her plate trying not to show any emotion of sadness.
"It's okay Aragorn didn't mean to ask that...." Legolas said immediately after kicking Aragorn.
"Yes, umm. Nothing, never mind that. Welcome to Gondor." He really didn't know what to say. He didn't want to upset his best friend's girlfriend on the first day they met so he kept quiet. Though he had some sort of suspicion of her but he was just looking out for his friend.
"I didn't have a real home, or a real family. It was just me mostly." She said softly still looking at her plate. "My family didn't care about me. They gave me heaps of money but I don't care about that. Money ever made me happy." Legolas held her hand gently. She put down her fork and knife,
"Thank you, it was a lovely dinner. I enjoyed getting to know you but I am awfully tired I think I might get some fresh air and go to bed." She smiled and tucked in her chair giving a bow to everyone.
"Well your bedroom is the one I showed you before. Would you like me to show you the way?" Arwen asked looking aside at Aragorn.
"No, that's okay I remember my way. Thank you for this lovely evening." And she left.
The three were left sitting at the table. Legolas and Arwen were both staring at Aragorn. "What?"
"You just had to ask didn't you?" Legolas said rather unpleased now that Sawen had left. "I told you she didn't like talking about it. Everything was going fine and you just.." He didn't even bother finishing his sentence and he stood up and left. He didn't feel shame in not talking to the king formally, but after all he was his close friend.
"I have to agree with him" Arwen said to her husband as she too left the table.
Aragorn was left there thinking 'god I made a fool out of myself. Guess she is really important to Legolas, better stay out or he'll really hate me.'
Yeh i know, 'too much Legolas n Sawen alone time' but MORE to come, stuff and more twists coming up!! Please review n tell me wat u think or just that uve read it up to this point.