Authors Note- Okay. I'm sorry for those of you who were wondering what
happened when this story some how disappeared. The thing went all screwy
when I tried to change one of the chapters and...oh well. No one probably
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Chapter 4 We Need To Talk
The party was continuing outside the side room of the Golden Hall that Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, and Lee stood in. It was (much to Lee's dismay) time for "the talk" that Gandalf had promised her.
"We need to ask you some questions." Gimli said rather bluntly. "To determine whether you are a friend or foe."
"Okay." Lee said simply. [Although if they keep calling me their friend or foe, I will have to hurt someone.] She thought.
Legolas eyes widened ever so slightly in surprise. He had not expected Lee to cooaperate so quickly. He had expected some sort of argument before she said anything.
"Where do you come from?"
"Corasaunt."
"What's Corasaunt?"
"A planet."
"What's a planet?" he would have continued to question her vigorously, but Gandalf silenced him with a look.
Lee thought for a moment. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain-" she looked at all of the men in front of him. "But I guess I'll have to try, won't I?" Legolas smiled approvingly.
Closing her eyes, she called upon the force and drew some pebbles to herself. The people around her immediately took a step backwards, but she ignored them. She had the largest pebble floating in the center, while the others floated around it.
"Okay, so the middle pebble is the Sun." she paused. "Tell me you know what a sun is. " They nodded. "Good. Now because of the suns gravitational pull, the other planets circle round it. All of this stuff makes up a Star System. Corasaunt is a planet in a Star System. Fallow me?" Gandalf nodded, urging her to continue. He wasn't sure f it was a good idea, but he was curious. "I was flying in my ship, The Guardian, when a Worm Hole literally appeared out of no where and it-"
"What is a Worm Hole?" Legolas interrupted softly.
"Basically, it's a hole in space that's black and it sucks you in one part of the universe and throws you out the other."
"So that is how you got here?" he asked.
"Yeah." For a moment Legolas thought that he saw a sad look in Lee's eyes, but it passed so quickly that he was sure it had never been there. That's how I got here. Any more questions?"
"What's your name-you full name." Legolas seemed to have taken over the interrogation.
"Lee Aarons."
"Do you have any idea what battle you have landed in?" Aragorn said.
"No."
"Why did you not kill me?" Legolas asked.
[Because you were too cute to kill] she thought. "Well, let's put it this way, I land in a battle and have no idea what's going on. Do I, (a) fight side by side with someone who looks like he's from a race close to mine. Or (b) fight side by side with some evil feeling, but-ugly looking...things?" By now Lee noticed that the pebbles were still floating, so she let go of her connection with them. They dropped to the ground.
"Urak-hai." Legolas said quietly.
Gandalf drew Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli to the side of the room. He looked at each of them in turn.
"So, do we trust her? She does not seem to be harmful, or corrupted." Gimli asked.
"Neither did Saruman." Gandalf said.
They all stood in silence for a few minutes. Legolas looked over at Lee and saw that she was shaking a little. He walked closer. (Silently, mind you, because Elves are silent when they walk) She was crying, he realized.
"Lee?" He said.
"What?" She turned around quickly and wiped her eyes, trying to conceal the fact that he had been crying.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes." Their eyes locked. Something passed between them. An understanding. Legolas could feel himself getting lost in her green eyes. Her beautiful emerald eyes. (As odd as it sounded) It was like they sucked him in. He felt like he could just stay in the state he was in forever, but of course all moments like this must end eventually.
"It is settled then." Gandalf's voice forced Legolas back into the real world. "Legolas will be in charge of insuring that Lee does not cause any...trouble." Legolas kept his face impassive.
"Lee?" Legolas spoke softly.
"Yes?" Even though he had spoken so softly, he somehow knew that she would hear him. Lee's back was now turned to him.
"We have decided-" [That makes me sound like I'm some case for the senate] "That you will always be in the company of myself."
"Although that does not mean we are trying to imprison you. Only make sure you can be trusted." Aragorn put in.
She turned back to them, all traces of tears gone from her face. "I understand." she bowed, a sign of respect from a Jedi. "Now if you don't mind, the party id finally beginning to die down, and I wish to get some rest." she bowed again and then left the room.
As Lee walked into the next room, she saw that Merry and Pippin were staggering (very slowly mind you) towards their sleeping pads. She walked even farther still; out onto a balcony near where Eowyn had not long ago stood and watched Aragorn and his company come into Edoras to help her Uncle.
She leaned on the railing and put her head in her hands. [What have I gotten myself into? All because of some stupid argument I had with Ben. If only I hadn't yelled at him... If only I could say I was sorry.] She felt tears form behind her eyes that were threatening to fall. And now that Lee thought about it, she had no way to get home, was trapped with these people, no friends among them, and was...alone The one thing she had feared the most. And when you mixed fear with Jedi, the product wasn't always so great.
[Pull yourself together Lee. You have to look strong to them. Don't let them think you're weak. And above all, do not cry.
It was too late. Once again, a small tear slipped down her cheek. And then another, another, and another. And the worst part was, she couldn't stop. Next thing she knew, she was full out sobbing. If only this was all just a bad dream. If only she could go home.
Flash
Lee was twelve years old and was in trouble-again. Except this time it wasn't ordinary trouble. She had been running through a senate building. (From a seller at a food stand that she had been stealing from) Lee had been doing that a lot lately. When she had left the orphanage, she had taken some food, but now she was running out. And the senate building had been the ideal place to get some more.
But not only had she run into someone, she had run into Leia Organa Solo. The Chief of State of the New Republic. Of course everyone made a really big deal about it, but who knew that when she left the hallway that day with the Chief of State that day that she would end up with a family?
Flash
By now, Lee felt very childish for crying for crying, but a voice in the back of her head whispered, "You can cry kid. Jedi or not, you're only human." The tears stopped flowing down her face and she looked back up, the cold wind stinging her face.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and immediately twisted around and whipped out her "sword thingy," but did not turn it on.
"It's alright. I'm not going to try and hurt you." It was only Legolas.
She relaxed and put her "sword" away. "I'm sorry. Can't help it. It's a reflex to be on my guard."
"I think I can understand that." Legolas replied easily. He leaned against the railing. "In my home, Mirkwood, there are many beauties, but also many dangers. So it is necessary to be on your guard."
After Lee had left, Gandalf had told him that Lee needed to trust them before they could trust her. So he had to befriend her, or at least pretend to. Although Legolas had not understood why Gandalf and the others still had to be wary of Lee. She had seemed to prove herself trustworthy.
Legolas watched as the wind picked up and ruffled Lee's hair.
"Brrr... I'm cold." Lee shivered.
Being the nice guy (or Elf really) that Legolas is, he offered Lee his brown cloak. "Not sure why I have it. I don't feel the cold."
Lee cautiously took it. "Why, are you immune to it?" she joked.
"Yes, in a way."
Her face paled. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to make a joke about your...um...race." she smiled sheepishly. "That's me. Master Skywalker always told me that my tounge was faster than my brain was."
"It's alright. I know you did not mean to." he smiled. "Although you might not want to say something like that to Gimli."
Lee grinned, knowing how touchy that the small dwarf could be. She hugged the cloak to herself and shivered again. "It's strange, had I landed on any other world from where I came from, no one would have welcomed me half as well as you have."
"I do not think that we have been as trusting as we could have been." Legolas said carefully. "It is just that our world of Middle Earth is not at peace, but at war. We have much to be afraid of."
Lee snorted. "At least you did not try to stun me on sight."
"Who would do such a thing?" Legolas asked, startled.
"Let's just say that my...people are being thought of as the reason for a war that is occurring in my galaxy." she paused and Legolas decided not to ask what a "galaxy" was. "There creatures, the Yuzung-Vong, that look too much like Urak-hia, have said that if every one of my people are not turned into them, they will invade our worlds and force us to live the way they do."
"So, you are a Princess or Queen of your people?"
"No, not exactly. But some where along those lines." Lee's lips formed a thin line and it was apparent that she was getting angry. "My people are disappearing day by day and even more are dying. I've always hated fighting." she concluded bitterly. "Whether it's my war or not."
"I do not know you that well, but I promise you right now that I will help you find a way back home." Legolas said seriously.
"And I thank you for that." Lee replied. She handed him back his cloak and held back a sudden shiver as the warmth left her body. "Thank you. I am much warmer now. [Even though I just took it off and am freezing my ass off.] She thought. "Goodnight Legolas."
Legolas. She spoke his name for the first time and (as odd as it was) it sounded as though she had always been ment to say it. It rolled off her tongue. It sounded like she had spoken his name in an Elvish accent. But she did not know that Elvish language, or appeared to realize that she had done something out of the ordinary.
"Goodnight Lee." he whispered. Lee turned to leave but then he asked louder, "Lee, did you ever think of wearing your hair down? When you're not fighting in a battle?" he added quickly.
She thought for a moment. "No, but maybe now I will." Did she just wink at him? No. "Goodnight Legolas." She smiled at him and walked away.
Passing Aragorn, who was on his way out to see Legolas, she said, "What's up Aragorn?"
"Nothing...I think." she only grinned and continued forward.
Legolas put back on his cloak and then pulled the hood up. He then realized that the garment smelled like Lee. Like a flower. A sweet and soothing sell. He's sensitive Elven hearing told him that Aragorn was right behind him.
He said nothing, knowing that Aragorn would probably speak first. He also decided that he liked Lee's sweet scent of sweet smelling flowers and soothing feelings.
So, how was it? Just leave me a review and I will be eternally grateful. Oh and no you're not supposed to know who Ben or the Yuzung Vong are. That will be...revealed later. So yeah.
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I don't own anything...
Chapter 4 We Need To Talk
The party was continuing outside the side room of the Golden Hall that Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, and Lee stood in. It was (much to Lee's dismay) time for "the talk" that Gandalf had promised her.
"We need to ask you some questions." Gimli said rather bluntly. "To determine whether you are a friend or foe."
"Okay." Lee said simply. [Although if they keep calling me their friend or foe, I will have to hurt someone.] She thought.
Legolas eyes widened ever so slightly in surprise. He had not expected Lee to cooaperate so quickly. He had expected some sort of argument before she said anything.
"Where do you come from?"
"Corasaunt."
"What's Corasaunt?"
"A planet."
"What's a planet?" he would have continued to question her vigorously, but Gandalf silenced him with a look.
Lee thought for a moment. "Well, it's kind of hard to explain-" she looked at all of the men in front of him. "But I guess I'll have to try, won't I?" Legolas smiled approvingly.
Closing her eyes, she called upon the force and drew some pebbles to herself. The people around her immediately took a step backwards, but she ignored them. She had the largest pebble floating in the center, while the others floated around it.
"Okay, so the middle pebble is the Sun." she paused. "Tell me you know what a sun is. " They nodded. "Good. Now because of the suns gravitational pull, the other planets circle round it. All of this stuff makes up a Star System. Corasaunt is a planet in a Star System. Fallow me?" Gandalf nodded, urging her to continue. He wasn't sure f it was a good idea, but he was curious. "I was flying in my ship, The Guardian, when a Worm Hole literally appeared out of no where and it-"
"What is a Worm Hole?" Legolas interrupted softly.
"Basically, it's a hole in space that's black and it sucks you in one part of the universe and throws you out the other."
"So that is how you got here?" he asked.
"Yeah." For a moment Legolas thought that he saw a sad look in Lee's eyes, but it passed so quickly that he was sure it had never been there. That's how I got here. Any more questions?"
"What's your name-you full name." Legolas seemed to have taken over the interrogation.
"Lee Aarons."
"Do you have any idea what battle you have landed in?" Aragorn said.
"No."
"Why did you not kill me?" Legolas asked.
[Because you were too cute to kill] she thought. "Well, let's put it this way, I land in a battle and have no idea what's going on. Do I, (a) fight side by side with someone who looks like he's from a race close to mine. Or (b) fight side by side with some evil feeling, but-ugly looking...things?" By now Lee noticed that the pebbles were still floating, so she let go of her connection with them. They dropped to the ground.
"Urak-hai." Legolas said quietly.
Gandalf drew Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli to the side of the room. He looked at each of them in turn.
"So, do we trust her? She does not seem to be harmful, or corrupted." Gimli asked.
"Neither did Saruman." Gandalf said.
They all stood in silence for a few minutes. Legolas looked over at Lee and saw that she was shaking a little. He walked closer. (Silently, mind you, because Elves are silent when they walk) She was crying, he realized.
"Lee?" He said.
"What?" She turned around quickly and wiped her eyes, trying to conceal the fact that he had been crying.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes." Their eyes locked. Something passed between them. An understanding. Legolas could feel himself getting lost in her green eyes. Her beautiful emerald eyes. (As odd as it sounded) It was like they sucked him in. He felt like he could just stay in the state he was in forever, but of course all moments like this must end eventually.
"It is settled then." Gandalf's voice forced Legolas back into the real world. "Legolas will be in charge of insuring that Lee does not cause any...trouble." Legolas kept his face impassive.
"Lee?" Legolas spoke softly.
"Yes?" Even though he had spoken so softly, he somehow knew that she would hear him. Lee's back was now turned to him.
"We have decided-" [That makes me sound like I'm some case for the senate] "That you will always be in the company of myself."
"Although that does not mean we are trying to imprison you. Only make sure you can be trusted." Aragorn put in.
She turned back to them, all traces of tears gone from her face. "I understand." she bowed, a sign of respect from a Jedi. "Now if you don't mind, the party id finally beginning to die down, and I wish to get some rest." she bowed again and then left the room.
As Lee walked into the next room, she saw that Merry and Pippin were staggering (very slowly mind you) towards their sleeping pads. She walked even farther still; out onto a balcony near where Eowyn had not long ago stood and watched Aragorn and his company come into Edoras to help her Uncle.
She leaned on the railing and put her head in her hands. [What have I gotten myself into? All because of some stupid argument I had with Ben. If only I hadn't yelled at him... If only I could say I was sorry.] She felt tears form behind her eyes that were threatening to fall. And now that Lee thought about it, she had no way to get home, was trapped with these people, no friends among them, and was...alone The one thing she had feared the most. And when you mixed fear with Jedi, the product wasn't always so great.
[Pull yourself together Lee. You have to look strong to them. Don't let them think you're weak. And above all, do not cry.
It was too late. Once again, a small tear slipped down her cheek. And then another, another, and another. And the worst part was, she couldn't stop. Next thing she knew, she was full out sobbing. If only this was all just a bad dream. If only she could go home.
Flash
Lee was twelve years old and was in trouble-again. Except this time it wasn't ordinary trouble. She had been running through a senate building. (From a seller at a food stand that she had been stealing from) Lee had been doing that a lot lately. When she had left the orphanage, she had taken some food, but now she was running out. And the senate building had been the ideal place to get some more.
But not only had she run into someone, she had run into Leia Organa Solo. The Chief of State of the New Republic. Of course everyone made a really big deal about it, but who knew that when she left the hallway that day with the Chief of State that day that she would end up with a family?
Flash
By now, Lee felt very childish for crying for crying, but a voice in the back of her head whispered, "You can cry kid. Jedi or not, you're only human." The tears stopped flowing down her face and she looked back up, the cold wind stinging her face.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and immediately twisted around and whipped out her "sword thingy," but did not turn it on.
"It's alright. I'm not going to try and hurt you." It was only Legolas.
She relaxed and put her "sword" away. "I'm sorry. Can't help it. It's a reflex to be on my guard."
"I think I can understand that." Legolas replied easily. He leaned against the railing. "In my home, Mirkwood, there are many beauties, but also many dangers. So it is necessary to be on your guard."
After Lee had left, Gandalf had told him that Lee needed to trust them before they could trust her. So he had to befriend her, or at least pretend to. Although Legolas had not understood why Gandalf and the others still had to be wary of Lee. She had seemed to prove herself trustworthy.
Legolas watched as the wind picked up and ruffled Lee's hair.
"Brrr... I'm cold." Lee shivered.
Being the nice guy (or Elf really) that Legolas is, he offered Lee his brown cloak. "Not sure why I have it. I don't feel the cold."
Lee cautiously took it. "Why, are you immune to it?" she joked.
"Yes, in a way."
Her face paled. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to make a joke about your...um...race." she smiled sheepishly. "That's me. Master Skywalker always told me that my tounge was faster than my brain was."
"It's alright. I know you did not mean to." he smiled. "Although you might not want to say something like that to Gimli."
Lee grinned, knowing how touchy that the small dwarf could be. She hugged the cloak to herself and shivered again. "It's strange, had I landed on any other world from where I came from, no one would have welcomed me half as well as you have."
"I do not think that we have been as trusting as we could have been." Legolas said carefully. "It is just that our world of Middle Earth is not at peace, but at war. We have much to be afraid of."
Lee snorted. "At least you did not try to stun me on sight."
"Who would do such a thing?" Legolas asked, startled.
"Let's just say that my...people are being thought of as the reason for a war that is occurring in my galaxy." she paused and Legolas decided not to ask what a "galaxy" was. "There creatures, the Yuzung-Vong, that look too much like Urak-hia, have said that if every one of my people are not turned into them, they will invade our worlds and force us to live the way they do."
"So, you are a Princess or Queen of your people?"
"No, not exactly. But some where along those lines." Lee's lips formed a thin line and it was apparent that she was getting angry. "My people are disappearing day by day and even more are dying. I've always hated fighting." she concluded bitterly. "Whether it's my war or not."
"I do not know you that well, but I promise you right now that I will help you find a way back home." Legolas said seriously.
"And I thank you for that." Lee replied. She handed him back his cloak and held back a sudden shiver as the warmth left her body. "Thank you. I am much warmer now. [Even though I just took it off and am freezing my ass off.] She thought. "Goodnight Legolas."
Legolas. She spoke his name for the first time and (as odd as it was) it sounded as though she had always been ment to say it. It rolled off her tongue. It sounded like she had spoken his name in an Elvish accent. But she did not know that Elvish language, or appeared to realize that she had done something out of the ordinary.
"Goodnight Lee." he whispered. Lee turned to leave but then he asked louder, "Lee, did you ever think of wearing your hair down? When you're not fighting in a battle?" he added quickly.
She thought for a moment. "No, but maybe now I will." Did she just wink at him? No. "Goodnight Legolas." She smiled at him and walked away.
Passing Aragorn, who was on his way out to see Legolas, she said, "What's up Aragorn?"
"Nothing...I think." she only grinned and continued forward.
Legolas put back on his cloak and then pulled the hood up. He then realized that the garment smelled like Lee. Like a flower. A sweet and soothing sell. He's sensitive Elven hearing told him that Aragorn was right behind him.
He said nothing, knowing that Aragorn would probably speak first. He also decided that he liked Lee's sweet scent of sweet smelling flowers and soothing feelings.
So, how was it? Just leave me a review and I will be eternally grateful. Oh and no you're not supposed to know who Ben or the Yuzung Vong are. That will be...revealed later. So yeah.
Private Lizzie Salutes I AM a war commando!