A Past Revealed
As they continued into the forest Leobelia looked around, she recognized everything, but she did not tell her comrades about what she knew. Gimli could be heard talking about the forest and about the powerful witch who lived in this forest.
"Beware young hobbits, for a powerful witch lives in this forest. All of those who look upon her fall under her spell, but I shall not. I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox!" Gimli boasted. Not long after he said this he found that he and the others were now surrounded by elves, all of which had their bows ready to fire.
Leobelia looked toward the front as she looked at the elves. "Father!" She said almost falling out of Legolas's arms as she jumped toward an elf with golden blonde hair; he was apparently the commander of the elves in this forest, for he was the only one without a bow. The elf smiled as he took the girl into his arms. He noticed her standing on one foot and began to question her but he knew that he had other matters to deal with.
"You have entered the realm of the Lady of the Wood, you must come meet with her. Please follow us." The elf turned and supported his daughter as she limped beside him. As they walked further into the forest they noticed more elves on guard, each with their sharp eyes vigilantly watching the new comers to the forest. As they walked closer to the fortress of the Lady of the Wood the surroundings of the area began to look more like a kingdom.
They began to climb stairs; the wooden railing looked enchanted as it glowed in a blue tint. The higher they went the more each member could feel the power of the "witch" Gimli spoke of. Finally they entered a chamber where a stone staircase stopped. The room was unlike the others they had been in. The room was mostly made of marble and was white, it was also scarcely lit.
A bright light suddenly came into the room causing all members in the room to look up. The light faded after a while and showed a beautiful elf, her blonde wavy hair was about waist length, her porcine colored skin showed radiantly against her white dress and her green eyes flashed as she looked at the broken fellowship.
Her husband followed her quietly, his footsteps left no sound. He like most elves had blonde hair and perfect skin. His eyes were full of wisdom and kindness.
"Where is Gandalf, for I wish to speak to him?" Her husband said. The Ladies eyes passed over and met with Aragorn's. "Gandalf has fallen into shadow." Her statement was more towards herself than her husband, but he understood her words.
"The fellowship now stands on the blade of a knife, one slip up and it will fall." Her eyes shot over to Boromir's guilty eyes. "But do not fret for there is still hope." Her eyes became soft as she looked at the young hobbit who was barring the Ring. Frodo's eyes widened as he herd the elf's soft voice in his head.
"Welcome to Lothlorien, you will be welcome to stay and rest here." The king said as he looked over to Leobelia. He motioned his hand and a few elves began to inspect her wounds. Other elves showed the rest of the fellowship to chambers where they could rest.
The chambers had to be shared, Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam shared one, Aragorn, Gimli, and Boromir shared another and Legolas and Leobelia were to share another. The chambers had blankets and spare clothing for them.
The hobbits settled in quickly as the two men and dwarf wondered the kingdom. Legolas spoke with the one who Leobelia called "father."
"You are Leobelia's father I am assuming." Legolas walked over to the elf.
"Yes, she is my daughter, I am sorry for not introducing myself earlier, I am Haldir. I am in charge of the Lothlorien's war arms." He looked at Legolas, who was not looking at him any longer but up at Leobelia who was shouting at the Elfish healers.
"I am fine, I can walk now so leave me be!" Her voice rang through the trees. Haldir chuckled to himself and Legolas looked at him in curiosity.
"She has a temper like her mother. You see the thing about her is that she is a one of a kind, she is half elf, and have sorceress. Her mother is a sorceress, and I am an elf. She has her mother's power and my ability in combat." He smiled watching Leobelia run down the stairs away from the pestering healers.
"Father!" she yelled as she ran into his arms, "They will not leave me be!" She said hiding behind him. Legolas laughed to himself, for he had never seen her hide from anything in her life, she gave him a hard enough time back in the Mines of Moria about him carrying her out, he could not believe she was running to her father for safety from a few healers, but then again Legolas thought about it and he would do the same.
"You may leave her service now. She is well enough to walk now; I think she will be fine on her own." Haldir said waving his had as he dismissed them. Leobelia walked out from behind her father and looked at Legolas.
"Oh, you're here too! Well now I feel a little ridiculous." She said smiling at him. Legolas laugh at her comment and walked her to their chamber. One the way he questioned her past.
"So you are also and elf, why is it you did not tell you this was your home?" Legolas was now serious and wanted answers.
"Well I wanted to see if you would make it into Lothlorien with out me telling you all that this was my home, apparently you did well." Leobelia smiled as she walked into the chamber she and Legolas would have to share.
"So how exactly do a sorceress's powers work?" Legolas asked.
"Well, for us to use any power other than energy we have to have an orb, those orbs can be worn around our necks as necklaces. Each orb contains an element, most are different but some have the same. The natural elements of earth are fire, ice, water, earth, light, dark, electric and psychic. We can use the orb to manipulate those elements but not create them. With fire, you must possess the orb of power and there must be fire in your sight. With earth I can use the trees, and ground to my advantage. So far I only have one orb that is the orb of light; I used it back in the Mines of Moria." She explained.
"How do you find these orbs?" Legolas questioned.
"You can find them in their original element, fire orbs will be found in volcanoes and ice on the tops of snowy mountains. Mine was given to me by my mother before she passed away." Leobelia glanced down at the ground; thinking of her mother was hard for her to do. They had been so close and now she was gone, all because of Sauron, this was the reason she agreed to join the fellowship, she would finally have a chance to destroy him.
"Leobelia, what happened to your mother?" Legolas wanted to know now so that when they go onto the conversation again he would not slip up and make her upset.
"She passed away after a battle; she was battling Sauron's armies. There was an ambush and she was injured severely, when the elves found her she barley had any life left in her, I was just becoming of age. Before she died she promised me that she would watch me grow up from where ever she went." Leobelia's eyes filled with tears once again, she turned away from Legolas trying to hide her emotions.
"Why do you hide your emotions, Leobelia? You know I will not tell anyone." Legolas placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Emotions are weakness, emotions only show that you are afraid." She calmed her voice back to the point where it showed no emotion.
"Emotions can make you stronger at times, but I shall not argue with you about your beliefs." Legolas walked over to his bed getting comfortable for sleep. Leaving Leobelia to think of his words.
Leobelia thought for a few seconds about Legolas's words but then cast them out of her head. She showed few emotion in her, anger, and happiness, but she tried not to show her sorrow, after the death of her long time friend, Gandalf, not feeling sorrow was harder than what she thought it would be. Leobelia laid down on her blankets and closed her eyes, she was ready for her long needed rest.
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